France at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	FRA
Nocname:	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1996
Website:
Location:	Atlanta
Competitors:	299 (197 men and 102 women)
Sports:	25
Flagbearer:	Marie-José Pérec
Rank:	5
Gold:	15
Silver:	7
Bronze:	15
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 299 competitors, 197 men and 102 women, took part in 183 events in 25 sports.^[1]

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In France's sixth appearance in modern Olympic archery, defending gold medallist Sebastien Flute was defeated in the first round of elimination. Fellow veteran Severine Bonal was also defeated early, while Lionel Torres reached the quarterfinal. The men's team was defeated in the first round.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sébastien Flute	align=left rowspan=3	Men's individual	644	46	L 158-161	Did not advance	39
Damien Letulle	657	26	L 150-161	Did not advance	56
Lionel Torres	644	45	W 165-154	W 164-163	W 159-158	L 111-106	Did not advance		8
Sébastien Flute Damien Letulle Lionel Torres	Men's team	1945	10	align=center colspan=2	L 244-245	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	9
Severine Bonal	align=left rowspan=3	Women's individual	632	40	W 156-151	L 153-159	Did not advance	20

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's track & road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Needy Guims	align=left rowspan=2	100m	10.39	2 Q	10.43	7	Did not advance
Pascal Theophile	10.41	3 Q	10.38	7	Did not advance
Jean-Louis Rapnouil	400m	45.93	2 Q	45.74	5	Did not advance
Jimmy Jean-Joseph	align=left rowspan=2	800m	1:45.64	4 q	1:48.50	6	Did not advance
Bruno Konczylo	1:46.04	3 q	1:48.02	7	Did not advance
Kader Chekhemani	align=left rowspan=3	1500m	3:37.81	3 Q	3:34.84	8	Did not advance
Mickaël Damian	3:39.21	8	Did not advance
Eric Dubus	3:47.01	9	Did not advance
Abdellah Béhar	align=left rowspan=2	10.000m			Did not advance
Mohamed Ezzher	29:55.34	18	Did not advance
Vincent Clarico	align=left rowspan=2	110m hurdles	13.52	2 Q	13.57	4 Q	13.43	5	Did not advance
Emmanuel Romary	13.68	5 q	13.81	8	Did not advance
Nadir Bosch	3000m steeplechase	8:31.65	7 q	8:47.31	12	Did not advance
Hermann Lomba Régis Groisard Pascal Theophile Needy Guims	4 × 100 m relay	39.00	3 Q	38.82	4 Q
Jean-Olivier Brosseau	align=left rowspan=3	20 km walk	1:26:29	35
Denis Langlois	1:23:08	14
Thierry Toutain	1:21:56	10
Martial Fesselier	align=left rowspan=3	50 km walk	4:04:42	28
René Piller	3:58:00	19
Thierry Toutain

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Emmanuel Bangué	Long jump	8.09	7 Q	8.19	4
Alain Andji	align=left rowspan=2	Pole vault	5.70	=1 Q	5.70	9
Jean Galfione	5.70	=5 Q	5.92
Gilles Dupray	align=left rowspan=3	Hammer throw	74.04	19	Did not advance
Christophe Épalle	74.22	17	Did not advance
Raphaël Piolanti	76.44	9 q	75.24	11

