1984 Summer Olympics / Participant (France)

FRA

5	7th	16

France took part in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles . 238 athletes, 189 men and 49 women, took part in 139 competitions in 21 sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the judoka Angelo Parisi .

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Philippe Boisse	fencing	Men, swords, singles
Jean-François Lamour	fencing	Men, sabers, singles
William Ayache , Michel Bibard , Michel Bensoussan , Dominique Bijotat , François Brisson , Patrick Cubaynes , Patrice Garande , Philippe Jeannol , Guy Lacombe , Jean-Claude Lemoult , Jean-Philippe Rohr , Albert Rust , Didier Sénac , Jean-Christophe Thouvenel , José Touré , Daniel Xuereb & Jean-Louis Zanon	Soccer	Men's tournament
Pierre Quinon	athletics	Men, pole vault
Philippe Heberlé	shoot	Men, air rifle

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Philippe Boisse , Jean-Michel Henry , Olivier Lenglet , Philippe Riboud & Michel Salesse	fencing	Men, swords, crew
Philippe Delrieu , Franck Ducheix , Hervé Granger-Veyron , Pierre Guichot & Jean-François Lamour	fencing	Men, sabers, crew
Angelo Parisi	Judo	Men, heavyweight
Bernard Brégeon & Patrick Lefoulon	canoe	Men, two-person kayak, 1000 meters
Joseph Mahmoud	athletics	Men, 3000 meter obstacle
Michel Bury	shoot	Men, small caliber, lying
Frédéric Delcourt	swim	Men, 200 m back

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Christophe Tiozzo	Boxing	Men, light middleweight
Marc Cerboni , Patrick Groc , Pascal Jolyot , Philippe Omnès & Frédéric Pietruszka	fencing	Men, foil, team
Philippe Riboud	fencing	Men, swords, singles
Véronique Brouquier , Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin , Pascale Hachin-Trinquet , Anne Meygret & Laurence Modaine-Cessac	fencing	Women, foil, team
Marc Alexandre	Judo	Men, half light weight
Michel Nowak	Judo	Men, light middleweight
Bernard Brégeon	canoe	Men, kayak single, 500 meters
François Barouh , Philippe Boccara , Pascal Boucherit & Didier Vavasseur	canoe	Men, kayak foursome, 1000 meters
Didier Hoyer & Eric Renaud	canoe	Men, canoe twos, 1000 meters
Thierry Vigneron	athletics	Men, pole vault
Michèle Chardonnet	athletics	Women, 100 meter hurdles
Didier Boubé , Joël Bouzou & Paul Four	Modern pentathlon	Men, team
Fabrice Colas	Cycling	Men, 1000 meters time trial
Catherine Poirot	swim	Women, 100 meters chest
Thierry Peponnet & Luc Pillot	sailing	Men, 470s
Philippe Vatuone	do gymnastics	Men, soil

