The men's individual recurve competition at the 2005 World Archery Championships took place in June 2005 in Madrid, Spain. 143 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying 144 arrow FITA round on 22 June, 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 27 June.^[1]

The following archers were the leading 8 qualifiers:

	1st round					2nd round					3rd round					Quarterfinal
	1	Park Kyung-mo	154
	64	Leonardo de Carvalho	158
						64	Leonardo de Carvalho	152
						33	Joseph McGlyn	151
	33	Joseph McGlyn	163
	32	Oleksandr Sardyuk	162
											64	Leonardo de Carvalho	159
											16	Pieter Custers	159*
	17	Marco Galiazzo	160
	48	Juan René Serrano	158
						17	Marco Galiazzo	154
						16	Pieter Custers	159
	49	Crispin Duenas	155
	16	Pieter Custers	163
																16	Pieter Custers	111
																24	Ryuichi Moriya	111*
	9	Matthew Gray	164
	56	Marcos Bortoloto	157
						9	Matthew Gray	159
						24	Ryuichi Moriya	161
	41	Michael Peart
	24	Ryuichi Moriya	w/o
											24	Ryuichi Moriya	161
											40	Christopher Madeley	157
	25	Alan Wills	157
	40	Christopher Madeley	163
						40	Christopher Madeley	156*
						57	Cheng Chu Sian	156
	57	Cheng Chu Sian	163
	8	Laurence Godfrey	159

	1st round					2nd round					3rd round					Quarterfinal
	5	Kuo Cheng-wei	154
	60	Jakub Mikeska	158
						60	Jakub Mikeska	155
						28	Butch Johnson	160
	37	Jonas Andersson	145
	28	Butch Johnson	160
											28	Butch Johnson	160
											53	Yavor Hristov	155
	21	Ilario di Buo	155
	44	Ryota Amano	160
						44	Ryota Amano	150
						53	Yavor Hristov	154
	53	Yavor Hristov	162
	12	Muhammad Marbawi	161
																28	Butch Johnson	108
																4	Tarundeep Rai	110
	13	Liu Ming-huang	160
	52	Michal Hodac	157
						13	Liu Ming-huang	154
						45	Yong Fujun	154*
	45	Yong Fujun	165
	20	Piotr Piątek	158
											45	Yong Fujun	161
											4	Tarundeep Rai	164
	29	Victor Wunderle	164
	36	Wu Fengbo	159
						29	Victor Wunderle	150
						4	Tarundeep Rai	161
	61	Eduardo Vélez	158
	4	Tarundeep Rai	164

	1st round					2nd round					3rd round					Quarterfinal
	3	Baljinima Tsyrempilov	168
	62	Michael Frankenberg	162
						3	Baljinima Tsyrempilov	157
						35	Erdem Zhigzhitov	158
	35	Erdem Zhigzhitov	163
	30	Wan Khalmizam	162
											35	Erdem Zhigzhitov	150
											14	Viktor Ruban	162
	19	Wang Cheng-pang	163
	46	Sebastian Rohrberg	158
						19	Wang Cheng-pang	158
						14	Viktor Ruban	159
	51	Simon Fairweather	154
	14	Viktor Ruban	158
																14	Viktor Ruban	107
																6	Choi Won-jong	109
	11	Wietse van Alten	169
	54	Henk Vogels	152
						11	Wietse van Alten	151
						22	Jayanta Talukdar	167
	43	Francesco Lunelli	152
	22	Jayanta Talukdar	159
											22	Jayanta Talukdar	158
											6	Choi Won-jong	159
	27	Takaharu Furukawa	158
	38	Nico Hendrickx	168
						38	Nico Hendrickx	148
						6	Choi Won-jong	161
	59	Bård Nesteng	151
	6	Choi Won-jong	170

	1st round					2nd round					3rd round					Quarterfinal
	7	Han Seung-hoon	170
	58	Alexey Nikolaev	164
						7	Han Seung-hoon	165
						39	Xue Haifeng	163
	39	Xue Haifeng	158
	26	Jacek Proć	155
											7	Han Seung-hoon	161
											23	Tim Cuddihy	157
	23	Tim Cuddihy	167
	42	Markiyan Ivashko	162
						23	Tim Cuddihy	158
						10	Michele Frangilli	157
	55	Robin Hansda	164
	10	Michele Frangilli	171
																7	Han Seung-hoon	112
																2	Chung Jae-hun	114
	15	Gautam Singh	159*
	50	Jens Pieper	159
						15	Gautam Singh	160
						18	Hiroshi Yamamoto	152
	47	Anton Prilepau	157
	18	Hiroshi Yamamoto	170
											15	Gautam Singh	159
											2	Chung Jae-hun	162
	31	Chen Szu-yuan	160
	34	Tunc Kucukkayalar	155
						31	Chen Szu-yuan	158
						2	Chung Jae-hun	160
	63	Siarhei Vitorski	158
	2	Chung Jae-hun	171

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	16	Pieter Custers	111
	24	Ryuichi Moriya	111*
						24	Ryuichi Moriya	107
						4	Tarundeep Rai	104
	28	Butch Johnson	108
	4	Tarundeep Rai	110
											24	Ryuichi Moriya	101
											2	Chung Jae-hun	102
	14	Viktor Ruban	107
	6	Choi Won-jong	109
						6	Choi Won-jong	104			Third place
						2	Chung Jae-hun	113
	7	Han Seung-hoon	112								4	Tarundeep Rai	106
	2	Chung Jae-hun	114								6	Choi Won-jong	112