See main article: 2007 World Archery Championships.
The men's individual recurve competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place in July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 173 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying FITA round, the top 128 archers qualified for the 7-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 15 July.[1]
The competition doubled as qualification for the 2008 Olympic competition.
The following archers were the leading 16 qualifiers: