The 30-year-old, who earned two gold medals at last year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, was three shy of the world record as she finished with a score of 683.

Chang missed out on surpassing the record of 686, set by compatriot Ki Bo Bae at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju.

The South Korean archer, who was the top scorer across the men's and women's recurve competitions, ended the qualification round in front of team-mate Ki and Tan Ya-Ting of Chinese Taipei.

Ki scored a total of 673, while Tan amassed 666 at the Easton Salt Lake Archery Centre. 

"I shot that score and I had no expectation that I would come in first place – but the men’s team came up to me and said I did very well," said Chang. 

"The first half was good and I felt in form so I shot well, even though there was a little bit of wind. 

"I managed the wind but in the second half I got a bit nervous.

"I'm very happy that I could beat all the men."

Chang's team-mate Im Dong-hyun led the way in the men's qualification round as he managed a score of 680, three shy of Chang's total in the women's equivalent.

Wei Chun-hung of Chinese Taipei was second on 679, the same total achieved by Kim Woo-jin, who was part of the South Korean team which claimed gold at Rio 2016.

American Reo Wilde finished at the summit of the qualification standings in the men's compound event on 704 points.

Kim Jong-ho of South Korea was second, while Mike Schloesser of The Netherlands was third.

In the women's compound, Denmark's Sarah Sonnichsen was the top qualifier on 699 points, five more than nearest challenger Andrea Marcos of Spain.

Sara Lopez of Colombia, the world number one, was third.

Action resumes in Salt Lake City, which hosted the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, tomorrow.