France at the 1992 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	FRA
Nocname:	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1992
Website:
Location:	Barcelona
Competitors:	339 (241 men and 98 women)
Sports:	25
Flagbearer:	Jean-François Lamour
Rank:	9
Gold:	8
Silver:	5
Bronze:	16
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 339 competitors, 241 men and 98 women, took part in 196 events in 25 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				30 July
				31 July
				1 August
				2 August
				2 August
				3 August
				3 August
				5 August
				26 July
				27 July
				29 July
				2 August
				6 August
				26 July
				27 July
				27 July
				28 July
				28 July
				29 July
				30 July
				30 July
				1 August
				1 August
				2 August
				2 August
				4 August
				7 August
				8 August
	France men's national handball team			8 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	38	19	57
Badminton	1	3	4
Boxing	5	–	5
Canoeing	23	8	31
Cycling	14	4	18
Diving	2	0	2
Equestrian	8	4	12
Fencing	15	5	20
Gymnastics	3	8	11
Handball	16	0	16
Judo	7	7	14
Modern pentathlon	3	–	3
Rowing	18	7	25
Sailing	13	4	17
Shooting	10	7	17
Swimming	15	10	25
Synchronized swimming	–	3	3
Table tennis	4	2	6
Tennis	3	4	7
Volleyball	12	0	12
Water polo	13	–	13
Weightlifting	6	–	6
Wrestling	9	–	9
Total	241	98	339

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In France's fifth appearance in modern Olympic archery, the individual archers went 7-3 in head-to-head competition, buoyed by Sebastien Flute's 5-0 record as he advanced to the final and won the gold medal. It was the first medal the French had won in modern Olympic archery. Both teams won the first two rounds before being defeated in the semifinals. They also both lost their bronze medal matches.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bruno Felipe	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	1273	31 Q	L 102–103	Did not advance
Sébastien Flute	1301	14 Q	W 107–102	W 106–97	W 109–103	W 110–107	W 110–107
Michaël Taupin	1232	56	Did not advance
Bruno Felipe Sébastien Flute Michaël Taupin	Team	3806	9 Q		W 235–229	W 241–240	L 230–237	L 231–233	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Séverine Bonal	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	1321	9 Q	W 104–96	L 108–109	Did not advance
Christine Gabillard	1254	41	Did not advance
Nathalie Hibon	1285	23 Q	L 100–105	Did not advance
Séverine Bonal Christine Gabillard Nathalie Hibon	Team	3860	5 Q		W 236–235	W 234–225	L 221–246	L 222–240	4

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Max Morinière	align=left rowspan=2	100 metres	10.36	8 Q	10.34	14 Q	10.42	14	Did not advance
Daniel Sangouma	10.63	28 Q	10.64	30	Did not advance
Gilles Quénéhervé	align=left rowspan=2	200 metres	20.99	17 Q	20.96	24	Did not advance
Jean-Charles Trouabal			Did not advance
Frédéric Cornette	800 metres	1:48.22	27	Did not advance
Pascal Thiébaut	5000 metres	13:31.16	6 Q	13:43.39	13
Antonio Martins Bordelo	align=left rowspan=2	10,000 metres	28:35.13	20 q	28:47.66	15
Thierry Pantel			Did not advance
Dominique Chauvelier	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon	2:19:09	31
Luis Soares	2:21:57	45
Pascal Zilliox	2:30:02	64
Dan Philibert	align=left rowspan=3	110 metres hurdles	13.72	18 q	13.74	13 q	13.77	11	Did not advance
Sébastien Thibault	13.94	27	Did not advance
Philippe Tourret	13.91	24 q	14.09	23	Did not advance
Stéphane Caristan	align=left rowspan=2	400 metres hurdles	49.16	11 Q	49.50	8 Q	48.86	7
Stéphane Diagana	48.41	2 Q	48.28	4 Q	48.13	4
Thierry Brusseau	align=left rowspan=2	3000 metres steeplechase	8:33.10	22 Q	8:42.48	23	Did not advance
Joseph Mahmoud	8:30.54	17 Q	8:52.00	24	Did not advance
Max Moriniére Daniel Sangouma Gilles Quénéhervé Bruno Marie-Rose	4 × 100 metres relay	39.49	6 Q	39.02	9	Did not advance
Jean-Louis Rapnouil Yann Quentrec Stéphane Caristan Stéphane Diagana	4 × 400 metres relay	3:04.25	11	Did not advance
Thierry Toutain	20 kilometres walk
Martial Fesselier	align=left rowspan=3	50 kilometres walk	4:06:31	16
Alain Lemercier	4:07:30	17
René Piller	4:02:40	15

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Philippe Collet	align=left rowspan=3	Pole vault	5.55	12 q	5.55	7
Philippe d'Encausse	5.50	14	Did not advance
Jean Galfione	5.50	13	Did not advance
Serge Hélan	align=left rowspan=2	Long jump	7.60	31	Did not advance
Franck Lestage	7.72	21	Did not advance
Pierre Camara	align=left rowspan=3	Triple jump	17.34	1 Q	16.52	11
Serge Hélan	16.47	20	Did not advance
Georges Sainte-Rose	16.50	19	Did not advance
Christophe Épalle	align=left rowspan=3	Hammer throw	76.24	8 Q	74.84	10
Frédéric Kuhn	71.76	19	Did not advance
Raphaël Piolanti	73.22	17	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event											Final	Rank
Alain Blondel	Result	11.31	7.31	13.56	2.03	49.19	14.50	37.78	5.10	58.00	4:23.82	8031	15
Points	793	888	701	831	852	911	620	941	708	786
William Motti	Result	11.42	7.13	15.44	2.12	50.44	15.02	50.58	4.70	67.50	4:48.89	8164	7
Points	769	845	817	915	794	847	882	819	851	625
Christian Plaziat	Result	10.70	7.21	14.88	1.97
Points	929	864	782	776

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Laurence Bily	align=left rowspan=3	100 metres	11.57	19 Q	11.64	22	Did not advance
Patricia Girard	11.51	18 Q	11.54	16 Q	11.70	16	Did not advance
Odiah Sidibé	11.62	22 q	11.63	21	Did not advance
Valérie Jean-Charles	align=left rowspan=2	200 metres	23.69	25 q	23.64	26	Did not advance
Maguy Nestoret	24.15	34	Did not advance
Elsa Devassoigne	align=left rowspan=2	400 metres	52.07	3 Q	51.75	14 Q	52.85	16	Did not advance
Marie-José Pérec	53.64	23 Q	50.89	6 Q	49.48	1 Q	48.83
Viviane Dorsile	800 metres	2:01.54	19	Did not advance
Marie-Pierre Duros	1500 metres	4:10.14	21 q	4:26.61	26	Did not advance
Marie-Pierre Duros	align=left rowspan=2	3000 metres	8:42.32	1 Q
Zohra Graziani-Koullou	8:55.21	18	Did not advance
Rosario Murcia	align=left rowspan=2	10,000 metres	33:16.96	26	Did not advance
Annette Sergent	32:57.29	23	Did not advance
Maria Rebélo	Marathon
Cécile Cinélu	align=left rowspan=3	100 metres hurdles	13.40	23 Q	13.07	9 q	13.24	12	Did not advance
Monique Éwanjé-Épée	13.73	30	Did not advance
Anne Piquereau	13.11	9 Q	13.17	11 Q	13.32	13	Did not advance
Patricia Girard Odiah Sidibé Laurence Bily Marie-José Pérec	4 × 100 metres relay	42.58	5 Q	42.85	4

Field events

Combined event – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Odile Lesage	Result	13.75	1.88	13.48	25.24	5.99	41.28	2:15.57	6141	15
Points	1014	1080	759	865	846	692	885
align=left rowspan=2	Nathalie Teppe	Result	14.06	1.79	12.69	26.13	5.65	52.58	2:24.42	5847	23
Points	970	966	707	786	744	910	764

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Virginie Delvingt	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	L 0–11, 2–11	Did not advance
Sandra Dimbour	L 10–12, 9–12	Did not advance
Christelle Mol	L 5–11, 7–11	Did not advance
Virginie Delvingt Christelle Mol	Doubles		L 7–15, 7–15	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Philippe Wartelle	Bantamweight	W 12–5	L RSC R2	Did not advance
Djamel Lifa	Featherweight	W 20–12	L 4–9	Did not advance
Julien Lorcy	Lightweight	W 11–7	W RSC R2	L 10–13	Did not advance
Saïd Ben Najem	Welterweight	L 0–6	Did not advance
Patrice Aouissi	Light heavyweight	W RSC R3	L RSC R2	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank
Jacky Avril	align=left rowspan=3	Men's C-1	117.18	1	135.75	18	117.18
Emmanuel Brugvin	125.14	9	119.19	5	119.19	7
Thierry Humeau	127.42	11	124.91	15	124.91	18
Franck Adisson Wilfrid Forgues	align=left rowspan=3	Men's C-2	144.09	10	124.38	3	124.38
Éric Biau Bertrand Daille	133.83	6	160.64	15	133.83	11
Thierry Saïdi Emmanuel del Rey	132.29	5	137.96	12	132.29	8
Laurent Brissaud	align=left rowspan=3	Men's K-1	109.37	2	123.02	24	109.37	5
Sylvain Curinier	133.09	34	107.06	2	107.06
Vincent Fondeviole	112.69	11	285.19	43	112.69	14
Marianne Agulhon	align=left rowspan=3	Women's K-1	140.44	7	132.89	4	132.89	5
Anne Boixel	203.19	24	140.81	8	140.81	11
Myriam Jerusalmi	150.86	14	150.76	15	150.76	21

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Pascal Sylvoz	C-1 500 metres	1:54.60	4 R	1:55.72	1 SF	1:54.38	4 F	1:55.96	7
C-1 1000 metres	4:03.39	2 SF	4:06.83	1 F	4:09.82	5
align=left rowspan=2	Didier Hoyer Olivier Boivin	C-2 500 metres	1:44.46	3 SF	1:42.09	1 F	1:43.04	6
C-2 1000 metres	3:35.82	2 F	3:39.51
Olivier Lasak Philippe Aubertin	K-2 500 metres	1:49.42	8 R	1:32.51	3 SF	1:33.20	9	Did not advance
Philippe Boccara Pascal Boucherit	K-2 1000 metres	3:26.81	5 R	3:18.13	3 SF	3:21.02	5	Did not advance
Pierre Lubac Jean-François Briand Sébastien Mayer Patrick Lancereau	K-4 1000 metres	3:02.60	5 SF	2:58.98	6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sabine Goetschy	K-1 500 metres	1:57.68	3 SF	1:51.99	3 F	1:53.53	6
Sabine Goetschy Bernadette Brégeon	K-2 500 metres	1:45.19	3 SF	1:43.61	6	Did not advance
Françoise Lasak Bernadette Brégeon Isabelle Boulogne Anne Michaut	K-4 500 metres	1:39.27	5 SF	1:41.83	5	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 18 cyclists, 14 men and 4 women, represented France in 1992. Jeannie Longo won silver in the women's road race and the men won bronze in the team time trial.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sylvain Bolay	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	4:35:56	7
Pascal Hervé	4:35:56	48
Emmanuel Magnien
Hervé Boussard Didier Faivre-Pierret Philippe Gaumont Jean-Louis Harel	Team time trial	2:05:25

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marion Clignet	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	2:05:13	33
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	2:05:02
Catherine Marsal	2:05:03	21

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round 1	Repechage		Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Round 1		Round 2
		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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Frédéric Magné	Men's sprint	10.617	7	, W 11.230	, L	L	Did not advance
Félicia Ballanger	Women's sprint	11.508	2	, W 12.615		W, W	L, L	L, L	4

Time trial

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Philippe Ermenault	Men's individual pursuit	4:33.892	5 Q	L 4:28.838	Did not advance
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	Women's individual pursuit	3:46.935	6 Q	L 3:46.547	Did not advance
Hervé Dagorné Philippe Ermenault Daniel Pandèle Pascal Potié	Men's individual pursuit	4:23.924	11	Did not advance

Points race

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Philippe Duvernay	3 m springboard	310.14	29	Did not advance
Frédéric Pierre	10 m platform	329.01	19	Did not advance

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Serge Cornut	Olifant Charrière	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	1444	37	Did not advance
Dominique d'Esmé	Rapport II	1427	42	Did not advance
Catherine Durand	Orphée RBO	1498	25	Did not advance
Margit Otto-Crépin	Maritim	1521	19	Did not advance
Serge Cornut Dominique d'Esmé Catherine Durand Margit Otto-Crépin	See above	align=left rowspan=4	Team	4463	9

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jean-Jacques Boisson	Oscar de la Loge	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	64.80	42				5.00	335.00	9	335.00	61
Michel Bouquet	Newport AA	49.80	9	78.40	128.20	39	17.00	145.20	9	145.20	28
Marie-Christine Duroy	Quart du Placineau	48.20	6	56.40	104.60	30	5.25	109.85	22	109.85	12
Didier Seguret	Coeur de Rocker	66.20	48
Jean-Jacques Boisson Michel Bouquet Marie-Christine Duroy Didier Seguret	See above	align=left rowspan=4	Team	162.80	3	400.00	562.80	15	27.25	590.05	8	590.05	14

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total		Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Hubert Bourdy	Razzia du Poncel	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	56.00	29	72.50	8	86.00	2	214.50	4 Q			Did not advance
Hervé Godignon	Quidam de Revel	62.00	26	84.50	1			146.50	35 Q	1.00	5 Q	5.25	5	6.25	4
Éric Navet	Quito de Baussy	70.50	13	39.50	47	72.00	16	182.00	12 Q	8.00	14 Q	8.50	8	16.50	11
Michel Robert	Nonix	82.50	1	19.00	69	78.00	9	179.50	14	Did not compete
Hubert Bourdy Hervé Godignon Éric Navet Michel Robert	See above	align=left rowspan=4	Team	8.75	3	16.00	6	24.75

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented France in 1992.

Individual

Pool stage

Athlete	Event	Group Stage
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Groc	align=left rowspan=3	Men's foil	L 2–5	W 5–1	W 5–4	W 5–0	L 3–5		22 Q
Patrice Lhôtellier	L 3–5	W 5–1	W 5–0	W 5–4	L 1–5		23 Q
Philippe Omnès	L 1–5	W 5–0	W 5–2	W 5–2	W 5–1	W 5–1	4 Q
Jean-Michel Henry	align=left rowspan=3	Men's épée	W 5–3	W 5–2	W 5–3	W 5–1	W 5–1	L 3–5	7 Q
Olivier Lenglet	L 2–5	W 5–4	W 5–1	W 5–2	W 5–0	L 3–5	13 Q
Éric Srecki	L 5–5	W 5–0	W 5–2	W 5–3	W 5–1	W 5–2	5 Q
Jean-Philippe Daurelle	align=left rowspan=3	Men's sabre	L 2–5	W 5–4	W 5–0	W 5–3	11 Q
Franck Ducheix	L 4–5	W 5–2	W 5–2	W 5–4	W 5–2	L 3–5	13 Q
Jean-François Lamour	W 5–3	W 5–4	W 5–2	W 5–2	L 4–5		5 Q
Gisèle Meygret	align=left rowspan=3	Women's foil	L 4–5	L 0–5	L 2–5	W 5–2	W 5–3	W 5–1	28 Q
Laurence Modaine	L 3–5	L 1–5	L 2–5	W 5–2	W 5–1	W 5–0	27 Q
Isabelle Spennato	W 5–2	L 2–5	W 5–1	W 5–1	W 5–1	L 3–5	12 Q

Elimination phase

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Repechage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Groc	align=left rowspan=3	Men's foil	W 2–0	L 1–2	W 2–1	L 1–2	Did not advance
Patrice Lhôtellier	L 0–2	Did not advance
Philippe Omnès		W 2–0	W 2–0	L 1–2	W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–1	W 2–1
Jean-Michel Henry	align=left rowspan=3	Men's épée		W 2–0	L 1–2			W 2–0	W 2–1	W 2–0	W 2–1	L 1–2	W 2–1
Olivier Lenglet	W 2–0	W 2–0	L 1–2			L 1–2	Did not advance
Éric Srecki		W 2–0	W 2–0	L 1–2	W 2–0	W 2–1	W 2–0	W 2–0
Jean-Philippe Daurelle	align=left rowspan=3	Men's sabre		L 0–2	W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–1	L 0–2	Did not advance
Franck Ducheix		W 2–0	L 1–2			L 1–2	Did not advance
Jean-François Lamour		W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–1	W 2–0	L 0–2	L 1–2	4
Gisèle Meygret	align=left rowspan=3	Women's foil	W 2–1	L 1–2	W 2–1	L 0–2	Did not advance
Laurence Modaine		W 2–0	W 2–1	L 1–2	W 2–0	W 2–0	L 1–2	L 1–2	4
Isabelle Spennato		L 0–2	W 2–0	L 0–2	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Groc Youssef Hocine Olivier Lambert Patrice Lhôtellier Philippe Omnès	Men's foil	L 6–8	W 9–4	2 Q	L 5–9	L 6–9	W 9–2	7
Jean-François Di Martino Jean-Michel Henry Olivier Lenglet Robert Leroux Éric Srecki	Men's épée	W 9–7	W 9–5	1 Q	W 8–2	L 3–9	L 8–8	4
Jean-Philippe Daurelle Franck Ducheix Hervé Granger-Veyron Pierre Guichot Jean-François Lamour	Men's sabre	W 9–7	W 9–5	1 Q	W 9–5	L 1–9	W 9–4
Patrick Groc Youssef Hocine Olivier Lambert Patrice Lhôtellier Philippe Omnès	Women's foil	L 6–8	W 9–5	2 Q	L 8–8	W 9–3	W 9–5	5

