France at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	FRA
Nocname:	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2004
Website:
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	308
Competitors Men:	195
Competitors Women:	113
Sports:	25
Flagbearer:	Jackson Richardson^[1]
Rank:	7^[2]
Gold:	11
Silver:	9
Bronze:	13
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. French athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The French Olympic Committee sent a total of 308 athletes to the Games, 195 men and 113 women, to compete in 25 sports.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	3	1	2	6
	2	0	1	3
	1	2	3	6
	1	1	1	3
	1	1	0	2
	1	0	1	2
	1	0	0	1
	1	0	0	1
	0	1	1	2
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	2	2
	0	0	2	1
Total	11	9	13	33

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics. France has qualified three archers each in the men's and women's team.

Men

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
Jocelyn de Grandis	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	663	13	L 136–161	did not advance
Franck Fisseux	622	56	L 147–155	did not advance
Thomas Naglieri	626	53	L 127–148	did not advance
Jocelyn de Grandis Franck Fisseux Thomas Naglieri	Team	1911	12	L 241–254	did not advance

Women

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
Alexandra Fouace	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	627	30	L 157–165	did not advance
Bérengère Schuh	626	31	L 143–151	did not advance
Aurore Trayan	594	60	L 122–135	did not advance
Alexandra Fouace Bérengère Schuh Aurore Trayan	Team	1847	13	W 226–224	W 228–227	L 234–249	L 228–242	4

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. French athletes have so far 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).^{[3] [4]}

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nicolas Aissat	800 m	1:45.31	4 q	1:47.14	5	Did not advance
Mehdi Baala	1500 m	3:46.06	13	Did not advance
David Boulanger	50 km walk	4:01:32	22
Eddy de Lépine	100 m	10.27	5 q			Did not advance
Leslie Djhone	400 m	45.40	1 Q	45.01	3 q	44.94	7
Ladji Doucouré	110 m hurdles	13.18 NR	1 Q	13.23	1 Q	13.06 NR	1 Q	13.76	8
Driss El Himer	Marathon	2:29:07	68
Naman Keïta	400 m hurdles	48.88	2 Q	48.24	3 q	48.26
Florent Lacasse	800 m	1:46.91	3	Did not advance
El Hassan Lahssini	Marathon	2:19:50	36
Denis Langlois	50 km walk
Vincent Le Dauphin	3000 m steeplechase	8:20.13	5 q	8:16.15	10
Issa-Aimé Nthépé	align=left rowspan=2	100 m	10.67	5	Did not advance
Ronald Pognon	10.18	2 Q	10.15	4 q	10.32	7	Did not advance
Eddy Riva	50 km walk	4:00:25	21
Ismaïl Sghyr	10000 m	27:57.09	8
Bouabdellah Tahri	3000 m steeplechase	8:18.98	3 Q	8:14.26	7
Mounir Yemmouni	1500 m	3:51.08	10	Did not advance
David Alerte Frédéric Krantz Issa-Aimé Nthépé Ronald Pognon	4 × 100 m relay	38.93	7	Did not advance
Leslie Djhone Ahmed Douhou Abderrahim El Haouzy Ibrahima Wade	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.39	7	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
David Brisseault	Javelin throw	71.86	31	Did not advance
Yann Domenech	align=left rowspan=2	Long jump	7.73	28	Did not advance
Kafétien Gomis	7.99	14	Did not advance
Nicolas Guigon	Pole vault	5.30	=31	Did not advance
Julien Kapek	Triple jump	16.91	12 q	16.81	10
Romain Mesnil	Pole vault	5.65	18	Did not advance
Salim Sdiri	Long jump	8.08	9 q	7.94	12
Karl Taillepierre	Triple jump	15.50	42	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Romain Barras	Result	11.14	6.99	14.91	1.94	49.41	14.37	44.83	4.60	64.55	4:27.09	8067	13
Points	830	811	784	749	842	927	763	790	807	764
align=left rowspan=2	Laurent Hernu	Result	10.97	7.19	14.65	2.03	48.73	14.25	44.72	4.80	57.76	4:24.35	8237	7
Points	867	859	768	831	874	942	761	849	704	782

