France at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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France at the Olympic Games

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At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 9		 Gold
8		 Silver
5		 Bronze
16		 Total
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France competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

  • Sebastien Flute — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
  • Marie-José Pérec — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
  • Philippe Omnès — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
  • Eric Srecki — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
  • Cécile Nowak — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
  • Catherine Fleury-Vachon — Judo, Women's Half Middleweight (61 kg)
  • Franck David — Sailing, Men's Lechner Sailboard
  • Nicolas Hénard and Yves Loday — Sailing, Men's Tornado

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Sylvain Curinier — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
  • Jeannie Longo — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
  • Pascal Tayot — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)
  • Franck Badiou — Shooting, Men's Air Rifle
  • Jean-Philippe Gatien — Table tennis, Men's Singles

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Olivier Boivin and Didier Hoyer — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs
  • Jacky Avril — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles
  • Frank Adisson and Wilfrid Forgues — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs
  • Hervé Boussard, Didier Faivre-Pierret, Philippe Gaumont, and Jean-Louis Harel — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
  • Hubert Bourdy, Hervé Godignon, Eric Navet, and Michel Robert — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
  • Jean-Michel Henry — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
  • Jean-François Lamour — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
  • Jean-Philippe Daurelle, Franck Ducheix, Hervé Granger-Veyron, Pierre Guichot, and Jean-François Lamour — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
  • Philippe Debureau, Philippe Gardent, Denis Lathoud, Pascal Mahe, Philippe Medard, Gael Monthurel, Laurent Munier, Frederic Perez, Thierry Perreux, Alain Portes, Eric Quintin, Jackson Richardson, Stéphane Stoecklin, Jean-Luc Thiebaut, Denis Tristant, and Frederic Volle — Handball, Men's Team Competition
  • Bertrand Damaisin — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
  • David Douillet — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
  • Laetitia Meignan — Judo, women's half heavyweight (72 kg)
  • Natalina Lupino — Judo, women's heavyweight
  • Stéphan Caron — Swimming, men's 100 m freestyle
  • Franck Esposito — Swimming, men's 200 m butterfly
  • Catherine Plewinski — Swimming, women's 100 m butterfly

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

In France's fifth appearance in modern Olympic archery, the individual archers went 7-3 in head-to-head competition, buoyed by Sebastien Flute's 5-0 record as he advanced to the final and won the gold medal. It was the first medal the French had won in modern Olympic archery. Both teams won the first two rounds before being defeated in the semifinals. They also both lost their bronze medal matches.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Severine Bonal – Round of 16 → 9th place (1-1)
  • Nathalie Hibon – Round of 32 → 22nd place (0-1)
  • Christine Gabillard – Ranking Round → 41st place (0-0)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Sebastien Flute – Final → Gold Gold Medal (5-0)
  • Bruno Felipe – Round of 32 → 21st place (0-1)
  • Michael Taupin – Ranking Round → 56th place (0-0)

Women's Team Competition:

  • Bonal, Hibon, and Gabillard – Bronze Medal Match → 4th place (2-2)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Flute, Felipe, and Taupin – Bronze Medal Match → 4th place (2-2)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 5.000 metres

  • Pascal Thiebault
  • Heat — 13:31.16
  • Final — 13:43.39 (→ 13th place)

Men's 10.000 metres

  • António Martins Bordelo
  • Heat — 28:35.13
  • Final — 28:47.66 (→ 15th place)
  • Thierry Pantel
  • Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x400m Relay

  • Heat — 3:04.25 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Dominique Chauvelier — 2:19.09 (→ 31st place)
  • Luis Soares — 2:21.57 (→ 45th place)
  • Pascal Zilliox — 2:30.02 (→ 64th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 48.41
  • Semifinal — 48.28
  • Final — 48.13 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 49.16
  • Semifinal — 49.50
  • Final — 48.86 (→ 7th place)

Men's 110m Hurdles

  • Sébastien Thibaut
  • Heats — 13.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

  • René Piller — 4:02:40 (→ 15th place)
  • Alain LeMercier — 4:06:31 (→ 16th place)
  • Martial Fesselier — 4:07:30 (→ 17th place)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.60 m (→ did not advance)
  • Franck Lestage
  • Qualification — 7.72 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 17.34 m
  • Final — 16.52 m (→ 11th place)
  • Qualification — 16.50 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 16.47 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 76.24 m
  • Final — 74.84 m (→ 10th place)
  • Qualification — 73.22 m (→ did not advance)
  • Frédéric Kuhn
  • Qualification — 71.76 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