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Qualification

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
Patrice Casimir	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	18.800	18.925	18.925	18.925	19.100	19.075	113.750	42 q
Sébastien Darrigade	18.875	18.450	19.000	18.925	18.900	19.175	113.325	47 q
Fabrice Guelzec	18.875	18.350	18.950	18.700	18.675	19.050	112.600	63

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
Patrice Casimir	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	9.475	9.575	8.675	9.650	9.475	9.575	56.425	31
Sébastien Darrigade	9.600	9.450	9.425	9.150	9.250	9.500	56.375	32

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
Karine Boucher	align=left rowspan=7	Team	19.537	18.574	19.212	19.250	76.573	63
Carine Charlier	19.312	18.924	18.800	19.112	76.148	71
Marie-Angéline Colson	19.637	19.437	19.137	19.450	77.661	36 Q
Virginie Machado	19.437	19.587	19.262	19.325	77.611	38 q
Chloé Maigre	19.399	19.662	18.924	19.299	77.284	43 q
Jenny Rolland	19.187	18.787	18.399	19.049	75.422	84
Total	97.322	96.522	95.635	96.573	386.052	8

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Marie-Angéline Colson	align=left rowspan=3	All-around	8.962	9.225	9.800	9.787	37.774	35
Virginie Machado	9.650	9.750	9.687	9.737	38.824	26
Chloé Maigre	9.662	9.125	9.775	9.712	38.274	32

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ball	Total	Rank	Qualification	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ball	Total	Rank
Céline Degrange	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	8.975	9.000	8.925	9.050	35.950	25	Did not advance
Chrystelle-Arlette Sahuc	9.050	9.150	9.100	9.075	36.375	19	Did not advance

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Men's tournament

Team roster

• Philippe Debureau
• Philippe Gardent
• Denis Lathoud
• Pascal Mahé
• Philippe Médard
• Gaël Monthurel
• Laurent Munier
• Frédéric Perez
• Alain Portes
• Thierry Perreux
• Éric Quintin
• Jackson Richardson
• Stéphane Stoecklin
• Jean-Luc Thiébaut
• Denis Tristant
• Frédéric Volle
• Head coach: Daniel Constantini

Group play

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Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage				Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Philippe Pradayrol	60 kg	W Yusei-gachi	W Ippon	W Chui	L Ippon	Did not advance	W Ippon	W Ippon	L Ippon	5
Benoît Campargue	65 kg	W Waza-ari	L Ippon	Did not advance
Bruno Carabetta	71 kg		W Ippon	L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance			W Ippon	W Ippon	W Waza-ari	L Yusei-gachi	5
Bertrand Damaisin	78 kg		W Keikoku	W Ippon	L Ippon	Did not advance	W Ippon	W Chui	W Waza-ari
Pascal Tayot	86 kg		W Koka	W Shido	W Koka	W Ippon	L Yuko
Stéphane Traineau	95 kg	W Ippon	W Ippon	L Ippon	Did not advance
David Douillet	+95 kg		W Ippon	W Hansoku-make	W Ippon	L Ippon	W Yuko

