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 external link (French) |
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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.
[edit] Medals
France finished in sixth position in the final medal rankings, with 14 gold medals and 38 medals overall.
Medal | Competitor | Event |
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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
- Round 1 — 10.38
- Round 2 — 10.33 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m
- Ibrahima Wade
- Round 1 — 45.72
- Round 2 — 45.61 (→ did not advance)
- Marc Raquil
- Round 1 — 45.72
- Round 2 — 45.56 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 m
- Mehdi Baala
- Round 1 — 03:40.35
- Semifinal — 03:38.15
- Final — 03:34.14 (→ 4th place)
- Driss Maazouzi
- Round 1 — 03:38.88
- Semifinal — 03:40.23
- Final — 03:45.46 (→ 11th place)
Men's 5,000 m
- Mustapha Essaid
- Round 1 — 13:40.82 (→ did not advance)
Men's 110 m Hurdles
- Jean-Marc Grava
- Round 1 — 14.01
- Round 2 — 14.47 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100 m
- Christophe Cheval, Jerome Eyana, Needdy Guims, Frederic Krantz, David Patros
- Round 1 — 39
- Semifinal — 38.64
- Final — 38.49 (→ 5th place)
- Marc Foucan, Emmanuel Front, Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Marc Raquil, Ibrahima Wade, Bruno Wavelet
- Round 1 — 03:04.45
- Semifinal — 03:00.64
- Final — 03:01.02 (→ 4th place)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
- Gael Pencreach
- Round 1 — 08:25.35
- Final — 08:41.19 (→ 14th place)
- Bouabdellah Tahri
- Round 1 — 08:34.69 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 m Wheelchair
- Claude Issorat
- Final — 03:07.65 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's Hammer Throw
- David Chaussinand
- Qualifying — 77.12
- Final — 75.26 (→ 11th place)
- Giles Dupray
- Qualifying — 75.05 (→ did not advance)
- Christophe Epalle
- Qualifying — 74.22 (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- Cheikh Toure
- Qualifying — 7.87 (→ did not advance)
- Ronald Servius
- Qualifying — 7.66 (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
- Colomba Fofana
- Qualifying — 14.59 (→ did not advance)
Men's Pole Vault
- Jean Galfione
- Qualifying — 5.55 (→ did not advance)
- Romain Mesnil
- Qualifying — 5.40 (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk
- Antony Gillet
- Final — 1:27:36 (→ 33rd place)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Denis Langlois
- Final — 3:52:56 (→ 14th place)
- Sylvain Caudron
- Final — 4:03:22 (→ 29th place)
- Rene Piller
- Final — DNF
Men's marathon
- Mohamed Ouaadi
- Final — 2:14:04 (→ 8th place)
- Abdellah Behar
- Final — DNF
Men's Decathlon
- Laurent Hernu
- 100 m — 11.19
- Long Jump — 7.14
- Shot Put — 13.54
- High Jump — 2.06
- 400 m — 50.63
- 100 m Hurdles — 14.51
- Discus Throw — 41.78
- Pole Vault — 5.00
- Javelin Throw — 56.34
- 1,500 m — 04:37.82
- Points — 7909.00 (→ 19th place)
- Wilfrid Boulineau
- 100 m — 11.07
- Long Jump — 7.08
- Shot Put — 13.38
- High Jump — 2.03
- 400 m — 49.82
- 100 m Hurdles — 15.02
- Discus Throw — 39.86
- Pole Vault — 4.80
- Javelin Throw — 59.69
- 1,500 m — 04:35.59
- Points — 7821.00 (→ 20th place)
- Sebastien Levicq
- 100 m — 11.48
- Long Jump — 6.57
- Shot Put — 13.53
- High Jump — DNS
[edit] Women's competition
Women's 100 m
- Christine Arron
- Round 1 — 11.42
- Round 2 — 11.26
- Semifinal — 11.42 (→ did not advance)
- Sandra Citte
- Round 1 — 11.47
- Round 2 — 11.63 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m
- Muriel Hurtis
- Round 1 — 23.04
- Round 2 — 22.98
- Semifinal — 23.13 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 m
- Marie-Jose Perec
- Round 1 — DNS (→ did not advance)
Women's 5,000 m
- Yamna Belkacem
- Round 1 — 16:08.49 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10,000 m
- Fatima Yvelain
- Round 1 — 33:44.48 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Hurdles
- Linda Ferga
- Round 1 — 12.89
- Round 2 — 12.88
- Semifinal — 12.87
- Final — 13.11 (→ 7th place)
- Nicole Ramalalanirina
- Round 1 — 12.90
- Round 2 — 12.79
- Semifinal — 12.77
