France at the 2012 Summer Olympics

France at the Olympic Games
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors	330 in 24 sports
Flag bearer	Laura Flessel-Colovic
Medals Rank: 7[1]	Gold 11	Silver 11	Bronze 12	Total 34
Olympic history (summary)
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France competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, between 27 July and 12 August 2012. French athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The French Olympic Committee sent a total of 330 athletes to the Games, 183 men and 147 women, to compete in 24 sports.

France left London with a total of 34 medals – 11 gold, 11 silver, and 12 bronze – finishing seventh in the gold medal standings and eighth in the overall medal standings.^[1] Most of these medals were awarded to the athletes in judo, cycling and swimming. Six French athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London. France's team-based athletes proved successful at these games, as the men's national handball team and the women's national basketball team won gold and silver medals, respectively. Furthermore, the men's national handball team managed to defend its 2008 Olympic title from Beijing. For the first time since 1960, France did not win an Olympic medal in fencing.

Among the nation's medalists were Yannick Agnel and Camille Muffat, who emerged as France's most successful Olympic swimmers after winning three medals, including a gold, in their events. Meanwhile, Florent Manaudou succeeded his sister Laure with an Olympic gold medal in freestyle swimming.^[2] Renaud Lavillenie set a new Olympic record in the pole vault, becoming the third French man to claim the title, and the first to do so since 1996. Tony Estanguet won his third gold medal in the men's slalom canoeing singles, making him one of the most successful French athletes in Olympic history.^[3] On 11 August 2012, Estanguet was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission, along with three other athletes.^[4]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date 01 ! Gold Camille Muffat Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle 02015-07-29-000029 July 01 ! Gold Amaury Leveaux Fabien Gilot Clément Lefert Yannick Agnel Alain Bernard[n 1] Jérémy Stravius[n 1] Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 02015-07-29-000029 July 01 ! Gold Yannick Agnel Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle 02015-07-30-000030 July 01 ! Gold Tony Estanguet Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 02015-07-31-000031 July 01 ! Gold Lucie Décosse Judo Women's 70 kg 02015-08-01-00001 August 01 ! Gold Émilie Fer Canoeing Women's slalom K-1 02015-08-02-00002 August 01 ! Gold Teddy Riner Judo Men's +100 kg 02015-08-03-00003 August 01 ! Gold Florent Manaudou Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle 02015-08-03-00003 August 01 ! Gold Renaud Lavillenie Athletics Men's pole vault 02015-08-10-000010 August 01 ! Gold Julie Bresset Cycling Women's cross-country 02015-08-11-000011 August 01 ! Gold France national men's handball team Jérôme Fernandez   Daouda Karaboué Didier Dinart   Nikola Karabatić Xavier Barachet   Thierry Omeyer Guillaume Gille   William Accambray Bertrand Gille   Luc Abalo Daniel Narcisse   Cédric Sorhaindo Guillaume Joli   Michaël Guigou Samuel Honrubia Handball Men's tournament 02015-08-12-000012 August 02 ! Silver Céline Goberville Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol 02015-07-29-000029 July 02 ! Silver Camille Muffat Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle 02015-07-31-000031 July 02 ! Silver Amaury Leveaux Grégory Mallet Clément Lefert Yannick Agnel Jérémy Stravius[n 1] Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 02015-07-31-000031 July 02 ! Silver Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau Cycling Men's team sprint 02015-08-02-00002 August 02 ! Silver Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette Rowing Men's coxless pair 02015-08-03-00003 August 02 ! Silver Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Tennis Men's doubles 02015-08-04-00004 August 02 ! Silver Bryan Coquard Cycling Men's omnium 02015-08-05-00005 August 02 ! Silver Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase 02015-08-05-00005 August 02 ! Silver Grégory Baugé Cycling Men's sprint 02015-08-06-00006 August 02 ! Silver Anne-Caroline Graffe Taekwondo Women's +67 kg 02015-08-11-000011 August 02 ! Silver France women's national basketball team Isabelle Yacoubou   Florence Lepron Endéné Miyem   Émilie Gomis Clémence Beikes   Marion Laborde Sandrine Gruda   Élodie Godin Edwige Lawson-Wade   Emmeline Ndongue Céline Dumerc   Jennifer Digbeu Basketball Women's tournament 02015-08-11-000011 August 03 ! Bronze Priscilla Gneto Judo Women's 52 kg 02015-07-29-000029 July 03 ! Bronze Automne Pavia Judo Women's 57 kg 02015-07-30-000030 July 03 ! Bronze Ugo Legrand Judo Men's 73 kg 02015-07-30-000030 July 03 ! Bronze Gévrise Émane Judo Women's 63 kg 02015-07-31-000031 July 03 ! Bronze Coralie Balmy Charlotte Bonnet Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne Camille Muffat Margaux Farrell[n 1] Mylène Lazare[n 1] Swimming Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 02015-08-01-00001 August 03 ! Bronze Audrey Tcheuméo Judo Women's 78 kg 02015-08-02-00002 August 03 ! Bronze Delphine Reau Shooting Women's trap 02015-08-04-00004 August 03 ! Bronze Julien Benneteau Richard Gasquet Tennis Men's doubles 02015-08-04-00004 August 03 ! Bronze Jonathan Lobert Sailing Finn class 02015-08-05-00005 August 03 ! Bronze Hamilton Sabot Gymnastics Men's parallel bars 02015-08-07-00007 August 03 ! Bronze Steeve Guénot Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 02015-08-07-00007 August 03 ! Bronze Marlène Harnois Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 02015-08-09-00009 August ^ a b c d e Competed in preliminaries but not the final relay.

Medals by sport Sport 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total Swimming 4 2 1 7 Judo 2 0 5 7 Canoeing 2 0 0 2 Cycling 1 3 0 4 Athletics 1 1 0 2 Handball 1 0 0 1 Shooting 0 1 1 2 Taekwondo 0 1 1 2 Tennis 0 1 1 2 Basketball 0 1 0 1 Rowing 0 1 0 1 Sailing 0 0 1 1 Gymnastics 0 0 1 1 Wrestling 0 0 1 1 Total 11 11 12 34 Returning French medallists greeted on the Champs-Élysées on 13 August 2012.

Delegation

The French Olympic Committee selected a team of 330 athletes, 183 men and 147 women, to compete in 24 different sports; it was the nation's third largest team outside the host nation, and the first with the highest percentage of women in Olympic history. France did not qualify teams in field hockey, volleyball and water polo, but did mark its Olympic return to men's basketball after a twelve-year absence.

The French team included past Olympic champions, three of them defending (Greco-Roman wrestler Steeve Guenot, mountain biker Julien Absalon, and the men's national handball team). Equestrian eventing rider Denis Mesples, at age 49, was the oldest athlete of the team, while gymnast Anne Kuhm was the youngest, at age 15. Pistol shooter and former Olympic gold medalist Franck Dumoulin made his sixth appearance, having participated at every Summer Olympics since 1992. Épée fencer and multiple-time Olympic medalist Laura Flessel-Colovic, meanwhile, became the first French female athlete to compete at five separate Olympic Games. Because of her repeated successes in fencing, Flessel-Colovic became France's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1996.

Other notable French athletes included slalom canoer and multiple-time world champion Tony Estanguet, judoka and Olympic bronze medalist Teddy Riner, swimmer and junior European champion Yannick Agnel, pole vaulter and multiple-time European champion Renaud Lavillenie, and basketballer Tony Parker, who had previously played for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.

The following table lists the number of French competitors who participated in each Olympic sport. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes. Sport Men Women Total Archery 3 1 4 Athletics 31 21 52 Badminton 1 1 2 Basketball 12 12 24 Boxing 5 0 5 Canoeing 9 5 14 Cycling 14 9 23 Diving 2 3 5 Equestrian 8 2 10 Fencing 6 5 11 Football 0 18 18 Gymnastics 6 6 12 Handball 14 14 28 Judo 7 7 14 Modern pentathlon 1 2 3 Rowing 14 0 14 Sailing 9 7 16 Shooting 8 6 14 Swimming 18 13 31 Synchronized swimming 0 2 2 Table tennis 1 2 3 Taekwondo 0 2 2 Tennis 5 2 7 Triathlon 3 3 6 Weightlifting 3 1 4 Wrestling 5 1 6 Total 183 147 330

Archery

France qualified three archers for the men's individual event, an archer for the women's individual event and a team for the men's team event:

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
Thomas Faucheron	Men's individual	665	27	Thamwong (THA) (38) W 6–0	Prevost (FRA) (27) L 3–7	Did not advance
Romain Girouille		677	9	Myo Aung (MYA) (56) L 5–6	Did not advance
Gaël Prevost		679	6	Kouassi (CIV) (59) W 6–3	Faucheron (FRA) (27) W 7–3	Ruban (UKR) (43) L 4–6	Did not advance
Thomas Faucheron Romain Girouille Gaël Prevost	Men's team	2021	2	N/A		Bye	Mexico (MEX) (7) L 212–220	Did not advance
Bérengère Schuh	Women's individual	640	37	Kawanaka (JPN) (28) W 6–2	Lin C-E (TPE) (5) W 6–5	Choi H-j (KOR) (21) W 6–5	Lorig (USA) (4) L 6–2	Did not advance

Athletics

French athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[5][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

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jamale Aarrass	1500 m	3:45.13	12	N/A		Did not advance
Dimitri Bascou	110 m hurdles	13.57	4 q	N/A		13.55	6	Did not advance
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	800 m	1:46.03	4 q	N/A		1:45.10	4	Did not advance
Florian Carvalho	1500 m	3:37.05	7 q	N/A		3:40.61	13	Did not advance
Garfield Darien	110 m hurdles	13.54	4 q	N/A		13.48	5	Did not advance
Yohann Diniz	50 km walk	N/A						DSQ
Ladji Doucouré	110 m hurdles	13.67	4 q	N/A		13.74	8	Did not advance
Hassan Hirt	5000 m	DSQ*[7]		N/A				Did not advance
Cedric Houssaye	50 km walk	N/A						3:55:16	31
Abraham Kiprotich	Marathon	N/A						DNF
Yoann Kowal	1500 m	3:41.12	3 Q	N/A		3:43.48	8	Did not advance
Christophe Lemaitre	200 m	20.34	1 Q	N/A		20.03	3 q	20.19	6
Abdellatif Meftah	Marathon	N/A						DNF
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	3000 m steeplechase	8:16.23	1 Q	N/A				8:19.08	02 !
Bertrand Moulinet	20 km walk	N/A						1:20:12	8
	50 km walk	N/A						3:45:35	12
Patrick Tambwe	Marathon	N/A						DNF
Jimmy Vicaut	100 m	BYE		10.11	2 Q	10.16	6	Did not advance
Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux	3000 m steeplechase	8:36.96	8	N/A				Did not advance
Ben Bassaw Emmanuel Biron Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Ronald Pognon Jimmy Vicaut	4×100 m relay	38.15	4 q	N/A				38.16	4

* Tested positive for the blood-booster EPO; the IOC ordered him to leave the Olympics on 10 August 2012.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Quentin Bigot	Hammer throw	72.42	24	Did not advance
Jérôme Bortoluzzi		74.15	14	Did not advance
Benjamin Compaoré	Triple jump	17.06	3 q	17.08	6
Nicolas Figère	Hammer throw	69.74	32	Did not advance
Mickaël Hanany	High jump	2.26	=8 q	2.20	14
Renaud Lavillenie	Pole vault	5.65	=1 q	5.97 OR	01 !
Romain Mesnil		5.60	6 q	5.50	10
Salim Sdiri	Long jump	7.71	23	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Kevin Mayer	Result	11.32	7.17	14.05	2.05	48.76	15.59	41.20	4.70	62.41	4:23.02	7952	15
	Points	791	854	731	850	873	780	689	819	774	791

