France at the 2012 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	FRA
Npcname:	French Paralympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2012
Location:	London
Competitors:	164
Sports:	16
Rank:	16
Gold:	8
Silver:	19
Bronze:	18
Appearances:	auto

France competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Athletics	Women's 100m T44
		Athletics	Women's 100m T37
		Athletics	Women's 200m T12
		Athletics	Women's 400m T12
		Powerlifting	Women's 67.5kg
		Shooting	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1
		Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly S8
		Swimming	Women's 400m freestyle S10
		Athletics	Men's long jump F46
		Athletics	Men's triple jump F46
		Athletics	Men's javelin throw F44
		Athletics	Women's 200m T44
		Rowing	Women's single sculls
		Rowing	Mixed double sculls
		Shooting	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2
		Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S4
		Swimming	Men's 200m freestyle S4
		Swimming	Women's 100m freestyle S10
		Table tennis	Men's individual - Class 1
		Table tennis	Women's individual – Class 8
		Wheelchair fencing	Men's épée A
		Wheelchair fencing	Men's sabre B
		Wheelchair fencing	Men's team
		Wheelchair tennis	Men's singles
		Wheelchair tennis	Men's doubles
		Athletics	Men's 400m T11
		Athletics	Men's 5000m T54
		Athletics	Men's shot put F34
-			Athletics	Men's 5000 m
		Athletics	Women's 100m T13
		Athletics	Women's long jump F42-44
		Cycling	Men's road race H3
		Cycling	Men's individual pursuit C2
		Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S4
		Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle S10
		Swimming	Women's 100m butterfly S10
		Table tennis	Men's individual - Class 2
		Table tennis	Men's individual - Class 11
		Table tennis	Men's team - Class 3
		Table tennis	Men's team - Class 4-5
		Table tennis	Women's individual – Class 1-2
		Wheelchair fencing	Men's épée B
		Wheelchair tennis	Men's doubles

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men|-|align=left|Maurice Champey|align=left rowspan=2|Men's individual compound|653|11|
L 1-7|colspan=5|Did not advance|-|align=left|Franck Haudoin|630|22|
W 7-1|
L 2-6|colspan=4|Did not advance|-|align=left|Alexandre Lasvenes|align=left rowspan=2|Men's individual recurve standing|613|7||
L 3-7|colspan=4|Did not advance|-|align=left|Joel Perrot|614|6||
L 5-6|colspan=4|Did not advance|}

Women|-|align=left|Brigitte Duboc|align=left|Women's individual recurve standing|470|17|
W 6-2|
L 0-6|colspan=4|Did not advance|}

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men's track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jean-Baptiste Alaize	100m T44	12.11	12	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
200m T44	24.42	12	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Arnaud Assoumani	100m T46	align=center colspan=2	DNS	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Julien Casoli	800m T54	1:37.76	3 Q	align=center colspan=2	align=center colspan=2	DNF
1500m T54	3:15.18	12	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
5000m T54	10:56.53	1 Q	align=center colspan=2	10:08.07
Marathon T54	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	DNS
align=left rowspan=2	Hyacinthe Deleplace Guide: Edgar Onezou	200m T12	align=center colspan=2	DSQ	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
400m T12	51.09 PB	7 q	51.40	7	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Pierre Fairbank	200m T53	27.52	13	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
400m T53	52.23	9	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
800m T53	1:46.47	8 Q	align=center colspan=2	1:43.02	7
Marathon T54	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	DNF
align=left rowspan=2	Alain Fuss	5000m T54	11:32.90	19	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Men's marathon T54	align=center colspan=4	1:39:28	18
align=left rowspan=2	Clavel Kayitare	100m T42	12.59 PB	5 Q	align=center colspan=2	12.73	5
200m T42	align=center colspan=4	26.22	6
align=left rowspan=2	Denis Lemeunier	5000m T54	11:30.95	16	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Marathon T54	align=center colspan=4	1:33:07	14
align=left rowspan=2	Gauthier Tresor Makunda Guide: Antoine Laneyrie	200m T11	23.67 PB	9 q	align=center colspan=2	DSQ	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
400m T11	52.08 PB	4 q	align=center colspan=2	52.45
align=left rowspan=2	Djamel Mastouri	800m T37	align=center colspan=4	2:23.66	9
1500m T37	align=center colspan=4	4:27.02	8
align=left rowspan=2	Sebastien Mobre	100m T34	16.88	6 q	align=center colspan=2	16.73	5
200m T34	29.42 =PB	4 Q	align=center colspan=2	30.67	7
Arnaud Assoumani Alain Akakpo Jean-Baptiste Alaize Clavel Kayitare	4x100m relay T42-46	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	DSQ