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Christine Arron	100 m	11.14	2 Q	11.10	1 Q	11.21	6	Did not advance
200 m	22.60	2 Q	22.90	4 q	23.05	7	Did not advance
Hind Dehiba	align=left rowspan=2	1500 m	4:07.96	8	Did not advance
Latifa Essarokh	4:09.08	10	Did not advance
Sylviane Félix	200 m	22.94	2 Q	23.08	5 q	22.99	7	Did not advance
Linda Ferga-Khodadin	align=left rowspan=2	100 m hurdles	13.02	4	Did not advance
Reïna-Flor Okori	12.81	1 Q	12.81	6	Did not advance
Hafida Gadi	Marathon	2:50:29	52
Élisabeth Grousselle	800 m	2:00.31	3 Q	2:00.21	6	Did not advance
Muriel Hurtis	200 m	22.77	4 Q	23.33	6	Did not advance
Véronique Mang	100 m	11.24	2 Q	11.39	6	Did not advance
Rakiya Maraoui-Quétier	Marathon
Maria Martins	1500 m	4:05.95	4 Q	4:12.76	12	Did not advance
Margaret Maury	5000 m	14:56.79	6 q	15:09.77	11
Nicole Ramalalanirina	100 m hurdles	13.07	4	Did not advance
Corinne Raux	Marathon	2:35:54	15
Christine Arron Sylviane Félix Muriel Hurtis Véronique Mang	4 × 100 m relay	42.98	3 Q	42.54

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Eunice Barber	Long jump	6.37	29	Did not advance
Vanessa Boslak	Pole vault	4.40	11 q	4.40	6
Laurence Manfredi	Shot put	17.78	16	Did not advance
Manuela Montebrun	Hammer throw	67.90	15	Did not advance
Marie Poissonnier	Pole vault	4.00	34	Did not advance
Mélina Robert-Michon	Discus throw	56.70	31	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Marie Collonvillé	Result	13.65	1.85	12.35	25.26	6.19	49.14	2:13.62	6279	7
Points	1028	1041	684	863	908	843	912

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hongyan Pi	Women's singles	L 6–11, 11–6, 7–11	Did not advance
Svetoslav Stoyanov Victoria Wright	Mixed doubles	L 13–15, 15–2, 5–15	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. France sent six boxers to Athens, mostly in the lighter weight classes. They won a silver medal. Two lost their first bouts, as the team combined for a record of 8–6. France was part of a four-way tie for 8th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Redouane Asloum	Light flyweight	L 20–27	Did not advance
Jérôme Thomas	Flyweight	W 37–16	W 36–17	W 23–18	W 23–18	L 23–38
Ali Hallab	Bantamweight	L 16–19	Did not advance
Khedafi Djelkhir	Featherweight	W 38–13	L 26–40	Did not advance
Willy Blain	Light welterweight	W 36–14	W 28–20	L 8–20	Did not advance
Xavier Noël	Welterweight	W 36–34	L 25–32	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Tony Estanguet	align=left rowspan=2	Men's C-1	99.23	1	102.30	5	201.53	2 Q	93.37	2 Q	95.79	3	189.16
Nicolas Peschier	108.74	15	112.62	14	221.36	14	Did not advance
Fabien Lefèvre	align=left rowspan=2	Men's K-1	95.00	5	95.80	4	190.80	4 Q	95.13	6 Q	95.86	2	190.99
Benoît Peschier	99.33	14	95.04	2	194.37	8 Q	93.93	2 Q	94.03	1	187.96
Yann Le Pennec Philippe Quémerais	Men's C-2	105.29	3	110.04	5	215.33	4 Q	105.79	2 Q	111.00	5	216.79	5
Peggy Dickens	Women's K-1	121.31	14	108.27	2	229.58	12 Q	104.95	2 Q	113.85	7	218.80	4

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Babak Amir-Tahmasseb	Men's K-1 500 m	1:39.401	3 q	1:40.467	3 Q	1:40.187	7
Men's K-1 1000 m	3:36.882	6 q	3:32.582	5	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Yannick Lavigne José Lenoir	Men's C-2 500 m	1:49.940	7 q	1:45.458	7	Did not advance
Men's C-2 1000 m	3:35.939	5 q	3:35.232	5	Did not advance
Nathalie Marie	Women's K-1 500 m	1:57.342	5 q	1:57.944	5	Did not advance
Marie Delattre Anne-Laure Viard	Women's K-2 500 m	1:45.090	5 q	1:45.626	4	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Laurent Brochard	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	5:44:13	44
Sylvain Chavanel	Did not finish
align=left rowspan=2	Christophe Moreau	Road race	Did not finish
Time trial	59:50.28	11
Richard Virenque	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	5:44:13	48
Thomas Voeckler	5:41:56	20

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sonia Huguet	Road race	3:30:30	40
align=left rowspan=2	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	Road race	3:25:23	10
Time trial	33:05.72	14
align=left rowspan=2	Edwige Pitel	Road race	3:28:39	32
Time trial	34:02.35	20

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
Mickaël Bourgain	align=left rowspan=2	Men's sprint	10.264 70.148	4	W 10.988 65.526		W 10.936 65.837		L, L	Did not advance	5th place final L	8
Laurent Gané	10.271 70.100	5	W 11.166 64.481		W 10.772 66.839		W 11.018, W 10.876	L, L	L, L	4
Mickaël Bourgain Laurent Gané Arnaud Tournant	Men's team sprint	44.179 61.115	1 Q	W 44.128 61.185	W 44.359 60.867

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Fabien Sanchez	Men's individual pursuit	4:20.606	8 Q	L 4:21.235	6	Did not advance
Mathieu Ladagnous Anthony Langella Jérôme Neuville Fabien Sanchez	Men's team pursuit	4:07.336	7 Q		7	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Arnaud Tournant	align=left rowspan=2	Men's time trial	1:00.896
François Pervis	1:02.328	6

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Mickaël Bourgain	align=left rowspan=2	Men's keirin	7 R	1 Q	3 Q	4
Laurent Gané	6 R	6	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Franck Perque	Men's points race	43	2	10
Sonia Huguet	Women's points race	2	0	13
Mathieu Ladagnous Jérôme Neuville	Men's madison	Did not finish

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julien Absalon	align=left rowspan=3	Men's cross-country	2:15:02
Miguel Martinez	Did not finish
Jean-Christophe Péraud	2:20:59	11
Laurence Leboucher	Women's cross-country	2:05:34	8

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics. France has qualified a single diver.

Women

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics. France has qualified two riders in dressage, and a spot for the team each in eventing and show jumping. The team of Arnaud Boiteau, Didier Courrèges, Cédric Lyard, Jean Teulère and Nicolas Touzaint captured the gold medal in team eventing after winning an appeal against an earlier decision imposed by the FEI Ground Jury, that gave German rider Bettina Hoy and her team a triumphant gold medal double.^{[5] [6]}

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Julia Chevanne Gimel	Calimucho	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	68.750	19 Q	70.560	16	Did not advance
Karen Tebar	Falada M	67.958	24 Q	67.440	21	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Arnaud Boiteau	Expo du Moulin	align=left rowspan=5	Individual	45.80 #	21	Eliminated			Did not advance
Didier Courrèges	Debat d'Estruval	45.60	20	0.00	45.60	14	15.00 #	60.60	20 Q	45.00	105.60	25	105.60	25
Cédric Lyard	Fine Mervielle	54.40 #	34	3.20 #	57.60 #	26	13.00	70.60 #	28	Did not advance			70.60	28
Jean Teulère	Espoir de la Mare	38.40	6	0.00	38.40	4	8.00	46.40	6 Q	4.00	50.40	4	50.40	4
Nicolas Touzaint	Galan de Sauvagere	29.40	1	0.00	29.40	1	4.00	33.40	1 Q	19	52.40	8	52.40	8
Arnaud Boiteau Didier Courrèges Cédric Lyard Jean Teulère Nicolas Touzaint	See above	Team	113.40	2	0.00	113.40	=1	25.00	140.40	9	140.40

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Show jumping

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
Eugenie Angot	Cigale du Taillis	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	6	42	4	10	27 Q	1	11	12 Q	16	=36	Did not advance			16	=36
Florian Angot	First de Launay	4	=19	4	8	=16 Q	9	17	=21 Q	20	=40	Did not advance			20	=40
Bruno Broucqsault	Dileme de Cephe	4	=19	Retired			Did not advance
Eric Navet	Dollar du Murier	5	=31	16	21	=48 Q	Retired			Did not advance
Eugenie Angot Florian Angot Bruno Broucqsault Eric Navet	See above	Team	24	10	Did not advance

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

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
Érik Boisse	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée		W 15–9	W 15–11	W 15–14	L 9–15	L 8–15	4
Fabrice Jeannet		W 15–11	W 15–5	L 14–15	Did not advance
Hugues Obry		L 10–15	Did not advance
Érik Boisse Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Hugues Obry	Team épée	W 45–32	W 45–44	W 43–32
Loïc Attely	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil		W 15–14	L 4–15	Did not advance
Brice Guyart		W 15–3	W 15–4	W 15–12	W 15–14	W 15–13
Erwann Le Péchoux		W 15-9	L 8-15	Did not advance
Loïc Attely Brice Guyart Erwann Le Péchoux Jean-Noël Ferrari	Team foil	L 38–45	Classification semi-final W 45–32	5th place final W 45–38	5
Julien Pillet	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre		W 15–13	L 11–15	Did not advance
Damien Touya		L 14–15	Did not advance
Gaël Touya		L 11–15	Did not advance
Julien Pillet Damien Touya Gaël Touya	Team sabre	W 45–35	W 45–44	W 45–42

Women

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
Laura Flessel-Colovic	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée		W 15–9	W 15–9	W 15–13	W 15–14	L 10–15
Hajnalka Kiraly-Picot		W 11–7	L 9–15	Did not advance
Maureen Nisima		W 6-5	W 15–10	W 15–14	L 14–15	W 15–12
Laura Flessel-Colovic Hajnalka Kiraly-Picot Maureen Nisima	Team épée	W 45–33	L 32–33	W 45–37
Adeline Wuillème	Individual foil		W 15–4	W 15–9	L 8–15	Did not advance
Cécile Argiolas	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre		W 15–9	L 11–15	Did not advance
Léonore Perrus			W 15–13	L 11–15	Did not advance
Anne-Lise Touya			L 12–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Pierre-Yves Bény	align=left rowspan=7	Team	8.837	9.475	9.750 Q	9.250	Did not advance
Benoît Caranobe	9.287	9.162	9.587	9.612	9.450	9.537	56.635	15 Q
Yann Cucherat		9.512	8.912		9.750 Q	9.700	colspan=2
Dimitri Karbanenko	9.612	8.375	9.012	9.475	8.550	9.537	54.561	39
Florent Marée	9.212		9.387	9.375	9.150	9.687	colspan=2
Johan Mounard	8.525	9.050		9.187	9.725	9.637	colspan=2
Total	36.948	37.199	37.736	37.712	38.075	38.561	226.231	9

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Pierre-Yves Bény	Rings	9.800	9.800	=5
Benoît Caranobe	All-around	9.112	9.400	9.575	9.187	9.087	9.612	55.973	17
Yann Cucherat	Parallel bars	9.762		9.762	6

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Coralie Chacon	align=left rowspan=7	Team	9.450 Q		8.650	9.062	9.462	colspan=5
Soraya Chaouch	9.125	9.550	8.962	8.200	35.837	39		8.937		8.987	colspan=2
Marine Debauve	9.150	9.500	9.425	9.362	37.437	11 Q		9.437	9.400	9.350	colspan=2
Émilie Le Pennec	9.325	9.662 Q	8.900	9.425	37.312	12 Q	9.325	8.637	8.850	9.112	colspan=2
Camille Schmutz		9.337	9.137	9.287	colspan=3
Isabelle Severino	9.337	9.137		9.175	9.375	colspan=5
Total	37.262	38.049	36.424	37.024	148.759	6 Q	28.162	27.011	27.537	27.449	110.157	6

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Coralie Chacon	Vault	4.456	4.456	8
Marine Debauve	All-around	9.162	9.512	9.262	9.425	37.361	7
align=left rowspan=2	Émilie Le Pennec	All-around	9.300	9.687	8.112	9.537	36.636	14
Uneven bars		9.687	9.687

Trampoline

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

5th-8th Classification

Fifth Place Final

Women's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze Medal Final

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. France has qualified thirteen judoka.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Benjamin Darbelet	−60 kg	W 0010–0002	L 0101–0113	Did not advance
Larbi Benboudaoud	−66 kg	L 0021–1100	Did not advance
Daniel Fernandes	−73 kg	W 0210–0101	W 1000–0001	W 0101–0010	L 0001–1000	L 0001–1110	5
Cédric Claverie	−81 kg	L 0001–0111	Did not advance
Frédéric Demontfaucon	−90 kg	W 1010–0000	W 1000–0000	L 0000–0010	Did not advance		L 0020–0100	Did not advance
Ghislain Lemaire	−100 kg	W 1000–0000	W 1001–0000	L 0012–0020	Did not advance		W 0221–0000	L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Matthieu Bataille	+100 kg	L 0001–1120	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Frédérique Jossinet	−48 kg	W 0200–0000	W 1000–0000	W 0102–0011	W 1000–0000	L 0001–0112
Annabelle Euranie	−52 kg		W 0111–0030	W 0001–0000	L 0010–1001	L 0000–0001	5
Barbara Harel	−57 kg		L 0000–1000	Did not advance			W	W 0020–0001	L 0010–1000	5
Lucie Décosse	−63 kg	W 1000–0001	W 1010–0000	L 0000–0001	Did not advance		W 0111–0100	L 0001–1010	Did not advance
Céline Lebrun	−78 kg		W 1011–0000	W 0001–0000	L 0000–0010	L 0001–1001	5
Éva Bisséni	+78 kg	W 1000–0000	L 0000–0002	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. France has qualified four athletes in modern pentathlon

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Raphaël Astier	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	163	32	892	14–17	=19	776	2:06.93	10	1280	204	27	996	10:03.64	19	988	4932	25
Sébastien Deleigne	180	10	1096	15–16	=15	804	2:12.27	24	1216	196	24	1004	9:45.31	7	1060	5180	15
Amélie Cazé	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	170	17	976	17–14	=7	860	2:14.44	1	1308	124	19	1076	11:39.41	23	924	5144	12
Blandine Lachèze	179	7	1084	13–18	=22	748	2:26.31	19	1168	84	11	1116	11:52.47	28	872	4988	19

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adrien Hardy Sébastien Vieilledent	Double sculls	6:45.76	1 SA/B	6:12.40	2 FA	6:29.00
Frédéric Dufour Pascal Touron	Lightweight double sculls	6:14.55	1 SA/B	6:16.33	1 FA	6:21.46
Cédric Berrest Jonathan Coeffic Frédéric Perrier Xavier Philippe	Quadruple sculls	5:50.74	4 R	5:50.83	4	Did not advance
Jean-David Bernard Laurent Cadot Bastien Gallet Christophe Lattaignant (cox) Jean-Baptiste Macquet Donatien Mortelette Anthony Perrot Julien Peudecoeur Bastien Ripoll	Eight	5:29.55	4 R	5:34.20	2 FA	5:53.31	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sophie Balmary Virginie Chauvel	Pair	7:49.70	4 R	7:24.19	4 FB	7:17.94	10
Gaelle Buniet Caroline Delas	Double sculls	7:41.23	4 R	7:03.50	4 FB	6:52.55	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; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Julien Bontemps	Mistral	5	DSQ	9	8	12	11	6	14	4	2	18	89	9
Guillaume Florent	Finn	7	7	5	16	3	9	9	15	13	12	19	96	8
Nicolas Le Berre Gildas Philippe	470	14	2	13	7	2	17	15	17	12	13	2	97	5
Pascal Rambeau Xavier Rohart	Star	3	9	6	15	7	2	4	12	3	1	7	54

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Faustine Merret	Mistral	2	13	1	4	2	4	4	5	4	3	2	31
Blandine Rouille	Europe	25	17	4	5	5	18	3	14	14	11	6	97	11
Nadege Douroux Ingrid Petitjean	470	8	3	5	7	7	20	19	18	10	14	9	100	10
Marion Deplanque Anne Le Helley Elodie Lesaffre	Yngling	3	2	14	11	9	13	10	3	2	3	1	57	5

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Felix Pruvot	Laser	10	DSQ	32	10	17	8	32	23	1	9	1	143	15
Marc Audineau Stéphane Christidis	49er	6	10	14	11	16	1	12	14	4	18	11	11	4	8	10	14	130	11
Olivier Backes Laurent Voiron	Tornado	4	12	11	2	5	4	11	5	5	8	2	57	4

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stéphane Clamens	Trap	119	=9	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Franck Dumoulin	10 m air pistol	577	=20	Did not advance
50 m pistol	550	=24	Did not advance
Yves Tronc	Trap	112	=27	Did not advance
Anthony Terras	Skeet	121	=9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Valérie Bellenoue	10 m air rifle	392	=22	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	574	16	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Laurence Brize	10 m air rifle	396	8 Q	497.9	7
50 m rifle 3 positions	578	=9	Did not advance
Stéphanie Neau	Trap	57	12	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Brigitte Roy	10 m air pistol	374	=30	Did not advance
25 m pistol	578	=10	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. French swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Romain Barnier	100 m freestyle	49.49	7 Q	49.63	12	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Frédérick Bousquet	50 m freestyle	22.24	2 Q	22.29	12	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	49.08	5 Q	49.25	10	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	53.63	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Hugues Duboscq	100 m breaststroke	1:01.15	6 Q	1:01.17	7 Q	1:00.88 NR
200 m breaststroke	2:16.56	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Simon Dufour	100 m backstroke	55.76	13 Q	56.15	16	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	1:59.52	6 Q	1:58.96	6 Q	1:58.49	6
align=left rowspan=2	Franck Esposito	100 m butterfly	52.61	8 Q	52.88	11	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	1:58.12	7 Q	1:59.00	15	Did not advance
Pierre Roger	100 m backstroke	56.07	21	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Nicolas Rostoucher	200 m freestyle	1:50.96	25	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	3:50.73	12	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	15:13.56	11	Did not advance
Julien Sicot	50 m freestyle	22.30	6 Q	22.26	10	Did not advance
Romain Barnier Frédérick Bousquet Fabien Gilot Amaury Leveaux Julien Sicot	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:17.64	=6 Q	3:16.23	7
Fabien Horth Nicolas Kintz Amaury Leveaux Nicolas Rostoucher	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:21.31	8 Q	7:17.43	7
Frédérick Bousquet Hugues Duboscq Simon Dufour Franck Esposito	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:37.60	6 Q	3:36.57	5

* Competed only in heats

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Solenne Figuès	200 m freestyle	1:59.90	5 Q	1:58.65	2 Q	1:58.45
align=left rowspan=3	Laure Manaudou	400 m freestyle	4:06.76	1 Q	4:05.34 EU
800 m freestyle	8:25.91	1 Q	8:24.96
100 m backstroke	1:01.27	1 Q	1:00.88	2 Q	1:00.88
align=left rowspan=3	Malia Metella	50 m freestyle	25.21	3 Q	24.99	3 Q	24.89
100 m freestyle	55.08	5 Q	54.57	4 Q	54.50	4
100 m butterfly	59.38	9 Q	59.28	9	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Aurore Mongel	100 m butterfly	1:00.65	25	did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:12.26	15 Q	2:11.13	11	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Alexandra Putra	100 m backstroke	1:04.13	29	did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:19.75	27	did not advance
Céline Couderc Solenne Figuès Malia Metella Aurore Mongel	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:42.42	7 Q	3:40.23	5
Céline Couderc Solenne Figuès Elsa N'Guessan Katarin Quelennec	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:09.42	10	did not advance
Malia Metella Aurore Mongel Alexandra Putra Laurie Thomassin	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:11.42	14	did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Christophe Negrel	Men's −80 kg	W 13–10	L 17–24	did not advance
Pascal Gentil	Men's +80 kg	W 2–0	W 4–(−1)	L 3–5		W 3–1	W 6–2
Gwladys Épangue	Women's −57 kg	L 0–2	did not advance
Myriam Baverel	Women's +67 kg	W 7–5	W 8–8	W 3–3	L 5–12

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Grégory Carraz	align=left rowspan=4	Singles	L 7–5, 6–7^(5–7), 5–7	did not advance
Arnaud Clément	W 7–6^(7–5), 6–2	L 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 4–6	did not advance
Sébastien Grosjean	W 6–2, 7–5	W 7–6^(7–2), 6–3	W 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–0	L 2–6, 6–2, 4–6	did not advance
Fabrice Santoro	W 6–1, 6–2	L 6–1, 3–6, 4–6	did not advance
Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		L 7–5, 4–6, 7–9	did not advance
Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro		W 6–3, 6–2	W 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3	L 6–4, 3–6, 7–9	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nathalie Dechy	align=left rowspan=4	Singles	L 7–6^(7–1), 6–7^(5–7), 7–9	did not advance
Amélie Mauresmo	W 6–1, 6–4	W 6–0, 6–1	W 6–3, 6–1	W 7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 6–2	W 7–6^(10–8), 6–3	L 3–6, 3–6
Mary Pierce	W 6–3, 7–5	W 6–2, 6–1	W 6–4, 6–4	L 4–6, 4–6	did not advance
Sandrine Testud	L 0–6, 2–6	did not advance
Nathalie Dechy Sandrine Testud	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		W 7–5, 6–3	W 2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3	L 4–6, 6–1, 4–6	did not advance
Amélie Mauresmo Mary Pierce		W 7–5, 6–1	L	did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. While the French had fewer top eight triathletes in 2004 than they had in 2000, Frédéric Belaubre earned the highest individual place of any French triathlete with a fifth-place finish. France's sole female triathlete was the last to finish.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Frédéric Belaubre	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	18:04	0:19	1:00:58	0:24	32:58	1:52:00.53	5
Carl Blasco	18:06	0:18	1:01:43	0:19	33:31	1:53:20.16	12
Stéphane Poulat	18:04	0:19	1:01:43	0:20	34:04	1:53:51.35	14
Delphine Pelletier	Women's	20:40	0:19	1:18:13	0:27	43:46	2:22:39.28	44

Volleyball

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Indoor

See main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eric Bonnel	Men's −56 kg	112.5		—	—	—
Samson Ndicka	Men's −62 kg	127.5	=10	160	=5	287.5	6
Romuald Ernault	Men's −69 kg	142.5	=8	165	8	307.5	7
David Matam	Men's −85 kg	167.5	=6	192.5		167.5
Virginie Lachaume	Women's −53 kg	75	=7	100	8	175	7

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mélonin Noumonvi	−84 kg	L 1–3	L 0–3	3	did not advance			16
Yannick Szczepaniak	−120 kg	W 3–1	W 4–0	1 Q	L 0–3	Did not advance	L 0–5	6

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Classification	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Angélique Berthenet	−48 kg	W 3–1	W 5–0	1 Q		L 1–4	L 1–3	4
Anna Gomis	−55 kg	W 3–1	W 4–0	1 Q		L 1–3	W 3–0
Lise Legrand	−63 kg	W 3–1	W 3–0	1 Q		L 0–3	W 5–0

See also

• France at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
• France at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• French Olympic Committee

Notes and References

1. News: Jackson Richardson, porte-drapeau pour la France. Jackson Richardson, flag bearer for France. fr. Réseau des sports. 5 May 2004. 1 April 2014.
2. Web site: 2004 Athens: Medal Tally. USA Today. 1 April 2014.
3. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
4. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
5. News: Summer 2004 Games: Equestrian – France Wins Gold Medal On an Appeal. The New York Times. 22 August 2004. 1 April 2014.
6. News: Eventing chaos explained. BBC Sport. 21 August 2004. 1 April 2014.