Participants by sport

basketball

• Men's tournament

  11th place

• Squad

  Eric Beugnot

  Gregor Beugnot

  Patrick Cham

  Richard Dacoury

  Jean-Luc Deganis

  Hervé Dubuisson

  Bangaly Kaba

  Jacques Monclar

  Stéphane Ostrowski

  Philippe Szanyiel

  Jean-Michel Sénégal

  Georges Vestris

Archery

• Gerard Douis

  Men, singles: 17th place

• Philippe Loyen

  Men, singles: 35th place

Boxing

• Jean Duarte

  Men, light welterweight: 17th place

• Louis Gomis

  Men, bantamweight: 9th place

• Vincent Sarnelli

  Men, middleweight: 9th place

• Christophe Tiozzo

  Men, light middleweight: bronze

fencing

• Philippe Boisse

  Men, swords, singles: gold

  Men, swords, crew: silver

• Véronique Brouquier

  Women, foil, singles: 5th place

  Women, foil, team: bronze

• Marc Cerboni

  Men, foil, team: bronze

• Philippe Delrieu

  Men, sabers, crew: silver

• Franck Ducheix

  Men, sabers, crew: silver

• Hervé Granger-Veyron

  Men, sabers, singles: 4th place

  Men, sabers, crew: silver

• Patrick Groc

  Men, foil, team: bronze

• Pierre Guichot

  Men, sabers, singles: 5th place

  Men, sabers, crew: silver

• Jean-Michel Henry

  Men, swords, crew: silver

• Pascal Jolyot

  Men, foil, singles: 33rd place

  Men, foil, team: bronze

• Jean-François Lamour

  Men, sabers, singles: gold

  Men, sabers, crew: silver

• Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin

  Women, foil, singles: 8th place

  Women, foil, team: bronze

• Olivier Lenglet

  Men, swords, singles: 13th place

  Men, swords, crew: silver

• Anne Meygret

  Women, foil, team: bronze

• Laurence Modaine-Cessac

  Women, foil, singles: 6th place

  Women, foil, team: bronze

• Philippe Omnes

  Men, foil, singles: 7th place

  Men, foil, team: bronze

• Frédéric Pietruszka

  Men, foil, singles: 4th place

  Men, foil, team: bronze

• Philippe Riboud

  Men, swords, singles: bronze

  Men, swords, crew: silver

• Michel Salesse

  Men, swords, crew: silver

• Pascale Trinquet-Hachin

  Women, foil, team: bronze

Soccer

• Men's tournament

  gold

• Squad

  William Ayache

  Michel Bibard

  Dominique Bijotat

  François Brisson

  Patrick Cubaynes

  Patrice Garande

  Philippe Jeannol

  Guy Lacombe

  Jean-Claude Lemoult

  Jean-Philippe Rohr

  Albert Rust

  Didier Sénac

  Jean-Christophe Thouvenel

  José Touré

  Daniel Xuereb

  Jean-Louis Zanon

  Michel Bensoussan

• Trainer

  Henri Michel

Weightlifting

• Daniel Cassiau-Haurie

  Men, middleweight: 10th place

• Jean-Marie Kretz

  Men, I. Heavyweight: 8th place

Judo

• Marc Alexandre

  Men, half-light weight: bronze

• Fabien Canu

  Men, middleweight: 5th place

• Laurent del Colombo

  Men, Open Class: 5th place

• Guy Delvingt

  Men, extra light weight: 5th place

• Serge Dyot

  Men, lightweight: 7th place

• Michel Nowak

  Men, light middleweight: bronze

• Angelo Parisi

  Men, heavyweight: silver

• Roger Vachon

  Men, light heavyweight: 18th place

canoe

• François Barouh

  Men, kayak foursome, 1000 meters: bronze

• Philippe Boccara

  Men, kayak single, 1000 meters: 6th place

  Men, kayak foursome, 1000 meters: bronze

• Pascal Boucherit

  Men, kayak foursome, 1000 meters: bronze

• Bernard Brégeon

  Men, kayak single, 500 meters: bronze

  Men, kayak twos, 1000 meters: silver

• Bernadette Brégeon-Hettich

  Women, kayak twos, 500 meters: 6th place

• Francis Hervieu

  Men, kayak twos, 500 meters: 6th place

• Didier Hoyer

  Men, canoe twos, 500 meters: 4th place

  Men, canoe twos, 1000 meters: bronze

• Béatrice Knopf-Basson

  Women, kayak single, 500 meters: 5th place

• Patrick Lefoulon

  Men, kayak twos, 1000 meters: silver

• Daniel Legras

  Men, kayak twos, 6th place

• Cathérine Mathevon

  Women, kayak twos, 500 meters: 6th place

• Eric Renaud

  Men, canoe twos, 500 meters: 4th place

  Men, canoe twos, 1000 meters: bronze

• Philippe Renaud

  Men, canoe singles, 500 meters: 4th place

  Men, Canadier-Singles, 1000 meters: Preliminary round

• Didier Vavasseur

  Men, kayak foursome, 1000 meters: bronze

athletics

• Rose-Aimée Bacoul

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters: 7th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 4th place

• Patrick Barré

  Men, 200 meters: quarter-finals

• Chantal Beaugeant

  Women, heptathlon: DNF

• Jean-Jacques Boussemart

  Men, 200 meters: 6th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• Jacky Boxberger

  Men, marathon: 42nd place

• Gérard Brunel

  Men, 400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Aldo Canti

  Men, 400 meters: semi-finals

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Stéphane Caristan

  Men, 110 meter hurdles: 6th place

• Michèle Chardonnet

  Women, 100 meter hurdles: bronze

• Franck Chevallier

  Men, 110 meter hurdles: prelims

• Walter Ciofani

  Men, hammer throw: 7th place

• Pascal Debacker

  Men, 3000 meter obstacle: 8th place

• Didier Dubois

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Philippe Dupont

  Men, 800 meters: quarter-finals

• Laurence Elloy-Machabey

  Women, 100 meter hurdles: prelims

• Maryse Éwanjé-Épée

  Women, high jump: 4th place

• Jacques Fellice

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Serge Ferreira

  Men, pole vault: no valid attempt in the final

• Martial bondage

  Men, 20 kilometers walking: 20th place

• Liliane Gaschet

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters: 8th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 4th place

• Marc Gasparoni

  Men, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• Alex Gonzalez

  Men, 1500 meters: heats

• Dominique Guebey

  Men, 50 kilometers walking: 12th place

• Franck Jonot

  Men, 400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Jean-Paul Lakafia

  Men, javelin: 12th place

• Alain Lazare

  Men, marathon: 28th place

• Gérard Lelièvre

  Men, 20 kilometers walking: 15th place

  Men, walking 50 kilometers: DNF

• Hector Llatser

  Men, 400 meters: heats

• Marie-France Loval

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 4th place

• Joseph Mahmoud

  Men, 3000 meters obstacle: silver

• Bruno Marie-Rose

  Men, 100 meters: quarter-finals

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• William Motti

  Men, decathlon: 5th place

• Raymonde Naigre

  Women, 200 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 4th place

• Florence Picaut

  Women, heptathlon: 13th place

• Yann Quentrec

  Men, 400 meters: heats

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Pierre Quinon

  Men, pole vault: gold

• Antoine Richard

  Men, 100 meters: quarter-finals

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• Brigitte Rougeron

  Women, high jump: 20th place in qualification

• Marie-Noëlle Savigny

  Women, 100 meter hurdles: 6th place

• Annette Sergent-Palluy

  Women, 3000 meters: heats

• Pascal Thiébaut

  Men, 1500 meters: semi-finals

• Franck Verzy

  Men, high jump: 24th place in qualification

• Thierry Vigneron

  Men, pole vault: bronze

Modern pentathlon

• Didier Boubé

  Men, singles: 10th place

  Men, team: bronze

• Joël Bouzou

  Men, singles: 17th place

  Men, team: bronze

• Paul Four

  Men, singles: 6th place

  Men, team: bronze

Cycling

• Daniel Amardeilh

  Men, road racing: 28th place

• Jean-François Bernard

  Men, 100 kilometers team time trial: 6th place

• Philippe Bouvatier

  Men, road races: 29th place

  Men, 100 kilometers team time trial: 6th place

• Claude Carlin

  Men, road racing: DNF

• Fabrice Colas

  Men, 1000 meters time trial: bronze

• Dominique Damiani

  Women, road races: 14th place

• Franck Dépine

  Men, Sprint: 7th lap

• Didier Garcia

  Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 6th place

  Men, points race: 12th place

• Marielle Guichard

  Women, road races: 20th place

• Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli

  Women, road races: 6th place

• Eric Louvel

  Men, 4000 meters single pursuit: 25th place in qualification

  Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 6th place

  Men, points race: eliminated in the final

• Thierry Marie

