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 Gueï
Marie Gayot
4 × 400 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 4 × 100 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 10.28 8 Q 10.43 13 did not advance
Christophe Lemaitre 10.14 1 Q 10.14 2 Q 10.09 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jimmy Vicaut 10.18 2 Q 10.22 3 Q 10.12 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m Ben Bassaw 20.73 2 Q 20.91 10 did not advance
400 m Yannick Fonsat 45.92 5 Q 45.78 5 q 45.82 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Teddy Venel Disqualified did not advance
800 m Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 1:48.23 20 Q 1:46.70 4 Q 1:48.83 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hamid Oualich 1:48.44 23 Q 1:47.14 8 did not advance
Paul Renaudie 1:47.74 14 Q 1:48.97 18 did not advance
1500 m Florian Carvalho 3:41.50 4 Q 3:46.33 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gregory Beugnet 3:46.53 18 did not advance
5000 m Yohan Durand 13:32.65 4
10000 m Denis Mayaud 29:16.83 17
110 m hurdles Samuel Coco-Viloin 13.72 17 Q 13.50 9 did not advance
Garfield Darien 13.46 2 Q 13.15 2 Q 13.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ladji Doucouré 13.96 23 Q 13.66 16 did not advance
400 m hurdles Adrien Clémenceau 49.84 2 Q 49.80 7 Q 49.70 4
3000 m steeplechase Nordine Gezzar 8:31.33 8 Q 8:36.98 4
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:31.05 7 Q 8:33.23 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Noureddine Smaïl 8:41.11 17 did not advance
4 × 100 m relay Emmanuel Biron
Christophe Lemaitre
Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux
Jimmy Vicaut*
Ronald Pognon
39.01 2 Q 38.46 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
4 × 400 m relay Teddy Venel
Naman Keïta*
Marc Macedot
Mame-Ibra Anne*
Toumane Coulibaly
Yannick Fonsat
3:06.44 8 q 3:03.04 6

*Athletes who run the heats but not the final.

Combined

Field

Event Athletes Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Long jump Kafétien Gomis 7.89 12 q 7.88 9
Frédéric Erin 7.53 26 did not advance
Salim Sdiri 7.96 9 q 7.48 12
Triple jump Karl Taillepierre 16.20 18 did not advance
High jump Mickaël Hanany 2.23 3 q 2.28 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Fabrice Saint-Jean 2.23 13 did not advance
Pole vault Jérôme Clavier 5.30 12 5.40 10
Renaud Lavillenie 5.55 1 Q 5.97 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Romain Mesnil No mark did not advance
Hammer throw Quentin Bigot 70.78 24 did not advance
Jérôme Bortoluzzi 73.46 10 q 74.49 8
Romain Mesnil 72.84 13 did not advance

Women

Track

Event Athletes Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
100 m Christine Arron 11.55 17 did not advance
200 m Johanna Danois 23.42 14 q 23.40 11 Q 23.61 8
Lina Jacques-Sébastien 23.09 6 Q 23.45 12 did not advance
Myriam Soumaré 23.10 7 Q 23.04 4 Q 23.21 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
400 m Marie Gayot 52.46 5 Q 52.17 9 did not advance
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi 52.11 2 Q 52.13 7 q 54.50 8
1500 m Hind Dehiba 4:12.79 14 did not advance
5000 m Christine Bardelle 15:33.49 12
100 m hurdles Alice Decaux 13.13 12 Q 13.35 14 did not advance
Aisseta Diawara 13.10 8 Q Disqualified did not advance
Sandra Gomis 13.63 26 did not advance
400 m hurdles Phara Anacharsis 58.02 22 did not advance
4 × 100 m relay Carima Louami
Ayodelé Ikuesan
Jennifer Galais*
Christine Arron
Lina Jacques-Sébastien
43.12 3 Q 43.44 5
4 × 400 m relay Phara Anacharsis
Elea-Mariama Diarra*
Lenora Guion Firmin
Floria Gueï
Marie Gayot
3:29.03 1 Q 3:25.49 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

*Athletes who run the heats but not the final

Combined

Field

Event Athletes Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Long jump Éloyse Lesueur 6.66 1 Q 6.81 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Triple jump Françoise Mbango Etone 14.38 3 Q 14.19 8
High jump Melanie Melfort 1.90 7 q 1.92 6
Pole vault Vanessa Boslak 4.40 9 q 4.50 6
Shot put Jessica Cérival 17.15 9 q 17.20 9
Discus throw Mélina Robert-Michon 61.86 3 Q 60.41 6
Hammer throw Stéphanie Falzon 68.42 7 q 68.03 6

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