France at the 2000 Summer Olympics

France at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	336 (211 men and 125 women) in 28 sports
Flag bearer	David Douillet
Medals Rank: 6	Gold 13	Silver 14	Bronze 11	Total 38
Olympic history (summary)
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France competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 336 competitors, 211 men and 125 women, took part in 196 events in 28 sports.^[1]

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Archery 3 Athletics 3.1 Men's competition 3.2 Women's competition 4 Badminton 5 Basketball 6 Beach volleyball 6.1 Men's Beach Competition 6.2 Women's Beach Competition 7 Boxing 8 Canoeing 8.1 Flatwater 8.1.1 Men's competition 8.2 Slalom 8.2.1 Men's competition 8.2.2 Women's competition 9 Cycling 9.1 Cross Country Mountain Bike 9.2 Road Cycling 9.3 Track Cycling 10 Diving 11 Equestrianism 11.1 Jumping Team 11.2 Eventing Team 12 Fencing 13 Gymnastics 13.1 Artistique Gymnastics 14 Handball 15 Judo 16 Modern pentathlon 17 Rhythmic gymnastics 18 Rowing 19 Sailing 20 Shooting 21 Swimming 22 Synchronized swimming 23 Table tennis 24 Taekwondo 25 Tennis 26 Trampolining 27 Triathlon 28 Weightlifting 29 Wrestling 30 Notes 31 References

Medalists[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1 ! Gold	Asloum, BrahimBrahim Asloum	Boxing	Light Flyweight	02013-09-30September 30
1 ! Gold	Estanguet, TonyTony Estanguet	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1	02013-09-18September 18
1 ! Gold	Rousseau, FlorianFlorian Rousseau	Cycling	Men's Keirin	02013-09-21September 21
1 ! Gold	Rousseau, FlorianFlorian Rousseau, Laurent Gané, Arnaud Tournant	Cycling	Men's team sprint	02013-09-17September 17
1 ! Gold	Ballanger, FéliciaFélicia Ballanger	Cycling	Women's track time trial	02013-09-16September 16
			Women's sprint	02013-09-17September 17
1 ! Gold	Martinez, MiguelMiguel Martinez	Cycling	Men's cross-country	02013-09-24September 24
1 ! Gold	Ferrari, Jean-NoëlJean-Noël Ferrari, Brice Guyart, Patrice Lhotellier, Lionel Plumenail	Fencing	Men's team foil	02013-09-22September 22
1 ! Gold	Douillet, DavidDavid Douillet	Judo	Men's +100 kg	02013-09-22September 22
1 ! Gold	Vandenhende, SéverineSéverine Vandenhende	Judo	Women's 63 kg	02013-09-18September 18
1 ! Gold	Dumoulin, FranckFranck Dumoulin	Shooting	Men's 10 m air pistol	02013-09-16September 16
1 ! Gold	Andrieux, MichelMichel Andrieux, Jean-Christophe Rolland	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	02013-09-23September 23
1 ! Gold	Bette, Jean-ChristopheJean-Christophe Bette, Xavier Dorfman, Yves Hocdé, Laurent Porchier	Rowing	Men's coxless four	02013-09-24September 24
2 ! Silver	national basketball team, FranceFrance national basketball team Jim Bilba   Crawford Palmer Yann Bonato   Antoine Rigaudeau Makan Dioumassi   Stéphane Risacher Laurent Foirest   Laurent Sciarra Thierry Gadou   Moustapha Sonko Cyril Julian   Frédéric Weis	Basketball	Men's competition	02013-10-01October 1
2 ! Silver	Guibal, BrigitteBrigitte Guibal	Canoeing	Women's slalom K-1	02013-09-18September 18
2 ! Silver	Rousseau, FlorianFlorian Rousseau	Cycling	Men's sprint	02013-09-20September 20
2 ! Silver	Clignet, MarionMarion Clignet	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit	02013-09-18September 18
2 ! Silver	Obry, HuguesHugues Obry	Fencing	Men's épée	02013-09-16September 16
2 ! Silver	Di Martino, Jean-FrançoisJean-François Di Martino, Hugues Obry, Éric Srecki	Fencing	Men's team épée	02013-09-18September 18
2 ! Silver	Gourdain, MathieuMathieu Gourdain	Fencing	Men's sabre	02013-09-21September 21
2 ! Silver	Gourdain, MathieuMathieu Gourdain, Julien Pillet, Cédric Séguin, Damien Touya	Fencing	Men's team sabre	02013-09-24September 24
2 ! Silver	Poujade, ÉricÉric Poujade	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	02013-09-24September 24
2 ! Silver	Varonian, BenjaminBenjamin Varonian	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	02013-09-25September 25
2 ! Silver	Benboudaoud, LarbiLarbi Benboudaoud	Judo	Men's 66 kg	02013-09-16September 16
2 ! Silver	Lebrun, CélineCéline Lebrun	Judo	Women's 78 kg	02013-09-21September 21
2 ! Silver	Racinet, DelphineDelphine Racinet	Shooting	Women's trap	02013-09-18September 18
2 ! Silver	Maracineanu, RoxanaRoxana Maracineanu	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	02013-09-22September 22
3 ! Bronze	Thomas, JérômeJérôme Thomas	Boxing	Flyweight	02013-10-01October 1
3 ! Bronze	Bardet, Anne-LiseAnne-Lise Bardet	Canoeing	Women's slalom K-1	02013-09-18September 18
3 ! Bronze	Longo, JeannieJeannie Longo	Cycling	Women's road time trial	02013-09-30September 30
3 ! Bronze	Flessel-Colovic, LauraLaura Flessel-Colovic	Fencing	Women's épée	02013-09-17September 17
3 ! Bronze	Demontfaucon, FrédéricFrédéric Demontfaucon	Judo	Men's 90 kg	02013-09-20September 20
3 ! Bronze	Traineau, StéphaneStéphane Traineau	Judo	Men's 100 kg	02013-09-21September 21
3 ! Bronze	Chapelle, ThibaudThibaud Chapelle, Pascal Touron	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls	02013-09-24September 24
3 ! Bronze	Dedieu, VirginieVirginie Dedieu, Myriam Lignot	Synchronized swimming	Women's duet	02013-09-26September 26
3 ! Bronze	Chila, PatrickPatrick Chila, Jean-Philippe Gatien	Table tennis	Men's doubles	02013-09-23September 23
3 ! Bronze	Di Pasquale, ArnaudArnaud Di Pasquale	Tennis	Men's singles	02013-09-28September 28
3 ! Bronze	Gentil, PascalPascal Gentil	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg	02013-09-30September 30

Archery[edit]

Sebastian Flute performed better in 2000 than he had in 1996, but still couldn't match the gold medal he had won in 1992. Jocelyn de Grandis was the only other French archer to win a match.

Men's individual
	Sebastian Flute			Jocelyn de Grandis			Lionel Torres
1/32 eliminations	Defeated	Serdar Satir	160-156	Defeated	Iouri Leontiev	171-163	Lost to	Christian Stubbe	163-161
1/16 eliminations	Defeated	Baard Nesteng	160-148	Lost to	Simon Fairweather	161-150	-	-	-
1/8 eliminations	Defeated	Fred van Zutphen	166-159	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quarterfinal	Lost to	Wietse van Alten	106-102	-	-	-	-	-	-

Men's team:

• Flute, de Grandis, and Torres — round of 16, 11th place (0-1)

Women's individual
	Sylvie Pissis			Alexandra Fouace
1/32 eliminations	Lost to	Chia-Ling Wen Chinese Taipei	151-149	Lost to	Barbara Mensing Germany	157-149

Athletics[edit]

Men's competition[edit]

Men's 100 m

• David Patros

• Round 1 — 10.38
• Round 2 — 10.33 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m

• Ibrahima Wade

• Round 1 — 45.72
• Round 2 — 45.61 (→ did not advance)

• Marc Raquil

• Round 1 — 45.72
• Round 2 — 45.56 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 m

• Mehdi Baala

• Round 1 — 03:40.35
• Semifinal — 03:38.15
• Final — 03:34.14 (→ 4th place)

• Driss Maazouzi

• Round 1 — 03:38.88
• Semifinal — 03:40.23
• Final — 03:45.46 (→ 11th place)

Men's 5,000 m

• Mustapha Essaid

• Round 1 — 13:40.82 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Jean-Marc Grava

• Round 1 — 14.01
• Round 2 — 14.47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m

• Christophe Cheval, Jerome Eyana, Needdy Guims, Frederic Krantz, David Patros

• Round 1 — 39
• Semifinal — 38.64
• Final — 38.49 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x400 m

• Marc Foucan, Emmanuel Front, Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Marc Raquil, Ibrahima Wade, Bruno Wavelet

• Round 1 — 03:04.45
• Semifinal — 03:00.64
• Final — 03:01.02 (→ 4th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Gael Pencreach

• Round 1 — 08:25.35
• Final — 08:41.19 (→ 14th place)

• Bouabdellah Tahri

• Round 1 — 08:34.69 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 m Wheelchair

• Claude Issorat

• Final — 03:07.65 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Hammer Throw

• David Chaussinand

• Qualifying — 77.12
• Final — 75.26 (→ 11th place)

• Giles Dupray

• Qualifying — 75.05 (→ did not advance)

• Christophe Epalle

• Qualifying — 74.22 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Cheikh Toure

• Qualifying — 7.87 (→ did not advance)

• Ronald Servius

• Qualifying — 7.66 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Colomba Fofana

• Qualifying — 14.59 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Jean Galfione

• Qualifying — 5.55 (→ did not advance)

• Romain Mesnil

• Qualifying — 5.40 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Anthony Gillet

• Final — 1:27:36 (→ 33rd place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Denis Langlois

• Final — 3:52:56 (→ 14th place)

• Sylvain Caudron

• Final — 4:03:22 (→ 29th place)

• René Piller

• Final — DNF

Men's marathon

• Mohamed Ouaadi

• Final — 2:14:04 (→ 8th place)

• Abdellah Behar

• Final — DNF

Men's Decathlon

• Laurent Hernu

• 100 m — 11.19
• Long Jump — 7.14
• Shot Put — 13.54
• High Jump — 2.06
• 400 m — 50.63
• 100 m Hurdles — 14.51
• Discus Throw — 41.78
• Pole Vault — 5.00
• Javelin Throw — 56.34
• 1,500 m — 04:37.82

• • Points — 7909.00 (→ 19th place)

• Wilfrid Boulineau

• 100 m — 11.07
• Long Jump — 7.08
• Shot Put — 13.38
• High Jump — 2.03
• 400 m — 49.82
• 100 m Hurdles — 15.02
• Discus Throw — 39.86
• Pole Vault — 4.80
• Javelin Throw — 59.69
• 1,500 m — 04:35.59

• • Points — 7821.00 (→ 20th place)

• Sebastien Levicq

• 100 m — 11.48
• Long Jump — 6.57
• Shot Put — 13.53
• High Jump — DNS

Women's competition[edit]

Women's 100 m

• Christine Arron

• Round 1 — 11.42
• Round 2 — 11.26
• Semifinal — 11.42 (→ did not advance)

• Sandra Citte

• Round 1 — 11.47
• Round 2 — 11.63 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m

• Muriel Hurtis

• Round 1 — 23.04
• Round 2 — 22.98
• Semifinal — 23.13 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m

• Marie-José Pérec

• Round 1 — DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's 5,000 m

• Yamna Belkacem

• Round 1 — 16:08.49 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

• Fatima Yvelain

• Round 1 — 33:44.48 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Linda Ferga

• Round 1 — 12.89
• Round 2 — 12.88
• Semifinal — 12.87
• Final — 13.11 (→ 7th place)

• Nicole Ramalalanirina

• Round 1 — 12.90
• Round 2 — 12.79
• Semifinal — 12.77
• Final — 12.91 (→ 7th place)

• Patricia Girard

• Round 1 — 13.11
• Round 2 — 13.43 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m

• Christine Arron, Sandra Citte, Fabe Dia, Linda Ferga, Muriel Hurtis

• Round 1 — 43.23
• Semifinal — 42.42
• Final — 42.42 (→ 4th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Laurence Manfredi

• Qualifying — 16.57 (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus

• Melina Robert-Michon

• Qualifying — 54.11 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Nadine Auzeil

• Qualifying — 53.85 (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw

• Manuela Montebrun

• Qualifying — 57.77 (→ did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault

• Caroline Ammel

• Qualifying — 4.15 (→ did not advance)

• Marie Poissonnier

• Qualifying — 4.15 (→ did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Nora Leksir

• Final — 1:35:39 (→ 22nd place)

• Fatiha Ouali

• Final — 1:35:35 (→ 23rd place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Nathalie Teppe

• 100 m Hurdles — 14.02
• High Jump — 1.72
• Shot Put — 13.44
• 200 m — 26.39
• Long Jump — 5.94
• Javelin Throw — 46.98
• 800 m — 02:18.56
• Points — 5851 (→ 19th place)

• Eunice Barber

• 100 m Hurdles — 12.97
• High Jump — 1.84
• Shot Put — 11.27
• 200 m — 24.47
• Long Jump — 5.93
• Javelin Throw — DNS

Badminton[edit]

Men's Singles

• Bertrand Gallet

• Round of 64: Defeated Marco Vasconcelos of Portugal
• Round of 32: Lost to Sun-Ho Hwang of Korea

Women's Singles

• Tatiana Vattier

• Round of 64: Lost to Kanako Yonekura of Japan

• Sandra Dimbour

• Round of 64: Bye
• Round of 32: Lost to Lidya Djaelawijaya of Indonesia

Basketball[edit]

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• Defeated New Zealand (76-50)
• Lost to Lithuania (63-81)
• Defeated China (82-70)
• Lost to Italy (57-67)
• Lost to United States (94-106)