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Véronique Mang	100 m	BYE		11.41	6	Did not advance
Reina Flor Okori	100 m hurdles	13.01	2 Q	N/A		DSQ		Did not advance
Myriam Soumaré	100 m	BYE		11.07	2 Q	11.13	5	Did not advance
	200 m	22.70	2 Q	N/A		22.56	3 q	22.63	7
Nelly Banco Johanna Danois Ayodele Ikuesan Lina Jacques-Sébastien Véronique Mang Myriam Soumaré	4×100 m relay	DSQ		N/A				Did not advance
Phara Anacharsis Elea Mariama Diarra Marie Gayot Floria Guei Lenora Guion-Firmin Muriel Hurtis-Houairi	4×400 m relay	3:25.94	3 Q	N/A				3:25.92	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vanessa Boslak	Pole vault	4.55	=7 q	4.30	10
Stéphanie Falzon	Hammer throw	71.67	11 q	73.06	9
Éloyse Lesueur	Long jump	6.48	10 q	6.67	8
Marion Lotaut	Pole vault	4.10	=33	Did not advance
Melanie Melfort	High jump	1.93	=2 q	1.93	9
Mélina Robert-Michon	Discus throw	62.47	12 q	63.98	6

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Marisa De Aniceto	Result	13.74	1.71	13.09	25.26	5.76	51.98	2:16.20	6030	21
	Points	1015	867	733	863	777	899	876
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	Result	12.96	1.80	14.26	24.72	6.13	55.87	2:13.62	6576	6
	Points	1130	978	811	913	890	974	912

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brice Leverdez	Men's singles	Wong W K (HKG) L 11–21, 16–21	Ekiring (UGA) W 21–12, 21–11	2	Did not advance
Hongyan Pi	Women's singles	Hosny (EGY) W 21–11, 21–9	Magee (IRL) W 16–21, 21–18, 21–14	1 Q	Yip P Y (HKG) L 21–13, 12–21, 16–21	Did not advance

Basketball

The French men's basketball team qualified for the 2012 Olympics by reaching the final of the EuroBasket 2011. The French women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players
• Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the France roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	5	5	0	589	398	+191	10
France	5	4	1	376	378	−2	9
Argentina	5	3	2	448	424	+24	8
Lithuania	5	2	3	395	399	−4	7
Nigeria	5	1	4	338	456	−118	6
Tunisia	5	0	5	320	411	−91	5

Quarter-final

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the France roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[9]

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	5	5	0	356	319	+37	10
Australia	5	4	1	353	322	+31	9
Russia	5	3	2	314	308	+6	8
Canada	5	2	3	328	332	−4	7
Brazil	5	1	4	329	354	−25	6
Great Britain	5	0	5	327	372	−45	5

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

Boxing

France qualified boxers in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jérémy Beccu	Light flyweight	Zhakypov (KAZ) L 17–18	Did not advance
Nordine Oubaali	Flyweight	Faisal (AFG) W 22–9	Warren (USA) W 19–18	Conlan (IRL) L 22–18	Did not advance
Rachid Azzedine	Lightweight	Ramírez (USA) L 20–21	Did not advance
Alexis Vastine	Welterweight	Wojcicki (GER) W 16–12	Tüvshinbat (MGL) W 13–12	Shelestyuk (UKR) L 18–18+	Did not advance
Tony Yoka	Super heavyweight	N/A	Kean (CAN) L 16–16+	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

France qualified boats for all slalom events:

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Etienne Daille	Men's K-1	90.12	7	241.73	22	90.12	13 Q	100.55	10 Q	101.87	7
Tony Estanguet	Men's C-1	93.24	2	99.20	10	93.24	7 Q	101.67	3 Q	97.06	01 !
Gauthier Klauss Matthieu Peche	Men's C-2	96.98	1	151.03	12	96.98	1 Q	109.27	3 Q	109.17	4
Émilie Fer	Women's K-1	112.77	12	106.46	8	106.46	10 Q	109.73	3 Q	105.90	01 !

• Gauthier Klauss and Matthieu Peche in C-2 semifinal

• Émilie Fer in K-1 semifinal

Sprint

France qualified boats for the following sprint events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maxime Beaumont	K-1 200 m	35.571	2 Q	35.814	2 FA	36.688	4
Cyrille Carre	K-1 1000 m	3:32.705	5 Q	3:38.981	8 FB	3:33.513	12
Mathieu Goubel	C-1 200 m	41.248 OB	1 Q	41.938	2 FA	44.045	7
	C-1 1000 m	3:58.122	1 Q	3:51.811	1 FA	3:50.758	5
Arnaud Hybois Sébastien Jouve	K-2 200 m	32.933	3 Q	32.668	3 FA	35.012	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marie Delattre Sarah Guyot Joanne Mayer Gabrielle Tuleu	K-4 500 m	1:40.022	3 Q	1:33.303	5 FA	1:35.299	8

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mickaël Bourgain	Road race	Did not finish
Sylvain Chavanel	Road race	5:46:05	20
	Time trial	56:07.67	29
Arnaud Demare	Road race	5:46;37	30
Tony Gallopin		5:46:37	86

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Aude Biannic	Road race	3:35:56	10
Audrey Cordon	Road race	OTL
	Time trial	40:40.51	15
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot	Road race	3:35:56	8

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Grégory Baugé	Men's sprint	9.952 72.347	2	Volkakis (GRE) W DSQ	BYE	Nakagawa (JPN) W 10.490 68.636	BYE	Förstemann (GER) W 10.490, W 10.300	Perkins (AUS) W 10.358, W 10.268	Kenny (GBR) L, L	02 !
Virginie Cueff	Women's sprint	11.439 62.942	15	Vogel (GER) L	Kanis (NED)  Larreal (VEN) L	Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau	Men's team sprint	43.097 62.649	2 Q	New Zealand (NZL) W 42.991 62.803	2 Q	Great Britain (GBR) L 43.013 62.771	02 !
Sandie Clair Virginie Cueff	Women's team sprint	33.638 53.510	6 Q	Germany (GER) L 33.707 53.401	6	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Mickaël Bourgain	Men's keirin	1 Q	BYE	4	8
Clara Sanchez	Women's keirin	6	1 Q	2 Q	4

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Flying lap		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Scratch race	Time trial		Total points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank
Bryan Coquard	Men's omnium	13.347	5	51	4	1	4:30.780	12	3	1:03.078	4	29	02 !
Clara Sanchez	Women's omnium	14.058	2	0	18	13	3:56.800	18	18	35.451	3	72	14

