2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (France)
FRA
13 | 14th | 11 |
France took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Australian metropolis of Sydney with 337 athletes, 126 women and 211 men, in 28 sports.
Since 1896 it was France's 24th participation in the Summer Olympics .
Flag bearer
Judoka David Douillet carried the flag of France during the opening ceremony at Stadium Australia .
Medalist
13 won gold, 14 silver and 11 bronze medals, the French team was ranked 6 in the medals table .
M. | Name / s | sport | competition |
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Brahim Asloum | Boxing | Ultra flyweight | |
Jean-Noël Ferrari , Brice Guyart , Patrice Lhôtellier & Lionel Plumenail | fencing | Men, foil, team | |
David Douillet | Judo | Heavyweight | |
Séverine Vandenhende | Judo | Ladies, light middleweight | |
Tony Estanguet | canoe | Single canoe, slalom | |
Félicia Ballanger | Cycling | Women, Individual Time Trial & Women, Sprint | |
Laurent Gané , Florian Rousseau & Arnaud Tournant | Cycling | Men, sprint, team | |
Miguel Martinez | Cycling | Men, mountain bikes, cross-country | |
Florian Rousseau | Cycling | Gentlemen, Keirin | |
Michel Andrieux & Jean-Christophe Rolland | rowing | Gentlemen, two without a helmsman | |
Jean-Christophe Bette , Xavier Dorfman , Yves Hocdé & Laurent Porchier | rowing | Gentlemen, foursome without a helmsman | |
Franck Dumoulin | shoot | Gentlemen, air pistol | |
Jim Bilba , Yann Bonato , Makan Dioumassi , Laurent Foirest , Thierry Gadou , Cyril Julian , Crawford Palmer , Antoine Rigaudeau , Stéphane Risacher , Laurent Sciarra , Moustapha Sonko , Frédéric Weis | basketball | Men's tournament | |
Jean-François Di Martino , Hugues Obry & Éric Srecki | fencing | Gentlemen, swords, team | |
Matthieu Gourdain | fencing | Gentlemen, sabers, singles | |
Matthieu Gourdain , Julien Pillet , Cédric Séguin & Damien Touya | fencing | Gentlemen, sabers, team | |
Hugues Obry | fencing | Gentlemen, swords, singles | |
Larbi Benboudaoud | Judo | Gentlemen, half light weight | |
Celine Lebrun | Judo | Ladies, light heavyweight | |
Brigitte Guibal | canoe | Ladies, single kayak, slalom | |
Marion Clignet | Cycling | Ladies, individual pursuit | |
Florian Rousseau | Cycling | Men, sprint, singles | |
Dolphins Racinet | shoot | Ladies, trap | |
Roxana Mărăcineanu | swim | Ladies, 200 meters back | |
Eric Poujade | do gymnastics | Gentlemen, pommel horse | |
Benjamin Varonian | do gymnastics | Gentlemen, bars | |
Jérôme Thomas | Boxing | Flyweight | |
Laura Flessel-Colovic | fencing | Ladies, swords, singles | |
Frédéric Demontfaucon | Judo | Men, middleweight | |
Stéphane Traineau | Judo | Gentlemen, light heavyweight | |
Anne-Lise Bardet | canoe | Ladies, single kayak, slalom | |
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli | Cycling | Ladies, individual time trial | |
Thibaud Chapelle & Pascal Touron | rowing | Men, lightweight double sculls | |
Virginie Dedieu & Myriam Lignot | Synchronized swimming | Ladies, duet | |
Pascal Gentil | Taekwondo | Gentlemen, heavyweight | |
Arnaud Di Pasquale | tennis | Gentlemen, singles | |
Patrick Chila & Jean-Philippe Gatien | Table tennis | Gentlemen, doubles |
Participants by sport
badminton
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Sandra Dimbour
- Women, singles: 17th place
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Bertrand Gallet
- Men, singles: 17th place
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Tatiana Vattier
- Women, singles: 33rd place
basketball
- Squad
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Ladies team
- 5th place
- Squad
Archery
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Sébastien Flute
- Men, singles: 8th place
- Men, team: 11th place
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Alexandra Fouace
- Women, singles: 49th place
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Jocelyn de Grandis
- Men, singles: 29th place
- Men, team: 11th place
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Sylvie Pissis
- Women, singles: 48th place
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Lionel Torrés
- Men, singles: 37th place
- Men, team: 11th place
Boxing
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Willy Blain
- Light welterweight: 9th place
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Rachid Bouaita
- Bantamweight: 17th place
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Jackson Chanet
- Heavyweight: 5th place
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John Dovi
- Light heavyweight: 5th place
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Frédéric Esther
- Light middleweight: 6th place
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Abdel Jebahi
- Lightweight: 17th place
fencing
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Valérie Barlois
- Ladies, swords, singles: 5th place
- Ladies, epee, team: 5th place
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Sophie Moressée-Pichot
- Ladies, epee, team: 5th place
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Sangita Tripathi
- Women, epee, singles: 14th place
- Ladies, epee, team: 5th place
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Adeline Wuillème
- Women, foil, singles: 18th place
Weightlifting
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Eric Bonnel
- Men, bantamweight: 14th place
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Samson N'Dicka-Matam
- Men, featherweight: 12th place
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Sabrina Richard
- Women, flyweight: 8th place
Handball
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Men's team
- 6th place
- Squad
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Ladies team
- 6th place
- Squad
Judo
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Djamel Bouras
- Men, light middleweight: 5th place
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Christine Cicot
- Women, heavyweight: 5th place
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Eric Despezelle
- Gentlemen, super light weight: no placement
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Barbara Harel
