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 Hurdles
Hubert Parot, Michel Roche, Marc Roguet and Marcel Rozier — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
Daniel Morelon — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
Brigitte Dumont, Brigitte Gaudin-Latrille, Claudie Josland, Christine Muzio, and Véronique Trinquet — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
Daniel Senet — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
Bernard Talvard — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Competition
Daniel Revenu, Frédéric Pietruszka, Christian Noël, Didier Flament, and Bernard Talvard — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
Henri Boerio — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
Patrick 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 Marajo
Heat — 1:49.60 (→ did not advance)
Marcel Philippe
Heat — 1:50.81 (→ did not advance)
Roqui Sanchez
Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
Jacques Boxberger
Heat — 13:36.94 (→ did not advance)
Jean-Marie Conrath
Heat — 13:34.39 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
Jean-Paul Gomez
Heat — 28:10.52
Final — 28:24.07 (→ 9th place)
Lucien Rault
Heat — 29:40.76 (→ did not advance)
Pierre Levisse
Heat — 32:07.84 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
Jean-Pierre Perrinelle
Heats — 50.78s
Semi Final — 50.82s (→ did not advance)
Jean-Claude Nallet
Heats — 50.77s
Semi Final — 50.82s (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Fernand Kolbeck
Final — 2:22:56 (→ 34th place)
Men's 4x100 metres Relay
Jean-Claude Amoureux, Joseph Arame, Lucien Sainte-Rose, and Dominique Chauvelot
Heat — 39.71s
Semi Final — 39.33s
Final — 39.16s (→ 7th place)
Men's Long Jump
Jacques Rousseau
Qualification — 7.82m
Final — 8.00m (→ 4th place)
Philippe Deroche
Qualification — 7.38m (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
Paul Poaniewa
Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)
Jacques Aletti
Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)
Men's Pole Vault
François Tracanelli
Qualifying Round — 5.10m
Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's 20 km Race Walk
Gérard Lelièvre — 1:29:53 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200 metres
Chantal Réga
Round 1 — 23.54
Round 2 — 23.22
Semifinals — 23.00
Final — 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 race
Jean-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 trial
Claude Buchon
Loic Gautier
Jean-Paul Maho
Jean-Michel Richeux
Sprint
Daniel Morelon — Silver Medal
1000m time trial
Eric Vermeulen — 1:07.846 (→ 5th place)
Individual pursuit
Jean-Jacques Rebière — 12th place
Team pursuit
Paul Bonno
Jean-Marcel Brouzes
Jean-Jacques Rebière
Pierre Trentin
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented France in 1976.
Men's foil
Bernard Talvard
Frédéric Pietruszka
Christian Noël
Men's team foil
Daniel Revenu, Christian Noël, Didier Flament, Bernard Talvard, Frédéric Pietruszka
Men's épée
Philippe Boisse
Philippe Riboud
Jacques La Degaillerie
Men's team épée
Philippe Boisse, François Jeanne, Philippe Riboud, Jacques La Degaillerie
Men's sabre
Patrick Quivrin
Régis Bonissent
Philippe Bena
Men's team sabre
Philippe Bena, Régis Bonissent, Bernard Dumont, Didier Flament, Patrick Quivrin
Women's foil
Brigitte Gapais-Dumont
Claudie Herbster-Josland
Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin
Women's team foil
Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Brigitte Gapais-Dumont, Christine Muzio, Véronique Trinquet, Claudie Herbster-Josland
Three male pentathletes represented France in 1976.
Individual
Alain Cortes
Claude Guiguet
Michel Gueguen
Team
Alain Cortes
Claude Guiguet
Michel Gueguen
