Ranking round
The ranking round took place on 4 July 2015 to determine the seeding for the knockout rounds. It consisted of two rounds of 36 arrows, with a maximum score of 720.
The men's individual recurve archery competition at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held in the International Archery Center, Gwangju, South Korea from July 4 to 8, 2015. 68 archers from 32 countries entered the competition. World champion Lee Seung-yun set a new Universiade record in the ranking round. [1]
The ranking round took place on 4 July 2015 to determine the seeding for the knockout rounds. It consisted of two rounds of 36 arrows, with a maximum score of 720.
| Quarter finals | Semi finals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Lee Seung-yun (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Yu Guan-lin (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Lee Seung-yun (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Wei Chun-hung (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Wei Chun-hung (TPE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 |  Muhamad Ikram Bin Joni (MAS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Lee Seung-yun (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ku Bon-chan (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kim Woo-jin (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Wang Hou-chieh (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kim Woo-jin (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Third place | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ku Bon-chan (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Thomas Antoine (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Wei Chun-hung (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ku Bon-chan (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Kim Woo-jin (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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