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

The men'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 20 archers entered the competition. The best four athletes from preliminary round qualifies to the semifinals.

## Results

### Preliminary round

| Rank | Archer | Nation | Score | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Michele Frangilli | Italy | 682 | Q |
| 2 | Jay Barrs | United States | 667 | Q |
| 3 | Nicolas Gaudron | France | 661 | Q |
| 4 | Fulvio Verdecchia | Italy | 661 | Q |
| 5 | Gerard Koonings | Netherlands | 656 | |
| 6 | Ron van der Hoff | Netherlands | 653 | |
| 7 | Karl Blondeau | France | 651 | |
| 8 | Jonas Andersson | Sweden | 649 | |
| 9 | Mats Swordal | Norway | 643 | |
| 10 | Kazutaka Kinoshita | Japan | 642 | |
| 11 | Jonathan Shales | Great Britain | 641 | |
| 12 | Asamitsu Takemura | Japan | 640 | |
| 13 | Paul Kelly | Great Britain | 639 | |
| 14 | Michael Fisher | Australia | 638 | |
| 15 | Sigmund Lindberget | Norway | 619 | |
| 16 | Joseph McGlyn | United States | 611 | |
| 17 | Rudolf Grube | Austria | 604 | |
| 18 | Peter Ebden | New Zealand | 595 | |
| 19 | Patrick Choi Chong Ma | Hong Kong | 500 | |
| 20 | Bulathwela Fernando | Sri Lanka | 486 | |

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Michele Frangilli | 52 | | | |
| 4 | Fulvio Verdecchia | 50 | | | |
| 4 | Fulvio Verdecchia | 50 | 1 | Michele Frangilli | 55 |
| | | | 2 | Jay Barrs | 56 |
| 2 | Jay Barrs | 49 | 2 | Jay Barrs | 56 |
| 3 | Nicolas Gaudron | 46 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 4 | Fulvio Verdecchia | 53(5,5) |
| | | | 3 | Nicolas Gaudron | 53(5,4) |
