France at the 2008 Summer Olympics

France sent a team of 323 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

France at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeFRA
NOCFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Beijing
Competitors323 in 23 sports
Flag bearer Tony Estanguet
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
7
Silver
16
Bronze
20
Total
43
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Steeve Guénot Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
  Gold Alain Bernard Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle
  Gold Jérôme Jeannet
Fabrice Jeannet
Ulrich Robeiri
Fencing Men's team épée
  Gold Julien Pillet
Boris Sanson
Nicolas Lopez
Fencing Men's team sabre
  Gold Anne-Caroline Chausson Cycling Women's BMX
  Gold Julien Absalon Cycling Men's cross-country
  Gold France national men's handball team
Handball Men's tournament
  Silver Fabrice Jeannet Fencing Men's individual épée
  Silver Benjamin Darbelet Judo Men's 66 kg
  Silver Amaury Leveaux
Fabien Gilot
Frédérick Bousquet
Alain Bernard
Grégory Mallet
Boris Steimetz
Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
  Silver Fabien Lefèvre Canoeing Men's slalom K-1
  Silver Nicolas Lopez Fencing Men's sabre
  Silver Lucie Décosse Judo Women's 63 kg
  Silver Vencelas Dabaya Weightlifting Men's 69 kg
  Silver Grégory Baugé
Kévin Sireau
Arnaud Tournant
Cycling Men's team sprint
  Silver Amaury Leveaux Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle
  Silver Thomas Bouhail Gymnastics Men's vault
  Silver Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase
  Silver Julien Bontemps Sailing Men's RS:X
  Silver Laëtitia Le Corguillé Cycling Women's BMX
  Silver Jean-Christophe Péraud Cycling Men's cross-country
  Silver Khedafi Djelkhir Boxing Featherweight
  Silver Daouda Sow Boxing Lightweight
  Bronze Sophie Dodemont
Virginie Arnold
Bérengère Schuh
Archery Women's team
  Bronze Hugues Duboscq Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke
  Bronze Christophe Guénot Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
  Bronze Hugues Duboscq Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke
  Bronze Benoît Caranobe Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around
  Bronze Stéphanie Possamaï Judo Women's 78 kg
  Bronze Teddy Riner Judo Men's +100 kg
  Bronze Alain Bernard Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle
  Bronze Anthony Terras Shooting Men's skeet
  Bronze Julien Desprès
Benjamin Rondeau
Germain Chardin
Dorian Mortelette
Rowing Men's coxless four
  Bronze Guillaume Florent Sailing Finn class
  Bronze Jonathan Coeffic
Pierre-Jean Peltier
Julien Bahain
Cédric Berrest
Rowing Men's quadruple sculls
  Bronze Nicolas Charbonnier
Olivier Bausset
Sailing Men's 470 class
  Bronze Mickaël Bourgain Cycling Men's sprint
  Bronze Alexis Vastine Boxing Light welterweight
  Bronze Gwladys Épangue Taekwondo Women's 67 kg
  Bronze Marie Delattre
Anne-Laure Viard
Canoeing Women's K-2 500 m
  Bronze Mehdi Baala Athletics Men's 1500 m
  Bronze Yannick Szczepaniak Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
  Bronze Manuela Montebrun[2] Athletics Women's hammer throw

Archery edit

France will send archers to the Olympics for the twelfth time. France qualified a full team of three women by placing eighth in the women's team event at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships.[3] The nation had no men qualify at the world tournament, but Romain Girouelle earned the nation one spot in the men's individual competition at the European qualifying tournament.[4]

Men[5]
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Romain Girouille Individual 641 51   Kim (AUS) (14)
L 110–112
Did not advance
Jean-Charles Valladont 656 35   Naray (AUS) (30)
L 106–108
Did not advance
Women[5]
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Virginie Arnold Individual 626 39   Lorig (USA) (26)
L 105–107
Did not advance
Sophie Dodemont 632 32   Hitzler (GER) (33)
L 106–107
Did not advance
Bérengère Schuh 645 14   Lionetti (ITA) (51)
W 112–107
  Kitabatake (JPN) (46)
W 112–100
  Joo H-J (KOR) (3)
L 104–109
Did not advance
Virginie Arnold
Sophie Dodemont
Bérengère Schuh
Team 1903 5 Bye   Poland (POL) (4)
W 218–211
  South Korea (KOR) (1)
L 213–184
  Great Britain (GBR) (2)
W 203–201
 

