The men's individual compound competition at the 2009 World Archery Championships took place on 2–9 September 2009 in Ulsan, South Korea.
83 archers competed in the qualification round on 2 September.
As there were fewer than 128 entrants, all archers qualified for the 7-round knockout round on 5 September which was drawn according to their qualification round scores.
[1] Second seed Albina Loginova beat Jorina Coetzee in the final.
The top 45 qualifiers all received byes to the second round.