Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground |
| Dates | 27 July – 3 August |
| Competitors | 128 |
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The archery events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held over an eight-day period from 27 July to 3 August. Four events took place, all being staged at Lord's Cricket Ground in front of temporary stands built to accommodate up to 6,500 spectators.
South Korea was the most successful nation, topping the medal table with three golds and four medals in total.
A total of 128 athletes competed across the four events: the men's individual, women's individual, men's team, and women's team.
All four events were recurve archery events, held under the FITA-approved 70-metre distance and rules. The competition started with an initial ranking round involving all 64 archers of each gender. Each archer shot a total of 72 arrows to be seeded from 1–64 according to their score.
The ranking round was also used to seed the teams from 1 to 12, by aggregating the individual scores for the members of each team.
Each event was then played in a single-elimination tournament format, except for the semi-final losers, who played-off to decide the bronze medal winner.
In the individual events, all 64 competitors entered the competition at the first round, the round of 64. The draw was seeded according to the result of the ranking round so the first seed shot against the 64th seed in the first round.
Each match was the best-of-five sets, with three arrows per set. The winner of each set received two points, and if the scores in the set were tied then each archer received one point. If at the end of five sets the score was tied at 5–5, a single arrow shoot-off would be held and the closest to the centre would be declared the winner.
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