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cécile Nowak	48 kg		W Ippon	W Kiken-gachi	W Ippon	W Koka
Dominique Berna	52 kg	W Koka	L Koka	Did not advance
Catherine Arnaud	56 kg	W Ippon	W Ippon	L Ippon	Did not advance		W Yusei-gachi	L Koka	Did not advance
Catherine Fleury	61 kg	W Ippon	W Shido	W Ippon	W Ippon	W Yusei-gachi
Claire Lecat	66 kg	W Yuko	W Hansoku-make	L Koka	Did not advance		W Shido	W Ippon	L Waza-ari	5
Laetitia Meignan	72 kg	L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance			W Ippon	W Ippon	W Yuko	W Ippon
Nathalie Lupino	+72 kg	W Ippon	W Ippon	W Ippon	L Yuko	W Ippon

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented France in 1992.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (300 m freestyle)			Shooting (Air pistol)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (4000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Points	Rank	MP Points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Joël Bouzou	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	36–29	18	830	3:34.5	54	1156	186	24	1060	62	18	1038	13:31.3	28	1132	5216	17
Sébastien Deleigne	33–32	37	779	3:25.5	35	1228	184	33	1030	60	16	1040	13:17.7	16	1174	5251	11
Christophe Ruer	33–32	37	779	3:14.0	3	1320	184	33	1030	495	61	605	12:55.7	4	1240	4974	41
Joël Bouzou Sébastien Deleigne Christophe Ruer	Team	102–93	11	2388	10:14.0	6	3704	554	8	3120	617	11	2683	39:44.7	3	3546	15441	7

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fiorenzo Di Giovanni Fabrice LeClerc Yves Lamarque Samuel Barathay	Quadruple sculls	5:47.80	1 SF	5:48.72	3 FA	5:54.80	6
Michel Andrieux Jean-Christophe Rolland	Coxless pair	6:39.95	2 R	6:43.83	1 SF	6:33.88	1 FA	6:36.34	4
Patrick Berthou Laurent Lacasa Emmanuel Bunoz	Coxed pair	7:03.77	2 SF	6:53.96	3 FA	7:03.01	6
Jean-Pierre Le Lain Patrick Vibert-Vichet Bruno Dumay Dominique Lecointe	Coxless four	6:15.23	4 R	6:13.37	3 SF	6:12.57	6 FB	6:17.69	12
Yannick Schulte Philippe Lot Daniel Fauché Jean-Paul Vergne Jean-Pierre Huguet-Balent	Coxed four	6:26.51	4 R	6:18.77	2 FA	6:06.82	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Corinne Le Moal	Single sculls	7:50.96	2 SF	7:39.78	3 FA	7:41.85	6
Christine Gossé Isabelle Danjou	Coxless pair	7:43.29	1 SF	7:12.35	2 FA	7:08.70	4
Frédérique Heligon Chantal Lafon Christine Jullien Hélène Cortin	Coxless four	6:50.95	2 R	6:50.23	3 FB	6:45.16	7

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Franck David	Lechner A-390	14	5.7	18	0	8	8	3	14	23	0	70.7
Xavier Rohart	Finn	10	10	19	8	10	18	19	75	7
Dimitri Deruelle Maxime Paul	470	25	19	28	31	32	30	15	148	25

Women

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Maud Herbert	Lechner A-390	15	0	10	10	18	0	10	15	0	31	78	4
Annabel Chaulvin	Europe	23	19	22	16	23	15	5.7	100.7	13
Florence Lebrun Odile Barre	470	0	17	15	5.7	15	13	18	65.7	6

Open

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Thierry Berger Vincent Berger	Flying Dutchman	8	15	21	30	25	18	10	97	10
Nicolas Hénard Yves Loday	Tornado	13	0	5.7	5.7	16	13	3	40.4
Patrick Haegeli Yannick Adde	Star	15	21	19	20	19	28	22	116	18

