France at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

France was represented by 68 athletes at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

Medals

Medal Name Event Date
 Gold Éloyse Lesueur Women's long jump 28 June
 Gold Christophe Lemaitre Men's 100 m 28 June
 Gold Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Men's 3000 m steeplechase 29 June
 Gold Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida Heptathlon 30 June
 Gold Renaud Lavillenie Men's pole vault 1 July
 Silver Jimmy Vicaut Men's 100 m 28 June
 Silver Florian Carvalho Men's 1500 m 1 July
 Silver Garfield Darien 110 m hurdles 1 July
 Silver Phara Anacharsis
Elea Mariama Diarra
Lenora Guion Firmin
Floria Guei
Marie Gayot 		4x400 m relay 1 July
 Bronze Yannick Fonsat Men's 400 m 29 June
 Bronze Pierre-Ambroise Bosse Men's 800 m 29 June
 Bronze Emmanuel Biron
Christophe Lemaitre
Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux
Jimmy Vicaut
Ronald Pognon 		Men's 4x100 m relay 1 July
 Bronze Mickaël Hanany Men's high jump 29 June
 Bronze Myriam Soumaré Women's 200 metres 30 June

Results

Men

Track

Event Athletes Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
100 m Emmanuel Biron 10.288 Q 10.4313 Did not advance
Christophe Lemaitre 10.141 Q 10.142 Q 10.091st
Jimmy Vicaut 10.182 Q 10.223 Q 10.122nd
200 m Ben Bassaw 20.732 Q 20.9110 Did not advance
400 m Yannick Fonsat 45.925 Q 45.785 q 45.823rd
Teddy Venel Disqualifed Did not advance
800 m Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 1:48.2320 Q 1:46.704 Q 1:48.833rd
Hamid Oualich 1:48.4423 Q 1:47.148 Did not advance
Paul Renaudie 1:47.7414 Q 1:48.9718 Did not advance
1500 m Florian Carvalho 3:41.504 Q N/A 3:46.332nd
Gregory Beugnet 3:46.5318 N/A Did not advance
5000 m Yohan Durand N/A 13:32.654
10000 m Denis Mayaud N/A 29:16.8317
110 m hurdles Samuel Coco-Viloin 13.7217 Q 13.509 Did not advance
Garfield Darien 13.462 Q 13.152 Q 13.202nd
Ladji Doucouré 13.9623 Q 13.6616 Did not advance
400 m hurdles Adrien Clémenceau 49.842 Q 49.807 Q 49.704
3000 m steeplechase Nordine Gezzar 8:31.338 Q N/A 8:36.984
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:31.057 Q N/A 8:33.231st
Noureddine Smaïl 8:41.1117 N/A Did not advance
4 x 100 m relay Emmanuel Biron
Christophe Lemaitre
Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux
Jimmy Vicaut*
Ronald Pognon		 39.012 Q N/A 38.463rd
4 x 400 m relay Teddy Venel
Naman Keïta*
Marc Macedot
Mame-Ibra Anne*
Toumane Coulibaly
Yannick Fonsat		 3:06.448 q N/A 3:03.046

*Athletes who run the heats but not the final.

Combined

Decathlon Event Florian Geffrouais
Results Points Rank
100 m 11.19 819 19
Long jump No Mark 0
Shot put 14.31 747 8
High jump DNS
400 m
110 m hurdles
Discus
Pole vault
Javelin
1500 m
Final DNF
Decathlon Event Kevin Mayer
Results Points Rank
100 m 11.10 838 14
Long jump No Mark 0
Shot put 12.25 622 24
High jump DNS
400 m
110 m hurdles
Discus
Pole vault
Javelin
1500 m
Final DNF
Decathlon Event Gaël Quérin
Results Points Rank
100 m 11.17 823 17
Long jump 7.56 950 1
Shot put 13.05 670 23
High jump 1.97 776 9
400 m 48.20 899 3
110 m hurdles 14.37 927 5
Discus 40.32 671 13
Pole vault 5.00 910 2
Javelin 53.60 642 14
1500 m 4:17.29 830 1
Final 8098 5

Field

Event Athletes Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Long jump Kafétien Gomis 7.8912 q 7.889
Frédéric Erin 7.5326 Did not advance
Salim Sdiri 7.969 q 7.4812
Triple jump Karl Taillepierre 16.2018 Did not advance
High jump Mickaël Hanany 2.233 q 2.283rd
Fabrice Saint-Jean 2.2313 Did not advance
Pole vault Jérôme Clavier 5.3012 5.4010
Renaud Lavillenie 5.551 Q 5.971st
Romain Mesnil No mark Did not advance
Hammer throw Quentin Bigot 70.7824 Did not advance
Jérôme Bortoluzzi 73.4610 q 74.498
Romain Mesnil 72.8413 Did not advance

Women

Track

Event Athletes Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
100 m Christine Arron 11.5517 Did not advance
200 m Johanna Danois 23.4214 q 23.4011 Q 23.618
Lina Jacques-Sébastien 23.096 Q 23.4512 Did not advance
Myriam Soumaré 23.107 Q 23.044 Q 23.213rd
400 m Marie Gayot 52.465 Q 52.179 Did not advance
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi 52.112 Q 52.137 q 54.508
1500 m Hind Dehiba 4:12.7914 N/A Did not advance
5000 m Christine Bardelle N/A 15:33.4912
100 m hurdles Alice Decaux 13.1312 Q 13.3514 Did not advance
Aisseta Diawara 13.108 Q Disqualified Did not advance
Sandra Gomis 13.6326 Did not advance
400 m hurdles Phara Anacharsis 58.0222 Did not advance
4 x 100 m relay Carima Louami
Ayodele Ikuesan
Jennifer Galais*
Christine Arron
Lina Jacques-Sébastien		 43.123 Q N/A 43.445
4 x 400 m relay Phara Anacharsis
Elea Mariama Diarra*
Lenora Guion Firmin
Floria Guei
Marie Gayot		 3:29.031 Q N/A 3:25.492nd

*Athletes who run the heats but not the final

Combined

Heptathlon Event Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida
Results Points Rank
100 m hurdles 13.11 1108 1
High jump 1.77 941 10
Shot Put 13.48 759 7
200 m 24.52 931 8
Long jump 6.42 981 2
Javelin throw 55.82 973 1
800 m 2:17.99 851 11
Final 6544 1st
Heptathlon Event Blandine Maisonnier
Results Points Rank
100 m hurdles 13.77 1011 9
High jump 1.80 978 6
Shot Put 12.22 676 17
200 m 24.90 896 12
Long jump 6.27 934 6
Javelin throw 38.96 647 13
800 m 2:16.86 867 8
Final 6009 10

Field

Event Athletes Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Long jump Éloyse Lesueur 6.661 Q 6.811st
Triple jump Françoise Mbango Etone 14.383 Q 14.198
High jump Melanie Melfort 1.907 q 1.926
Pole vault Vanessa Boslak 4.409 q 4.506
Shot put Jessica Cérival 17.159 q 17.209
Discus throw Mélina Robert-Michon 61.863 Q 60.416
Hammer throw Stéphanie Falzon 68.427 q 68.036

References