| Men's individual standing at the X Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stone Mountain Park | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
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The Men's Individual Standing was an archery competition in the 1996 Summer Paralympics. [1]
The gold medal was won by Ryszard Olejnik, husband of the women's champion Malgorzata Olejnik. In the final he defeated Jean Francois Garcia. The bronze medal match was won by Tae Sung An of Korea.
| Rank | Archer | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ryszard Olejnik (POL) | ||
| 2 |  Jens Fudge (DEN) | ||
| 3 |  Jean Francois Garcia (FRA) | ||
| 4 |  Joseph Schreiner (LUX) | ||
| 5 |  Hyeon Cho (KOR) | ||
| 6 |  Mario Esposito (ITA) | ||
| 7 |  Masao Sato (JPN) | ||
| 8 | Jean-Michel Favre (FRA) | ||
| 9 | Tomasz Lezanski (POL) | ||
| 10 |  Adrian Miller (RSA) | ||
| 11 |  Waldemar Dusold (GER) | ||
| 12 | Hak Young Lee (KOR) | ||
| 13 | Kenichi Nishii (JPN) | ||
| 14 |  Stepan Bougaichuk (BLR) | ||
| 15 | Stanislaw Jonski (POL) | ||
| 16 |  Jan Thulin (SWE) | ||
| 17 | Ezio Luvisetto (ITA) | ||
| 18 |  John Murray (GBR) | ||
| 19 | Mitoya Ishida (JPN) | ||
| 20 |  Jose Luis Gaspar (ESP) | ||
| 21 | Tae Sung An (KOR) | ||
| 22 |  Ludo Maesen (BEL) | ||
| 23 | Alberto Borello (ITA) | ||
| 24 | Antonio Sanchez (ESP) |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ryszard Olejnik (POL) | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Tomasz Lezanski (POL) | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Ryszard Olejnik (POL) | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Tae Sung An (KOR) | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Tae Sung An (KOR) | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Joseph Schreiner (LUX) | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Ryszard Olejnik (POL) | 98 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Jean Francois Garcia (FRA) | 94 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Jean Francois Garcia (FRA) | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Waldemar Dusold (GER) | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Jean Francois Garcia (FRA) | 101 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||
| 10 | Adrian Miller (RSA) | 95 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Adrian Miller (RSA) | 21 | Tae Sung An (KOR) | 95 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Jens Fudge (DEN) | 10 | Adrian Miller (RSA) | 94 | ||||||||||
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