Women's track & road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Odiah Sidibé	100m	11.40	3 Q	11.38	4 Q	11.35	8	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Marie-José Pérec	200m	22.24	1 Q	22.07	1 Q	22.12
400m	51.82	3 Q	51.00	1 Q	49.19	1 Q	48.25
Viviane Dorsile	align=left rowspan=2	800m	2:00.02	3 q	2:00.68	7	Did not advance
Patricia Djaté-Taillard	1:58.98	2 Q	1:57.93	3 Q	1:59.61	6
Blandine Bitzner-Ducret	align=left rowspan=2	1500m	4:13.83	5 Q	4:12.27	8	Did not advance
Frédérique Quentin	4:15.95	9	Did not advance
Chantal Dallenbach	align=left rowspan=2	10.000m	33:22.35	15	Did not advance
Farida Fates	34:38.49	15	Did not advance
Cécile Cinélu	align=left rowspan=3	100m hurdles	13.05	6 q	13.06	6	Did not advance
Patricia Girard-Leno	12.84	2 Q	12.72	3 Q	12.59	2 Q	12.65
Monique Tourret	13.12	4 Q	13.17	7	Did not advance
Sandra Citte Odiah Sidibe Delphine Combe Patricia Girard-Leno	4 × 100 m relay	43.09	2 Q	42.76	6
Francine Landre Viviane Dorsile Evelyne Elien Elsa de Vassoigne	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.07	3 Q	3:28.46	8
Nadia Prasad	Marathon	2:50:05	56
Nathalie Fortain	align=left rowspan=2	10km walk	46:43	31
Valérie Nadaud	47:49	36

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
	Discus throw	55.08	37	Did not advance
Nadine Auzeil	Javelin throw	52.76	31	Did not advance

Combined events

Decathlon

Athlete	Event											Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Sebastien Levicq	Result	11.17	7.16	14.05	1.92	50.55	14.50	45.00	5.40	64.42	4:29.50	align=center rowspan=2	8192	align=center rowspan=2	17
Points
align=left rowspan=2	Christian Plaziat	Result	10.85	7.82	14.85	2.04	49.07	14.52	45.34	4.90	52.18	4:35.00	align=center rowspan=2	8282	align=center rowspan=2	11
Points

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Étienne Thobois	Men's singles	L 6–15, 6–15	Did not advance
Sandra Dimbour	Women's singles		L 1–11, 3–11	Did not advance

Beach volleyball

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Elimination					Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jean-Philippe Jodard Christian Penigaud	Men's	W 15–8	L 1–15	Did not advance		W 15–8	L 13–15	Did not advance					=13
Brigitte Lesage Anabelle Prawerman	Women's	L 11–15	Did not advance			L 11–15	Did not advance						=13

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank
Rachid Bouaita	Bantamweight	W 10–4	W 13–6	L 8–15	Did not advance
Nordine Mouichi	Light welterweight	W	W 17-6	L 10-19	Did not advance
Hussein Bayram	Welterweight	L 6-13	Did not advance
Jean-Paul Mendy	Middleweight	L 4-11	Did not advance
Jean-Louis Mandengue	Light heavyweight	W 21-9	L	Did not advance
Christophe Mendy	Heavyweight		W	L	Did not advance
Josué Blocus	Heavyweight	W	L	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Best
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emmanuel Brugvin	align=left rowspan=3	C-1	163.28		156.71		156.71	6
Hervé Delamarre	155.98		178.77		155.98	5
Patrice Estanguet	152.84		160.89		152.84
Frank Adisson Wilfrid Forgues	align=left rowspan=2	C-2	195.82		158.82		158.82
Thierry Saïdi Emmanuel del Rey	173.43		165.47		165.47	6

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Laurent Brochard	align=left rowspan=5	Road race	4:56:33	17
Francesco Casagrande	4:56:44	32
Laurent Jalabert	4:56:43	21
Didier Rous	4:56:50	83
Richard Virenque	4:55:10	5
Laurent Brochard	align=left rowspan=2	Time trial	1:09:22	20
	1:07:34	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	02:41:50	38
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	02:36:13
	02:36:56	16
	align=left rowspan=2	Time trial	38:14	5
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	37:00

Track

Points race

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Francis Moreau	Men's points race	21	5
Nathalie Even-Lancien	Women's points race	24

