2001 World Archery Championships – Men's individual recurve

The men's individual recurve competition at the 2001 World Archery Championships took place in September 2001 in Beijing, China. 125 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying 144 arrow FITA round, the top 64 archers qualified for the 6-round knockout tournament, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 23 September.

Qualifying
The following archers were the leading 8 qualifiers:

• # 🇮🇹 Michele Frangilli (3rd round)

• # 🇰🇷 Yeon Jung-ki (Champion)

• # 🇰🇷 Lee Chang-hwan (2nd round)

• # 🇮🇹 Ilario di Buo (4th place)

• # 🇯🇵 Hiroshi Yamamoto (3rd round)

• # 🇰🇷 Park Kyung-mo (3rd place)

• # 🇷🇺 Baljinima Tsyrempilov (Quarterfinal)

• # 🇮🇹 Matteo Bisiani (2nd round)