1988 Summer Olympics / Participant (France)
FRA
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France took part in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with a delegation of 266 athletes (192 men and 74 women) in 167 competitions in 23 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the fencer Philippe Riboud .
Medalist
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silver
bronze
Participants by sport
Archery
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Marie-Josée Bazin
- Women, singles: 47th place
- Women, team: 8th place
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Claude Franclet
- Men, singles: 64th place
- Men, team: 10th place
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Olivier Heck
- Men, singles: 19th place
- Men, team: 10th place
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Nathalie Hibon
- Women, singles: 28th place
- Women, team: 8th place
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Catherine Pellen
- Women, singles: 14th place
- Women, team: 8th place
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Thierry Venant
- Men, singles: 37th place
- Men, team: 10th place
Boxing
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Jean-Marc Augustin
- Men, bantamweight: 1st round
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Philippe Desavoye
- Men, flyweight: Round of 16
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Ludovic Proto
- Men, Light Welterweight: Round of 16
fencing
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Laurent Bel
- Men, foil, singles: 13th place
- Men, foil, team: 6th place
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Philippe Delrieu
- Men, sabers, team: 4th place
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Franck Ducheix
- Men, sabers, singles: 4th place
- Men, sabers, team: 4th place
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Patrick Groc
- Men, foil, singles: 40th place
- Men, foil, team: 6th place
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Pierre Guichot
- Men, sabers, singles: 11th place
- Men, sabers, team: 4th place
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Youssef Hocine
- Men, foil, team: 6th place
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Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin
- Women, foil, singles: 26th place
- Women, foil, team: 7th place
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Patrice Lhôtellier
- Men, foil, team: 6th place
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Gisèle Meygret
- Women, foil, team: 7th place
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Laurence Modaine-Cessac
- Women, foil, singles: 33rd place
- Women, foil, team: 7th place
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Philippe Omnes
- Men, foil, singles: 9th place
- Men, foil, team: 6th place
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Nathalie Pallet
- Women, foil, team: 7th place
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Isabelle Spennato
- Women, foil, singles: 22nd place
- Women, foil, team: 7th place
Weightlifting
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Pascal Arnou
- Men, bantamweight: 9th place
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Laurent Fombertasse
- Men, bantamweight: 16th place
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Lionel Gondran
- Men, featherweight: DNF
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Francis Tournefier
- Men, I. Heavyweight: 5th place
Judo
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Fabien Canu
- Men, middleweight: 5th place
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Patrick Roux
- Men, super light weight: 5th place
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Pascal Tayot
- Men, light middleweight: 5th place
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Stéphane Traineau
- Men, light heavyweight: 10th place
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Roger Vachon
- Men, heavyweight: 19th place
canoe
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Philippe Boccara
- Men, kayak single, 1000 meters: semi-finals
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Bernard Brégeon & Olivier Lasak
- Men, kayak twos, 500 meters: semi-finals
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Philippe Boccara & Pascal Boucherit
- Men, kayak twos, 1000 meters: semi-finals
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Daniel Legras , Pierre Lubac , Christophe Petibout , Didier Vavasseur
- Men, kayak foursome, 1000 meters: 9th place
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Sylvie Cuvilly , Béatrice Knopf-Basson , Claudine LeRoux & Virginie Vandamme
- Women, kayak foursome, 500 meters: semifinals
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Didier Hoyer & Pascal Sylvoz
- Men, canoe twos, 1000 meters: 8th place
athletics
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Paul Arpin
- Men, 5000 meters: 14th place
- Men, 10,000 meters: 7th place
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Nadine Auzeil-Schoellkopf
- Women, javelin throw: no valid attempt in qualification
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Chantal Beaugeant
- Women, 400 meter hurdles: semi-finals
- Women, heptathlon: DNF
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Madely Beaugendre
- Women, high jump: 20th place in qualification
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Charlus Bertimon
- Men, javelin: 30th place in qualification
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Laurence Bily
- Men, 100 meters: quarter-finals
- Men, 4 × 100 meters: 4th place
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Alain Blondel
- Men, decathlon: 6th place
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Françoise Bonnet
- Women, marathon: 14th place
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Norbert Brige
- Men, long jump: 7th place
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Stéphane Caristan
- Men, 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals
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Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo
- Women, 200 meters: quarter-finals
- Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats
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Florence Colle
- Women, 100 meter hurdles: 5th place
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Philippe Collet
- Men, pole vault: 5th place
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Jean-Claude Corre
- Men, 20 kilometers walking: 20th place
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Nadine Debois
- Women, 4 × 400 meters: 7th place
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Marie-Pierre Duros
- Women, 3000 meters: heats
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Évelyne Élien
