A total of 22 nations competed in the men's team event at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the archery programme.

The ranking round score for a team was the sum of the three scores earned by the individual archers in the individual ranking round.

[1] In a surprise, the Korean team fell all the way to sixth place in the semifinal.

Korea returned to top form in the final, making full use of the clean slate that each round afforded to win the gold medal.

The Americans continued to shoot well, but were unable to keep up with the Koreans, taking home the silver.