- Final — 12.91 (→ 7th place)
- Patricia Girard
- Round 1 — 13.11
- Round 2 — 13.43 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4x100 m
- Christine Arron, Sandra Citte, Fabe Dia, Linda Ferga, Muriel Hurtis
- Round 1 — 43.23
- Semifinal — 42.42
- Final — 42.42 (→ 4th place)
Women's Shot Put
- Laurence Manfredi
- Qualifying — 16.57 (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus
- Melina Robert-Michon
- Qualifying — 54.11 (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Nadine Auzeil
- Qualifying — 53.85 (→ did not advance)
Women's Hammer Throw
- Manuela Montebrun
- Qualifying — 57.77 (→ did not advance)
Women's Pole Vault
- Caroline Ammel
- Qualifying — 4.15 (→ did not advance)
- Marie Poissonnier
- Qualifying — 4.15 (→ did not advance)
Women's 20 km Walk
- Nora Leksir
- Final — 1:35:39 (→ 22nd place)
- Fatiha Ouali
- Final — 1:35:35 (→ 23rd place)
Women's Heptathlon
- Nathalie Teppe
- 100 m Hurdles — 14.02
- High Jump — 1.72
- Shot Put — 13.44
- 200 m — 26.39
- Long Jump — 5.94
- Javelin Throw — 46.98
- 800 m — 02:18.56
- Points — 5851 (→ 19th place)
- Eunice Barber
- 100 m Hurdles — 12.97
- High Jump — 1.84
- Shot Put — 11.27
- 200 m — 24.47
- Long Jump — 5.93
- Javelin Throw — DNS
[edit] Badminton
Men's Singles
- Bertrand Gallet
- Round of 64: Defeated Marco Vasconcelos of Portugal
- Round of 32: Lost to Sun-Ho Hwang of Korea
Women's Singles
- Tatiana Vattier
- Round of 64: Lost to Kanako Yonekura of Japan
- Sandra Dimbour
- Round of 64: Bye
- Round of 32: Lost to Lidya Djaelawijaya of Indonesia
[edit] Basketball
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- Defeated New Zealand (76-50)
- Lost to Lithuania (63-81)
- Defeated China (82-70)
- Lost to Italy (57-67)
- Lost to United States (94-106)
- Quarterfinals
- Defeated Canada (68-63)
- Semi Finals
- Defeated Australia (76-52)
- Gold Medal Match
- 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
- Defeated Senegal (75-39)
- Defeated Slovakia (58-51)
- Defeated Canada (70-58)
- Defeated Brazil (73-70)
- Lost to Australia (62-69)
- Quarterfinals
- Lost to South Korea (59-68)
- Classification Match (5th-6th)
- 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
- Qualifying Heat — 03:36.573
- Semifinal — 03:38.155
- Final — 03:37.931 (→ 7th place)
Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m
- Babak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin
- Qualifying Heat — 01:32.902
- Semifinal — 01:32.597
- Final — 01:48.921 (→ 4th place)
Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m
- Babak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin
- Qualifying Heat — 03:14.835
- Semifinal — Bye
- Final — 03:17.635 (→ 5th place)
Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m
- Maxime Boccon, Frederic Gauthier, Stephane Gourichon, and Pierre Lubac
- Qualifying Heat — 03:05.860
- Semifinal — 03:03.703 (→ did not advance)
Men's Canoe Singles 500 m
- Eric le Leuch
- Qualifying Heat — 01:53.934
- Semifinal — 01:56.907 (→ did not advance)
Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m
- Eric le Leuch
- Qualifying Heat — 03:55.726
- Semifinal — 04:02.038
- Final — 03:57.217 (→ 4th place)
[edit] Slalom
[edit] Men's competition
Men's Kayak Singles
- Laurent Burtz
- Qualifying — 257.47
- Final — 227.63 (→ 8th place)
Men's Canoe Singles
- Tony Estanguet
- Qualifying — 263.41
- Final — 231.87 (→ Gold Medal)
- Emmanuel Brugvin
- Qualifying — 269.29
- Final — 238.42 (→ 4th place)
Men's Canoe Doubles
- Wilfrid Forgues and Frank Adisson
- Qualifying — 270.50
- Final — 290.91 (→ 7th place)
[edit] Women's competition
Women's Kayak Singles
- Brigette Guibal
- Qualifying — 292.62
- Final — 251.88 (→ Silver Medal)
- Anne-Lise Bardet
- Qualifying — 309.08
- Final — 254.77 (→ Bronze Medal)
[edit] Cycling
[edit] Cross Country Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
- Miguel Martinez
- Final — 2:09:02.50 (→ Gold Medal)
- Ludovic Dubau
- Final — 2:16:48.56 (→ 18th place)
- Christophe Dupouey
- Final — DNF
Women's Mountain Bike
- Laurence Leboucher
- Final — 2:00:38.89 (→ 18th place)
- Sophie Villeneuve
- Final — 2:02:31.71 (→ 23rd place)
[edit] Road Cycling
Men's Individual Time Trial