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated Canada (68-63)

• Semi Finals

• Defeated Australia (76-52)

• Gold Medal Match

• Lost to United States (75-85) — Silver Medal

• Team Roster

• Jim Bilba
• Yann Bonato
• Makan Dioumassi
• Fabien Dubos
• Laurent Foirest
• Thierry Gadou
• David Gauthier
• Cyril Julian
• Crawford Palmer
• Laurent Pluvy
• Antoine Rigaudeau
• Stéphane Risacher
• Dwayne Scholten
• Laurent Sciarra
• Moustapha Sonko
• Frédéric Weis

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• Defeated Senegal (75-39)
• Defeated Slovakia (58-51)
• Defeated Canada (70-58)
• Defeated Brazil (73-70)
• Lost to Australia (62-69)

• Quarterfinals

• Lost to South Korea (59-68)

• Classification Match (5th-6th)

• Defeated Russia (71-59) — 5th place

• Team Roster

• Nicole Antibe
• Lucienne Berthieu
• Johanna Boutet
• Sabine Falcoz
• Isabelle Fijalkowski
• Edwige Lawson
• Sandra Le Drean
• Nathalie Lesdema
• Isabelle Marcin
• Catherine Melain
• Laëtitia Moussard
• Audrey Sauret
• Laure Savasta
• Yannick Souvré
• Dominique Tonnerre
• Stéphanie Vivenot

Beach volleyball[edit]

Men's Beach Competition[edit]

• Jean-Philippe Jodard and Christian Penigaud — 19th place (tied)

Women's Beach Competition[edit]

• Anabelle Prawerman and Cécile Rigaux

• Preliminary Round — defeated Maike Friedrichsen and Danja Müsch (GER) 16-14
• Round of 16 — Lost to Tania Gooley and Pauline Manser (AUS) 3-15 (→ 9th place)

Boxing[edit]

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Brahim Asloum
  • Round 1 — Defeated Rezkalla Mohamed Abdelaehim of Egypt
  • Round 2 — Defeated Brian Viloria of United States
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Ki-Suk Kim of Korea
  • Semifinal — Defeated Maikro Romero Esquirol of Cuba
  • Final — Defeated Rafael Lozano of Spain — Gold Medal

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Jérôme Thomas
  • Round 1 — Defeated Erle Wiltshire of Australia
  • Round 2 — Defeated Drissa Tou of Burkina Faso
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated José Navarro of the United States
  • Semifinal — Lost to Bulat Jumadilov of Kazakhstan — Bronze Medal

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Rachid Bouaita
  • Round 1 — Lost to Clarence Vinson of the United States (did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Abdel Jebahi
  • Round 1 — Lost to Selim Palyani of Turkey (did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (63.5 kg)

• Willy Blain
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Lost to Diogenes Luna Martinez of Cuba (did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

• Frédéric Esther
  • Round 1 — Defeated Andrey Mishin of Russia
  • Round 2 — Defeated Firat Karagollu of Turkey
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Marin Simion of Romania (did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (81 kg)

• John Dovi
  • Round 1 — Defeated Shawn Terry Cox of Barbados
  • Round 2 — Defeated Alexey Katulievsky of Kyrgyzstan
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Alexander Lebziak of Russia (did not advance)

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

• Jackson Chanet
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Defeated Mohamed Azzaoui of Algeria
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Sultanahmed Ibzagimov of Russia (did not advance)

Canoeing[edit]

Flatwater[edit]

Men's competition[edit]

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

• Pierre Lubac

• Qualifying Heat — 03:36.573
• Semifinal — 03:38.155
• Final — 03:37.931 (→ 7th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Babak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin

• Qualifying Heat — 01:32.902
• Semifinal — 01:32.597
• Final — 01:48.921 (→ 4th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

• Babak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin

• Qualifying Heat — 03:14.835
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 03:17.635 (→ 5th place)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

• Maxime Boccon, Frederic Gauthier, Stephane Gourichon, and Pierre Lubac

• Qualifying Heat — 03:05.860
• Semifinal — 03:03.703 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

• Eric le Leuch

• Qualifying Heat — 01:53.934
• Semifinal — 01:56.907 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

• Eric le Leuch

• Qualifying Heat — 03:55.726
• Semifinal — 04:02.038
• Final — 03:57.217 (→ 4th place)

Slalom[edit]

Men's competition[edit]

Men's Kayak Singles

• Laurent Burtz

• Qualifying — 257.47
• Final — 227.63 (→ 8th place)

Men's Canoe Singles

• Tony Estanguet

• Qualifying — 263.41
• Final — 231.87 (→ Gold Medal)

• Emmanuel Brugvin

• Qualifying — 269.29
• Final — 238.42 (→ 4th place)

Men's Canoe Doubles

• Wilfrid Forgues and Frank Adisson

• Qualifying — 270.50
• Final — 290.91 (→ 7th place)

Women's competition[edit]

Women's Kayak Singles

• Brigette Guibal

• Qualifying — 292.62
• Final — 251.88 (→ Silver Medal)

• Anne-Lise Bardet

• Qualifying — 309.08
• Final — 254.77 (→ Bronze Medal)

Cycling[edit]

Cross Country Mountain Bike[edit]

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

• Miguel Martinez

• Final — 2:09:02.50 (→ Gold Medal)

• Ludovic Dubau

• Final — 2:16:48.56 (→ 18th place)

• Christophe Dupouey

• Final — DNF

Women's Mountain Bike

• Laurence Leboucher

• Final — 2:00:38.89 (→ 18th place)

• Sophie Villeneuve

• Final — 2:02:31.71 (→ 23rd place)

Road Cycling[edit]

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Laurent Jalabert

• Final — 0:58:44 (→ 5th place)

• Christophe Moreau

• Final — 0:59:37 (→ 13th place)

Men's Road Race

• Laurent Jalabert

• Final — 5:30:34 (→ 5th place)

• Laurent Brochard

• Final — 5:30:46 (→ 45th place)

• Christophe Moreau

• Final — 5:30:46 (→ 62nd place)

• Richard Virenque

• Final — 5:30:46 (→ 63rd place)

• Christophe Capelle

• Final — DNF

Women's Individual Time Trial

• Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli

• Final — 0:42:52 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Catherine Marsal

• Final — 0:44:27 (→ 13th place)

Women's Road Race

• Magali le Floc'h

• Final — 3:06:31 (→ 6th place)

• Catherine Marsal

• Final — 3:11:04 (→ 38th place)

• Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli

• Final — 3:06:37 (→ 25th place)

Track Cycling[edit]

Men's Sprint

• Laurent Gané
  • Qualifying — 10.243
  • First Round — Defeated Julio César Herrera of Cuba
  • 1/8 Finals — Defeated Craig MacLean of Great Britain
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Sean Eadie of Australia
  • Semifinal — Lost to Florian Rousseau of France
  • Final — Lost to Jens Fiedler of Germany

• Florian Rousseau
  • Qualifying — 10.277
  • First Round — Defeated Nikolaos Angelidis of Greece
  • 1/8 Finals — Defeated Christian Arrue of United States
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Jose Villanueva of Spain
  • Semifinal — Defeated Laurent Gané of France
  • Final — Lost to Marty Nothstein of United States — Silver Medal

Men's Individual Pursuit

• Philippe Gaumont
  • Qualifying — 04:22.142 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1 km Time Trial

• Arnaud Tourant
  • Final — 01:03.023 (→ 5th place)

Men's Point Race

• Christophe Capelle
  • Points — 2
  • Laps Down — 2 (→ 19th place)

Men's Keirin

• Frédéric Magné
  • First Round — Heat — 3; Place — 2
  • Second Round — Heat — 2; Place — 3 (→ did not advance)
  • Final — 6th place

• Florian Rousseau
  • First Round — Heat — 2; Place — 5
  • Repechage — Heat — 2; Place — 2
  • Second Round — Heat — 1; Place — 3
  • Final — 1st place — Gold Medal

Men's Olympic Sprint

• Laurent Gané, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant
  • Qualifying — 44.425
  • Second Round — 44.302
  • Final — 44.233 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Team Pursuit

• Cyril Box, Philippe Ermenault, Francis Moreau, and Jérôme Neuville
  • Qualifying — 04:05.155
  • Quarterfinal — 04:05.224
  • Semifinal — 04:11.549 (→ did not advance)

Men's Madison

• Robert Sassone and Christophe Capelle
  • Final — 5 (→ 10th place)

Women's Sprint

• Félicia Ballanger
  • Qualifying — 11.262
  • 1/8 Finals — Defeated Mira Kasslin of Finland
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Tanya Lindenmuth of United States
  • Semifinal — Defeated Michelle Ferris of Australia
  • Final — Defeated Oxana Grichina of Russia (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Individual Pursuit

• Marion Clignet
  • Qualifying — 03:34.636
  • Semifinal — Defeated Yvonne McGregor of Great Britain
  • Final — Lost to Leontien Zijlaard of Netherlands (→ Silver medal)

Women's 500 m Time Trial

• Félicia Ballanger
  • Final — 34.140 (→ Gold Medal)

• Magali Faure-Humbert
  • Final — 35.766 (→ 11th place)

Women's Point Race

• Marion Clignet
  • Points — 11 (→ 6th place)

Diving[edit]

France entered nine diving events and had two top 10 finishes.

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Frederic Pierre

• Preliminary — 310.74 (40th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Gilles Emptoz — Lacote

• Preliminary — 377.7 (20th place, did not advance)

Men's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

• Giles Emptoz — Lacote, Frederic Pierre

• Final — 310.08 (6th place)

Men's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

• Giles Emptoz — Lacote, Frederic Pierre

• Final — 314.94 (8th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Sandra Ponthus

• Preliminary — 242.79 (23rd place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Julie Danaux

• Preliminary — 219.87 (36th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Odile Arboles — Souchon

• Preliminary — 260.25 (23rd place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Claire Febvay

• Preliminary — 222.81 (35th place, did not advance)

Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

• Odile Arboles — Souchon, Julie Danaux

• Final — 277.14 (7th place)

Equestrianism[edit]

Jumping Team[edit]

• Alexandra Lederman (Rochet M)
• Thierry Pomel (Thor des Chaines)
• Michel Robert (Auleto)
• Philippe Rozier (Barbarian)
• Patrice Delaveau (Caucalis)

Eventing Team[edit]

• Jean-Lou Bigot (Twist La Beige)
• Didier Courrèges (Débat d’Estruval)
• Nicolas Touzaint (Cobra d’Or)
• Jean-Luc Force (Crocus Jacob)
• Rodolphe Scherer (Bambi de Brière, Avant-Première)
• Jean Teulère (Amouncha)
• Didier Viricel (Caprice de la Cour)
• Didier Willefert (Blakring)

Fencing[edit]

Sixteen fencers, eleven men and five women, represented France in 2000.

Men's foil

• Jean-Noël Ferrari
• Brice Guyart
• Lionel Plumenail

Men's team foil

• Jean-Noel Ferrari, Brice Guyart, Patrice Lhotellier, Lionel Plumenail — Gold Medal

Men's épée

• Hughes Obry — Silver Medal
• Éric Srecki
• Jean-François Di Martino

Men's team épée

• Jean-François di Martino, Hughes Obry, Éric Srecki — Silver Medal

Men's sabre

• Mathieu Gourdain — Silver Medal
• Damien Touya
• Julien Pillet

Men's team sabre

• Mathieu Gourdain, Julien Pillet, Cédric Séguin, Damien Touya — Silver Medal

Women's foil

• Adeline Wuillème

Women's épée

• Laura Flessel-Colovic — Bronze Medal
• Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux
• Sangita Tripathi

Women's team épée

• Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux
• Laura Flessel-Colovic
• Sangita Tripathi
• Sophie Moressée-Pichot

Gymnastics[edit]

Artistique Gymnastics[edit]

Women's Competition

• Anne-Sophie Endeler, Delphine Regease, Ludivine Furnon, Nelly Ramassany, Alexandra Soler, and Elvire Teza

Men's Competition

• Eric Casimir, Yann Cucherat, Dimitri Karbanenko, Florent Maree, Eric Poujade, and Benjamin Varonian

Handball[edit]

Men's Team Competition

• Grégory Anquetil
• Cédric Burdet
• Patrick Cazal
• Didier Dinart
• Jérôme Fernandez
• Christian Gaudin
• Bertrand Gille
• Guillaume Gille
• Olivier Girault
• Andrej Golic
• Stéphane Joulin
• Guéric Kervadec
• Bernard Latchimy
• Bruno Martini
• Thierry Omeyer
• Stéphane Plantin
• Laurent Puigségur
• Jackson Richardson
• Marc Wiltberger

Women's Team Competition

• Valérie Nicolas
• Marie-Annick Dezert
• Joanne Dudziak
• Sonia Cendier
• Estelle Vogein
• Leïla Lejeune
• Sandrine Mariot-Delerce
• Nodjialem Myarao
• Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland
• Christelle Joseph-Mathieu
• Raphaëlle Tervel
• Stéphanie Cano
• Isabelle Wendling
• Chantal Maio
• Stéphanie Ludwig
• Melinda Szabo
• Myriam Korfanty
• Nathalie Selembarom
• Leïsa Lerus

Judo[edit]

Men's Competition

• Eric Despezelle (60 kg)
• Larbi Benboudaoud (66 kg)
• Ferrid Kheder (73 kg)
• Djamel Bouras (81 kg)
• Frédéric Demontfaucon (90 kg)
• Stéphane Traineau (–100 kg)
• David Douillet (+100 kg)

