2010 French Athletics Championships Explained

2010 French Athletics Championships
Events:	38
Dates:	8–10 July
Next:	2011

The 2010 French Athletics Championships was the 122nd edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for France. It was held on 8–10 July at the Stade Georges Pompidou in Valence. A total of 38 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the three-day competition. Christophe Lemaitre broke the French record in the men's 100 metres and 200 metres with times of 9.97 seconds and 20.16 seconds, respectively.

Results

Men

100 metres		9.97		10.08		10.34
200 metres		20.16		20.55		20.95
400 metres		45.45		45.71		45.92
800 metres^[1]		1:49.04		1:50.03		1:50.25
1500 metres		3:45.04		3:45.13		3:45.24
5000 metres		14:07.62		14:08.07		14:08.55
10,000 m walk		40:17.83		41:14.14		42:50.45
110 m hurdles		13.42		13.56		13.57
400 m hurdles		49.13		49.65		50.22
3000 m s'chase		8:30.46		8:30.53		8:37.17
High jump		2.25 m		2.21 m		2.21 m
Pole vault		5.94 m		5.75 m		5.70 m
Long jump		8.28 m		8.19 m		8.10 m
Triple jump		17.64 m		17.28 m		16.84 m
Shot put		19.90 m		19.39 m		18.73 m
Discus throw		60.09 m		59.00 m		57.73 m
Hammer throw		77.24 m		74.19 m		73.90 m
Javelin throw		80.37 m		74.78 m		74.62 m
Decathlon		8057 pts		7831 pts		7643 pts

Women

100 metres		11.16		11.27		11.32
200 metres		22.86		23.02		23.24
400 metres^[2]		51.82		52.92		53.00
800 metres		2:03.28		2:03.68		2:05.06
1500 metres		4:18.71		4:18.88		4:20.50
5000 metres		16:48.68		16:52.56		16:55.10
10,000 m walk		48:56.81		50:23.41		50:50.32
100 m hurdles		13.21		13.22		13.42
400 m hurdles		57.50		58.55		58.82
3000 m s'chase^[3]		9:52.07		10:28.46		10:30.22
High jump		1.86 m		1.83 m		1.80 m
Pole vault		4.35 m		4.30 m		4.25 m
Long jump		6.71 m		6.60 m		6.47 m
Triple jump		13.76 m		13.47 m		13.43 m
Shot put		17.91 m		17.74 m		15.46 m
Discus throw		53.89 m		53.09 m		52.93 m
Hammer throw		73.05 m		69.14 m		67.35 m
Javelin throw		54.76 m		50.98 m		50.68 m
Heptathlon		6009 pts		5970 pts		5867 pts

References

Results

Notes and References

1. Monaco's Brice Etès placed third in the men's 800 metres.
2. Senegal's Amy Mbacké Thiam placed second in the women's 400 metres.
3. Madagascar's Eliane Saholinirina was runner-up in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase.