France at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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France is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.
Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics
France has qualified boxers for the following events.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
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| Khedafi Djelkhir | Bantamweight | ||||||
Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics
France qualified a complete team in eventing by finishing in fourth position in the team event at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games held in Caen.[2]
- Team jumping – 1 team of 4 riders
Handball
Main article: Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Men's tournament
The France men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 World Championships.[3]
- Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players
Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics
France has qualified one boat for each of the following events upon receiving a place from the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships.[4]
- Men's sailboard – RS:X (Julien Bontemps)
- Men's one-person dinghy – Laser (Jean Baptiste Bernaz)
- Men's heavyweight one-person dinghy – Finn (Jonathan Lobert)
- Men's two-person dinghy – 470 (Guillaume Pirouelle & Sipan Valentin)
- Men's skiff – 49er (Emmanuel Dyen & Stéphane Christidis)
- Women's sailboard – RS:X (Charline Picon)
- Women's one-person dinghy – Laser Radial (Mathilde de Kerangat)
- Women's two-person dinghy – 470 (Camille Lecointre & Hélène Defrance)
- Women's skiff – 49erFX (Sarah Steyaert & Julie Bossard)
- Mixed multihull – Nacra 17 (Billy Besson & Marie Riou)
Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics
French shooters have achieved the following quotas based on their performance at the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships.[5]
- Men's 10 m air rifle – 1 quota place (Jérémy Monnier)
- Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol – 1 quota place (Jean Quiquampoix)
- Men's skeet – 1 quota place (Anthony Terras)
- Women's 25 m pistol – 1 quota place (Stéphanie Tirode)
Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics
French swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[6][7]
- Olympic Qualifying Time
- Men's 50 m freestyle – 2 quota places (Florent Manaudou, Clément Mignon)
- Men's 100 m freestyle – 2 quota places (Jérémy Stravius, Fabien Gilot)
- Men's 200 m freestyle – 2 quota places (Yannick Agnel, Grégory Mallet)
- Men's 400 m freestyle – 1 quota place (Damien Joly)
- Men's 1500 m freestyle – 1 quota place (Damien Joly)
- Men's 100 m backstroke – 2 quota places (Jérémy Stravius, Camille Lacourt)
- Men's 100 m breaststroke – 1 quota place (Giacomo Perez d'Ortona)
- Men's 200 m breaststroke – 1 quota place (Thomas Dahlia)
- Men's 100 m butterfly – 1 quota place (Mehdy Metella)
- Women's 50 m freestyle – 1 quota place (Anna Santamans)
- Women's 100 m freestyle – 2 quota places (Charlotte Bonnet, Béryl Gastaldello)
- Women's 200 m freestyle – 2 quota places (Coralie Balmy, Charlotte Bonnet)
- Women's 400 m freestyle – 1 quota place (Coralie Balmy)
- Women's 100 m butterfly – 2 quota places (Marie Wattel, Béryl Gastaldello)
- Women's 200 m butterfly – 1 quota place (Lara Grangeon)
- Women's 200 m individual medley – 2 quota places (Charlotte Bonnet, Lara Grangeon)
- Women's 400 m individual medley – 1 quota place (Lara Grangeon)
References
- ↑ "Le boxeur Khedafi Djelkhir sera aux JO 2016" [Boxer Khedafi Djelkhir qualifies for 2016 Olympics] (in French). France Télévisions. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ↑ Williams, Ollie (31 August 2014). "World Equestrian Games: GB silver as Fox-Pitt wins bronze". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ↑ "Mondial 2015 de handball : la France bat le Qatar et décroche un 5e titre mondial" [2015 Handball World Championship: France beats Qatar and won a fifth world title]. RTL.fr. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic Laser Spots Snapped Up At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds". ISAF. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ↑ "Quota places by Nation and Name". International Shooting Sport Federation. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ↑ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016 (FINA). Retrieved 23 January 2015.