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julien Absalon	Men's cross-country	Did not finish
Jean-Christophe Péraud		1:37:07	29
Stéphane Tempier		1:31:30	11
Julie Bresset	Women's cross-country	1:30:52	01 !
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot		1:42:21	26

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Quentin Caleyron	Men's BMX	38.637	9	19	3 q	18	6	Did not advance
Joris Daudet		38.221	2	7	2 Q	16	6	Did not advance
Moana Moo-Caille		40.015	28	23	6	Did not advance
Laëtitia Le Corguillé	Women's BMX	38.976	4	N/A		15	4 Q	38.476	4
Magalie Pottier		39.778	7	N/A		6	2 Q	39.393	7

Diving

France qualified five quota places for the diving events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Damien Cely	3 m springboard	413.30	22	Did not advance
Matthieu Rosset		445.15	13 Q	422.50	15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Fanny Bouvet	3 m springboard	257.10	26	Did not advance
Marion Farissier		248.70	27	Did not advance
Audrey Labeau	10 m platform	261.05	24	Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

France qualified a single quota by rankings:

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Jessica Michel	Riwera de Hus	Individual	70.410	28 Q	68.810	31	Did not advance

Eventing

France qualified one team and five quota places in the individual event after finishing in second place at the 2011 European Eventing Championships.^[10]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Lionel Guyon	Nemetis de Lalou	Individual	50.90	38	20.00	70.90	38	0.00	70.90	28 Q	21.00	91.90	24	91.90	24
Aurélien Khan	Cadiz		55.90	54	39.60	95.50	49	7.00	102.50	45	Did not advance			102.50	45
Denis Mesples	Oregon de la Vigne		61.50	66	46.00	107.50	=51	19.00	126.50	50	Did not advance			126.50	50
Donatien Schauly	Ocarina du Chanois		44.40	20	7.20	51.60	=18	Withdrew
Nicolas Touzaint	Hildago de l'ille		47.60	=27	7.60	55.20	27	2.00	57.20	21 Q	7.00	64.20	17	64.20	17
Lionel Guyon Aurélien Khan Denis Mesples Donatien Schauly Nicolas Touzaint	See above	Team	142.90	9	34.80	177.70	7	52.90	230.60	8	N/A			230.60	8

Show jumping

France qualified one team and four quota places in the individual event after finishing in second place at the World Equestrian Games.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Simon Delestre	Napoli du Ry	Individual	0	=1 Q	6	6	30 Q	8	14	32 Q	4	=11 Q	8	12	19	12	19
Olivier Guillon	Lord de Theize		4	=42 Q	4	8	=31 Q	8	16	=33 Q	0	=1 Q	9	9	=12	9	=12
Penelope Leprevost	Mylord Carthago		1	=33 Q	8	9	=47	Did not advance								9	=47
Kevin Staut	Silvana		0	=1 Q	4	4	=17 Q	4	8	=11 Q	16	34	Did not advance			16	34
Simon Delestre Olivier Guillon Penelope Leprevost Kevin Staut	See above	Team	N/A								14	12	Did not advance			14	12

Fencing

France qualified 11 fencers.

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
Yannick Borel	Individual épée	N/A	Karyuchenko (UKR) W 15–10	Kauter (SUI) W 15–11	Piasecki (NOR) L 14–15	Did not advance
Gauthier Grumier		N/A	Piasecki (NOR) L 13–14	Did not advance
Erwann Le Pechoux	Individual foil	BYE	Lefort (FRA) W 15–9	Choi B-C (KOR) L 13–15	Did not advance
Enzo Lefort		BYE	Le Pechoux (FRA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Victor Sintes		BYE	Chida (JPN) W 15–11	Lei S (CHN) L 6–15	Did not advance
Erwann Le Pechoux Enzo Lefort Marcel Marcilloux Victor Sintes	Team foil	N/A			United States (USA) L 39–45	Classification semi-final  Great Britain (GBR) L 29–45	7th place final  China (CHN) L 33–45	8
Bolade Apithy	Individual sabre	BYE	Buikevich (BLR) L 11–15	Did not advance

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	BYE	Hurley (USA) W 15–12	Gherman (ROM) L 13–15	Did not advance
Astrid Guyart	Individual foil	BYE	Gaber (EGY) W 15–2	Boubakri (TUN) L 5–15	Did not advance
Corinne Maîtrejean		BYE	Sheppard (GBR) W 15–5	Sugawara (JPN) L 9–15	Did not advance
Ysaora Thibus		BYE	Deriglazova (RUS) W 15–8	Ikehata (JPN) L 11–15	Did not advance
Anita Blaze Astrid Guyart Corinne Maitrejean Ysaora Thibus	Team foil	N/A			Poland (POL) W 42–31	Italy (ITA) L 31–45	South Korea (KOR) L 32–45	4
Léonore Perrus	Individual sabre	N/A	Nakayama (JPN) L 12–15	Did not advance

Football

• Women's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the France squad for the women's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[11]

Coach: Bruno Bini

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals 2012 club 1 1GK Deville, CelineCéline Deville (1982-01-24)24 January 1982 (aged 30) 54 0 Lyon 2 2DF Renard, WendieWendie Renard (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 22) 22 3 Lyon 3 3MF Boulleau, LaureLaure Boulleau (1986-10-22)22 October 1986 (aged 25) 27 1 Paris Saint-Germain 4 2DF Georges, LauraLaura Georges (1984-08-20)20 August 1984 (aged 27) 118 3 Lyon 5 2DF Meilleroux, OphelieOphélie Meilleroux (1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 28) 61 0 Montpellier 6 3MF Soubeyrand, SandrineSandrine Soubeyrand (c) (1973-08-16)16 August 1973 (aged 38) 177 18 Juvisy 7 2DF Franco, CorineCorine Franco (1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 28) 63 10 Lyon 8 2DF Bompastor, SoniaSonia Bompastor (1980-06-08)8 June 1980 (aged 32) 149 18 Lyon 9 4FW Le Sommer, EugenieEugénie Le Sommer (1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 23) 56 19 Lyon 10 3MF Abily, CamilleCamille Abily (1984-12-05)5 December 1984 (aged 27) 97 23 Lyon 11 4FW Delie, Marie-LaureMarie-Laure Delie (1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 24) 40 35 Montpellier 12 4FW Thomis, ElodieÉlodie Thomis (1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 25) 72 23 Lyon 13 3MF Catala, CamilleCamille Catala (1991-05-06)6 May 1991 (aged 21) 7 1 Saint-Étienne 14 3MF Necib, LouisaLouisa Nécib (1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 25) 79 16 Lyon 15 3MF Bussaglia, EliseÉlise Bussaglia (1984-09-24)24 September 1984 (aged 27) 101 20 Paris Saint-Germain 16 2DF Viguier, SabrinaSabrina Viguier (1981-01-04)4 January 1981 (aged 31) 91 1 Lyon 17 4FW Thiney, GaetaneGaëtane Thiney (1985-10-28)28 October 1985 (aged 26) 70 32 Juvisy 18 1GK Bouhaddi, SarahSarah Bouhaddi (1986-10-17)17 October 1986 (aged 25) 52 0 Lyon

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
France	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
North Korea	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
Colombia	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Green indicates qualified for the quarter-finals

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Bronze medal game

Gymnastics

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
Pierre Yves Beny	Team	14.433	13.566	14.266	14.933	14.700	N/A			14.333	15.033	14.466	14.566	14.591	13.266	N/A
Yann Cucherat		N/A				14.900	14.366	N/A		Did not compete						N/A
Gael da Silva		15.400	N/A	14.366	15.366	N/A	14.966	N/A		15.200	N/A	14.633	15.466	N/A	14.766	N/A
Hamilton Sabot		N/A	14.033	14.533	N/A	15.366 Q	14.866	N/A		N/A	14.766	14.333	N/A	15.566	14.883	N/A
Cyril Tommasone		14.500	15.333 Q	14.166	15.466	15.100	14.133	88.698	14 Q	14.533	15.466	N/A	14.441	15.133	N/A
Total		44.333	42.932	43.165	45.765	45.366	44.198	265.759	8 Q	44.066	45.265	43.432	44.473	45.290	42.915	265.441	8

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Hamilton Sabot	Parallel bars	N/A				15.566	N/A	15.566	03 !
Cyril Tommasone	All-around	13.500	15.333	14.400	15.358	15.000	14.066	87.657	16
	Pommel horse	N/A	15.141	N/A				15.141	5

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Mira Boumejmajen	Team	12.933	N/A	13.300	12.966	N/A		Did not advance
Youna Dufournet		N/A	14.166	12.966	14.200	N/A
Anne Kuhm		13.533	14.466	13.533	12.566	54.098	29
Aurélie Malaussena		13.366	14.033	13.300	13.700	54.399	25 Q
Sophia Serseri		12.933	14.133	N/A
Total		39.832	42.765	41.333	40.866	164.796	11

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Aurélie Malaussena	All-around	13.800	12.800	12.066	11.500	50.166	23

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Delphine Ledoux	Individual	27.150	27.100	27.250	26.675	108.175	13	Did not advance

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Grégroire Pennes	Men's	107.539	7 Q	58.805	7

Handball

France participated in the 2012 Olympics as the defending world men's handball champion, and successfully defended its gold medal from the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[18] The French women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players
• Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Men's tournament

The following is the France roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[19][20]

Head coaches: Claude Onesta

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Fernandez, JeromeJérôme Fernandez (1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 35) 1.99 m Fénix Toulouse 3 P Dinart, DidierDidier Dinart (1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 35) 1.97 m Atlético Madrid 4 RB Barachet, XavierXavier Barachet (1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 23) 1.95 m Chambéry Handball 5 CB Gille, GuillaumeGuillaume Gille (1976-07-12)12 July 1976 (aged 36) 1.92 m HSV Hamburg 6 P Gille, BertrandBertrand Gille (1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (aged 34) 1.87 m HSV Hamburg 8 LB Narcisse, DanielDaniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 32) 1.89 m THW Kiel 9 RW Joli, GuillaumeGuillaume Joli (1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 27) 1.78 m BM Valladolid 11 LW Honrubia, SamuelSamuel Honrubia (1986-07-05)5 July 1986 (aged 26) 1.80 m Montpellier 12 GK Karaboue, DaoudaDaouda Karaboué (1975-12-11)11 December 1975 (aged 36) 1.98 m Fénix Toulouse 13 CB Karabatic, NikolaNikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 28) 1.96 m Montpellier 16 GK Omeyer, ThierryThierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 35) 1.92 m THW Kiel 18 LB Accambray, WilliamWilliam Accambray (1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 24) 1.94 m Montpellier 19 RW Abalo, LucLuc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 27) 1.82 m Atlético Madrid 20 P Sorhaindo, CedricCédric Sorhaindo (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 28) 1.92 m FC Barcelona 21 LW Guigou, MichaelMichaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m Montpellier

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Iceland	5	5	0	0	167	132	+35	10
France	5	4	0	1	159	110	+49	8
Sweden	5	3	0	2	156	115	+41	6
Tunisia	5	2	0	3	121	125	−4	4
Argentina	5	1	0	4	113	138	−25	2
Great Britain	5	0	0	5	96	182	−86	0

Qualified for the quarterfinals

29 July 2012 19:30	France	44 – 15	Great Britain	Copper Box, London Attendance: 5,000[21] Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
	Joli 11	(21–7)	Garnham 6
	2× 2×	Report	4× 3× 1×

31 July 2012 21:15	Argentina	20 – 32	France	Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,906[22] Referees: Olesen, Peders (DEN)
	Fernández, Riccobelli 4	(9–17)	Karabatić 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

2 August 2012 11:15	France	25 – 19	Tunisia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,670[23] Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Narcisse 7	(12–11)	Bannour 5
	5× 4×	Report	7× 4×

4 August 2012 19:30	Iceland	30 – 29	France	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,521[24] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Petersson 6	(16–15)	Fernandez 9
	7× 3×	Report	4× 2×

6 August 2012 21:15	France	29 – 26	Sweden	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,833[25] Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Narcisse 6	(18–12)	Ekberg, Andersson 5
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Quarter-final

8 August 2012 14:30	Spain	22 – 23	France	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 8,890[26] Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Tomás 6	(12–9)	Accambray 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

Semi-final

10 August 2012 20:30	France	25 – 22	Croatia	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,849[27] Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	three players 4	(12–10)	Horvat 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

Final

12 August 2012 15:00	Sweden	21 – 22	France	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,627[28] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Ekberg 6	(8–10)	Guigou 5
	4× 3×	Report	2× 4×

Women's tournament

The following is the France roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[29]

Head coaches: Olivier Krumbholz

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 RW Dancette, BlandineBlandine Dancette (1988-02-14)14 February 1988 (aged 24) 1.69 m HBC Nîmes 4 P Kamto Njitam, NinaNina Kamto Njitam (1983-06-25)25 June 1983 (aged 29) 1.78 m Metz Handball 5 RB Ayglon, CamilleCamille Ayglon (1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 27) 1.80 m HBC Nîmes 7 CB Pineau, AllisonAllison Pineau (1989-05-02)2 May 1989 (aged 23) 1.81 m Oltchim Vâlcea 8 LB Mendy, ClaudineClaudine Mendy (1990-01-08)8 January 1990 (aged 22) 1.82 m Metz Handball 9 LW Baudouin, PaulePaule Baudouin (1984-10-25)25 October 1984 (aged 27) 1.72 m Metz Handball 10 CB Herbrecht, SophieSophie Herbrecht (1982-02-13)13 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.74 m HBC Nîmes 12 GK Leynaud, AmandineAmandine Leynaud (1986-05-02)2 May 1986 (aged 26) 1.78 m Oltchim Vâlcea 16 GK Darleux, CleopatreCléopâtre Darleux (1989-07-01)1 July 1989 (aged 23) 1.76 m Arvor 29 17 LW Dembele, SirabaSiraba Dembele (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 26) 1.72 m Toulon HB 18 RW Deroin, AudreyAudrey Deroin (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 22) 1.76 m Toulon HB 20 LB Tervel, RaphaelleRaphaëlle Tervel (1979-04-21)21 April 1979 (aged 33) 1.78 m SD Itxako 24 LB Signate, MariamaMariama Signate (1985-07-22)22 July 1985 (aged 27) 1.89 m Issy Paris HB 64 RB Lacrabere, AlexandraAlexandra Lacrabère (1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 25) 1.77 m Arvor 29

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
France	5	4	1	0	125	103	+22	9
South Korea	5	3	1	1	136	130	+6	7
Spain	5	3	1	1	119	114	+5	7
Norway	5	2	1	2	118	120	−2	5
Denmark	5	1	0	4	113	121	−8	2
Sweden	5	0	0	5	108	131	−23	0

Qualified for the quarterfinals

28 July 2012 21:15	Norway	23 – 24	France	Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,968[30] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Alstad 5	(12–17)	Baudouin, Signate 5
	2× 3×	Report	5× 4× 1×

30 July 2012 16:15	France	18 – 18	Spain	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,671[31] Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Dembele 6	(7–10)	Mangué 6
	6× 3× 1×	Report	4× 4×

1 August 2012 14:30	France	29 – 17	Sweden	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,638[32] Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	three players 4	(16–11)	Ahlm 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 3×

3 August 2012 11:15	South Korea	21 – 24	France	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,568[33] Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Sim Hae-in 6	(12–10)	Lacrabère 4
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

5 August 2012 21:15	Denmark	24 – 30	France	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,616[34] Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
	Nørgaard 10	(10–17)	Nijtam 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

Quarter-final

7 August 2012 20:30	France	22 – 23	Montenegro	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,559[35] Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
	Signate 5	(13–13)	Popović, Bulatović 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sofiane Milous	−60 kg	BYE	GEO) W 0100–0001	Lomo (SOL) W 0020–0001	Hiraoka (JPN) L 0010–0012	Did not advance	Davtyan (ARM) W 0010–0002	Sobirov (UZB) L 0003–0100	Did not advance	5
David Larose	−66 kg	Pollack (ISR) W 0001–0000	Fasie (ROU) W 0100–0000	GEO) L 0001–0100	Did not advance
Ugo Legrand	−73 kg	BYE	Adamiec (POL) W 0010–0000	Hafiz (EGY) W 0100–0104	Elmont (NED) L 0030–0000	Did not advance	Boqiev (TJK) W 0010–0002	Wang K-c (KOR) W 0101–0001	Did not advance	03 !
Alain Schmitt	−81 kg	N/A	Elmont (NED) W 0000–0001	Lucenti (ARG) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Romain Buffet	−90 kg	N/A	Bauža (LTU) L 0010–0100	Did not advance
Thierry Fabre	−100 kg	N/A	Darwish (EGY) W 0011–0002	Naidangiin (MGL) L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Teddy Riner	+100 kg	N/A	Wojnarowicz (POL) W 0010–0003	Jaballah (TUN) W 0101–0002	Brayson (CUB) W 0100–0001	Kim S-M (KOR) W 0010–0003	BYE		Mikhailine (RUS) W 0101–0003	01 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Laëtitia Payet	−48 kg	BYE	Menezes (BRA) L 0001–0000	Did not advance
Priscilla Gneto	−52 kg	He Hm (CHN) W 0111–0012	Ramos (POR) W 1001–0000	An K-a (PRK) L 0013–0102	Did not advance	Kim K-o (KOR) W 0021–0002	Heylen (BEL) W 1012–0012	Did not advance	03 !
Automne Pavia	−57 kg	Clark (GBR) W 0100–0000	Renzi (AUS) W 0150–0000	Filzmoser (AUT) W 0030–0000	Matsumoto (JPN) L 0000–0010	BYE	Karakas (HUN) W 0011–0002	Did not advance	03 !
Gévrise Émane	−63 kg	Howell (GBR) W 1000–0000	Abel (CUB) W 0001–0001	Tsedevsuren (MGL) L 0001–0001	Did not advance	Schlesinger (ISR) W 0010–0002	Joung D-w (KOR) W 0000–0000 YUS	Did not advance	03 !
Lucie Décosse	−70 kg	BYE	Zupancic (CAN) W 1001–0001	Alvear (COL) W 1000–0000	Hwang Y-s (KOR) W 0001–0000	BYE		Thiele (GER) W 0120–0000	01 !
Audrey Tcheuméo	−78 kg	Cotton (CAN) W 0001–0001 YUS	Pryshchepa (UKR) W 0100–0000	Yang X (CHN) W 0101–0001	Gibbons (GBR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance	Joó (HUN) W 1000–0001	Did not advance	03 !
Anne-Sophie Mondière	+78 kg	Altheman (BRA) L 0000–0101	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

