France at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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France at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag bearer
Marie-José Pérec
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
15
Silver
7
Bronze
15
Total
37
Summer Olympics appearances (
overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 299 competitors, 197 men and 102 women, took part in 183 events in 25 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Jean Galfione Athletics Men's Pole vault August 2
 Gold Marie-José Pérec Athletics Women's 200 m August 1
 Gold Marie-José Pérec Athletics Women's 400 m July 29
 Gold
Wilfrid Forgues
Canoeing Men's slalom C-2 July 28
 Gold Florian Rousseau Cycling Men's time trial July 24
 Gold
Francis Moreau
Cycling Men's team pursuit
 Gold Jeannie Longo Cycling Women's road race July 21
 Gold Félicia Ballanger Cycling Women's sprint July 27
 Gold Nathalie Lancien Cycling Women's points race
 Gold
Laura Flessel
Fencing Women's Épée Individual July 21
 Gold
Sophie Moressee-Pichot
Fencing Women's team Épée July 24
 Gold Djamel Bouras Judo Men's 78 kg July 23
 Gold David Douillet Judo Men's +95 kg July 20
 Gold Marie-Claire Restoux Judo Women's 52 kg July 25
 Gold Jean-Pierre Amat Shooting Men's 50 m rifle three positions
 Silver Philippe Ermenault Cycling Men's individual pursuit
 Silver Marion Clignet Cycling
Women's individual pursuit
 Silver Jeannie Longo Cycling Women's road time trial
 Silver Lionel Plumenail Fencing Men's Foil Individual July 22
 Silver
Valérie Barlois
Fencing Women's Épée Individual July 21
 Silver Gilles Bosquet
Daniel Fauché
Olivier Moncelet
Bertrand Vecten
Rowing Men's coxless four July 27
 Silver Ghani Yalouz wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg July 21
 Bronze Patricia Girard Athletics Women's 100 m hurdles July 31
 Bronze Patrice Estanguet Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 July 27
 Bronze Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi Canoeing Women's slalom K-1 July 27
 Bronze Miguel Martinez Cycling Men's Cross-country July 30
 Bronze Alexandra Ledermann
Equestrian
Individual jumping August 4
 Bronze Franck Boidin Fencing Men's Foil Individual July 22
 Bronze Jean-Michel Henry
Robert Leroux
Éric Srecki
Fencing Men's team Épée July 23
 Bronze Damien Touya Fencing Men's Sabre Individual July 21
 Bronze Christophe Gagliano Judo Men's -71kg July 24
 Bronze Stéphane Traineau Judo Men's -95kg July 21
 Bronze Christine Cicot Judo Women's +72kg July 20
 Bronze Samuel Barathay
Frédéric Kowal
Rowing Men's double sculls July 27
 Bronze Michel Andrieux
Jean-Christophe Rolland
Rowing Men's coxless pair July 27
 Bronze Hélène Cortin
Christine Gossé
Rowing Women's coxless pair July 27
 Bronze Jean-Pierre Amat Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle

Archery

In France's sixth appearance in modern Olympic archery, defending

Severine Bonal was also defeated early, while Lionel Torres
reached the quarterfinal. The men's team was defeated in the first round.


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
Sébastien Flute Men's individual 644 46  Grov (NOR)
L 158-161
Did not advance 39
Damien Letulle 657 26  Parenti (ITA)
L 150-161
Did not advance 56
Lionel Torres 644 45  Fairweather (AUS)
W 165-154
 Yamamoto (JPN)
W 164-163
 
Anchondo (MEX
)
W 159-158
 Vermeiren (BEL)
L 111-106
Did not advance 8
Sébastien Flute
Damien Letulle
Lionel Torres
Men's team 1945 10  Finland (FIN)
L 244-245
Did not advance 9
Severine Bonal
Women's individual 632 40  Damanhuri (INA)
W 156-151
 
Kim (KOR
)
L 153-159
Did not advance 20

Athletics

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's track & road

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Needy Guims 100m 10.39 2 Q 10.43 7 Did not advance
Pascal Theophile
10.41 3 Q 10.38 7 Did not advance
Jean-Louis Rapnouil 400m 45.93 2 Q 45.74 5 Did not advance
Jimmy Jean-Joseph 800m 1:45.64 4 q 1:48.50 6 Did not advance
Bruno Konczylo 1:46.04 3 q 1:48.02 7 Did not advance
Kader Chekhemani
1500m 3:37.81 3 Q 3:34.84 8 Did not advance
Mickaël Damian 3:39.21 8 Did not advance
Eric Dubus
3:47.01 9 Did not advance
Abdellah Béhar 10.000m DNF Did not advance
Mohamed Ezzher 29:55.34 18 Did not advance
Vincent Clarico 110m hurdles 13.52 2 Q 13.57 4 Q 13.43 5 Did not advance
Emmanuel Romary 13.68 5 q 13.81 8 Did not advance
Nadir Bosch 3000m steeplechase 8:31.65 7 q 8:47.31 12 Did not advance
Pascal Theophile
Needy Guims
4 × 100 m relay 39.00 3 Q 38.82 4 Q DNF
Jean-Olivier Brosseau 20 km walk 1:26:29 35
Denis Langlois 1:23:08 14
Thierry Toutain 1:21:56 10
Martial Fesselier 50 km walk 4:04:42 28
René Piller 3:58:00 19
Thierry Toutain DSQ

Men's field

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Emmanuel Bangué Long jump 8.09 7 Q 8.19 4
Alain Andji Pole vault 5.70 =1 Q 5.70 9
Jean Galfione 5.70 =5 Q 5.92 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Gilles Dupray Hammer throw 74.04 19 Did not advance
Christophe Épalle 74.22 17 Did not advance
Raphaël Piolanti 76.44 9 q 75.24 11

Women's track & road

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Odiah Sidibé 100m 11.40 3 Q 11.38 4 Q 11.35 8 Did not advance
Marie-José Pérec 200m Bye 22.24 1 Q 22.07 1 Q 22.12 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400m 51.82 3 Q 51.00 1 Q 49.19 1 Q 48.25 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Viviane Dorsile 800m 2:00.02 3 q 2:00.68 7 Did not advance
Patricia Djaté-Taillard 1:58.98 2 Q 1:57.93 3 Q 1:59.61 6
Blandine Bitzner-Ducret 1500m 4:13.83 5 Q 4:12.27 8 Did not advance
Frédérique Quentin 4:15.95 9 Did not advance
Chantal Dallenbach
10.000m 33:22.35 15 Did not advance
Farida Fates
34:38.49 15 Did not advance
Cécile Cinélu 100m hurdles 13.05 6 q 13.06 6 Did not advance
Patricia Girard-Leno
12.84 2 Q 12.72 3 Q 12.59 2 Q 12.65 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Monique Tourret
13.12 4 Q 13.17 7 Did not advance
Patricia Girard-Leno
4 × 100 m relay 43.09 2 Q 42.76 6
Elsa de Vassoigne
4 × 400 m relay 3:28.07 3 Q 3:28.46 8
Nadia Prasad Marathon 2:50:05 56
Nathalie Fortain 10km walk 46:43 31
Valérie Nadaud 47:49 36

Women's field

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Isabelle Devaluez Discus throw 55.08 37 Did not advance
Nadine Auzeil Javelin throw 52.76 31 Did not advance

Combined events

Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Sebastien Levicq
Result 11.17 7.16 14.05 1.92 50.55 14.50 45.00 5.40 64.42 4:29.50 8192 17
Points
Christian Plaziat Result 10.85 7.82 14.85 2.04 49.07 14.52 45.34 4.90 52.18 4:35.00 8282 11
Points

Badminton

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
Étienne Thobois Men's singles  Sun (CHN)
L 6–15, 6–15
Did not advance
Sandra Dimbour Women's singles Bye  Kim (KOR)
L 1–11, 3–11
Did not advance

Beach volleyball

Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Fourth round Elimination Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jean-Philippe Jodard
Christian Penigaud
Men's  Keel /
Kreen (EST)
W 15–8
 Takao /
Rego (BRA)
L 1–15
Did not advance  Setoyama /
Takao (JPN)
W 15–8
 Prosser /
Zahner (AUS)
L 13–15
Did not advance =13
Brigitte Lesage
Anabelle Prawerman
Women's  
Soto (MEX
)
L 11–15
Did not advance  Kaize /
Yudhani Rahayu (INA)
L 11–15
Did not advance =13

Boxing

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Rank
Rachid Bouaita Bantamweight  Abubakirov (KAZ)
W 10–4
 Križan (SVK)
W 13–6
 Mesa (CUB)
L 8–15
Did not advance
Nordine Mouichi
Light welterweight  
Usman (PAK
)
W KO-1
 Bykovsky (BLR)
W 17-6
 Urkal (GER)
L 10-19
Did not advance
Hussein Bayram Welterweight  Simion (ROU)
L 6-13
Did not advance
Jean-Paul Mendy Middleweight  Ottke (GER)
L 4-11
Did not advance
Jean-Louis Mandengue Light heavyweight  Pourtaghi (IRN)
W 21-9
 Bispo (BRA)
L RSCH-1
Did not advance
Christophe Mendy Heavyweight  Bali (ROU)
W RSCH-2
 Defiagbon (CAN)
L DSQ-3
Did not advance
Josué Blocus Heavyweight  Guevara (VEN)
W RSCH-2
 Mamedov (AZE)
L RSCH-1
Did not advance

Canoeing

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Emmanuel Brugvin C-1 163.28 156.71 156.71 6
Hervé Delamarre 155.98 178.77 155.98 5
Patrice Estanguet 152.84 160.89 152.84 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Wilfrid Forgues
C-2 195.82 158.82 158.82 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Thierry Saïdi
Emmanuel del Rey
173.43 165.47 165.47 6

Cycling

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Laurent Brochard Road race 4:56:33 17
Francesco Casagrande 4:56:44 32
Laurent Jalabert 4:56:43 21
Didier Rous 4:56:50 83
Richard Virenque 4:55:10 5
Laurent Brochard Time trial 1:09:22 20
Laurent Jalabert 1:07:34 13
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Marion Clignet Road race 02:41:50 38
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
02:36:13 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Catherine Marsal 02:36:56 16
Marion Clignet Time trial 38:14 5
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
37:00 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Track

Points race
Athlete Event Points Rank
Francis Moreau
Men's points race 21 5
Nathalie Even-Lancien
Women's points race 24 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification First round Repechage 1 Second round Repechage 2 Round of 16 Repechage 3 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Time
Speed
Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Frédéric Magné Men's sprint 10.602
67.91 km/h
14 Q  Moreno (ESP)
W 10.740
Bye  Rousseau (FRA)
L
 Capitano (ITA)
 Escuredo (ESP)
W 11.035
 Neiwand (AUS)
L
 
Berzins (LAT
)
W 10.975
 Harnett (CAN)
L, W 11.022, L
Did not advance
Florian Rousseau 10.397
69.25 km/h
8 Q  van Zyl (RSA)
W 11.296
Bye  Magné (FRA)
W 10.745
Bye  Pokorny (GER)
W 10.828
Bye  Fiedler (GER)
L, L
Did not advance
Felicia Ballanger
Women's sprint 11.277
63.84 km/h
2 Q  Kasslin (FIN)
W 11.901
Bye  Salumäe (EST)
W 11.831,
W 12.082
 Neumann (GER)
W 12.022,
W 12.046
 Ferris (AUS)
W 11.903,
W 12.096
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualifying Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Philippe Ermenault Men's individual pursuit 4:21.295 2 Q  Perez (ARG)
W 4:22.826
 
Markov (RUS
)
W 4:24.082
 Collinelli (ITA)
L 4:22.714
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Christophe Capelle
Philippe Ermenault
Jean-Michel Monin
Francis Moreau
Men's team pursuit 4:09.570 1 Q  New Zealand (NZL)
W 4:08.965
 Italy (ITA)
W 4:08.460
 Russia (RUS)
W 4:07.730
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Marion Clignet
Women's individual pursuit
3:35.774 2 Q  Mažeikytė (LTU)
W 3:36.446
 Arndt (GER)
W 3:35.412
 Bellutti (ITA)
L 3:38.571
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Florian Rousseau
Men's 1km time trial
1:02.712
OR
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Mountain Bike

Athlete Event Time Rank
Christophe Dupouey Men's 2:25:03 4
Miguel Martinez 2:20:36 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Laurence Leboucher Women's 1:59.00 11
Sandra Temporelli 2:06.57 24

Diving

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Julie Danaux Women's 10 m platform 201.27 29 Did not advance

Equestrian

Fencing

15 fencers, 9 men and 6 women, represented France in 1996.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Franck Boidin Individual foil Bye  
Jeong (KOR
)
W 15–14
 García (ESP)
W 15–12
 Omnès (FRA)
W 15–11
 Puccini (ITA)
L 13–15
 Wienand (GER)
W 15–11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Philippe Omnès Bye  Grigoryev (KAZ)
W 15–4
 Gregory (CUB)
W 15–14
 Boidin (FRA)
L 11–15
Did not advance 7
Lionel Plumenail Bye  Ludwig (AUT)
W 15–12
 Pavlovich (RUS)
W 15–12
 