Athletics edit

The French athletics team, composed of 52 athletes, including 18 relay competitors, for 2008 Summer Olympics was announced on the July 28, 2008, following the French National Championships held in Albi. Frank Chevallier, the national technical director, believes that France has a better chance of winning two to four athletic medals.[6]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men[7]
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Mehdi Baala 1500 m 3:35.87 1 Q 3:37.47 2 Q 3:34.21  
Samuel Coco-Viloin 110 m hurdles 13.60 4 Q 13.51 4 q 13.65 8 Did not advance
Yohann Diniz 50 km walk DNF
Leslie Djhone 400 m 45.12 1 Q 44.79 SB 1 Q 45.11 5
Ladji Doucouré 110 m hurdles 13.52 2 Q 13.39 2 Q 13.22 SB 3 Q 13.24 4
Martial Mbandjock 100 m 10.26 2 Q 10.16 3 Q 10.18 8 Did not advance
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 3000 m steeplechase 8:16.95 SB 2 Q 8:10.49 PB  
Simon Munyutu Marathon 2:25:50 57
Ronald Pognon 100 m 10.26 3 Q 10.21 5 Did not advance
Eddy Riva 50 km walk 4:00.49 28
Bouabdellah Tahri 3000 m steeplechase 8:23.42 1 Q 8:14.79 5
Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux 8:27.91 7 Did not advance
David Alerte
Christophe Lemaitre
Martial Mbandjock
Issa Aimé Nthépé
Ronald Pognon
Manuel Reynaert
4 × 100 m relay 39.53 6 Did not advance
Leslie Djhone
Richard Maunier
Ydrissa M'Barke
Brice Panel
Teddy Venel
4 × 400 m relay 3:03.19 8 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Jérôme Clavier Pole vault 5.65 3 q 5.60 7
Colomba Fofana Triple jump 16.42 29 Did not advance
Mickaël Hanany High jump 2.25 =14 Did not advance
Romain Mesnil Pole vault 5.55 =14 Did not advance
Yves Niaré Shot put 19.73 23 Did not advance
Salim Sdiri Long jump 7.81 21 Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Romain Barras Result 11.26 7.08 15.42 1.96 49.51 14.21 45.17 5.00 65.40 4:29.29 8253 SB 4
Points 804 833 816 767 837 948 770 910 819 749
Women[7]
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Christine Arron 100 m 11.37 1 Q 11.36 4 Did not advance
Christelle Daunay Marathon 2:31:48 20
Sophie Duarte 3000 m steeplechase 9:38.08 7 Did not advance
Élodie Guégan 800 m 2:03.85 3 Q DNF Did not advance
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi 200 m 22.72 2 Q 22.89 2 Q 22.71 5 Did not advance
Adriana Lamalle 100 m hurdles DNS Did not advance
Reïna-Flor Okori 12.98 3 q 13.05 6 Did not advance
Christine Arron
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi
Ayodelé Ikuesan
Lina Jacques-Sebastien
Carima Louami
Myriam Soumaré
4 × 100 m relay DNF Did not advance
Phara Anacharsis
Solen Desert
Élodie Guégan
Aurore Kassambara
Virginie Michanol
Thélia Sigere
4 × 400 m relay 3:26.61 SB 5 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Vanessa Boslak Pole vault 4.50 SB 2 q 4.55 SB 9
Marion Buisson 4.15 23 Did not advance
Stéphanie Falzon Hammer throw 68.94 14 Did not advance
Manuela Montebrun 72.81 4 Q 72.54  
Teresa Nzola Meso Triple Jump 14.11 14 Did not advance
Amélie Perrin Hammer throw NM Did not advance
Mélina Robert-Michon Discus throw 62.21 SB 5 Q 60.66 8
Melanie Skotnik High Jump 1.89 16 Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Marie Collonvillé Result 13.57 1.86 12.42 25.06 6.21 46.14 2:11.81 6302 SB 12*
Points 1040 1054 689 881 915 785 938
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida Result 13.85 1.71 13.12 24.90 6.16 49.32 2:20.96 6055 18*
Points 1000 867 735 896 899 847 811

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.[8] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and both French heptathletes moved up a position.

Badminton edit

France is being represented by two athletes.[9]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Erwin Kehlhoffner Men's singles   Gomez (AUS)
W 19–21, 22–20, 21–15
  Mambwe (ZAM)
W 21–15, 21–17
  Chen J (CHN)
L 10–21, 6–21
Did not advance
Hongyan Pi Women's singles Bye   Rivero (PER)
W 21–6, 21–9
  Hirose (JPN)
W 21–12, 16–21, 21–6
  Zhang N (CHN)
L 8–21, 21–19, 19–21
Did not advance

Boxing edit

France qualified nine boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Oubaali, Vastine, and M'Bumba qualified at the 2007 World Championships.[10] Djelkhir became the fourth French qualifier at the first European qualifying tournament.[11] Thomas, Hallab, Sow, and Chiguer joined the French Olympic team by qualifying at the 2nd continental qualifier.[12]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nordine Oubaali Light flyweight   Sultonov (UZB)
W 8–7
  Zou (CHN)
L 3–3+
Did not advance
Jérôme Thomas Flyweight   Payano (DOM)
L 6–10
Did not advance
Ali Hallab Bantamweight   Kumar (IND)
L 5–12
Did not advance
Khedafi Djelkhir Featherweight   Fleming (AUS)
W 13–9
  Williams (USA)
W 9–7
  Santos (MEX)
W 14–9
  Imranov (AZE)
W WO
  Lomachenko (UKR)
L RSC
 
Daouda Sow Lightweight   Kim S-G (PRK)
W 13–3
  Pedraza (PUR)
W 13–9
  Hu Q (CHN)
W 9–6
  Ugás (CUB)
W 15–8
  Tishchenko (RUS)
L 9–11
 
Alexis Vastine Light welterweight   Kavaliauskas (LTU)
W 13–2
  Saunders (GBR)
W 11–7
  Mönkh-Erdene (MGL)
W 12–4
  Díaz (DOM)
L 10–12
Did not advance  
Jaoid Chiguer Welterweight   Bashirov (TKM)
W 17–6
  Mahmudov (UZB)
L 3–8
Did not advance
Jean-Mickaël Raymond Middleweight   Rasulov (UZB)
L 2–8
Did not advance
John M'Bumba Heavyweight   Bianco (COL)
W 11–5
  Chakhkeiv (RUS)
L 9–18
Did not advance

Canoeing edit

Slalom edit

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Time Rank Time Rank Total Rank
Tony Estanguet Men's C-1 89.99 8 86.09 6 176.08 6 Q 93.92 9 Did not advance
Fabien Lefèvre Men's K-1 85.66 9 84.70 2 168.06 2 Q 87.21 3 Q 86.09 2 173.30  
Cédric Forgit
Martin Braud
Men's C-2 96.17 4 92.39 1 188.56 2 Q 102.76 5 Q 95.43 1 198.19 4
Émilie Fer Women's K-1 96.90 5 92.78 3 189.68 5 Q 98.50 2 Q 153.46 7 251.96 7

Sprint edit

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mathieu Goubel C-1 500 m 1:49.527 3 QS 1:52.239 2 Q 1:49.056 4
C-1 1000 m 3:56.972 2 QS 3:57.607 1 Q 3:57.889 7
Arnaud Hybois K-1 500 m 1:37.902 4 QS 1:43.559 5 Did not advance
Cyrille Carré
Philippe Colin
K-2 1000 m 3:18.968 3 QF Bye 3:16.532 6
Bertrand Hémonic
William Tchamba
C-2 500 m 1:43.453 6 QS 1:43.874 6 Did not advance
C-2 1000 m 3:46.431 5 QS 3:48.406 6 Did not advance
Sébastien Jouve
Vincent Lecrubier
K-2 500 m 1:29.805 2 QF Bye 1:31.312 7
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marie Delattre
Anne-Laure Viard
K-2 500 m 1.43.832 2 QF Bye 1.42.128  

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling edit

Road edit

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Cyril Dessel Road race Did not finish
Pierrick Fédrigo Did not finish
Rémi Pauriol 6:26:17 34
Jérôme Pineau 6:24:11 14
Pierre Rolland Did not finish
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Christel Ferrier-Bruneau Road race 3:32:45 13
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli Road race 3:32:57 24
Time trial 35:52.62 4
Maryline Salvetat Road race 3:32:45 14
Time trial 38:09.72 20

Track edit

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Mickaël Bourgain Men's sprint 10.123
71.125
5 Q   Kitatsuru (JPN)
W 10.672
67.466
  Chiappa (ITA)
W 10.734
67.076
Bye   Bos (NED)
W 10.524, W 10.463
  Hoy (GBR)
L, L
  Levy (GER)
W 11.047, L, W 10.560
 
Kévin Sireau 10.098
71.301
4 Q   Blatchford (USA)
W 10.742
67.026
  Bos (NED)
L
  Watanabe (JPN)
  Bayley (AUS)
W 10.570
68.117
  Kenny (GBR)
L, L
Did not advance 5th place final
  Mulder (NED)
  Bos (NED)
  Awang (MAS)
W 10.719
5
Grégory Baugé
Kévin Sireau
Arnaud Tournant
Men's team sprint 43.541
62.010
2 Q   Malaysia (MAS)
W 43.656
61.847
  Great Britain (GBR)
L 43.651
61.854
 
Clara Sanchez Women's sprint 11.365
63.352
6   Tsylinskaya (BLR)
W 11.607
62.031
Bye   Meares (AUS)
L, L
Did not advance 5th place final
  Tsylinskaya (BLR)
  Reed (USA)
  Krupeckaitė (LTU)
W 12.264
5
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Opponent
Results
Rank Opponent
Results
Rank
Fabien Sanchez Men's individual pursuit 4:33.100 15 Did not advance
Damien Gaudin
Matthieu Ladagnous
Christophe Riblon
Nicolas Rousseau
Men's team pursuit 4:03.679 5 Q   Denmark (DEN)
DSQ
Did not advance
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st round Repechage 2nd round Finals
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Grégory Baugé Men's keirin 4 R 1 Q 5 7
Arnaud Tournant 4 R 1 Q 3 Q 6
Omnium
Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Christophe Riblon Men's points race −17 −1 21
Pascale Jeuland Women's points race 8 0 7
Matthieu Ladagnous
Jérôme Neuville
Men's madison 12 –1 7

Mountain biking edit

Athlete Event Time Rank
Julien Absalon Men's cross-country 1:55:59  
Jean-Christophe Péraud 1:57:06  
Cédric Ravanel 2:01:38 14
Laurence Leboucher Women's cross-country 2:00:55 17

BMX edit

Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Result Rank Points Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Thomas Allier Men's BMX 36.649 19 16 6 Did not advance
Damien Godet 36.008 3 13 4 Q 14 4 Q DNF 8
Anne-Caroline Chausson Women's BMX 36.660 1 4 1 Q 35.976  
Laëtitia Le Corguillé 37.145 3 4 1 Q 38.042  

Diving edit

Women[13]
Athlete Events Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Claire Febvay 10 m platform 255.30 25 Did not advance
Audrey Labeau 289.95 21 Did not advance

Equestrian edit

Dressage edit

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Marc Boblet Whitini Star Individual 66.125 21 Q 65.640 21 Did not advance
Julia Chevanne Calimucho 63.250 32 Did not advance
Hubert Perring Diabolo St Maurice 66.833 20 Q 62.680 25 Did not advance
Marc Boblet
Julia Chevanne
Hubert Perring
See above Team 65.403 8 65.403 7

Eventing edit

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Jean Renaud Adde Haston d'Elpégère Individual 56.90 53 Eliminated Did not advance
Didier Dhennin Ismène du Temple 42.80 17 14.00 56.80 7 3.00 59.80 11 Q 0.00 59.80 6 59.80 6
Nicolas Touzaint Galan de Sauvagère Withdrew – Horse injury*
Eric Vigeanel Coronado Prior 53.00 44 26.00 79.00 30 0.00 79.00 23 Q 4.00 83.00 20 83.00 20
Didier Dhennin
Eric Vigeanel
Jean Renaud Adde
See above Team 152.70 8 983.10 1135.80 11 3.00 1138.80 11 1138.80 11

* Nicolas Touzaint, a 2004 team gold medallist, had to withdraw just before the start of the competition because of an injury to his horse.[14] His score was automatically set to 1000.00 for team purposes. When Jean Renaud Adde was later eliminated from the competition for falling off his horse on the cross-country course,[15] the same happened to him, causing an astronomical team score for the cross-country ride.

Fencing edit

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Fabrice Jeannet Individual épée   Katchiourine (KGZ)
W 15–14
  Kelsey (USA)
W 15–11
  Tikhomirov (CAN)
W 15–7
  Jung J-S (KOR)
W 15–11
  Boczko (HUN)
W 15–12
  Tagliariol (ITA)
L 9–15
 
Jérôme Jeannet Bye   Novosjolov (EST)
W 15–14
  Abajo (ESP)
L 9–15
Did not advance
Ulrich Robeiri Bye   Avdeev (RUS)
W 15–11
  Tagliariol (ITA)
L 11–15
Did not advance
Fabrice Jeannet
Jérôme Jeannet
Jean-Michel Lucenay
Ulrich Robeiri
Team épée Bye   Venezuela (VEN)
W 45–33
  Italy (ITA)
W 45–39
  Poland (POL)
W 45-29
 
Brice Guyart Individual foil   Ali (MAR)
W 15–3
  Le Péchoux (FRA)
L 10–15
Did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux Bye   Guyart (FRA)
W 15–10
  Sanzo (ITA)
L 9–10
Did not advance
Nicolas Lopez Individual sabre   Ouedraogo (BUR)
W 15–6
  Pozdnyakov (RUS)
W 15–8
  Oh E-s (KOR)
W 15–11
  Pina (ESP)
W 15–10
  Covaliu (ROU)
W 15–13
  Zhong M (CHN)
L 9–15
 
Julien Pillet Bye   Wang Jz (CHN)
W 15–14
  Dumitrescu (ROU)
W 15–13
  Smart (USA)
W 15–13
  Zhong M (CHN)
L 12–15
  Covaliu (ROU)
L 11–15
4
Boris Sanson Bye   Morehouse (USA)
W 15–12
  Tarantino (ITA)
L 7–15
Did not advance
Vincent Anstett
Nicolas Lopez
Julien Pillet
Boris Sanson
Team sabre   Egypt (EGY)
W 45–31
  Italy (ITA)
W 45–41
  United States (USA)
W 45–37
 
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Laura Flessel-Colovic Individual épée   Mills (ISR)
W 15–8
  Zhong Wp (CHN)
W 13–11
  Li N (CHN)
L 10–15
Did not advance
Hajnalka Kiraly Picot   El Sayed (EGY)
W 15–7
  Samuelsson (SWE)
L 13–15
Did not advance
Corinne Maîtrejean Individual foil Bye   Smart (USA)
W 15–9
  Wächter (GER)
L 10–15
Did not advance
Léonore Perrus Individual sabre Bye   Besbes (TUN)
L 11–15
Did not advance
Anne-Lise Touya Bye   Nagy (HUN)
L 13–15
Did not advance
Carole Vergne Bye   Kim K-H (KOR)
L 14–15
Did not advance
Solenn Mary
Léonore Perrus
Anne-Lise Touya
Carole Vergne
Team sabre   Canada (CAN)
W 45–22
  China (CHN)
L 38–45
  United States (USA)
L 38–45
4

Gymnastics edit

Artistic edit

Men
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Thomas Bouhail Team 15.125 13.850 13.700 16.625 Q 14.675 14.575 88.550 27 Q 15.300 14.375 16.475
Benoît Caranobe 15.125 14.250 15.100 16.500 Q 15.275 14.675 90.925 10 Q 14.425 15.225 15.950
Yann Cucherat 16.000 15.850 Q 16.050 14.250
Dimitri Karbanenko 14.050 13.700 13.675 16.125 15.500 15.450 88.500 28 14.900 15.975 15.375 15.350
Danny Rodrigues 14.200 13.400 15.800 Q 13.750 16.100
Hamilton Sabot 14.575 14.025 14.375 15.400 15.400 13.975 87.750 30 14.800 13.975 15.150 15.450
Total 59.025 55.825 58.975 64.650 62.175 60.550 361.200 7 Q 44.625 42.925 45.300 48.400 46.575 45.050 272.875 8
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Thomas Bouhail All-around 15.200 13.400 13.650 15.850 14.425 14.475 87.000 21
Vault 16.537 16.537  
Benoît Caranobe All-around 15.350 14.875 15.175 16.600 15.050 14.875 91.925  
Vault 16.062 16.062 5
Yann Cucherat Horizontal bar 14.825 14.825 8
Danny Rodrigues Rings 16.225 16.225 5

Marks and ranks from vault qualification differ as two vaults are used to determine event finalists while only the first of those counts toward the all-around total. Thomas Bouhail qualified for the all-around final of the top 24 gymnasts because the number of finalists from the same nation is limited to two. Thus, three gymnasts ranked ahead of him were ineligible.

Women
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Rose-Eliandre Bellemare Team 14.225 14.725 14.400 14.550
Marine Debauve 14.100 14.625 13.975
Laetitia Dugain 14.325 14.350 14.625 14.975 58.275 22 Q 13.925 14.725 14.750
Katheleen Lindor 14.900 14.700 14.575 14.825 14.775
Pauline Morel 14.625 14.350 14.625 14.975 57.450 29 14.625 14.675
Marine Petit 14.375 14.350 14.625 14.975 58.350 20 Q 14.775 14.675 15.000
Total 57.550 58.825 58.525 58.975 233.875 6 Q 43.325 44.050 44.175 43.725 175.275 7
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB
Laetitia Dugain All-around 14.000 14.275 14.275 15.225 56.775 23
Marine Petit 14.575 14.725 14.400 14.275 57.975 19

Trampoline edit

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Gregoire Pennes Men's 68.70 12 Did not advance

Handball edit

Men's tournament edit

Roster

The following is the France roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[16][17]

Head coach: Claude Onesta

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 RB Jérôme Fernandez (1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 31) 1.99 m 262 1042   FC Barcelona Handbol
3 P Didier Dinart (1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 31) 1.97 m 288 136   BM Ciudad Real
4 RB Cédric Burdet (1974-11-15)15 November 1974 (aged 33) 1.95 m 220 476   Montpellier HB
5 P Guillaume Gille (1976-07-16)16 July 1976 (aged 32) 1.92 m 245 614   HSV Handball
6 CB Bertrand Gille (1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (aged 30) 1.87 m 211 654   HSV Handball
8 CB Daniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 28) 1.89 m 171 524   Chambéry Savoie Handball
11 LW Olivier Girault (1973-02-22)22 February 1973 (aged 35) 1.83 m 240 551   Paris Handball
12 GK Daouda Karaboué (1975-12-11)11 December 1975 (aged 32) 1.98 m 64   Montpellier HB
13 LB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 24) 1.95 m 120 515   THW Kiel
14 P Cristophe Kempe (1975-05-02)2 May 1975 (aged 33) 1.93 m 161 249   Fénix Toulouse
16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 31) 1.92 m 194   THW Kiel
18 RB Joël Abati (1970-04-25)25 April 1970 (aged 38) 1.90 m 196 577   Montpellier HB
19 RW Luc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 23) 1.82 m 74 247   US d'Ivry Handball
21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 26) 1.79 m 100 351   Montpellier HB
26 LW Cédric Paty (1981-07-25)25 July 1981 (aged 27) 1.94 m 17 44   Chambéry Savoie Handball
Group play
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  France 5 4 1 0 148 115 +33 9 Qualified for the quarterfinals
  Poland 5 3 1 1 147 128 +19 7
  Croatia 5 3 0 2 140 115 +25 6
  Spain 5 3 0 2 152 145 +7 6
  Brazil 5 1 0 4 129 153 −24 2
  China 5 0 0 5 104 164 −60 0
10 August 2008
14:00
France   34 – 26   Brazil Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Girault 7 (19–11) Ertel 5
  2×  Report   4× 
12 August 2008
14:00
China   19 – 33   France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
Hao 5 (7–19) three players 5
  4×  Report   2× 
14 August 2008
20:45
France   23 – 19   Croatia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Chernega, Paladenko (RUS)
Gille 7 (11–9) Džomba 5
  2×  Report   4× 
16 August 2008
14:00
France   28 – 21   Spain Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Gille 6 (16–10) García 7
  3×  Report   3× 
18 August 2008
20:45
Poland   30 – 30   France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
Jurecki 7 (16–13) Karabatić 8
  2×  Report   3× 
Quarterfinal
20 August 2008
12:00
France   27 – 24   Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Narcisse 9 (13–10) Kokcharov 5
  2×  Report   2× 
Semifinal
22 August 2008
18:00
France   25 – 23   Croatia Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
Burdet, Narcisse 6 (12–11) Horvat, Šprem 5
  4×  Report   3× 
Gold medal game
24 August 2008
15:45
Iceland   23 – 28   France Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Stefánsson 5 (10–15) Karabatić 8
  4×  Report   3× 
Final rank

  Gold

Women's tournament edit

Roster

The following is the France roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[18]

Head coach: Olivier Krumbholz

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
4 P Nina Kamto Njitam (1983-06-05)5 June 1983 (aged 25) 1.77 m 79 133   Metz Handball
5 RB Camille Ayglon (1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 23) 1.80 m 25 64   HBC Nîmes
8 P Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland (1972-10-09)9 October 1972 (aged 35) 1.72 m 289 870   Cercle Dijon Bourgogne
9 LW Paule Baudouin (1984-10-25)25 October 1984 (aged 23) 1.72 m 59 121   Issy-les-Moulineaux
10 RB Sophie Herbrecht (1982-02-13)13 February 1982 (aged 26) 1.74 m 144 454   Issy-les-Moulineaux
11 RW Stéphanie Cano (1974-04-17)17 April 1974 (aged 34) 1.60 m 231 462   CA Bèglais Handball
12 GK Amandine Leynaud (1986-05-02)2 May 1986 (aged 22) 1.78 m 28   Metz Handball
13 P Isabelle Wendling (1971-01-30)30 January 1971 (aged 37) 1.78 m 325 537   Metz Handball
16 GK Valérie Nicolas (1975-03-12)12 March 1975 (aged 33) 1.78 m 234   Ikast-Brande Elite Håndbold
19 CB Christine Vanparys-Torres (1978-03-22)22 March 1978 (aged 30) 1.78 m 63 98   Metz Handball
20 LW Raphaëlle Tervel (1979-04-21)21 April 1979 (aged 29) 1.78 m 155 263   Akaba Bera Bera
21 RW Maakan Tounkara (1983-03-12)12 March 1983 (aged 25) 1.65 m 33 60   Le Havre AC
23 RB Alexandra Lacrabère (1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 21) 1.77 m 11 15   CA Bèglais Handball
24 LB Mariama Signaté (1985-07-22)22 July 1985 (aged 23) 1.88 m 43 110   CJF Fleury-Les-Aubrais
Group play
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Norway 5 5 0 0 154 106 +48 10 Qualified for the quarterfinals
  Romania 5 4 0 1 150 112 +38 8
  China 5 2 0 3 122 135 −13 4
  France 5 2 0 3 121 128 −7 4
  Kazakhstan 5 1 1 3 109 137 −28 3
  Angola 5 0 1 4 109 147 −38 1
9 August 2008
09:00
France   32 – 21   Angola Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
Herbrecht 8 (13–14) Bengue, Almeida 5
  4×  Report   3× 
11 August 2008
09:00
Kazakhstan   18 – 21   France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
Ajiderskaya 7 (8–10) Lacrabère 6
  4×  1×  Report   3× 
13 August 2008
10:45
Romania   34 – 26   France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Maier 11 (17–13) Tervel 6
  3×  Report   4× 
15 August 2008
19:00
France   24 – 34   Norway Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Baudouin 6 (12–15) Nyberg, Riegelhuth 6
  4×  Report   3× 
17 August 2008
15:45
France   18 – 21   China Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
Ayglon 5 (10–9) Wu Wenjuan 5
  2×  Report   6× 
Quarterfinal
19 August 2008
20:15
Russia   32 – 31 (ET)   France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liu S, Liu F (CHN)
Bliznova 6 (12–16) Signaté 7
  2×  Report   4× 

FT: 24–24 ET: 4–4, 4–3

Classification semifinal
21 August 2008
14:15
Romania   34 – 36 (ET)   France Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Līcis, Stoļarovs (LAT)
Maier 9 (13–12) Baudouin 7
  8×  Report   8× 

FT: 27–27 ET: 4–4, 3–5

5th–6th place
23 August 2008
10:15
China   23 – 31   France Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Liu Yun 7 (10–15) Herbrecht, Pecqueux-Rolland 7
  1×  Report   1× 

Judo edit

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dimitri Dragin −60 kg Bye   Khergiani (GEO)
W 0101–0010
  Yekutiel (ISR)
W 1000–0000
  Kishmakhov (RUS)
W 0002–0000
  Paischer (AUT)
L 0000–1001
Bye   Sobirov (UZB)
L 0000–0001
5
Benjamin Darbelet −66 kg Bye   Rguig (MAR)
W 1002–0000
  Mehmedovic (CAN)
W 0001–0000
  Gadanov (RUS)
W 1010–0010
  Pak (PRK)
W 0201–0001
Bye   Uchishiba (JPN)
L 0000–1000
 
Anthony Rodriguez −81 kg Bye   Cardenas (CUB)
L 0001–0110
Did not advance
Yves-Matthieu Dafreville −90 kg   González (CUB)
W 1000–0000
  Meloni (ITA)
W 0010–0000
  Santos (BRA)
W 1011–0001
  Benikhlef (ALG)
L 0000–0001
Bye   Mesbah (EGY)
L 0000–0001
5
Frederic Demontfaucon −100 kg   Ze'evi (ISR)
L 0001–0010
Did not advance
Teddy Riner +100 kg Bye   Chedly (TUN)
W 0010–0000
  Ikhsangaliyev (KAZ)
W 1000–0000
  Tangriev (UZB)
L 0000–0001
Did not advance Bye   Tölzer (GER)
W 0020–0010
  Schlittler (BRA)
W 1000–0000
  Gujejiani (GEO)
W 1011–0000
 
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Frédérique Jossinet −48 kg   Nurgazina (KAZ)
L 0000–1000
Did not advance
Audrey La Rizza −52 kg   Heylen (BEL)
L 0000–0001
Did not advance
Barbara Harel −57 kg Bye   Kye S-H (PRK)
W 0101–0010
  Quintavalle (ITA)
L 0001–0010
Did not advance Bye   Bönisch (GER)
W 0001–0000
  Baczko (HUN)
W 0110–0010
  Xu Y (CHN)
L 0101–1000
5
Lucie Décosse −63 kg   Žolnir (SLO)
W 1010–0000
  Schlesinger (ISR)
W 0011–0000
  von Harnier (GER)
W 1001–0001
  Won O-I (PRK)
W 0211–0000
Bye   Tanimoto (JPN)
L 0000–1000
 
Gévrise Émane −70 kg Bye   Iglesias (ESP)
L 0000–0001
Did not advance
Stéphanie Possamaï −78 kg   Briceño (ARG)
W 0001–0000
  Miled (TUN)
W 1010–0012
  Castillo (CUB)
L 0000–0030
Did not advance Bye   Abikeyeva (KAZ)
W 1010–0001
  Wollert (GER)
W 0200–0000
  San Miguel (ESP)
W 0100–0010
 
Anne-Sophie Mondiere +78 kg   Shekerova (UZB)
W 0200–0000
  Tsukada (JPN)
L 0001–1000
Did not advance Bye   Zambotti (MEX)
W 1010–0000
  Dorjgotov (MGL)
L 0000–1000
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon edit

Athlete Event Shooting
(10 m air pistol)
Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Running
(3000 m)
Total points Final rank
Points Rank MP Points Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Jean Maxence Berrou Men's 176 26 1048 10–25 36 640 2:04.52 14 1308 140 13 1060 9:21.71 15 1116 5172 23
John Zakrzewski 168 33 952 19–16 10 856 2:04.23 12 1312 DNF 33 160 10:04.15 32 984 4264 34
Amelie Caze Women's 177 22 1060 22–13 5 928 2:11.29 2 1348 84 16 1116 10:59.82 22 1084 5536 9

Rowing edit

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Laurent Cadot
Erwan Peron
Pair 6:46.57 1 SA/B Bye 6:44.29 5 FB 6:54.40 9
Adrien Hardy
Jean-Baptiste Macquet
Double sculls 6:21.92 2 SA/B Bye 6:18.86 1 FA 6:33.36 5
Frédéric Dufour
Maxime Goisset
Lightweight double sculls 6:20.17 2 SA/B Bye 6:41.18 5 FB 6:32.65 11
Germain Chardin
Julien Desprès
Dorian Mortelette
Benjamin Rondeau
Four 6:05.00 4 R 6:00.01 2 SA/B 5:56.73 3 FA 6:09.31  
Julien Bahain
Cedric Berrest
Jonathan Coeffic
Pierre-Jean Peltier
Quadruple sculls 5:41.75 2 SA/B Bye 5:53.04 3 FA 5:44.34  
Jean-Christophe Bette
Guillaume Raineau
Franck Solforosi
Fabien Tilliet
Lightweight four 5:51.68 2 SA/B Bye 6:07.26 2 FA 5:51.22 4
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sophie Balmary Single sculls 7:47.37 3 QF 7:37.01 2 SA/B 7:56.73 6 FB 7:58.88 12
Stephanie Dechand
Inene Pascal-Pretre
Pair 7:42.92 5 R 7:41.87 4 FB 7:36.25 8

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing edit

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Julien Bontemps RS:X 13 1 5 4 10 8 2 10 2 3 8 53  
Jean-Baptiste Bernaz Laser 19 1 12 9 6 10 30 5 34 CAN 12 104 8
Olivier Bausset
Nicolas Charbonnier
470 6 3 8 1 6 18 3 14 7 20 12 78  
Pascal Rambeau
Xavier Rohart
Star 12 1 5 4 7 6 9 9 8 2 18 69 6
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Faustine Merret RS:X 8 28 10 7 11 19 17 18 7 3 EL 100 11
Sarah Steyaert Laser Radial 11 1 21 3 29
BFD
1 3 10 11 CAN 16 77 5
Gwendolyn Lemaitre
Ingrid Petitjean
470 1 11 16 8 17 9 9 9 13 9 EL 85 11
Julie Gerecht
Anne Le Helley
Catherine Lepesant
Yngling 4 15 1 14 5 10 10 2 CAN CAN 10 56 5
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M*
Guillaume Florent Finn 5 8 20 3 4 6 4 21 CAN CAN 8 58  
Emmanuel Dyen
Yann Rocherieux
49er 7 8 4 5 11 13 11 13 14 7 6 17 CAN CAN CAN 10 109 10
Christophe Espagnon
Xavier Revil
Tornado 7 2 10 16 9 10 10 4 10 7 EL 69 11

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting edit

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Stéphane Clamens Trap 112 25 Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin 10 m air pistol 576 25 Did not advance
50 m pistol 548 34 Did not advance
Josselin Henry 10 m air rifle 587 40 Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 592 23 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1151 41 Did not advance
Walter Lapeyre 10 m air pistol 581 8 Q 680.3 6
50 m pistol 552 25 Did not advance
Valérian Sauveplane 50 m rifle prone 594 8 Q 698.8 6
50 m rifle 3 positions 1172 6 Q 1267.1 7
Anthony Terras Skeet 120 3 Q 144 S/O 3  
Yves Tronc Trap 115 17 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Laurence Brize 10 m air rifle 394 19 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 579 13 Did not advance
Marie Laure Gigon 10 m air rifle 396 8 Q 497.3 7
50 m rifle 3 positions 568 38 Did not advance
Veronique Girardet Skeet 63 16 Did not advance
Delphine Racinet Trap 62 13 Did not advance
Brigitte Roy 10 m air pistol 379 23 Did not advance
25 m pistol 580 15 Did not advance
Stéphanie Tirode 10 m air pistol 377 33 Did not advance
25 m pistol 577 22 Did not advance

Swimming edit

France sent a total of 35 swimmers to these Games, including Alain Bernard[19] and Laure Manaudou.[20]

Men[13]
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alain Bernard 50 m freestyle 21.78 2 Q 21.54 1 Q 21.49  
100 m freestyle 47.85 1 Q 47.20 WR 1 Q 47.21  
Frédérick Bousquet 100 m butterfly 51.83 11 Q 52.94 16 Did not advance
Hugues Duboscq 100 m breaststroke 59.67 3 Q 59.83 4 Q 59.37  
200 m breaststroke 2:09.42 4 Q 2:09.97 8 Q 2:08.94  
Simon Dufour 200 m backstroke 2:02.00 34 Did not advance
Fabien Gilot 100 m freestyle 48.42 13 Q 49.00 15 Did not advance
Pierre Henri 400 m individual medley 4:22.41 22 Did not advance
Christophe Lebon 100 m butterfly 52.56 31 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 1:56.63 17 Did not advance
Amaury Leveaux 50 m freestyle 21.46 1 Q 21.76 4 Q 21.45  
200 m freestyle 1:47.44 13 Q Withdrew
Julien Nicolardot 200 m breaststroke 2:12.76 28 Did not advance
Pierre Roger 200 m backstroke 1:59.01 17 Did not advance
Gilles Rondy 10 km open water 1:52:16.7 15
Nicolas Rostoucher 400 m freestyle 3:47.15 14 Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:00.58 13 Did not advance
Sébastien Rouault 400 m freestyle 3:48.84 23 Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:21.14 27 Did not advance
Benjamin Stasiulis 100 m backstroke 55.08 25 Did not advance
Alain Bernard
Frédérick Bousquet
Fabien Gilot
Amaury Leveaux
Grégory Mallet*
Boris Steimetz*
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:12.36 2 Q 3:08.32  
Sébastien Bodet
Clément Lefert
Amaury Leveaux
Matthieu Madelaine
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:13.57 10 Did not advance
Hugues Duboscq
Fabien Gilot
Christophe Lebon
Benjamin Stasiulis
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:34.78 9 Did not advance

* Competed in the heats only

Women[13]
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Joanne Andraca 400 m individual medley 4:43.88 23 Did not advance
Coralie Balmy 400 m freestyle 4:04.25 6 Q 4:03.60 4
800 m freestyle 8:28.34 12 Did not advance
Alexianne Castel 100 m backstroke 1:01.44 23 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:09.37 9 Q 2:10.04 13 Did not advance
Céline Couderc 50 m freestyle 25.22 34 Did not advance
Sophie de Ronchi 200 m breaststroke 2:30.93 30 Did not advance
Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne 200 m freestyle 1:57.93 11 Q 1:58.00 8 Q 1:57.83 7
Sophie Huber 800 m freestyle 8:33.76 19 Did not advance
Laure Manaudou 400 m freestyle 4:04.93 8 Q 4:11.26 8
100 m backstroke 1:00.09 5 Q 1:00.19 8 Q 1:00.10 7
200 m backstroke 2:09.39 8 Q 2:12.04 15 Did not advance
Malia Metella 50 m freestyle 24.95 10 Q 24.89 12 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 54.12 11 Q 54.20 9 Did not advance
Aurore Mongel 200 m freestyle 1:58.11 15 Q 1:58.08 10 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 58.30 10 Q 58.46 9 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:06.49 2 Q 2:07.21 7 Q 2:07.36 6
Camille Muffat 200 m individual medley 2:12.16 7 Q 2:12.36 12 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:40.29 19 Did not advance
Aurélie Muller 10 km open water 2:02:04.1 21
Alena Popchanka 100 m freestyle 54.86 18 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 58.40 14 Q 58.55 =10 Did not advance
Magali Rousseau 200 m butterfly 2:13.12 28 Did not advance
Cylia Vabre 200 m individual medley 2:14.34 21 Did not advance
Céline Couderc
Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne
Malia Metella*
Alena Popchanka
Hanna Shcherba-Lorgeril
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:37.76 5 Q 3:37.68 6
Coralie Balmy
Céline Couderc*
Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne
Aurore Mongel
Camille Muffat
Alena Popchanka*
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:50.37 OR 1 Q 7:50.66 5
Alexianne Castel
Sophie de Ronchi
Aurore Mongel
Alena Popchanka
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:02.95 11 Did not advance

* Competed in the heats only

Synchronized swimming edit

France will have two entrants in synchronized swimming, competing in the duet event.[13]

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
Apolline Dreyfuss
Lila Meesseman-Bakir
Duet 44.750 11 45.250 90.000 11 Q 45.583 90.333 11

Table tennis edit

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Patrick Chila Men's singles Bye   Jakab (HUN)
L 3–4
Did not advance
Damien Éloi Bye   Saleh (EGY)
W 4–3
  Mizutani (JPN)
L 3–4
Did not advance
Christophe Legoût Bye   Doan (VIE)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Xian Yi Fang Women's singles Bye   Xu J (POL)
W 4–3
  Lau S F (HKG)
L 1–4
Did not advance

Taekwondo edit

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mickael Borot Men's +80 kg   Keita (MLI)
L 5–6
Did not advance
Gwladys Épangue Women's −67 kg   Nurkina (KAZ)
W 3–0
  Benabderrassoul (MAR)
W 1–1 SUP
  Hwang K-S (KOR)
L 1–2
Bye   Morgan (AUS)
W 4–1
Did not advance  

Tennis edit

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Michaël Llodra Singles   Štěpánek (CZE)
W 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 11–9
  Andreev (RUS)
L 4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Did not advance
Paul-Henri Mathieu   Lapentti (ECU)
W 7–6(7–4), 6–2
  Davydenko (RUS)
W 7–5, 6–3
  Kiefer (GER)
W 6–3, 7–5
  González (CHI)
L 4–6, 4–6
Did not advance
Gaël Monfils   Almagro (ESP)
W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
  Hănescu (ROU)
W 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
  Nalbandian (ARG)
W 6–4, 6–4
  Đoković (SRB)
L 6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Did not advance
Gilles Simon   Söderling (SWE)
W 6–4, 6–4
  Cañas (ARG)
W 7–5, 6–1
  Blake (USA)
L 4–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Arnaud Clément
Michaël Llodra
Doubles   Erlich /
Ram (ISR)
W 6–4, 6–4
  A Murray /
J Murray (GBR)
W 6–1, 6–3
  Andreev /
Davydenko (RUS)
W 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–4
  Aspelin /
Johansson (SWE)
L 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 17–19
  B Bryan /
M Bryan (USA)
L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
4
Gaël Monfils
Gilles Simon
  Bhupathi /
Paes (IND)
L 3–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
Rank
Alizé Cornet Singles   Vaidišová (CZE)
W 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
  Peng S (CHN)
W 6–2, 6–2
  S Williams (USA)
L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Did not advance
Tatiana Golovin Withdrew from the singles tournament due to injury on 9 August 2008
Pauline Parmentier   Cibulková (SVK)
L 1–6, 5–7
Did not advance
Virginie Razzano   Daniilidou (GRE)
W 6–3, 6–3
  Kanepi (EST)
L 4–6, 5–7
Did not advance
Alizé Cornet
Virginie Razzano
Doubles   Chan Y-j /
Chuang C-j (TPE)
L 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3), 5–7
Did not advance
Tatiana Golovin
Pauline Parmentier
Withdrew from the doubles tournament due to Golovin's injury on 9 August 2008

Triathlon edit

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Frederic Belaubre Men's 18:03 0:28 59:11 0:30 31:48 1:50:00.30 10
Tony Moulai 18:27 0:29 58:49 0:30 Did not finish
Laurent Vidal 18:49 0:29 58:24 0:29 34:51 1:53:02.79 36
Jessica Harrison Women's 19:56 0:30 1:04:14 0:32 36:19 2:01:31.74 12
Carole Péon 20:22 0:31 1:06:41 0:35 37:55 2:06:04.28 34

Weightlifting edit

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Vencelas Dabaya Men's −69 kg 151 5 187 2 338  
Giovanni Bardis Men's −77 kg 156 10 173 17 329 14
Benjamin Hennequin Men's −85 kg 162 10 205 3 367 6
Mélanie Noël Women's −48 kg 80 6 97 7 177 7

Wrestling edit

Key:

  • VTVictory by Fall.
  • PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vincent Aka-Akesse −96 kg Bye   Gazyumov (AZE)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance 18
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sébastien Hidalgo −60 kg Bye   Monzón (CUB)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 13
Steeve Guénot −66 kg   Milián (CUB)
W 3–1 PP
  Lőrincz (HUN)
W 3–1 PP
  Siamionau (BLR)
W 3–1 PP
  Bayakhmetov (KAZ)
W 3–1 PP
Bye   Begaliev (KGZ)
W 3–1 PP
 
Christophe Guénot −74 kg Bye   Kvirkvelia (GEO)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance Bye   Schneider (GER)
W 3–1 PP
  Bácsi (HUN)
W 3–1 PP
 
Mélonin Noumonvi −84 kg Bye   Minguzzi (ITA)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance Bye   Mishin (RUS)
W 3–1 PP
  Abrahamian (SWE)
L 1–3 PP*
5
Yannick Szczepaniak −120 kg Bye   Ivanov (BUL)
W 3–1 PP
  Deák-Bárdos (HUN)
W 3–1 PP
  Baroev (RUS)
L 1–3 PP
Bye   Mizgaitis (LTU)
L 1–3 PP
 
  • Ara Abrahamian of Sweden, who beat Melonin Noumonvi for bronze in the 84 kg class, was stripped of his medal for violating the spirit of fair play. However, the medal was not handed to Noumonvi or any other wrestler.
  • Yannick Szczepaniak originally finished fifth, but in November 2016, he was promoted to bronze due to disqualification of Khasan Baroev.
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vanessa Boubryemm −48 kg   Caripá (VEN)
W 3–0 PO
  Rakhmanova (RUS)
W 3–1 PP
  Chun (USA)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 7
Lise Golliot-Legrand −63 kg Bye   Méndez (ESP)
W 3–0 PO
  Michalik (POL)
W 3–1 PP
  Kartashova (RUS)
L 1–3 PP
Bye   Shalygina (KAZ)
L 1–3 PP
5
Audrey Prieto −72 kg   Schätzle (GER)
L 0–5 VT
Did not advance 14

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