Archery at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held in International Archery Center, Gwangju, South Korea from July 4 to 8, 2015. Four competitions were held in men and women's recurve and in men and women's compound. The top nations qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's individual | Lee Seung-yun South Korea | Ku Bon-chan South Korea | Kim Woo-jin South Korea |
Men's team | South Korea (KOR) Kim Woo-jin Ku Bon-chan Lee Seung-yun | Chinese Taipei Wang Hou-chieh Wei Chun-heng Yu Guan-lin | Russia (RUS) Galsan Bazarzhapov Artem Makhnenko Bair Tsybekdorzhiev |
Women's individual | Ki Bo-bae South Korea | Choi Mi-sun South Korea | Maja Jager Denmark |
Women's team | Chinese Taipei Hsiung Mei-chien Lin Shih-chia Tan Ya-ting | South Korea (KOR) Choi Mi-sun Kang Chae-young Ki Bo-bae | Russia (RUS) Anna Balsukova Tuyana Dashidorzhieva Inna Stepanova |
Mixed team | South Korea (KOR) Lee Seung-yun Ki Bo-bae | Chinese Taipei Wei Chun-heng Tan Ya-ting | Russia (RUS) Galsan Bazarzhapov Inna Stepanova |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's individual | Kim Jong-ho South Korea | Kim Tae-yoon South Korea | Renaud Domanski Belgium |
Men's team | South Korea (KOR) Kim Jong-ho Kim Tae-yoon Yang Young-ho | Mexico (MEX) Mario Cardoso Daniel del Valle Adolfo Medina | Italy (ITA) Luca Fanti Andrea Leotta Jacopo Polidori |
Women's individual | Song Yun-soo South Korea | Toja Cerne Slovenia | Stephanie Salinas Mexico |
Women's team | Russia (RUS) Natalia Avdeeva Svetlana Cherkashneva Maria Vinogradova | United States (USA) Carlissa Cochran Mackenzie Kieborz Brogan Williams | South Korea (KOR) Kim Yun-hee Seol Da-yeong Song Yun-soo |
Mixed team | South Korea (KOR) Kim Jong-ho Song Yun-soo | India (IND) Kawalpreet Singh Jyothi Surekha Vennam | Belgium (BEL) Renaud Domanski Sarah Prieels |
* Host nation (South Korea)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea* | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
2 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Russia | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
4 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
9 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
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