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Individual, Recurve, Women

Date	12 – 18 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Panathinaiko Stadio, Athina / Proponitirio Toksovolias, Akharnes
Participants	64 from 31 countries
Format	Ranking round consisted of 72 arrows at 70 m. Matches in rounds 1-3 consisted of 16 arrows. Matches in the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final round consisted of 12 arrows. 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. Matches shot entirely at 70 metres.
Olympic Record (Match, 12 arrows)	114 WR / Kim Su-Nyeong KOR / 2 August 1992 / Details
Olympic Record (Match, 18 arrows)	173 / Yun Mi-Jin KOR / 19 September 2000 / Details
Olympic Record (Ranking Round, 72 arrows)	673 WR / Lina Herasymenko UKR / 28 July 1996 / Details

The 2003 World Champion was Korean Yun Mi-Jun, also the defending gold medalist. She was in Athens and placed third in the ranking round behind her countrywomen Park Seong-Hyeon, the 2001 World Champion who led the rankings with a world record of 682, and Lee Seong-Jin. By 2004 Korean female archers won virtually every tournament they entered. They had won the Olympic team gold medal from 1988-2000 and the individual gold medals at every Olympics since 1984. The only surprise in Athens was when Yun lost in the quarter-finals and did not make the semis, preventing a Korean medal sweep as they had done in 2000.

The final came down to Park against Lee, with Park winning the gold medal 110-108. Park’s semi-final victory came over surprising British archer Alison Williamson, who was competing in her fourth Olympics. Williamson had never won a medal but had always placed in the top 10 in the individual Olympic event. In Athens she came through for the bronze medal by defeating Yuan Shu-Chi of Chinese Taipei.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	1	Park Seong-Hyeon	KOR	Gold
2	2	Lee Seong-Jin	KOR	Silver
3	21	Alison Williamson	GBR	Bronze
4	6	Yuan Shu-Chi	TPE
5	3	Yun Mi-Jin	KOR
6	10	Wu Hui-Ju	TPE
7	8	Evangelia Psarra	GRE
8	4	He Ying	CHN
9	19	Jennifer Nichols	USA
10	5	Zhang Juanjuan	CHN
11	17	Naomi Folkard	GBR
12	15	Rita Galinovskaya	RUS
13	24	Almudena Gallardo	ESP
14	7	Justyna Mospinek	POL
15	43	Reena Kumari	IND
16	52	Kirstin Lewis	RSA
17	25	Zekiye Keskin Şatır	TUR
18	14	Tetiana Berezhna	UKR
19	29	Melissa Jennison	AUS
20	28	Iwona Marcinkiewicz	POL
21	23	Anja Hitzler	GER
22	18	Cornelia Pfohl	GER
23	26	Viktoriya Beloslyudtseva	KAZ
24	20	Sumangala Sharma	IND
25	49	Mari Piuva	FIN
26	53	Sayoko Kawauchi	JPN
27	56	Jasmin Figueroa	PHI
28	35	Sayami Matsushita	JPN
29	27	Małgorzata Sobieraj	POL
30	33	Nataliya Bolotova	RUS
31	34	Elpida Romantzi	GRE
32	54	Tshering Choden	BHU
33	59	Kateryna Palekha	UKR
34	30	Alexandra Fouace	FRA
35	51	Foteini Vavatsi	GRE
36	11	Lin Sang	CHN
37	62	Hanna Karasiova	BLR
38	42	Damla Günay	TUR
39	38	Thin Thin Khaing	MYA
40	22	Kristine Esebua	GEO
41	39	Deonne Bridger	AUS
42	58	Maydenia Sarduy	CUB
43	31	Bérengère Schuh	FRA
44	32	Mon Redee Sut Txi	MAS
45	55	Nargis Nabiyeva	TJK
46	46	Rina Dewi Puspitasari	INA
47	50	Yelena Dostay	RUS
48	40	Wiebke Nulle	GER
49	16	Natalia Nasaridze-Çakir	TUR
50	45	Chen Li-Ju	TPE
51	41	Khatuna Narimanidze	GEO
52	13	Dola Banerjee	IND
53	9	Natalia Valeeva	ITA
54	61	Helen Palmer	GBR
55	12	Nataliya Burdeina	UKR
56	47	Marie-Pier Beaudet	CAN
57	48	Olga Pilipova	KAZ
58	63	Lamia Bahnasawy	EGY
59	60	Aurore Trayan	FRA
60	44	Janet Dykman	USA
61	36	Stephanie White-Arnold	USA
62	57	Jo-Ann Galbraith	AUS
63	37	Yukari Kawasaki	JPN
64	64	May Mansour	EGY

