France at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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France at the Olympic Games

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IOC code: FRA
NOC: Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français
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2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Medals Gold
14
Silver
13
Bronze
11
Total
38
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
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France competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Contents

[edit] Medals

France finished in sixth position in the final medal rankings, with 14 gold medals and 38 medals overall.

Medal Competitor Event
Gold Brahim Asloum Boxing, men's light flyweight
Gold Tony Estanguet Canoeing, men's C-1 slalom singles
Gold Félicia Ballanger Cycling, women's sprint
Gold Félicia Ballanger Cycling, women's 500 m time trial
Gold Florian Rousseau Cycling, men's Kierin
Gold Miguel Martinez Cycling, men's cross-country mountain bike
Gold Laurent Gane, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant Cycling, men's Olympic sprint
Gold Jean-Noel Ferrari, Brice Guyart, Patrice l'Hotellier, and Lionel Plumenail Fencing, men's foil team
Gold Jean François di Martino, Robert Leroux, Hugues Obry, and Eric Srecki Fencing, men's épée team
Gold David Douillet Judo, men's heavyweight (+100 kg)
Gold Severine Vandenhende Judo, women's half middleweight (63 kg)
Gold Michel Andrieux, Jean-Christophe Rolland Rowing, men's coxless pairs
Gold Jean-Christophe Bette, Xavier Dorfman, Yves Hocde, Laurent Porchier Rowing, men's lightweight coxless fours
Gold Franck Dumoulin Shooting, men's air pistol
Silver Jim Bilba, Yann Bonato, Makan Dioumassi, Laurent Foirest, Thierry Gadou, Cyril Julian, Henry Crawford Palmer, Antoine Rigaudeau, Stephane Risacher, Laurent Sciarra, Moustapha Sonko, Frédéric Weis Basketball, men's team event
Silver Brigitte Guibal Canoeing, women's K-1 kayak slalom singles
Silver Florian Rousseau Cycling, men's 1000 m sprint
Silver Marion Clignet Cycling, women's individual pursuit
Silver Hugues Obry Fencing, men's épée individual
Silver Mathieu Gourdain Fencing, men's sabre individual
Silver Mathieu Gourdain, Julien Pillet, Cedric Seguin, Damien Touya Fencing, men's sabre team
Silver Benjamin Varonian Gymnastics, men's horizontal bar
Silver Eric Poujade Gymnastics, men's pommel horse
Silver Larbi Benboudaoud Judo, men's half lightweight (66 kg)
Silver Céline Lebrun Judo, women's half heavyweight (78 kg)
Silver Delphine Racinet Shooting, women's trap shooting
Silver Roxana Maracineanu Swimming, women's 200 m backstroke
Bronze Jérome Thomas Boxing, men's flyweight
Bronze Anne-Lise Bardet Canoeing, women's K-1 kayak slalom singles
Bronze Jeannie Longo Cycling, women's individual road time trial
Bronze Laura Flessel Fencing, women's épée individual
Bronze Frédéric Demontfaucon Judo, men's middleweight (90 kg)
Bronze Stéphane Traineau Judo, men's half-heavyweight (100 kg)
Bronze Thibaud Chapelle, Pascal Touron Rowing, men's lightweight double sculls
Bronze Virginie Dediue, Myriam Lignot Synchronized swimming, women's duet
Bronze Patrick Chila, Jean-Philippe Gatien Table tennis, men's doubles
Bronze Arnaud di Pasquale Tennis, men's doubles
Bronze Pascal Gentil Taekwondo, men's +80 kg

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Sebastian Flute performed better in 2000 than he had in 1996, but still couldn't match the gold medal he had won in 1992. Jocelyn de Grandis was the only other French archer to win a match.

