France at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	FRA
Nocname:	French Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2014
Location:	Nanjing
Competitors:	82
Sports:	22
Rank:	4
Gold:	8
Silver:	3
Bronze:	9
Appearances:	auto

France competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Medalists

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (Combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	France boys' national rugby sevens team
		Judo	Mixed Team
		Triathlon	Mixed Relay
		Athletics	Mixed 8x100m Relay
		Fencing	Mixed Team
		Judo	Mixed Team

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified two archers from its performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.^{[1] [2]}

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Thomas Koenig	Boys' Individual	679	6	W 6–0	L 2–6	Did not advance			9
Mélanie Gaubil	Girls' Individual	663	5	W 6–2	W 6–0	W 6–2	W 6–4	L 5–6

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Mixed Team	1283	17	W 6-2	L 4-5	Did not advance			9
	Mixed Team	1278	21	L 4-5	Did not advance				17

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified 18 athletes.^[3]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Baptiste Mischler	1500 m	3:47.38 PB	4	3:47.22 PB	6
Mohamed-Amine El Bouajaji	3000 m	8:16.43 PB	6 Q	DQ
Victor Coroller	400 m hurdles	51.91	4 Q	51.19 PB
Anthony Pontier	2000 m steeplechase	5:45.35 PB	6 Q	5:48.69	5

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Alex Rousseau-Jamard	Long jump	7.20	4 Q	7.32 PB	4
Pierre Cottin	Pole vault	4.80	9 qB	4.80	9
Ludovic Besson	Shot put	16.63	15 qB	17.26	13
Lukas Moutarde	Javelin throw	72.03 PB	5 Q	74.48 PB

Girls

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cynthia Leduc	100 m	12.01 PB	12 qB	12.15	12
Fanny Peltier	200 m	24.47	5 Q	24.46	5
Iyndra-Sareena Carti	400 m	54.42	8 Q	53.54 PB	4
Laura Valette	100 m hurdles	13.34 PB	1 Q	13.34 PB
Coralie Gassama	400 m hurdles	1:01.03	10 qB	1:00.87	10
Lea Navarro	2000 m steeplechase	6:48.42	8 Q	6:45.30	7
Axelle Ham	5 km walk	25:01.26	10

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yanis David	Triple jump	13.06	1 Q	13.33 PB
Nawal Meniker	High jump	1.78	7 Q	1.87 PB
Thiziri Daci	Pole vault	3.70	2 Q	3.80	5

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified two athletes based on the 2 May 2014 BWF Junior World Rankings.^{[4] [5]}

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Tanguy Citron	Boys' Singles	W 2-0	L 1-2	W 2-1	2	did not advance
Lole Courtois	Girls' Singles	L 1-2	L 0-2	W 2-0	3	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Mixed Doubles	L 1-2	L 0-2	L 1-2	4	did not advance
	Mixed Doubles	L 0-2	WO 2-0	L 0-2	3	did not advance

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified a boys' team from their performance at the 2013 U18 3x3 World Championships.^{[6] [7]}

Skills Competition

Boys' tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament.

Roster

• Teddy Cheremond
• Lucas Dussoulier
• Élie Fedensieu
• Karim Mouliom

Group stage

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Knockout Stage

Beach volleyball

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified a boys' and girls' team from their performance at the 2014 CEV Youth Continental Cup Final.^{[8] [9]}

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
align=left rowspan=5	Arnaud Gauthier Arnaud Loiseau	align=left rowspan=5	Boys'	W 2 - 0	Q		L 1 - 2	Did not advance	17
W 2 - 0
W 2 - 0
L 1 - 2
align=left rowspan=5	Lézana Placette Alexia Richard	align=left rowspan=5	Girls'		3 Q	L 0 - 2	Did not advance	25
L 0 – 2
W 2 – 0
W 2 – 1

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships^[10]

Girls

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified four boats based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.^[11]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lucas Roisin	C1 slalom						W	W
C1 sprint
Arthur Taubner	K1 slalom							L	Did not advance		5
K1 sprint

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lucie Prioux	C1 slalom					L	L	L	4
C1 sprint
Camille Prigent	K1 slalom							W 1.:19.449		W
K1 sprint

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified two divers based on its performance at the Nanjing 2014 Diving Qualifying Event.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Alexis Jandard	align=left	Boys' 3 m springboard	452.60	11	439.10	12
align=left	Boys' 10 m platform	423.80	8	429.25	9
Alaïs Kalonji	align=left	Girls' 10 m platform	382.00	5	405.85	4
	align=left	Mixed team	318.20	7

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2014 FIE Cadet World Championships.^[13]

Boys

Girls

Mixed Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals /	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Europe 2	Mixed Team		Americas 1 W 30–24	Asia-Oceania 1 L 29–30	Asia-Oceania 2 W 30–25
	Mixed Team

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.^[14]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Paul Elissalde	align=left	Boys
Marion Veysseyre	align=left	Girls	71	7

