| Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | ||
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| Compound | men | women |
| Recurve | men | women |
| Team | ||
| Recurve | men | women |
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.
| Men's individual compound W1 at the XIII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Green Archery Field | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 9–14 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
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The W1 class was won by David Drahoninsky, representing 
Czech Republic. [2]
| Rank | Archer | Score | 10's | X's | Notes |
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| 1 | David Drahoninsky (CZE) | 665 | 27 | 8 | PR |
| 2 |  Jeff Fabry (USA) | 661 | 29 | 9 | |
| 3 |  John Cavanagh (GBR) | 640 | 14 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Osmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 627 | 17 | 6 | |
| 5 |  Norbert Murphy (CAN) | 627 | 17 | 5 | |
| 6 |  An Seong-pyo (KOR) | 619 | 13 | 4 | |
| 7 |  Olivier Hatem (FRA) | 616 | 14 | 8 | |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Antonios (FIN) | 606 | 11 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Robert Lehner (SUI) | 603 | 10 | 5 | |
| 10 |  Fabio Luca Azzolini (ITA) | 593 | 11 | 3 | |
| 11 | Zdenek Sebek (CZE) | 586 | 9 | 4 | |
| 12 | Chuck Lear (USA) | 577 | 14 | 1 |
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| David Drahoninsky (CZE) | 106 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Lehner (SUI) | 94 | Robert Lehner (SUI) | 102 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jean-Pierre Antonios (FIN) | 89 | David Drahoninsky (CZE) | 99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norbert Murphy (CAN) | 98 | Osmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 97 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Lear (USA) | 75 | Norbert Murphy (CAN) | 97 | ||||||||||||||||
| Osmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 111 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Drahoninsky (CZE) | 108 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Cavanagh (GBR) | 103 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Cavanagh (GBR) | 106 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zdenek Sebek (CZE) | 100 | An Seong Pyo (KOR) | 104 | ||||||||||||||||
| An Seong Pyo (KOR) | 104 | John Cavanagh (GBR) | 109 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
| Olivier Hatem (FRA) | 101 | Jeff Fabry (USA) | 107 | ||||||||||||||||
| Fabio Luca Azzolini (ITA) | 107 | Fabio Luca Azzolini (ITA) | 97 | Osmo Kinnunen (FIN) | 101 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff Fabry (USA) | 113 | Jeff Fabry (USA) | 111 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Green Archery Field | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 9–13 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
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The Open class was won by John Stubbs, representing Great Britain. [3]
| Rank | Archer | Score | 10's | X's | Notes |
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| 1 | John Stubbs (GBR) | 691 | 46 | 20 | WR |
| 2 | Lee Ouk-soo (KOR) | 686 | 44 | 10 | |
| 3 | Fred Stevens (GBR) | 681 | 40 | 12 | |
| 4 | Go Sung-kil (KOR) | 680 | 38 | 11 | |
| 5 | Philippe Horner (SUI) | 679 | 36 | 15 | |
| 6 | Joe Bailey (USA) | 676 | 38 | 14 | |
| 7 | Jiri Klich (CZE) | 676 | 37 | 15 | |
| 8 |  Pavlo Nazar (UKR) | 676 | 36 | 11 | |
| 9 | Kevin Evans (CAN) | 675 | 33 | 12 | |
| 10 |  Hakan Tornstrom (SWE) | 675 | 32 | 9 | |
| 11 | Keijo Kallunki (FIN) | 675 | 31 | 15 | |
| 12 | Maurice Champey (FRA) | 674 | 33 | 12 | |
| 13 |  Michael Arenz (GER) | 670 | 28 | 10 | |
| 14 | T. J. Pemberton (USA) | 668 | 29 | 7 | |
| 15 | Alberto Simonelli (ITA) | 667 | 34 | 16 | |
| 16 | Eric Bennett (USA) | 667 | 28 | 7 | |
| 17 | Kweon Hyun-ju (KOR) | 662 | 31 | 11 | |
| 18 | Anders Gronberg (SWE) | 657 | 32 | 7 | |
| 19 |  Tom Vangen (NOR) | 654 | 27 | 10 | |
| 20 |  Sean Martin Heary (IRL) | 652 | 18 | 1 |
* Decided by additional arrows: Kweon Hyun Ju shot 9, 8; Eric Bennett shot 9, 9.
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