Men's individual
Sebastian Flute Jocelyn de Grandis Lionel Torres
1/32 eliminations Defeated Serdar Satir
160-156 Defeated Iouri Leontiev
171-163 Lost to Christian Stubbe
163-161
1/16 eliminations Defeated Baard Nesteng
160-148 Lost to Simon Fairweather
161-150 - - -
1/8 eliminations Defeated Fred van Zutphen
166-159 - - - - - -
Quarterfinal Lost to Wietse van Alten
106-102 - - - - - -

Men's team:

  • Flute, de Grandis, and Torres — round of 16, 11th place (0-1)
Women's individual
Sylvie Pissis Alexandra Fouace
1/32 eliminations Lost to Chia-Ling Wen
Chinese Taipei
151-149 Lost to Barbara Mensing
Germany
157-149

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men's competition

Men's 100 m

  • David Patros
    1. Round 1 — 10.38
    2. Round 2 — 10.33 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m

  • Ibrahima Wade
    1. Round 1 — 45.72
    2. Round 2 — 45.61 (→ did not advance)
  • Marc Raquil
    1. Round 1 — 45.72
    2. Round 2 — 45.56 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 m

  • Mehdi Baala
    1. Round 1 — 03:40.35
    2. Semifinal — 03:38.15
    3. Final — 03:34.14 (→ 4th place)
  • Driss Maazouzi
    1. Round 1 — 03:38.88
    2. Semifinal — 03:40.23
    3. Final — 03:45.46 (→ 11th place)

Men's 5,000 m

  • Mustapha Essaid
    1. Round 1 — 13:40.82 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

  • Jean-Marc Grava
    1. Round 1 — 14.01
    2. Round 2 — 14.47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m

  • Christophe Cheval, Jerome Eyana, Needdy Guims, Frederic Krantz, David Patros
    1. Round 1 — 39
    2. Semifinal — 38.64
    3. Final — 38.49 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x400 m

  • Marc Foucan, Emmanuel Front, Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Marc Raquil, Ibrahima Wade, Bruno Wavelet
    1. Round 1 — 03:04.45
    2. Semifinal — 03:00.64
    3. Final — 03:01.02 (→ 4th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  • Gael Pencreach
    1. Round 1 — 08:25.35
    2. Final — 08:41.19 (→ 14th place)

Men's 1,500 m Wheelchair

  • Claude Issorat
    1. Final — 03:07.65 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • David Chaussinand
    1. Qualifying — 77.12
    2. Final — 75.26 (→ 11th place)
  • Giles Dupray
    1. Qualifying — 75.05 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Ronald Servius
    1. Qualifying — 7.66 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Colomba Fofana
    1. Qualifying — 14.59 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Antony Gillet
    1. Final — 1:27:36 (→ 33rd place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Sylvain Caudron
    1. Final — 4:03:22 (→ 29th place)
  • Rene Piller
    1. Final — DNF

Men's marathon

  • Mohamed Ouaadi
    1. Final — 2:14:04 (→ 8th place)

Men's Decathlon

  • Laurent Hernu
    1. 100 m — 11.19
    2. Long Jump — 7.14
    3. Shot Put — 13.54
    4. High Jump — 2.06
    5. 400 m — 50.63
    6. 100 m Hurdles — 14.51
    7. Discus Throw — 41.78
    8. Pole Vault — 5.00
    9. Javelin Throw — 56.34
    10. 1,500 m — 04:37.82
    • Points — 7909.00 (→ 19th place)
  • Wilfrid Boulineau
    1. 100 m — 11.07
    2. Long Jump — 7.08
    3. Shot Put — 13.38
    4. High Jump — 2.03
    5. 400 m — 49.82
    6. 100 m Hurdles — 15.02
    7. Discus Throw — 39.86
    8. Pole Vault — 4.80
    9. Javelin Throw — 59.69
    10. 1,500 m — 04:35.59
    • Points — 7821.00 (→ 20th place)
  • Sebastien Levicq
    1. 100 m — 11.48
    2. Long Jump — 6.57
    3. Shot Put — 13.53
    4. High Jump — DNS

[edit] Women's competition

Women's 100 m

  • Christine Arron
    1. Round 1 — 11.42
    2. Round 2 — 11.26
    3. Semifinal — 11.42 (→ did not advance)
  • Sandra Citte
    1. Round 1 — 11.47
    2. Round 2 — 11.63 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m

  • Muriel Hurtis
    1. Round 1 — 23.04
    2. Round 2 — 22.98
    3. Semifinal — 23.13 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m

Women's 5,000 m

  • Yamna Belkacem
    1. Round 1 — 16:08.49 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

  • Fatima Yvelain
    1. Round 1 — 33:44.48 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

  • Linda Ferga
    1. Round 1 — 12.89
    2. Round 2 — 12.88
    3. Semifinal — 12.87
    4. Final — 13.11 (→ 7th place)
  • Nicole Ramalalanirina
    1. Round 1 — 12.90
    2. Round 2 — 12.79
    3. Semifinal — 12.77
    4. Final — 12.91 (→ 7th place)
  • Patricia Girard
    1. Round 1 — 13.11
    2. Round 2 — 13.43 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m

Women's Shot Put

  • Laurence Manfredi
    1. Qualifying — 16.57 (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Nadine Auzeil
    1. Qualifying — 53.85 (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw

Women's Pole Vault

  • Caroline Ammel
    1. Qualifying — 4.15 (→ did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

  • Nora Leksir
    1. Final — 1:35:39 (→ 22nd place)
  • Fatiha Ouali
    1. Final — 1:35:35 (→ 23rd place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Nathalie Teppe
    1. 100 m Hurdles — 14.02
    2. High Jump — 1.72
    3. Shot Put — 13.44
    4. 200 m — 26.39
    5. Long Jump — 5.94
    6. Javelin Throw — 46.98
    7. 800 m — 02:18.56
    8. Points — 5851 (→ 19th place)
  • Eunice Barber
    1. 100 m Hurdles — 12.97
    2. High Jump — 1.84
    3. Shot Put — 11.27
    4. 200 m — 24.47
    5. Long Jump — 5.93
    6. Javelin Throw — DNS

[edit] Badminton

Men's Singles

  • Bertrand Gallet
    1. Round of 64: Defeated Marco Vasconcelos of Portugal
    2. Round of 32: Lost to Sun-Ho Hwang of Korea

Women's Singles

  • Sandra Dimbour
    1. Round of 64: Bye
    2. Round of 32: Lost to Lidya Djaelawijaya of Indonesia

[edit] Basketball

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
    1. Defeated New Zealand (76-50)
    2. Lost to Lithuania (63-81)
    3. Defeated China (82-70)
    4. Lost to Italy (57-67)
    5. Lost to United States (94-106)
  • Quarterfinals
    1. Defeated Canada (68-63)
  • Semi Finals
    1. Defeated Australia (76-52)
  • Gold Medal Match
    1. Lost to United States (75-85) — Silver Silver Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Jim Bilba
  • Yann Bonato
  • Makan Diamassi
  • Fabien Dubos
  • Laurent Foirest
  • Thierry Gadou
  • David Gauthier
  • Cyril Julian
  • Crawford Palmer
  • Laurent Pluvy
  • Antoine Rigaudeau
  • Stéphane Risacher
  • Dwayne Scholten
  • Laurent Sciarra
  • Moustapha Sonko
  • Frédéric Weis


Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
    1. Defeated Senegal (75-39)
    2. Defeated Slovakia (58-51)
    3. Defeated Canada (70-58)
    4. Defeated Brazil (73-70)
    5. Lost to Australia (62-69)
  • Quarterfinals
    1. Lost to South Korea (59-68)
  • Classification Match (5th-6th)
    1. Defeated Russia (71-59) — 5th place
  • Team Roster
  • Nicole Antibe
  • Lucienne Berthieu
  • Johanna Boutet
  • Sabine Falcoz
  • Isabelle Fijalkowski
  • Edwige Lawson
  • Sandra Le Drean
  • Nathalie Lesdema
  • Isabelle Marcin
  • Catherine Melain
  • Laëtitia Moussard
  • Audrey Sauret
  • Laure Savasta
  • Yannick Souvré
  • Dominique Tonnerre
  • Stéphanie Vivenot

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Brahim Asloum
    • Round 1 — Defeated Rezkalla Mohamed Abdelaehim of Egypt
    • Round 2 — Defeated Brian Viloria of United States
    • Quarterfinal — Defeated Ki-Suk Kim of Korea
    • Semifinal — Defeated Maikro Romero Esquirol of Cuba
    • Final — Defeated Rafael Lozano Munoz of France — Gold medal

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

  • Jérôme Thomas
    • Round 1 — Defeated Erle Wiltshire of Australia
    • Round 2 — Defeated Drissa Tou of Burkina Faso
    • Quarterfinal — Defeated José Navarro of the United States
    • Semifinal — Lost to Bulat Jumadilov of Kazakhstan — Bronze medal

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Rachid Bouaita
    • Round 1 — Lost to Clarence Vinson of the United States (did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

  • Abdel Jebahi
    • Round 1 — Lost to Selim Palyani of Turkey (did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (63.5 kg)

  • Willy Blain
    • Round 1 — Bye
    • Round 2 — Lost to Diogenes Luna Martinez of Cuba (did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

  • Frédéric Esther
    • Round 1 — Defeated Andrey Mishin of Russia
    • Round 2 — Defeated Firat Karagollu of Turkey
    • Quarterfinal — Lost to Marin Simion of Romania (did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (81 kg)

  • John Dovi
    • Round 1 — Defeated Shawn Terry Cox of Barbados
    • Round 2 — Defeated Alexey Katulievsky of Kyrgyzstan
    • Quarterfinal — Lost to Alexander Lebziak of France (did not advance)

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

  • Jackson Chanet
    • Round 1 — Bye
    • Round 2 — Defeated Mohamed Azzaoui of Algeria
    • Quarterfinal — Lost to Sultanahmed Ibzagimov of Russia (did not advance)

[edit] Canoe / Kayak

[edit] Flatwater

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

  • Pierre Lubac
    1. Qualifying Heat — 03:36.573
    2. Semifinal — 03:38.155
    3. Final — 03:37.931 (→ 7th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

  • Babak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin
    1. Qualifying Heat — 01:32.902
    2. Semifinal — 01:32.597
    3. Final — 01:48.921 (→ 4th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

  • Babak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin
    1. Qualifying Heat — 03:14.835
    2. Semifinal — Bye
    3. Final — 03:17.635 (→ 5th place)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

  • Maxime Boccon, Frederic Gauthier, Stephane Gourichon, and Pierre Lubac
    1. Qualifying Heat — 03:05.860
    2. Semifinal — 03:03.703 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

  • Eric le Leuch
    1. Qualifying Heat — 01:53.934
    2. Semifinal — 01:56.907 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

  • Eric le Leuch
    1. Qualifying Heat — 03:55.726
    2. Semifinal — 04:02.038
    3. Final — 03:57.217 (→ 4th place)

[edit] Slalom

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles

  • Laurent Burtz
    1. Qualifying — 257.47
    2. Final — 227.63 (→ 8th place)

Men's Canoe Singles

  • Tony Estanguet
    1. Qualifying — 263.41
    2. Final — 231.87 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Emmanuel Brugvin
    1. Qualifying — 269.29
    2. Final — 238.42 (→ 4th place)

Men's Canoe Doubles

[edit] Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles

  • Brigette Guibal
    1. Qualifying — 292.62
    2. Final — 251.88 (→ Silver Medal)

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

  • Ludovic Dubau
    1. Final — 2:16:48.56 (→ 18th place)
  • Christophe Dupouey
    1. Final — DNF

Women's Mountain Bike

  • Sophie Villeneuve
    1. Final — 2:02:31.71 (→ 23rd place)

[edit] Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

Men's Road Race

  • Christophe Capelle
    1. Final — DNF

Women's Individual Time Trial

  • Catherine Marsal
    1. Final — 0:44:27 (→ 13th place)

Women's Road Race

  • Magali le Floc'h
    1. Final — 3:06:31 (→ 6th place)
  • Catherine Marsal
    1. Final — 3:11:04 (→ 38th place)

[edit] Track Cycling

Men's Sprint

  • Laurent Gane
    • Qualifying — 10.243
    • First Round — Defeated Julio Cesar Herrera of Cuba
    • 1/8 Finals — Defeated Craig MacLean of Great Britain
    • Quarterfinal — Defeated Sean Eadie of Australia
    • Semifinal — Lost to Florian Rousseau of France
    • Final — Lost to Jens Fiedler of Germany
  • Florian Rousseau
    • Qualifying — 10.277
    • First Round — Defeated Nikolaos Angelidis of Greece
    • 1/8 Finals — Defeated Christian Arrue of United States
    • Quarterfinal — Defeated Jose Villanueva of Spain
    • Semifinal — Defeated Laurent Gane of France
    • Final — Lost to Marty Nothstein of United States — Silver medal

Men's Individual Pursuit

Men's 1 km Time Trial

  • Arnaud Tourant
    • Final — 01:03.023 (→ 5th place)

Men's Point Race

  • Christophe Capelle
    • Points — 2
    • Laps Down — 2 (→ 19th place)

Men's Keirin

  • Frederic Magne
    • First Round — Heat — 3; Place — 2
    • Second Round — Heat — 2; Place — 3 (→ did not advance)
    • Final — 6th place
  • Florian Rousseau
    • First Round — Heat — 2; Place — 5
    • Repechage — Heat — 2; Place — 2
    • Second Round — Heat — 1; Place — 3
    • Final — 1st place — Gold Medal

Men's Olympic Sprint

  • Laurent Gane, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant
    • Qualifying — 44.425
    • Second Round — 44.302
    • Final — 44.233 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Team Pursuit

  • Cyril Box, Philippe Ermenault, Francis Moreau, and Jerome Neuville
    • Qualifying — 04:05.155
    • Quarterfinal — 04:05.224
    • Semifinal — 04:11.549 (→ did not advance)

Men's Madison

  • Robert Sassone and Christophe Capelle
    • Final — 5 (→ 10th place)

Women's Sprint

  • Félicia Ballanger
    • Qualifying — 11.262
    • 1/8 Finals — Defeated Mira Kasslin of Finland
    • Quarterfinal — Defeated Tanya Lindenmuth of United States
    • Semifinal — Defeated Michelle Ferris of Australia
    • Final — Defeated Oxana Grichina of Russia (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Individual Pursuit

  • Marion Clignet
    • Qualifying — 03:34.636
    • Semifinal — Defeated Yvonne McGregor of Great Britain
    • Final — Lost to Leontien Zijlaard of Netherlands (→ Silver medal)

Women's 500 m Time Trial

  • Magali Faure-Humbert
    • Final — 35.766 (→ 11th place)

Women's Point Race

  • Marion Clignet
    • Points — 11 (→ 6th place)

[edit] Diving

France entered nine diving events and had two top 10 finishes.

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Frederic Pierre
    1. Preliminary — 310.74 (40th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

  • Gilles Emptoz — Lacote
    1. Preliminary — 377.7 (20th place, did not advance)

Men's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

  • Giles Emptoz — Lacote, Frederic Pierre
    1. Final — 310.08 (6th place)

Men's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

  • Giles Emptoz — Lacote, Frederic Pierre
    1. Final — 314.94 (8th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Sandra Ponthus
    1. Preliminary — 242.79 (23rd place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Julie Danaux
    1. Preliminary — 219.87 (36th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

  • Odile Arboles — Souchon
    1. Preliminary — 260.25 (23rd place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

  • Claire Febvay
    1. Preliminary — 222.81 (35th place, did not advance)

Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

  • Odile Arboles — Souchon, Julie Danaux
    1. Final — 277.14 (7th place)

[edit] Equestrian

[edit] Jumping Team

  • Alexandra Lederman (Rochet M)
  • Thierry Pomel (Thor des Chaines)
  • Michel Robert (Auleto)
  • Philippe Rozier (Barbarian)
  • Patrice Delaveau (Caucalis)

[edit] Eventing Team

  • Jean-Lou Bigot (Twist La Beige)
  • Didier Courrèges (Débat d’Estruval)
  • Nicolas Touzaint (Cobra d’Or)
  • Jean-Luc Force (Crocus Jacob)
  • Rodolphe Scherer (Bambi de Brière, Avant-Première)
  • Jean Teulère (Amouncha)
  • Didier Viricel (Caprice de la Cour)
  • Didier Willefert (Blakring)

[edit] Fencing

Men's Individual Épée

  • Hughes Obry — Silver Silver Medal

Men's Individual Sabre

  • Mathieu Gourdain — Silver Silver Medal

Women's Individual Épée

Men's Team Foil

  • Jean-Noel Ferrari, Brice Guyart, Patrice Lhotellier, Lionel Plumenail — Gold Gold Medal

Men's Team Épée

  • Jean-François di Martino, Robert Leroux, Hughes Obry, Eric Srecki — Silver Silver Medal

Men's Team Sabre

  • Mathieu Gourdain, Julien Pillet, Cedric Seguin, Damien Touya — Silver Silver Medal

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Artistique Gymnastics

Women's Competition

Men's Competition

  • Eric Casimir, Yann Cucherat, Dimitri Karbanenko, Florent Maree, Eric Poujade, and Benjamin Varonian

[edit] Rhythmic Gymnastics

Women's Individual Competition

Women's Team Competition

  • Anne-Sophie Doyen, Anne-Laure Klein, Anne-Sophie Lavoine, Laetitia Mancieri, Magalie Poisson, and Vanessa Sauzède