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Jean-Pierre Amat	10 metre air rifle	590	7 Q	691.6	4
50 metre rifle three positions	1159	16	Did not advance
50 metre rifle prone	592	26	Did not advance
Franck Badiou	10 metre air rifle	591	3 Q	691.9
align=left rowspan=2	Michel Bury	50 metre rifle three positions	1155	21	Did not advance
50 metre rifle prone	597	6 Q	700.0	5
align=left rowspan=2	Philippe Cola	10 metre air pistol	579	11	Did not advance
50 metre pistol	552	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Franck Dumoulin	10 metre air pistol	575	22	Did not advance
50 metre pistol	544	36	Did not advance
Christian Kezel	25 metre rapid fire pistol	582	16	Did not advance
Jean-Luc Tricoire	10 metre running target	512	24	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Christine Bontemps	10 metre air rifle	389	17	Did not advance
Dominique Esnault	50 metre rifle three positions	567	30	Did not advance
Isabelle Héberlé	50 metre rifle three positions	566	32	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Evelyne Manchon	10 metre air pistol	375	24	Did not advance
25 metre pistol	577	9	Did not advance
Annette Sattel	10 metre air rifle	384	34	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Corinne Serra Tosio	10 metre air pistol	376	21	Did not advance
25 metre pistol	568	33	Did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Claude Cuy y Mola	align=left rowspan=2	Skeet	143	42	Did not advance
Stéphane Tyssier	144	33	Did not advance
Muriel Bernard	align=left rowspan=2	Trap	188	21	Did not advance
Jean-Paul Gros	191	16	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Christophe Bordeau	200 metre butterfly	2:01.99	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Christophe Bourdon	100 metre breaststroke	1:04.43	37	Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke	2:17.68	21	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Stéphane Caron	50 metre freestyle	23.01	13 FB	Withdrew
100 metre freestyle	49.82	5 FA	49.50
Yann de Fabrique	400 metre freestyle	3:55.66	17 FB	3:54.37	14
align=left rowspan=2	Franck Esposito	100 metre butterfly	55.26	22	Did not advance
200 metre butterfly	1:58.75	3 FA	1:58.51
Bruno Gutzeit	100 metre butterfly	54.35	9 FB	54.80	11
align=left rowspan=2	David Holderbach	100 metre backstroke	58.25	36	Did not advance
200 metre backstroke	2:03.11	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Christophe Kalfayan	50 metre freestyle	22.70	6 FA	22.50	4
100 metre freestyle	50.30	12 FB	50.49	11
Frédéric Lefèvre	200 metre individual medley	2:03.82	13 FB	2:04.05	12
align=left rowspan=2	Christophe Marchand	400 metre freestyle	3:54.59	14 FB	3:53.24	13
1500 metre freestyle	15:30.51	14	Did not advance
Franck Schott	100 metre backstroke	55.84	6 FA	55.72	6
align=left rowspan=2	Stéphane Vossart	100 metre breaststroke	1:02.81	13 FB	1:02.39	10
200 metre breaststroke	2:15.11	11 FB	2:15.52	10
Christophe Kalfayan Franck Schott Frédéric Lefèvre Stéphan Caron Ludovic Dépickère (*) Bruno Gutzeit (*)	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:22.01	7 FA	3:19.16	4
Christophe Bordeau Lionel Poirot Franck Horter Yann de Fabrique	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	7:26.22	10	Did not advance
Franck Schott Stéphane Vossart Bruno Gutzeit Stéphane Caron Franck Esposito (*) Christophe Kalfayan (*)	4 × 100 metre medley relay	3:43.13	5 FA	3:40.51	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Julie Blaise	50 metre freestyle	26.48	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Céline Bonnet	100 metre backstroke	1:05.75	32	Did not advance
200 metre individual medley	2:18.95	18 FB	2:19.14	14
400 metre individual medley	4:54.70	19	Did not advance
Jacqueline Delord	100 metre butterfly	1:01.78	16 FB	1:03.22	16
align=left rowspan=2	Audrey Guérit	100 metre breaststroke	1:13.98	30	Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke	2:32.33	13 FB	2:32.10	11
Cécile Jeanson	200 metre butterfly	2:13.23	9 FB	2:13.40	10
Diane Lacombe	100 metre backstroke	1:06.31	38	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Catherine Plewinski	50 metre freestyle	25.78	4 FA	25.36	4
100 metre freestyle	55.44	3 FA	55.72	5
200 metre freestyle	2:00.67	6 FA	1:59.88	4
100 metre butterfly	1:00.03	5 FA	59.01
Julie Blaise Julia Reggiani Marie-Laure Giraudon Véronique Jardin	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:50.22	11	Did not advance
Céline Bonnet Audrey Guérit Jacqueline Delord Julie Blaise	4 × 100 metre medley relay	4:21.19	14	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Three synchronized swimmers represented France in 1992.

