France at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	FRA
Nocname:	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	323
Sports:	23
Flagbearer:	Tony Estanguet
Rank:	10
Gold:	7
Silver:	16
Bronze:	20
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

France sent a team of 323 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
			Men's 100 m freestyle
			Men's team épée
			Men's team sabre
			Women's BMX
			Men's cross-country
	France national men's handball team		Men's tournament
			Men's individual épée
			Men's 66 kg
			Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
			Men's slalom K-1
			Men's sabre
			Women's 63 kg
			Men's 69 kg
			Men's team sprint
			Men's 50 m freestyle
			Men's vault
			Men's 3000 m steeplechase
			Men's RS:X
			Women's BMX
			Men's cross-country
			Featherweight
			Lightweight
			Women's team
			Men's 100 m breaststroke
			Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
			Men's 200 m breaststroke
			Men's artistic individual all-around
			Women's 78 kg
			Men's +100 kg
			Men's 50 m freestyle
			Men's skeet
			Men's coxless four
			Finn class
			Men's quadruple sculls
			Men's 470 class
			Men's sprint
			Light welterweight
			Women's 67 kg
			Women's K-2 500 m
			Men's 1500 m
			Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
	Manuela Montebrun^[2]		Women's hammer throw

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics. France will send archers to the Olympics for the twelfth time. France qualified a full team of three women by placing eighth in the women's team event at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships.^[3] The nation had no men qualify at the world tournament, but Romain Girouelle earned the nation one spot in the men's individual competition at the European qualifying tournament.^[4]

Men^[5]

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
Romain Girouille	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	641	51	(14) L 110–112	Did not advance
Jean-Charles Valladont	656	35	(30) L 106–108	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
Virginie Arnold	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	626	39	(26) L 105–107	Did not advance
Sophie Dodemont	632	32	(33) L 106–107	Did not advance
Bérengère Schuh	645	14	(51) W 112–107	(46) W 112–100	(3) L 104–109	Did not advance
Virginie Arnold Sophie Dodemont Bérengère Schuh	Team	1903	5		(4) W 218–211	(1) L 213–184	(2) W 203–201

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The French athletics team, composed of 52 athletes, including 18 relay competitors, for 2008 Summer Olympics was announced on the July 28, 2008, following the French National Championships held in Albi. Frank Chevallier, the national technical director, believes that France has a better chance of winning two to four athletic medals.^[6]

Men^[7]

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mehdi Baala	1500 m	3:35.87	1 Q	3:37.47	2 Q	3:34.21
Samuel Coco-Viloin	110 m hurdles	13.60	4 Q	13.51	4 q	13.65	8	Did not advance
Yohann Diniz	50 km walk
Leslie Djhone	400 m	45.12	1 Q	44.79 SB	1 Q	45.11	5
Ladji Doucouré	110 m hurdles	13.52	2 Q	13.39	2 Q	13.22 SB	3 Q	13.24	4
Martial Mbandjock	100 m	10.26	2 Q	10.16	3 Q	10.18	8	Did not advance
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	3000 m steeplechase	8:16.95 SB	2 Q	8:10.49 PB
Simon Munyutu	Marathon	2:25:50	57
Ronald Pognon	100 m	10.26	3 Q	10.21	5	Did not advance
Eddy Riva	50 km walk	4:00.49	28
Bouabdellah Tahri	align=left rowspan=2	3000 m steeplechase	8:23.42	1 Q	8:14.79	5
Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux	8:27.91	7	Did not advance
David Alerte Christophe Lemaitre Martial Mbandjock Issa Aimé Nthépé Ronald Pognon Manuel Reynaert	4 × 100 m relay	39.53	6	Did not advance
Leslie Djhone Richard Maunier Ydrissa M'Barke Brice Panel Teddy Venel	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.19	8	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jérôme Clavier	Pole vault	5.65	3 q	5.60	7
Colomba Fofana	Triple jump	16.42	29	Did not advance
Mickaël Hanany	High jump	2.25	=14	Did not advance
Romain Mesnil	Pole vault	5.55	=14	Did not advance
Yves Niaré	Shot put	19.73	23	Did not advance
Salim Sdiri	Long jump	7.81	21	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Romain Barras	Result	11.26	7.08	15.42	1.96	49.51	14.21	45.17	5.00	65.40	4:29.29	8253 SB	4
Points	804	833	816	767	837	948	770	910	819	749

Women^[7]

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Christine Arron	100 m	11.37	1 Q	11.36	4	Did not advance
Christelle Daunay	Marathon	2:31:48	20
Sophie Duarte	3000 m steeplechase	9:38.08	7	Did not advance
Élodie Guégan	800 m	2:03.85	3 Q		Did not advance
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi	200 m	22.72	2 Q	22.89	2 Q	22.71	5	Did not advance
Adriana Lamalle	align=left rowspan=2	100 m hurdles			Did not advance
Reïna-Flor Okori	12.98	3 q	13.05	6	Did not advance
Christine Arron Muriel Hurtis-Houairi Ayodelé Ikuesan Lina Jacques-Sebastien Carima Louami Myriam Soumaré	4 × 100 m relay			Did not advance
Phara Anacharsis Solen Desert Élodie Guégan Aurore Kassambara Virginie Michanol Thélia Sigere	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.61 SB	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vanessa Boslak	align=left rowspan=2	Pole vault	4.50 SB	2 q	4.55 SB	9
Marion Buisson	4.15	23	Did not advance
Stéphanie Falzon	align=left rowspan=2	Hammer throw	68.94	14	Did not advance
Manuela Montebrun	72.81	4 Q	72.54
Teresa Nzola Meso	Triple Jump	14.11	14	Did not advance
Amélie Perrin	Hammer throw		—	Did not advance
Mélina Robert-Michon	Discus throw	62.21 SB	5 Q	60.66	8
Melanie Skotnik	High Jump	1.89	16	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Marie Collonvillé	Result	13.57	1.86	12.42	25.06	6.21	46.14	2:11.81	6302 SB	12*
Points	1040	1054	689	881	915	785	938
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	Result	13.85	1.71	13.12	24.90	6.16	49.32	2:20.96	6055	18*
Points	1000	867	735	896	899	847	811

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[8] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and both French heptathletes moved up a position.

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics. France is being represented by two athletes.^[9]

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
Erwin Kehlhoffner	Men's singles	W 19–21, 22–20, 21–15	W 21–15, 21–17	L 10–21, 6–21	Did not advance
Hongyan Pi	Women's singles		W 21–6, 21–9	W 21–12, 16–21, 21–6	L 8–21, 21–19, 19–21	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. France qualified nine boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Oubaali, Vastine, and M'Bumba qualified at the 2007 World Championships.^[10] Djelkhir became the fourth French qualifier at the first European qualifying tournament.^[11] Thomas, Hallab, Sow, and Chiguer joined the French Olympic team by qualifying at the 2nd continental qualifier.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nordine Oubaali	Light flyweight	W 8–7	L 3–3^+	Did not advance
Jérôme Thomas	Flyweight	L 6–10	Did not advance
Ali Hallab	Bantamweight	L 5–12	Did not advance
Khedafi Djelkhir	Featherweight	W 13–9	W 9–7	W 14–9	W	L
Daouda Sow	Lightweight	W 13–3	W 13–9	W 9–6	W 15–8	L 9–11
Alexis Vastine	Light welterweight	W 13–2	W 11–7	W 12–4	L 10–12	Did not advance
Jaoid Chiguer	Welterweight	W 17–6	L 3–8	Did not advance
Jean-Mickaël Raymond	Middleweight	L 2–8	Did not advance
John M'Bumba	Heavyweight		W 11–5	L 9–18	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Tony Estanguet	Men's C-1	89.99	8	86.09	6	176.08	6 Q	93.92	9	Did not advance
Fabien Lefèvre	Men's K-1	85.66	9	84.70	2	168.06	2 Q	87.21	3 Q	86.09	2	173.30
Cédric Forgit Martin Braud	Men's C-2	96.17	4	92.39	1	188.56	2 Q	102.76	5 Q	95.43	1	198.19	4
Émilie Fer	Women's K-1	96.90	5	92.78	3	189.68	5 Q	98.50	2 Q	153.46	7	251.96	7

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Mathieu Goubel	C-1 500 m	1:49.527	3 QS	1:52.239	2 Q	1:49.056	4
C-1 1000 m	3:56.972	2 QS	3:57.607	1 Q	3:57.889	7
Arnaud Hybois	K-1 500 m	1:37.902	4 QS	1:43.559	5	Did not advance
Cyrille Carré Philippe Colin	K-2 1000 m	3:18.968	3 QF	3:16.532	6
align=left rowspan=2	Bertrand Hémonic William Tchamba	C-2 500 m	1:43.453	6 QS	1:43.874	6	Did not advance
C-2 1000 m	3:46.431	5 QS	3:48.406	6	Did not advance
Sébastien Jouve Vincent Lecrubier	K-2 500 m	1:29.805	2 QF	1:31.312	7

Women

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cyril Dessel	align=left rowspan=5	Road race	Did not finish
Pierrick Fédrigo	Did not finish
Rémi Pauriol	6:26:17	34
Jérôme Pineau	6:24:11	14
Pierre Rolland	Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christel Ferrier-Bruneau	Road race	3:32:45	13
align=left rowspan=2	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	Road race	3:32:57	24
Time trial	35:52.62	4
align=left rowspan=2	Maryline Salvetat	Road race	3:32:45	14
Time trial	38:09.72	20

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 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)	Rank
Mickaël Bourgain	align=left rowspan=2	Men's sprint	10.123 71.125	5 Q	W 10.672 67.466	W 10.734 67.076		W 10.524, W 10.463	L, L	W 11.047, L, W 10.560
Kévin Sireau	10.098 71.301	4 Q	W 10.742 67.026	L	W 10.570 68.117	L, L	Did not advance	5th place final W 10.719	5
Grégory Baugé Kévin Sireau Arnaud Tournant	Men's team sprint	43.541 62.010	2 Q	W 43.656 61.847	L 43.651 61.854
Clara Sanchez	Women's sprint	11.365 63.352	6	W 11.607 62.031			L, L	Did not advance	5th place final W 12.264	5

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Fabien Sanchez	Men's individual pursuit	4:33.100	15	Did not advance
Damien Gaudin Matthieu Ladagnous Christophe Riblon Nicolas Rousseau	Men's team pursuit	4:03.679	5 Q		—	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Grégory Baugé	align=left rowspan=2	Men's keirin	4 R	1 Q	5	7
Arnaud Tournant	4 R	1 Q	3 Q	6

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Christophe Riblon	Men's points race	−17	−1	21
Pascale Jeuland	Women's points race	8	0	7
Matthieu Ladagnous Jérôme Neuville	Men's madison	12	–1	7

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julien Absalon	align=left rowspan=3	Men's cross-country	1:55:59
Jean-Christophe Péraud	1:57:06
Cédric Ravanel	2:01:38	14
Laurence Leboucher	Women's cross-country	2:00:55	17

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Thomas Allier	align=left rowspan=2	Men's BMX	36.649	19	16	6	Did not advance
Damien Godet	36.008	3	13	4 Q	14	4 Q		8
Anne-Caroline Chausson	align=left rowspan=2	Women's BMX	36.660	1	4	1 Q	35.976
Laëtitia Le Corguillé	37.145	3	4	1 Q	38.042

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Women^[13]

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Claire Febvay	align=left rowspan=2	10 m platform	255.30	25	Did not advance
Audrey Labeau	289.95	21	Did not advance

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Marc Boblet	Whitini Star	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	66.125	21 Q	65.640	21	Did not advance
Julia Chevanne	Calimucho	63.250	32	Did not advance
Hubert Perring	Diabolo St Maurice	66.833	20 Q	62.680	25	Did not advance
Marc Boblet Julia Chevanne Hubert Perring	See above	Team	65.403	8	65.403	7

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jean Renaud Adde	Haston d'Elpégère	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	56.90	53	Eliminated			Did not advance
Didier Dhennin	Ismène du Temple	42.80	17	14.00	56.80	7	3.00	59.80	11 Q	0.00	59.80	6	59.80	6
Nicolas Touzaint	Galan de Sauvagère	Withdrew – Horse injury*
Eric Vigeanel	Coronado Prior	53.00	44	26.00	79.00	30	0.00	79.00	23 Q	4.00	83.00	20	83.00	20
Didier Dhennin Eric Vigeanel Jean Renaud Adde	See above	Team	152.70	8	983.10	1135.80	11	3.00	1138.80	11	1138.80	11

* Nicolas Touzaint, a 2004 team gold medallist, had to withdraw just before the start of the competition because of an injury to his horse.^[14] His score was automatically set to 1000.00 for team purposes. When Jean Renaud Adde was later eliminated from the competition for falling off his horse on the cross-country course,^[15] the same happened to him, causing an astronomical team score for the cross-country ride.

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2008 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
Fabrice Jeannet	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée	W 15–14	W 15–11	W 15–7	W 15–11	W 15–12	L 9–15
Jérôme Jeannet		W 15–14	L 9–15	Did not advance
Ulrich Robeiri		W 15–11	L 11–15	Did not advance
Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Jean-Michel Lucenay Ulrich Robeiri	Team épée		W 45–33	W 45–39	W 45-29
Brice Guyart	align=left rowspan=2	Individual foil		W 15–3	L 10–15	Did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux			W 15–10	L 9–10	Did not advance
Nicolas Lopez	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre	W 15–6	W 15–8	W 15–11	W 15–10	W 15–13	L 9–15
Julien Pillet		W 15–14	W 15–13	W 15–13	L 12–15	L 11–15	4
Boris Sanson		W 15–12	L 7–15	Did not advance
Vincent Anstett Nicolas Lopez Julien Pillet Boris Sanson	Team sabre	W 45–31	W 45–41	W 45–37

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=2	Individual épée		W 15–8	W 13–11	L 10–15	Did not advance
Hajnalka Kiraly Picot		W 15–7	L 13–15	Did not advance
Corinne Maîtrejean	Individual foil		W 15–9	L 10–15	Did not advance
Léonore Perrus	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre		L 11–15	Did not advance
Anne-Lise Touya		L 13–15	Did not advance
Carole Vergne		L 14–15	Did not advance
Solenn Mary Léonore Perrus Anne-Lise Touya Carole Vergne	Team sabre	W 45–22	L 38–45	L 38–45	4

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Thomas Bouhail	Team	15.125	13.850	13.700	16.625 Q	14.675	14.575	88.550	27 Q	15.300	14.375		16.475	colspan=4
Benoît Caranobe	15.125	14.250	15.100	16.500 Q	15.275	14.675	90.925	10 Q	14.425		15.225	15.950	colspan=4
Yann Cucherat	16.000	15.850 Q	16.050	14.250	colspan=2
Dimitri Karbanenko	14.050	13.700	13.675	16.125	15.500	15.450	88.500	28	14.900	15.975	15.375	15.350	colspan=2
Danny Rodrigues	14.200	13.400	15.800 Q		13.750	16.100	colspan=5
Hamilton Sabot	14.575	14.025	14.375	15.400	15.400	13.975	87.750	30		14.800	13.975		15.150	15.450	colspan=2
Total	59.025	55.825	58.975	64.650	62.175	60.550	361.200	7 Q	44.625	42.925	45.300	48.400	46.575	45.050	272.875	8

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Thomas Bouhail	All-around	15.200	13.400	13.650	15.850	14.425	14.475	87.000	21
Vault	16.537	16.537
align=left rowspan=2	Benoît Caranobe	All-around	15.350	14.875	15.175	16.600	15.050	14.875	91.925
Vault	16.062	16.062	5
Yann Cucherat	Horizontal bar	14.825	14.825	8
Danny Rodrigues	Rings		16.225	16.225	5

Marks and ranks from vault qualification differ as two vaults are used to determine event finalists while only the first of those counts toward the all-around total. Thomas Bouhail qualified for the all-around final of the top 24 gymnasts because the number of finalists from the same nation is limited to two. Thus, three gymnasts ranked ahead of him were ineligible.

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Rose-Eliandre Bellemare	Team	14.225	14.725	14.400		14.550	colspan=4
Marine Debauve	14.100	14.625	13.975	colspan=2
Laetitia Dugain	14.325	14.350	14.625	14.975	58.275	22 Q	13.925		14.725	14.750	colspan=2
Katheleen Lindor		14.900	14.700	14.575		14.825	14.775	colspan=3
Pauline Morel	14.625	14.350	14.625	14.975	57.450	29	14.625		14.675	colspan=3
Marine Petit	14.375	14.350	14.625	14.975	58.350	20 Q	14.775	14.675		15.000	colspan=2
Total	57.550	58.825	58.525	58.975	233.875	6 Q	43.325	44.050	44.175	43.725	175.275	7

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Laetitia Dugain	align=left rowspan=2	All-around	14.000	14.275	14.275	15.225	56.775	23
Marine Petit	14.575	14.725	14.400	14.275	57.975	19

Trampoline

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Final rank

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Classification semifinal

5th–6th place

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	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	Opposition Result	Rank
Dimitri Dragin	−60 kg		W 0101–0010	W 1000–0000	W 0002–0000	L 0000–1001	L 0000–0001	5
Benjamin Darbelet	−66 kg		W 1002–0000	W 0001–0000	W 1010–0010	W 0201–0001	L 0000–1000
Anthony Rodriguez	−81 kg		L 0001–0110	Did not advance
Yves-Matthieu Dafreville	−90 kg		W 1000–0000	W 0010–0000	W 1011–0001	L 0000–0001	L 0000–0001	5
Frederic Demontfaucon	−100 kg		L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Teddy Riner	+100 kg		W 0010–0000	W 1000–0000	L 0000–0001	Did not advance		W 0020–0010	W 1000–0000	W 1011–0000

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	L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Audrey La Rizza	−52 kg	L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Barbara Harel	−57 kg		W 0101–0010	L 0001–0010	Did not advance		W 0001–0000	W 0110–0010	L 0101–1000	5
Lucie Décosse	−63 kg	W 1010–0000	W 0011–0000	W 1001–0001	W 0211–0000	L 0000–1000
Gévrise Émane	−70 kg		L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Stéphanie Possamaï	−78 kg	W 0001–0000	W 1010–0012	L 0000–0030	Did not advance		W 1010–0001	W 0200–0000	W 0100–0010
Anne-Sophie Mondiere	+78 kg	W 0200–0000	L 0001–1000	Did not advance			W 1010–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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
Jean Maxence Berrou	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	176	26	1048	10–25	36	640	2:04.52	14	1308	140	13	1060	9:21.71	15	1116	5172	23
John Zakrzewski	168	33	952	19–16	10	856	2:04.23	12	1312		33	160	10:04.15	32	984	4264	34
Amelie Caze	Women's	177	22	1060	22–13	5	928	2:11.29	2	1348	84	16	1116	10:59.82	22	1084	5536	9

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Laurent Cadot Erwan Peron	Pair	6:46.57	1 SA/B	6:44.29	5 FB	6:54.40	9
Adrien Hardy Jean-Baptiste Macquet	Double sculls	6:21.92	2 SA/B	6:18.86	1 FA	6:33.36	5
Frédéric Dufour Maxime Goisset	Lightweight double sculls	6:20.17	2 SA/B	6:41.18	5 FB	6:32.65	11
Germain Chardin Julien Desprès Dorian Mortelette Benjamin Rondeau	Four	6:05.00	4 R	6:00.01	2 SA/B	5:56.73	3 FA	6:09.31
Julien Bahain Cedric Berrest Jonathan Coeffic Pierre-Jean Peltier	Quadruple sculls	5:41.75	2 SA/B	5:53.04	3 FA	5:44.34
Jean-Christophe Bette Guillaume Raineau Franck Solforosi Fabien Tilliet	Lightweight four	5:51.68	2 SA/B	6:07.26	2 FA	5:51.22	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sophie Balmary	Single sculls	7:47.37	3 QF	7:37.01	2 SA/B	7:56.73	6 FB	7:58.88	12
Stephanie Dechand Inene Pascal-Pretre	Pair	7:42.92	5 R	7:41.87	4 FB	7:36.25	8

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

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Julien Bontemps	RS:X	13	1	5	4	10	8	2	10	2	3	8	53
Jean-Baptiste Bernaz	Laser	19	1	12	9	6	10	30	5	34	CAN	12	104	8
Olivier Bausset Nicolas Charbonnier	470	6	3	8	1	6	18	3	14	7	20	12	78
Pascal Rambeau Xavier Rohart	Star	12	1	5	4	7	6	9	9	8	2	18	69	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Faustine Merret	RS:X	8	28	10	7	11	19	17	18	7	3	EL	100	11
Sarah Steyaert	Laser Radial	11	1	21	3	29 BFD	1	3	10	11	CAN	16	77	5
Gwendolyn Lemaitre Ingrid Petitjean	470	1	11	16	8	17	9	9	9	13	9	EL	85	11
Julie Gerecht Anne Le Helley Catherine Lepesant	Yngling	4	15	1	14	5	10	10	2	CAN	CAN	10	56	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*
Guillaume Florent	Finn	5	8	20	3	4	6	4	21	CAN	CAN	8	58
Emmanuel Dyen Yann Rocherieux	49er	7	8	4	5	11	13	11	13	14	7	6	17	CAN	CAN	CAN	10	109	10
Christophe Espagnon Xavier Revil	Tornado	7	2	10	16	9	10	10	4	10	7	EL	69	11

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

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stéphane Clamens	Trap	112	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Franck Dumoulin	10 m air pistol	576	25	Did not advance
50 m pistol	548	34	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Josselin Henry	10 m air rifle	587	40	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	592	23	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1151	41	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Walter Lapeyre	10 m air pistol	581	8 Q	680.3	6
50 m pistol	552	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Valérian Sauveplane	50 m rifle prone	594	8 Q	698.8	6
50 m rifle 3 positions	1172	6 Q	1267.1	7
Anthony Terras	Skeet	120	3 Q	144 S/O 3
Yves Tronc	Trap	115	17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Laurence Brize	10 m air rifle	394	19	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	579	13	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Marie Laure Gigon	10 m air rifle	396	8 Q	497.3	7
50 m rifle 3 positions	568	38	Did not advance
Veronique Girardet	Skeet	63	16	Did not advance
Delphine Racinet	Trap	62	13	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Brigitte Roy	10 m air pistol	379	23	Did not advance
25 m pistol	580	15	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Stéphanie Tirode	10 m air pistol	377	33	Did not advance
25 m pistol	577	22	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics. France sent a total of 35 swimmers to these Games, including Alain Bernard^[16] and Laure Manaudou.^[17]

Men^[13]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Alain Bernard	50 m freestyle	21.78	2 Q	21.54	1 Q	21.49
100 m freestyle	47.85	1 Q	47.20	1 Q	47.21
Frédérick Bousquet	100 m butterfly	51.83	11 Q	52.94	16	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Hugues Duboscq	100 m breaststroke	59.67	3 Q	59.83	4 Q	59.37
200 m breaststroke	2:09.42	4 Q	2:09.97	8 Q	2:08.94
Simon Dufour	200 m backstroke	2:02.00	34	Did not advance
Fabien Gilot	100 m freestyle	48.42	13 Q	49.00	15	Did not advance
Pierre Henri	400 m individual medley	4:22.41	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Christophe Lebon	100 m butterfly	52.56	31	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	1:56.63	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Amaury Leveaux	50 m freestyle	21.46	1 Q	21.76	4 Q	21.45
200 m freestyle	1:47.44	13 Q	Withdrew
Julien Nicolardot	200 m breaststroke	2:12.76	28	Did not advance
Pierre Roger	200 m backstroke	1:59.01	17	Did not advance
Gilles Rondy	10 km open water	1:52:16.7	15
align=left rowspan=2	Nicolas Rostoucher	400 m freestyle	3:47.15	14	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	15:00.58	13	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Sébastien Rouault	400 m freestyle	3:48.84	23	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	15:21.14	27	Did not advance
Benjamin Stasiulis	100 m backstroke	55.08	25	Did not advance
Alain Bernard Frédérick Bousquet Fabien Gilot Amaury Leveaux Grégory Mallet Boris Steimetz	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.36	2 Q	3:08.32
Sébastien Bodet Clément Lefert Amaury Leveaux Matthieu Madelaine	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:13.57	10	Did not advance
Hugues Duboscq Fabien Gilot Christophe Lebon Benjamin Stasiulis	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.78	9	Did not advance

* Competed in the heats only

Women^[13]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joanne Andraca	400 m individual medley	4:43.88	23	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Coralie Balmy	400 m freestyle	4:04.25	6 Q	4:03.60	4
800 m freestyle	8:28.34	12	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Alexianne Castel	100 m backstroke	1:01.44	23	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:09.37	9 Q	2:10.04	13	Did not advance
Céline Couderc	50 m freestyle	25.22	34	Did not advance
Sophie de Ronchi	200 m breaststroke	2:30.93	30	Did not advance
Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne	200 m freestyle	1:57.93	11 Q	1:58.00	8 Q	1:57.83	7
Sophie Huber	800 m freestyle	8:33.76	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Laure Manaudou	400 m freestyle	4:04.93	8 Q	4:11.26	8
100 m backstroke	1:00.09	5 Q	1:00.19	8 Q	1:00.10	7
200 m backstroke	2:09.39	8 Q	2:12.04	15	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Malia Metella	50 m freestyle	24.95	10 Q	24.89	12	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	54.12	11 Q	54.20	9	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Aurore Mongel	200 m freestyle	1:58.11	15 Q	1:58.08	10	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	58.30	10 Q	58.46	9	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:06.49	2 Q	2:07.21	7 Q	2:07.36	6
align=left rowspan=2	Camille Muffat	200 m individual medley	2:12.16	7 Q	2:12.36	12	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:40.29	19	Did not advance
Aurélie Muller	10 km open water	2:02:04.1	21
align=left rowspan=2	Alena Popchanka	100 m freestyle	54.86	18	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	58.40	14 Q	58.55	=10	Did not advance
Magali Rousseau	200 m butterfly	2:13.12	28	Did not advance
Cylia Vabre	200 m individual medley	2:14.34	21	Did not advance
Céline Couderc Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne Malia Metella Alena Popchanka Hanna Shcherba-Lorgeril	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:37.76	5 Q	3:37.68	6
Coralie Balmy Céline Couderc Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne Aurore Mongel Camille Muffat Alena Popchanka	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:50.37	1 Q	7:50.66	5
Alexianne Castel Sophie de Ronchi Aurore Mongel Alena Popchanka	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.95	11	Did not advance

* Competed in the heats only

Synchronized swimming

See main article: article and Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics. France will have two entrants in synchronized swimming, competing in the duet event.^[13]

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Chila	align=left rowspan=3	Men's singles		L 3–4	Did not advance
Damien Éloi		W 4–3	L 3–4	Did not advance
Christophe Legoût		L 2–4	Did not advance
Xian Yi Fang	Women's singles		W 4–3	L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mickael Borot	Men's +80 kg	L 5–6	Did not advance
Gwladys Épangue	Women's −67 kg	W 3–0	W 1–1	L 1–2		W 4–1	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2008 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
Michaël Llodra	align=left rowspan=4	Singles	W 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 11–9	L 4–6, 6–3, 1–6	Did not advance
Paul-Henri Mathieu	W 7–6^(7–4), 6–2	W 7–5, 6–3	W 6–3, 7–5	L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Gaël Monfils	W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	W 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)	W 6–4, 6–4	L 6–4, 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Gilles Simon	W 6–4, 6–4	W 7–5, 6–1	L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		W 6–4, 6–4	W 6–1, 6–3	W 6–2, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4	L 6–7^(6–8), 6–4, 17–19	L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6	4
Gaël Monfils Gilles Simon		L 3–6, 3–6	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
Alizé Cornet	align=left rowspan=4	Singles	W 4–6, 6–1, 6–4	W 6–2, 6–2	L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Tatiana Golovin	Withdrew from the singles tournament due to injury on 9 August 2008
Pauline Parmentier	L 1–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Virginie Razzano	W 6–3, 6–3	L 4–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Alizé Cornet Virginie Razzano	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		L 6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–3), 5–7	Did not advance
Tatiana Golovin Pauline Parmentier	Withdrew from the doubles tournament due to Golovin's injury on 9 August 2008

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Frederic Belaubre	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	18:03	0:28	59:11	0:30	31:48	1:50:00.30	10
Tony Moulai	18:27	0:29	58:49	0:30	Did not finish
Laurent Vidal	18:49	0:29	58:24	0:29	34:51	1:53:02.79	36
Jessica Harrison	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	19:56	0:30	1:04:14	0:32	36:19	2:01:31.74	12
Carole Péon	20:22	0:31	1:06:41	0:35	37:55	2:06:04.28	34

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vencelas Dabaya	Men's −69 kg	151	5	187	2	338
Giovanni Bardis	Men's −77 kg	156	10	173	17	329	14
Benjamin Hennequin	Men's −85 kg	162	10	205	3	367	6
Mélanie Noël	Women's −48 kg	80	6	97	7	177	7

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sébastien Hidalgo	−60 kg		L 1–3	Did not advance					13
Steeve Guénot	−66 kg	W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–1
Christophe Guénot	−74 kg		L 0–3	Did not advance			W 3–1	W 3–1
Mélonin Noumonvi	−84 kg		L 1–3	Did not advance			W 3–1	L 1–3 *	5
Yannick Szczepaniak	−120 kg		W 3–1	W 3–1	L 1–3	L 1–3

• Ara Abrahamian of Sweden, who beat Melonin Noumonvi for bronze in the 84 kg class, was stripped of his medal for violating the spirit of fair play. However, the medal was not handed to Noumonvi or any other wrestler.
• Yannick Szczepaniak originally finished fifth, but in November 2016, he was promoted to bronze due to disqualification of Khasan Baroev.

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vanessa Boubryemm	−48 kg	W 3–0	W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance				7
Lise Golliot-Legrand	−63 kg		W 3–0	W 3–1	L 1–3	L 1–3	5
Audrey Prieto	−72 kg		L 0–5	Did not advance					14

See also

• France at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121020063610/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/14/content_8542327.htm "France preview: France stays low key towards Beijing Olympics"
2. Web site: Laval. Manuela Montebrun médaillée olympique… neuf ans plus tard . 13 August 2017 .
3. http://www.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/Olympic%20Games/2008_OG_Beijing/0713_OlympicQuota_Women.pdf FITA Olympic Qualification - Women
4. Web site: Continental Quota Tournament Final Ranking . 2008-05-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528140348/http://www.sportsregions.fr/data/master/ffta-com/Documents/CQT/Etat_clt_final_RM.PDF . 2008-05-28 . dead .
5. Web site: La sélection française – Tir à l'arc. Comité National Olympique et Sportif Française . fr . 2008-08-02 .
6. Web site: 52 French athletes to embark for Beijing. International Association of Athletics Federations . 2008-08-03 .
7. Web site: La sélection française – Athlétisme. Comité National Olympique et Sportif Française . fr . 2008-08-02 .
8. News: Blonska thrown out of long jump . 2008-08-21 . BBC Sport . 2008-08-21 .
9. Web site: La sélection française – Badminton. Comité National Olympique et Sportif Française . fr . 2008-08-02 .
10. http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/World%20Championships/2007/2008%20Olympic%20Qualified%20Boxers.pdf World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007
11. Web site: 1st AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament . 2008-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080217155250/http://www.roseto2008.com/ . 2008-02-17 . dead .
12. http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=1231 2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
13. Web site: La sélection française – Natation. Comité National Olympique et Sportif Française . fr . 2008-08-03 .
14. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2008/08/050.shtml Shock withdrawal of European champion
15. http://fr.sports.yahoo.com/11082008/70/pekin-2008-une-journee-mitigee.html, Yahoo! Sport France (in French), Retrieved on 2008-08-31
16. https://web.archive.org/web/20080813125922/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/30/content_8858452.htm "French Olympic swimming team starts training in China's Dalian"
17. https://web.archive.org/web/20080727114828/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1819129_1819134_1825749,00.html Laure Manaudou