Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual compound explained

The Men's individual compound was one of the events held in archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. There were two classes: a class for W1 wheelchair competitors and an open class.^[1] In the ranking round each archer shot 72 arrows; in the knockout stages the tally was reduced to 12 arrows each.

W1

Event:	Men's individual compound W1
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Green Archery Field
Dates:	9–14 September
Competitors:	12
Nations:	9
Gold:	David Drahoninsky
Goldnpc:	CZE
Silver:	John Cavanagh
Silvernpc:	GBR
Bronze:	Jeff Fabry
Bronzenpc:	USA
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

The W1 class was won by David Drahoninsky, representing .^[2]

Ranking Round

Rank	Score	10's	X's	Notes
1	665	27	8	PR
2	661	29	9
3	640	14	2
4	627	17	6
5	627	17	5
6	619	13	4
7	616	14	8
8	606	11	2
9	603	10	5
10	593	11	3
11	586	9	4
12	577	14	1

Competition bracket

Open

Event:	Men's individual compound Open
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Green Archery Field
Dates:	9–13 September
Competitors:	20
Nations:	14
Gold:	John Stubbs
Goldnpc:	GBR
Silver:	Alberto Simonelli
Silvernpc:	ITA
Bronze:	Philippe Horner
Bronzenpc:	SUI
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

The Open class was won by John Stubbs, representing .^[3]

Ranking Round

Rank	Score	10's	X's	Notes
1	691	46	20	WR
2	686	44	10
3	681	40	12
4	680	38	11
5	679	36	15
6	676	38	14
7	676	37	15
8	676	36	11
9	675	33	12
10	675	32	9
11	675	31	15
12	674	33	12
13	670	28	10
14	668	29	7
15	667	34	16
16	667	28	7
17	662	31	11
18	657	32	7
19	654	27	10
20	652	18	1

Competition bracket

Notes and References

Web site: Archery - Schedule & Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20090217025754/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/Schedule/AR.shtml. 17 February 2009. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. 28 September 2012.
Web site: Men's Individual Compound W1. 28 September 2012. International Paralympic Committee.
Web site: Men's Individual Compound open. 28 September 2012. International Paralympic Committee.