Ranking Round

Date	12 August 2004 — 9:00
Format	Ranking round for placement into single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	10s	Xs
1	1	Park Seong-Hyeon	KOR	682	38	16	WR
2	2	Lee Seong-Jin	KOR	675	34	10
3	3	Yun Mi-Jin	KOR	673	33	8
4	4	He Ying	CHN	667	32	13
5	5	Zhang Juanjuan	CHN	663	29	11
6	6	Yuan Shu-Chi	TPE	658	26	6
7	7	Justyna Mospinek	POL	657	27	9
8	8	Evangelia Psarra	GRE	652	17	4
9	9	Natalia Valeeva	ITA	650	19	6
10	10	Wu Hui-Ju	TPE	649	22	12
11	11	Lin Sang	CHN	647	19	8
12	12	Nataliya Burdeina	UKR	643	22	6
13	13	Dola Banerjee	IND	642	27	8
14	14	Tetiana Berezhna	UKR	640	21	4
15	15	Rita Galinovskaya	RUS	639	19	9
16	16	Natalia Nasaridze-Çakir	TUR	639	18	1
17	17	Naomi Folkard	GBR	638	24	5
18	18	Cornelia Pfohl	GER	638	20	5
19	19	Jennifer Nichols	USA	638	18	4
20	20	Sumangala Sharma	IND	638	18	2
21	21	Alison Williamson	GBR	637	22	7
22	22	Kristine Esebua	GEO	636	20	5
23	23	Anja Hitzler	GER	632	15	4
24	24	Almudena Gallardo	ESP	631	19	5
25	25	Zekiye Keskin Şatır	TUR	631	17	4
26	26	Viktoriya Beloslyudtseva	KAZ	629	15	5
27	27	Małgorzata Sobieraj	POL	628	23	2
28	28	Iwona Marcinkiewicz	POL	628	20	6
29	29	Melissa Jennison	AUS	628	19	4
30	30	Alexandra Fouace	FRA	627	17	3
31	31	Bérengère Schuh	FRA	626	18	7
32	32	Mon Redee Sut Txi	MAS	626	15	2
33	33	Nataliya Bolotova	RUS	625	16	6
34	34	Elpida Romantzi	GRE	624	18	6
35	35	Sayami Matsushita	JPN	624	12	2
36	36	Stephanie White-Arnold	USA	623	20	4
37	37	Yukari Kawasaki	JPN	622	15	3
38	38	Thin Thin Khaing	MYA	622	15	2
39	39	Deonne Bridger	AUS	620	14	7
40	40	Wiebke Nulle	GER	620	13	5
41	41	Khatuna Narimanidze	GEO	620	13	4
42	42	Damla Günay	TUR	620	12	3
43	43	Reena Kumari	IND	620	9	2
44	44	Janet Dykman	USA	619	18	7
45	45	Chen Li-Ju	TPE	617	16	5
46	46	Rina Dewi Puspitasari	INA	616	16	3
47	47	Marie-Pier Beaudet	CAN	616	14	6
48	48	Olga Pilipova	KAZ	616	12	2
49	49	Mari Piuva	FIN	615	13	3
50	50	Yelena Dostay	RUS	609	15	2
51	51	Foteini Vavatsi	GRE	609	10	4
52	52	Kirstin Lewis	RSA	606	13	3
53	53	Sayoko Kawauchi	JPN	601	14	4
54	54	Tshering Choden	BHU	600	14	2
55	55	Nargis Nabiyeva	TJK	600	13	3
56	56	Jasmin Figueroa	PHI	600	11	1
57	57	Jo-Ann Galbraith	AUS	596	8	1
58	58	Maydenia Sarduy	CUB	595	16	5
59	59	Kateryna Palekha	UKR	595	13	3
60	60	Aurore Trayan	FRA	594	12	2
61	61	Helen Palmer	GBR	594	10	3
62	62	Hanna Karasiova	BLR	588	6	2
63	63	Lamia Bahnasawy	EGY	564	6	2
64	64	May Mansour	EGY	536	6	1

Round One

Date	15 August 2004 — 8:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to second round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Aug 8:30	Park Seong-Hyeon	KOR	154 – 102	May Mansour	EGY
Match #2	15 Aug 8:30	Nataliya Bolotova	RUS	154 – 143	Mon Redee Sut Txi	MAS
Match #3	15 Aug 8:57	Naomi Folkard	GBR	139 – 128	Olga Pilipova	KAZ
Match #4	15 Aug 8:57	Mari Piuva	FIN	136 – 133	Natalia Nasaridze-Çakir	TUR
Match #5	15 Aug 9:24	Jasmin Figueroa	PHI	132 – 130	Natalia Valeeva	ITA
Match #6	15 Aug 9:24	Almudena Gallardo	ESP	148 – 132	Khatuna Narimanidze	GEO
Match #7	15 Aug 9:50	Zekiye Keskin Şatır	TUR	135 – 135	Wiebke Nulle	GER
Match #8	15 Aug 9:50	Evangelia Psarra	GRE	138 – 116	Jo-Ann Galbraith	AUS
Match #9	15 Aug 10:17	Zhang Juanjuan	CHN	135 – 122	Aurore Trayan	FRA
Match #10	15 Aug 10:17	Iwona Marcinkiewicz	POL	119 – 106	Yukari Kawasaki	JPN
Match #11	15 Aug 10:44	Alison Williamson	GBR	147 – 121	Janet Dykman	USA
Match #12	15 Aug 10:44	Sayoko Kawauchi	JPN	137 – 129	Nataliya Burdeina	UKR
Match #13	15 Aug 11:11	Kirstin Lewis	RSA	141 – 131	Dola Banerjee	IND
Match #14	15 Aug 11:11	Sumangala Sharma	IND	142 – 133	Chen Li-Ju	TPE
Match #15	15 Aug 11:37	Melissa Jennison	AUS	132 – 121	Stephanie White-Arnold	USA
Match #16	15 Aug 11:37	He Ying	CHN	141 – 130	Helen Palmer	GBR
Match #17	15 Aug 15:30	Yun Mi-Jin	KOR	162 – 155	Hanna Karasiova	BLR
Match #18	15 Aug 15:30	Sayami Matsushita	JPN	165 – 157	Alexandra Fouace	FRA
Match #19	15 Aug 15:57	Jennifer Nichols	USA	160 – 141	Rina Dewi Puspitasari	INA
Match #20	15 Aug 15:57	Tetiana Berezhna	UKR	160 – 156	Foteini Vavatsi	GRE
Match #21	15 Aug 16:24	Tshering Choden	BHU	159 – 156	Lin Sang	CHN
Match #22	15 Aug 16:24	Reena Kumari	IND	153 – 149	Kristine Esebua	GEO
Match #23	15 Aug 16:51	Małgorzata Sobieraj	POL	151 – 151	Thin Thin Khaing	MYA
Match #24	15 Aug 16:51	Yuan Shu-Chi	TPE	162 – 158	Kateryna Palekha	UKR
Match #25	15 Aug 17:18	Justyna Mospinek	POL	162 – 145	Maydenia Sarduy	CUB
Match #26	15 Aug 17:18	Viktoriya Beloslyudtseva	KAZ	150 – 145	Deonne Bridger	AUS
Match #27	15 Aug 17:45	Anja Hitzler	GER	163 – 152	Damla Günay	TUR
Match #28	15 Aug 17:45	Wu Hui-Ju	TPE	156 – 142	Nargis Nabiyeva	TJK
Match #29	15 Aug 18:35	Rita Galinovskaya	RUS	153 – 136	Yelena Dostay	RUS
Match #30	15 Aug 18:35	Cornelia Pfohl	GER	146 – 128	Marie-Pier Beaudet	CAN
Match #31	15 Aug 19:06	Elpida Romantzi	GRE	151 – 143	Bérengère Schuh	FRA
Match #32	15 Aug 19:06	Lee Seong-Jin	KOR	164 – 127	Lamia Bahnasawy	EGY

Round Two

Date	17 August 2004 — 8:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to third round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Aug 8:30	Park Seong-Hyeon	KOR	165 – 148	Nataliya Bolotova	RUS
Match #2	17 Aug 8:30	Naomi Folkard	GBR	156 – 151	Mari Piuva	FIN
Match #3	17 Aug 8:57	Almudena Gallardo	ESP	152 – 150	Jasmin Figueroa	PHI
Match #4	17 Aug 8:57	Evangelia Psarra	GRE	163 – 161	Zekiye Keskin Şatır	TUR
Match #5	17 Aug 9:24	Zhang Juanjuan	CHN	166 – 157	Iwona Marcinkiewicz	POL
Match #6	17 Aug 9:24	Alison Williamson	GBR	154 – 150	Sayoko Kawauchi	JPN
Match #7	17 Aug 9:50	Kirstin Lewis	RSA	157 – 153	Sumangala Sharma	IND
Match #8	17 Aug 9:50	He Ying	CHN	158 – 158	Melissa Jennison	AUS
Match #9	17 Aug 10:17	Yun Mi-Jin	KOR	173 – 149	Sayami Matsushita	JPN	=OR for 2nd and 3rd round combined (341)
Match #10	17 Aug 10:17	Jennifer Nichols	USA	163 – 160	Tetiana Berezhna	UKR
Match #11	17 Aug 10:44	Reena Kumari	IND	134 – 134	Tshering Choden	BHU
Match #12	17 Aug 10:44	Yuan Shu-Chi	TPE	158 – 149	Małgorzata Sobieraj	POL
Match #13	17 Aug 11:11	Justyna Mospinek	POL	163 – 155	Viktoriya Beloslyudtseva	KAZ
Match #14	17 Aug 11:11	Wu Hui-Ju	TPE	156 – 156	Anja Hitzler	GER
Match #15	17 Aug 11:37	Rita Galinovskaya	RUS	158 – 156	Cornelia Pfohl	GER
Match #16	17 Aug 11:37	Lee Seong-Jin	KOR	166 – 146	Elpida Romantzi	GRE

Round Three

Date	18 August 2004 — 8:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Aug 8:30	Park Seong-Hyeon	KOR	171 – 159	Naomi Folkard	GBR
Match #2	18 Aug 8:56	Evangelia Psarra	GRE	160 – 152	Almudena Gallardo	ESP
Match #3	18 Aug 9:22	Alison Williamson	GBR	165 – 161	Zhang Juanjuan	CHN
Match #4	18 Aug 9:48	He Ying	CHN	156 – 142	Kirstin Lewis	RSA
Match #5	18 Aug 10:14	Yun Mi-Jin	KOR	168 – 162	Jennifer Nichols	USA	OR for 2nd and 3rd round combined (341)
Match #6	18 Aug 10:40	Yuan Shu-Chi	TPE	166 – 148	Reena Kumari	IND
Match #7	18 Aug 11:06	Wu Hui-Ju	TPE	160 – 151	Justyna Mospinek	POL
Match #8	18 Aug 11:32	Lee Seong-Jin	KOR	165 – 154	Rita Galinovskaya	RUS

Quarter-Finals

Date	18 August 2004 — 15:45
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Aug 15:45	Park Seong-Hyeon	KOR	111 – 101	Evangelia Psarra	GRE
Match #2	18 Aug 16:00	Alison Williamson	GBR	109 – 89	He Ying 1	CHN
Match #3	18 Aug 16:15	Yuan Shu-Chi	TPE	107 – 105	Yun Mi-Jin	KOR
Match #4	18 Aug 16:30	Lee Seong-Jin	KOR	104 – 103	Wu Hui-Ju	TPE

Semi-Finals

Date	18 August 2004 — 16:45
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Aug 16:45	Park Seong-Hyeon	KOR	110 – 100	Alison Williamson	GBR
Match #2	18 Aug 17:12	Lee Seong-Jin	KOR	104 – 98	Yuan Shu-Chi	TPE

Final Round

Date	18 August 2004 — 17:33

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	18 Aug 17:33	Park Seong-Hyeon	KOR	110 – 108	Lee Seong-Jin	KOR
Match 3/4	18 Aug 17:53	Alison Williamson	GBR	105 – 104	Yuan Shu-Chi	TPE