France at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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France at the Olympic Games

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IOC code	FRA
NOC	French Olympic Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (French)

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens

Competitors

308 (195 men and 113 women) in 27 sports

Flag bearer

Jackson Richardson (Handball)

Medals
Rank: 7

Gold
11

Silver
9

Bronze
13

Total
33

Olympic history (summary)

Summer Games

Winter Games

Other related appearances

France (1906 Intercalated Games)

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, France was represented by the French Olympic Committee (French: Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français). 308 competitors, 195 men and 113 women, took part in 193 events in 27 sports.^[1]

Medalists

France finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with 11 gold medals and 33 medals overall.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 ! Gold	Estanguet, TonyTony Estanguet	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1
1 ! Gold	Peschier, BenoîtBenoît Peschier	Canoeing	Men's slalom K-1
1 ! Gold	Absalon, JulienJulien Absalon	Cycling	Men's cross-country
1 ! Gold	Boiteau, ArnaudArnaud Boiteau, Courrèges, DidierDidier Courrèges, Lyard, CédricCédric Lyard, Teulère, JeanJean Teulère, Touzaint, NicolasNicolas Touzaint	Equestrian	Team eventing
1 ! Gold	Guyart, BriceBrice Guyart	Fencing	Men's individual foil
1 ! Gold	Pillet, JulienJulien Pillet, Touya, DamienDamien Touya, Touya, GaëlGaël Touya	Fencing	Men's team sabre
1 ! Gold	Boisse, ÉrikÉrik Boisse, Jeannet, FabriceFabrice Jeannet, Jeannet, JérômeJérôme Jeannet, Obry, HuguesHugues Obry	Fencing	Men's team épée
1 ! Gold	Le Pennec, ÉmilieÉmilie Le Pennec	Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars
1 ! Gold	Hardy, AdrienAdrien Hardy, Vieilledent, SébastienSébastien Vieilledent	Rowing	Men's double sculls
1 ! Gold	Merret, FaustineFaustine Merret	Sailing	Women's sailboard
1 ! Gold	Manaudou, LaureLaure Manaudou	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle
2 ! Silver	Thomas, JérômeJérôme Thomas	Boxing	Flyweight
2 ! Silver	Tournant, ArnaudArnaud Tournant	Cycling	Men's track time trial
2 ! Silver	Flessel-Colovic, LauraLaura Flessel-Colovic	Fencing	Women's individual épée
2 ! Silver	Jossinet, FrédériqueFrédérique Jossinet	Judo	Women's 48 kg
2 ! Silver	Dufour, FrédéricFrédéric Dufour, Touron, PascalPascal Touron	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls
2 ! Silver	Manaudou, LaureLaure Manaudou	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle
2 ! Silver	Metella, MaliaMalia Metella	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle
2 ! Silver	Baverel, MyriamMyriam Baverel	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg
2 ! Silver	Mauresmo, AmélieAmélie Mauresmo	Tennis	Women's singles
3 ! Bronze	Keïta, NamanNaman Keïta	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles
3 ! Bronze	Arron, ChristineChristine Arron, Félix, SylvianeSylviane Félix, Hurtis, MurielMuriel Hurtis, Mang, VéroniqueVéronique Mang	Athletics	Women's 4 x 100 m relay
3 ! Bronze	Lefèvre, FabienFabien Lefèvre	Canoeing	Men's slalom K-1
3 ! Bronze	Bourgain, MickaëlMickaël Bourgain, Gané, LaurentLaurent Gané, Tournant, ArnaudArnaud Tournant	Cycling	Men's team sprint
3 ! Bronze	Nisima, MaureenMaureen Nisima	Fencing	Women's individual épée
3 ! Bronze	Daninthe, SarahSarah Daninthe, Flessel-Colovic, LauraLaura Flessel-Colovic, Kiraly, HajnalkaHajnalka Kiraly, Nisima, MaureenMaureen Nisima	Fencing	Women's team épée
3 ! Bronze	Rambeau, PascalPascal Rambeau, Rohart, XavierXavier Rohart	Sailing	Men's Star
3 ! Bronze	Duboscq, HuguesHugues Duboscq	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke
3 ! Bronze	Figuès, SolenneSolenne Figuès	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle
3 ! Bronze	Manaudou, LaureLaure Manaudou	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke
3 ! Bronze	Gentil, PascalPascal Gentil	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg
3 ! Bronze	Gomis, AnnaAnna Gomis	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 55 kg
3 ! Bronze	Legrand, LiseLise Legrand	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 63 kg

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jocelyn de Grandis	Individual	663	13	Peljor (BHU) L 136-161	Did not advance
Franck Fisseux		622	56	Yamamoto (JPN) L 147-155	Did not advance
Thomas Naglieri		626	53	Cuddihy (AUS) L 127-148	Did not advance
Jocelyn de Grandis Franck Fisseux Thomas Naglieri	Team	1911	12	N/A		Japan L 241-254	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexandra Fouace	Individual	627	30	Matsushita (JPN) L 157-165	Did not advance
Bérengère Schuh		626	31	Romantzi (GRE) L 143-151	Did not advance
Aurore Trayan		594	60	Zhang (CHN) L 122-135	Did not advance
Alexandra Fouace Bérengère Schuh Aurore Trayan	Team	1847	13	N/A		Poland W 226-224	India W 228-227	South Korea L 234-249	Bronze Medal Final Chinese Taipei L 228-242	4

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men
Track and Road Events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eddy De Lépine	100 m	10.27	5 q	DNS	x	Did not advance
Issa-Aimé Nthépé		10.67	5	Did not advance
Ronald Pognon		10.18	2 Q	10.15	4 q	10.32	7	Did not advance
Leslie Djhone	400 m	45.40	1 Q	N/A		45.01	3 q	44.94	7
Nicolas Aissat	800 m	1:45.31	4 q	N/A		1:47.14	5	Did not advance
Florent Lacasse	800 m	1:46.91	3	N/A		Did not advance
Mehdi Baala	1500 m	3:46.06	13	N/A		Did not advance
Mounir Yemmouni	1500 m	3:51.08	10	N/A		Did not advance
Ismaïl Sghyr	10000 m	N/A						27:57.09	8
Ladji Doucouré	110 m Hurdles	13.18 NR	1 Q	13.23	1 Q	13.06 NR	1 Q	13.76	8
Naman Keïta	400 m Hurdles	48.88	2 Q	N/A		48.24	3 q	48.26	03 !
Vincent Le Dauphin	3000 m Steeplechase	8:20.13	5 q	N/A				8:16.15	10
Bouabdellah Tahri	3000 m Steeplechase	8:18.98	3 Q	N/A				8:14.26	7
El Hassan Lahssini	Marathon	N/A						2:19:50	36
David Boulanger	50 km Walk	N/A						4:01:32	22
Denis Langlois		N/A						DNF	x
Eddy Riva		N/A						4:00:25	21
Issa-Aimé Nthépé Ronald Pognon Frédéric Krantz David Alerte	4 x 100 m Relay	38.93	7	N/A				Did not advance
Ahmed Douhou Ibrahima Wade Abderrahim El Haouzy Leslie Djhone	4 x 400 m Relay	3:04.39	7	N/A				Did not advance

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nicolas Guigon	Pole Vault	5.30	=31	Did not advance
Romain Mesnil	Pole Vault	5.65	18	Did not advance
Yann Domenech	Long Jump	7.73	28	Did not advance
Kafétien Gomis		7.99	14	Did not advance
Salim Sdiri		8.08	9 q	7.94	12
Julien Kapek	Triple Jump	16.91	12 q	16.81	10
Karl Taillepierre	Triple Jump	15.50	42	Did not advance
David Brisseault	Javelin Throw	71.86	31	Did not advance

Combined Events - Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Romain Barras	Result	11.14	6.99	14.91	1.94	49.41	14.37	44.83	4.60	64.55	4:27.09	8067	13
Romain Barras	Points	830	811	784	749	842	927	763	790	807	764	8067	13
Laurent Hernu	Result	10.97	7.19	14.65	2.03	48.73	14.25	44.72	4.80	57.76	4:24.35	8237	7
Laurent Hernu	Points	867	859	768	831	874	942	761	849	704	782	8237	7

Women
Track and Road Events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Christine Arron	100 m	11.14	2 Q	11.10	1 Q	11.21	6	Did not advance
Véronique Mang	100 m	11.24	2 Q	11.39	6	Did not advance
Christine Arron	200 m	22.60	2 Q	22.90	4 q	23.05	7	Did not advance
Sylviane Félix		22.94	2 Q	23.08	5 q	22.99	7	Did not advance
Muriel Hurtis		4 Q	23.33	6	Did not advance
Élisabeth Grousselle	800 m	2:00.31	3 Q	N/A		2:00.21	6	Did not advance
Hind Dehiba	1500 m	4:07.96	8	N/A		Did not advance
Latifa Essarokh		4:09.08	10	N/A		Did not advance
Maria Martins		4:05.95	4 Q	N/A		4:12.76	12	Did not advance
Margaret Maury	5000 m	14:56.79	6 q	N/A				15:09.77	11
Linda Ferga-Khodadin	100 m Hurdles	13.02	4	N/A		Did not advance
Reïna-Flor Okori		12.81	1 Q	N/A		12.81	6	Did not advance
Nicole Ramalalanirina		13.07	4	N/A		Did not advance
Hafida Gadi	Marathon	N/A						2:50:29	52
Rakiya Maraoui Quetier		N/A						DNF	x
Corinne Raux		N/A						2:35:54	15
Christine Arron Sylviane Félix Muriel Hurtis Véronique Mang	4 x 100 m Relay	42.98	3 Q	N/A				42.54	03 !

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vanessa Boslak	Pole Vault	4.40	11 q	4.40	6
Marie Poissonnier	Pole Vault	4.00	34	Did not advance
Eunice Barber	Long Jump	6.37	29	Did not advance
Laurence Manfredi	Shot Put	17.78	16	Did not advance
Mélina Robert-Michon	Discus Throw	56.70	31	Did not advance
Manuela Montebrun	Hammer Throw	67.90	15	Did not advance

Combined Events - Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Marie Collonvillé	Result	13.65	1.85	12.35	25.26	6.19	49.14	2:13.62	6279	7
Marie Collonvillé	Points	1028	1041	684	863	908	843	912	6279	7

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pi Hongyan	Singles	Seo (KOR) L 6-11, 11-6, 7-11	Did not advance

Mixed Doubles

Athlete	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Svetoslav Stoyanov Victoria Wright	Eriksen/Schjoldager (DEN) L 13-15, 15-2, 5-15	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

France sent six boxers to Athens, mostly in the lighter weight classes. They won a silver medal. Two lost their first bouts, as the team combined for a record of 8-6. France was part of a four-way tie for 8th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Redouane Asloum	Light Flyweight	Nalbandyan (ARM) L 20-27	Did not advance
Jérôme Thomas	Flyweight	Kumar (IND) W 37-16	Payano (DOM) W 36-17	Siler (USA) W 23-18	Aslanov (AZE) W 23-18	Gold Medal Final Gamboa (CUB) L 23-38	02 !
Ali Hallab	Bantamweight	Bouziane (ALG) L 16-19	Did not advance
Khedafi Djelkhir	Featherweight	Nejmaoui (TUN) W 38-13	Tajbert (GER) L 26-40	Did not advance
Willy Blain	Light Welterweight	Ali Sassi (TUN) W 36-14	Maletin (RUS) W 28-20	Boonjumnong (THA) L 8-20	Did not advance
Xavier Noël	Welterweight	Berto (HAI) W 36-34	Polyakov (UKR) L 25-32	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Slalom
Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Tony Estanguet	C-1	201.53	2 Q	93.37	2 Q	95.79	189.16	01 !
Nicolas Peschier	C-1	221.36	14	Did not advance
Philippe Quemerais Yann Le Pennec	C-2	215.33	4 Q	105.79	2 Q	111.00	216.79	5
Fabien Lefèvre	K-1	190.80	4 Q	95.13	6 Q	95.86	190.99	03 !
Benoît Peschier	K-1	194.37	8 Q	93.93	2 Q	94.03	187.96	01 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Peggy Dickens	K-1	229.58	12 Q	104.95	2 Q	113.85	218.80	4

Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yannick Lavigne José Lenoir	C-2 500 m	1:49.940	7 QS	1:45.458	7	Did not advance
Yannick Lavigne José Lenoir	C-2 1000 m	3:35.939	5 QS	3:35.232	5	Did not advance
Babak Amir-Tahmasseb	K-1 500 m	1:39.401	3 QS	1:40.467	3 QF	1:40.187	7
Babak Amir-Tahmasseb	K-1 1000 m	3:36.882	6 QS	3:32.582	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nathalie Marie	K-1 500 m	1:57.342	5 QS	1:57.944	5	Did not advance
Anne-Laure Viard Marie Delattre	K-2 500 m	1:45.090	5 QS	1:45.626	4	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road Cycling
Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Laurent Brochard	Road Race	5:44:13	44
Sylvain Chavanel		DNF	x
Christophe Moreau		DNF	x
Richard Virenque		5:44:13	48
Thomas Voeckler		5:41:56	20
Christophe Moreau	Time Trial	59:50.28	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sonia Huguet	Road Race	3:30:30	40
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli		3:25:23	10
Edwige Pitel		3:28:39	32
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	Time Trial	33:05.72	14
Edwige Pitel	Time Trial	34:02.35	20

Track Cycling

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Match Round		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fabien Sanchez	Individual Pursuit	4:20.606	8 Q	4:21.235	6	Did not advance
Mathieu Ladagnous Anthony Langella Jérôme Neuville Fabien Sanchez	Team Pursuit	4:07.336	7 Q	Lapped	7	Did not advance
Mickaël Bourgain Laurent Gané Arnaud Tournant	Team Sprint	44.179	1 Q	44.128	3	Bronze Medal Final 44.359	03 !
Arnaud Tournant	1 km Time Trial	N/A				1:00.896	02 !
François Pervis	1 km Time Trial	N/A				1:02.328	5
Franck Perque	Points Race	N/A				2 Extra Laps 43 Points	10
Mickaël Bourgain	Keirin	First Round 7 Repechage 1 Q		Second Round 3 Q		Gold Medal Final 4	4
Laurent Gané	Keirin	First Round 6 Repechage 6		Did not advance
Jérôme Neuville Mathieu Ladagnous	Madison	N/A				DNF	x

Sprint

Athlete	Qualifying	1/16 Final	1/16 Rep	1/8 Final	1/8 Rep	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Time Speed/Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mickaël Bourgain	10.264 70.148 km/hr 4 Q	Jerabek (SVK) W	BYE	Eadie (AUS) W	BYE	Gané (FRA) L 0-2	Did not advance	5th-8th Classification Edgar (GBR) Forde (BAR) Zieliński (POL) 4	8
Laurent Gané	10.271 70.100 km/hr 5 Q	Kim (KOR) W	BYE	Villanueva (ESP) W	BYE	Bourgain (FRA) W 2-0	Bayley (AUS) L 0-2	Bronze Medal Final Wolff (GER) L 0-2	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Match Round		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sonia Huguet	Points Race	N/A				2 Points	13

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross-Country

Athlete	Time	Rank
Julien Absalon	2:15:02	01 !
Miguel Martinez	DNF	x
Jean-Christophe Péraud	2:20:59	11

Women's Cross-Country

Athlete	Time	Rank
Laurence Leboucher	2:05:34	8

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final			Rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Claire Febvay	10 m Platform	195.06	33	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The team of Arnaud Boiteau, Didier Courrèges, Cédric Lyard, Jean Teulère and Nicolas Touzaint won the gold medal in team eventing (after a time penalty imposed on the German athlete Bettina Hoy by the FEI Ground Jury, the competitor having crossed the start line twice).

Dressage
Individual

Athlete	Horse	Grand Prix Test		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Julia Chevanne Gimel	Calimucho	68.750	19 Q	70.56	16	Did not advance
Karen Tebar	Falada M	67.958	24 Q	67.44	21	Did not advance

Eventing
Individual

Athlete	Horse	Dressage		Cross-Country			Jumping					Rank
Athlete	Horse	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Pen Rd 1	Total	Rank	Pen Rd 2	Total	Rank
Arnaud Boiteau	Expo du Moulin	45.8	21	DNF	x	Did not advance
Didier Courrèges	Debat d'Estruval	45.6	20	0	45.6	14	15	60.6	20 Q	45	105.6	25
Cédric Lyard	Fine Mervielle	54.4	34	3.2	57.6	26	13	70.6	28	Did not advance
Jean Teulère	Espoir de la Mare	38.4	6	0	38.4	4	8	46.4	6 Q	4	50.4	4
Nicolas Touzaint	Galan de Sauvagere	29.4	1	0	29.4	1	4	33.4	1 Q	19	52.4	8

Team

Athlete	Horse	Penalties	Total	Rank
Arnaud Boiteau Didier Courrèges Cédric Lyard Jean Teulère Nicolas Touzaint	Expo du Moulin Debat d'Estruval Fine Mervielle Espoir de la Mare Galan de Sauvagere	~~1000.0~~ 60.6 ~~70.6~~ 46.4 33.4	140.4	01 !

Show jumping
Individual

Athlete	Horse	Qualifying Round 1		Qualifying Round 2			Qualifying Round 3			Final
		Qualifying Round 1		Qualifying Round 2			Qualifying Round 3			Round A		Round B Penalties	Total
		Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Round B Penalties	Penalties	Rank
Eugenie Angot	Cigale du Taillis	6	42	4	10	27	1	11	12 Q	16	=36	Did not advance
Florian Angot	First de Launay	4	=19	4	8	=16	9	17	=21 Q	20	=40	Did not advance
Bruno Broucqsault	Dileme de Cephe	4	=19	Retired	x	Did not advance
Eric Navet	Dollar du Murier	5	=31	16	21	=48	Retired	x	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Horse	Qualifying Round		Final
Athlete	Horse	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
Eugenie Angot Florian Angot Bruno Broucqsault Eric Navet	Cigale du Taillis First de Launay Dileme de Cephe Dollar du Murier	24	10	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Érik Boisse	Individual Épée	BYE	Rathprasert (THA) W 15-9	Carillo (CUB) W 15-11	Jeannet (FRA) W 15-14	Fischer (SUI) L 9-15	Bronze Medal Final Kolobkov (RUS) L 8-15	4
Fabrice Jeannet		BYE	Kochetkov (RUS) W 15-11	Lee (KOR) W 15-5	Boisse (FRA) L 14-15	Did not advance
Hugues Obry		BYE	Carillo (CUB) L 10-15	Did not advance
Érik Boisse Fabrice Jeannet Hugues Obry Jérôme Jeannet	Team Épée	N/A			United States W 45-32	Germany W 45-44	Gold Medal Final Hungary W 43-32	01 !
Loïc Attely	Individual Foil	BYE	Schlosser (AUT) W 15-14	Guyart (FRA) L 4-15	Did not advance
Brice Guyart		BYE	el Azizi (ALG) W 15-3	Attely (FRA) W 15-4	Joppich (GER) W 15-12	Cassarà (ITA) W 15-14	Gold Medal Final Sanzo (ITA) W 15-13	01 !
Erwann Le Péchoux		BYE	Dong (CHN) W 15-9	Vanni (ITA) L 8-15	Did not advance
Loïc Attely Brice Guyart Erwann Le Péchoux Jean-Noël Ferrari	Team Foil	N/A			Russia L 38-45	5th Place Semifinal Egypt W 45-32	5th Place Final Germany W 45-38	5
Julien Pillet	Individual Sabre	BYE	Oh (KOR) W 15-13	Sharikov (RUS) L 11-15	Did not advance
Damien Touya		BYE	Sznajder (POL) L 14-15	Did not advance
Gaël Touya		BYE	Smart (USA) L 11-15	Did not advance
Julien Pillet Damien Touya Gaël Touya	Team Sabre	N/A			China W 45-35	United States W 45-44	Gold Medal Final Italy W 45-42	01 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Laura Flessel-Colovic	Individual Épée	BYE	Gómez (CUB) W 15-9	Kiraly-Picot (FRA) W 15-9	Hristou (GRE) W 15-13	Mincza-Nébald (HUN) W 15-14	Gold Medal Final Nagy (HUN) L 10-15	02 !
Hajnalka Kiraly-Picot		BYE	Shen (CHN) W 11-7	Flessel-Colovic (FRA) L 9-15	Did not advance
Maureen Nisima		BYE	Magkandaki (GRE) W 6-5	Halls (AUS) W 15-10	Duplitzer (GER) W 15-14	Nagy (HUN) L 14-15	Bronze Medal Final Mincza-Nébald (HUN) W 15-12	03 !
Laura Flessel-Colovic Hajnalka Kiraly-Picot Maureen Nisima	Team Épée	N/A			China W 45-33	Germany L 32-33	Bronze Medal Final Canada W 45-37	03 !
Adeline Wuillème	Individual Foil	N/A	Silchenko (BLR) W 15-4	Granbassi (ITA) W 15-9	Vezzali (ITA) L 8-15	Did not advance
Cécile Argiolas	Individual Sabre	BYE	Nedeshkowskaia (UKR) W 15-9	Tan (CHN) L 15-11	Did not advance
Léonore Perrus		N/A	BYE	E.Jacobson (USA) W 15-13	S.Jacobson (USA) L 11-15	Did not advance
Anne-Lise Touya		N/A	BYE	Zhang (CHN) L 12-15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Artistic
Men

Individual All-Around

Athlete	Qualification								Final
	Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Pierre-Yves Bény	8.837	9.475	9.750 Q	9.250	N/A		N/A		Did not advance
Benoît Caranobe	9.287	9.162	9.587	9.612	9.450	9.537	56.635	15 Q	9.112	9.400	9.575	9.187	9.087	9.612	55.973	17
Yann Cucherat	N/A	9.512	8.912	N/A	9.750 Q	9.700	N/A		Did not advance
Dimitri Karbanenko	9.612	8.375	9.012	9.475	8.550	9.537	54.561	39	Did not advance
Florent Marée	9.212	N/A	9.387	9.375	9.150	9.687	N/A		Did not advance
Johan Mounard	8.525	9.050	N/A	9.187	9.725	9.637	N/A		Did not advance
Team All-Around Totals	36.948	37.199	37.736	37.712	38.075	38.561	226.231	9	Did not advance

Individual Apparatus Finals

Athlete	Apparatus	Score	Rank
Pierre-Yves Bény	Rings	9.800	=5
Yann Cucherat	Parallel Bars	9.762	6

Women

Individual All-Around

Athlete	Qualification						Final
	Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Coralie Chacon	9.450 Q	N/A	8.650	9.062	N/A		Did not advance
Soraya Chaouch	9.125	9.550	8.962	8.200	35.837	39	Did not advance
Marine Debauve	9.150	9.500	9.425	9.362	37.437	11 Q	9.162	9.512	9.262	9.425	37.361	7
Émilie Le Pennec	9.325	9.662 Q	8.900	9.425	37.312	12 Q	9.300	9.687	8.112	9.537	36.636	14
Camille Schmutz	N/A	9.337	9.137	N/A	N/A		Did not advance
Isabelle Severino	9.337	9.137	N/A	9.175	N/A		Did not advance
Team All-Around Totals	37.262	38.049	36.424	37.024	148.759	6 Q	See Below

Team All-Around Finals

Athlete	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Coralie Chacon	9.462	N/A	N/A	N/A	110.157	6
Soraya Chaouch	N/A	8.937	N/A	8.987
Marine Debauve	N/A	9.437	9.400	9.350
Émilie Le Pennec	9.325	8.637	8.850	9.112
Camille Schmutz	N/A	N/A	9.287	N/A
Isabelle Severino	9.375	N/A	N/A	N/A
Totals	28.162	27.011	27.537	27.449

Individual Apparatus Finals

Athlete	Apparatus	Score	Rank
Coralie Chacon	Vault	4.456	8
Émilie Le Pennec	Uneven Bars	9.687	01 !

Trampoline
Men

Athlete	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Compulsory	Free	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
David Martin	26.70	40.70	67.40	6 Q	39.90	8

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men
Team Roster

Head coach: Claude Onesta

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	Club
1	GK	Ploquin, YohannYohann Ploquin	(1978-05-31)31 May 1978 (aged 26)	1.90 m	Toulouse MB
2	LB	Fernandez, JérômeJérôme Fernandez	(1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 27)	1.99 m	FC Barcelona
3	P	Dinart, DidierDidier Dinart	(1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 27)	1.97 m	BM Ciudad Real
4	RB	Burdet, CédricCédric Burdet	(1974-11-15)15 November 1974 (aged 29)	1.95 m	VFL Gummersbach
5	CB	Gille, GuillaumeGuillaume Gille	(1976-07-12)12 July 1976 (aged 28)	1.92 m	HSV Hamburg
6	P	Gille, BertrandBertrand Gille	(1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (aged 26)	1.87 m	HSV Hamburg
7	P	Kervadec, GuéricGuéric Kervadec	(1972-01-09)9 January 1972 (aged 32)	1.98 m	US Creteil
8	LB	Narcisse, DanielDaniel Narcisse	(1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 24)	1.89 m	Chambery Savoie
9	RW	Anquetil, GrégoryGrégory Anquetil	(1970-12-14)14 December 1970 (aged 33)	1.78 m	Montpellier HB
11	LW	Girault, OlivierOlivier Girault	(1973-02-22)22 February 1973 (aged 31)	1.83 m	Paris SGHB
13	LB	Karabatić, NikolaNikola Karabatić	(1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 20)	1.95 m	Montpellier HB
16	GK	Omeyer, ThierryThierry Omeyer	(1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 27)	1.92 m	Montpellier HB
17	CB	Richardson, JacksonJackson Richardson	(1969-06-16)16 June 1969 (aged 35)	1.86 m	Portland San Antonio
18	RW	Abati, JoëlJoël Abati	(1971-04-25)25 April 1971 (aged 33)	1.90 m	SC Magdeburg
21	LW	Guigou, MichaëlMichaël Guigou	(1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 22)	1.79 m	Montpellier HB

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
France	5	5	0	135	108	27	10
Hungary	5	4	1	132	124	8	8
Germany	5	3	2	139	110	29	6
Greece	5	2	3	117	130	-13	4
Brazil	5	1	4	105	133	-28	2
Egypt	5	0	5	110	133	-23	0

14 August 2004 21:30	France	31 - 17	Brazil	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Vidarsson (ISL)
	Anquetil 7	(14-10)	Silva 6
	4× 3×		6× 2×

16 August 2004 16:30	Greece	25 - 29	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Karypidis 7	(15-15)	Anquetil 9
	9× 4×		4× 3×

18 August 2004 14:30	France	26 - 23	Hungary	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Guigou 6	(9-10)	Pérez 10
	9× 4×		4× 3×

20 August 2004 21:30	France	22 - 21	Egypt	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Breto, Huelin Trillo (ESP)
	Girault 8	(11-13)	Keshk 6
	5× 3×		8× 4× 1×

22 August 2004 14:30	Germany	22 - 27	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Oie, Togstad (NOR)
	Schwarzer, Kehrmann 5	(12-11)	Fernandez 6
	4× 2×		4× 2×

Quarterfinal

24 August 2004 22:05	France	24 - 26	Russia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Abati 6	(14-13)	Ivanov, Kokcharov 5
	2× 3×		3× 3×

5th-8th Classification

27 August 2004 09:30	Spain	27 - 29	France	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Romero, Ortega 5	(13-11)	Burdet, Girault 8
	3× 3×		4× 3×

Fifth Place Final

28 August 2004 19:30	Greece	15 - 33	France	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Grammatikos 7	(7-17)	Fernandez 9
	6× 3×		3× 2×

Women
Team Roster

Head coaches: Olivier Krumbholz

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	Club
1	GK	Dudziak, JoanneJoanne Dudziak	(1972-06-08)8 June 1972 (aged 32)	1.70 m	HBC Nimes
2	RB	Cendier Ajaguin, IsabelleIsabelle Cendier Ajaguin	(1977-05-22)22 May 1977 (aged 27)	1.72 m	HB Metz
3	RW	Vogein, EstelleEstelle Vogein	(1976-04-03)3 April 1976 (aged 28)	1.70 m	HB Metz
4	LB	Lejeune, LeilaLeila Lejeune	(1976-03-16)16 March 1976 (aged 28)	1.76 m	Viborg HK
5	CB	Delerce, SandrineSandrine Delerce	(1975-04-26)26 April 1975 (aged 29)	1.73 m	ES Besancon
6	RB	Jacques, MelindaMelinda Jacques	(1971-10-13)13 October 1971 (aged 32)	1.89 m	HB Metz
7	LB	Myaro, NodjialemNodjialem Myaro	(1976-09-05)5 September 1976 (aged 27)	1.82 m	Kolding HK
8	P	Pecqueux-Rolland, VéroniqueVéronique Pecqueux-Rolland	(1972-10-09)9 October 1972 (aged 31)	1.72 m	ES Besancon
10	LB	Herbrecht, SophieSophie Herbrecht	(1982-02-13)13 February 1982 (aged 22)	1.74 m	ES Besancon
11	RW	Cano, StéphanieStéphanie Cano	(1974-04-17)17 April 1974 (aged 30)	1.64 m	Slagelse FH
13	P	Wendling, IsabelleIsabelle Wendling	(1971-01-30)30 January 1971 (aged 33)	1.75 m	HB Metz
14	LB	Korfanty, MyriamMyriam Korfanty	(1978-10-18)18 October 1978 (aged 25)	1.80 m	US Mios
16	GK	Nicolas, ValérieValérie Nicolas	(1975-03-12)12 March 1975 (aged 29)	1.78 m	Viborg HK
17	LW	Guehl, DelphineDelphine Guehl	(1978-07-30)30 July 1978 (aged 26)	1.72 m	Dijon
20	LW	Tervel, RaphaëlleRaphaëlle Tervel	(1979-04-21)21 April 1979 (aged 25)	1.78 m	ES Besancon

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	Points
South Korea	4	3	0	1	135	103	7
Denmark	4	3	0	1	125	98	7
France	4	2	2	0	105	106	4
Spain	4	0	3	1	86	110	1
Angola	4	0	3	1	97	131	1

15 August 2004 21:30	Denmark	35 - 26	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Brødsgaard 8	(16-11)	Cendier Ajaguin, Pecqueux-Rolland 4
	3× 4×		3× 2×

17 August 2004 21:30	France	27 - 20	Spain	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Lejeune, Tervel 6	(13-10)	Puche 5
	4× 3×		3× 3×

21 August 2004 14:30	Angola	21 - 29	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Bengue 7	(6-12)	Pecqueux-Rolland 8
	3× 3×		4× 3×

23 August 2004 14:30	France	23 - 30	South Korea	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Vidarsson (ISL)
	Wendling 8	(13-18)	Lim 8
	3× 3×		4× 3×

Quarterfinal

26 August 2004 16:30	France	25 - 23	Hungary	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Lejeune 6	(10-13)	Radulovics 6
	6× 4×		4× 4×

Semifinal

27 August 2004 19:30	France	31 - 32	South Korea	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Oie, Togstad (NOR)
	Pecqueux-Rolland, Cano 6	(10-13)	Lee G 7
	4× 3×		3× 3×

Bronze Medal Final

28 August 2004 16:30	Ukraine	21 - 18	France	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Vergelyuk 6	(10-10)	Lejeune 7
	8× 4× 1×		2× 3×

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Benjamin Darbelet	60 kg	Alvarenga (VEN) W 0010-0002	Choi (KOR) L 0101-0113	Did not advance
Larbi Benboudaoud	66 kg	Demirel (TUR) L 0021-1100	Did not advance
Daniel Fernandes	73 kg	Xie (CHN) W 0210-0101	Razvozov (ISR) W 1000-0001	Guilheiro (BRA) W 0101-0010	Makarov (RUS) L 0001-1000	N/A	Bronze Medal Final Pedro (USA) L 0001-1110	=5
Cédric Claverie	81 kg	Kwon (KOR) L 0001-0111	Did not advance
Frédéric Demontfaucon	90 kg	Goldschmied (MEX) W 1010-0000	Olson (USA) W 1000-0000	Zviadauri (GEO) L 0000-0010	Did not advance	Round 2 Taov (RUS) L 0020-0100	Did not advance
Ghislain Lemaire	100 kg	Pálkovács (SVK) W 1000-0000	Maksimov (RUS) W 1001-0000	Jurack (GER) L 0012-0020	Did not advance	Round 2 Despaigne (CUB) W 0221-0000 Round 3 Ze'evi (ISR) L 0000-1001	Did not advance
Mathieu Bataille	+100 kg	Tangriev (UZB) L 0001-1120	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Frédérique Jossinet	48 kg	Chervonsky (AUS) W 0200-000	Moskvina (BLR) W 1000-0000	Gao (CHN) W 0102-0011	Matijass (GER) W 1000-0000	N/A	Gold Medal Final Tani (JPN) L 0001-0112	02 !
Annabelle Euranie	52 kg	BYE	Aluaş (ROU) W 0111-0030	Monteiro (POR) W 0001-0000	Xian (CHN) L 0010-1001	N/A	Bronze Medal Final Heylen (BEL) L 0000-0001	=5
Barbara Harel	57 kg	BYE	Lupetey (CUB) L 0000-1000	Did not advance		Round 1 BYE Round 2 Göldi (SUI) W WO Round 3 Yukhareva (RUS) W 0020-0001	Bronze Medal Final Gravenstijn (NED) L 0010-1000	=5
Lucie Décosse	63 kg	Álvarez (ESP) W 1000-0001	Dixon (AUS) W 1010-0000	Krukower (ARG) L 0000-0001	Did not advance	Round 2 Lee (KOR) W 0111-0100 Round 3 Chisholm (CAN) L 0001-1010	Did not advance
Céline Lebrun	78 kg	BYE	Kubes (USA) W 1011-0000	Silva (BRA) W 0001-0000	Anno (JPN) L 0000-0010	N/A	Bronze Medal Final Laborde (CUB) L 0001-1001	=5
Éva Bisséni	+78 kg	Patsiou (GRE) W 1000-0000	Blanco (VEN) L 0000-0002	Did not advance

Modern Pentathlon

Men

Athlete	Shooting		Fencing		Swimming		Riding		Running		Total Points	Rank
Athlete	Result	Points	Result	Points	Result	Points	Penalties	Points	Result	Points	Total Points	Rank
Raphael Astier	163	892	14-17	776	2:06.93	1280	204	996	10:03.64	988	4932	25
Sebastien Deleigne	180	1096	15-16	804	2:12.27	1216	196	1004	9:45.31	1060	5180	15

Women

Athlete	Shooting		Fencing		Swimming		Riding		Running		Total Points	Rank
Athlete	Result	Points	Result	Points	Result	Points	Penalties	Points	Result	Points	Total Points	Rank
Amélie Cazé	170	976	17-14	860	2:14.44	1308	124	1076	11:39.41	924	5144	12
Blandine Lacheze	179	1084	13-18	748	2:26.31	1168	84	1116	11:52.47	872	4988	19

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sébastien Vieilledent Adrien Hardy	Double Sculls	6:45.76	1 SA/B	BYE		6:12.40	2 FA	6:29.00	01 !
Frédéric Dufour Pascal Touron	Lightweight Double Sculls	6:14.55	1 SA/B	BYE		6:16.33	1 FA	6:21.46	02 !
Xavier Philippe Cédric Berrest Jonathan Coeffic Frédéric Perrier	Quadruple Sculls	5:50.74	4 R	5:50.83	4	Did not advance
Bastien Ripoll Bastien Gallet Jean-Baptiste Macquet Julien Peudecoeur Donatien Mortelette Anthony Perrot Jean-David Bernard Laurent Cadot Christophe Lattaignant	Eight	5:29.55	4 R	5:34.20	2 FA	N/A		5:53.31	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Caroline Delas Gaelle Buniet	Double Sculls	7:41.23	4 R	7:03.50	4 FB	N/A		6:52.55	7
Sophie Balmary Virginie Chauvel	Coxless Pair	7:49.70	4 R	7:24.19	4 FB	N/A		7:17.94	10

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Julien Bontemps	Mistral Sailboard	5	~~DSQ~~	9	8	12	11	6	14	4	2	18	89	9
Guillaume Florent	Finn	7	7	5	16	3	9	9	15	13	12	19	96	8
Gildas Philippe Nicolas le Berre	470	14	2	13	7	2	17	15	17	12	13	2	97	5
Pascal Rambeau Xavier Rohart	Star	3	9	6	15	7	2	4	12	3	1	7	54	03 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Faustine Merret	Mistral Sailboard	2	13	1	4	2	4	4	5	4	3	2	31	01 !
Blandine Rouille	Europe	25	17	4	5	5	18	3	14	14	11	6	97	11
Ingrid Petitjean Nadege Douroux	470	8	3	5	7	7	20	19	18	10	14	9	100	10
Anne le Helley Elodie Lesaffre Marion Deplanque	Yngling	3	2	14	11	9	13	10	3	2	3	1	57	5

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Score	Rank
Felix Pruvot	Laser	10	~~DSQ~~	32	10	17	8	32	23	1	9	1	N/A					143	15
Marc Audineau Stephane Christidis	49er	6	10	14	11	16	1	12	14	4	18	11	11	4	8	10	14	130	11
Olivier Backes Laurent Voiron	Tornado	4	12	11	2	5	4	11	5	5	8	2	N/A					57	4

Scoring abbreviations are defined as follows: OCS – On course side of the starting line, DSQ – Disqualified, DNF – Did Not Finish, DNS – Did Not Start, RDG – Redress Given

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Franck Dumoulin	10 m Air Pistol	577	=20	Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin	50 m Pistol	550	=24	Did not advance
Stéphane Clamens	Trap	119	=9	Did not advance
Yves Tronc	Trap	112	=27	Did not advance
Anthony Terras	Skeet	121	=9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Brigitte Roy	10 m Air Pistol	374	=30	Did not advance
Brigitte Roy	25 m Pistol	578	=10	Did not advance
Valerie Bellenoue	10 m Air Rifle	392	=22	Did not advance
Laurence Brize	10 m Air Rifle	396	8 Q	101.9	497.9	7
Valerie Bellenoue	50 m Rifle 3 Positions	574	16	Did not advance
Laurence Brize	50 m Rifle 3 Positions	578	=9	Did not advance
Stephanie Neau	Trap	57	12	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Romain Barnier	100 m freestyle	49.49	7 Q	49.63	12	Did not advance
Frédérick Bousquet	50 m freestyle	22.24	2 Q	22.29	12	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.08	5 Q	49.25	10	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	53.63	25	Did not advance
Hugues Duboscq	100 m breaststroke	1:01.15	6 Q	1:01.17	7 Q	1:00.88	03 !
Hugues Duboscq	200 m breaststroke	2:16.56	25	Did not advance
Simon Dufour	100 m backstroke	55.76	13 Q	56.15	16	Did not advance
Simon Dufour	200 m backstroke	1:59.52	6 Q	1:58.96	6 Q	1:58.49	6
Franck Esposito	100 m butterfly	52.61	8 Q	52.88	11	Did not advance
Franck Esposito	200 m butterfly	1:58.12	7 Q	1:59.00	15	Did not advance
Pierre Roger	100 m backstroke	56.07	21	Did not advance
Nicolas Rostoucher	200 m freestyle	1:50.96	25	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:50.73	12	N/A		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:13.56	11	N/A		Did not advance
Julien Sicot	50 m freestyle	22.30	6 Q	22.26	10	Did not advance
Romain Barnier Frédérick Bousquet Fabien Gilot Amaury Leveaux* Julien Sicot	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:17.64	=6 Q	N/A		3:16.23	7
Fabien Horth Nicolas Kintz Amaury Leveaux Nicolas Rostoucher	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:21.31	8 Q	N/A		7:17.43	7
Frédérick Bousquet Hugues Duboscq Simon Dufour Franck Esposito	4×100 m medley relay	3:37.60	6 Q	N/A		3:36.57	5

* Competed only in heats

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Solenne Figuès	200 m freestyle	1:59.90	5 Q	1:58.65	2 Q	1:58.45	03 !
Laure Manaudou	400 m freestyle	4:06.76	1 Q	N/A		4:05.34 ER	01 !
	800 m freestyle	8:25.91	1 Q	N/A		8:24.96	02 !
	100 m backstroke	1:01.27	1 Q	1:00.88	2 Q	1:00.88	03 !
Malia Metella	50 m freestyle	25.21	3 Q	24.99	3 Q	24.89	02 !
	100 m freestyle	55.08	5 Q	54.57	4 Q	54.50	4
	100 m butterfly	59.38	9 Q	59.28	9	Did not advance
Aurore Mongel	100 m butterfly	1:00.65	25	Did not advance
Aurore Mongel	200 m butterfly	2:12.26	15 Q	2:11.13	11	Did not advance
Alexandra Putra	100 m backstroke	1:04.13	29	Did not advance
Alexandra Putra	200 m backstroke	2:19.75	27	Did not advance
Céline Couderc Solenne Figuès Malia Metella Aurore Mongel	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:42.42	7 Q	N/A		3:40.23	5
Céline Couderc Solenne Figuès Elsa N'Guessan Katarin Quelennec	4×200 m freestyle relay	8:09.42	10	N/A		Did not advance
Malia Metella Aurore Mongel Alexandra Putra Laurie Thomassin	4×100 m medley relay	4:11.42	14	N/A		Did not advance

Synchronized Swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary				Final Free Routine	Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Technical	Free	Total	Rank	Final Free Routine	Total	Rank
Virginie Dedieu Laure Thibaud	Duet	47.667	47.584	95.167	6 Q	47.917	95.584	5

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Chila	Singles	BYE	Toriola (NGR) W 4-2	Boll (GER) L 1-4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Christophe Negrel	80 kg	Stevens (NED) W 13-10	Ahmadov (AZE) L 17-24	Did not advance
Pascal Gentil	+80 kg	Chukwumerije (NGR) W 2-0	Moitland (CRC) W 4-(-1)	Moon (KOR) L 3-5	Round 2 Zrouri (MAR) W 3-1	Bronze Medal Final Kamal (JOR) W 6-2	03 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gwladys Épangue	57 kg	Corsi (ITA) L 0-2	Did not advance
Myriam Baverel	+67 kg	Bosshart (CAN) W 7-5	Castrignano (ITA) W 8+ -8	Dawani (JOR) W 3+ -3	N/A	Gold Medal Final Chen (CHN) L 5-12	02 !

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Grégory Carraz	Singles	Baghdatis (CYP) L 7-5, 6⁵-7⁷, 5-7	Did not advance
Arnaud Clément		Lapentti (ECU) W 7⁷-6⁵, 6-2	Karlović (CRO) L 6⁴-7⁷, 6-4, 4-6	Did not advance
Sébastien Grosjean		Horna (PER) W 6-2, 7-5	Arthurs (AUS) W 7⁷-6², 6-3	López (ESP) W 6⁴-7⁷, 6-4, 6-0	González (CHI) L 2-6, 6-2, 4-6	Did not advance
Fabrice Santoro		Volandri (ITA) W 6-1, 6-2	Robredo (ESP) L 6-1, 3-6, 4-6	Did not advance
Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean	Doubles	N/A	Black/Ullyett (ZIM) L 7-5, 4-6, 7-9	Did not advance
Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	Doubles	N/A	Malisse/Rochus (BEL) W 6-3, 6-2	Nestor/Niemeyer (CAN) W 6-3, 6⁵-7⁷, 6-3	Ančić/Ljubičić (CRO) L 6-4, 3-6, 7-9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nathalie Dechy	Singles	Suárez (ARG) L 7⁷-6¹, 6⁵-7⁷, 7-9	Did not advance
Amélie Mauresmo		Martínez (ESP) W 6-1, 6-4	Camerin (ITA) W 6-0, 6-1	Rubin (USA) W 6-3, 6-1	Kuznetsova (RUS) W 7⁷-6⁵, 4-6, 6-2	Molik (AUS) W 7¹⁰-6⁸, 6-3	Gold Medal Final Henin-Hardenne (BEL) L 3-6, 3-6	02 !
Mary Pierce		Medina Garrigues (ESP) W 6-3, 7-5	Petrova (RUS) W 6-2, 6-1	Williams (USA) W 6-4, 6-4	Henin-Hardenne (BEL) L 4-6, 4-6	Did not advance
Sandrine Testud		Farina Elia (ITA) L 0-6, 2-6	Did not advance
Nathalie Dechy Sandrine Testud	Doubles	N/A	Križan/Srebotnik (SLO) W 7-5, 6-3	Kuznetsova/Likhovtseva (RUS) W 2-6, 7⁷-6⁵, 6-3	Suárez/Tarabini (ARG) L 4-6, 6-1, 4-6	Did not advance
Amélie Mauresmo Mary Pierce	Doubles	N/A	Daniilidou/Zachariadou (GRE) W 7-5, 6-1	Navratilova/Raymond (USA) L WO	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

While the French had fewer top eight triathletes in 2004 than they had in 2000, Frédéric Belaubre earned the highest individual place of any French triathlete with a fifth place finish. France's sole female triathlete was the last to finish.

Men

Athlete	Swim	Cycle	Run	Total time	Rank
Frédéric Belaubre	18:04	1:00:58	32:58	1:52:00.53	5
Carl Blasco	18:06	1:01:43	33:31	1:53:20.16	12
Stéphane Poulat	18:04	1:01:43	34:04	1:53:51.35	14

Women

Athlete	Swim	Cycle	Run	Total time	Rank
Delphine Pelletier	20:40	1:18:13	43:46	2:22:39.28	44

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Beach

Men

Athlete	Preliminary Pool	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Stephane Canet Mathieu Hamel	Pool B Insfran/Araújo (BRA) L 13-21, 14-21 Scheuerpflug/Dieckmann (GER) W 17-21, 21-18, 15-10 Álvarez/Rossell (CUB) L 18-21, 19-21	4		Did not advance

Indoor
Men
Team Roster

#	Name	Date of Birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
2	Hubert Henno	06.10.1976	188	83	330	310
3	Dominique Daquin	10.11.1972	197	85	352	325
7	Stéphane Antiga	03.02.1976	200	94	344	321
8	Laurent Capet	05.05.1972	202	92	350	325
9	Frantz Granvorka	10.03.1976	195	90	364	327
10	Vincent Montméat	01.09.1977	196	88	348	330
11	Loïc De Kergret	20.08.1970	193	89	335	315
14	Philippe Barça-Cysique	22.04.1977	194	88	347	325
15	Guillaume Samica	28.09.1981	196	82	343	318
16	Mathias Patin	25.04.1974	185	73	325	315
17	Oliver Kieffer	27.08.1979	200	85	355	335
18	Sébastien Frangolacci	31.03.1976	192	88	340	322

Group A

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia and Montenegro	9	4	1	12	6	2.000	427	398	1.073
2	Greece	8	3	2	12	9	1.333	475	454	1.046
3	Argentina	8	3	2	12	9	1.333	471	457	1.031
4	Poland	8	3	2	10	9	1.111	422	419	1.007
5	France	7	2	3	8	10	0.800	405	394	1.028
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	4	15	0.267	373	451	0.827

15 August 2004 14:00	Argentina	3 – 0	France	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 2,370 Referee(s): Ning Wang (CHN), Hiroyuki Ito (JPN) Report(s): result
15 August 2004 14:00	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	15 23 22 60

17 August 2004 11:25	France	0 – 3	Serbia and Montenegro	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee(s): Frank Leuthaeusser (GER), Bela Hobor (HUN) Report(s): result
17 August 2004 11:25	21 28 22 71	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 30 25 80

19 August 2004 14:00	Poland	0 – 3	France	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 5,230 Referee(s): Jarmo Salonen (FIN), Luciano Gaspari (ITA) Report(s): result
19 August 2004 14:00	15 18 17 50	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

21 August 2004 19:30	Greece	3 – 2	France	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 9,360 Referee(s): Umit Sokullu (TUR), Frank Leuthaeusser (GER) Report(s): result
21 August 2004 19:30	25 14 26 23 15 103	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	22 25 24 25 10 106

23 August 2004 09:00	France	3 – 1	Tunisia	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 1,860 Referee(s): Francisco Medina (CUB), Fernando Nava (MEX) Report(s): result
23 August 2004 09:00	25 18 25 25 93	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	23 25 19 19 86

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Eric Bonnel	56 kg	~~112.5~~	x	Did not advance
Samson Ndicka	62 kg	127.5	=10	160.0	=5	287.5	6
Romuald Ernault	69 kg	142.5	=8	165.0	8	307.5	7
David Matam	85 kg	167.5	=6	~~192.5~~	x	DNF	x

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Virginie Lachaume	53 kg	75.0	=7	100.0	8	175.0	7

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Pool	Standing	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mélonin Noumonvi	Greco-Roman 84 kg	Pool 4 Tsitsiashvili (ISR) L 1-3 Mishin (RUS) L 0-3	3	Did not advance
Yannick Szczepaniak	Greco-Roman 120 kg	Pool 1 Galstyan (ARM) W 3-1 Barreno (VEN) W 10-0	1 Q	Barzi (IRI) L 0-3	Did not advance	Fifth Place Final López (CUB) L PA	6
Vincent Aka-Akesse	Freestyle 84 kg	Pool 3 Mindorashvili (GEO) L 0-3 Loizidis (GRE) L 0-3	3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Pool	Standing	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Angélique Berthenet	Freestyle 48 kg	Pool 2 Enkhjargal (MGL) W 7-4 Ross (GBS) W TO	1 Q	C.Icho (JPN) L 1-12	Bronze Medal Final Miranda (USA) L 4-12	4
Anna Gomis	Freestyle 55 kg	Pool 4 Lee (KOR) W 5-2 Poumpouridou (GRE) W 10-0	1 Q	Yoshida (JPN) L 6-7	Bronze Medal Final Karlsson (SWE) W 6-0	03 !
Lise Legrand	Freestyle 63 kg	Pool 3 Khilko (BLR) W 7-1 Ivanova (TJK) W 3-0	1 Q	K.Icho (JPN) L 0-4	Bronze Medal Final Zygouri (GRE) W TO	03 !

Key:EF — Victory by forfeit, the loser is not classified, E2 — Both wrestlers are disqualified for violation of the rules, EV — Disqualification from all competition for violation of the rules, EX — 3 cautions or violation of the rules, PA — Injury default, TO — Victory by fall

Officials

President: Henri Sérandour
Secretary General: Denis Masseglia

References

↑ "France at the 2004 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-04.