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France at the 2004 Summer Olympics is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France (French: Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français). France sent 342 athletes to the Athens Games.

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
France	11	9	13	33

Results by event

Archery

Men's individual:

• Franck Fisseux - 38th place
• Jocelyn de Grandis - 51st place
• Thomas Naglieri - 60th place

Women's individual:

• Alexandra Fouace - 34th place
• Berangere Schuh - 43rd place
• Aurore Trayan - 59th place

Men's team:

• Jocelyn de Grandis, Franck Fisseux, and Thomas Naglieri - 10th place

Women's team:

• Alexandra Fouace, Berangere Schuh, and Aurore Trayan - 4th place

Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

• Ronald Pognon - Semifinal, 10.32 s (did not advance)
• Eddy de Lepine - Round 2, DNS (did not advance)
• Issa Aime Nthepe - Round 1, 10.67 s (did not advance)

Women's 100 metres:

• Christine Arron - Semifinal, 11.21 s (did not advance)
• Veronique Mang - Round 2, 11.39 s (did not advance)

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

• Ladji Doucoure - Final, 13.76 s (8th place)

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

• Reina Flor Okori - Semifinal, 12.81 s (did not advance)
• Linda Ferga-Khodadin - Round 1, 13.02 s (did not advance)
• Nicole Ramalalanirina - Round 1, 13.07 s (did not advance)

Women's 200 metres:

• Sylviane Felix - Round 1: 22.94 s, Round 2: 23.08 s, Semifinal: 22.99 s
• Christine Arron - Round 1: 22.60 s, Round 2: 22.90 s, Semifinal: 23.05 s
• Muriel Hurtis - Round 1: 22.77 s, Round 2: 23.33 s

Men's 400 metres:

• Leslie Djhone - Final, 44.94 s (7th place)

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

• Naman Keita - Final, 48.26 s (bronze medal)

Men's 800 metres:

• Nicolas Aissat - Semifinal, 1:47.1 (did not advance)
• Florent Lacasse - Round 1, 1:46.9 (did not advance)

Women's 800 metres:

• Elisabeth Grousselle - Round 1: 2:00.31, Semifinal: 2:00.21

Men's 1500 metres:

• Mehdi Baala - Round 1, 3:46.06 (did not advance)
• Mounir Yemmouni - Round 1, 3:51.08 (did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres:

• Maria Martins - Round 1: 4:05.95, Semifinal: 4:12.76
• Hind Dehiba - Round 1: 4:07.96
• Latifa Essarokh - Round 1: 4:09.08

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:

• Bouabdallah Tahri - Final, 8:14.26 (7th place)
• Vincent Ledauphin - Final, 8:16.15 (10th place)

Women's 5000 metres:

• Margaret Maury - Round 1: 14:56.79, Final: 15:09.77 (11th place)

Men's 10000 metres:

• Ismail Sghyr - Final, 27:57.09 (8th place)

Men's 4x100 metre relay:

• Issa Aime Nthepe, Ronald Pognon, Frederic Krantz , and David Alerte - Round 1, 0:38.93 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

• Veronique Mang, Muriel Hurtis, Sylviane Félix and Christine Arron - Round 1: 42.98 s, Final: 42.54 s (bronze medal)

Men's 4x400 metre relay:

• Ahmed Douhou , Ibrahima Wade , Abderrahim El Haouzy , and Leslie Djhone - Round 1, 3:04.39 (did not advance)

Men's decathlon:

• Laurent Hernu - 8237 points (7th place)
• Romain Barras - 8067 points (13th place)

Women's heptathlon:

• Marie Collonville - 6279 points (7th place)

Men's marathon:

• El Hassan Lahssini - 2:19:50 (36th place)
• Driss El Himer - 2:29:07 (68th place)

Women's marathon:

• Corinne Raux - 2:35:54 (15th place)
• Hafida Gadi - 2:50:29 (52nd place)
• Rakiya Maraoui Quetier - DNF

Men's 50 km walk:

• Eddy Riva - 4:00:25 (21st place)
• David Boulanger - 4:01:32 (22nd place)
• Denis Langlois - DNF

Men's long jump:

• Salim Sdiri - Final, 7.94 metres (12th place)
• Kafetien Gomis - Round 1, 7.99 metres (did not advance)
• Yann Domenech - Round 1, 7.73 metres (did not advance)

Women's long jump:

• Eunice Barber - Round 1: 6.37 metres

Men's triple jump:

• Julien Kapek - Final, 16.81 metres (10th place)
• Karl Taillepierre - Round 1, 15.50 metres (did not advance)

Men's pole vault:

• Romain Mesnil - Round 1, 5.65 metres (did not advance)
• Nicolas Guigon - Round 1, 5.30 metres (did not advance)

Women's pole vault:

• Vanessa Boslak - Round 1: 4.40 metres, Final: 4.40 metres (6th place)
• Marie Poissonnier - Round 1: 4.00 metres

Women's shot put:

• Laurence Manfredi - Round 1: 17.78 metres

Women's discus:

• Melina Robert-Michon - Round 1: 56.70 metres

Men's javelin:

• David Brisseault - Round 1, 71.86 metres (did not advance)

Women's hammer:

• Manuela Montebrun - Round 1: 67.90 metres

Badminton

Women's singles:

• Pi Hongyan - defeated in round of 32

Mixed doubles:

• Svetolav Stoyanov and Victoria Wright - defeated in round of 32

Boxing

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.