- Women, lightweight: 7th place
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Ferrid Kheder
- Men, lightweight: 7th place
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Sarah Nichilo-Rosso
- Women, super light weight: 7th place
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Karine Rambault
- Women, middleweight: no placement
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Laetitia Tignola
- Women, half light weight: no placement
canoe
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Frank Adisson / Wilfrid Forgues
- Men, two-man Canadians, slalom: 7th place
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Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb / Philippe Aubertin
- Men, two-person kayak, 500 meters: 4th place
- Men, two-person kayak, 1,000 meters: 5th place
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Maxime Boccon / Frédéric Gauthier / Stéphane Gourichon / Pierre Lubac
- Men, four-person kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals
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Emmanuel Brugvin
- Men, single-canoe, slalom: 4th place
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Laurent Burtz
- Men, single kayak, slalom: 8th place
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Eric le Leuch
- Men, Canadians, 500 meters: semi-finals
- Men, single canoe, 1,000 meters: 4th place
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Pierre Lubac
- Men, single kayak, 1,000 meters: 7th place
athletics
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Caroline Ammel
- Women, pole vault: 17th place in qualification
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Christine Arron
- Women, 100 meters: semi-finals
- Women, 4 × 100 meters: 4th place
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Nadine Auzeil-Schoellkopf
- Women, javelin: 29th place in qualification
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Mehdi Baala
- Men, 1,500 meters: 4th place
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Eunice Barber
- Ladies, heptathlon: DNF
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Abdellah Béhar
- Men, marathon: DNF
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Yamna Belkacem
- Women, 5,000 meters: heats
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Wilfrid Boulineau
- Men, decathlon: 20th place
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Sylvain Caudron
- Men, 50 kilometers walking: 29th place
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David Chaussinand
- Men, hammer throw: 11th place
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Christophe Cheval
- Men, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place
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Sandra Citté
- Women, 100 meters: quarter-finals
- Women, 4 × 100 meters: 4th place
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Fabé Dia
- Women, 4 × 100 meters: 4th place
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Gilles Dupray
- Men, hammer throw: 19th place in qualification
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Christophe Épalle
- Men, hammer throw: 23rd place in qualification
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Mustapha Essaïd
- Men, 5,000 meters: prelims
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Jérôme Éyana
- Men, 4 × 100 meters: DNF
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Linda Ferga-Khodadin
- Women, 100 meter hurdles: 7th place
- Women, 4 × 100 meters: 4th place
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Colomba Fofana
- Men, triple jump: 36th place in qualification
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Marc Foucan
- Men, 4 × 400 meters: 4th place
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Emmanuel Front
- Men, 4 × 400 meters: 4th place
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Jean Galfione
- Men, pole vault: 16th place in qualification
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Anthony Gillet
- Men, 20 kilometers of walking: 33rd place
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Patricia Girard-Léno
- Women, 100 meter hurdles: quarter-finals
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Jean-Marc Grava
- Men, 110 meter hurdles: quarter-finals
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Needy Guims
- Men, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place
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Laurent Hernu
- Men, decathlon: 19th place
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Pierre-Marie Hilaire
- Men, 4 × 400 meters: 4th place
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Muriel Hurtis-Houairi
- Women, 200 meters: semi-finals
- Women, 4 × 100 meters: 4th place
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Frédéric Krantz
- Men, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place
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Denis Langlois
- Men, 50 kilometers walking: 14th place
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Nora Leksir
- Women, 20 kilometers walking: 22nd place
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Sébastien Levicq
- Men, decathlon: 17th place
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Driss Maazouzi
- Men, 1,500 meters: 11th place
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Laurence Manfrédi
- Women, shot put: 20th place in qualification
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Romain Mesnil
- Men, pole vault: 30th place in qualification
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Manuela Montebrun
- Women, hammer throw: 24th place in the qualifying round
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Mohamed Ouaadi
- Men, marathon: 8th place
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Fatiha Ouali
- Men, 20 kilometers walking: 23rd place
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David Patros
- Men, 100 meters: quarter-finals
- Men, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place
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Gaël Pencréach
- Men, 3,000 meter obstacle: 14th place
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René Piller
- Gentlemen, 50 kilometers of walking: DNF
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Marie Poissonnier
- Women, 18th place in qualification
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Nicole Ramalalanirina
- Women, 100 meter hurdles: 6th place
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Marc Raquil
- Men, 400 meters: quarter-finals
- Men, 4 × 400 meters: 4th place
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Mélina Robert-Michon
- Women, discus throw: 29th place in qualification
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Ronald Servius
- Men, long jump: 28th place in qualification
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Bob Tahri
- Men, 3,000 meter obstacle: prelims
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Nathalie Teppe
- Women, heptathlon: 23rd place
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Cheikh Touré
- Women, long jump: 20th place in qualification
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Ibrahima Wade
- Women, 400 meters: quarter-finals
- Women, 4 × 400 meters: 4th place
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Bruno Wavelet
- Men, 4 × 400 meters: prelims
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Fatima Yvelain
- Women, 10,000 meters: heats
Modern pentathlon
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Olivier Clergeau
- Men, singles: 8th place
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Sébastien Deleigne
- Men, singles: 4th place
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Caroline Delemer
- Women, singles: 10th place
Cycling
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Cyril Bos / Philippe Ermenault / Francis Moreau / Jérôme Neuville
- Men, 4,000 meter team pursuit: 4th place
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Laurent Brochard
- Men, road races, singles: 44th place
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Christophe Capelle
- Men, road races, singles: DNF
- Men, points race: 19th place
- Gentlemen, Madison: 10th place
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Ludovic Dubau
- Men, mountain bike, cross-country: 18th place
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Christophe Dupouey
- Men, mountain biking, cross-country: DNF
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Magali Faure-Humbert
- Women, 500 meter individual time trial: 11th place
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Magali Le Floc'h
- Women, road races, singles: 6th place
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Philippe Gaumont
- Men, 4,000 meters individual pursuit: 5th place
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Laurent Jalabert
- Men, road races, singles: 5th place
- Men, individual time trial: 5th place
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Laurence Leboucher
- Women, mountain bike, cross-country: 18th place
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Frédéric Magné
- Herren, Keirin: 6th place
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Catherine Marsal
- Women, road races, singles: 39th place
- Women, individual time trial: 13th place
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Christophe Moreau
- Men, road races, singles: 61st place
- Men, individual time trial: 13th place
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Robert Sassone
- Gentlemen, Madison: 10th place
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Sophie Villeneuve
- Women, mountain bike, cross-country: 23rd place
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Richard virusesque
- Men, road races, singles: 62nd place
horse riding
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Jean-Lou Bigot
- Versatility, singles: 12th place
- Versatility, team: 10th place
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Patrice Delaveau
- Show jumping, singles: 68th place in qualification
- Show jumping, team: 4th place
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Jean-Luc Force
- Versatility, team: 10th place
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Alexandra Ledermann
- Show jumping, singles: 28th place in the qualification
- Show jumping, team: 4th place
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Thierry Pomel
- Show jumping, singles: 28th place
- Show jumping, team: 4th place
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Philippe Rozier
- Show jumping, singles: 21st place in the qualification
- Show jumping, team: 4th place
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Rodolphe Scherer
- Versatility, singles: 4th place
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Jean Teulère
- Versatility, team: 10th place
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Nicolas Touzaint
- Versatility, Individual: DNF
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Didier Willefert
- Versatility, team: 10th place
Rhythmic sports gymnastics
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Anne-Sophie Doyen / Anne-Laure Klein / Anne-Sophie Lavoine / Laetitia Mancieri / Magalie Poisson / Vanessa Sauzede
- Team: 4th place
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Eva Serrano
- Singles: 5th place
Wrestling
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Djamel Ainaoui
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 12th place
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Yvon Riemer
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 15th place
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Ghani Yalouz
- Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 11th place
rowing
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Sophie Balmary
- Women, one: 9th place
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Samuel Barathay / Yvan Deslavière / Guillaume Jeannet / Sébastien Vieilledent
- Men, double fours: 10th place
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Antoine Béghin / Laurent Béghin / Gilles Bosquet / Daniel Fauché
- Men, foursome without a helmsman: 7th place
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Gaëlle Buniet / Celine Garcia
- Women, double sculls: 8th place
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Christelle Fernandez-Schulte / Bénédicte Dorfman-Luzuy
- Women, lightweight double sculls: 7th place
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Adrien Hardy / Frédéric Kowal
- Men, double sculls: 7th place
shoot
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Jean-Pierre Amat
- Men, air rifle: 18th place
- Men, small caliber, three-position battle: 22nd place
- Men, small caliber, lying: 30th place
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Franck Badiou
- Men, air rifle: 31st place
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Valérie Bellenoue
- Ladies, air rifle: 20th place
- Women, small bore, three-position fight: 17th place
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Stéphane Clamens
- Men, Trap: 30th place
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Jean-François Dellac
- Herren, Skeet: 35th place
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Franck Durbesson
- Men, Skeet: 9th place
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Stéphane Gagne
- Gentlemen, air pistol: 5th place
- Gentlemen, free target pistol: 26th place
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Jean-Paul Gros
- Men, double trap: 14th place
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Philippe Joualin
- Men, small caliber, lying: 8th place
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Christophe Vicard
- Men, Trap: 8th place
swim
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Romain Barnier
- Men, 100 meters back: 22nd place
- Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 7th place
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Yohan Bernard
- Men, 200 meters chest: 7th place
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Fréd Bousquet
- Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 7th place
- Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 7th place
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Alicia Bozon
- Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 8th place
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Karine Brémond
- Women, 200 meters chest: 9th place
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Laëtitia Choux
- Women, 400 meters freestyle: 14th place
- Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 8th place
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Hugues Duboscq
- Men, 100 meters chest: 16th place
- Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 7th place
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Simon Dufour
- Men, 100 meters back: 12th place
- Men, 200 meters back: 17th place
- Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 7th place
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Franck Esposito
- Men, 100 meters butterfly: 10th place
- Men, 200 meters butterfly: 8th place
- Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 7th place
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Solenne Figuès
- Women, 200 meters freestyle: 20th place
- Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 8th place
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Cécile Jeanson
- Ladies, 100 meters butterfly: 14th place
- Women, 200 meters butterfly: 13th place
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Nicolas Kintz
- Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 7th place
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Johann Le Bihan
- Men, 400 meter medley: 14th place
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Xavier Marchand
- Men, 200 meter medley: 7th place
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Stéphan Perrot
- Men, 200 meters chest: 12th place
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Qatari Quelennec
- Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 8th place
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Nicolas Rostoucher
- Men, 400 meters freestyle: 12th place
- Men, 1,500 meters freestyle: 11th place
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Hugo Viart
- Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 7th place
sailing
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Tanguy Cariou / Gildas Philippe
- Men, 470s: 14th place
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Jean-Marie Dauris / Philippe Presti / Pascal Rambeau
- Soling: 10th place
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Dimitri Deruelle / Philippe Gasparini
- 49er: 14th place
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Yann Guichard / Pierre Pennec
- Tornado: 4th place
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Alexandre Guyader
- Men, windsurfing: 12th place
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Xavier Rohart
- Gentlemen, Finn Dinghy: 5th place
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Lise Vidal
- Women, windsurfing: 9th place
Synchronized swimming
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Ladies team
- 4th Place
- Squad
Taekwondo
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Myriam Baverel
- Women, heavyweight: 8th place
tennis
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Arnaud Clément
- Individual: 17th place
- Doubles: 9th place
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Nathalie Dechy
- Women, singles: 9th place
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Nicolas Escudé
- Men, singles: 33rd place
- Men, doubles: 9th place
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Julie Halard-Decugis
- Women, singles: 9th place
- Women, doubles: 5th place
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Amélie Mauresmo
- Women, singles: 33rd place
- Women, doubles: 5th place
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Fabrice Santoro
- Men, singles: 9th place
Table tennis
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Anne Boileau
- Women, singles: 17th place
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Damien Éloi
- Men, singles: 9th place
- Men, doubles: 5th place
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Christophe Legoût
- Men, singles: 9th place
- Men, doubles: 5th place
Trampoline exercise
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David Martin
- Men, singles: 4th place
Triathlon
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Stéphan Bignet
- Men: 31st place
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Carl Blasco
- Men: 19th place
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Christine Hocq
- Women: 8th place
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Olivier Marceau
- Men: 7th place
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Béatrice Mouthon
- Women: 35th place
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Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys
- Women: 7th place
do gymnastics
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Eric Casimir
- Men, individual all-around: 84th place in qualification
- Men, all-round team competition: 9th place in qualification
- Men, parallel bars: 38th place in qualification
- Men, horizontal bar: 18th place in qualification
- Men, pommel horse: 10th place in qualification
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Yann Cucherat
- Men, individual all-around: 16th place
- Men, all-round team competition: 9th place in qualification
- Men, parallel bars: 6th place
- Men, floor: 66th place in qualification
- Men, horse jump: 46th place in qualification
- Men, horizontal bar: 13th place in the qualification
- Men, rings: 26th place in qualification
- Men, pommel horse: 38th place in qualification
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Anne-Sophie Endeler
- Women, individual all-around: 69th place in qualification
- Women, team all-round competition: 8th place in qualification
- Women, floor: 15th place in qualification
- Women, horse jump: 49th place in qualification
- Women, balance beam: 38th place in qualification
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Ludivine Furnon
- Women, individual all-around: 94th place in qualification
- Women, team all-round competition: 8th place in qualification
- Women, uneven bars: 39th place in qualification
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Dimitri Karbanenko
- Men, individual all-around: 15th place
- Men, all-round team competition: 9th place in qualification
- Men, parallel bars: 26th place in qualification
- Men, floor: 10th place in qualification
- Men, horse jump: 51st place in the qualification
- Men, horizontal bar: 21st place in qualification
- Men, rings: 56th place in qualification
- Men, pommel horse: 64th place in qualification
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Florent Maree
- Men, individual all-around: 63rd place in qualification
- Men, all-round team competition: 9th place in qualification
- Men, parallel bars: 10th place in qualification
- Men, floor: 64th place in qualification
- Men, horse jump: 66th place in qualification
- Men, horizontal bar: 79th place in qualification
- Men, Rings: 61st place in qualification
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Nelly Ramassamy
- Women, individual all-around: 29th place
- Women, team all-round competition: 8th place in qualification
- Women, floor: 55th place in qualification
- Women, horse jump: 44th place in qualification
- Women, balance beam: 24th place in qualification
- Women, uneven bars: 62nd place in qualification
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Dolphins Regease
- Women, individual all-around: 24th place
- Women, team all-round competition: 8th place in qualification
- Women, floor: 18th place in qualification
- Women, horse jump: 48th place in qualification
- Women, balance beam: 62nd place in qualification
- Women, uneven bars: 15th place in qualification
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Alexandra Soler
- Women, individual all-around: 30th place
- Women, team all-round competition: 8th place in qualification
- Women, floor: 55th place in qualification
- Women, horse jump: 32nd place in qualification
- Women, balance beam: 38th place in qualification
- Women, uneven bars: 43rd place in qualification
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Elvire Teza
- Women, individual all-around: 37th place in qualification
- Women, team all-round competition: 8th place in qualification
- Women, floor: 67th place in qualification
- Women, horse jump: 69th place in qualification
- Ladies, balance beam: 8th place
- Women, uneven bars: 24th place in qualification
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Benjamin Varonian
- Men, individual all-around: 20th place
- Men, all-round team competition: 9th place in qualification
- Men, parallel bars: 27th place in qualification
- Men, floor: 34th place in qualification
- Men, horse jump: 71st place in qualification
- Men, horizontal bar: silver
- Men, rings: 30th place in qualification
- Men, pommel horse: 62nd place in qualification
Volleyball (beach)
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Christian Penigaud
- Men's competition: 19th place
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Jean-Philippe Jodard
- Men's competition: 19th place
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Anabelle Prawerman
- Women's competition: 9th place
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Cécile Rigaux
- Women's competition: 9th place
Diving
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Odile Arboles-Souchon
- Women, high diving: 23rd place
- Women, synchronized jumping 10 m: 7th place
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Julie Danaux
- Women, jumping: 36th place
- Women, synchronized jumping 10 m: 7th place
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Gilles Emptoz-Lacote
- Men, high diving: 20th place
- Men, synchronized jumping 3 m: 6th place
- Men, synchronized jumping 10 m: 8th place
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Claire Febvay
- Women, high diving: 35th place
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Frédéric Pierre
- Men, jumping: 40th place
- Men, synchronized jumping 3 m: 6th place
- Men, synchronized jumping 10 m: 8th place
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Sandra Ponthus
- Women, jumping: 23rd place
Web links
- French Olympic team from 2000 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )