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| Host city |  Bangkok, Thailand |
|---|---|
| Dates | 3–8 November 2015 |
The 2015 Asian Archery Championships were the 19th edition of the event, and were held in Bangkok, Thailand from 3 to 8 November 2015. [1] This acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | Lee Woo-seok  South Korea | Lee Seung-yun South Korea | Im Dong-hyun South Korea |
| Men's team | South Korea Im Dong-hyun Lee Seung-yun Lee Woo-seok |  Japan Yuki Kawata Hideki Kikuchi Shungo Tabata |  Chinese Taipei Peng Shih-cheng Wang Hou-chieh Wei Chun-heng |
| Women's individual | Chang Hye-jin South Korea | Hong Su-nam South Korea | Lee Tuk-young South Korea |
| Women's team | South Korea Chang Hye-jin Hong Su-nam Lee Tuk-young |  India Deepika Kumari Bombayla Devi Laishram Laxmirani Majhi |  China Cao Hui Qi Yuhong Xu Jing |
| Mixed team | Chinese Taipei Wei Chun-heng Lei Chien-ying | South Korea Lee Woo-seok Chang Hye-jin | India Jayanta Talukdar Deepika Kumari |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | Rajat Chauhan India | Choi Yong-hee South Korea | Esmaeil Ebadi  Iran |
| Men's team | India Rajat Chauhan Sarvesh Pareek Abhishek Verma | South Korea Choi Yong-hee Kim Jong-ho Yang Young-ho | Iran Yaser Amouei Esmaeil Ebadi Majid Gheidi |
| Women's individual | Jyothi Surekha Vennam India | Afsaneh Shafiei Iran | Wu Ting-ting Chinese Taipei |
| Women's team | South Korea Kim Yun-hee Seol Da-yeong Song Yun-soo | India Swati Dudhwal Jayalakshmi Sarikonda Jyothi Surekha Vennam |  Malaysia Saritha Cham Nong Nor Rizah Ishak Fatin Nurfatehah Mat Salleh |
| Mixed team | South Korea Kim Jong-ho Song Yun-soo | Iran Esmaeil Ebadi Afsaneh Shafiei | Chinese Taipei Kung Lin-hsiang Chen Li-ju |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Iran | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
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