France at the 2010 European Athletics Championships explained

France were represented by 60 athletes (43 men and 17 women)^[1] at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain.

Participants

Event	Men	Women
100 m	Christophe Lemaitre Martial Mbandjock Ronald Pognon	Véronique Mang Christine Arron
200 m	Christophe Lemaitre David Alerte Martial Mbandjock	Lina Jacques-Sébastien Myriam Soumaré Véronique Mang
400 m	Leslie Djhone Yannick Fonsat	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi Virginie Michanol
800 m	Hamid Oualich
1500 m	Yoann Kowal
5 000 m	Nouredine Smaïl
10,000 m	Abdellatif Meftah
Marathon	James Theuri
110/100 m hurdles	Garfield Darien Dimitri Bascou
400 m hurdles	Fadil Bellaabouss Héni Kechi Sébastien Maillard
3000 m steeplechase	Bouabdellah Tahri Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux	Sophie Duarte
Pole Vault	Renaud Lavillenie Damiel Dossevi Romain Mesnil
Long Jump	Salim Sdiri Kafétien Gomis	Éloyse Lesueur
Triple Jump	Teddy Tamgho Benjamin Compaoré
Shot Put	Yves Niaré
Hammer Throw	Nicolas Figère	Stephanie Falzon
Javelin Throw	Jérôme Haeffler
Decathlon/Heptathlon	Romain Barras Nadir El Fassi Florian Geffrouais	Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida
20 km walk	Hervé Davaux
50 km walk	Yohann Diniz
4 × 100 m relay	Christophe Lemaitre Martial Mbandjock Jimmy Vicaut David Alerte Ronald Pognon Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux	Véronique Mang Christine Arron Myriam Soumaré Lina Jacques-Sébastien Céline Distel Nelly Banco Muriel Hurtis-Houairi
4 × 400 m relay	Leslie Djhone Yannick Fonsat Teddy Venel Mamadou Hanne Mame-Ibra Anne Youness Gurachi	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi Virginie Michanol Floria Gueï Virginie Michanol Marie-Angélique Lacordelle