There were 128 qualifying places available for archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics: 64 for men and 64 for women.

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per each gender. NOCs that qualify teams for a particular gender are able to send a three-member team to the team event and also have each member compete in the individual event. There were 12 team spots for each gender, thus qualifying 36 individuals through team qualification. All other NOCs may earn a maximum of 1 quota place per gender for the individual events.

6 places are reserved for Great Britain as host nation, and a further 6 shall be decided upon by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 116 places shall therefore be allocated through a qualification process, in which archers earn quota places for their respective NOCs, though not necessarily for themselves.

To be eligible to participate in the Olympic Games after the NOC has obtained a quota place, all archers must have achieved the following Minimum Qualification Score (MQS):

• Men: FITA round of 1230 or 70m round of 625
• Women: FITA round of 1230 or 70m round of 600

The MQS must be achieved between 2 July 2011 (starting at the 2011 World Outdoor Archery Championships) and 1 July 2012 at a registered FITA event.

Qualification summary

Nation	Men		Women		Total
	Men's individual	Men's team	Women's individual	Women's team	Athletes
Australia	1		1		2
Bangladesh	1				1
Belarus			1		1
Bhutan			1		1
Brazil	1				1
Bulgaria	1				1
Canada	1		1		2
Chile			1		1
China	3	X	3	X	6
Colombia	1		1		2
Ivory Coast	1				1
Cuba	1				1
Denmark			3	X	3
Egypt	1		1		2
Estonia			1		1
Fiji	1				1
France	3	X	1		4
Georgia			1		1
Germany	1		1		2
Great Britain	3	X	3	X	6
Greece			1		1
Hong Kong	1				1
Iran	1		1		2
Iraq			1		1
India	3	X	3	X	6
Indonesia			1		1
Italy	3	X	3	X	6
Japan	3	X	3	X	6
Kazakhstan	1		1		2
Luxembourg	1				1
Malaysia	3	X	1		4
Mexico	3	X	3	X	6
Moldova	1				1
Mongolia	1		1		2
Myanmar	1				1
Netherlands	1				1
Norway	1				1
North Korea			1		1
Philippines	1		1		2
Poland	1		1		2
Russia			3	X	3
Samoa			1		1
San Marino	1				1
South Africa			1		1
South Korea	3	X	3	X	6
Spain	1		1		2
Slovenia	1				1
Sweden			1		1
Switzerland	1		1		2
Chinese Taipei	3	X	3	X	6
Thailand	1				1
Turkey			1		1
Ukraine	3	X	3	X	6
United States	3	X	3	X	6
Venezuela	1		1		2
Total: 55 NOCs	64	12	64	12	128

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2011 World Archery Championships	July 2–10, 2011	Turin
2011 Asian Championships	October 19–25, 2011	Tehran
Open New Zealand Championships (2012 Oceanian Championships)	January 1–2, 2012	Wellington
2012 African Championships	Mar 12-16, 2012	Rabat
2012 Pan American Championships	April 17–22, 2012	Medellin
2012 European Championships	May 21–26, 2012	Amsterdam
Final Qualification Tournament	June 21–22, 2012	Ogden

Men

Event	Location	Athletes per NOC	Total Places	Qualified
Host Nation	-	3	3	Great Britain
2011 Outdoor World Championships, team event	Turin	3	24	South Korea  Mexico  United States  France  Ukraine  China  Italy  Malaysia
2011 Outdoor World Championships, individual event*	Turin	1	5*	Canada  Spain  Luxembourg  Mongolia  Norway
Asian Championships	Tehran	1	3	Iran  Thailand  Hong Kong
Open New Zealand Championships (Oceanian Championships)	Wellington	1	2	Australia  Fiji
Pan American Championships	Medellin	1	3	Cuba  Brazil  Colombia
European Championships	Amsterdam	1	3**	Netherlands  Moldova  Germany
African Championships	Rabat	1	2	Egypt  Ivory Coast
Final Qualification Tournament team event	Ogden	3	9	Japan  India  Chinese Taipei
Final Qualification Tournament individual event	Ogden	1	7*	Poland  Bulgaria  Switzerland  Venezuela  Philippines  Kazakhstan  Slovenia
Tripartite Commission**	TBD	1	3	Bangladesh  Myanmar  San Marino
TOTAL			64

• Eight spots were initially available through the World Championships individual events. Three of those spots were taken by Japan, India and Chinese Taipei. Those NOCs later won team places at the Final Qualification team event. This team qualification replaced the individual qualifications from the World Championships and released three further individual quota places to be awarded at the Final Qualification individual event.
• Israel rejected its quota place won at the European Qualification Tournament. Fourth-placed Camilo Mayr from Germany qualifies instead.

Women

Event	Location	Athletes per NOC	Total Places	Qualified
Host Nation	-	3	3	Great Britain
2011 Outdoor World Championships, team event	Turin	3	24	South Korea  Ukraine  India  Italy  Chinese Taipei  Russia  China  Denmark
2011 Outdoor World Championships, individual event	Turin	1	6*	Belarus  Chile  France  Georgia  Poland  North Korea
Asian Championships	Tehran	1	3	Indonesia  Mongolia  Malaysia
Open New Zealand Championships (Oceanian Championships)	Wellington	1	2	Australia  Samoa
Pan American Championships	Medellin	1	2*	Canada  Colombia
European Championships	Amsterdam	1	3	Spain  Sweden  Germany
African Championships	Rabat	1	2	Egypt  South Africa
Final Qualification Tournament team event	Ogden	3	9	Japan  Mexico  United States
Final Qualification Tournament individual event	Ogden	1	8*	Philippines  Estonia  Kazakhstan  Turkey  Switzerland  Venezuela  Greece  Iran
Tripartite Commission**	TBD	1	2	Iraq  Bhutan
TOTAL			64

• Eight spots were initially available through the World Championships individual events, and three in the Pan American Championships. Three of those spots were taken by Japan, Mexico, and the United States. Those NOCs later won team places at the Final Qualification team event. This team qualification replaced the individual qualifications from the World Championships and released three further individual quota places to be awarded at the Final Qualification individual event. One of the three Tripartite Commission places was also added to the Final Qualification individual event.