  Men, 100 kilometers team time trial: 6th place

• Cecile Odin

  Women, road races: 11th place

• Denis Pelizzari

  Men, road racing: DNF

  Men, 100 kilometers team time trial: 6th place

• Pascal Potié

  Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 6th place

• Pascal Robert

  Men, 4000 meters single pursuit: 7th place

  Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 6th place

• Philippe Vernet

  Men, sprint: 4th place

horse riding

• Michel Bertraneu

  Dressage, individual: DNF

  Dressage, team: DNF

• Armand Bigot

  Eventing, individual: 20th place

  Eventing, team: 4th place

• Frédéric Cottier

  Jumping, singles: 7th place

  Jumping, team: 6th place

• Pierre Durand

  Jumping, singles: 14th place

  Jumping, team: 6th place

• Marie-Christine Duroy

  Eventing, individual: 17th place

  Eventing, team: 4th place

• Dominique d'Esmé

  Dressage, individual: 24th place

  Dressage, team: DNF

• Pascal Morvillers

  Eventing, individual: 5th place

  Eventing, team: 4th place

• Eric Navet

  Jumping, team: 6th place

• Daniel Nion

  Eventing, individual: 26th place

  Eventing, team: 4th place

• Margit Otto-Crépin

  Dressage, individual: 18th place

  Dressage, team: DNF

• Philippe Rozier

  Jumping, singles: 20th place

  Jumping, team: 6th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

• Bénédicte Augst

  Women, singles: 21st place in qualification

Wrestling

• Thierry Bourdin

  Men, flyweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Eric Brulon

  Men, lightweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Jean-Pierre Chambellan

  Men, flyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Jean-François Court

  Men, light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• Gilles Jalabert

  Men, featherweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round

• Martial Mischler

  Men, welterweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Patrice Mourier

  Men, bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Gérard Sartoro

  Men, featherweight, freestyle: 8th place

rowing

• Denis Gaté

  Men, one: 12th place

• Jean-Pierre Bremer , Christophe Chevrier & Charles Imbert

  Men, twos with helmsman: 9th place

• Pascal Body , Marc Boudoux , Pascal Dubosquelle & Serge Fornara

  Men, double fours: 5th place

• Bernard Chevalier , Alain Duprat , Jean-Pierre Huguet-Balent , Dominique Lecointe , Thierry Louvet , Jean-Jacques Martigne , Olivier Pons , Jacques Taborski & Patrick Vibert-Vichet

  Men, eighth: 6th place

• Laurence Hourdel

  Women, One: Quarter Finals

• Patricia Couturier , Lydie Dubedat-Briero , Christine Gossé , Évelyne Imbert & Hélène Ledoux

  Women, double fours with helmswoman: 5th place

shoot

• David Abibssira

  Men, running target: 21st place

• Jean-Pierre Amat

  Men, small caliber, three-position fight: 7th place

  Men, small bore, lying: 11th place

• Jean Ame

  Trap: 22nd place

• Nicolas Berthelot

  Men, air rifle: 4th place

• Michel Bury

  Men, small caliber, three-position fight: 10th place

  Men, small caliber, lying: silver

• Michel Carrega

  Trap: 5th place

• Philippe Cola

  Men, Free Pistol: 6th place

• Yvette Courault

  Women, air rifle: 5th place

  Women, small caliber, three-position fight: 23rd place

• Françoise Decharne

  Women, air rifle: 11th place

• Dominique Esnault

  Women, small bore, three-position fight: 16th place

• Philippe Heberlé

  Men, air rifle: gold

• Evelyne Manchon

  Women, sport pistol: 9th place

• Élie Penot

  Skeet: 29th place

• Jean-Luc Tricoire

  Men, running target: 10th place

• Stéphane Tyssier

  Skeet: 19th place

swim

• Carole Amoric

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

• Pierre Andraca

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 8th place

• Dominique Bataille

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 6th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 8th place

