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How did the grand FITA round determine a world championship winner?

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A modern archer stands with a recurved bow drawn, aiming at a circular recreational target on a stand. The archer wears protective gear and carries arrows in a quiver at his side. — Archery Archer with a recurve bow and recreational target.

In the sport of archery, the grand FITA round was introduced in 1985 to enhance the event for spectators. It functioned as a multi-stage elimination process following a qualifying round.123

The format determined a winner through the following structure:

Qualification: Archers first completed a single FITA round to qualify for the next stage.13
Elimination Rounds: The top 24 archers proceeded to shoot four elimination rounds, each consisting of nine arrows at every designated distance.13
Score Reset: To ensure competitive intensity, scores were reset to zero at the beginning of each new round.13
Final Determination: The fourth and final round involved only the top eight remaining archers, the results of which determined the world championship winner.13

This system was later succeeded in the Olympic Games by the FITA Olympic round, which debuted in 1992 and utilized a head-to-head, single-elimination match format.12