Holubytskiy (UKR
)
W 15–13
 Wienand (GER)
W 15–9
 Puccini (ITA)
L 12–15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jean-Michel Henry Individual épée Bye  Epurescu (ROU)
W 15–9
 Rivas (COL)
W 15–11
 Beketov (RUS)
L 13–15
Did not advance 6
Robert Leroux Bye  Bloom (USA)
W 15–9
 Kaaberma (EST)
L 14–15
Did not advance 12
Éric Srecki Bye  
González (ESP
)
W 15–1
 Beketov (RUS)
L 10–15
Did not advance 9
Jean-Michel Henry
Robert Leroux
Éric Srecki
Team épée Bye  Spain (ESP)
W 45–38
 Russia (RUS)
L 42–35
 Germany (GER)
W 45–42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jean-Philippe Daurelle Individual sabre Bye  García (ESP)
W 15–9
 Touya (FRA)
L 7–15
Did not advance 12
Franck Ducheix Bye  Olech (POL)
W 15–11
 Becker (GER)
L 8–15
Did not advance 13
Damien Touya Bye  Kaliuzhniy (UKR)
W 15–11
 Daurelle (FRA)
W 15–7
 
Sznajder (POL
)
W 15–12
 Sharikov (RUS)
L 14–15
 Navarrete (HUN)
W 15–7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Damien Touya
Franck Ducheix
Jean-Philippe Daurelle
Team sabre Bye  Poland (POL)
L 42–45
Did not advance 5
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Clothilde Magnan Individual foil Bye  Marsh (USA)
L 9–15
Did not advance 23
Laurence Modaine-Cessac Bye  Sharkova-Sidorova (RUS)
W 15–14
 Bianchedi (ITA)
W 15–0
 Koszto (GER)
W 15–14
 Vezzali (ITA)
L 7–15
 Trillini (ITA)
L 9–15
4
Adeline Wuillème Bye  Lazăr-Szabo (ROU)
W 15–12
 Badea-Cârlescu (ROU)
L 6–15
Did not advance 14
Adeline Wuillème
Clothilde Magnan
Laurence Modaine-Cessac
Team foil Bye  Hungary (HUN)
L 45–38
Did not advance 5
Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux Individual épée Bye  Elinder (ROU)
W 15–3
 Hablützel-Bürki (SUI)
W 15–14
 Nagy (HUN)
W 15–9
 Zalaffi (ITA)
W 15–6
 Flessel-Colovic (FRA)
L 12–15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Laura Flessel-Colovic Bye  Chiesa (ITA)
W 15–10
 Titova (UKR)
W 15–11
 Hormay (HUN)
W 15–12
 Szalay-Horváth (HUN)
W 15–10
 Barlois-Mevel-Leroux (FRA)
W 15–12
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sophie Moressée-Pichot Bye  Yan Jing (CHN)
W 15–14
 Ittner (GER)
L 10–15
Did not advance 10
Laura Flessel-Colovic
Sophie Moressée-Pichot
Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux
Team épée Bye  Cuba (CUB)
W 45–35
 Russia (RUS)
W 45–39
 Italy (ITA)
W 45–33
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Football

Men's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: Raymond Domenech

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Lionel Letizi (1973-05-28)28 May 1973 (aged 23) France Nice
2 2DF Martin Djetou (1974-12-15)15 December 1974 (aged 21)
Strasbourg
3 2DF Jérôme Bonnissel (1973-01-04)4 January 1973 (aged 23) France Montpellier
4 2DF Florent Laville (1973-08-07)7 August 1973 (aged 22) France Lyon
5 2DF Patrick Moreau (1973-11-03)3 November 1973 (aged 22) France Bastia
7 3MF Claude Makélélé (1973-02-18)18 February 1973 (aged 23) France Nantes
8 3MF Vikash Dhorasoo (1973-10-10)10 October 1973 (aged 22) France Le Havre
9 4FW Florian Maurice (1974-05-20)20 May 1974 (aged 22) France Lyon
10 3MF Antoine Sibierski (1974-08-05)5 August 1974 (aged 21) France Lille
11 3MF Robert Pires (1973-10-29)29 October 1973 (aged 22) France Metz
12 2DF Geoffray Toyes (1973-05-18)18 May 1973 (aged 23) France Bordeaux
13 2DF Vincent Candela (1973-10-24)24 October 1973 (aged 22)
Guingamp
14 3MF Olivier Dacourt (1974-09-25)25 September 1974 (aged 21)
Strasbourg
15 4FW Tony Vairelles (1973-04-10)10 April 1973 (aged 23) France Lens
16 1GK Vincent Fernández (1975-01-31)31 January 1975 (aged 21) France Châteauroux
17 4FW Sylvain Wiltord (1974-05-10)10 May 1974 (aged 22)
Rennes
18 3MF Sylvain Legwinski (1973-06-10)10 June 1973 (aged 23) France AS Monaco
20 2DF Oumar Dieng° (1972-12-30)30 December 1972 (aged 23) France Paris Saint-Germain
Groupstage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 
France
3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Spain 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
 Australia 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: FIFA
Match 1
France 
2–0 Australia
Pires 13'
Maurice 75'
Report
Attendance: 14,322
Referee: Roberto Rubén Ruscio (Argentina)
Match 2
France 
1–1 Spain
Legwinski 39' Report Óscar 85'
Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 16,773
)
France 
2–1 Saudi Arabia
Maurice 20' (pen.)
Sibierski 48'
Report
Amin
26'
Attendance: 4,615
Quarterfinal
Quarterfinals
France
Capucho 7'
Calado gold-colored soccer ball 105'  (pen.)
Report Maurice 49' (pen.)
Attendance: 22,339