Team

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Artistic Gymnastics

France qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European MAG Championships and another athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European WAG Championships.^[15]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=5	Zachari Hrimeche	Qualification	13.850 7 Q	12.650 18	13.350 7 Q	13.850 22	13.300 9	13.500 6 Q	80.500	7 Q
All-Around	13.900	12.550	13.000	14.200	13.400	13.700	80.750	8
Floor	13.266	7
Rings	13.016	7
Horizontal Bar	13.633	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Camille Bahl	Qualification	13.850 8	11.900 13	12.300 17	12.450 10	50.500	10 Q
All-Around	13.650	12.100	12.300	12.700	50.750	8

Trampoline

France qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European Trampoline Championships.^[15]

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships.^[16]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals					Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jolan Florimont	Boys' -66 kg	W 100-000	L 000-100	Did not advance			L 000-100	Did not advance			11
Morgane Duchêne	Girls' -78 kg	W 100-000	L 000-100	L 001-100	5

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Team Xian	Mixed Team	W 7 – 0	W 4 – 3	L 3 – 4	Did not advance
Team Rougé	Mixed Team	W 5-2	W 5-2	W 4-3	W 4-2

Modern Pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Youth A World Championships and another based on the 1 June 2014 Olympic Youth A Pentathlon World Rankings.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Fencing Ranking Round (épée one touch)		Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Fencing Final round (épée one touch)			Combined: Shooting/Running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total Points	Final Rank
		Results	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Results	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points
Gabriel Cianelli	Boys' Individual				5	330
Laure Roset	Girls' Individual				4	290			265					14
Unknown	Mixed Relay
	Mixed Relay	18-28	22	1:55.12	1	355		22	237	12:41.33	15	539	1131	17

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maxime Ducret	Boys' Single Sculls
Camille Juillet	Girls' Single Sculls						FA	3:53.80

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

Rugby sevens

See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified a boys' team based on its performance at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.^[19]

Boys' tournament

See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament.

Roster

• Alex Arrate
• Faraj Fartass
• Alex Gracbling
• Alexandre Lagarde
• Martin Laveau
• Alexandre Nicque
• Alexandre Pilati
• Arthur Retière
• Alexandre Roumat
• Atila Septar
• Sacha Valleau
• Matthieu Voisin

Group stage

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Semifinal

Gold-medal match

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Techno 293 Championships.^[20] Later France qualified two boats based on its performance at the Byte CII European Continental Qualifiers and one boat from the Techno 293 European Continental Qualifiers.^[21]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net Points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Romen Richard	Boys' Byte CII	14	6	10	8	11	4	(16)	9	Cancelled		78.00	62.00	9
Tom Monnet	Boys' Techno 293	4	9	4	(11)	5	1	1	Cancelled			35.00	24.00	4
Louise Cervera	Girls' Byte CII	(21)	8	8	19	14	13	20	9	Cancelled		112.00	91.00	15
Lucie Pianazza	Girls' Techno 293	2	3	4	3	4	(5)	4	Cancelled			25.00	20.00

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified one shooter based on its performance at the 2014 European Shooting Championships.^[22]

Individual

Team

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified eight swimmers.^[23]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Rahiti de Vos	400 m freestyle	3:56.88	15	Did not advance
800 m freestyle	8:11.82	11
Geoffroy Matthieu	200 m backstroke	2:04.61	14	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Jean Dencausse	50 m breaststroke	29.34	22	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke	1:03.57	13 Q	1:03.94	16	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:17.77	14	Did not advance
Guillaume Laure	200 m individual medley	2:06.13	13	Did not advance
Jean Dencausse Rahiti de Vos Geoffroy Mathieu Guillaume Laure	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:31.67	9	Did not advance
Geoffroy Mathieu Jean Dencausse Guillaume Laure Rahiti de Vos	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:53.50	5 Q	3:48.80	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Emma Terebo	50 m freestyle	26.73	19	Did not advance
50 m backstroke	29.93	19	Did not advance
100 m backstroke	1:04.87	23	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Camille Wishaupt	400 m freestyle	4:28.69	25	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	1:02.66	18	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:16.31	14	Did not advance
Pauline Mahieu	50 m backstroke	29.53	10 Q	29.66	13	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Chloé Cazier	50 m breaststroke	33.27	20	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke	1:14.46	25	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Guillaume Laure Emma Terebo Pauline Mahieu Jean Dencausse	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:42.17	14	Did not advance
Pauline Mahieu Jean Dencausse Camille Wishaupt Guillaume Laure	4 × 100 m medley relay	DSQ		Did not advance

Table Tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified two athletes based on its performance at the European Qualification Event.^[24]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
align=left rowspan=3	Can Akkuzu	align=left rowspan=3	Boys	Group G W 3 - 2	Q
W 3 - 2
align=left rowspan=3	Audrey Zarif	align=left rowspan=3	Girls	Group D	qB	W w/o	L 0 - 4	Did not advance	19
L 1 - 3

Team

Athletes	Event	Group stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
align=left rowspan=3	France	align=left rowspan=3	Mixed	Egypt	Q
South Korea
Kazakhstan W

Qualification Legend: Q=Main Bracket (medal); qB=Consolation Bracket (non-medal)

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified two athletes based on its performance at the Taekwondo Qualification Tournament.^[25]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Stéphane Audibert	−48 kg	W 10 - 6	W 10 - 5	L 0 - 16 (PTG)	Did not advance
Yoann Miangue	+73 kg			W 1 (SUD) - 0	W 6 - 3

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[26]

Individual

Relay

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified 1 quota in the boys' events based on the team ranking after the 2014 Weightlifting Youth European Championships.^[27]

Boys

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

France qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European Cadet Championships.^[28]

Girls

Notes and References

1. News: Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Boys . . 14 June 2014 . 27 June 2014.
2. News: Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Girls . . 6 June 2014 . 7 June 2014.
3. News: Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics . nanjing2014.org . 6 August 2014 . 8 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808234918/http://result.nanjing2014.qq.com/IRS/ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_YO2014AT%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.htm . 8 August 2014 .
4. News: BWF Junior World Rankings: Boys' Singles . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714215859/http://bwfbadminton.org/file.aspx?id=573142&dl=1 . 2014-07-14 . dead .
5. News: BWF Junior World Rankings: Girls' Singles . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714153712/http://bwfbadminton.org/file.aspx?id=573140&dl=1 . 2014-07-14 . dead .
6. News: 3x3 basketball . . 24 June 2014 . 10 July 2014.
7. News: 3x3 - Pools unveiled for 3x3 event at 2014 Youth Olympic Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20181024113353/http://www.fiba.basketball/news/3x3-Pools-unveiled-for-3x3-event-at-2014-Youth-Olympic-Games. live. October 24, 2018. . 24 June 2014 . 10 July 2014.
8. News: Germany, Ukraine and France claim first men’s spots at Youth Olympics . . 17 May 2014 . 18 May 2014.
9. News: Germany, Italy and France book first tickets to Nanjing . . 17 May 2014 . 18 May 2014.
10. News: Meet the Qualified Athletes for Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. AIBA. 23 May 2014. 23 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140717223659/http://aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/5907/news.aspx. 17 July 2014. dead.
11. News: 2014 Youth Olympics Games Qualification . . 20 February 2014 . 13 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140313194559/http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/Canoe-Events/Olympic-Games/2014-Youth-Olympic-Games/main/0/text_files/file/2014%20YOG%20CANOEING%20QUALIFICATION%20TABLE.pdf . 13 March 2014 .
12. News: Nanjing 2014 - Diving Qualifying Event Info & Results . . 5 March 2014 . 5 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140305165744/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4281&Itemid=1594 . 5 March 2014 .
13. News: 2014 Youth Olympic Games - Nanjing FIE Qualifications . . 10 July 2014 . 10 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714130344/http://www.fie.ch/download/homepage/fr/athletes%20qualifies%20JOJ%202014.pdf . 14 July 2014 .
14. News: Youth Olympic Games Golf Ranking . . 8 June 2014 . 7 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140702151154/http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/youth-olympic-games/youth-olympic-golf-ranking/ . 2 July 2014 .
15. News: 2nd Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers - Gymnastics . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014.
16. News: 2014 YOG IJF Athlete List. International Judo Federation. 18 July 2014. 4 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812015412/http://www.intjudo.eu/upload/2014_07/28/140653382518565615/2014_nanjing_final_list_of_entries_by_noc.pdf. 12 August 2014. dead. dmy-all.
17. News: 2014 Youth Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon final athletes'list . . 9 July 2014 . 9 July 2014.
18. News: 2014 YOG Qualification: Rowing . . 20 February 2014 . 27 February 2014 . 27 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227232856/http://www.worldrowing.com//files/download/12483 . dead .
19. News: Youth Olympic Games Sevens teams confirmed . . 19 June 2014 . 27 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140626155236/http://www.irb.com/rugbyandtheolympics/news/newsid%3D2072001.html#youth+olympic+games+sevens+teams+confirmed . 26 June 2014 .
20. News: 2014 YOG Qualification Techno 293 . . 5 July 2014 . 5 July 2014.
21. News: 2014 YOG Qualification Byte CII . . 5 July 2014 . 5 July 2014.
22. News: Quota Places by Name and Nation . . 31 January 2013 . 27 February 2014.
23. News: Number of Entries by NOC: Swimming . nanjing2014.org . 6 August 2014 . 9 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808210533/http://result.nanjing2014.qq.com/IRS/ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_YO2014SW%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.htm . 8 August 2014 .
24. News: Players Qualified for the 2014 Youth Olympic Gammes . . 4 March 2014 . 8 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140309012014/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/PDF_Upload/pictures/PDF27240.pdf . 9 March 2014 .
25. News: WTF Qualification Tournament for Nanjing 2014 – Day 1 . . 20 March 2014 . 22 March 2014 .
26. News: 2014 European YOG Qualifier . . 17 May 2014 . 18 May 2014.
27. News: Boys Team Classification from European Youth Championships . . 3 May 2014 . 3 May 2014.
28. News: Wrestling Qualifiers Named for Youth Olympic Games . . 28 July 2014 . 30 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810033350/http://www.fila-official.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1287%3Awrestling-qualifiers-named-for-youth-olympic-games&catid=60%3Aactualite&Itemid=100235&lang=en . 2014-08-10 . dead .