The Korean women, who had begun to show strength in the sport four years earlier, completely dominated the preliminary round.

They took the three top places as Kim Soo-Nyung shattered the previous Olympic record for a FITA round.

Chinese Taipei, the United States, China, Sweden, Indonesia, and Great Britain had two archers advance.

China, Indonesia, France, Poland, West Germany, and the United States each had one archer move on.

Sweden, Great Britain, and West Germany each sent one archer to fill out the top eight.

It was not a foregone conclusion, however, as Yun Young-Sook required a tie-breaker to defeat Arjannikova of the Soviet Union.