Archery at the 2021 Summer World University Games – Men's individual recurve

The men's individual recurve archery competition at the 2021 Summer World University Games was held in the Shuangliu Modern Pentathlon Centre, Chengdu, China between July 27 and 31.

Records
Prior to the competition, the world and Universiade records were as follows.
 * 72 arrows ranking round

Ranking round
The ranking round took place on 27 July 2023 to determine the seeding for the elimination rounds. It consisted of two rounds of 36 arrows, with a maximum score of 720.

Elimination stage
The results are as below.