Light Flyweight (48kg)

• Redouane Asloum
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Aleksan Nalbandyan of Armenia, 27-20

Flyweight (51kg)

• Jérôme Thomas - silver medal
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Akhil Kumar of India, 37-16
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Juan Carlos Payano of Dominican Republic, 36-17
  3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Tulashboy Doniyorov of Uzbekistan, 25-16
  4. Semifinal - Defeated Fuad Aslanov of Azerbaijan, 23-18
  5. Final - Lost to Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano of Cuba, 38-23

Bantamweight (54kg)

• Ali Hallab
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Malik Bouziane of Algeria, 19-16

Featherweight (57kg)

• Khedafi Djelkhir
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Saifeddine Nejmaoui of Tunisia, 38-13
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Vitali Tajbert of Germany, 40-26

Light Welterweight (64kg)

• Willy Blain
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Sassi Mohamed Ali of Tunisia, 36-14
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Alexander Maletin of Russia, 28-20
  3. Quarterfinal - Lost to Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand, 20-8

Welterweight (69kg)

• Xavier Noel
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Andre Berto of Haiti, 36-34
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Viktor Polyakov of Ukraine, 32-25

Canoe/Kayak

• Tony Estanguet won the gold medal in the C-1 slalom
• Benoit Peschier won the gold medal in the K-1 slalom
• Fabien Lefevre won the bronze medal in the K-1 slalom

Cycling

• Arnaud Tournant won the silver medal in the 1 km Men's Track Time Trial
• Mickael Bourgain , Laurent Gane and Arnaud Tournant won the bronze medal in the Track Team Sprint

Cycling moutain bike

• Julien Absalon won the gold medal in the men's cross country

Equestrian

• The team of Arnaud Boiteau , Didier Courrèges , Cédric Lyard , Jean Teulère and Nicolas Touzaint won the gold medal in team eventing (after a time penalty imposed on the German athlete Bettina Hoy by the FEI Ground Jury, the competitor having crossed the start line twice).

Fencing

Men's épée individual:

• Eric Boisse - 4th place
• Fabrice Jeannet - defeated in quarterfinals
• Hugues Obry - defeated in round of 32

Women's épée individual:

• Laura Flessel-Colovic - silver medal
• Maureen Nisima - bronze medal
• Hajnalka Kiraly Picot - defeated in round of 16

Men's foil individual:

• Brice Guyart - gold medal
• Loic Attelly - defeated in round of 16
• Erwan le Pechoux - defeated in round of 16

Women's foil individual:

• Adeline Wuilleme - defeated in quarterfinals

Men's sabre individual:

• Julien Pillet - defeated in round of 16
• Gael Touya - defeated in round of 32
• Damien Touya - defeated in round of 32

Women's sabre individual:

• Leonore Perrus - defeated in quarterfinals
• Anne-Lise Touya - defeated in round of 16
• Cecile Argiolas - defeated in round of 16

Men's épée team:

• Fabrice Jeannet, Jerome Jeannet , and Hugues Obry - gold medal

Women's épée team:

• Maureen Nisima, Hajnalka Kiraly Picot, and Laura Flessel-Colovic - bronze medal

Men's foil team:

• Loic Attelly, Jean-Noel Ferrari , and Brice Guyart - 5th place

Men's sabre team:

• Julien Pillet, Damien Touya, and Gael Touya - gold medal

Gymnastics

• Émilie Lepennec won the gold medal in the women's asymmetrical bars

Handball

Men's: 5th place

• Preliminary round: 5-0-0
• Quarterfinal: lost to Russia, 26-24
• Classification (5-8): defeated Spain, 29-27
• Classification (5/6): defeated Greece, 33-15

Women's: 4th place

• Preliminary round: 2-0-2
• Quarterfinal: defeated Hungary, 25-23
• Semifinal: lost to Korea, 32-31
• Bronze medal match: lost to Ukraine, 21-18

Judo

• Frédérique Josselin won the silver medal in the women's -48 kg division

Rowing

• The team of Sébastien Vieilledent and Adrien Hardy won the gold medal in men's double sculls
• The team of Frédéric Dufour and Pascal Touron won the silver medal in men's double sculls

Sailing

• Faustine Merret won the gold medal in Women's Mistral

Swimming

• Hugues Duboscq won the bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke
• Solenne Figues won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle
• Laure Manaudou won the gold medal in the women's 400 m freestyle, the silver medal in the women's 800 m freestyle and the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke
• Malia Metella won the silver medal in the women's 50 m freestyle Metella became the first person of color to win an Olympic medal in swimming

Taekwondo

• Pascal Gentil won the bronze medal in mens over 80 kg
• Myriam Baverel won the silver medal in womens over 67 kg

Tennis

• Amélie Mauresmo won the silver medal in women's singles

Triathlon

While the French had fewer top eight triathletes in 2004 than they had in 2000, Frederic 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.

Women's:

• Delphine Pelletier - 2:22:39.28 (44th place)

Men's:

• Frederic Belaubre - 1:52:00.53 (5th place)
• Carl Blasco - 1:53:20.16 (12th place)
• Stephane Poulat - 1:53:51.35 (14th place)

Volleyball

Men's beach:

• Stephane Canet and Mathieu Hamel
  • Prelims: 1-2
  • Round of 16: Did not qualify

Men's:

• Prelims: 2-3
• Quarterfinal: Did not qualify

Wrestling

• Anna Gomis won the bronze medal in women's freestyle 55 kg
• Lise Legrand won the bronze medal in women's freestyle 63 kg

Officials

• President: Henri Sérandour
• Secretary General: Denis Masseglia