• Laurence Bensimon

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 19th place

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 15th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

  Women, 200 meter medley: 16th place

• Stéphan Caron

  Men, 100 meters freestyle: 6th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 6th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 8th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place

• Frédéric Delcourt

  Men, 100 meters back: 16th place

  Men, 200 meters back: silver

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place

• Christophe Deneuville

  Men, 200 meters chest: 21st place

• Franck Iacono

  Men, 400 meters freestyle: 5th place

  Men, 1500 meters freestyle: 5th place

• Véronique Jardin

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

• Sophie Kamoun

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 13th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

• Bruno Lesaffre

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 6th place

• Laurent Neuville

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 6th place

• Thierry Pata

  Men, 200 meters chest: 10th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place

• Catherine Poirot

  Women, 100 meters chest: bronze

• Michel Pou

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 8th place

• Xavier Savin

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place

sailing

• Luc Choley

  Finn dinghy: 17th place

• Gildas Guillerot

  Men, windsurfing: 4th place

• Laurent Couraire-Delage & Thierry Poirey

  Flying Dutchman: 12th place

• Yves Loday & Bernard Pichery

  Tornado: 8th place

• Thierry Peponnet & Luc Pillot

  470s: bronze

• Michel Audoin , Patrick Haegeli & Philippe Massu

  Soling: 14th place

Synchronized swimming

• Pascale Besson

  Women, singles: eliminated in the preliminary round

  Women, duet: 7th place

• Muriel Hermione

  Women, singles: 7th place

  Women, duet: 7th place

• Odile Petit

  Women, singles: eliminated in the preliminary round

do gymnastics

• Laurent Barbiéri

  Men, individual all-around: 34th place in qualification

  Men, team all-around competition: 6th place

  Men, floor: 19th place in qualification

  Men, horse: 16th place in the qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 33rd place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 30th place in qualification

  Men, rings: 15th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 63rd place in qualification

• Michel Boutard

  Men, individual all-around: 59th place in qualification

  Men, team all-around competition: 6th place

  Men, floor: 56th place in qualification

  Men, horse: 56th place in qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 43rd place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 61st place in qualification

  Men, Rings: 64th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 51st place in qualification

• Jean-Luc Cairon

  Men, individual all-around: 15th place

  Men, team all-around competition: 6th place

  Men, floor: 36th place in qualification

  Men, horse: 25th place in the qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 25th place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 41st place in qualification

  Men, rings: 33rd place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 5th place

• Jacques Def

  Men, individual all-around: 41st place in qualification

  Men, team all-around competition: 6th place

  Men, floor: 47th place in qualification

  Men, horse: 56th place in qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 55th place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 16th place in qualification

  Men, Rings: 42nd place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 27th place in qualification

• Florence Laborderie

  Women, individual all-around: 28th place

  Women, floor: 57th place in qualification

  Women, horse: 50th place in the qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 44th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 56th place in qualification

• Corinne Ragazzacci

  Women, individual all-around: 32nd place

  Women, floor: 65th place in qualification

  Women, horse: 36th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 61st place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 55th place in qualification

• Joël Suty

  Men, individual all-around: 20th place

  Men, team all-around competition: 6th place

  Men, floor: 44th place in qualification

  Men, horse: 32nd place in qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 17th place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 25th place in qualification

  Men, rings: 65th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 12th place in qualification

• Philippe Vatuone

  Men, individual all-around: 22nd place

  Men, team all-around competition: 6th place

  Men, bottom: bronze

  Men, horse: 16th place in the qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 37th place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 12th place in the qualification

  Men, Rings: 61st place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 54th place in qualification

Diving

• Claire Izacard

  Women, jumping: 17th place

Web links

• French Olympic team from 1984 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )