The men's individual recurve competition at the 2001 World Archery Championships took place in September 2001 in Beijing, China. 125 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying 144 arrow FITA round, the top 64 archers qualified for the 6-round knockout tournament, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 23 September.^[1]

Qualifying

The following archers were the leading 8 qualifiers:

Full draw

Section 1

	1st round					2nd round					3rd round					Quarterfinal
	1	Michele Frangilli	166
	64	Alain Autem	155
						1	Michele Frangilli	166
						32	Wietse van Alten	163
	33	Jari Lipponen	164
	32	Wietse van Alten	166
											1	Michele Frangilli	165
											16	Lionel Torres	168
	17	Magnus Petersson	163
	48	Jocelyn de Grandis	161
						17	Magnus Petersson	163
						16	Lionel Torres	167
	49	Willy Ardiet	157
	16	Lionel Torres	174
																16	Lionel Torres	110
																40	Anton Prilepau	108
	9	Kim Won-sub	169
	56	Niklas Eriksson	164
						9	Kim Won-sub	161
						24	Hasse Pavia Lind	161*
	41	Felipe López	159
	24	Hasse Pavia Lind	161
											24	Hasse Pavia Lind	163
											40	Anton Prilepau	165
	25	Mario Casavecchia	158
	40	Anton Prilepau	165
						40	Anton Prilepau	167
						8	Matteo Bisiani	162
	57	Ni Guobin	163
	8	Matteo Bisiani	166

Section 2

	1st round					2nd round					3rd round					Quarterfinal
	5	Hiroshi Yamamoto	166
	60	Alexei Guzan	163
						5	Hiroshi Yamamoto	168
						28	David Barnes	159
	37	Christophe Peignois	154
	28	David Barnes	156
											5	Hiroshi Yamamoto	164
											21	Simon Needham	169
	21	Simon Needham	160
	44	Vladimir Dolgonosov	154
						21	Simon Needham	161*
						53	Sun Jian	161
	53	Sun Jian	166
	12	Daniel Kravacek	159
																21	Simon Needham	102
																4	Ilario di Buo	110
	13	Viktor Ruban	167
	52	Jantsan Gantugs	160
						13	Viktor Ruban	160
						20	Oleksandr Serdyuk	172
	45	Pavel Jurak	161
	20	Oleksandr Serdyuk	162
											20	Oleksandr Serdyuk	165
											4	Ilario di Buo	167
	29	Michael Fisher	156
	36	Jacek Proć	165
						36	Jacek Proć	159
						4	Ilario di Buo	168
	61	Juan Carlos Manjarrez	159
	4	Ilario di Buo	165

Section 3

	1st round					2nd round					3rd round					Quarterfinal
	3	Lee Chang-hwan	161
	62	Aurelien Daux	159
						3	Lee Chang-hwan	163
						30	Takayoshi Matsushita	164
	35	Yaron Kolesnik	154
	30	Takayoshi Matsushita	167
											30	Takayoshi Matsushita	163
											46	Dennis Bager	167
	19	Nico Hendrickx	162
	46	Dennis Bager	164
						46	Dennis Bager	160
						51	Chen Szu-yuan	159
	51	Chen Szu-yuan	165*
	14	Ian Crowther	165
																46	Dennis Bager	93
																6	Park Kyung-mo	106
	11	Erich Kloos	167
	54	Bartosz Mikos	158
						11	Erich Kloos	163*
						22	Igor Parkhomenko	163
	43	Martin Bulir	162
	22	Igor Parkhomenko	163
											11	Erich Kloos	165
											6	Park Kyung-mo	167
	27	Gennady Metrofanov	163
	38	Shih Cheng-te	162
						27	Gennady Metrofanov	160
						6	Park Kyung-mo	172
	59	Yang Bo	164
	6	Park Kyung-mo	164*

Section 4

	1st round					2nd round					3rd round					Quarterfinal
	7	Baljinima Tsyrempilov	166
	58	Christian Stubbe	152
						7	Baljinima Tsyrempilov	162
						26	Satyadev Prasad	157
	39	Chen Hongyuan	154
	26	Satyadev Prasad	161
											7	Baljinima Tsyrempilov	170
											10	Mattias Eriksson	159
	23	Ozdemir Akbal	164
	42	Su Wen-pin	156
						23	Ozdemir Akbal	167
						10	Mattias Eriksson	168
	55	Tunc Kucukkayalar	161
	10	Mattias Eriksson	162
																7	Baljinima Tsyrempilov	107
																2	Yeon Jung-ki	113
	15	Stanislav Zabrodski	158*
	50	Kailash	158
						15	Stanislav Zabrodski	168
						47	Zbigniew Stanieczek	150
	47	Zbigniew Stanieczek	163
	18	Michael Frankenberg	159
											15	Stanislav Zabrodski	171
											2	Yeon Jung-ki	174
	31	Keichi Tanaka	165
	34	Javier Fernández	157
						31	Keichi Tanaka	165
						2	Yeon Jung-ki	168
	63	Mikael Larsson	152
	2	Yeon Jung-ki	166

Finals

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	16	Lionel Torres	110
	40	Anton Prilepau	108
						16	Lionel Torres	111*
						4	Ilario di Buo	111
	21	Simon Needham	102
	4	Ilario di Buo	110
											16	Lionel Torres	114
											2	Yeon Jung-ki	115
	46	Dennis Bager	93
	6	Park Kyung-mo	106
						6	Park Kyung-mo	113			Third place
						2	Yeon Jung-ki	115
	7	Baljinima Tsyrempilov	107								4	Ilario di Buo	109
	2	Yeon Jung-ki	113								6	Park Kyung-mo	110

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