Single FITA Round Ranking Round, followed by single-elimination tournament among the top 32 qualifiers. FITA Round consists of 36 arrows at 30 metres, 50 metres, 70 metres and 90 metres, or 144 arrows total. All matches consisted of 12 arrows at 70 metres.
The heavy favorite was the 1988 gold medalist, Korean Kim Su-Nyeong, who had also won the 1989 and 1991 World Championships. But in the ranking round her teammate Cho Yun-Jeong broke the world record to qualify first. Cho and Kim advanced through to the final, where Cho won the gold medal 112-105. A few days later the two would lead Korea to gold in the team competition.