Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual

{{short description|Archery at the Olympics}}

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{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Men's individual

| games = 1972 Summer

| image = Blick vom Monopteros auf den Englischen Garten Muenchen-2.jpg

| image_size = 280

| caption = Modern photograph of Englischer Garten, where the event took place

| venue = Englischer Garten

| dates = 7–10 September 1972

| competitors = 55

| nations = 24

| win_value = 2528

| win_label = Winning score

| gold = John Williams

| goldNOC = USA

| silver = Gunnar Jervill

| silverNOC = SWE

| bronze = Kyösti Laasonen

| bronzeNOC = FIN

| next = 1976

}}

{{Archery at the Olympics|1972}}

The men's individual archery event at the 1972 Summer Olympics was part of the archery programme. The event consisted of a double FITA round. For each round, the archer shot 36 arrows at each of four distances—90, 50, 70, and 30 metres. The highest score for each arrow was 10 points, giving a possible maximum of 2880 points.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ARC/mens-individual.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131954/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ARC/mens-individual.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Archery at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Individual |accessdate=26 March 2020 |work=Sports Reference}}