| Archery at the 2010 Commonwealth Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Recurve | ||
| Individual | men | women |
| Team | men | women |
| Compound | ||
| Individual | men | women |
| Team | men | women |
The men's compound recurve archery event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was part of the archery programme and took place at the Yamuna Sports Complex. [1]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Septimus Cilliers (RSA) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Jacobus de Wet (RSA) | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Septimus Cilliers (RSA) | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 12 |  Christopher White (ENG) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Christopher White (ENG) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  Tapani Kalmaru (WAL) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Christopher White (ENG) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Duncan Busby (ENG) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 14 |  Johannes Grobler (NAM) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  Shaun Teasdale (NZL) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Shaun Teasdale (NZL) | 2 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 2 | Duncan Busby (ENG) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 10 |  Robert Timms (AUS) | 3 | 1 | Septimus Cilliers (RSA) | 7 | |||||||||
| 2 | Duncan Busby (ENG) | 7 | 6 | Shaun Teasdale (NZL) | 3 | |||||||||
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