France competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 299 competitors, 197 men and 102 women, took part in 183 events in 25 sports.
Jean Galfione — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
Marie-José Pérec — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
Marie-José Pérec — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
Frank Adisson and Wilfrid Forgues — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs
Florian Rousseau — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault, Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau, and Hervé Thuet — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
Félicia Ballanger — Cycling, Women's Sprint
Nathalie Lancien — Cycling, Women's Points Race
Laura Flessel — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual
Valérie Barlois, Laura Flessel, and Sophie Moressee-Pichot — Fencing, Women's Épée Team
Djamel Bouras — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
David Douillet — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
Marie-Claire Restoux — Judo, Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg)
Jean Pierre Amat — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
Philippe Ermenault — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
Marion Clignet — Cycling, Women's Individual Pursuit
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Time Trial
Lionel Plumenail — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
Valérie Barlois — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual
Gilles Bosquet, Daniel Fauché, Olivier Moncelet, and Bertrand Vecten — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
Ghani Yalouz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight (68 kg)
Patricia Girard — Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles
Patrice Estanguet — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles
Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
Miguel Martinez — Cycling, Men's Cross-country Mountainbike
Alexandra Ledermann — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
Franck Boidin — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
Jean-Michel Henry, Robert Leroux, and Éric Srecki — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
Damien Touya — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
Christophe Gagliano — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
Stéphane Traineau — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (95 kg)
Christine Cicot — Judo, Women's Heavyweight
Samuel Barathay and Frédéric Kowal — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
Michel Andrieux and Jean-Christophe Rolland — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
Hélène Cortin and Christine Gosse — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
Jean Pierre Amat — Shooting, Men's Air Rifle
In France's sixth appearance in modern Olympic archery, defending gold medallist Sebastien Flute was defeated in the first round of elimination. Fellow veteran Severine Bonal was also defeated early, while Lionel Torres reached the quarterfinal. The men's team was defeated in the first round.
Women's Individual Competition:
Severine Bonal → Round of 32, 20th place (1-1)
Men's Individual Competition:
Lionel Torres → Quarterfinal, 8th place (3-1)
Sebastien Flute → Round of 64, 39th place (0-1)
Damien Letulle → Round of 64, 56th place (0-1)
Men's Team Competition:
Torres, Flute, and Letulle → Round of 16, 9th place (0-1)
Men's 1,500 metres
Mickael Damian
Qualification — 3:39.21 (→ did not advance)
Eric Dubus
Qualification — 3:47.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase
Nadir Bosch
Heat — 8:31.65
Semifinals — 8:47.31 (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
Christian Plaziat
Final Result — 8282 points (→ 11th place)
Sebastien Levicq
Final Result — 8192 points (→ 17th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
Raphaël Piolanti
Qualification — 76.44m
Final — 75.24m (→ 11th place)
Christophe Épalle
Qualification — 74.22m (→ did not advance)
Gilles Dupray
Qualification — 74.04m (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk
Thierry Toutain — 1:21:56 (→ 10th place)
Denis Langlois — 1:23:08 (→ 14th place)
Jean-Olivier Brosseau — 1:26:29 (→ 35th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
René Piller — 3:58:00 (→ 19th place)
Martial Fesselier — 4:04:42 (→ 28th place)
Thierry Toutain — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's 10,000 metres
Chantal Dallenbach
Qualification — 33:22.35 (→ did not advance)
Farida Fates
Qualification — 34:38.49 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4x400 metres Relay
Francine Landre, Viviane Dorsile, Evelyne Elien, and Elsa de Vassoigne
Qualification — 3:28.07
Final — 3:28.46 (→ 8th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
Nadine Auzeil
Qualification — 52.76m (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
Isabelle Devaluez
Qualification — 55.08m (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Nadia Prasad — 2:50.05 (→ 56th place)
Women's 10 km Walk
Nathalie Fortain — 46:43 (→ 31st place)
Valérie Nadaud — 47:49 (→ 36th place)
Jean-Philippe Jodard and Christian Penigaud — 13th place overall
Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg)
Rachid Bouaita
First Round — Defeated Bektas Abubakirov (Kazakhstan), 10-4
Second Round — Defeated Gabriel Križan (Slovak Republic), 13-6
Quarterfinals — Lost to Arnaldo Mesa (Cuba), 8-15
Men's Light Welterweight (— 63,5 kg)
Nordine Mouichi
First Round — Defeated Ullah Usman (Pakistan), knock-out in first round
Second Round — Defeated Sergey Bykovsky (Belarus), 17-6
Quarterfinals — Lost to Oktay Urkal (Germany), 10-19
Men's Welterweight (— 67 kg)
Hussein Bayram
First Round — Lost to Marian Simion (Romania), 6-13
Men's Middleweight (— 75 kg)
Jean-Paul Mendy
First Round — Lost to Sven Ottke (Germany), 4-11
Men's Light Heavyweight (— 81 kg)
Jean-Louis Mandengue
First Round — Defeated Pourtaghi Ayoub Ghoshchi (Iran), 21-9
Second Round — Lost to Daniel Bispo (Brazil), referee stopped contest in first round
Men's Heavyweight (— 91 kg)
Christophe Mendy
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Ovidiu Bali (Romania), referee stopped contest in second round
Quarterfinals — Lost to David Defiagbon (Canada), disqualification in third round
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
Josué Blocus
First Round — Defeated Jesús Guevara (Venezuela), referee stopped contest in second round
Second Round — Lost to Adaliat Marnedov (Azerbaijan), referee stopped contest in first round
Men's Individual Time Trial
Laurent Jalabert
Final — 1:07:34 (→ 13th place)
Laurent Brochard
Final — 1:09:22 (→ 20th place)
Women's Individual Road Race
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
Final — 02:36:13 (→ Gold Medal)
Catherine Marsal
Final — 02:37:06 (→ 16th place)
Marion Clignet
Final — 02:41:50 (→ 38th place)
Women's Individual Time Trial
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
Final — 37:00 (→ Silver Medal)
Marion Clignet
Final — 38:14 (→ 5th place)
Men's Points Race
Francis Moreau
Final — 21 points (→ 5th place)
Men's Cross Country
Miguel Martinez
Final — 2:20.36 (→ Bronze Medal)
Christophe Dupouey
Final — 2:25.03 (→ 4th place)
Women's Cross Country
Laurence Leboucher
Final — 1:59.00 (→ 11th place)
Sandra Temporelli
Final — 2:06.57 (→ 24th place)
Women's 10m Platform
Julie Danaux
Preliminary Heat — 201.27 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
15 fencers, 9 men and 6 women, represented France in 1996.