France qualified one man and two women.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Christopher Patte	Men's	16–19	=20	784	2:05.99	20	1292	84	21	1116	10:43.96	11	2428	5620	17
Amélie Cazé	Women's	19–16	=11	856	2:11.33	4	1224	20	2	1180	12:08.71	32	1848	5108	18
Élodie Clouvel		15–20	=25	760	2:09.87	3	1244	140	27	1060	12:44.50	34	1704	4768	31

Rowing

France qualified boats for the following rowing events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	Pair	6:17.22	2 SA/B	BYE		6:58.67	2 FA	6:21.11	02 !
Julien Bahain Cédric Berrest	Double sculls	6:19.61	3 SA/B	BYE		6:29.61	5 FB	6:26.44	10
Jeremie Azou Stany Delayre	Lightweight double sculls	6:40.89	1 SA/B	BYE		6:37.29	2 FA	6:42.69	4
Matthieu Androdias Benjamin Chabanet Adrien Hardy Pierre-Jean Peltier	Quadruple Sculls	5:44.25	3 SA/B	BYE		6:12.81	4 FB	6:02.12	10
Thomas Baroukh Fabrice Moreau Nicolas Moutton Franck Solforosi	Lightweight four	5:50.79	1 SA/B	BYE		6:06.90	4 FB	6:08.37	7

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

France qualified one boat for each of the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Julien Bontemps	RS:X	23	14	2	5	5	4	17	5	8	6	4	70	5
Jean Baptiste Bernaz	Laser	3	21	6	9	19	11	2	18	20	34	10	119	10
Jonathan Lobert	Finn	9	4	4	2	6	7	5	10	3	7	2	49	03 !
Vincent Garos Pierre Leboucher	470	9	10	11	6	10	2	19	11	4	11	16	90	7
Pierre-Alexis Ponsot Xavier Rohart	Star	1	13	10	11	12	14	12	6	6	8	8	86	9

Women

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Charline Picon	RS:X	9	11	5	7	10	6	12	10	11	6	14	89	8
Sarah Steyaert	Laser Radial	21	14	19	12	11	26	10	19	22	15	EL	143	16
Mathilde Géron Camille Lecointre	470	10	17	1	8	12	3	7	6	3	5	10	65	4

Match racing

Athlete	Event	Round Robin											Rank	Knockouts			Rank
		POR	AUS	NED	SWE	USA	GBR	ESP	DEN	NZL	RUS	FIN		Q-final	S-final	Final
Elodie Bertrand Claire Leroy Marie Riou	Elliott 6m	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	6 Q	ESP L (0–3)	Did not advance		6

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Stephane Christidis Manu Dyen	49er	1	9	9	12	1	10	12	13	10	21	2	5	10	7	14	12	127	6

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

Shooting

France earned 14 quota places for the shooting events at the 2012 Olympics:^[36]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stéphane Clamens	Trap	119	19	Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin	50 m pistol	541	33	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	577	18	Did not advance
Cyril Graff	50 m rifle 3 positions	1171	3 Q	1271.0	4
	50 m rifle prone	586	46	Did not advance
Walter Lapeyre	50 m pistol	554	21	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	575	22	Did not advance
Jérémy Monnier	10 m air rifle	592	26	Did not advance
Pierre Edmond Piasecki		596	8 Q	699.1	6
Valérian Sauveplane	50 m rifle prone	592	22	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1167	13	Did not advance
Anthony Terras	Skeet	117	17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Laurence Brize	50 m rifle 3 positions	581	18	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	394	26	Did not advance
Emilie Evesque	50 m rifle 3 positions	578	25	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	392	33	Did not advance
Veronique Girardet	Skeet	66	10	Did not advance
Céline Goberville	10 m air pistol	387	3 Q	486.6	02 !
	25 m pistol	579	21	Did not advance
Delphine Reau	Trap	72	4 Q	93 S/O 2	03 !
Stephanie Tirode	10 m air pistol	375	38	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	582	14	Did not advance

Swimming

French swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of two swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and one at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[37][38]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yannick Agnel	100 m freestyle	48.93	12 Q	48.23	7 Q	47.84	4
	200 m freestyle	1:46.60	3 Q	1:45.84	2 Q	1:43.14 NR	01 !
Fabien Gilot	100 m freestyle	48.95	14 Q	48.49	11	Did not advance
Damien Joly	1500 m freestyle	15:08.50	14	N/A		Did not advance
Camille Lacourt	100 m backstroke	53.51	4 Q	53.03	2 Q	53.08	4
Clément Lefert	100 m butterfly	53.22	29	Did not advance
Amaury Leveaux	50 m freestyle	22.35	18	Did not advance
Grégory Mallet	200 m freestyle	1:47.39	13 Q	1:47.56	14	Did not advance
Florent Manaudou	50 m freestyle	22.09	=7 Q	21.80	6 Q	21.34	01 !
Anthony Pannier	1500 m freestyle	15:24.08	20	N/A		Did not advance
Giacomo Perez d'Ortona	100 m breaststroke	1:00.59	17	Did not advance
Julien Sauvage	10 km open water	N/A				1:50:42.8	11
Benjamin Stasiulis	100 m backstroke	55.36	31	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:59.52	24	Did not advance
Yannick Agnel Alain Bernard* Fabien Gilot Clément Lefert Amaury Leveaux Jérémy Stravius*	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:13.38	4 Q	N/A		3:09.93	01 !
Yannick Agnel Clément Lefert Amaury Leveaux Grégory Mallet Jérémy Stravius*	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:09.18	2 Q	N/A		7:02.77 NR	02 !
Yannick Agnel Camille Lacourt Giacomo Perez d'Ortona Romain Sassot	4×100 m medley relay	3:34.60	10	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ophelie Aspord	10 km open water	N/A				1:58:43.1	6
Fanny Babou	100 m breaststroke	1:09.76	32	Did not advance
Coralie Balmy	400 m freestyle	4:03.56	3 Q	N/A		4:05.95	6
	800 m freestyle	8:27.15	8 Q	N/A		8:29.26	7
Charlotte Bonnet	100 m freestyle	55.12	20	Did not advance
Justine Bruno	100 m butterfly	1:01.14	38	Did not advance
Alexianne Castel	100 m backstroke	1:00.16	14 Q	1:00.24	11	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:08.92	6 Q	2:08.24	5 Q	2:08.43	7
Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne	200 m freestyle	1:59.15	18	Did not advance
Lara Grangeon	400 m individual medley	4:44.28	18	N/A		Did not advance
Laure Manaudou	100 m backstroke	1:01.03	22	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:14.29	30	Did not advance
Camille Muffat	200 m freestyle	1:58.49	12 Q	1:56.18	3 Q	1:55.58	02 !
	400 m freestyle	4:03.29	1 Q	N/A		4:01.45 OR	01 !
Anna Santamans	50 m freestyle	25.23	15 Q	24.94	=10	Did not advance
Coralie Balmy Charlotte Bonnet Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne Margaux Farrell* Mylene Lazare* Camille Muffat	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:52.88	5 Q	N/A		7:47.49	03 !
Fanny Babou Charlotte Bonnet Justine Bruno Laure Manaudou	4×100 m medley relay	4:05.53	14	N/A		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