Men's field

Athlete	Events	Mark	Points	Rank
Alain Akakpo	Long jump F46	6.46	-	4
Jean-Baptiste Alaize	Long jump F42-44	6.19	762	7
align=left rowspan=2	Arnaud Assoumani	Long jump F46	7.13	-
Triple jump F46	14.28	-
align=left rowspan=3	Thierry Cibone	Discus throw F32-33-34	38.22	906	11
Javelin throw F33-34	36.20	-	4
Shot put F34	12.86	-
Damien Rumeau	Shot put F20	11.36	-	11
Soselito Sekeme	Shot put F46	13.91	-	6
align=left rowspan=2	Jean Pierre Talatini	Javelin throw F33-34	26.75	-	11
Shot put F34	10.18	-	13

Women's track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Assia El Hannouni Guide: Gautier Simounet	100 m T12	12.52 PB	5 q	12.34 PB	2	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
200m T12	24.80 WR	1 Q	align=center colspan=2	24.46 WR
400m T12	55.04 PB	1 Q	55.50	1 Q	55.39
align=left rowspan=2	Mandy Francois-Elie	100m T37	14.30	1 Q	align=center colspan=2	14.08
400m T37	1:16.29	9	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Nantenin Keita	100 m T13	12.71 SB	3 Q	align=center colspan=2	12.47
400m T13	align=center colspan=4	57.64	4
align=left rowspan=2	Marie-Amelie Le Fur	100m T44	13.40	2 Q	align=center colspan=2	13.26
200m T44	27.49	2 Q	align=center colspan=2	26.76
Orianne Lopez	100m T42	align=center colspan=4	18.80	9

Women's field

Athlete	Events	Mark	Points	Rank
Marie-Amelie Le Fur	Long jump F42/44	5.14	1010
align=left rowspan=3	Evelyne Tuitavake	Discus throw F57/58	20.94	319	16
Javelin throw F57/58	18.27	506	15
Shot put F57/58	8.09	717	11
Rose Welepa	Shot put F11/12	9.89	766	15

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Damien Debeaupuits Guide: Alexis Febvay	Road race B	DNF
	Road time trial B	31:38.75	5
Olivier Donval Guide: John Saccomandi	Road race B	2:27:51	6
	Road time trial B	32:17.51	10
Quentin Aubague	Mixed road race	58:12	9
	Mixed road time trial	14:30.96	4
Rodolph Cecillon	Road time trial H1	39:03.74	5
David Franek	Road race H2	1:52:12	11
	Road time trial H2	29:56.61	8
Jacky Galletaud	Road race C1-3	1:42:56	13
	Road time trial C3	24:59.52	9
Joel Jeannot	Road race H3	1:53:37
	Road time trial H3	27:51.96	5
Cedric Ramassamy	Road race C4-5	2:01:30	17
	Road time trial C5	37:30.89	14
Laurent Thirionet	Road race C1-3	1:42:58	14
	Road time trial C2	24:57.83	4

Men's track

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Martine Chaudier Guide: Laure Girard	Road race B	2:15:42	10
	Road time trial B	38:16.05	10
Murielle Lambert	Road race H1-3	Lapped
	Road time trial H3	45:38.01	8

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Nathalie Bizet	Rubica III	Ind. champ. test grade IV	67.581	10
		Ind. freestyle test grade IV	73.500	7
Jose Letartre	Warina	Ind. champ. test grade III	67.800	6
		Ind. freestyle test grade III	72.600	6
Valerie Salles	Menzana d'Hulm	Ind. champ. test grade Ib	68.087	8
		Ind. freestyle test grade Ib	67.900	9
Vladimir Vinchon	Flipper d'Or	Ind. champ. test grade III	67.433	7
		Ind. freestyle test grade III	68.300	7

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score			Total
					Total	Score	Rank
Nathalie Bizet	See above	Team	67.281	67.581	134.862	411.523	9
Jose Letartre			69.370	67.800	137.170*
Valerie Salles			69.500	68.087	137.587*
Vladimir Vinchon			69.333	67.433	136.766*

• Indicates that score counts in team total

Football 5-a-side

See main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

France has qualified for the football 5-a-side tournament.

Group play--------

Semi-finals

Gold medal match

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kevin Villemont	Men's 60kg	L 0001-0200	Did not advance
Olivier Cugnon de Sevricourt	Men's 90kg	L 0000-0011	Did not advance
Julien Taurines	Men's +100kg	L 0000-1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Solene Laclau	Women's 48kg	L 0001–0100	L 0002-0240	Did not advance
Sandrine Martinet	Women's 52kg	W 0011-0000	L 0011-0102	L 0000-0100
Marion Coadou	Women's 57 kg	L 0000-0100	W 0100-0000	L 0002-1011
Celine Manzuoli	Women's +70kg	W 0101-0000	L 0000-0100	L 0002-0230

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Patrick Ardon	Men's 48 kg	146.0	6
Souhad Ghazouani	Women's 67.5 kg	146.0

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nathalie Benoit	Women's single sculls	5:39.15	2 R	5:44.30	1 FA	5:43.56
Perle Bouge Stephane Tardieu	Mixed double sculls	4:00.00	1 FA	4:03.06
Antoine Jesel Stephanie Merle Corinne Simon Remy Taranto Melanie Lelievre (cox)	Mixed coxed four	3:32.25	4 R	3:28.40	3 FB	3:32.01	2

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11*
Damien Seguin	2.4 mR – 1 person keelboat	1	(17)	4	4	10	2	13	5	3	2		44	4
Bruno Jourdren Eric Flageul Nicolas Vimont Vicary	Sonar – 3 person keelboat	2	5	1	(15)	10	2	10	7	2	3		42	4

• Due to a lack of wind Race 11 was cancelled

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Cédric Fèvre-Chevalier	Men's 50 m rifle 3 rositions SH1	1133	7 Q	1226.7	7
align=left rowspan=2	Delphine Fischer	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1	527	13	Did not advance
Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	382	14	Did not advance
Cédric Fèvre-Chevalier	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1	587	11	Did not advance
Delphine Fischer	570	43	Did not advance
Cédric Fèvre-Chevalier	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1	600	=1 Q	706.7
Tanguy de la Forest	align=left rowspan=3	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2	599	11	Did not advance
Cedric Rio	598	20	Did not advance
Raphaël Voltz	600	=1 Q	705.9 S-O: 10.5
Tanguy de la Forest	align=left rowspan=3	Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2	600	=1 Q	703.8	5
Cedric Rio	596	18	Did not advance
Raphaël Voltz	598 S-O: 52.7	6 Q	702.5	8

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athletes	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frederic Bussi	50m backstroke S3	1:01.31	11	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Sami El Gueddari	50m freestyle S9	26.39	4 Q	26.32	5
100m freestyle S9	59.17	11	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Charles Rozoy	50m freestyle S8	27.77	6 Q	27.80	8
100m freestyle S8	1:02.59	9	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
100m butterfly S8	1:01.18 EU	1 Q	1:01.24
200m individual medley SM8	2:31.53	5 Q	2:28.27	5
align=left rowspan=4	David Smetanine	50m freestyle S4	38.97	2 Q	38.75
100m freestyle S4	1:24.66	1 Q	1:25.76
200m freestyle S4	3:03.82	2 Q	3:01.38
50m backstroke S4	49.33	6 Q	50.30	6

Women

Athletes	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Stephanie Douard	50m freestyle S11	36.41	14	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
100m backstroke S11	1:28.98	11	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
100m breaststroke SB11	1:35.57	4 Q	1:36.50	6
200m individual medley SM11	3:12.09	8 Q	3:12.44	8
align=left rowspan=3	Anita Fatis	50m freestyle S5	align=center colspan=2	DNS	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
100m freestyle S5	1:25.05	4 Q	1:24.34	5
200m freestyle S5	3:02.70	3 Q	3:03.81	4
align=left rowspan=4	Elodie Lorandi	50m freestyle S10	28.95	3 Q	28.67
100m freestyle S10	1:01.87	2 Q	1:01.09 EU
400m freestyle S10	4:42.86	2 Q	4:34.55
100m butterfly S10	1:11.39	5 Q	1:09.08
align=left rowspan=2	Alicia Mandin	200m freestyle S14	2:41.50	19	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
100m breaststroke SB14	1:25.62	8 Q	1:25.51	8
align=left rowspan=2	Anaelle Roulet	400m freestyle S10	4:57.85	7 Q	5:00.20	7
100m backstroke S10	1:14.16	8 Q	1:13.97	8

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. The French table tennis competitors failed to win a gold medal in men's, women's and teams' events for the first time since 1980: they won two silvers and three bronze medals. However, they had the second most players compete since 2004.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jean-François Ducay	Men's singles C1	W 3-0	W 3-2	1 Q	W 3-0	L 1-3
Jerome Guezenec		L 3-1	L 2-3	3	Did not advance
Vincent Boury	Men's singles C2	W 3-1	W 3-0	1 Q	L 0-3	Did not advance
Fabien Lamirault		W 3-1	W 3-2	1 Q	W 3-0	L 0-3	W 3-2
Stephane Molliens		W 3-1	L 0-3	3	Did not advance
Yann Guilhem	Men's singles C3	L 0-3	L 1-3	3	Did not advance
Florian Merrien		W 3-1	W 3-0	1 Q	W 3-1	L 0-3	L 1-3	4
Jean-Philippe Robin		W 3-2	W 3-0	1 Q	L 1-3	Did not advance
Emeric Martin	Men's singles C4	W 3-1	W 3-0	1 Q	L 0-3	Did not advance
Maxime Thomas		W 3-2	W 3-0	1 Q	W 3-1	L 1-3	L 1-3	4
Gregory Rosec	Men's singles C5	W 3-1	W 3-1	1 Q	L 1-3	L 0-3	4
Nicolas Savant-Aira		L 0-3	W 3-2	2	Did not advance
Thomas Fernandez	Men's singles C6	L 0-3	W 3-2	2	Did not advance
Bastien Grundeler		W 3-0	L 0-3	L 1-3	4
Kevin Dourbecker	Men's singles C7	L 1-3	L 1-3	3	Did not advance
Stephane Messi		W 3-0	W 3-0	1 Q	L 0-3	Did not advance
Frederic Bellais	Men's singles C9	W 3-2	W 3-1	1 Q	L 0-3	Did not advance
Thomas Bouvais		W 3-2	W 3-2	1 Q	L 1-3	Did not advance
Cedrik Cabestany		W 3-1	W 3-2	1 Q	W 3-1	L 0-3	L 1-3	4
Pascal Pereira-Leal	Men's singles C11	W 3-0	W 3-0	1 Q	L 1-3	W 3-0

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Isabelle Lafaye Marziou	Women's singles C1-2	W 3-1	W 3-0	1 Q	L 1-3	W 3-2
Florence Sireau		L 2-3	W 3-2	2	Did not advance
Fanny Bertrand	Women's singles C3	L 2-3	W 3-0	2	Did not advance
Marie-Christine Fillou		L 2-3	W 3-1	2	Did not advance
Fanny Barneoud	Women's singles C7	L 1-3	L 1-3	W 3-1	3	Did not advance
Thu Kamkasomphou	Women's singles C8	W 3-0	W 3-1	W 3-0	1 Q	W 3-0	L 1-3
Claire Mairie	Women's singles C9	L 0-3	W 3-1	W 3-0	2 Q	L 0-3	L 1-3	4
Audrey Le Morvan	Women's singles C10	L 0-3	L 0-3	L 1-3	4	Did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vincent Boury Stephane Molliens Fabien Lamirault	Men's team C1-2	W 3-0	W 3-2	L 0-3
Florian Merrien Jean-Philippe Robin	Men's team C3	W 3-1	L 0-3	W 3-1
Emeric Martin Gregory Rosec Nicolas Savant-Aira Maxime Thomas	Men's team C4-5	W 3-0	L 2-3	W 3-0
Kevin Dourbecker Stephane Messi	Men's team C6-8	L 2-3	Did not advance
Thomas Bouvais Cedrik Cabestany	Men's team C9-10	L 2-3	Did not advance
Fanny Bertrand Marie-Christine Fillou	Women's team C1-3	W 3-1	L 1-3	Did not advance
Claire Mairie Audrey le Morvan	Women's team C6-10	W 3-2	L 0-3	L 2-3	4

Wheelchair basketball

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men.

France qualified for the men's team event in wheelchair basketball by finishing second at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.^{[1] [2]} Competing athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower scores representing a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.^[3]

Group B------------

9th/10th place match

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Wheelchair rugby

See main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Group A--------

5th–8th place semi-finals

7th/8th place match

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stéphane Houdet	align=left rowspan=4	Men's singles	W 6–1, 6–0	W 6–2, 6–1	W 6–2, 6–2	W 6–1, 1–6, 6–1	W 6–3, 6–2	L 4–6, 2–6
Michaël Jeremiasz	W 6–0, 6–0	W 7–6, 6–1	W 4–6, 6–0, 6–3	L 0–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Nicolas Peifer	W 6–0, 6–1	W 6–1, 6–1	L 3–6, 6–2, 5–7	Did not advance
Frederic Cattaneo	W 6–4, 6–0	W 6–1, 6–4	L 0–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz	align=left rowspan=2	Men's doubles			W 6–0, 6–2	W 6–3, 6–1	L 1–6, 6–7	Bronze-medal match W 6–0, 6–0
Nicolas Peifer Frederic Cattaneo			W 6–0, 6–2	W 7–6, 6–4	W 6–3, 6–2	L 1–6, 2–6
Christine Schoenn	Women's singles		L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance

See also

• France at the Paralympics
• France at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wheelchair Basketball . International Paralympic Committee . 2 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727164821/http://www.paralympic.org/export/sites/default/Paralympic_Games/London_2012/Qualification_Criteria/2011_02_WC_Basketball_London_2012_PG_Qualification_Criteria_Final_Update.pdf . 27 July 2011 .
2. Web site: 2010 World Championships Schedule & Results. Wheelchair Basketball Canada. 2 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706213024/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/tournament.aspx?id=1989. 6 July 2011.
3. Web site: Wheelchair Basketball. Australian Paralympic Committee. 5 June 2011.