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Team
Athlete Event Apparatus Total
F PH R V PB HB
C O C O C O C O C O C O Score Rank
Patrice Casimir Team 9.275 9.300 9.625 9.800 Q 9.350 9.550 9.562 9.375 9.575 9.050 9.537 9.425 113.424 23 Q
Sebastien Tayac
9.500 9.587 9.275 9.562 9.325 9.350 9.425 9.375 9.175 9.400 9.400 9.712 113.086 27 Q
Frederick Nicolas
9.075 9.325 9.150 9.350 9.200 9.375 9.400 9.175 9.175 9.375 9.400 9.500 111.500 39 Q
Frederic Lemoine 9.475 9.175 9.300 9.125 9.250 9.537 0.000 9.200 8.500 0.000 9.400 9.325 92.287 85
Eric Poujade
0.000 9.350 9.700 9.737 Q 9.587 9.250 9.400 9.400 9.512 8.900 84.836 93
Sebastien Darrigade
9.300 0.000 8.800 9.500 9.275 9.300 9.450 0.000 9.500 9.525 9.512 0.000 84.162 94
Thierry Aymes
9.587 9.787 Q 9.150 9.125 9.400 9.175 0.000 9.537 0.000 9.650 75.361 102
Total 94.436 94.999 93.512 93.799 94.062 94.973 565.781 11
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total
F PH R V PB HB Score Rank
Sébastien Tayac All-around 9.562 9.512 9.425 9.525 9.200 9.475 56.699 26
Frédérick Nicolas 9.350 8.750 9.500 9.225 9.500 9.537 55.862 33
Thierry Aymes
Floor 9.750 9.750 =4
Patrice Casimir Pommel horse 9.762 9.762 4
Eric Poujade
9.350 9.350 7
Women
Team
Athlete Event Apparatus Total
V UB BB F
C O C O C O C O Score Rank
Isabelle Severino Team 9.425 9.487 9.687 9.700 9.037 9.500 9.650 9.687 76.173 26 Q
Elvire Teza 9.362 9.400 9.737 9.712 8.750 9.662 9.587 9.587 75.797 33 Q
Ludivine Furnon 9.537 9.600 9.587 9.525 8.750 9.025 9.750 9.650 75.474 35 Q
Emilie Volle
9.287 9.387 9.612 9.500 9.050 9.550 9.412 9.537 75.335 36
Cécile Canqueteau
9.150 9.425 9.187 9.475 8.700 9.337 9.487 9.700 74.461 45
Orélie Troscompt
9.125 9.350 9.275 9.312 37.062 99
Laure Gély
9.537 9.275 8.550 9.200 36.562 100
Total 94.060 96.072 91.536 96.047 377.715 8
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total
V UB BB F Score Rank
Isabelle Severino All-around 9.562 9.675 9.587 9.700 38.524 13
Elvire Teza 9.493 9.687 9.687 9.587 38.454 16
Ludivine Furnon 9.606 9.425 9.462 9.750 38.243 19

Rhythmic

Individual
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinal Final
Apparatus Total Apparatus Total Apparatus Total
Rope Ball Clubs Ribbon Score Rank Rope Ball Clubs Ribbon Score Rank Rope Ball Clubs Ribbon Score Rank
Eva Serrano All-around 9.516 9.600 9.466 9.566 38.148 7 Q 9.666 9.700 9.566 9.683 38.615 8 Q 9.683 9.700 9.700 9.733 38.666 7
Group
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Apparatus Total Apparatus Total
5 balls 3 Balls
2 Ropes
Score Rank 5 balls 3 Balls
2 Ropes
Score Rank
Frederique Lehon
Nadia Mimoun
All-around 19.200 19.033 38.233 5 Q 19.149 19.050 38.199 4

Handball

Men's tournament

Roster
Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 5 4 0 1 145 114 +31 8[a] Semifinals
2  Spain 5 4 0 1 114 97 +17 8[a]
3  Egypt 5 3 0 2 113 103 +10 6[b] Fifth place game
4  Germany 5 3 0 2 121 112 +9 6[b] Seventh place game
5  Algeria 5 0 1 4 95 117 −22 1[c] Ninth place game
6  Brazil 5 0 1 4 100 145 −45 1[c] Eleventh place game
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b France 27–25 Spain
  2. ^ a b Germany 22–24 Egypt
  3. ^ a b Algeria 20–20 Brazil
24 July 1996
11:45
France  27–25  Spain Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
Kervadec 6 (10–9) Urdiales 8

25 July 1996
11:45
Algeria  22–33  France Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Lamali 5 (10–13) Stoecklin 9

27 July 1996
20:45
France  37–23  Brazil Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
Volle 14 (16–10) Pelissari 7

29 July 1996
10:00
Egypt  20–25  France Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Soliman 5 (9–12) Lathoud 8

31 July 1996
16:15
France  23–24  Germany Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
Prandi, Stoecklin 6 (10–12) Fegter 7
Semifinal
2 August 1996
20:45
France  20–24  Croatia Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Høgsnes, Øie (NOR)
Stoecklin 8 (8–12) Ćavar 8
Bronze medal game
4 August 1996
11:00
Spain  27–25  France Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
three players 5 (13–12) Cordinier 7

Judo

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal 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
Franck Chambilly –60 kg Bye  Matuszek (SVK)
W
 Giovinazzo (ITA)
L
Did not advance  Vazagashvili (GEO)
L
Did not advance
Larbi Benboudaoud –65 kg Bye  Guimarães (BRA)
L
Did not advance
Christophe Gagliano –71 kg Bye  Pereira (BRA)
L
Did not advance  Abanoz (TUR)
W
 Corkin (NZL)
W
 Shturbabin (UZB)
W
 
Boldbaatar (MGL
)
W
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Djamel Bouras –78 kg Bye  Savchishkin (RUS)
W
 Yuan (CHN)
W
 García (ARG)
W
 Dott (GER)
W
Bye  Koga (JPN)
W
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Darcel Yandzi –86 kg Bye  Birch (GBR)
W
 Wilkinson (AUS)
W
 Nakamura (ROU)
L
Did not advance Bye  Yoshida (JPN)
L
Did not advance
Stéphane Traineau –95 kg Bye  Svirid (BLR)
W
 Gowing (NZL)
W
 Nakamura (JPN)
W
 Kim (KOR)
L
Bye  Kovács (HUN)
W
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
David Douillet +95 kg Bye  Van Barneveld (BEL)
W
 
Mueller (LUX
)
W
 Krieger (AUT)
W
 Ogawa (JPN)
W
Bye  Pérez (ESP)
W
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal 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
Sarah Nichilo-Rosso –48 kg  
Li (CHN
)
W
 Cao (VIE)
W
 Kye (PRK)
L
Did not advance Bye  Meijer (NED)
W
 Roszkowska (POL)
W
 
Savón (CUB
)
L
=5
Marie-Claire Restoux –52 kg Bye  
Brain-Grainger (AUS
)
W
 Pedulla (USA)
W
 
Krause (POL
)
W
Bye  Hyun (KOR)
W
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Magali Baton –56 kg  
González (CUB
)
L
Did not advance  Gal (NED)
W
 Fairbrother (GBR)
L
Did not advance
Cathérine Fleury-Vachon
–61 kg Bye  Emoto (JPN)
L
Did not advance  
Bogomyakova (RUS
)
L
Did not advance
Alice Dubois –61 kg Bye  Revé (CUB)
W
 Spacek (AUT)
W
 Szczepańska (POL)
L
Bye  Wang (CHN)
L
=5
Estha Essombe –72 kg  Jenkins (CAN)
W
 Luna (CAN)
W
 Gómez (VEN)
W
 Tanabe (JPN)
L
Bye  Scapin (ITA)
L
=5
Christine Cicot +72 kg Bye  
Maksymow (POL
)
L
Did not advance  Hefny (EGY)
W
 
Son (KOR
)
W
 
Gundarenko (RUS
)
W
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Modern pentathlon

Athlete Event Riding
(show jumping)
Fencing
(épée one touch)
Shooting
(10 m air pistol)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Running
(3000 m cross-country)
Total
Time Rank MP Points Wins Rank MP Points Points Rank MP Points Time Rank MP Points Time Rank MP Points Points Rank
Sebastien Deleigne
Individual
1:24.73 23 926 13 24 730 178 =11 1072 3:29.52 26 1196 13:26.607 21 1147 5071 26
Christophe Ruer 1:21.85 16 965 15 =18 790 177 =14 1060 3:16.26 4 1304 12:54.137 10 1244 5363 12

Rowing

Men
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Michel Andrieux
Jean-Christophe Rolland
Coxless pair 6:35.75 1 Q bye 6:49.15 2 FA 6:22.15 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Frédéric Kowal
Samuel Barathay
Double sculls 6:44.01 1 Q bye 6:32.86 1 FA 6:19.85 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Bertrand Vecten
Olivier Moncelet
Daniel Fauché
Gilles Bosquet
Coxless four 6:18.70 3 Q bye 6:09.58 1 FA 6:07.03 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Fabrice Leclerc
Quadruple sculls 6:12.69 4 R 5:51.82 3 Q 6:03.74 5 FB 6:00.48 12
Stéphane Guerinot
Henri-Pierre Dall'acqua
Lwt coxless four 6:26.84 6 R 5:59.95 3 Q 6:15.75 4 FB 6:02.39 7
Women
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Céline Garcia Single sculls 8:10.22 4 R 8:32.58 2 Q 8:13.37 5 FB 7:33.30 10
Christine Gossé
Hélène Cortin
Coxless pair 7:31.91 1 Q bye 7:30.21 1 FA 7:03.82 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Myriam Lamolle
Catherine Muller
Lwt double sculls 7:36.75 5 R 7:03.27 3 Q 7:20.11 5 FB 7:09.95 10

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

Sailing

Men
Athlete Event Race Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Points Rank
Jean-Max de Chavigny Mistral 7 5 10 1 14 5 2 7 19 37 5
Philippe Presti Finn 6 13 19 3 13 15 6 19 18 13 87 15
Jean-François Berthet
Gwenaël Berthet
470 16 6 9 28 15 23 3 2 17 3 1 72 6
Women
Athlete Event Race Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Points Rank
Maud Herbert Mistral 8 1 17 8 1 9 11 10 9 46 8
Florence Le Brun
Annabel Chaulvin
470 13 13 PMS 12 7 5 19 14 13 11 10 98 15
Open
Fleet racing
Athlete Event Race Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Points Rank
Guillaume Florent Laser 7 17 14 12 25 21 21 8 14 22 DSQ 136 15
Frédéric le Peutrec
Franck Citeau
Tornado 8 1 3 7 8 4 5 11 4 6 9 46 6
Mixed racing
Athlete Event Fleet racing Match racing
Race Total Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marc Bouet
Sylvain Chtounder
Gildas Morvan
Soling 11 DSQ 6 17 9 13 10 7 3 10 69 11 Did not advance 11

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Jean-Pierre Amat 10 m air rifle 591 6 Q 102.1 1 693.1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Franck Badiou 588 =18 Did not advance
Michel Bury 50 m rifle prone 592 =30 Did not advance
Roger Chassat 590 =39 Did not advance
Jean-Pierre Amat 50 m rifle three positions 1175 OR =1 Q 98.9 3 1273.9 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Roger Chassat 1156 =35 Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin 10 m air pistol 573 =36 Did not advance
Gérard Fernandez 579 =12 Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin 25 m rapid fire pistol 575 =21 Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin 50 m air pistol 560 =11 Did not advance
Gérard Fernandez 553 =28 Did not advance
Christophe Vicard Trap 117 =37 Did not advance
Jean-Paul Gros Double trap 135 12 Did not advance
Marc Mennessier 131 =17 Did not advance
Franck Durbesson Skeet 121 =9 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Valérie Bellenoue 10 m air rifle 395 3 101.6 4 496.6 4
Carole Couesnon 384 =41 Did not advance
Muriel Bernard Double trap 98 14 Did not advance

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Christophe Kalfayan 50 m freestyle 22.83 14 FB 22.96 =14
Nicolas Gruson 100 m freestyle 50.71 23 Did not advance
Christophe Bordeau 200 m freestyle 1:52.17 24 Did not advance
Yann deFabrique
400 m freestyle 3:55.42 14 FB 3:56.46 15
1500 m freestyle 15:40.49 17 Did not advance
Franck Schott 100 m backstroke 55.77 7 FA 55.76 8
Vladimir Latocha 100 m breaststroke 1:02.80 17 FB 1:02.28 9
Jean-Christophe Sarnin 200 m breaststroke 2:15.27 9 FB 2:16.26 14
Stéphan Perrot 2:18.58 22 Did not advance
Franck Esposito 100 m butterfly 53.77 12 FB 54.02 14
200 m butterfly 1:58.79 7 FA 1:58.10 NR 4
David Abrard 2:03.17 16 FB 2:01.25 15
Xavier Marchand 200 m individual medley 2:03.17 8 FA 2:04.29 8
Frédéric Lefevre
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:21.79 11 Did not advance
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:22.98 6 FA 7:24.85 8
Franck Schott
Vladimir Latocha
Franck Esposito
Nicolas Gruson
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:42.94 11 Did not advance

Key:FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)

Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Casey Legler 50 m freestyle 26.52 =29 Did not advance
Solenne Figuès 100 m freestyle 56.90 20 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:02.74 14 FB 2:01.47 12
Laetitia Choux
400 m freestyle 4:21.39 24 Did not advance
Hélène Ricardo 100 m backstroke 1:04.03 19 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:14.18 =10 FB 2:16.29 15
Karine Brémond 100 m breaststroke 1:11.80 25 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:36.26 29 Did not advance
Karine Brémond 100 m butterfly 1:01.58 16 FB 1:01.20 11
200 m butterfly 2:13.58 11 FB 2:12.99 10
Solenne Figuès
Jacqueline Delord
Casey Legler
Marianne Le Verge
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:48.30 10 Did not advance
Marianne Le Verge
Hélène Ricardo
Laëtitia Choux
Solenne Figuès
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:18.90 14 Did not advance
Hélène Ricardo
Karine Brémond
Cécile Jeanson
Solenne Figuès
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:15.69 16 Did not advance

Key:FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)

Synchronized swimming

Athlete Event Technical Free Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Virginie Dedieu
Marianne Aeschbacher
Myriam Lignot
Celine Leveque
Julie Fabre
Isabelle Manable
Magali Rathier
Charlotte Massardier
Delphine Maréchal
Éva Riffet
Team 33.460 5 62.616 5 96.076 5

Table tennis

Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Patrick Chila Men's singles  Kreanga (GRE)
W 2–1
 Toriola (NGR)
W 2–0
 Baboor (IND)
W 2–1
1 Q  Roßkopf (GER)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Jean-Philippe Gatien  Korbel (CZE)
L 0–2
 
Choi (PRK
)
W 2–0
 Morales (CHI)
W 2–0
2 Did not advance
Christophe Legout
Men's doubles  Kong /
Liu (CHN)
L 0–2
 Karlsson /
von Scheele (SWE)
W 2–1
 Addy /
Opoku (GHA)
W 2–0
2 Did not advance
 Chan /
Lo (HKG)
W 2–0
 
Li (PRK
)
W 2–0
 Hyatt /
Hylton (JAM)
W 2–0
1 Q  Fetzner /
Roßkopf (GER)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou Women's singles  Qiao (CHN)
L 0–2
 Sato (JPN)
L 0–2
 Musoke (UGA)
W 2–0
3 Did not advance
Emmanuelle Coubat
Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou
Women's doubles  Deng /
Qiao (CHN)
L 0–2
 
Geng (CAN
)
W 2–1
2 Did not advance

Tennis

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Arnaud Boetsch Singles  Steven (NZL)
W 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
 Bruguera (ESP)
L 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 2-6
Did not advance
Guillaume Raoux  Black (ZIM)
L 3–6, 6–3, 2-6
Did not advance
Arnaud Boetsch
Guillaume Raoux
Doubles  Woodbridge /
Woodforde (AUS)
L 2–6, 6–3, 3-6
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mary Pierce Singles  Barabanschikova (RUS)
W 6–3, 7–5
 Gorrochategui (ARG)
L 4–6, 6–1, 5–7
Did not advance
Nathalie Tauziat  Sabatini (ARG)
L 5–7, 2–6
Did not advance
Mary Pierce
Nathalie Tauziat
Doubles  Grzybowska /
Olsza (POL)
W 6–2, 3–6, 6-0
 G Fernández /
MJ Fernández (USA)
L 4–6, 3–6
Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Eric Bonnel
– 54 kg 105.0 110.0 115.0 135.0 140.0 140.0 250.0 11
Cédric Plançon – 91 kg 155.0 160.0 160.0 185.0 190.0 190.0 345.0 19

Wrestling

Freestyle
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Repechage 4 Bronze semifinal Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
David Legrand –52 kg  Fitzgerald (AUS)
W 10–0
 Mohammadi (IRI)
L 0–5
Did not advance  Sasayama (JPN)
L 5–12
Did not advance
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Repechage 4 Bronze semifinal Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ghani Yalouz –69 kg  Tretyakov (RUS)
W 8–0
 Miyake (JPN)
W 10–0
Bye  Madzhidov (BLR)
W 4–1
Bye  Wolny (POL)
L 0–7
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Notes

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References

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