- Women, 400 meters: quarter-finals
- Women, 4 × 400 meters: 7th place
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Philippe d'Encausse
- Men, pole vault: 8th place
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Maryse Éwanjé-Épée
- Women, high jump: 10th place
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Monique Éwanjé-Épée
- Women, 100 meter hurdles: 7th place
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Martial bondage
- Men, 20 kilometers walking: 16th place
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Fabienne Ficher
- Women, 400 meters: quarter-finals
- Women, 4 × 400 meters: 7th place
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Remi Geoffroy
- Men, 1500 meters: semi-finals
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Patricia Girard-Léno
- Women, 100 meters: heats
- Women, 4 × 100 meters: 7th place
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Alex Gonzalez
- Men, marathon: 37th place
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Patrick Journoud
- Men, discus throw: 18th place in qualification
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Stéphane Laporte
- Men, javelin throw: 32nd place in qualification
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Thierry Lauret
- Men, 100 meters: quarter-finals
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Cyrille Laventure
- Men, 5000 meters: semi-finals
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Alain Lazare
- Men, marathon: DNF
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Pascal Lefèvre
- Men, javelin: 23rd place in qualification
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Alain Lemercier
- Men, 50 kilometers walking: 16th place
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Françoise Leroux
- Women, 100 meters: quarter-finals
- Women, 4 × 100 meters: 7th place
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Muriel Leroy
- Women, 200 meters: quarter-finals
- Women, 4 × 100 meters: 7th place
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Bruno Le Stum
- Men, 3000 meter obstacle: semi-finals
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Jean-Marie Neff
- Men, walking 50 kilometers: disqualified
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Eric Neisse
- Men, walking 50 kilometers: disqualified
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Raymond Pannier
- Men, 3000 meter obstacle: 12th place
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Marie-José Pérec
- Women, 200 meters: quarter-finals
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Anne Piquereau
- Women, 100 meter hurdles: quarter finals
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Christian Plaziat
- Men, decathlon: 5th place
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Jean-Louis Prianon
- Men, 10,000 meters: 4th place
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Maria Rebelo
- Women, marathon: 18th place
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Annette Sergent-Palluy
- Women, 3000 meters: 12th place
- Women, 10,000 meters: 19th place
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Nathalie Simon
- Women, 400 meters: heats
- Women, 4 × 400 meters: 7th place
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Pascal Thiébaut
- Men, 5000 meters: 11th place
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Philippe Tourret
- Men, 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals
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Thierry Toutain
- Men, 20 kilometers walking: 18th place
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Jean-Charles Trouabal
- Men, 100 meters: quarter-finals
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Thierry Vigneron
- Men, pole vault: 5th place
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Jocelyne Villeton
- Women, marathon: 19th place
Modern pentathlon
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Joël Bouzou
- Men, singles: 8th place
- Men, team: 4th place
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Bruno Génard
- Men, singles: 37th place
- Men, team: 4th place
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Christophe Ruer
- Men, singles: 5th place
- Men, team: 4th place
Cycling
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Laurent Bezault
- Men, road racing: 91st place
- Men, 100 kilometers team time trial: 4th place
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Claude Carlin
- Men, road racing: 70th place
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Fabrice Colas
- Men, Sprint: 4th round
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Hervé Dagorné
- Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place
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Isabelle Gautheron
- Women, sprint: 4th place
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Eric Howl
- Men, 100 kilometers team time trial: 4th place
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Jean-François Laffillé
- Men, road races: 24th place
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Pascal Lance
- Men, 100 kilometers team time trial: 4th place
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Thierry Laurent
- Men, 100 kilometers team time trial: 4th place
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Pascal Lino
- Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place
- Men, points race: 7th place
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Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
- Women, road races: 21st place
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Frédéric Magné
- Men, 1000 meters time trial: 8th place
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Catherine Marsal
- Women, road races: 10th place
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Cecile Odin
- Women, road races: 28th place
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Didier Pasgrimaud
- Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place
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Pascal Potié
- Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place
horse riding
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Vincent Berthet
- Eventing, individual: 27th place
- Eventing, team: 6th place
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Marie-Christine Duroy
- Eventing, individual: 30th place
- Eventing, team: 6th place
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Dominique d'Esmé
- Dressage, individual: 41st place
- Dressage, team: 8th place
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Philippe Limousin
- Dressage, individual: 41st place
- Dressage, team: 8th place
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Pascal Morvillers
- Eventing, individual: 29th place
- Eventing, team: 6th place
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Jean Teulère
- Eventing, individual: 7th place
- Eventing, team: 6th place
Rhythmic sports gymnastics
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Stéphanie Cottel
- Women, singles: 24th place in qualification
Wrestling
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Franck Abrial
- Men, lightweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round
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Bruno Beudet
- Men, welterweight, freestyle: 3rd round
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Thierry Bourdin
- Men, flyweight, freestyle: 5th round
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Jean-François Court
- Men, lightweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round
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Gilles Jalabert
- Men, featherweight, Greco-Roman: 7th place
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Martial Mischler
- Men, welterweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place
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Patrice Mourier
- Men, bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round
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Serge Robert
- Men, flyweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round
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Gérard Sartoro
- Men, lightweight, freestyle: 2nd round
rowing
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Lydie Dubedat-Briero
- Women, one: 13th place
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Pascal Body
- Men, One: Hope Run
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Laurent Lacasa & Alex Perahia
- Men, twos without a helmsman: 8th place
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Monique Coupat , Christine Dubosquelle-Jullien , Christine Gossé & Chantal Lafon
- Women, double fours: 10th place
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Pascal Bahuaud , Dominique Lecointe , Jean-Jacques Martigne & Olivier Pons
- Men, foursome without a helmsman: 8th place
shoot
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Jean-Pierre Amat
- Men, small caliber, three-position fight: 13th place
- Men, small caliber, lying: 32nd place
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Dominique Auprètre
- Women, air rifle: 20th place
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Franck Badiou
- Men, air rifle: 10th place
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Pascal Bessy
- Men, small caliber, three-position fight: 21st place
- Men, small caliber, lying: 32nd place
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Pierre Bremond
- Men, air pistol: 23rd place
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Philippe Cola
- Men, air pistol: 12th place
- Men, Free Pistol: 19th place
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Bruno Déprez
- Men, Free Pistol: 33rd place
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Dominique Esnault
- Women, small caliber, three-position fight: 23rd place
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Christophe Guelpa
- Trap: 22nd place
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Martine Guépin
- Women, sport pistol: 18th place
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Isabelle Héberlé
- Women, small caliber, three-position fight: 30th place
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Christian Kezel
- Men, rapid fire pistol: 26th place
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Jacques Lanfranchi
- Skeet: 20th place
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Valérie Malet
- Women, air rifle: 20th place
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Evelyne Manchon
- Women, air pistol: 12th place
- Women, sport pistol: 7th place
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Rachel Morin
- Women, air pistol: 33rd place
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Jean-Luc Tricoire
- Men, running target: 11th place
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Stéphane Tyssier
- Skeet: 44th place
swim
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Virginie Bojaryn
- Women, 100 meters chest: 26th place
- Women, 200 meters chest: 22nd place
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Christophe Bordeau
- Men, 200 meters butterfly: 13th place
- Men, 200 meter medley: 12th place
- Men, 400 meter medley: 10th place
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Renaud Boucher
- Men, 100 meters back: 31st place
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Jacqueline Delord
- Women, 100 meters freestyle: 29th place
- Women, 100 meters butterfly: 11th place
- Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place
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Ludovic Dépickère
- Men, 200 meters freestyle: 35th place
- Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 7th place
- Men, 100 meters butterfly: 27th place
- Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place
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Karyn Faure
- Women, 800 meters freestyle: 13th place
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Olivier Fougeroud
- Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 7th place
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Laurence Guillou
- Women, 100 meters back: 20th place
- Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place
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Bruno Gutzeit
- Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 4th place
- Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place
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David Holderbach
- Men, 200 meters back: 21st place
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Franck Iacono
- Men, 400 meters freestyle: 30th place
- Men, 1500 meters freestyle: 13th place
- Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 7th place
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Laurent Journet
- Men, 400 meter medley: 18th place
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Christophe Kalfayan
- Men, 50 meters freestyle: 13th place
- Men, 100 meters freestyle: 20th place
- Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 4th place
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David Leblanc
- Men, 100 meters chest: 22nd place
- Men, 200 meters chest: disqualified
- Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place
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Pascaline Louvrier
- Women, 100 meters chest: 24th place
- Women, 200 meters chest: 26th place
- Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place
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Christine Magnier
- Women, 200 meters back: 25th place
- Women, 400 meter medley: 14th place
