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Team, Recurve, Men

Date	9 – 11 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan Shejianchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	36 from 12 countries
Format	Teams consisted of three archers. Ranking rounds scores based on scores carried over from individual ranking round. Tie-breaking for the final placements was done by the following method. Losers in each round were ranked according to the score they shot in that round. Ties in that round were broken by the number of 10s shot in that round and then the number of 9s shot in that round. If still tied the score in the preceding round was used as the tie-breaker, followed by number of 10s, and then number of 9s in the preceding round. Team event shot entirely at 70 metres. Matches consisted of 27 arrows, 9 per archer.
Olympic Record (Ranking Round, 216 arrows)	2,031 WR / Jang Yong-Ho • Kim Bo-Ram • Oh Gyo-Mun KOR / 28 July 1996 / Details

Korea had won every major international event since 2003, including the 2004 Olympics, the 2005 and 2007 World Championships, and the 2006 Asian Championships. Korea led the ranking round and had an opening round bye. They then won two close matches against Poland and China to move into the final against Italy. The final was also closely fought but Korea hung on to win, 227-225, defending their gold medal. In the bronze medal match China faced Ukraine, the 2004 bronze medalists, with China winning 222-219.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	Gold
		Im Dong-Hyeon • Lee Chang-Hwan • Park Gyeong-Mo
2	–	Italy	ITA	Silver
		Ilario Di Buò • Marco Galiazzo • Mauro Nespoli
3	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	Bronze
		Jiang Lin • Li Wenquan • Xue Haifeng
4	–	Ukraine	UKR
		Markiyan Ivashko • Viktor Ruban • Oleksandr Serdiuk
5	–	Poland	POL
		Rafał Dobrowolski • Piotr Piątek • Jacek Proć
6	–	Malaysia	MAS
		Cheng Chu Sian • Wan Khalmizam • Muhammad Marbawi
7	–	Chinese Taipei	TPE
		Chen Szu-Yuan • Kuo Cheng-Wei • Wang Cheng-Pang
8	–	Russian Federation	RUS
		Andrey Abramov • Bair Badyonov • Balzhinima Tsyrempilov
=9	–	United States	USA
		Brady Ellison • Butch Johnson • Vic Wunderle
=9	–	Australia	AUS
		Matt Gray • Sky Kim • Michael Naray
11	–	Canada	CAN
		J. D. Burnes • Crispin Duenas • Jay Lyon
12	–	Great Britain	GBR
		Larry Godfrey • Simon Terry • Al Wills

Ranking Round

Date	9 August 2008 — 15:30
Format	Ranking round for placement into single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Team Points	Individual Points
1	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	2.015	–
	1A	Im Dong-Hyeon		2,015	670
	1B	Lee Chang-Hwan		2,015	669
	1C	Park Gyeong-Mo		2,015	676
2	–	Ukraine	UKR	1.997	–
	2A	Markiyan Ivashko		1,997	658
	2B	Viktor Ruban		1,997	678
	2C	Oleksandr Serdiuk		1,997	661
3	–	Malaysia	MAS	1.993	–
	3A	Cheng Chu Sian		1,993	660
	3B	Wan Khalmizam		1,993	674
	3C	Muhammad Marbawi		1,993	659
4	–	Russian Federation	RUS	1.989	–
	4A	Andrey Abramov		1,989	660
	4B	Bair Badyonov		1,989	658
	4C	Balzhinima Tsyrempilov		1,989	671
5	–	Great Britain	GBR	1.988	–
	5A	Larry Godfrey		1,988	657
	5B	Simon Terry		1,988	670
	5C	Al Wills		1,988	661
6	–	Italy	ITA	1.986	–
	6A	Ilario Di Buò		1,986	670
	6B	Marco Galiazzo		1,986	667
	6C	Mauro Nespoli		1,986	649
7	–	Chinese Taipei	TPE	1.980	–
	7A	Chen Szu-Yuan		1,980	654
	7B	Kuo Cheng-Wei		1,980	659
	7C	Wang Cheng-Pang		1,980	667
8	–	Poland	POL	1.977	–
	8A	Rafał Dobrowolski		1,977	667
	8B	Piotr Piątek		1,977	649
	8C	Jacek Proć		1,977	661
9	–	Australia	AUS	1.977	–
	9A	Matt Gray		1,977	654
	9B	Sky Kim		1,977	665
	9C	Michael Naray		1,977	658
10	–	United States	USA	1.969	–
	10A	Brady Ellison		1,969	664
	10B	Butch Johnson		1,969	653
	10C	Vic Wunderle		1,969	652
11	–	Canada	CAN	1.954	–
	11A	J. D. Burnes		1,954	644
	11B	Crispin Duenas		1,954	664
	11C	Jay Lyon		1,954	646
12	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	1.941	–
	12A	Jiang Lin		1,941	632
	12B	Li Wenquan		1,941	646
	12C	Xue Haifeng		1,941	663

Round One

Date	11 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1		Republic of Korea	KOR				bye
Match #2	11 Aug 11:15	Poland	POL	223 – 218	Australia	AUS
Match #3	11 Aug 10:50	People's Republic of China	CHN	214 – 210	Great Britain	GBR
Match #4		Russian Federation	RUS				bye
Match #5		Malaysia	MAS				bye
Match #6	11 Aug 10:00	Italy	ITA	219 – 217	Canada	CAN
Match #7	11 Aug 10:25	Chinese Taipei	TPE	222 – 218	United States	USA
Match #8		Ukraine	UKR				bye

Quarter-Finals

Date	11 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	11 Aug 12:55	Republic of Korea	KOR	224 – 222	Poland	POL
Match #2	11 Aug 12:30	People's Republic of China	CHN	217 – 209	Russian Federation	RUS
Match #3	11 Aug 11:40	Italy	ITA	218 – 213	Malaysia	MAS
Match #4	11 Aug 12:05	Ukraine	UKR	214 – 211	Chinese Taipei	TPE

Semi-Finals

Date	11 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	11 Aug 16:25	Republic of Korea	KOR	221 – 218	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #2	11 Aug 16:00	Italy	ITA	223 – 221	Ukraine	UKR

Final Round

Date	11 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	11 Aug 17:25	Republic of Korea	KOR	227 – 225	Italy	ITA
Match #2	11 Aug 16:55	People's Republic of China	CHN	222 – 219	Ukraine	UKR