France competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 206 competitors, 177 men and 29 women, took part in 128 events in 18 sports.
Guy Drut — Athletics, Men's 110m HurdlesHubert Parot, Michel Roche, Marc Roguet and Marcel Rozier — Equestrian, Jumping Team CompetitionDaniel Morelon — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)Brigitte Dumont, Brigitte Gaudin-Latrille, Claudie Josland, Christine Muzio, and Véronique Trinquet — Fencing, Women's Foil Team CompetitionDaniel Senet — Weightlifting, Men's LightweightBernard Talvard — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual CompetitionDaniel Revenu, Frédéric Pietruszka, Christian Noël, Didier Flament, and Bernard Talvard — Fencing, Men's Foil Team CompetitionHenri Boerio — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal BarPatrick Vial — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (70 kg)In France's second appearance in modern Olympic archery, one woman and one man represented the nation. Albert Le Tyrant posted France's best placing since 1920.
Women's Individual Competition:
Christine Ventrillon – 2298 points (→ 17th place)Men's Individual Competition:
Albert Le Tyrant – 2408 points (→ 12th place)Men's 800 metres
José MarajoHeat — 1:49.60 (→ did not advance)Marcel PhilippeHeat — 1:50.81 (→ did not advance)Roqui SanchezHeat — DSQ (→ did not advance)Men's 5,000 metres
Jacques BoxbergerHeat — 13:36.94 (→ did not advance)Jean-Marie ConrathHeat — 13:34.39 (→ did not advance)Men's 10,000 metres
Jean-Paul GomezHeat — 28:10.52Final — 28:24.07 (→ 9th place)Lucien RaultHeat — 29:40.76 (→ did not advance)Pierre LevisseHeat — 32:07.84 (→ did not advance)Men's 400m Hurdles
Jean-Pierre PerrinelleHeats — 50.78sSemi Final — 50.82s (→ did not advance)Jean-Claude NalletHeats — 50.77sSemi Final — 50.82s (→ did not advance)Men's Marathon
Fernand KolbeckFinal — 2:22:56 (→ 34th place)Men's 4x100 metres Relay
Jean-Claude Amoureux, Joseph Arame, Lucien Sainte-Rose, and Dominique ChauvelotHeat — 39.71sSemi Final — 39.33sFinal — 39.16s (→ 7th place)Men's Long Jump
Jacques RousseauQualification — 7.82mFinal — 8.00m (→ 4th place)Philippe DerocheQualification — 7.38m (→ did not advance)Men's High Jump
Paul PoaniewaQualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)Jacques AlettiQualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)Men's Pole Vault
François TracanelliQualifying Round — 5.10mFinal — no mark (→ no ranking)Men's 20 km Race Walk
Gérard Lelièvre — 1:29:53 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200 metres
Chantal RégaRound 1 — 23.54Round 2 — 23.22Semifinals — 23.00Final — 23.09 (→ 8th place)Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
José Leroy- First Round — Lost to Said Mohamed Abdelwahab (EGY), KO-1
Fourteen cyclists represented France in 1976.
Individual road raceJean-René Bernaudeau — 4:47:23.0 (→ 7th place)Christian Jourdan — did not finish (→ no ranking)Francis Duteil — did not finish (→ no ranking)René Bittinger — did not finish (→ no ranking)Team time trialClaude BuchonLoic GautierJean-Paul MahoJean-Michel RicheuxSprintDaniel Morelon — Silver Medal1000m time trialEric Vermeulen — 1:07.846 (→ 5th place)Individual pursuitJean-Jacques Rebière — 12th placeTeam pursuitPaul BonnoJean-Marcel BrouzesJean-Jacques RebièrePierre Trentin18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented France in 1976.
Men's foilBernard TalvardFrédéric PietruszkaChristian NoëlMen's team foilDaniel Revenu, Christian Noël, Didier Flament, Bernard Talvard, Frédéric PietruszkaMen's épéePhilippe BoissePhilippe RiboudJacques La DegaillerieMen's team épéePhilippe Boisse, François Jeanne, Philippe Riboud, Jacques La DegaillerieMen's sabrePatrick QuivrinRégis BonissentPhilippe BenaMen's team sabrePhilippe Bena, Régis Bonissent, Bernard Dumont, Didier Flament, Patrick QuivrinWomen's foilBrigitte Gapais-DumontClaudie Herbster-JoslandBrigitte Latrille-GaudinWomen's team foilBrigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Brigitte Gapais-Dumont, Christine Muzio, Véronique Trinquet, Claudie Herbster-JoslandThree male pentathletes represented France in 1976.
IndividualAlain CortesClaude GuiguetMichel GueguenTeamAlain CortesClaude GuiguetMichel Gueguen 
