France at the 2008 Summer Olympics

France at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Beijing
Competitors	323 in 23 sports
Flag bearer	Tony Estanguet
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 7 Silver 16 Bronze 20 Total 43
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1906 Intercalated Games

France sent a team of 323 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Steeve Guénot	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
Gold	Alain Bernard	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle
Gold	Jérôme Jeannet Fabrice Jeannet Ulrich Robeiri	Fencing	Men's team épée
Gold	Julien Pillet Boris Sanson Nicolas Lopez	Fencing	Men's team sabre
Gold	Anne-Caroline Chausson	Cycling	Women's BMX
Gold	Julien Absalon	Cycling	Men's cross-country
Gold	France national men's handball team Jérôme Fernandez Didier Dinart Cédric Burdet Guillaume Gille Bertrand Gille Daniel Narcisse Olivier Girault Daouda Karaboué Nikola Karabatić Christophe Kempe Thierry Omeyer Joël Abati Luc Abalo Michaël Guigou Cédric Paty	Handball	Men's tournament
Silver	Fabrice Jeannet	Fencing	Men's individual épée
Silver	Benjamin Darbelet	Judo	Men's 66 kg
Silver	Amaury Leveaux Fabien Gilot Frédérick Bousquet Alain Bernard Grégory Mallet Boris Steimetz	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Silver	Fabien Lefèvre	Canoeing	Men's slalom K-1
Silver	Nicolas Lopez	Fencing	Men's sabre
Silver	Lucie Décosse	Judo	Women's 63 kg
Silver	Vencelas Dabaya	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg
Silver	Grégory Baugé Kévin Sireau Arnaud Tournant	Cycling	Men's team sprint
Silver	Amaury Leveaux	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle
Silver	Thomas Bouhail	Gymnastics	Men's vault
Silver	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Silver	Julien Bontemps	Sailing	Men's RS:X
Silver	Laëtitia Le Corguillé	Cycling	Women's BMX
Silver	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Cycling	Men's cross-country
Silver	Khedafi Djelkhir	Boxing	Featherweight
Silver	Daouda Sow	Boxing	Lightweight
Bronze	Sophie Dodemont Virginie Arnold Bérengère Schuh	Archery	Women's team
Bronze	Hugues Duboscq	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke
Bronze	Christophe Guénot	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
Bronze	Hugues Duboscq	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke
Bronze	Benoît Caranobe	Gymnastics	Men's artistic individual all-around
Bronze	Stéphanie Possamaï	Judo	Women's 78 kg
Bronze	Teddy Riner	Judo	Men's +100 kg
Bronze	Alain Bernard	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle
Bronze	Anthony Terras	Shooting	Men's skeet
Bronze	Julien Desprès Benjamin Rondeau Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	Rowing	Men's coxless four
Bronze	Guillaume Florent	Sailing	Finn class
Bronze	Jonathan Coeffic Pierre-Jean Peltier Julien Bahain Cédric Berrest	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls
Bronze	Nicolas Charbonnier Olivier Bausset	Sailing	Men's 470 class
Bronze	Mickaël Bourgain	Cycling	Men's sprint
Bronze	Alexis Vastine	Boxing	Light welterweight
Bronze	Gwladys Épangue	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg
Bronze	Marie Delattre Anne-Laure Viard	Canoeing	Women's K-2 500 m
Bronze	Mehdi Baala	Athletics	Men's 1500 m
Bronze	Yannick Szczepaniak	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
Bronze	Manuela Montebrun[2]	Athletics	Women's hammer throw

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

France will send archers to the Olympics for the twelfth time. France qualified a full team of three women by placing eighth in the women's team event at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships.[3] The nation had no men qualify at the world tournament, but Romain Girouelle earned the nation one spot in the men's individual competition at the European qualifying tournament.[4]

Men[5]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Romain Girouille	Individual	641	51	Kim (AUS) (14) L 110–112	Did not advance
Jean-Charles Valladont		656	35	Naray (AUS) (30) L 106–108	Did not advance

Women[5]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Virginie Arnold	Individual	626	39	Lorig (USA) (26) L 105–107	Did not advance
Sophie Dodemont		632	32	Hitzler (GER) (33) L 106–107	Did not advance
Bérengère Schuh		645	14	Lionetti (ITA) (51) W 112–107	Kitabatake (JPN) (46) W 112–100	Joo H-J (KOR) (3) L 104–109	Did not advance
Virginie Arnold Sophie Dodemont Bérengère Schuh	Team	1903	5	—		Bye	Poland (POL) (4) W 218–211	South Korea (KOR) (1) L 213–184	Great Britain (GBR) (2) W 203–201

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The French athletics team, composed of 52 athletes, including 18 relay competitors, for 2008 Summer Olympics was announced on the July 28, 2008, following the French National Championships held in Albi. Frank Chevallier, the national technical director, believes that France has a better chance of winning two to four athletic medals.[6]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men[7]

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mehdi Baala	1500 m	3:35.87	1 Q	—		3:37.47	2 Q	3:34.21
Samuel Coco-Viloin	110 m hurdles	13.60	4 Q	13.51	4 q	13.65	8	Did not advance
Yohann Diniz	50 km walk	—						DNF
Leslie Djhone	400 m	45.12	1 Q	—		44.79 SB	1 Q	45.11	5
Ladji Doucouré	110 m hurdles	13.52	2 Q	13.39	2 Q	13.22 SB	3 Q	13.24	4
Martial Mbandjock	100 m	10.26	2 Q	10.16	3 Q	10.18	8	Did not advance
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	3000 m steeplechase	8:16.95 SB	2 Q	—				8:10.49 PB
Simon Munyutu	Marathon	—						2:25:50	57
Ronald Pognon	100 m	10.26	3 Q	10.21	5	Did not advance
Eddy Riva	50 km walk	—						4:00.49	28
Bouabdellah Tahri	3000 m steeplechase	8:23.42	1 Q	—				8:14.79	5
Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux		8:27.91	7	—				Did not advance
David Alerte Christophe Lemaitre Martial Mbandjock Issa Aimé Nthépé Ronald Pognon Manuel Reynaert	4 × 100 m relay	39.53	6	—				Did not advance
Leslie Djhone Richard Maunier Ydrissa M'Barke Brice Panel Teddy Venel	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.19	8	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jérôme Clavier	Pole vault	5.65	3 q	5.60	7
Colomba Fofana	Triple jump	16.42	29	Did not advance
Mickaël Hanany	High jump	2.25	=14	Did not advance
Romain Mesnil	Pole vault	5.55	=14	Did not advance
Yves Niaré	Shot put	19.73	23	Did not advance
Salim Sdiri	Long jump	7.81	21	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	11.26	7.08	15.42	1.96	49.51	14.21	45.17	5.00	65.40	4:29.29	8253 SB	4
	Points	804	833	816	767	837	948	770	910	819	749

Women[7]

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Christine Arron	100 m	11.37	1 Q	11.36	4	Did not advance
Christelle Daunay	Marathon	—						2:31:48	20
Sophie Duarte	3000 m steeplechase	9:38.08	7	—				Did not advance
Élodie Guégan	800 m	2:03.85	3 Q	—		DNF		Did not advance
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi	200 m	22.72	2 Q	22.89	2 Q	22.71	5	Did not advance
Adriana Lamalle	100 m hurdles	DNS		—		Did not advance
Reïna-Flor Okori		12.98	3 q	—		13.05	6	Did not advance
Christine Arron Muriel Hurtis-Houairi Ayodelé Ikuesan Lina Jacques-Sebastien Carima Louami Myriam Soumaré	4 × 100 m relay	DNF		—				Did not advance
Phara Anacharsis Solen Desert Élodie Guégan Aurore Kassambara Virginie Michanol Thélia Sigere	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.61 SB	5	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vanessa Boslak	Pole vault	4.50 SB	2 q	4.55 SB	9
Marion Buisson		4.15	23	Did not advance
Stéphanie Falzon	Hammer throw	68.94	14	Did not advance
Manuela Montebrun		72.81	4 Q	72.54
Teresa Nzola Meso	Triple Jump	14.11	14	Did not advance
Amélie Perrin	Hammer throw	NM	—	Did not advance
Mélina Robert-Michon	Discus throw	62.21 SB	5 Q	60.66	8
Melanie Skotnik	High Jump	1.89	16	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Marie Collonvillé	Result	13.57	1.86	12.42	25.06	6.21	46.14	2:11.81	6302 SB	12*
	Points	1040	1054	689	881	915	785	938
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	Result	13.85	1.71	13.12	24.90	6.16	49.32	2:20.96	6055	18*
	Points	1000	867	735	896	899	847	811

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.[8] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and both French heptathletes moved up a position.

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

France is being represented by two athletes.[9]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Erwin Kehlhoffner	Men's singles	Gomez (AUS) W 19–21, 22–20, 21–15	Mambwe (ZAM) W 21–15, 21–17	Chen J (CHN) L 10–21, 6–21	Did not advance
Pi Hongyan	Women's singles	Bye	Rivero (PER) W 21–6, 21–9	Hirose (JPN) W 21–12, 16–21, 21–6	Zhang N (CHN) L 8–21, 21–19, 19–21	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

France qualified nine boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Oubaali, Vastine, and M'Bumba qualified at the 2007 World Championships.[10] Djelkhir became the fourth French qualifier at the first European qualifying tournament.[11] Thomas, Hallab, Sow, and Chiguer joined the French Olympic team by qualifying at the 2nd continental qualifier.[12]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nordine Oubaali	Light flyweight	Sultonov (UZB) W 8–7	Zou (CHN) L 3–3^+	Did not advance
Jérôme Thomas	Flyweight	Payano (DOM) L 6–10	Did not advance
Ali Hallab	Bantamweight	Kumar (IND) L 5–12	Did not advance
Khedafi Djelkhir	Featherweight	Fleming (AUS) W 13–9	Williams (USA) W 9–7	Santos (MEX) W 14–9	Imranov (AZE) W WO	Lomachenko (UKR) L RSC
Daouda Sow	Lightweight	Kim S-G (PRK) W 13–3	Pedraza (PUR) W 13–9	Hu Q (CHN) W 9–6	Ugás (CUB) W 15–8	Tishchenko (RUS) L 9–11
Alexis Vastine	Light welterweight	Kavaliauskas (LTU) W 13–2	Saunders (GBR) W 11–7	Mönkh-Erdene (MGL) W 12–4	Díaz (DOM) L 10–12	Did not advance
Jaoid Chiguer	Welterweight	Bashirov (TKM) W 17–6	Mahmudov (UZB) L 3–8	Did not advance
Jean-Mickaël Raymond	Middleweight	Rasulov (UZB) L 2–8	Did not advance
John M'Bumba	Heavyweight	—	Bianco (COL) W 11–5	Chakhkeiv (RUS) L 9–18	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Tony Estanguet	Men's C-1	89.99	8	86.09	6	176.08	6 Q	93.92	9	Did not advance
Fabien Lefèvre	Men's K-1	85.66	9	84.70	2	168.06	2 Q	87.21	3 Q	86.09	2	173.30
Cédric Forgit Martin Braud	Men's C-2	96.17	4	92.39	1	188.56	2 Q	102.76	5 Q	95.43	1	198.19	4
Émilie Fer	Women's K-1	96.90	5	92.78	3	189.68	5 Q	98.50	2 Q	153.46	7	251.96	7