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		First round	Repechage 1	Second round	Repechage 2	Round of 16	Repechage 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Time Speed	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Frédéric Magné	align=left rowspan=2	Men's sprint	10.602 67.91 km/h	14 Q	W 10.740		L	W 11.035	L	W 10.975	L, W 11.022, L	Did not advance
Florian Rousseau	10.397 69.25 km/h	8 Q	W 11.296		W 10.745		W 10.828		L, L	Did not advance
Felicia Ballanger	Women's sprint	11.277 63.84 km/h	2 Q	W 11.901		W 11.831, W 12.082	W 12.022, W 12.046	W 11.903, W 12.096

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Philippe Ermenault	Men's individual pursuit	4:21.295	2 Q	W 4:22.826	W 4:24.082	L 4:22.714
Christophe Capelle Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau	Men's team pursuit	4:09.570	1 Q	W 4:08.965	W 4:08.460	W 4:07.730
Marion Clignet	Women's individual pursuit	3:35.774	2 Q	W 3:36.446	W 3:35.412	L 3:38.571

Time trial

Mountain Bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christophe Dupouey	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	2:25:03	4
Miguel Martinez	2:20:36
Laurence Leboucher	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	1:59.00	11
Sandra Temporelli	2:06.57	24

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. 15 fencers, 9 men and 6 women, represented France in 1996.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Franck Boidin	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil		W 15–14	W 15–12	W 15–11	L 13–15	W 15–11
Philippe Omnès		W 15–4	W 15–14	L 11–15	Did not advance		7
Lionel Plumenail		W 15–12	W 15–12	W 15–13	W 15–9	L 12–15
Jean-Michel Henry	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée		W 15–9	W 15–11	L 13–15	Did not advance		6
Robert Leroux		W 15–9	L 14–15	Did not advance			12
Éric Srecki		W 15–1	L 10–15	Did not advance			9
Jean-Michel Henry Robert Leroux Éric Srecki	Team épée		W 45–38	L 42–35	W 45–42
Jean-Philippe Daurelle	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre		W 15–9	L 7–15	Did not advance			12
Franck Ducheix		W 15–11	L 8–15	Did not advance			13
Damien Touya		W 15–11	W 15–7	W 15–12	L 14–15	W 15–7
Damien Touya Franck Ducheix Jean-Philippe Daurelle	Team sabre		L 42–45	Did not advance		5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Clothilde Magnan	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil		L 9–15	Did not advance				23
Laurence Modaine-Cessac		W 15–14	W 15–0	W 15–14	L 7–15	L 9–15	4
Adeline Wuillème		W 15–12	L 6–15	Did not advance			14
Adeline Wuillème Clothilde Magnan Laurence Modaine-Cessac	Team foil		L 45–38	Did not advance		5
Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée		W 15–3	W 15–14	W 15–9	W 15–6	L 12–15
Laura Flessel-Colovic		W 15–10	W 15–11	W 15–12	W 15–10	W 15–12
Sophie Moressée-Pichot		W 15–14	L 10–15	Did not advance			10
Laura Flessel-Colovic Sophie Moressée-Pichot Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux	Team épée		W 45–35	W 45–39	W 45–33

Football

See main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Team rosterHead coach: Raymond Domenech

Groupstage

Quarterfinal

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Apparatus												Total
														Score	Rank
Patrice Casimir	align=left rowspan=8	Team	9.275	9.300	9.625	9.800 Q	9.350	9.550	9.562	9.375		9.575	9.050	9.537	9.425	113.424	23 Q
Sebastien Tayac	9.500	9.587	9.275	9.562	9.325	9.350	9.425	9.375	9.175	9.400	9.400	9.712	113.086	27 Q
Frederick Nicolas	9.075	9.325	9.150	9.350	9.200	9.375	9.400	9.175	9.175	9.375	9.400	9.500	111.500	39 Q
Frederic Lemoine	9.475	9.175	9.300	9.125	9.250	9.537	0.000	9.200	8.500	0.000	9.400	9.325	92.287	85
Eric Poujade	0.000	9.350	9.700	9.737 Q	9.587	9.250	9.400	9.400	9.512	8.900	84.836	93
Sebastien Darrigade	9.300	0.000	8.800	9.500	9.275	9.300	9.450	0.000	9.500	9.525	9.512	0.000	84.162	94
Thierry Aymes	9.587	9.787 Q	colspan=2	9.150	9.125	9.400	9.175	0.000	9.537	0.000	9.650	75.361	102
Total	94.436		94.999		93.512		93.799		94.062		94.973		565.781	11

