2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (France)

FRA

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In 2008 France took partin the Summer Olympics for the 25th time. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the canoeist Tony Estanguet . On July 2nd, 2008, the French State Secretary for Sport, Bernard Laporte, announced the goal of 40 medals to defend seventh place in the medal table compared to 2004.

The French team competed in 21 sports. A total of 323 athletes took part, of which 315 were previously nominated and eight had moved up (three in rowing, three in fencing and two in handball). The National High Performance Sports Commission announced the final list on July 28, 2008.

On November 18, 2009, Rashid Ramzi , the winner of the 1500-meter race, was stripped of his gold medal due to a doping offense. Mehdi Baala was subsequently awarded the bronze medal.

Medalist

Gold Medals (7)
discipline	athlete
Fencing, epee team (M)	Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Ulrich Robeiri
Fencing, saber team (M)	Nicolas Lopez Julien Pillet Boris Sanson
Wrestling, Greco up to 66 kg (M)	Steeve Guénot
Swimming, 100 m freestyle (M)	Alain Bernard
Cycling, women BMX	Anne-Caroline Chausson
Cycling, men, cross country	Julien Absalon
Handball, men, team	Jérôme Fernandez , Didier Dinart , Cédric Burdet , Guillaume Gille , Bertrand Gille , Daniel Narcisse , Olivier Girault , Daouda Karaboué , Nikola Karabatić , Christophe Kempé , Thierry Omeyer , Joël Abati , Luc Abalo , Michaël Guigou , Cédric Paty

Silver Medals (16)
discipline	athlete
Fencing, epee individual (M)	Fabrice Jeannet
Fencing, saber single (M)	Nicolas Lopez
Weightlifting, up to 69 kg (M)	Vencelas Dabaya
Judo, up to 66 kg (M)	Benjamin Darbelet
Judo, up to 63 kg (F)	Lucie Décosse
Canoe Slalom, One-Canadians	Fabien Lefèvre
Athletics, 3000 m obstacle (M)	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
Cycling, team pursuit (M)	Grégory Baugé Kévin Sireau Arnaud Tournant
Swimming, 4 × 100 m freestyle (M)	Alain Bernard Frédérick Bousquet Fabien Gilot Amaury Leveaux
Swimming, 50 m freestyle (M)	Amaury Leveaux
Sailing, windsurfing (M)	Julien Bontemps
Gymnastics, horse jump (M)	Thomas Bouhail
Cycling, women BMX	Laëtitia Le Corguillé
Cycling, men, cross country	Jean-Christophe Péraud
Boxing, Light Welterweight	Khedafi Djelkhir
Boxing, lightweight	Daouda Sow

Bronze Medals (19)
discipline	athlete
Archery, team (F)	Virginie Arnold Sophie Dodémont Bérengère shoe
Judo, up to 78 kg (F)	Stéphanie Possamaï
Judo, over 100 kg (M)	Teddy Riner
Athletics, 1500 m (M)	Mehdi Baala
Cycling, track sprint (M)	Mickaël Bourgain
Wrestling, Greco up to 74 kg (M)	Christophe Guénot
Wrestling, Greco up to 120 kg (M)	Yannick Szcepaniak
Rowing sculls (M)	Julien Bahain Cédric Berrest Jonathan Coeffic Pierre-Jean Peltier
Rowing, foursome without (M)	Germain Chardin Julien Desprès Dorian Mortelette Benjamin Rondeau
Shoot, Skeet (M)	Anthony Terras
Swimming, 50 m freestyle (M)	Alain Bernard
Swimming, 100 m chest (M)	Hugues Duboscq
Swimming, 200 m chest (M)	Hugues Duboscq
Sailing, Finn dinghy (M)	Guillaume Florent
Sailing, 470 (M)	Olivier Nicolas Charbonnier building set
Gymnastics, individual all-around (M)	Benoît Caranobe
Taekwondo, women 67 kg	Gwladys Épangue
Boxing, Light Welterweight	Alexis Vastine
Canoe, women K-2 500 meters	Marie Delattre Anne-Laure Viard

Participants by sport

badminton

Women:

• Pi Hongyan (singles)

Men:

• Erwin Kehlhoffner (individual)

Archery

Women:

• Virginie Arnold (Individual, Team) (Bronze )
• Sophie Dodémont (Individual, Team) (Bronze )
• Bérengère Schuh (Individual, Team) (Bronze )

Men:

• Romain Girouille (singles)
• Jean-Charles Valladont (Individual)