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mathieu Goubel	C-1 500 m	1:49.527	3 QS	1:52.239	2 Q	1:49.056	4
	C-1 1000 m	3:56.972	2 QS	3:57.607	1 Q	3:57.889	7
Arnaud Hybois	K-1 500 m	1:37.902	4 QS	1:43.559	5	Did not advance
Cyrille Carré Philippe Colin	K-2 1000 m	3:18.968	3 QF	Bye		3:16.532	6
Bertrand Hémonic William Tchamba	C-2 500 m	1:43.453	6 QS	1:43.874	6	Did not advance
	C-2 1000 m	3:46.431	5 QS	3:48.406	6	Did not advance
Sébastien Jouve Vincent Lecrubier	K-2 500 m	1:29.805	2 QF	Bye		1:31.312	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marie Delattre Anne-Laure Viard	K-2 500 m	1.43.832	2 QF	Bye		1.42.128

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cyril Dessel	Road race	Did not finish
Pierrick Fédrigo		Did not finish
Rémi Pauriol		6:26:17	34
Jérôme Pineau		6:24:11	14
Pierre Rolland		Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christel Ferrier-Bruneau	Road race	3:32:45	13
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	Road race	3:32:57	24
	Time trial	35:52.62	4
Maryline Salvetat	Road race	3:32:45	14
	Time trial	38:09.72	20

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Mickaël Bourgain	Men's sprint	10.123 71.125	5 Q	Kitatsuru (JPN) W 10.672 67.466	Chiappa (ITA) W 10.734 67.076	Bye	Bos (NED) W 10.524, W 10.463	Hoy (GBR) L, L	Levy (GER) W 11.047, L, W 10.560
Kévin Sireau		10.098 71.301	4 Q	Blatchford (USA) W 10.742 67.026	Bos (NED) L	Watanabe (JPN)  Bayley (AUS) W 10.570 68.117	Kenny (GBR) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final  Mulder (NED)  Bos (NED)  Awang (MAS) W 10.719	5
Grégory Baugé Kévin Sireau Arnaud Tournant	Men's team sprint	43.541 62.010	2 Q	Malaysia (MAS) W 43.656 61.847	—				Great Britain (GBR) L 43.651 61.854
Clara Sanchez	Women's sprint	11.365 63.352	6	Tsylinskaya (BLR) W 11.607 62.031	—	Bye	Meares (AUS) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final  Tsylinskaya (BLR)  Reed (USA)  Krupeckaitė (LTU) W 12.264	5

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Fabien Sanchez	Men's individual pursuit	4:33.100	15	Did not advance
Damien Gaudin Matthieu Ladagnous Christophe Riblon Nicolas Rousseau	Men's team pursuit	4:03.679	5 Q	Denmark (DEN) DSQ	—	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Grégory Baugé	Men's keirin	4 R	1 Q	5	7
Arnaud Tournant		4 R	1 Q	3 Q	6

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Christophe Riblon	Men's points race	−17	−1	21
Pascale Jeuland	Women's points race	8	0	7
Matthieu Ladagnous Jérôme Neuville	Men's madison	12	–1	7

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julien Absalon	Men's cross-country	1:55:59
Jean-Christophe Péraud		1:57:06
Cédric Ravanel		2:01:38	14
Laurence Leboucher	Women's cross-country	2:00:55	17

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Thomas Allier	Men's BMX	36.649	19	16	6	Did not advance
Damien Godet		36.008	3	13	4 Q	14	4 Q	DNF	8
Anne-Caroline Chausson	Women's BMX	36.660	1	—		4	1 Q	35.976
Laëtitia Le Corguillé		37.145	3	—		4	1 Q	38.042

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women[13]

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Claire Febvay	10 m platform	255.30	25	Did not advance
Audrey Labeau		289.95	21	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Marc Boblet	Whitini Star	Individual	66.125	21 Q	65.640	21	Did not advance
Julia Chevanne	Calimucho		63.250	32	Did not advance
Hubert Perring	Diabolo St Maurice		66.833	20 Q	62.680	25	Did not advance
Marc Boblet Julia Chevanne Hubert Perring	See above	Team	65.403	8	—				65.403	7

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jean Renaud Adde	Haston d'Elpégère	Individual	56.90	53	Eliminated			Did not advance
Didier Dhennin	Ismène du Temple		42.80	17	14.00	56.80	7	3.00	59.80	11 Q	0.00	59.80	6	59.80	6
Nicolas Touzaint	Galan de Sauvagère		Withdrew – Horse injury*
Eric Vigeanel	Coronado Prior		53.00	44	26.00	79.00	30	0.00	79.00	23 Q	4.00	83.00	20	83.00	20
Didier Dhennin Eric Vigeanel Jean Renaud Adde	See above	Team	152.70	8	983.10	1135.80	11	3.00	1138.80	11	—			1138.80	11

* Nicolas Touzaint, a 2004 team gold medallist, had to withdraw just before the start of the competition because of an injury to his horse.[14] His score was automatically set to 1000.00 for team purposes. When Jean Renaud Adde was later eliminated from the competition for falling off his horse on the cross-country course,[15] the same happened to him, causing an astronomical team score for the cross-country ride.

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Fabrice Jeannet	Individual épée	Katchiourine (KGZ) W 15–14	Kelsey (USA) W 15–11	Tikhomirov (CAN) W 15–7	Jung J-S (KOR) W 15–11	Boczko (HUN) W 15–12	Tagliariol (ITA) L 9–15
Jérôme Jeannet		Bye	Novosjolov (EST) W 15–14	Abajo (ESP) L 9–15	Did not advance
Ulrich Robeiri		Bye	Avdeev (RUS) W 15–11	Tagliariol (ITA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Jean-Michel Lucenay Ulrich Robeiri	Team épée	—		Bye	Venezuela (VEN) W 45–33	Italy (ITA) W 45–39	Poland (POL) W 45-29
Brice Guyart	Individual foil	—	Ali (MAR) W 15–3	Le Péchoux (FRA) L 10–15	Did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux		—	Bye	Guyart (FRA) W 15–10	Sanzo (ITA) L 9–10	Did not advance
Nicolas Lopez	Individual sabre	Ouedraogo (BUR) W 15–6	Pozdnyakov (RUS) W 15–8	Oh E-s (KOR) W 15–11	Pina (ESP) W 15–10	Covaliu (ROU) W 15–13	Zhong M (CHN) L 9–15
Julien Pillet		Bye	Wang Jz (CHN) W 15–14	Dumitrescu (ROU) W 15–13	Smart (USA) W 15–13	Zhong M (CHN) L 12–15	Covaliu (ROU) L 11–15	4
Boris Sanson		Bye	Morehouse (USA) W 15–12	Tarantino (ITA) L 7–15	Did not advance
Vincent Anstett Nicolas Lopez Julien Pillet Boris Sanson	Team sabre	—			Egypt (EGY) W 45–31	Italy (ITA) W 45–41	United States (USA) W 45–37

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Laura Flessel-Colovic	Individual épée	—	Mills (ISR) W 15–8	Zhong Wp (CHN) W 13–11	Li N (CHN) L 10–15	Did not advance
Hajnalka Kiraly Picot		—	El Sayed (EGY) W 15–7	Samuelsson (SWE) L 13–15	Did not advance
Corinne Maîtrejean	Individual foil	Bye	Smart (USA) W 15–9	Wächter (GER) L 10–15	Did not advance
Léonore Perrus	Individual sabre	Bye	Besbes (TUN) L 11–15	Did not advance
Anne-Lise Touya		Bye	Nagy (HUN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Carole Vergne		Bye	Kim K-H (KOR) L 14–15	Did not advance
Solenn Mary Léonore Perrus Anne-Lise Touya Carole Vergne	Team sabre	—			Canada (CAN) W 45–22	China (CHN) L 38–45	United States (USA) L 38–45	4

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Thomas Bouhail	Team	15.125	13.850	13.700	16.625 Q	14.675	14.575	88.550	27 Q	15.300	14.375	—	16.475	—
Benoît Caranobe		15.125	14.250	15.100	16.500 Q	15.275	14.675	90.925	10 Q	14.425	—	15.225	15.950	—
Yann Cucherat		—				16.000	15.850 Q	—		—				16.050	14.250	—
Dimitri Karbanenko		14.050	13.700	13.675	16.125	15.500	15.450	88.500	28	14.900	—		15.975	15.375	15.350	—
Danny Rodrigues		14.200	13.400	15.800 Q	—					—	13.750	16.100	—
Hamilton Sabot		14.575	14.025	14.375	15.400	15.400	13.975	87.750	30	—	14.800	13.975	—	15.150	15.450	—
Total		59.025	55.825	58.975	64.650	62.175	60.550	361.200	7 Q	44.625	42.925	45.300	48.400	46.575	45.050	272.875	8

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Thomas Bouhail	All-around	15.200	13.400	13.650	15.850	14.425	14.475	87.000	21
	Vault	—			16.537	—		16.537
Benoît Caranobe	All-around	15.350	14.875	15.175	16.600	15.050	14.875	91.925
	Vault	—			16.062	—		16.062	5
Yann Cucherat	Horizontal bar	—					14.825	14.825	8
Danny Rodrigues	Rings	—	16.225	—				16.225	5

Marks and ranks from vault qualification differ as two vaults are used to determine event finalists while only the first of those counts toward the all-around total. Thomas Bouhail qualified for the all-around final of the top 24 gymnasts because the number of finalists from the same nation is limited to two. Thus, three gymnasts ranked ahead of him were ineligible.

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Rose-Eliandre Bellemare	Team	14.225	14.725	14.400	—			—	14.550	—
Marine Debauve		14.100	—		14.625	—		—			13.975	—
Laetitia Dugain		14.325	14.350	14.625	14.975	58.275	22 Q	13.925	—	14.725	14.750	—
Katheleen Lindor		—	14.900	14.700	14.575	—		—	14.825	14.775	—
Pauline Morel		14.625	14.350	14.625	14.975	57.450	29	14.625	—	14.675	—
Marine Petit		14.375	14.350	14.625	14.975	58.350	20 Q	14.775	14.675	—	15.000	—
Total		57.550	58.825	58.525	58.975	233.875	6 Q	43.325	44.050	44.175	43.725	175.275	7

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Laetitia Dugain	All-around	14.000	14.275	14.275	15.225	56.775	23
Marine Petit		14.575	14.725	14.400	14.275	57.975	19

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Gregoire Pennes	Men's	68.70	12	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the France roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[16][17]

Head coach: Claude Onesta

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 RB Jérôme Fernandez (1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 31) 1.99 m 262 1042 FC Barcelona Handbol 3 P Didier Dinart (1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 31) 1.97 m 288 136 BM Ciudad Real 4 RB Cédric Burdet (1974-11-15)15 November 1974 (aged 33) 1.95 m 220 476 Montpellier HB 5 P Guillaume Gille (1976-07-16)16 July 1976 (aged 32) 1.92 m 245 614 HSV Handball 6 CB Bertrand Gille (1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (aged 30) 1.87 m 211 654 HSV Handball 8 CB Daniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 28) 1.89 m 171 524 Chambéry Savoie Handball 11 LW Olivier Girault (1973-02-22)22 February 1973 (aged 35) 1.83 m 240 551 Paris Handball 12 GK Daouda Karaboué (1975-12-11)11 December 1975 (aged 32) 1.98 m 64 Montpellier HB 13 LB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 24) 1.95 m 120 515 THW Kiel 14 P Cristophe Kempe (1975-05-02)2 May 1975 (aged 33) 1.93 m 161 249 Fénix Toulouse 16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 31) 1.92 m 194 THW Kiel 18 RB Joël Abati (1970-04-25)25 April 1970 (aged 38) 1.90 m 196 577 Montpellier HB 19 RW Luc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 23) 1.82 m 74 247 US d'Ivry Handball 21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 26) 1.79 m 100 351 Montpellier HB 26 LW Cédric Paty (1981-07-25)25 July 1981 (aged 27) 1.94 m 17 44 Chambéry Savoie Handball

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
France	5	4	1	0	148	115	+33	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Poland	5	3	1	1	147	128	+19	7
Croatia	5	3	0	2	140	115	+25	6
Spain	5	3	0	2	152	145	+7	6
Brazil	5	1	0	4	129	153	−24	2
China	5	0	0	5	104	164	−60	0

Source: ^[citation needed]

10 August 2008 14:00	France	34 – 26	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Girault 7	(19–11)	Ertel 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

12 August 2008 14:00	China	19 – 33	France	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	Hao 5	(7–19)	three players 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

14 August 2008 20:45	France	23 – 19	Croatia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Chernega, Paladenko (RUS)
	Gille 7	(11–9)	Džomba 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

16 August 2008 14:00	France	28 – 21	Spain	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Gille 6	(16–10)	García 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

18 August 2008 20:45	Poland	30 – 30	France	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
	Jurecki 7	(16–13)	Karabatić 8
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 12:00	France	27 – 24	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Narcisse 9	(13–10)	Kokcharov 5
	4× 2×	Report	3× 2×

Semifinal

22 August 2008 18:00	France	25 – 23	Croatia	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
	Burdet, Narcisse 6	(12–11)	Horvat, Šprem 5
	4× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Gold medal game

24 August 2008 15:45	Iceland	23 – 28	France	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Stefánsson 5	(10–15)	Karabatić 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Final rank

 Gold

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the France roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[18]

Head coach: Olivier Krumbholz

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 4 P Nina Kamto Njitam (1983-06-05)5 June 1983 (aged 25) 1.77 m 79 133 Metz Handball 5 RB Camille Ayglon (1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 23) 1.80 m 25 64 HBC Nîmes 8 P Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland (1972-10-09)9 October 1972 (aged 35) 1.72 m 289 870 Cercle Dijon Bourgogne 9 LW Paule Baudouin (1984-10-25)25 October 1984 (aged 23) 1.72 m 59 121 Issy-les-Moulineaux 10 LB Sophie Herbrecht (1982-02-13)13 February 1982 (aged 26) 1.74 m 144 454 Issy-les-Moulineaux 11 RW Stéphanie Cano (1974-04-17)17 April 1974 (aged 34) 1.60 m 231 462 CA Bèglais Handball 12 GK Amandine Leynaud (1986-05-02)2 May 1986 (aged 22) 1.78 m 28 Metz Handball 13 P Isabelle Wendling (1971-01-30)30 January 1971 (aged 37) 1.78 m 325 537 Metz Handball 16 GK Valérie Nicolas (1975-03-12)12 March 1975 (aged 33) 1.78 m 234 Ikast-Brande Elite Håndbold 19 CB Christine Vanparys-Torres (1978-03-22)22 March 1978 (aged 30) 1.78 m 63 98 Metz Handball 20 LW Raphaëlle Tervel (1979-04-21)21 April 1979 (aged 29) 1.78 m 155 263 Akaba Bera Bera 21 RW Maakan Tounkara (1983-03-12)12 March 1983 (aged 25) 1.65 m 33 60 Le Havre AC 23 RB Alexandra Lacrabère (1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 21) 1.77 m 11 15 CA Bèglais Handball 24 LB Mariama Signaté (1985-07-22)22 July 1985 (aged 23) 1.88 m 43 110 CJF Fleury-Les-Aubrais

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Norway	5	5	0	0	154	106	+48	10	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Romania	5	4	0	1	150	112	+38	8
China	5	2	0	3	122	135	−13	4
France	5	2	0	3	121	128	−7	4
Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	109	137	−28	3
Angola	5	0	1	4	109	147	−38	1

Source: ^[citation needed]

9 August 2008 09:00	France	32 – 21	Angola	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
	Herbrecht 8	(13–14)	Bengue, Almeida 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

11 August 2008 09:00	Kazakhstan	18 – 21	France	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Ajiderskaya 7	(8–10)	Lacrabère 6
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 3×

13 August 2008 10:45	Romania	34 – 26	France	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Maier 11	(17–13)	Tervel 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

15 August 2008 19:00	France	24 – 34	Norway	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Baudouin 6	(12–15)	Nyberg, Riegelhuth 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

17 August 2008 15:45	France	18 – 21	China	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
	Ayglon 5	(10–9)	Wu Wenjuan 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 6×

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 20:15	Russia	32 – 31 (ET)	France	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liu S, Liu F (CHN)
	Bliznova 6	(12–16)	Signaté 7
	4× 2×	Report	4× 4×
	FT: 24–24 ET: 4–4, 4–3

Classification semifinal

21 August 2008 14:15	Romania	34 – 36 (ET)	France	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Līcis, Stoļarovs (LAT)
	Maier 9	(13–12)	Baudouin 7
	4× 8×	Report	4× 8×
	FT: 27–27 ET: 4–4, 3–5

5th–6th place

23 August 2008 10:15	China	23 – 31	France	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Liu Yun 7	(10–15)	Herbrecht, Pecqueux-Rolland 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dimitri Dragin	−60 kg	Bye	Khergiani (GEO) W 0101–0010	Yekutiel (ISR) W 1000–0000	Kishmakhov (RUS) W 0002–0000	Paischer (AUT) L 0000–1001	Bye			Sobirov (UZB) L 0000–0001	5
Benjamin Darbelet	−66 kg	Bye	Rguig (MAR) W 1002–0000	Mehmedovic (CAN) W 0001–0000	Gadanov (RUS) W 1010–0010	Pak (PRK) W 0201–0001	Bye			Uchishiba (JPN) L 0000–1000
Anthony Rodriguez	−81 kg	Bye	Cardenas (CUB) L 0001–0110	Did not advance
Yves-Matthieu Dafreville	−90 kg	—	González (CUB) W 1000–0000	Meloni (ITA) W 0010–0000	Santos (BRA) W 1011–0001	Benikhlef (ALG) L 0000–0001	Bye			Mesbah (EGY) L 0000–0001	5
Frederic Demontfaucon	−100 kg	—	Ze'evi (ISR) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Teddy Riner	+100 kg	Bye	Chedly (TUN) W 0010–0000	Ikhsangaliyev (KAZ) W 1000–0000	Tangriev (UZB) L 0000–0001	Did not advance	Bye	Tölzer (GER) W 0020–0010	Schlittler (BRA) W 1000–0000	Gujejiani (GEO) W 1011–0000

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Frédérique Jossinet	−48 kg	Nurgazina (KAZ) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Audrey La Rizza	−52 kg	Heylen (BEL) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Barbara Harel	−57 kg	Bye	Kye S-H (PRK) W 0101–0010	Quintavalle (ITA) L 0001–0010	Did not advance	Bye	Bönisch (GER) W 0001–0000	Baczko (HUN) W 0110–0010	Xu Y (CHN) L 0101–1000	5
Lucie Décosse	−63 kg	Žolnir (SLO) W 1010–0000	Schlesinger (ISR) W 0011–0000	von Harnier (GER) W 1001–0001	Won O-I (PRK) W 0211–0000	Bye			Tanimoto (JPN) L 0000–1000
Gévrise Émane	−70 kg	Bye	Iglesias (ESP) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Stéphanie Possamaï	−78 kg	Briceño (ARG) W 0001–0000	Miled (TUN) W 1010–0012	Castillo (CUB) L 0000–0030	Did not advance	Bye	Abikeyeva (KAZ) W 1010–0001	Wollert (GER) W 0200–0000	San Miguel (ESP) W 0100–0010
Anne-Sophie Mondiere	+78 kg	Shekerova (UZB) W 0200–0000	Tsukada (JPN) L 0001–1000	Did not advance		Bye	Zambotti (MEX) W 1010–0000	Dorjgotov (MGL) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Jean Maxence Berrou	Men's	176	26	1048	10–25	36	640	2:04.52	14	1308	140	13	1060	9:21.71	15	1116	5172	23
John Zakrzewski		168	33	952	19–16	10	856	2:04.23	12	1312	DNF	33	160	10:04.15	32	984	4264	34
Amelie Caze	Women's	177	22	1060	22–13	5	928	2:11.29	2	1348	84	16	1116	10:59.82	22	1084	5536	9

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Laurent Cadot Erwan Peron	Pair	6:46.57	1 SA/B	Bye		6:44.29	5 FB	6:54.40	9
Adrien Hardy Jean-Baptiste Macquet	Double sculls	6:21.92	2 SA/B	Bye		6:18.86	1 FA	6:33.36	5
Frédéric Dufour Maxime Goisset	Lightweight double sculls	6:20.17	2 SA/B	Bye		6:41.18	5 FB	6:32.65	11
Germain Chardin Julien Desprès Dorian Mortelette Benjamin Rondeau	Four	6:05.00	4 R	6:00.01	2 SA/B	5:56.73	3 FA	6:09.31
Julien Bahain Cedric Berrest Jonathan Coeffic Pierre-Jean Peltier	Quadruple sculls	5:41.75	2 SA/B	Bye		5:53.04	3 FA	5:44.34
Jean-Christophe Bette Guillaume Raineau Franck Solforosi Fabien Tilliet	Lightweight four	5:51.68	2 SA/B	Bye		6:07.26	2 FA	5:51.22	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sophie Balmary	Single sculls	7:47.37	3 QF	—		7:37.01	2 SA/B	7:56.73	6 FB	7:58.88	12
Stephanie Dechand Inene Pascal-Pretre	Pair	7:42.92	5 R	7:41.87	4 FB	—				7:36.25	8

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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Julien Bontemps	RS:X	13	1	5	4	10	8	2	10	2	3	8	53
Jean-Baptiste Bernaz	Laser	19	1	12	9	6	10	30	5	34	CAN	12	104	8
Olivier Bausset Nicolas Charbonnier	470	6	3	8	1	6	18	3	14	7	20	12	78
Pascal Rambeau Xavier Rohart	Star	12	1	5	4	7	6	9	9	8	2	18	69	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Faustine Merret	RS:X	8	28	10	7	11	19	17	18	7	3	EL	100	11
Sarah Steyaert	Laser Radial	11	1	21	3	29 BFD	1	3	10	11	CAN	16	77	5
Gwendolyn Lemaitre Ingrid Petitjean	470	1	11	16	8	17	9	9	9	13	9	EL	85	11
Julie Gerecht Anne Le Helley Catherine Lepesant	Yngling	4	15	1	14	5	10	10	2	CAN	CAN	10	56	5

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Guillaume Florent	Finn	5	8	20	3	4	6	4	21	CAN	CAN	—					8	58
Emmanuel Dyen Yann Rocherieux	49er	7	8	4	5	11	13	11	13	14	7	6	17	CAN	CAN	CAN	10	109	10
Christophe Espagnon Xavier Revil	Tornado	7	2	10	16	9	10	10	4	10	7	—					EL	69	11

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stéphane Clamens	Trap	112	25	Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin	10 m air pistol	576	25	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	548	34	Did not advance
Josselin Henry	10 m air rifle	587	40	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	592	23	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1151	41	Did not advance
Walter Lapeyre	10 m air pistol	581	8 Q	680.3	6
	50 m pistol	552	25	Did not advance
Valérian Sauveplane	50 m rifle prone	594	8 Q	698.8	6
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1172	6 Q	1267.1	7
Anthony Terras	Skeet	120	3 Q	144 S/O 3
Yves Tronc	Trap	115	17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Laurence Brize	10 m air rifle	394	19	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	579	13	Did not advance
Marie Laure Gigon	10 m air rifle	396	8 Q	497.3	7
	50 m rifle 3 positions	568	38	Did not advance
Veronique Girardet	Skeet	63	16	Did not advance
Delphine Racinet	Trap	62	13	Did not advance
Brigitte Roy	10 m air pistol	379	23	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	580	15	Did not advance
Stéphanie Tirode	10 m air pistol	377	33	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	577	22	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

France sent a total of 35 swimmers to these Games, including Alain Bernard[19] and Laure Manaudou.[20]

Men[13]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alain Bernard	50 m freestyle	21.78	2 Q	21.54	1 Q	21.49
	100 m freestyle	47.85	1 Q	47.20 WR	1 Q	47.21
Frédérick Bousquet	100 m butterfly	51.83	11 Q	52.94	16	Did not advance
Hugues Duboscq	100 m breaststroke	59.67	3 Q	59.83	4 Q	59.37
	200 m breaststroke	2:09.42	4 Q	2:09.97	8 Q	2:08.94
Simon Dufour	200 m backstroke	2:02.00	34	Did not advance
Fabien Gilot	100 m freestyle	48.42	13 Q	49.00	15	Did not advance
Pierre Henri	400 m individual medley	4:22.41	22	—		Did not advance
Christophe Lebon	100 m butterfly	52.56	31	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:56.63	17	Did not advance
Amaury Leveaux	50 m freestyle	21.46	1 Q	21.76	4 Q	21.45
	200 m freestyle	1:47.44	13 Q	Withdrew
Julien Nicolardot	200 m breaststroke	2:12.76	28	Did not advance
Pierre Roger	200 m backstroke	1:59.01	17	Did not advance
Gilles Rondy	10 km open water	—				1:52:16.7	15
Nicolas Rostoucher	400 m freestyle	3:47.15	14	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:00.58	13	—		Did not advance
Sébastien Rouault	400 m freestyle	3:48.84	23	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:21.14	27	—		Did not advance
Benjamin Stasiulis	100 m backstroke	55.08	25	Did not advance
Alain Bernard Frédérick Bousquet Fabien Gilot Amaury Leveaux Grégory Mallet* Boris Steimetz*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.36	2 Q	—		3:08.32
Sébastien Bodet Clément Lefert Amaury Leveaux Matthieu Madelaine	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:13.57	10	—		Did not advance
Hugues Duboscq Fabien Gilot Christophe Lebon Benjamin Stasiulis	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.78	9	—		Did not advance

* Competed in the heats only

Women[13]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joanne Andraca	400 m individual medley	4:43.88	23	—		Did not advance
Coralie Balmy	400 m freestyle	4:04.25	6 Q	—		4:03.60	4
	800 m freestyle	8:28.34	12	—		Did not advance
Alexianne Castel	100 m backstroke	1:01.44	23	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:09.37	9 Q	2:10.04	13	Did not advance
Céline Couderc	50 m freestyle	25.22	34	Did not advance
Sophie de Ronchi	200 m breaststroke	2:30.93	30	Did not advance
Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne	200 m freestyle	1:57.93	11 Q	1:58.00	8 Q	1:57.83	7
Sophie Huber	800 m freestyle	8:33.76	19	—		Did not advance
Laure Manaudou	400 m freestyle	4:04.93	8 Q	—		4:11.26	8
	100 m backstroke	1:00.09	5 Q	1:00.19	8 Q	1:00.10	7
	200 m backstroke	2:09.39	8 Q	2:12.04	15	Did not advance
Malia Metella	50 m freestyle	24.95	10 Q	24.89	12	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.12	11 Q	54.20	9	Did not advance
Aurore Mongel	200 m freestyle	1:58.11	15 Q	1:58.08	10	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	58.30	10 Q	58.46	9	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:06.49	2 Q	2:07.21	7 Q	2:07.36	6
Camille Muffat	200 m individual medley	2:12.16	7 Q	2:12.36	12	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:40.29	19	—		Did not advance
Aurélie Muller	10 km open water	—				2:02:04.1	21
Alena Popchanka	100 m freestyle	54.86	18	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	58.40	14 Q	58.55	=10	Did not advance
Magali Rousseau	200 m butterfly	2:13.12	28	Did not advance
Cylia Vabre	200 m individual medley	2:14.34	21	Did not advance
Céline Couderc Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne Malia Metella* Alena Popchanka Hanna Shcherba-Lorgeril	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:37.76	5 Q	—		3:37.68	6
Coralie Balmy Céline Couderc* Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne Aurore Mongel Camille Muffat Alena Popchanka*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:50.37 OR	1 Q	—		7:50.66	5
Alexianne Castel Sophie de Ronchi Aurore Mongel Alena Popchanka	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.95	11	—		Did not advance

* Competed in the heats only

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

France will have two entrants in synchronized swimming, competing in the duet event.[13]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Apolline Dreyfuss Lila Meesseman-Bakir	Duet	44.750	11	45.250	90.000	11 Q	45.583	90.333	11

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Chila	Men's singles	Bye	Jakab (HUN) L 3–4	Did not advance
Damien Éloi		Bye	Saleh (EGY) W 4–3	Mizutani (JPN) L 3–4	Did not advance
Christophe Legoût		Bye	Doan (VIE) L 2–4	Did not advance
Xian Yi Fang	Women's singles	Bye	Xu J (POL) W 4–3	Lau S F (HKG) L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mickael Borot	Men's +80 kg	Keita (MLI) L 5–6	Did not advance
Gwladys Épangue	Women's −67 kg	Nurkina (KAZ) W 3–0	Benabderrassoul (MAR) W 1–1 SUP	Hwang K-S (KOR) L 1–2	Bye	Morgan (AUS) W 4–1	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Michaël Llodra	Singles	Štěpánek (CZE) W 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 11–9	Andreev (RUS) L 4–6, 6–3, 1–6	Did not advance
Paul-Henri Mathieu		Lapentti (ECU) W 7–6^(7–4), 6–2	Davydenko (RUS) W 7–5, 6–3	Kiefer (GER) W 6–3, 7–5	González (CHI) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Gaël Monfils		Almagro (ESP) W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Hănescu (ROU) W 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)	Nalbandian (ARG) W 6–4, 6–4	Đoković (SRB) L 6–4, 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Gilles Simon		Söderling (SWE) W 6–4, 6–4	Cañas (ARG) W 7–5, 6–1	Blake (USA) L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	Doubles	—	Erlich / Ram (ISR) W 6–4, 6–4	A Murray / J Murray (GBR) W 6–1, 6–3	Andreev / Davydenko (RUS) W 6–2, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4	Aspelin / Johansson (SWE) L 6–7^(6–8), 6–4, 17–19	B Bryan / M Bryan (USA) L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6	4
Gaël Monfils Gilles Simon		—	Bhupathi / Paes (IND) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alizé Cornet	Singles	Vaidišová (CZE) W 4–6, 6–1, 6–4	Peng S (CHN) W 6–2, 6–2	S Williams (USA) L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Tatiana Golovin		Withdrew from the singles tournament due to injury on 9 August 2008
Pauline Parmentier		Cibulková (SVK) L 1–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Virginie Razzano		Daniilidou (GRE) W 6–3, 6–3	Kanepi (EST) L 4–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Alizé Cornet Virginie Razzano	Doubles	—	Chan Y-j / Chuang C-j (TPE) L 6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–3), 5–7	Did not advance
Tatiana Golovin Pauline Parmentier		Withdrew from the doubles tournament due to Golovin's injury on 9 August 2008

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Frederic Belaubre	Men's	18:03	0:28	59:11	0:30	31:48	1:50:00.30	10
Tony Moulai		18:27	0:29	58:49	0:30	Did not finish
Laurent Vidal		18:49	0:29	58:24	0:29	34:51	1:53:02.79	36
Jessica Harrison	Women's	19:56	0:30	1:04:14	0:32	36:19	2:01:31.74	12
Carole Péon		20:22	0:31	1:06:41	0:35	37:55	2:06:04.28	34

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vencelas Dabaya	Men's −69 kg	151	5	187	2	338
Giovanni Bardis	Men's −77 kg	156	10	173	17	329	14
Benjamin Hennequin	Men's −85 kg	162	10	205	3	367	6
Mélanie Noël	Women's −48 kg	80	6	97	7	177	7

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vincent Aka-Akesse	−96 kg	Bye	Gazyumov (AZE) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					18

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sébastien Hidalgo	−60 kg	Bye	Monzón (CUB) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					13
Steeve Guénot	−66 kg	Milián (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP	Lőrincz (HUN) W 3–1 ^PP	Siamionau (BLR) W 3–1 ^PP	Bayakhmetov (KAZ) W 3–1 ^PP	Bye		Begaliev (KGZ) W 3–1 ^PP
Christophe Guénot	−74 kg	Bye	Kvirkvelia (GEO) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		Bye	Schneider (GER) W 3–1 ^PP	Bácsi (HUN) W 3–1 ^PP
Mélonin Noumonvi	−84 kg	Bye	Minguzzi (ITA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Bye	Mishin (RUS) W 3–1 ^PP	Abrahamian (SWE) L 1–3 ^PP*	5
Yannick Szczepaniak	−120 kg	Bye	Ivanov (BUL) W 3–1 ^PP	Deák-Bárdos (HUN) W 3–1 ^PP	Baroev (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye		Mizgaitis (LTU) L 1–3 ^PP

• Ara Abrahamian of Sweden, who beat Melonin Noumonvi for bronze in the 84 kg class, was stripped of his medal for violating the spirit of fair play. However, the medal was not handed to Noumonvi or any other wrestler.
• Yannick Szczepaniak originally finished fifth, but in November 2016, he was promoted to bronze due to disqualification of Khasan Baroev.

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vanessa Boubryemm	−48 kg	Caripá (VEN) W 3–0 ^PO	Rakhmanova (RUS) W 3–1 ^PP	Chun (USA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				7
Lise Golliot-Legrand	−63 kg	Bye	Méndez (ESP) W 3–0 ^PO	Michalik (POL) W 3–1 ^PP	Kartashova (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye		Shalygina (KAZ) L 1–3 ^PP	5
Audrey Prieto	−72 kg	—	Schätzle (GER) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance					14

See also

• France at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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