Worth edged in Rio archery quarter-final

He missed an Olympics semi-final berth by a single arrow.

But Australian archer Taylor Worth is buoyed by the fact he very nearly cracked an opponent no one expected him to challenge.

Worth, the country's sole remaining archer, bowed out of the men's individual tournament on Friday, edged in a thrilling shoot-off with Korean gun and eventual gold medallist Ku Bon-chan.

The 25-year-old had his eye on equalling Ku after five sets to force the contest to a single-arrow decider at Rio's Sambodromo.

His opponent finally got the better of him with a perfect 10 to Worth's nine, for a final score of 6-5.

"I don't think anyone thought I would win that match going up against one of the hardest Koreans," Worth said.

"So to be able to push him to a shoot-off was great."

Worth's quarter-final run is the third-best display by an Australian in individual Olympic archery behind Simon Fairweather's Sydney 2000 gold and Tim Cuddihy's Athens 2004 bronze.

It's also one step further than his round-of-16 exit at his debut Games in London 2012, where he upset then world No.1 American Brady Ellison.

Worth and fellow Australians Ryan Tyack and Alec Potts also depart Rio with the country's first-ever archery team medal, having clinched bronze on the opening day of the Games.

"I shot an Australian Olympic record (674) in the ranking round, helped my team win bronze and finished in the top eight in the individual, so I am pretty happy," he said.