Boxing

• Jaoid Chiguer (up to 69 kg)
• Khedafi Djelkhir (up to 57 kg) (silver )
• Ali Hallab (up to 54 kg)
• John M'Bumba (up to 91 kg)
• Nordine Oubaali (up to 48 kg)
• Jean-Michael Raymond (up to 75 kg)
• Daouda Sow (up to 60 kg) (silver )
• Jérome Thomas (up to 51 kg)
• Alexis Vastine (up to 64 kg) (bronze )

fencing

Women:

• Laura Flessel-Colovic (sword single)
• Hajnalka Király-Picot (sword single)
• Corinne Maîtrejean (foil single)
• Solenne Mary (replacement saber)
• Léonore Perrus (individual and team saber)
• Anne-Lise Touya (saber individual and team)
• Carole Vergne (saber individual and team)

Men:

• Vincent Anstett (replacement saber)
• Brice Guyart (Foil Singles)
• Fabrice Jeannet (Epee individual and team)
• Jérôme Jeannet (Epee individual and team)
• Erwann Le Péchoux (foil single)
• Nicolas Lopez (saber individual and team)
• Jean-Michel Lucenay (replacement sword)
• Julien Pillet (saber individual and team)
• Ulrich Robeiri (Epee individual and team)
• Boris Sanson (saber individual and team)

Weightlifting

Women:

• Mélanie Noël (up to 48 kg)

Men:

• Giovanni Bardis (up to 77 kg)
• Vencelas Dabaya (up to 69 kg)
• Benjamin Hennequin (up to 85 kg)

Handball

Women's national team Camille Ayglon Paule Baudouin Stéphanie Cano Sophie Herbrecht Nina Kanto Alexandra Lacrabère Amandine Leynaud Valérie Nicolas Allison Pineau (replacement) Véronique Rolland-Pecqueux Mariama Signaté Raphaëlle Tervel Maakan Tounkara Christine Vanparys Isabelle Wendling

Men's national team Luc Abalo Joël Abati Cédric Burdet Didier Dinart Jérôme Fernandez Michaël Guigou Bertrand Gille Guillaume Gille Olivier Girault Nikola Karabatić Daouda Karaboué Christophe Kempé Daniel Narcisse Thierry Omeyer Cédric Paty (replacement)

Judo

Women:

• Lucie Décosse (up to 63 kg)
• Gévrise Émane (up to 70 kg)
• Barbara Harel (up to 57 kg)
• Frédérique Jossinet (up to 48 kg)
• Anne-Sophie Mondière (over 78 kg)
• Stéphanie Possamaï (up to 78 kg)
• Audrey La Rizza (up to 52 kg)

Men:

• Benjamin Darbelet (up to 66 kg)
• Frédéric Demontfaucon (up to 100 kg)
• Dimitri Dragin (up to 60 kg)
• Yves-Matthieu Dafreville (up to 90 kg)
• Teddy Riner (over 100 kg)
• Anthony Rodriguez (up to 81 kg)

canoe

Canoe racing

Women:

• Marie Delattre (two-person kayak 500 m) (bronze )
• Anne-Laure Viard (two-person kayak 500 m) (bronze )

Men:

• Cyrille Carré (two-person kayak 1000 m)
• Philippe Colin (two-person kayak 1000 m)
• Mathieu Goubel (single-Canadian 500 m, single-Canadian 1000 m)
• Bertrand Hémonic (two-man Canadians 500 m, two-man Canadians 1000 m)
• Arnaud Hybois (single kayak 500 m, single kayak 1000 m)
• Sébastien Jouve (two-person kayak 500 m)
• Vincent Lecrubier (two- person kayak 500 m)
• William Tchamba (two-man Canadians 500 m, two-man Canadians 1000 m)

Canoe slalom

Women:

• Émilie Fer (single kayak)

Men:

• Martin Braud (two-man Canadian)
• Tony Estanguet (One Canadian)
• Cédric Forgit (two-man Canadian)
• Fabien Lefèvre (single kayak)

athletics

Women: Christine Arron (100 m) Muriel Hurtis (200 m, 4 × 100 m) Élodie Guégan (800 m) Christelle Daunay (marathon) Reina-Flor Okori (100 m hurdles) Sophie Duarte (3000 m obstacle) Lina Jacques-Sébastien (4 × 100 m) Carima Louami (4 × 100 m) Myriam Soumaré (4 × 100 m) Phara Anarchasis (4 × 400 m) Solen Désert (4 × 400 m) Thélia Sigère (4 × 400 m) Virginie Michanol (4 × 400 m) Mélanie Skotnik (high jump) Vanessa Boslak (pole vault) Marion Buisson (pole vault) Teresa Nzola Meso Ba (triple jump) Mélina Robert-Michon (discus throwing) Stéphanie Falzon (hammer throwing) Manuela Montebrun (hammer throwing) Amélie Perrin (hammer throwing) Marie Collonvillé (Heptathlon) Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (Heptathlon)

Men: Martial Mbandjock (100 m, 4 × 100 m) Ronald Pognon (100 m, 4 × 100 m) Leslie Djhone (400 m) Mehdi Baala (1500 m) (bronze ) Simon Munyutu (marathon) Yohann Diniz (50 km walking) Eddy Riva (50 km walk) Ladji Doucouré (110 m hurdles) Samuel Coco-Viloin (110 m hurdles) Mahiedine Mekhissi (3000 m obstacle) Bouabdellah Tahri (3000 m obstacle) Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux (3000 m obstacle) Yannick Lesourd (4 × 100 m) Manuel Reynaert (4 × 100 m) Richard Maunier (4 × 400 m) Ydrissa M'Barke (4 × 400 m) Brice panel (4 × 400 m) Teddy Venel (4 × 400 m) Mickael Hanany (high jump) Jérôme Clavier (pole vault) Romain Mesnil (pole vault) Salim Sdiri (long jump) Colomba Fofana (triple jump) Yves Niaré (shot put) Romain Barras (decathlon)

Modern pentathlon

Women:

• Amélie Cazé

Men:

• Jean-Maxence Berrou
• John Zakrewski

Cycling

train

Women:

• Clara Sanchez (Sprint)
• Pascale Jeuland (points race)

Men:

• Grégory Baugé (Keirin, Team Pursuit)
• Mickaël Bourgain (sprint, replacement team pursuit)
• Damien Gaudin (Team Pursuit )
• Matthieu Ladagnous (Madison)
• Jérôme Neuville (Madison)
• François Pervis (substitute team pursuit)
• Christophe Riblon (points race)
• Nicolas Rousseau (Team Pursuit)
• Fabien Sanchez (Team Pursuit)
• Kévin Sireau (sprint, team sprint)
• Arnaud Tournant (Keirin, team sprint)

BMX

Women:

• Laetitia Le Corguille
• Anne-Caroline Chausson

Men:

• Thomas Allier
• Damien Godet

Mountain bike

Women:

• Laurence Leboucher

Men:

• Julien Absalon (gold )
• Jean-Christophe Péraud (silver )
• Cédric Ravanel

Street

Women:

• Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (road race, time trial)
• Maryline Salvetat (road race, time trial)
• Christel Ferrier Bruneau (road race)

Men:

• Cyril Dessel (road race)
• Pierrick Fédrigo (road race)
• Rémi Pauriol (road race)
• Jérôme Pineau (road race)
• Pierre Rolland (road race)

Wrestling

Women:

• Vanessa Boubryemm (freestyle up to 48 kg)
• Lise Legrand (freestyle up to 63 kg)
• Audrey Prieto (freestyle up to 72 kg)

Men:

• Vincent Aka Akesse (freestyle up to 96 kg)
• Christophe Guénot (Greco up to 74 kg)
• Steeve Guénot (Greco up to 66 kg)
• Sébastien Hidalgo (Greco up to 60 kg)
• Mélonin Noumonvi (Greco up to 84 kg)
• Yannick Szcepaniak (Greco up to 120 kg; bronze )

At the Olympic Games, the Russian Khassan Barojew was doped with Turinabol when he faced Mijain Lopez Nunez in the final. The silver medal , which was achieved by illegal means at the time, was subsequently withdrawn from the athlete on November 17, 2016 following a notification from the IOC due to doping. So Yannick Szcepaniak slipped forward to the bronze place.

rowing

Women:

• Sophie Balmary (one)
• Stéphanie Dechand (two people without taxwoman)
• Inène Pascal (two without helmsman)

Men:

• Julien Bahain ( quadruple scull )
• Jean-David Bernard (replacement)
• Cédric Berrest (double scull)
• Jean-Christophe Bette (lightweight foursome)
• Laurent Cadot (two without helmsman)
• Germain Chardin (four without a helmsman)
• Jonathan Coeffic (double scull)
• Julien Desprès (four without a helmsman)
• Frédéric Dufour (lightweight double scull)
• Maxime Goisset (lightweight double scull )
• Adrien Hardy (double scull)
• Benjamin Lang (replacement)
• Jean-Baptiste Macquet (double scull)
• Dorian Mortelette (foursome without helmsman)
• Pierre-Jean Peltier (quadruple)
• Erwan Peron (two without helmsman)
• Jérémy Pouge (substitute)
• Guillaume Raineau (lightweight foursome)
• Benjamin Rondeau (four without a helmsman)
• Franck Solforosi (lightweight foursome)
• Fabien Tillet (lightweight foursome)

shoot

Women:

• Laurence Brize
• Marie-Laure Gigon
• Véronique Girardet
• Dolphins Racinet
• Brigitte Roy
• Stephanie Tirode

Men:

• Stéphane Clamens
• Franck Dumoulin
• Josselin Henry
• Walter Lapeyre
• Valérian Sauveplane
• Anthony Terras
• Yves Tronc

swim

Women:

• Joanne Andraca (400 m individual medley )
• Coralie Balmy (400 + 800 m freestyle)
• Alexiane Castel (100 + 200 m back)
• Céline Couderc (50 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Sophie de Ronchi (200 m chest, 4 × 100 m freestyle)
• Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne (200 m freestyle), 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle
• Sophie Huber (800 m freestyle)
• Laure Manaudou (100 + 200 m back, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Malia Metella (50 + 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Aurore Mongel (100 + 200 m butterfly, 200 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Camille Muffat (200 + 400 m individual medley, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Aurélie Muller (10 km marathon)
• Alena Popchanka (100 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Magali Rousseau (200 m butterfly)
• Hanna Shcherba-Lorgeril (4 × 100 m layers)
• Cylia Vabre (200 m layers)

Men:

• Alain Bernard (50 + 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle)
• Sébastien Bodet (4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Frédérick Bousquet (100 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Hugues Duboscq (100 + 200 m chest, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Simon Dufour (200 m back)
• Fabien Gilot (100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle)
• Pierre Henri (400 m layers)
• Christophe Lebon (100 + 200 m butterfly)
• Clément Lefert (4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Amaury Leveaux (50 + 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Matthieu Madelaine (4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Grégory Mallet (4 × 100 m freestyle)
• Julien Nicolardot (200 m chest)
• Pierre Roger (200 m back)
• Nicolas Rostoucher (400 + 1500 m freestyle)
• Sébastien Rouault (400 + 1500 m freestyle)
• Benjamin Stasiulis (4 × 100 m layers)
• Boris Steimetz (4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley)

sailing

Women:

• Julie Righteous (Yngling)
• Anne Le Helley (Yngling)
• Gwendolyn Lemaitre (470s)
• Catherine Lepesant (Yngling)
• Faustine Merret (windsurfing)
• Ingrid Petitjean (470s)
• Sarah Steyaert (laser)

Men:

• Olivier building set (470s)
• Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (laser)
• Julien Bontemps (windsurfing)
• Nicolas Charbonnier (470s)
• Emmanuel Dyen (49er)
• Christophe Espagnon (Tornado)
• Guillaume Florent (Finn dinghy)
• Xavier Revil (Tornado)
• Yann Rocherieux (49er)
• Pascal Rambeau (Star)
• Xavier Rohart (Star)

Taekwondo

Women:

• Gwladys Épangue (up to 67 kg) (bronze )

Men:

• Mickaël Borot (up to 80 kg)

tennis

Women:

• Alizé Cornet (singles, doubles)
• Tatiana Golovin (singles, doubles)
• Virginie Razzano (single, double)
• Pauline Parmentier (single, double)

Men:

• Paul-Henri Mathieu (singles, doubles)
• Gilles Simon (singles, doubles)
• Gaël Monfils (single, double)
• Michaël Llodra (single, double)

Table tennis

Women:

• Yi Fang Xian (single)

Men:

• Patrick Chila (singles)
• Damien Éloi (singles)
• Christophe Legoût (single)

Triathlon

Men:

• Frédéric Belaubre (10th)
• Tony Moulai (task)
• Laurent Vidal (36th)

Women:

• Jessica Harrison (12.)
• Carole Péon (34th)

do gymnastics

Diving

Women:

• Claire Febvay (10 m high diving )
• Audrey Labeau (10 m high diving )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ «JO - Laporte:" Objectif 40 médailles "»  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on lequipe.fr , July 2, 2008.  
2. ↑ Tous les sélectionnés olympiques français , CNOSF website, accessed July 28, 2008.
3. ↑ NZZ : Ramzi the most prominent doping offender, November 18, 2009 (accessed November 27, 2009)
4. ↑ Officially: UWW Awarded Giorgi Gogshelidze Silver Medal of Beijing Olympic Games . www.worldsport.ge from November 22, 2016; accessed on November 27, 2016.
5. ↑ Russian wrestler Hasan Baroev wants to take legal action against loss of medals by IOC Sportkanal.de. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
6. ↑ Officially: UWW Awarded Giorgi Gogshelidze Silver Medal of Beijing Olympic Games . www.worldsport.ge from November 22, 2016; accessed on November 27, 2016.

Web links

• French Olympic team 2008 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )