South Korea claimed the first world records of London 2012 on Friday morning with a stunning display in the men's archery ranking round at Lord's.

Im Dong-hyun, who is registered as blind, broke his own 72-arrow mark of 696 by three points and was also part of a record in the team shoot. Im's partial sight means he shoots at the centre of a colourful blur he sees 70 metres before him.

Alongside Kim Bubmin and Oh Jin-hyek he helped register a 216-arrow total of 2,087 – smashing the world record by 18 points.

The day's shooting got under way in perfect conditions, with the Korean trio setting the standard from the off.

They took the three top seedings, with the world No2 Im again leading the way, breaking the world record for the third occasion since the London 2012 test event.

Despite rain affecting the second half of the ranking shoot, Im still finished with a superb 699. Kim was just one point behind with 698 and Oh closed with 690.

The top five was rounded out by Great Britain's Larry Godfrey, who recorded a personal best of 680, and Japan's Takaharu Furukawa one point further back.

World No1 Brady Ellison of the United States had a disappointing day, placing 10th with a total of 676.

Elsewhere, Ukraine's reigning Olympic champion Viktor Ruban was down in 43rd with 660.

Earier dozens of spectators were left disappointed as they were denied entry to the first London-based action of the Olympics.

The men's archery ranking round began behind closed doors.

Other non-ticketed events, such as the cycling road race, allow fans to catch a glimpse of the Games for free but stewards were not permitted to allow access.

Several people had queued from early in the morning in the hope of gaining access on a 'first-come, first-served' basis and numbers peaked at around 50 by the time the archers had started shooting.

The Lord's venue manager Vanessa Bellamy said: "This has always been a non-ticketed event but it seems some people believed they could come down on the day.

"This was never the case but we believe some illegal websites may have suggested this was the case."