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The women's individual compound competition at the 2011 World Archery Championships took place on 5–10 July 2011 in Torino, Italy. As there were fewer than 104 competitors, the 4 July qualification round determined the rankings for the 83 entrants; all archers qualified for the knockout tournament on 7–8 July, with the semi-finals and finals on 9 July.
The top eight scorers in the qualifying round were seeded, and received byes to the third round. As there were fewer than 104 entrants, seeds 9-29 also received byes to the second round.