Men's foil
Lionel Plumenail
Franck Boidin
Philippe Omnès
Men's épée
Jean-Michel Henry
Éric Srecki
Robert Leroux
Men's team épée
Jean-Michel Henry, Robert Leroux, Éric Srecki
Men's sabre
Damien Touya
Jean-Philippe Daurelle
Franck Ducheix
Men's team sabre
Damien Touya, Franck Ducheix, Jean-Philippe Daurelle
Women's foil
Laurence Modaine-Cessac
Adeline Wuillème
Clothilde Magnan
Women's team foil
Adeline Wuillème, Clothilde Magnan, Laurence Modaine-Cessac
Women's épée
Laura Flessel-Colovic
Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux
Sophie Moressée-Pichot
Women's team épée
Laura Flessel-Colovic, Sophie Moressée-Pichot, Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux
Men's Individual Competition:
Christophe Ruer — 5363 pts (→ 12th place)
Sebastien Deleigne — 5071 pts (→ 26th place)
Men's 50 m Freestyle
Christophe Kalfayan
Heat — 22.83
B-Final — 22.96 (→ 15th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Nicolas Gruson
Heat — 50.71 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Christophe Bordeau
Heat — 1:52.17 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Yann deFabrique
Heat — 3:55.42
B-Final — 3:56.46 (→ 15th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Yann deFabrique
Heat — 15:40.49 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Franck Schott
Heat — 55.77
Final — 55.76 (→ 8th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Jean-Christophe Sarnin
Heat — 2:15.27
B-Final — 2:16.26 (→ 14th place)
Stéphan Perrot
Heat — 2:18.58 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Franck Esposito
Heat — 53.77
B-Final — 54.02 (→ 14th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Franck Esposito
Heat — 1:58.79
Final — 1:58.10 (→ 4th place)
David Abrard
Heat — 2:00.60
Final — 2:01.25 (→ 15th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Xavier Marchand
Heat — 2:03.17
Final — 2:04.29 (→ 8th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Ludovic Depickère, Nicolas Gruson, Peirrick Chavatte, and Frédéric Lefevre
Heat — 3:21.79 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Yann deFabrique, Lionel Poirot, Bruno Orsoni, and Christophe Bordeau
Heat — 7:22.98
Final — 7:24.85 (→ 8th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Franck Schott, Vladimir Latocha, Franck Esposito, and Nicolas Gruson
Heat — 3:42.94 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Casey Legler
Heat — 26.52 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Solenne Figuès
Heat — 56.90 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Solenne Figuès
Heat — 2:02.74
B-Final — 2:01.47 (→ 12th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Laetitia Choux
Heat — 4:21.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Hélène Ricardo
Heat — 1:04.03 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
Hélène Ricardo
Heat — 2:14.18
B-Final — 2:16.29 (→ 15th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Karine Brémond
Heat — 1:11.80 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Karine Brémond
Heat — 2:36.26 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Cécile Jeanson
Heat — 1:01.58
B-Final — 1:01.20 (→ 13th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Cécile Jeanson
Heat — 2:13.58
B-Final — 2:12.99 (→ 10th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Solenne Figuès, Jacqueline Delord, Casey Legler, and Marianne Le Verge
Heat — 3:48.30 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Marianne Le Verge, Hélène Ricardo, Leatitia Choux, and Solenne Figuès
Heat — 8:18.90 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Hélène Ricardo, Karine Brémond, Cécile Jeanson, and Solenne Figuès
Heat — 4:15.69 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Women's Singles Competition
Nathalie Tauziat
First round — Lost to Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 5-7 2-6
Mary Pierce
First round — Defeated Olga Barabanschikova (Belarus) 6-3 7-5
Second round — Lost to Inés Gorrochategui (Argentina) 4-6 6-1 5-7
Men