- Laurent Jalabert
- Final — 0:58:44 (→ 5th place)
- Christophe Moreau
- Final — 0:59:37 (→ 13th place)
Men's Road Race
- Laurent Jalabert
- Final — 5:30:34 (→ 5th place)
- Laurent Brochard
- Final — 5:30:46 (→ 45th place)
- Christophe Moreau
- Final — 5:30:46 (→ 62nd place)
- Richard Virenque
- Final — 5:30:46 (→ 63rd place)
- Christophe Capelle
- Final — DNF
Women's Individual Time Trial
- Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
- Final — 0:42:52 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Catherine Marsal
- Final — 0:44:27 (→ 13th place)
Women's Road Race
- Magali le Floc'h
- Final — 3:06:31 (→ 6th place)
- Catherine Marsal
- Final — 3:11:04 (→ 38th place)
- Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
- Final — 3:06:37 (→ 25th 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
- Philippe Gaumont
- Qualifying — 04:22.142 (→ did not advance)
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
- Félicia Ballanger
- Final — 34.140 (→ Gold Medal)
- 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
- Preliminary — 310.74 (40th place, did not advance)
Men's 10 Metre Platform
- Gilles Emptoz — Lacote
- Preliminary — 377.7 (20th place, did not advance)
Men's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard
- Giles Emptoz — Lacote, Frederic Pierre
- Final — 310.08 (6th place)
Men's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform
- Giles Emptoz — Lacote, Frederic Pierre
- Final — 314.94 (8th place)
Women's 3 Metre Springboard
- Sandra Ponthus
- Preliminary — 242.79 (23rd place, did not advance)
Women's 3 Metre Springboard
- Julie Danaux
- Preliminary — 219.87 (36th place, did not advance)
Women's 10 Metre Platform
- Odile Arboles — Souchon
- Preliminary — 260.25 (23rd place, did not advance)
Women's 10 Metre Platform
- Claire Febvay
- Preliminary — 222.81 (35th place, did not advance)
Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform
- Odile Arboles — Souchon, Julie Danaux
- 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
Men's Individual Sabre
Women's Individual Épée
- Laura Flessel-Colovic — Bronze Medal
Men's Team Foil
- Jean-Noel Ferrari, Brice Guyart, Patrice Lhotellier, Lionel Plumenail — Gold Medal
Men's Team Épée
Men's Team Sabre
- Mathieu Gourdain, Julien Pillet, Cedric Seguin, Damien Touya — Silver Medal
[edit] Gymnastics
[edit] Artistique Gymnastics
Women's Competition
- Anne-Sophie Endeler, Delphine Regease, Ludivine Furnon, Nelly Ramassany, Alexandra Soler, and Elvire Teza
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
- Race 1 — 22
- Race 2 — 4
- Race 3 — (28)
- Race 4 — 6
- Race 5 — 4
- Race 6 — 15
- Race 7 — 5
- Race 8 — 11
- Race 9 — 9
- Race 10 — (26)
- Race 11 — 24
- Final — 100 (12th place)
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
- Xavier Rohart
- Race 1 — 11
- Race 2 — 11
- Race 3 — 4
- Race 4 — 3
- Race 5 — 1
- Race 6 — 9
- Race 7 — 6
- Race 8 — (13)
- Race 9 — (17)
- Race 10 — 5
- Race 11 — 5
- Final — 55 (5th place)
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
- Gildas Philippe and Tanguy Cariou
- Race 1 — 10
- Race 2 — 2
- Race 3 — 5
- Race 4 — 16
- Race 5 — (30) OCS
- Race 6 — (23)
- Race 7 — 2
- Race 8 — 22
- Race 9 — 17
- Race 10 — 18
- Race 11 — 19
- Final — 111 (14th place)
Men's Tornado
- Pierre Pennec and Yann Guichard
- Race 1 — 4
- Race 2 — 8
- Race 3 — (13)
- Race 4 — 2
- Race 5 — 5
- Race 6 — 3
- Race 7 — 3
- Race 8 — (9)
- Race 9 — 4
- Race 10 — 6
- Race 11 — 8
- Final — 43 (4th place)
Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)
- Jean-Marie Dauris, Philippe Presti and Pascal Rambeau
- Round Robin Group 1(2-3) — 2 Points — Did not advance
Women's Mistral
- Lise Vidal
- Race 1 — 7
- Race 2 — 6
- Race 3 — 9
- Race 4 — (25)
- Race 5 — 3
- Race 6 — (30) DSQ
- Race 7 — 10
- Race 8 — 8
- Race 9 — 21
- Race 10 — 6
- Race 11 — 5
- 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
- Romain Barnier
- Preliminary Heat — DNS (did not advance)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Romain Barnier
- Preliminary Heat — 50.32 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Nicolas Rostoucher
