| Archery at the 1990 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Beijing Shooting Range Field |
| Dates | 1–6 October |
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South Korea dominated the competition, winning all possible four gold medals.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | Yang Chang-hoon  South Korea | Takayoshi Matsushita  Japan | Kim Sun-bin South Korea |
| Men's team |  South Korea Kim Sun-bin Park Jae-pyo Yang Chang-hoon | Japan Takayoshi Matsushita Sadamu Nishikawa Hiroshi Yamamoto |  Chinese Taipei Chiu Ping-kun Tseng Cheng-jen Tu Chih-chen |
| Women's individual | Lee Jang-mi South Korea | Lee Eun-kyung South Korea | Kim Soo-nyung South Korea |
| Women's team | South Korea Kim Soo-nyung Lee Eun-kyung Lee Jang-mi | Chinese Taipei Chin Chiu-yueh Lai Fang-mei Liu Pi-yu |  North Korea Kim Jong-hwa Kim Ok-hui Ri Myong-gum |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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