France at the 1980 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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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 132
Medals
Rank: 8		 Gold
6		 Silver
5		 Bronze
3		 Total
14
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France competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, France competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag.

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[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

  • Thierry Rey — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
  • Angelo Parisi — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
  • Pascale Hachin-Trinquet — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
  • Philippe Bonnin, Bruno Boscherie, Didier Flament, Pascal Jolyot and Frédéric Pietruszka — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
  • Philippe Boisse, Philippe Riboud, Patrick Picot, Hubert Gardas and Michel Salesse — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition
  • Isabelle Bégard, Véronique Brouquier, Pascale Hachin-Trinquet, Brigitte Gaudin-Latrille and Christine Muzio — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition

[edit] Silver

  • Alain Lebas — Canoeing, Men's K1 1.000 metres Kayak Singles
  • Yavé Cahard — Cycling, Men's 1.000 metres Sprint (Scratch)
  • Alain Bondue — Cycling, Men's 4.000 metres Individual Pursuit
  • Pascal Jolyot — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
  • Angelo Parisi — Judo, Men's Open Class

[edit] Bronze

  • Bernard Tchoullouyan — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
  • Philippe Riboud — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's Triple Jump

  • Christian Valetudie
  • Qualification — 16.43 m
  • Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Marathon

  • Jean-Michel Charbonnel
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)


Women's Pentathlon

  • Florence Picaut — 4424 points (→ 9th place)
    1. 100 metres — 13.75s
    2. Shot Put — 13.24m
    3. High Jump — 1.80m
    4. Long Jump — 5.83m
    5. 800 metres — 2:16.70

[edit] Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Ali Ben Maghenia
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Pushkardhoj Shahi (Nepal) walk-over
    3. Third Round — Lost to John Siryakibbe (Uganda) on points (0-5)


Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Paul Four — 5.196 pts (→ 12th place)
  • Joël Bouzou — 5.107 pts (→ 20th place)
  • Alain Cortes — 5.042 pts (→ 23rd place)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Four, Bouzou, and Cortes — 15.345 pts (→ 5th place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • René Ecuyer
  • Heats — 52,09
  • Semi-Finals — 51,62
  • Final — 52,01 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Mark Lazzaro
  • Heats — DNS
  • Paskal Laget
  • Heats — 1.56,01 (→ did not advance)
  • Fabien Noël
  • Heats — 1.53,25 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Xavier Savin
  • Final — 55,66 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Fabien Noël, Mark Lazzaro, Dominique Petit, and Paskal Laget
  • Final — 7.36,08 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Final — 3.49,19 (→ 5th place)


Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Guylaine Berger
  • Final — 57,88 (→ 7th place)


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