102 archers from 44 countries entered the competition, with a maximum of three entries per country. All archers qualified for the 7-round knockout tournament, with the top 8 scores in qualifying receiving a bye to the third round.[1] The reigning champion was Christopher Perkins of Canada.[2]
Pre-tournament world rankings ('WR') are taken from the 28 August 2013 World Archery Rankings.[4] The qualification round consisted of two sessions of 36 arrows at 50m, with equal scores separated by number of 10s, then number of X's and world ranking.[5][6]