- Preliminary Heat — 03:51.80 (did not advance)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Nicolas Rostoucher
- Preliminary Heat — 15:13.26 (did not advance)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Franck Esposito
- Preliminary Heat — 53.54
- Semi-final — 53.38 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Franck Esposito
- Preliminary Heat — 01:57.97
- Semi-final — 01:57.04
- Final — 01:58.39 (8th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Hugues Duboscq
- Preliminary Heat — 01:02.40 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Stéphan Perrot
- Preliminary Heat — 02:14.79 (did not advance)
- Semi-final — 02:14.59 (did not advance)
- Yohann Bernard
- Preliminary Heat — 02:15.35
- Semi-final — 02:13.48
- Final — 02:13.31 (7th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Simon Dufour
- Preliminary Heat — 56.01
- Semi-final — 55.79 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Simon Dufour
- Preliminary Heat — 02:01.09 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Xavier Marchand
- Preliminary Heat — 02:02.86 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Johan Le Bihan
- Preliminary Heat — 04:20.96 (did not advance)
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- Romain Barnier, Frédérick Bousquet, Hugo Viart, and Nicolas Kintz
- Preliminary Heat — 03:20.19
- Final — 03:21.00 (7th place)
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
- Simon Dufour, Hugues Duboscq, Franck Esposito, and Frédérick Bousquet
- Preliminary Heat — 03:40.31
- Final — 03:40.02 (7th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Solenne Figues
- Preliminary Heat — 02:01.46 (did not advance)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Laetitia Choux
- Preliminary Heat — 04:13.09 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Cécile Jeanson
- Preliminary Heat — 59.96 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Cécile Jeanson
- Preliminary Heat — 02:10.78
- Semi-final — 02:10.78 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Karine Bremond
- Preliminary Heat — 02:27.13
- Semi-final — 02:27.86 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Roxana Maracineanu
- Preliminary Heat — 01:01.66
- Semi-final — 01:01.61
- Final — 01:01.10 (4th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Roxana Maracineanu
- Preliminary Heat — 02:11.01
- Semi-final — 02:11.93
- Final — 02:10.25 (Silver medal)
Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
- Alicia Bozon, Laetitia Choux, Solenne Figues, and Katarin Quelennec
- Preliminary Heat — 08:07.03
- 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
- Technical Routine — 33.763
- Free Routine — 62.704
- Final — 96.467 (4th place)
Duet
- Virginie Dedieu, Myriam Lignot
- Technical Routine — 33.997
- Free Routine — 63.44
- 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
- Fabrice Santoro
- First Round — Defeated Marat Safin (RUS), 1-6 6-1 6-4
- Second Round — Defeated Fernando Vicente (ESP) 6-1 6-7 7-5
- Third Round — Lost to Karim Alami (FRA), 2-6 7-5 4-6
- Arnaud Di Pasquale → Bronze Medal
- First Round — Defeated Nicolas Kiefer (GER), 6-4 6-3
- Second Round — Defeated Vladimir Voltchkov (BLR), 6-2 6-2
- Third Round — Defeated Magnus Norman (SWE), 7-6 7-6
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP), 6-2 6-1
- Semifinals — Lost to Yevgeni Kafelnikov (RUS), 6-4 6-4
- Third Place — Defeated Roger Federer (SUI), 7-6 6-7 6-3
- Arnaud Clement
- First Round — Defeated Greg Rusedski (GBR), 6-2 6-3
- Second Round — Lost to Alex Corretja (ESP), 7-6 4-6 4-6
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
- Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys — 2:02:53.41 (→ 7th place)
- Christine Hocq — 2:03:01.90 (→ 8th place)
- Beatrice Mouthon — 2:11:08.08 (→ 35th place)
Men's Individual Competition
- Olivier Marceau — 1:49:18.03 (→ 7th place)
- Carl Blasco — 1:50:18.02 (→ 19th place)
- Stephan Bignet — 1:51:12.15 (→ 31st place)
[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
- Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
- International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
- International Olympic Committee Web Site