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total
								Score	Rank
Sébastien Tayac	align=left rowspan=2	All-around	9.562	9.512	9.425	9.525	9.200	9.475	56.699	26
	9.350	8.750	9.500	9.225	9.500	9.537	55.862	33
	align=left rowspan=1	Floor	9.750	9.750	=4
	align=left rowspan=2	Pommel horse	9.762	9.762	4
	9.350	9.350	7

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Apparatus								Total
										Score	Rank
Isabelle Severino	align=left rowspan=8	Team	9.425	9.487	9.687	9.700	9.037	9.500	9.650	9.687	76.173	26 Q
Elvire Teza	9.362	9.400	9.737	9.712	8.750	9.662	9.587	9.587	75.797	33 Q
Ludivine Furnon	9.537	9.600	9.587	9.525	8.750	9.025	9.750	9.650	75.474	35 Q
Emilie Volle	9.287	9.387	9.612	9.500	9.050	9.550		9.412	9.537	75.335	36
Cécile Canqueteau	9.150	9.425	9.187	9.475	8.700	9.337	9.487	9.700	74.461	45
Orélie Troscompt	9.125	9.350	9.275	9.312	37.062	99
Laure Gély	colspan=2	9.537	9.275	8.550	9.200	36.562	100
Total	94.060		96.072		91.536		96.047		377.715	8

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total
						Score	Rank
Isabelle Severino	align=left rowspan=3	All-around	9.562	9.675	9.587	9.700	38.524	13
Elvire Teza	9.493	9.687	9.687	9.587	38.454	16
Ludivine Furnon	9.606	9.425	9.462	9.750	38.243	19

Rhythmic

Individual

Group

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

• Eric Amalou
• Grégory Anquetil
• Stéphane Cordinier
• Yohan Delattre
• Christian Gaudin

• Stéphane Joulin
• Guéric Kervadec
• Denis Lathoud
• Pascal Mahé
• Bruno Martini

• Gaël Monthurel
• Raoul Prandi
• Jackson Richardson
• Philippe Schaaf
• Stéphane Stoecklin
• Frédéric Volle

Preliminary round----------------

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Franck Chambilly	–60 kg		W	L	Did not advance		L	Did not advance
Larbi Benboudaoud	–65 kg		L	Did not advance
Christophe Gagliano	–71 kg		L	Did not advance			W	W	W	W
Djamel Bouras	–78 kg		W	W	W	W	W
Darcel Yandzi	–86 kg		W	W	L	Did not advance		L	Did not advance
Stéphane Traineau	–95 kg		W	W	W	L	W
David Douillet	+95 kg		W	W	W	W	W

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sarah Nichilo-Rosso	–48 kg	W	W	L	Did not advance		W	W	L	=5
Marie-Claire Restoux	–52 kg		W	W	W	W
Magali Baton	–56 kg	L	Did not advance			W	L	Did not advance
Cathérine Fleury-Vachon	–61 kg		L	Did not advance		L	Did not advance
Alice Dubois	–61 kg		W	W	L	L	=5
Estha Essombe	–72 kg	W	W	W	L	L	=5
Christine Cicot	+72 kg		L	Did not advance			W	W	W

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Riding (show jumping)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Running (3000 m cross-country)			Total
		Time	Rank	MP Points	Wins	Rank	MP Points	Points	Rank	MP Points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Points	Rank
Sebastien Deleigne	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	1:24.73	23	926	13	24	730	178	=11	1072	3:29.52	26	1196	13:26.607	21	1147	5071	26
Christophe Ruer	1:21.85	16	965	15	=18	790	177	=14	1060	3:16.26	4	1304	12:54.137	10	1244	5363	12

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michel Andrieux Jean-Christophe Rolland	Coxless pair	6:35.75	1 Q	6:49.15	2 FA	6:22.15
Frédéric Kowal Samuel Barathay	Double sculls	6:44.01	1 Q	6:32.86	1 FA	6:19.85
Bertrand Vecten Olivier Moncelet Daniel Fauché Gilles Bosquet	Coxless four	6:18.70	3 Q	6:09.58	1 FA	6:07.03
Yves Lamarque Vincent Lepvraud Sébastien Vieilledent Fabrice Leclerc	Quadruple sculls	6:12.69	4 R	5:51.82	3 Q	6:03.74	5 FB	6:00.48	12
Stéphane Barré Xavier Dorfman Stéphane Guerinot Henri-Pierre Dall'acqua	Lwt coxless four	6:26.84	6 R	5:59.95	3 Q	6:15.75	4 FB	6:02.39	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Céline Garcia	Single sculls	8:10.22	4 R	8:32.58	2 Q	8:13.37	5 FB	7:33.30	10
Christine Gossé Hélène Cortin	Coxless pair	7:31.91	1 Q	7:30.21	1 FA	7:03.82
Myriam Lamolle Catherine Muller	Lwt double sculls	7:36.75	5 R	7:03.27	3 Q	7:20.11	5 FB	7:09.95	10

Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinal A/B; SC/D=Semifinal C/D; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	Rank
Jean-Max de Chavigny	Mistral	7	5	10	1	14	5	2	7	19	37	5
Philippe Presti	Finn	6	13	19	3	13	15	6	19	18	13		87	15
Jean-François Berthet Gwenaël Berthet	470	16	6	9	28	15	23	3	2	17	3	1	72	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	Rank
Maud Herbert	Mistral	8	1	17	8	1	9	11	10	9	46	8
Florence Le Brun Annabel Chaulvin	470	13	13	PMS	12	7	5	19	14	13	11	10	98	15

Open

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	Rank
Guillaume Florent	Laser	7	17	14	12	25	21	21	8	14	22	DSQ	136	15
Frédéric le Peutrec Franck Citeau	Tornado	8	1	3	7	8	4	5	11	4	6	9	46	6

Mixed racing

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jean-Pierre Amat	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air rifle	591	6 Q	102.1	1	693.1
Franck Badiou	588	=18	Did not advance
Michel Bury	align=left rowspan=2	50 m rifle prone	592	=30	Did not advance
Roger Chassat	590	=39	Did not advance
Jean-Pierre Amat	align=left rowspan=2	50 m rifle three positions	1175 OR	=1 Q	98.9	3	1273.9 OR
Roger Chassat	1156	=35	Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air pistol	573	=36	Did not advance
Gérard Fernandez	579	=12	Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin	align=left rowspan=1	25 m rapid fire pistol	575	=21	Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin	align=left rowspan=2	50 m air pistol	560	=11	Did not advance
Gérard Fernandez	553	=28	Did not advance
Christophe Vicard	align=left rowspan=1	Trap	117	=37	Did not advance
Jean-Paul Gros	align=left rowspan=2	Double trap	135	12	Did not advance
Marc Mennessier	131	=17	Did not advance
Franck Durbesson	align=left rowspan=1	Skeet	121	=9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Valérie Bellenoue	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air rifle	395	3	101.6	4	496.6	4
Carole Couesnon	384	=41	Did not advance
Muriel Bernard	align=left rowspan=1	Double trap	98	14	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Christophe Kalfayan	50 m freestyle	22.83	14 FB	22.96	=14
Nicolas Gruson	100 m freestyle	50.71	23	Did not advance
Christophe Bordeau	200 m freestyle	1:52.17	24	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Yann deFabrique	400 m freestyle	3:55.42	14 FB	3:56.46	15
1500 m freestyle	15:40.49	17	Did not advance
Franck Schott	100 m backstroke	55.77	7 FA	55.76	8
Vladimir Latocha	100 m breaststroke	1:02.80	17 FB	1:02.28	9
Jean-Christophe Sarnin	align=left rowspan=2	200 m breaststroke	2:15.27	9 FB	2:16.26	14
Stéphan Perrot	2:18.58	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Franck Esposito	100 m butterfly	53.77	12 FB	54.02	14
align=left rowspan=2	200 m butterfly	1:58.79	7 FA	1:58.10 NR	4
David Abrard	2:03.17	16 FB	2:01.25	15
Xavier Marchand	200 m individual medley	2:03.17	8 FA	2:04.29	8
Ludovic Depickère Nicolas Gruson Peirrick Chavatte Frédéric Lefevre	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:21.79	11	Did not advance
Yann deFabrique Lionel Poirot Bruno Orsoni Christophe Bordeau	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:22.98	6 FA	7:24.85	8
Franck Schott Vladimir Latocha Franck Esposito Nicolas Gruson	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:42.94	11	Did not advance

Key:FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Casey Legler	50 m freestyle	26.52	=29	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Solenne Figuès	100 m freestyle	56.90	20	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	2:02.74	14 FB	2:01.47	12
Laetitia Choux	400 m freestyle	4:21.39	24	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Hélène Ricardo	100 m backstroke	1:04.03	19	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:14.18	=10 FB	2:16.29	15
align=left rowspan=2	Karine Brémond	100 m breaststroke	1:11.80	25	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:36.26	29	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Karine Brémond	100 m butterfly	1:01.58	16 FB	1:01.20	11
200 m butterfly	2:13.58	11 FB	2:12.99	10
Solenne Figuès Jacqueline Delord Casey Legler Marianne Le Verge	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:48.30	10	Did not advance
Marianne Le Verge Hélène Ricardo Laëtitia Choux Solenne Figuès	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:18.90	14	Did not advance
Hélène Ricardo Karine Brémond Cécile Jeanson Solenne Figuès	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:15.69	16	Did not advance

Key:FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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
Patrick Chila	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	W 2–1	W 2–0	W 2–1	1 Q	L 0–3	Did not advance
Jean-Philippe Gatien	L 0–2	W 2–0	W 2–0	2	Did not advance
Patrick Chila Christophe Legout	align=left rowspan=2	Men's doubles	L 0–2	W 2–1	W 2–0	2		Did not advance
Damien Eloi Jean-Philippe Gatien	W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–0	1 Q		L 0–3	Did not advance
Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou	Women's singles	L 0–2	L 0–2	W 2–0	3	Did not advance
Emmanuelle Coubat Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou	align=left rowspan=2	Women's doubles	L 0–2	W 2–1		2		Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Arnaud Boetsch	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W 6–2, 7–6^(7–2)	L 6–7^(7–9), 6–4, 2-6	Did not advance
Guillaume Raoux	L 3–6, 6–3, 2-6	Did not advance
Arnaud Boetsch Guillaume Raoux	Doubles	L 2–6, 6–3, 3-6		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mary Pierce	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W 6–3, 7–5	L 4–6, 6–1, 5–7	Did not advance
Nathalie Tauziat	L 5–7, 2–6	Did not advance
Mary Pierce Nathalie Tauziat	Doubles		W 6–2, 3–6, 6-0	L 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
width=30%	Eric Bonnel	- 54 kg	105.0	110.0	115.0	135.0	140.0	140.0	250.0	11
width=30%	Cédric Plançon	- 91 kg	155.0	160.0	160.0	185.0	190.0	190.0	345.0	19

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Freestyle

Greco-Roman

Notes

• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results . (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. . Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta . 1997 . 1-56145-150-9 . PDF . 2008-02-05.

Notes and References

1. Web site: France at the 1996 Summer Games . 2012-02-11 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110914140849/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1996/ . 2011-09-14 .