  • Viviane Dorsile
  • Heat — 2:01.54 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres

  • Annette Sergent-Palluy
  • Heat — 32:57.29 (→ did not advance)
  • Rosario Murcia
  • Heat — 33:16.96 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Maria Rebelo — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.90 m (→ did not advance)

[edit] Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Final — 2:05:02 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Catherine Marsal
  • Final — 2:05:03 (→ 21st place)
  • Marion Clignet
  • Final — 2:05:13 (→ 33rd place)

[edit] Handball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • France – Spain 18-16
  • France – Unified Team 22-23
  • France – Germany 23-20
  • France – Romania 26-20
  • France – Egypt 22-19
  • Semi Finals
  • France – Sweden 22-25
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • France – Iceland 24-20 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Daniel Costantini


[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Christophe Marchand
    1. Heat – 3:54.59
    2. B-Final – 3:53.24 (→ 13th place)
  • Yann DeFabrique
    1. Heat – 3:55.66
    2. B-Final – 3:54.37 (→ 14th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Christophe Marchand
    1. Heat – 15:30.51 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • David Holderbach
    1. Heat – 58.25 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • David Holderbach
    1. Heat – 2:03.11 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Stéphane Vossart
    1. Heat – 1:02.81
    2. B-Final – 1:02.39 (→ 10th place)
  • Christophe Bourdon
    1. Heat – 1:04.43 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Stéphane Vossart
    1. Heat – 2:15.11
    2. B-Final – 2:15.52 (→ 10th place)
  • Christophe Bourdon
    1. Heat – 2:17.68 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Bruno Gutzeit
    1. Heat – 54.35
    2. B-Final – 54.80 (→ 11th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Frédéric Lefevre
    1. Heat – 2:03.82
    2. B-Final – 2:04.05 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Christophe Bordeau, Lionel Poirot, Franck Horter, and Yann DeFabrique
    1. Heat – 7:26.22 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay


Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Julie Blaise
    1. Heat – 26.48 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Céline Bonnet
    1. Heat – 1:05.75 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
  • Diane Lacombe
    1. Heat – 1:06.31 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Audrey Guerit
    1. Heat – 1:13.98 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Audrey Guerit
    1. Heat – 2:32.33
    2. B-Final – 2:32.10 (→ 11th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Jacqueline Delord
    1. Heat – 1:01.78
    2. B-Final – 1:03.22 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Cécile Jeanson
    1. Heat – 2:13.23
    2. B-Final – 2:13.40 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Céline Bonnet
    1. Heat – 2:18.95
    2. B-Final – 2:19.14 (→ 14th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Céline Bonnet
    1. Heat – 4:54.70 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Julie Blaise, Julia Reggiany, Marie-Laure Giraudon, and Veronique Jardin
    1. Heat – 3:50.22 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

  • Céline Bonnet, Audrey Guerit, Jacqueline Delord, and Julie Blaise
    1. Heat – 4:21.19 (→ did not advance, 14th place)


[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Team Roster
  • Rivo Andriamamonjy
  • Eric Bouvier
  • Laurent Chambertin
  • Arnaud Josserand
  • Olivier Lecat
  • Luc Marquet
  • Christophe Meneau
  • David Romann
  • Olivier Rossard
  • Philippe Salvan
  • Laurent Tillie
  • Eric Wolfer


[edit] Water Polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Tied with Germany (7-7)
  • Lost to Australia (5-8)
  • Lost to United States (7-11)
  • Defeated Chechoslovakia (14-6)
  • Lost to Unified Team (5-9)
  • Classification Matches
  • Lost to Greece (6-10)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (8-15) → 11th place
  • Team Roster
  • Thierry Alimondo
  • Pierre Garsau
  • Nicolas Jeleff
  • François Besson
  • Emmanuel Charlot
  • Vincent De Nardi
  • Emmanuel Ducher
  • Christophe Gautier
  • Christian Grimaldi
  • Pascal Lousteanu
  • Gilles Madelenat
  • Jean-Marie Olivon
  • Patrice Tillie


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