Field archery at the 2001 World Games – Women's recurve
# Field archery at the 2001 World Games – Women's recurve

The women's recurve archery competition at the 2001 World Games took place from 17 to 19 August 2001 at the Opas Skiing Spot in Akita, Japan.

## Competition format

A total of 12 archers entered the competition. The best four athletes from preliminary round qualifies to the semifinals.

## Results

### Preliminary round

| Rank | Archer | Nation | Score | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Irene Franchini | Italy | 627 | Q |
| 2 | Laure Barczynski | France | 626 | Q |
| 3 | Carole Ferriou | France | 625 | Q |
| 4 | Elisabeth Grube | Austria | 608 | Q |
| 5 | Susanne Lundgren | Sweden | 602 | |
| 6 | Sabine Mayrhofer | Austria | 599 | |
| 7 | Janet Barrs | United States | 599 | |
| 8 | Marina Prelipcean | Belgium | 593 | |
| 9 | Hiroko Umejima | Japan | 588 | |
| 10 | Ingrid Kihlander | Sweden | 585 | |
| 11 | Yuka Iwasaki | Japan | 580 | |
| 12 | Kathryn Faulkner | New Zealand | 574 | |

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Irene Franchini | 46 | | | |
| 4 | Elisabeth Grube | 48 | | | |
| 4 | Elisabeth Grube | 48 | 4 | Elisabeth Grube | 46 |
| | | | 3 | Carole Ferriou | 48 |
| 2 | Laure Barczynski | 42 | 3 | Carole Ferriou | 48 |
| 3 | Carole Ferriou | 43 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 1 | Irene Franchini | 42 |
| | | | 2 | Laure Barczynski | 47 |