[edit] Trampoline

Men's Individual Competition

  • David Martin

[edit] Handball

Men's Team Competition

  • Grégory Anquetil
  • Cédric Burdet
  • Patrick Cazal
  • Didier Dinart
  • Jérôme Fernandez
  • Christian Gaudin
  • Bertrand Gille
  • Guillaume Gille
  • Olivier Girault
  • Andrej Golic
  • Stéphane Joulin
  • Guéric Kervadec
  • Bernard Latchimy
  • Bruno Martini
  • Thierry Omeyer
  • Stéphane Plantin
  • Laurent Puigségur
  • Jackson Richardson
  • Marc Wiltberger


Women's Team Competition

  • Valérie Nicolas
  • Marie-Annick Dezert
  • Joanne Dudziak
  • Sonia Cendier
  • Estelle Vogein
  • Leïla Lejeune
  • Sandrine Mariot-Delerce
  • Nodjialem Myarao
  • Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland
  • Christelle Joseph-Mathieu
  • Raphaëlle Tervel
  • Stéphanie Cano
  • Isabelle Wendling
  • Chantal Maio
  • Stéphanie Ludwig
  • Melinda Szabo
  • Myriam Korfanty
  • Nathalie Selembarom
  • Leïsa Lerus

[edit] Judo

Men's Competition

  • Eric Despezelle (60 kg)
  • Larbi Benboudaoud (66 kg)
  • Ferrid Kheder (73 kg)
  • Djamel Bouras (81 kg)
  • Frédéric Demontfaucon (90 kg)
  • Stéphane Traineau (–100 kg)
  • David Douillet (+100 kg)


Women's Competition

  • Sarah Nichilo-Rosso (48 kg)
  • Laëtitia Tignola (52 kg)
  • Barbara Harel (57 kg)
  • Séverine Vandenhende (63 kg)
  • Karine Rambault (70 kg)
  • Céline Lebrun (–78 kg)
  • Christine Cicot (+78 kg)

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Women's Individual Competition

  • Caroline Delemer — 4992 pts (→ 10th place)

Men's Individual Competition

  • Sebastien Deleigne — 5326 pts (→ 4th place)
  • Oliver Clergeau — 5217 pts (→ 8th place)

[edit] Sailing

France competed in six of the Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics.

Men's Mistral

  • Alexandre Guyader
    1. Race 1 — 22
    2. Race 2 — 4
    3. Race 3 — (28)
    4. Race 4 — 6
    5. Race 5 — 4
    6. Race 6 — 15
    7. Race 7 — 5
    8. Race 8 — 11
    9. Race 9 — 9
    10. Race 10 — (26)
    11. Race 11 — 24
    12. Final — 100 (12th place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

  • Xavier Rohart
    1. Race 1 — 11
    2. Race 2 — 11
    3. Race 3 — 4
    4. Race 4 — 3
    5. Race 5 — 1
    6. Race 6 — 9
    7. Race 7 — 6
    8. Race 8 — (13)
    9. Race 9 — (17)
    10. Race 10 — 5
    11. Race 11 — 5
    12. Final — 55 (5th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Gildas Philippe and Tanguy Cariou
    1. Race 1 — 10
    2. Race 2 — 2
    3. Race 3 — 5
    4. Race 4 — 16
    5. Race 5 — (30) OCS
    6. Race 6 — (23)
    7. Race 7 — 2
    8. Race 8 — 22
    9. Race 9 — 17
    10. Race 10 — 18
    11. Race 11 — 19
    12. Final — 111 (14th place)

Men's Tornado

  • Pierre Pennec and Yann Guichard
    1. Race 1 — 4
    2. Race 2 — 8
    3. Race 3 — (13)
    4. Race 4 — 2
    5. Race 5 — 5
    6. Race 6 — 3
    7. Race 7 — 3
    8. Race 8 — (9)
    9. Race 9 — 4
    10. Race 10 — 6
    11. Race 11 — 8
    12. Final — 43 (4th place)

Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)

  • Jean-Marie Dauris, Philippe Presti and Pascal Rambeau
    1. Round Robin Group 1(2-3) — 2 Points — Did not advance

Women's Mistral

  • Lise Vidal
    1. Race 1 — 7
    2. Race 2 — 6
    3. Race 3 — 9
    4. Race 4 — (25)
    5. Race 5 — 3
    6. Race 6 — (30) DSQ
    7. Race 7 — 10
    8. Race 8 — 8
    9. Race 9 — 21
    10. Race 10 — 6
    11. Race 11 — 5
    12. Final — 75 (9th place)

[edit] Shooting

Men's Competition

  • Jean-Pierre Amat (50 m Rifle, three positions)
  • Franck Badiou (10 m Running Target)
  • Philippe Joualin (carabine 60 balles couché)
  • Franck Dumoulin (10 m Air Pistol)
  • Stéphane Gagne (10 m Air Pistol)
  • Stéphane Clamens (fosse olympique)
  • Jean-François Dellac (skeet)
  • Jean-Paul Gros (double trap)


Women's Competition

  • Valérie Bellenoue (50 m Rifle, three positions)
  • Delphine Racinet (fosse olympique)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Franck Esposito
    1. Preliminary Heat — 53.54
    2. Semi-final — 53.38 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Franck Esposito
    1. Preliminary Heat — 01:57.97
    2. Semi-final — 01:57.04
    3. Final — 01:58.39 (8th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Stéphan Perrot
    1. Preliminary Heat — 02:14.79 (did not advance)
    2. Semi-final — 02:14.59 (did not advance)
  • Yohann Bernard
    1. Preliminary Heat — 02:15.35
    2. Semi-final — 02:13.48
    3. Final — 02:13.31 (7th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Simon Dufour
    1. Preliminary Heat — 56.01
    2. Semi-final — 55.79 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Simon Dufour
    1. Preliminary Heat — 02:01.09 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Johan Le Bihan
    1. Preliminary Heat — 04:20.96 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Solenne Figues
    1. Preliminary Heat — 02:01.46 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Laetitia Choux
    1. Preliminary Heat — 04:13.09 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Cécile Jeanson
    1. Preliminary Heat — 59.96 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Cécile Jeanson
    1. Preliminary Heat — 02:10.78
    2. Semi-final — 02:10.78 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Karine Bremond
    1. Preliminary Heat — 02:27.13
    2. Semi-final — 02:27.86 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Roxana Maracineanu
    1. Preliminary Heat — 01:01.66
    2. Semi-final — 01:01.61
    3. Final — 01:01.10 (4th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Roxana Maracineanu
    1. Preliminary Heat — 02:11.01
    2. Semi-final — 02:11.93
    3. Final — 02:10.25 (Silver medal)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Alicia Bozon, Laetitia Choux, Solenne Figues, and Katarin Quelennec
    1. Preliminary Heat — 08:07.03
    2. Final — 08:05.99 (8th place)

[edit] Synchronized Swimming

Team

  • Cinthia Bouhier, Virginie Dedieu, Charlotte Fabre, Myriam Glez, Rachel Le Bozec, Myriam Lignot, Charlotte Massardier, Magalie Rathier, Cathy Geoffroy
    1. Technical Routine — 33.763
    2. Free Routine — 62.704
    3. Final — 96.467 (4th place)

Duet

  • Virginie Dedieu, Myriam Lignot
    1. Technical Routine — 33.997
    2. Free Routine — 63.44
    3. Final — 97.437 (Bronze medal)

[edit] Table tennis

Men's Singles Competition

  • Damien Eloi
  • Jean-Philippe Gatien
  • Christophe Legout

Men's Doubles Competition

  • Patrick Chila
  • Damien Eloi
  • Jean-Philippe Gatien
  • Christophe Legout

Women's Singles Competition

  • Anne Boileau

[edit] Taekwondo

Men's Competition

  • Pascal Gentil (80 kg)

Women's Competition

  • Myriam Baverel (67 kg)

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singls Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

Women's Doubles Competition

[edit] Triathlon

France's competitors at the first Olympic triathlon included twins Beatrice Mouthon and Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys. Isabelle was one of the three French triathletes to place in the top eight.

Women's Individual Competition

Men's Individual Competition

[edit] Weightlifting

Women's Competition

  • Sabrina Richard (– 48 kg)

Men's Competition

  • Eric Bonnel (– 56 kg)
  • Samson N’Dicka Matam (– 94 kg)

[edit] Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Competition

  • Djamel Ainaoui (– 58 kg)
  • Ghani Yalouz (– 69 kg)
  • Yvon Riemer (– 76 kg)

[edit] References