France competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 339 competitors, 241 men and 98 women, took part in 196 events in 25 sports.
Sebastien Flute — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
Marie-José Pérec — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
Philippe Omnès — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
Éric Srecki — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
Cécile Nowak — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
Catherine Fleury-Vachon — Judo, Women's Half Middleweight (61 kg)
Franck David — Sailing, Men's Lechner Sailboard
Nicolas Hénard and Yves Loday — Sailing, Men's Tornado
Sylvain Curinier — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
Pascal Tayot — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)
Franck Badiou — Shooting, Men's Air Rifle
Jean-Philippe Gatien — Table tennis, Men's Singles
Olivier Boivin and Didier Hoyer — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs
Jacky Avril — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles
Frank Adisson and Wilfrid Forgues — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs
Hervé Boussard, Didier Faivre-Pierret, Philippe Gaumont, and Jean-Louis Harel — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
Hubert Bourdy, Hervé Godignon, Eric Navet, and Michel Robert — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
Jean-Michel Henry — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
Jean-François Lamour — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
Jean-Philippe Daurelle, Franck Ducheix, Hervé Granger-Veyron, Pierre Guichot, and Jean-François Lamour — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
Philippe Debureau, Philippe Gardent, Denis Lathoud, Pascal Mahe, Philippe Medard, Gael Monthurel, Laurent Munier, Frédéric Perez, Thierry Perreux, Alain Portes, Eric Quintin, Jackson Richardson, Stéphane Stoecklin, Jean-Luc Thiebaut, Denis Tristant, and Frederic Volle — Handball, Men's Team Competition
Bertrand Damaisin — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
David Douillet — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
Laetitia Meignan — Judo, Women's Half Heavyweight (72 kg)
Nathalie Lupino — Judo, Women's Heavyweight
Stéphan Caron — Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle
Franck Esposito — Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly
Catherine Plewinski — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
In France's fifth appearance in modern Olympic archery, the individual archers went 7-3 in head-to-head competition, buoyed by Sebastien Flute's 5-0 record as he advanced to the final and won the gold medal. It was the first medal the French had won in modern Olympic archery. Both teams won the first two rounds before being defeated in the semifinals. They also both lost their bronze medal matches.
Women's Individual Competition:
Severine Bonal — Round of 16 → 9th place (1-1)
Nathalie Hibon — Round of 32 → 22nd place (0-1)
Christine Gabillard — Ranking Round → 41st place (0-0)
Men's Individual Competition:
Sébastien Flute — Final → Gold Medal (5-0)
Bruno Felipe — Round of 32 → 21st place (0-1)
Michael Taupin — Ranking Round → 56th place (0-0)
Women's Team Competition:
Bonal, Hibon, and Gabillard — Bronze Medal Match → 4th place (2-2)
Men's Team Competition:
Flute, Felipe, and Taupin — Bronze Medal Match → 4th place (2-2)
Men's 100 metres
Max Morinière
Daniel Sangouma
Men's 200 metres
Gilles Quénéhervé
Jean-Charles Trouabal
Men's 800 metres
Frédéric Cornette
Men's 5,000 metres
Pascal Thiebault
Heat — 13:31.16
Final — 13:43.39 (→ 13th place)
Men's 10,000 metres
António Martins Bordelo
Heat — 28:35.13
Final — 28:47.66 (→ 15th place)
Thierry Pantel
Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Jean-Louis Rapnouil, Yann Quentrec, Stéphane Caristan, and Stéphane Diagana
Heat — 3:04.25 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Dominique Chauvelier — 2:19.09 (→ 31st place)
Luis Soares — 2:21.57 (→ 45th place)
Pascal Zilliox — 2:30.02 (→ 64th place)
Men's 400m Hurdles
Stéphane Diagana
Heat — 48.41
Semifinal — 48.28
Final — 48.13 (→ 4th place)
Stéphane Caristan
Heat — 49.16
Semifinal — 49.50
Final — 48.86 (→ 7th place)
Men's 110m Hurdles
Sébastien Thibault
Heats — 13.94 (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk
Thierry Toutain — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 km Walk
René Piller — 4:02:40 (→ 15th place)
Alain Lemercier — 4:06:31 (→ 16th place)
Martial Fesselier — 4:07:30 (→ 17th place)
Men's Long Jump
Serge Helan
Qualification — 7.60 m (→ did not advance)
Franck Lestage
Qualification — 7.72 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
Pierre Camara
Qualification — 17.34 m
Final — 16.52 m (→ 11th place)
Georges Sainte-Rose
Qualification — 16.50 m (→ did not advance)
Serge Helan
Qualification — 16.47 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
Christophe Épalle
Qualification — 76.24 m
Final — 74.84 m (→ 10th place)
Raphaël Piolanti
Qualification — 73.22 m (→ did not advance)
Frédéric Kuhn
Qualification — 71.76 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 metres
Patricia Girard-Léno
Odiah Sidibé
Laurence Bily
Women's 200 metres
Valérie Jean-Charles
Maguy Nestoret
Women's 400 metres
Marie-José Pérec
Elsa Devassoigne
Women's 800 metres
Viviane Dorsile
Heat — 2:01.54 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10.000 metres
Annette Sergent-Palluy
Heat — 32:57.29 (→ did not advance)
Rosario Murcia
Heat — 33:16.96 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Maria Rebelo — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's High Jump
Sandrine Fricot
Qualification — 1.90 m (→ did not advance)
18 cyclists, 14 men and 4 women, represented France in 1992. Jeannie Longo won silver in the women's road race and the men won bronze in the team time trial.
Men's road race
Sylvain Bolay
Pascal Hervé
Emmanuel Magnien
Men's team time trial
Hervé Boussard
Didier Faivre-Pierret
Philippe Gaumont
Jean-Louis Harel
Men's sprint
Frédéric Magné
Men's 1 km time trial
Frédéric Lancien
Men's individual pursuit
Philippe Ermenault
Men's team pursuit
Hervé Dagorné
Philippe Ermenault
Daniel Pandèle
Pascal Potié
Men's points race
Éric Magnin
Women's road race
Jeannie Longo — 2:05:02 (→ Silver Medal)
Catherine Marsal — 2:05:03 (→ 21st place)
Marion Clignet — 2:05:13 (→ 33rd place)
Women's sprint
Félicia Ballanger
Women's individual pursuit
Jeannie Longo
Men's 3m Springboard
Philippe Duvernay
Preliminary Round — 310.14 points (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Men's 10m Platform
Frédéric Pierre
Preliminary Round — 329.01 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented France in 1992.
Men's foil
Philippe Omnès
Patrick Groc
Patrice Lhôtellier
Men's team foil
Patrick Groc, Youssef Hocine, Olivier Lambert, Patrice Lhôtellier, Philippe Omnès
Men's épée
Éric Srecki
Jean-Michel Henry
Olivier Lenglet
Men's team épée
Éric Srecki, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Jean-François Di Martino, Robert Leroux
Men's sabre
Jean-François Lamour
Jean-Philippe Daurelle
Franck Ducheix
Men's team sabre
Jean-François Lamour, Jean-Philippe Daurelle, Franck Ducheix, Hervé Granger-Veyron, Pierre Guichot
Women's foil
Laurence Modaine-Cessac
Isabelle Spennato
Gisèle Meygret
Women's team foil
Camille Couzi, Gisèle Meygret, Laurence Modaine-Cessac, Julie-Anne Gross, Isabelle Spennato
Preliminary Round (Group B)
France — Spain 18-16
France — Unified Team 22-23
France — Germany 23-20
France — Romania 26-20
France — Egypt 22-19
Semi Finals
France — Sweden 22-25
Bronze Medal Match
France — Iceland 24-20 (→ Bronze Medal)
Team Roster
Philippe Debureau
Philippe Gardent
Denis Lathoud
Pascal Mahé
Philippe Médard
Gaël Monthurel
Laurent Munier
Frédéric Perez
Thierry Perreux
Alain Portes
Éric Quintin
Jackson Richardson
Stéphane Stoecklin
Jean-Luc Thiébaut
Denis Tristant
Frédéric Volle
Head Coach: Daniel Costantini
Three male pentathletes represented France in 1992.
Individual
Sébastien Deleigne
Joël Bouzou
Christophe Ruer
Team
Sébastien Deleigne
Joël Bouzou
Christophe Ruer
Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
Franck David
Final Ranking — 70.7 points (→ Gold Medal)
Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
Maud Herbert
Final Ranking — 78.0 points (→ 4th place)
Women's 470 Class
Florence Le Brun and Odile Barre
Final Ranking — 65.7 points (→ 6th place)
Men's 50 m Freestyle
Christophe Kalfayan
Heat — 22.70
Final — 22.50 (→ 4th place)
Stéphan Caron
Heat — 23.01
B-Final — DNS (→ no ranking)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Stéphan Caron
Heat — 49.82
Final — 49.50 (→ Bronze Medal)
Christophe Kalfayan
Heat — 50.30
B-Final — 50.49 (→ 11th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Christophe Marchand
Heat — 3:54.59
B-Final — 3:53.24 (→ 13th place)
Yann DeFabrique
Heat — 3:55.66
B-Final — 3:54.37 (→ 14th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Christophe Marchand
Heat — 15:30.51 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Franck Schott
Heat — 55.84
Final — 55.72 (→ 6th place)
David Holderbach
Heat — 58.25 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
David Holderbach
Heat — 2:03.11 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Stéphane Vossart
Heat — 1:02.81
B-Final — 1:02.39 (→ 10th place)
Christophe Bourdon
Heat — 1:04.43 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Stéphane Vossart
Heat — 2:15.11
B-Final — 2:15.52 (→ 10th place)
Christophe Bourdon
Heat — 2:17.68 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Bruno Gutzeit
Heat — 54.35
B-Final — 54.80 (→ 11th place)
Franck Esposito
Heat — 55.26 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Franck Esposito
Heat — 1:58.75
Final — 1:58.51 (→ Bronze Medal)
Christophe Bordeau
Heat — 2:01.99 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Frédéric Lefevre
Heat — 2:03.82
B-Final — 2:04.05 (→ 12th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Stéphan Caron, Frédéric Lefevre, Ludovic Depickère, Bruno Gutzeit, Franck Schott, and Christophe Kalfayan
Heat — 3:22.01
Final — 3:19.16 (→ 4th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Christophe Bordeau, Lionel Poirot, Franck Horter, and Yann DeFabrique
Heat — 7:26.22 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Franck Schott, Stéphane Vossart, Franck Esposito, Christophe Kalfayan, Bruno Gutzeit, and Stéphan Caron
Heat — 3:43.13
Final — 3:40.51 (→ 5th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Catherine Plewinski
Heat — 25.78
Final — 25.36 (→ 4th place)
Julie Blaise
Heat — 26.48 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Catherine Plewinski
Heat — 55.44
Final — 55.72 (→ 5th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Catherine Plewinski
Heat — 2:00.67
Final — 1:59.88 (→ 4th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Céline Bonnet
Heat — 1:05.75 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Diane Lacombe
Heat — 1:06.31 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Audrey Guerit
Heat — 1:13.98 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Audrey Guerit
Heat — 2:32.33
B-Final — 2:32.10 (→ 11th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Catherine Plewinski
Heat — 1:00.03
Final — 59.01 (→ Bronze Medal)
Jacqueline Delord
Heat — 1:01.78
B-Final — 1:03.22 (→ 16th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Cécile Jeanson
Heat — 2:13.23
B-Final — 2:13.40 (→ 10th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Céline Bonnet
Heat — 2:18.95
B-Final — 2:19.14 (→ 14th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Céline Bonnet
Heat — 4:54.70 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Julie Blaise, Julia Reggiany, Marie-Laure Giraudon, and Veronique Jardin
Heat — 3:50.22 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Céline Bonnet, Audrey Guerit, Jacqueline Delord, and Julie Blaise
Heat — 4:21.19 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Three synchronized swimmers represented France in 1992.
Women's solo
Anne Capron
Marianne Aeschbacher
Karine Schuler
Women's duet
Anne Capron
Marianne Aeschbacher
Men's Singles Competition
Guy Forget
First round — Defeated Cristiano Caratti (Italy) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Second round — Lost to Magnus Larsson (Sweden) 3-6, 3-6, 1-6
Fabrice Santoro
First round — Defeated Christian Miniussi (Argentina) 6-1, 7-6, 6-4
Second round — Defeated Javier Frana (Argentina) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
Third round — Defeated Boris Becker (Germany) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Quarterfinals — Lost to Goran Ivanišević (Croatia) 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 4-6, 6-8
Men's Doubles Competition
Guy Forget and Henri Leconte
First round — Defeated Emanuel Couto and Bernardo Mota (Portugal) 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
Second round — Lost to Javier Frana and Christian Miniussi (Argentina) 6-4, 7-6, 4-6, 4-6, 3-6
Team Roster
Rivo Andriamamonjy
Eric Bouvier
Laurent Chambertin
Arnaud Josserand
Olivier Lecat
Luc Marquet
Christophe Meneau
David Romann
Olivier Rossard
Philippe Salvan
Laurent Tillie
Eric Wolfer
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Tied with Germany (7-7)
Lost to Australia (5-8)
Lost to United States (7-11)
Defeated Czechoslovakia (14-6)
Lost to Unified Team (5-9)
Classification Matches
Lost to Greece (6-10)
Lost to the Netherlands (8-15) → 11th place
Team Roster
Thierry Alimondo
Pierre Garsau
Nicolas Jeleff
François Besson
Emmanuel Charlot
Vincent De Nardi
Emmanuel Ducher
Christophe Gautier
Christian Grimaldi
Pascal Lousteanu
Gilles Madelenat
Jean-Marie Olivon
Patrice Tillie
First-heavyweight 90–100 kg
Francis Tournefier — 4th place, 387.5 kg (170.0 kg/ 217.5 kg)
