The event consisted of a double FITA round. For each round, the archer shot 36 arrows at each of four distances—90, 50, 70, and 30 metres. The highest score for each arrow was 10 points, giving a possible maximum of 2880 points.
The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.
Rank | Archer | Nation | Round 1 Score | Round 1 Rank | Round 2 Score | Round 2 Rank | Total Score |
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{{Gold1}} | John Williams | {{flagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 1268 (OR) | 1 | 1260 | 1 | 2528 (OR) |
{{Silver2}} | Gunnar Jervill | {{flagIOC|SWE|1972 Summer}} | 1229 | 2 | 1252 | 3 | 2481 |
{{Bronze3}} | Kyösti Laasonen | {{flagIOC|FIN|1972 Summer}} | 1213 | 6 | 1254 | 2 | 2467 |
04|4}} | Robert Cogniaux | {{flagIOC|BEL|1972 Summer}} | 1205 | 7 | 1240 | 5 | 2445 |
05|5}} | Edwin Eliason | {{flagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 1193 | 13 | 1245 | 4 | 2438 |
06|6}} | Donald Jackson | {{flagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 1225 | 3 | 1212 | 12 | 2437 |
07|7}} | Victor Sidorouk | {{flagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | 1205 | 7 | 1222 | 7 | 2427 |
08|8}} | Arne Jacobsen | {{flagIOC|DEN|1972 Summer}} | 1188 | 20 | 1285 | 6 | 2423 |
09|9}} | Graeme Telford | {{flagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} | 1224 | 4 | 1199 | 16 | 2423 |
10 | Lucien Trepper | {{flagIOC|SUI|1972 Summer}} | 1191 | 16 | 1218 | 8 | 2409 |
11 | Dennis McComak | {{flagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 1199 | 9 | 1199 | 16 | 2398 |
12 | Mikhail Peounov | {{flagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | 1222 | 5 | 1175 | 24 | 2397 |
13 | Herluf Andersen | {{flagIOC|DEN|1972 Summer}} | 1178 | 23 | 1216 | 10 | 2394 |
14 | Siegfried Ortmann | {{flagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 1175 | 24 | 1215 | 11 | 2390 |
15 | Terence Reilly | {{flagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} | 1193 | 13 | 1194 | 18 | 2387 |
16 | Rolf Svensson | {{flagIOC|SWE|1972 Summer}} | 1179 | 22 | 1207 | 14 | 2386 |
17 | Roy Matthews | {{flagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 1174 | 25 | 1211 | 13 | 2385 |
18 | Andre Baeyens | {{flagIOC|BEL|1972 Summer}} | 1190 | 19 | 1193 | 20 | 2383 |
19 | Hiroshi Kajikawa | {{flagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}} | 1192 | 15 | 1189 | 22 | 2381 |
20 | Olavi Laurila | {{flagIOC|FIN|1972 Summer}} | 1155 | 31 | 1217 | 9 | 2372 |
21 | Jacques Doyen | {{flagIOC|FRA|1972 Summer}} | 1186 | 21 | 1183 | 23 | 2369 |
22 | Jakob Wolfensberger | {{flagIOC|SUI|1972 Summer}} | 1191 | 16 | 1176 | 25 | 2367 |
23 | Jos Daman | {{flagIOC|BEL|1972 Summer}} | 1165 | 29 | 1200 | 15 | 2365 |
24 | Mati Vaikjärv | {{flagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | 1194 | 11 | 1169 | 30 | 2363 |
25 | Elmer Ewert | {{flagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 1194 | 11 | 1165 | 32 | 2359 |
26 | John Snelling | {{flagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 1195 | 10 | 1161 | 35 | 2356 |
27 | Olov Bostroem | {{flagIOC|SWE|1972 Summer}} | 1168 | 27 | 1179 | 24 | 2347 |
28 | Alfonso Jones | {{flagIOC|MEX|1972 Summer}} | 1154 | 32 | 1190 | 21 | 2344 |
29 | Masashi Hibino | {{flagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}} | 1150 | 33 | 1194 | 18 | 2344 |
30 | Richard Krust | {{flagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 1172 | 26 | 1170 | 29 | 2342 |
31 | Alfredo Massazza | {{flagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} | 1189 | 19 | 1151 | 39 | 2340 |
32 | Jan Erik Humlekjær | {{flagIOC|NOR|1972 Summer}} | 1164 | 30 | 1175 | 26 | 2339 |
33 | Giancarlo Ferrari | {{flagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} | 1167 | 28 | 1155 | 36 | 2322 |
34 | Bela Nagy | {{flagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | 1135 | 39 | 1167 | 31 | 2302 |
35 | Sante Spigarelli | {{flagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} | 1145 | 34 | 1155 | 36 | 2300 |
36 | Johannes Akkerhaugen | {{flagIOC|NOR|1972 Summer}} | 1133 | 40 | 1155 | 36 | 2288 |
37 | Francisco Naranjilla | {{flagIOC|PHI|1972 Summer}} | 1117 | 44 | 1171 | 28 | 2288 |
38 | Shinji Nakamoto | {{flagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}} | 1124 | 42 | 1163 | 34 | 2287 |
39 | Marcel Balthasar | {{flagIOC|LUX|1972 Summer}} | 1144 | 36 | 1141 | 43 | 2285 |
40 | Jorma Sandelin | {{flagIOC|FIN|1972 Summer}} | 1142 | 37 | 1136 | 45 | 2278 |
41 | Wayne Pullen | {{flagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 1145 | 34 | 1130 | 46 | 2275 |
42 | Louis Lemirre | {{flagIOC|FRA|1972 Summer}} | 1102 | 46 | 1164 | 33 | 2266 |
43 | Galsan Biambaa | {{flagIOC|MGL|1972 Summer}} | 1112 | 45 | 1141 | 43 | 2253 |
44 | Alain Convard | {{flagIOC|FRA|1972 Summer}} | 1100 | 47 | 1151 | 39 | 2251 |
45 | Ronald Bishop | {{flagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 1138 | 38 | 1106 | 50 | 2244 |
46 | Tomasz Leżański | {{flagIOC|POL|1972 Summer}} | 1128 | 41 | 1109 | 48 | 2237 |
47 | Jean-Pierre Heritier | {{flagIOC|SUI|1972 Summer}} | 1123 | 43 | 1099 | 51 | 2222 |
48 | Egil Borgen Johansen | {{flagIOC|NOR|1972 Summer}} | 1076 | 50 | 1143 | 42 | 2219 |
49 | Emilio Ramos | {{flagIOC|ESP|1972 Summer}} | 1092 | 48 | 1107 | 49 | 2199 |
50 | Carlos Santos, Jr. | {{flagIOC|PHI|1972 Summer}} | 1062 | 52 | 1121 | 47 | 2183 |
51 | Rafael Aveleira | {{flagIOC|MEX|1972 Summer}} | 1031 | 54 | 1147 | 41 | 2178 |
52 | Jose Almanzor | {{flagIOC|MEX|1972 Summer}} | 1092 | 48 | 1083 | 52 | 2175 |
53 | Robin Sampson | {{flagIOC|NZL|1972 Summer}} | 1060 | 53 | 1055 | 53 | 2115 |
54 | Ramon Aldea | {{flagIOC|PHI|1972 Summer}} | 1067 | 51 | 1035 | 54 | 2102 |
55 | Ferdinand Vega | {{flagIOC|PUR|1972 Summer}} | 972 | 55 | 982 | 55 | 1954 |