Women's Competition

• Sarah Nichilo-Rosso (48 kg)
• Laëtitia Tignola (52 kg)
• Barbara Harel (57 kg)
• Séverine Vandenhende (63 kg)
• Karine Rambault (70 kg)
• Céline Lebrun (–78 kg)
• Christine Cicot (+78 kg)

Modern pentathlon[edit]

Women's Individual Competition

• Caroline Delemer — 4992 pts (→ 10th place)

Men's Individual Competition

• Sebastien Deleigne — 5326 pts (→ 4th place)
• Oliver Clergeau — 5217 pts (→ 8th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics[edit]

Women's Individual Competition

• Eva Serrano

Women's Team Competition

• Anne-Sophie Doyen, Anne-Laure Klein, Anne-Sophie Lavoine, Laetitia Mancieri, Magalie Poisson, and Vanessa Sauzède

Rowing[edit]

Sailing[edit]

France competed in six of the Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics.

Men's Mistral

• Alexandre Guyader

• Race 1 — 22
• Race 2 — 4
• Race 3 — (28)
• Race 4 — 6
• Race 5 — 4
• Race 6 — 15
• Race 7 — 5
• Race 8 — 11
• Race 9 — 9
• Race 10 — (26)
• Race 11 — 24
• Final — 100 (12th place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

• Xavier Rohart

• Race 1 — 11
• Race 2 — 11
• Race 3 — 4
• Race 4 — 3
• Race 5 — 1
• Race 6 — 9
• Race 7 — 6
• Race 8 — (13)
• Race 9 — (17)
• Race 10 — 5
• Race 11 — 5
• Final — 55 (5th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Gildas Philippe and Tanguy Cariou

• Race 1 — 10
• Race 2 — 2
• Race 3 — 5
• Race 4 — 16
• Race 5 — (30) OCS
• Race 6 — (23)
• Race 7 — 2
• Race 8 — 22
• Race 9 — 17
• Race 10 — 18
• Race 11 — 19
• Final — 111 (14th place)

Men's Tornado

• Pierre Pennec and Yann Guichard

• Race 1 — 4
• Race 2 — 8
• Race 3 — (13)
• Race 4 — 2
• Race 5 — 5
• Race 6 — 3
• Race 7 — 3
• Race 8 — (9)
• Race 9 — 4
• Race 10 — 6
• Race 11 — 8
• Final — 43 (4th place)

Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)

• Jean-Marie Dauris, Philippe Presti and Pascal Rambeau

• Round Robin Group 1(2-3) — 2 Points — Did not advance

Women's Mistral

• Lise Vidal

• Race 1 — 7
• Race 2 — 6
• Race 3 — 9
• Race 4 — (25)
• Race 5 — 3
• Race 6 — (30) DSQ
• Race 7 — 10
• Race 8 — 8
• Race 9 — 21
• Race 10 — 6
• Race 11 — 5
• Final — 75 (9th place)

Shooting[edit]

Men's Competition

• Jean-Pierre Amat (50 m Rifle, three positions)
• Franck Badiou (10 m Running Target)
• Philippe Joualin (carabine 60 balles couché)
• Franck Dumoulin (10 m Air Pistol)
• Stéphane Gagne (10 m Air Pistol)
• Stéphane Clamens (fosse olympique)
• Jean-François Dellac (skeet)
• Jean-Paul Gros (double trap)

Women's Competition

• Valérie Bellenoue (50 m Rifle, three positions)
• Delphine Racinet (fosse olympique)

Swimming[edit]

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Romain Barnier

• Preliminary Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Romain Barnier

• Preliminary Heat — 50.32 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Nicolas Rostoucher

• Preliminary Heat — 03:51.80 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Nicolas Rostoucher

• Preliminary Heat — 15:13.26 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Franck Esposito

• Preliminary Heat — 53.54
• Semi-final — 53.38 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Franck Esposito

• Preliminary Heat — 01:57.97
• Semi-final — 01:57.04
• Final — 01:58.39 (→ 8th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Hugues Duboscq

• Preliminary Heat — 01:02.40 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Stéphan Perrot

• Preliminary Heat — 02:14.79
• Semi-final — 02:14.59 (→ did not advance)

• Yohann Bernard

• Preliminary Heat — 02:15.35
• Semi-final — 02:13.48
• Final — 02:13.31 (→ 7th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Simon Dufour

• Preliminary Heat — 56.01
• Semi-final — 55.79 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Simon Dufour

• Preliminary Heat — 02:01.09 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Xavier Marchand

• Preliminary Heat — 02:02.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Johann Le Bihan

• Preliminary Heat — 04:20.96 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Romain Barnier, Frédérick Bousquet, Hugo Viart, and Nicolas Kintz

• Preliminary Heat — 03:20.19
• Final — 03:21.00 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Simon Dufour, Hugues Duboscq, Franck Esposito, and Frédérick Bousquet

• Preliminary Heat — 03:40.31
• Final — 03:40.02 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Solenne Figuès

• Preliminary Heat — 02:01.46 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Laetitia Choux

• Preliminary Heat — 04:13.09 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Cécile Jeanson

• Preliminary Heat — 59.96 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Cécile Jeanson

• Preliminary Heat — 02:10.78
• Semi-final — 02:10.78 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Karine Brémond

• Preliminary Heat — 02:27.13
• Semi-final — 02:27.86 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Roxana Maracineanu

• Preliminary Heat — 01:01.66
• Semi-final — 01:01.61
• Final — 01:01.10 (→ 4th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Roxana Maracineanu

• Preliminary Heat — 02:11.01
• Semi-final — 02:11.93
• Final — 02:10.25 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Alicia Bozon, Laetitia Choux, Solenne Figuès, and Katarin Quelennec

• Preliminary Heat — 08:07.03
• Final — 08:05.99 (→ 8th place)

Synchronized swimming[edit]

Women's Team Competition

• Cinthia Bouhier, Virginie Dedieu, Charlotte Fabre, Myriam Glez, Rachel Le Bozec, Myriam Lignot, Charlotte Massardier, Magalie Rathier, and Cathy Geoffroy

• Technical Routine — 33.763
• Free Routine — 62.704
• Final — 96.467 (→ 4th place)

Women's Duet Competition

• Virginie Dedieu and Myriam Lignot

• Technical Routine — 33.997
• Free Routine — 63.44
• Final — 97.437 (→ Bronze Medal)

Table tennis[edit]

Men's Singles Competition

• Damien Eloi
• Jean-Philippe Gatien
• Christophe Legout

Men's Doubles Competition

• Patrick Chila
• Damien Eloi
• Jean-Philippe Gatien
• Christophe Legout

Women's Singles Competition

• Anne Boileau

Taekwondo[edit]

Men's Competition

• Pascal Gentil (80 kg)

Women's Competition

• Myriam Baverel (67 kg)

Tennis[edit]

Men's Singls Competition

• Fabrice Santoro

• First Round — Defeated Marat Safin (RUS), 1-6 6-1 6-4
• Second Round — Defeated Fernando Vicente (ESP) 6-1 6-7 7-5
• Third Round — Lost to Karim Alami (FRA), 2-6 7-5 4-6

• Arnaud Di Pasquale → Bronze Medal

• First Round — Defeated Nicolas Kiefer (GER), 6-4 6-3
• Second Round — Defeated Vladimir Voltchkov (BLR), 6-2 6-2
• Third Round — Defeated Magnus Norman (SWE), 7-6 7-6
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP), 6-2 6-1
• Semifinals — Lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS), 6-4 6-4
• Third Place — Defeated Roger Federer (SUI), 7-6 6-7 6-3

• Arnaud Clément

• First Round — Defeated Greg Rusedski (GBR), 6-2 6-3
• Second Round — Lost to Àlex Corretja (ESP), 7-6 4-6 4-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• Nicolas Escudé and Fabrice Santoro

Women's Singles Competition

• Amélie Mauresmo
• Julie Halard
• Nathalie Dechy

Women's Doubles Competition

• Julie Halard and Sandrine Testud

Trampolining[edit]

Men's Individual Competition

• David Martin

Triathlon[edit]

France's competitors at the first Olympic triathlon included twins Beatrice Mouthon and Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys. Isabelle was one of the three French triathletes to place in the top eight.

Women's Individual Competition

• Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys — 2:02:53.41 (→ 7th place)
• Christine Hocq — 2:03:01.90 (→ 8th place)
• Beatrice Mouthon — 2:11:08.08 (→ 35th place)

Men's Individual Competition

• Olivier Marceau — 1:49:18.03 (→ 7th place)
• Carl Blasco — 1:50:18.02 (→ 19th place)
• Stephan Bignet — 1:51:12.15 (→ 31st place)

Weightlifting[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Eric Bonnel	Bantamweight (– 56 kg)	112.5	117.5	117.5	140.0	147.5	147.5	252.5	14
Samson N'Dicka-Matam	Featherweight (– 62 kg)	125.0	130.0	130.0	160.0	165.0	165.0	285.0	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Sabrina Richard	Flyweight (– 48 kg)	70.0	72.5	75.0	87.5	92.5	92.5	157.5	8

Wrestling[edit]

Men's Greco-Roman Competition

• Djamel Ainaoui (– 58 kg)
• Ghani Yalouz (– 69 kg)
• Yvon Riemer (– 76 kg)

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

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