Kim Woojin smashes qualifying world record at national championships with 709

Olympic champion Kim Woojin set a new world record of 709 out of a maximum of 720 in the 70 metre 72-arrow round at a Korean national championship on September 15 2025. 

The monumental score is still officially subject to ratification.

The score was shot in qualifying at the 57th National Men’s and Women’s Archery Championships, held at the Jinho International Archery Field in Yecheon, where the second stage of the Hyundai Archery World Cup was held in 2024.

Woojin’s first half score was 355 with 31 tens and 12 X’s, followed by a second half of 354 with 31 tens and 11 X’s. Woojin achieved the feat despite shooting an eight in the back half. 

The score destroyed the current world record of 702, set by Brady Ellison at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. Both halves were also higher than the 36 arrow record of 353 set by Oh Jin Hyek at a Korean national tournament in 2015. 

Woojin did not go on to win the tournament, as he was beaten in the quarterfinals 7-3 by high school student Choi Cheol-jun, who would eventually take bronze. The gold medal was won by Woojin’s Olympic teammate Kim Je Deok.