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Christophe Marchand
- Men, 1500 meters freestyle: 12th place
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Laurent Neuville
- Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 4th place
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Cédric Penicaud
- Men, 100 meters chest: 36th place
- Men, 200 meters chest: 16th place
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Michel Pou
- Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 7th place
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Cécile Prunier
- Women, 200 meters freestyle: 8th place
- Women, 400 meters freestyle: 16th place
- Women, 800 meters freestyle: 24th place
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Franck Schott
- Men, 100 meters back: 10th place
- Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place
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Claire Supiot
- Women, 200 meters butterfly: 25th place
sailing
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Luc Choley
- Men, Finn dinghy: 23rd place
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Robert Nagy
- Men, windsurfing: 5th place
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Sophie Berge & Florence Lebrun
- Women, 470s: 8th place
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Laurent Couraire-Delage & Daniel Ferre
- Flying Dutchman: 12th place
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Stanislas Dripaux , Michel Kermarec & Xavier Phelippon
- Soling: 6th place
Synchronized swimming
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Anne Capron
- Women, singles: preliminary round
- Women, duet: 4th place
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Muriel Hermione
- Women, singles: 4th place
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Karine Schuler
- Women, singles: preliminary round
- Women, duet: 4th place
tennis
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Guy Forget
- Men, Singles: Round of 16
- Men, doubles: quarter-finals
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Henri Leconte
- Men, singles: 2nd round
- Men, doubles: quarter-finals
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Isabelle Demongeot
- Women, singles: 1st round
- Women, doubles: quarter-finals
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Catherine Suire
- Women, Singles: Round of 16
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Nathalie Tauziat
- Women, singles: 2nd round
- Women, doubles: quarter-finals
Table tennis
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Patrick Birocheau
- Men, singles: 25th place
- Men, team: 17th place
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Jean-Philippe Gatien
- Men, singles: 33rd place
- Men, team: 17th place
do gymnastics
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Anne-Marie Bauduin
- Women, individual all-around: 80th place in the qualification
- Women, floor: 82nd place in qualification
- Women, horse: 81st place in qualification
- Women, uneven bars: 81st place in qualification
- Women, balance beam: 48th place in qualification
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Karine Boucher
- Women, individual all-around: 25th place
- Women, floor: 36th place in qualification
- Women, horse: 55th place in qualification
- Women, uneven bars: 49th place in qualification
- Women, balance beam: 64th place in qualification
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Claude Carmona
- Men, individual all-around: 36, place
- Men, team all-around competition: 10th place
- Men, floor: 51st place in qualification
- Men, horse: 60th place in the qualification
- Men, parallel bars: 18th place in qualification
- Men, horizontal bar: 75th place in qualification
- Men, Rings: 46th place in qualification
- Men, pommel horse: 36th place in qualification
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Stéphane Cauterman
- Men, individual all-around: 70th place in qualification
- Men, team all-around competition: 10th place
- Men, floor: 48th place in qualification
- Men, horse: 73rd place in qualification
- Men, parallel bars: 69th place in qualification
- Men, horizontal bar: 81st place in qualification
- Men, rings: 76th place in qualification
- Men, pommel horse: 30th place in qualification
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Christian Chevalier
- Men, individual all-around: 29th place
- Men, team all-around competition: 10th place
- Men, floor: 30th place in qualification
- Men, horse: 60th place in the qualification
- Men, parallel bars: 18th place in qualification
- Men, horizontal bar: 24th place in qualification
- Men, Rings: 48th place in qualification
- Men, pommel horse: 30th place in qualification
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Frédéric Longuepée
- Men, individual all-around: 76th place in qualification
- Men, team all-around competition: 10th place
- Men, floor: 72nd place in qualification
- Men, horse: 67th place in qualification
- Men, parallel bars: 69th place in qualification
- Men, horizontal bar: 70th place in qualification
- Men, rings: 75th place in qualification
- Men, pommel horse: 78th place in qualification
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Patrick Mattioni
- Men, individual all-around: 31st place
- Men, team all-around competition: 10th place
- Men, floor: 39th place in qualification
- Men, horse: 22nd place in qualification
- Men, parallel bars: 44th place in qualification
- Men, horizontal bar: 15th place in qualification
- Men, Rings: 52nd place in qualification
- Men, pommel horse: 46th place in qualification
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Thierry Pecqueux
- Men, individual all-around: 51st place in qualification
- Men, team all-around competition: 10th place
- Men, floor: 30th place in qualification
- Men, horse: 60th place in the qualification
- Men, parallel bars: 80th place in qualification
- Men, horizontal bar: 30th place in qualification
- Men, rings: 56th place in qualification
- Men, pommel horse: 46th place in qualification
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Catherine Romano
- Women, individual all-around: 73rd place in qualification
- Women, floor: 70th place in qualification
- Women, horse: 79th place in qualification
- Women, uneven bars: 63rd place in qualification
- Women, balance beam: 60th place in qualification
volleyball
- Men's tournament
- 8th place
- Squad
Water polo
- Men's tournament
- 10th place
- Squad
Diving
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Jérôme Nalliod
- Men, jumping: 24th place in the qualification
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Frédéric Pierre
- Men, high diving: 23rd place in qualification
Web links
- French Olympic team from 1988 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )