The archery events at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were held over a seven-day period from 6 to 12 August.

Four events took place, all were staged at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí.

The competition started with an initial ranking round involving all 64 archers of each gender.

Each archer would shoot a total of 72 arrows to be seeded from 1–64 according to their score.

If at the end of five sets the score had been tied at 5–5, a single arrow shoot-off would have held and the closest to the center would be declared the winner.