The girls' individual archery event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 22 to 25 August 2014 at the Fangshan Sports Training Base in Nanjing, China.

South Korea's Lee Eun-gyeong, who was seeded first and set a new junior world record in the 72-arrow round, defeated Ana Machado of Brazil to win the bronze medal.

[1]: 5–8 South Korea's Lee Eun-gyeong topped the ranking round held on the morning of 22 August with a score of 681 points out of a maximum of 720.

Bianca Gotuaco of the Philippines was the highest ranked archer to falter in the opening knockout round, the eleventh seed losing to Japan's Miasa Koike in four sets during the afternoon session, which took place under calm and humid conditions.

[5] Fourteenth-seed Bryony Pitman of Great Britain was another to be eliminated by a lower-ranked archer in the first round, with the Briton being unable move her sight on either of her two bows to correct her shots, which were landing too low compared to the centre of the target.

Lee, Gaubil, and Li each recorded comfortable victories to advance to the semi-finals, while Machado narrowly defeated tenth-seed Zyzańska in the final quarter-final match, the pair once again requiring a shoot-off to determine the victor.

A score of 26-25 in the fifth set in Gaubil's favour however sealed the match, the Frenchwoman eliminating the number one seed from gold medal contention.

Machado's performance was nevertheless considered to have exceeded expectations, the Brazilian herself expressing surprise at how far she progressed in the competition, having returned to the sport just six months prior to the event.

[citation needed] Li's win earned her a second gold medal of the Games after her victory in the mixed teams competition the previous day with partner Luis Gabriel Moreno of the Philippines.

"[citation needed] Gaubil meanwhile reflected that she found the final day of competition difficult with the quarter-final, semi-final, and gold medal match taking place in rapid succession, leaving little time for rest in between.