France qualified two Olympic quota places in synchronized swimming.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Sara Labrousse Chloé Willhelm	Duet	87.700	10	88.340	176.040	10 Q	88.560	176.260	10

Table tennis

France qualified one man and two women.

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
Adrien Mattenet	Men's singles	BYE			Chen Wx (AUT) L 0–4	Did not advance
Xian Yi Fang	Women's singles	BYE	Hanffou (CMR) W 4–1	Ri M-S (PRK) W 4–2	Wang Yg (SIN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Li Xue		BYE		Lay (AUS) W 4–3	Shen Yf (ESP) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

France had qualified two places in women's taekwondo.^[39]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marlène Harnois	Women's −57 kg	Contreras (CHI) W 14–3 PTG	Wahba (EGY) W 8–6	Hou Yz (CHN) L 3–8	BYE	Hamada (JPN) W 12–8	Did not advance	03 !
Anne Caroline Graffe	Women's +67 kg	Mamatova (UZB) W 17–9	Lee I-J (KOR) W 7–4	Hernandez (CUB) W 6–4	BYE		Mandić (SRB) L 7–9	02 !

Tennis

France qualified six Olympic tennis players in 2012: four in the men's events and two in the women's events. France ultimately won two medals – one silver and one bronze – in the men's doubles.

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
Julien Benneteau	Singles	Youzhny (RUS) W 7–5, 6–3	Federer (SUI) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Richard Gasquet		Haase (NED) W 6–3, 6–3	Baghdatis (CYP) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Gilles Simon		Kukushkin (KAZ) W 6–4, 6–2	Dimitrov (BUL) W 6–3, 6–3	del Potro (ARG) L 1–6, 6–4, 3–6	Did not advance
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		Bellucci (BRA) W 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4	Raonic (CAN) W 6–3, 3–6, 25–23	López (ESP) W 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Djokovic (SRB) L 4–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Julien Benneteau Richard Gasquet	Doubles	N/A	Fleming / Hutchins (GBR) W 7–5, 6–3	Bhupathi / Bopanna (IND) W 6–3, 6–4	Tipsarević / Zimonjić (SRB) W 6–4, 7–6(7–3)	B. Bryan / M. Bryan (USA) L 4–6, 4–6	Ferrer / F. López (ESP) W 7–6(7–4), 6–2	03 !
Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		N/A	Nalbandian / Schwank (ARG) W 6–3, 7–5	Paes / Vardhan (IND) W 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3	Melo / Soares (BRA) W 6–4, 6–2	Ferrer / F. López (ESP) W 3–6, 6–4, 18–16	B. Bryan / M. Bryan (USA) L 4–6, 6–7(2–7)	02 !

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	Paszek (AUT) W 7–6(7–4), 6–4	Hantuchová (SVK) L 3–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Alizé Cornet Kristina Mladenovic	Doubles	N/A	Peng / Zheng (CHN) L 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

France qualified the following triathletes:

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
David Hauss	Men's	17:24	0:38	58:50	0:29	29:53	1:47:14	4
Vincent Luis		17:20	0:38	58:53	0:27	31:00	1:48:18	11
Laurent Vidal		17:27	0:43	58:42	0:28	30:01	1:47:21	5
Emmie Charayron	Women's	19:48	0:39	1:06:58	0:34	34:27	2:02:26	18
Jessica Harrison		18:39	0:43	1:06:16	0:31	35:13	2:01:22	9
Carole Péon		19:30	0:45	1:07:11	0:33	35:59	2:03:58	29

Weightlifting

France qualified three men and one woman.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vencelas Dabaya	Men's −69 kg	135	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Bernardin Kingue Matam		143	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Benjamin Hennequin	Men's −85 kg	163	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Mélanie Bardis	Women's −48 kg	73	9	93	9	166	10

Wrestling

France qualified six quota places:

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
Didier Pais	−60 kg	BYE	Madany (EGY) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					11

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
Tarik Belmadani	−60 kg	BYE	Ala-Huikku (FIN) W 3–0 PO	Matsumoto (JPN) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance				9
Steeve Guénot	−66 kg	BYE	Rivas (VEN) W 3–0 PO	Abdevali (IRI) W 3–0 PO	Kim H-W (KOR) L 1–3 PP	BYE		Mulens (CUB) W 3–0 PO	03 !
Christophe Guénot	−74 kg	BYE	Ayet Ikram (TUN) W 3–0 PO	Vlasov (RUS) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Madsen (DEN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		8
Mélonin Noumonvi	−84 kg	BYE	Hietaniemi (FIN) W 3–0 PO	Gaber (EGY) L 1–3 PO	Did not advance	BYE	Žugaj (CRO) W 3–0 PO	Janikowski (POL) L 0–3 PO	5

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
Cynthia Vescan	−72 kg	BYE	Saenko (MDA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					12

References

External links

• Quota places by nation and name. ISSF.

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