Athlete	Event	Figures		Qualification			Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (Figures + Qualification)	Rank	Points	Total (Figures + Final)	Rank
Marianne Aeschbacher	align=left rowspan=3	Solo	85.702	18	Did not advance
Anne Capron	86.689	13 Q	94.800	181.489	5 Q	95.760	182.449	5
Karine Schuler	85.731	17	Did not advance
Marianne Aeschbacher Anne Capron	Duet	86.195	5	95.200	181.395	5 Q	95.600	181.795	5

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nicolas Chatelain	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	L 0–2	L 1–2	W 2–0	3	Did not advance
Jean-Philippe Gatien	W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–0	1 Q	W 3–2	W 3–2	W 3–2	L 0–3
Nicolas Chatelain Patrick Chila	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	L 0–2	L 0–2	W 2–0	3	Did not advance
Damien Éloi Jean-Philippe Gatien	W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–1	1 Q		L 1–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Xiaoming Wang	Singles	W 2–0	W 2–0	L 1–2	2	Did not advance
Emmanuelle Coubat Xiaoming Wang	Doubles	W 2–0	W 2–0	L 0–2	2	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Guy Forget	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	W (6–3, 6–4, 6–2)	L (3–6, 3–6, 1–6)	Did not advance
Henri Leconte	W (7–6, 7–6, 6–4)	L (4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 8–10)	Did not advance
Fabrice Santoro	W (6–1, 7–6, 6–4)	W (4–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–1)	W (6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3)	L (7–6, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 6–8)	Did not advance
Guy Forget Henri Leconte	Doubles		W (6–1, 6–3, 6–1)	L (6–4, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 3–6)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Julie Halard	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	W (6–4, 7–6)	L (6–7, 6–7)	Did not advance
Mary Pierce	W (7–6, 7–5)	L (6–0, 3–6, 8–10)	Did not advance
Nathalie Tauziat	W (6–3, 6–2)	L (3–6, 2–6)	Did not advance
Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	Doubles		W (6–1, 7–6)	W (3–6, 6–3, 6–2)	L (2–6, 4–6)	Did not advance

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Men's tournament

• Team roster
  • Rivo Andriamamonjy
  • Eric Bouvier
  • Laurent Chambertin
    • • • • Arnaud Josserand Olivier Lecat Luc Marquet
  • Christophe Meneau
  • David Romann
  • Olivier Rossard
  • Philippe Salvan
  • Laurent Tillie
  • Eric Wolfer

Group play

11th place match

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Summary

• Team roster
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Thierry Alimondo Pierre Garsau Nicolas Jeleff François Besson Emmanuel Charlot Vincent De Nardi Emmanuel Ducher Christophe Gautier Christian Grimaldi Pascal Lousteanu Gilles Madelenat Jean-Marie Olivon
  • Patrice Tillie

Group play

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Classification round 9th-12th place

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Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pascal Arnou	align=left rowspan=2	56 kg	No lift
Laurent Fombertasse	112.5	7	147.5	4	260.0	4
David Balp	60 kg	120.0	11	142.5	20	262.5	17
Stéphane Sageder	82.5 kg	140.0	21	182.5	17	322.5	21
Cédric Plançon	90 kg	157.5	8	187.5	11	345.0	9
Francis Tournefier	100 kg	170.0	6	217.5	2	387.5	4

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage							Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Serge Robert	52 kg	L 1–2	L 1–2	Did not advance				7	Did not advance
Patrice Mourier	57 kg	W 3–0	W 4–1	L 1–2	L 0–6	Did not advance		6	Did not advance
Ghani Yalouz	68 kg	W 4–2	W 3–2	W 3–2	L 0–6		L 5–7	3	W w/o	5
Yvon Riemer	74 kg	W Fall	W 8–0	L 0–0	W 13–0		L 1–7	3	W 12–0	5
Martial Mischler	82 kg	W 2–0	L 2–7		L 0–2	Did not advance		6	Did not advance
Henri Meiss	90 kg	W 1–0	L 1–6	L Fall	Did not advance			7	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Thierry Bourdin	52 kg	L 1–4	L Fall	Did not advance			8	Did not advance
Gérard Santoro	68 kg	W 4–3	W 1–0	L 2–9	L 0–3	Did not advance	5	W w/o	9
Alcide Legrand	82 kg	L 0–6	W 15–0	L 2–3	Did not advance		7	Did not advance

Notes and References

1. Web site: France at the 1992 Summer Games . 2011-12-23 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120206203806/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1992/ . 2012-02-06 .
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/FRA/editions/23 France at the 1992 Summer Olympics