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France at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
FRA

Flag bearer
  
David Douillet

France at the 2000 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
French National Olympic and Sports Committee

Website
  
www.franceolympique.com (French)

Competitors
  
336 (211 men and 125 women) in 28 sports

MedalsRanked 6th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal13141138

France competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 336 competitors, 211 men and 125 women, took part in 196 events in 28 sports.

Contents

Archery

Sebastian Flute performed better in 2000 than he had in 1996, but still couldn't match the gold medal he had won in 1992. Jocelyn de Grandis was the only other French archer to win a match.

Men's team:

  • Flute, de Grandis, and Torres — round of 16, 11th place (0-1)

    • Men's competition

    Men's 100 m

  • David Patros
  • Round 1 — 10.38
  • Round 2 — 10.33 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 400 m

  • Ibrahima Wade
  • Round 1 — 45.72
  • Round 2 — 45.61 (→ did not advance)
  • Marc Raquil
  • Round 1 — 45.72
  • Round 2 — 45.56 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 1,500 m

  • Mehdi Baala
  • Round 1 — 03:40.35
  • Semifinal — 03:38.15
  • Final — 03:34.14 (→ 4th place)
  • Driss Maazouzi
  • Round 1 — 03:38.88
  • Semifinal — 03:40.23
  • Final — 03:45.46 (→ 11th place)

    • Men's 5,000 m

  • Mustapha Essaid
  • Round 1 — 13:40.82 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 110 m Hurdles

  • Jean-Marc Grava
  • Round 1 — 14.01
  • Round 2 — 14.47 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 4 × 100 m

  • Christophe Cheval, Jerome Eyana, Needdy Guims, Frederic Krantz, David Patros
  • Round 1 — 39
  • Semifinal — 38.64
  • Final — 38.49 (→ 5th place)

    • Men's 4 × 400 m

  • Marc Foucan, Emmanuel Front, Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Marc Raquil, Ibrahima Wade, Bruno Wavelet
  • Round 1 — 03:04.45
  • Semifinal — 03:00.64
  • Final — 03:01.02 (→ 4th place)

    • Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  • Gael Pencreach
  • Round 1 — 08:25.35
  • Final — 08:41.19 (→ 14th place)
  • Bouabdellah Tahri
  • Round 1 — 08:34.69 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 1,500 m Wheelchair

  • Claude Issorat
  • Final — 03:07.65 (→ Silver Medal)

    • Men's Hammer Throw

  • David Chaussinand
  • Qualifying — 77.12
  • Final — 75.26 (→ 11th place)
  • Giles Dupray
  • Qualifying — 75.05 (→ did not advance)
  • Christophe Epalle
  • Qualifying — 74.22 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Long Jump

  • Cheikh Toure
  • Qualifying — 7.87 (→ did not advance)
  • Ronald Servius
  • Qualifying — 7.66 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Triple Jump

  • Colomba Fofana
  • Qualifying — 14.59 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Pole Vault

  • Jean Galfione
  • Qualifying — 5.55 (→ did not advance)
  • Romain Mesnil
  • Qualifying — 5.40 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 20 km Walk

  • Anthony Gillet
  • Final — 1:27:36 (→ 33rd place)

    • Men's 50 km Walk

  • Denis Langlois
  • Final — 3:52:56 (→ 14th place)
  • Sylvain Caudron
  • Final — 4:03:22 (→ 29th place)
  • René Piller
  • Final — DNF

    • Men's marathon

  • Mohamed Ouaadi
  • Final — 2:14:04 (→ 8th place)
  • Abdellah Behar
  • Final — DNF

    • Men's Decathlon

  • Laurent Hernu
  • 100 m — 11.19
  • Long Jump — 7.14
  • Shot Put — 13.54
  • High Jump — 2.06
  • 400 m — 50.63
  • 100 m Hurdles — 14.51
  • Discus Throw — 41.78
  • Pole Vault — 5.00
  • Javelin Throw — 56.34
  • 1,500 m — 04:37.82
  • Points — 7909.00 (→ 19th place)
  • Wilfrid Boulineau
  • 100 m — 11.07
  • Long Jump — 7.08
  • Shot Put — 13.38
  • High Jump — 2.03
  • 400 m — 49.82
  • 100 m Hurdles — 15.02
  • Discus Throw — 39.86
  • Pole Vault — 4.80
  • Javelin Throw — 59.69
  • 1,500 m — 04:35.59
  • Points — 7821.00 (→ 20th place)
  • Sebastien Levicq
  • 100 m — 11.48
  • Long Jump — 6.57
  • Shot Put — 13.53
  • High Jump — DNS

    • Women's competition

    Women's 100 m

  • Christine Arron
  • Round 1 — 11.42
  • Round 2 — 11.26
  • Semifinal — 11.42 (→ did not advance)
  • Sandra Citte
  • Round 1 — 11.47
  • Round 2 — 11.63 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 200 m

  • Muriel Hurtis
  • Round 1 — 23.04
  • Round 2 — 22.98
  • Semifinal — 23.13 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 400 m

  • Marie-José Pérec
  • Round 1 — DNS (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 5,000 m

  • Yamna Belkacem
  • Round 1 — 16:08.49 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 10,000 m

  • Fatima Yvelain
  • Round 1 — 33:44.48 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 100 m Hurdles

  • Linda Ferga
  • Round 1 — 12.89
  • Round 2 — 12.88
  • Semifinal — 12.87
  • Final — 13.11 (→ 7th place)
  • Nicole Ramalalanirina
  • Round 1 — 12.90
  • Round 2 — 12.79
  • Semifinal — 12.77
  • Final — 12.91 (→ 7th place)
  • Patricia Girard
  • Round 1 — 13.11
  • Round 2 — 13.43 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 4 × 100 m

  • Christine Arron, Sandra Citte, Fabe Dia, Linda Ferga, Muriel Hurtis
  • Round 1 — 43.23
  • Semifinal — 42.42
  • Final — 42.42 (→ 4th place)

    • Women's Shot Put

  • Laurence Manfredi
  • Qualifying — 16.57 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's Discus

  • Melina Robert-Michon
  • Qualifying — 54.11 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's Javelin Throw

  • Nadine Auzeil
  • Qualifying — 53.85 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's Hammer Throw

  • Manuela Montebrun
  • Qualifying — 57.77 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's Pole Vault

  • Caroline Ammel
  • Qualifying — 4.15 (→ did not advance)
  • Marie Poissonnier
  • Qualifying — 4.15 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 20 km Walk

  • Nora Leksir
  • Final — 1:35:39 (→ 22nd place)
  • Fatiha Ouali
  • Final — 1:35:35 (→ 23rd place)

    • Women's Heptathlon

  • Nathalie Teppe
  • 100 m Hurdles — 14.02
  • High Jump — 1.72
  • Shot Put — 13.44
  • 200 m — 26.39
  • Long Jump — 5.94
  • Javelin Throw — 46.98
  • 800 m — 02:18.56
  • Points — 5851 (→ 19th place)
  • Eunice Barber
  • 100 m Hurdles — 12.97
  • High Jump — 1.84
  • Shot Put — 11.27
  • 200 m — 24.47
  • Long Jump — 5.93
  • Javelin Throw — DNS

    • Badminton

    Men's Singles

  • Bertrand Gallet
  • Round of 64: Defeated Marco Vasconcelos of Portugal
  • Round of 32: Lost to Sun-Ho Hwang of Korea

    • Women's Singles

  • Tatiana Vattier
  • Round of 64: Lost to Kanako Yonekura of Japan
  • Sandra Dimbour
  • Round of 64: Bye
  • Round of 32: Lost to Lidya Djaelawijaya of Indonesia

    • Basketball

    Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
  • Defeated New Zealand (76-50)
  • Lost to Lithuania (63-81)
  • Defeated China (82-70)
  • Lost to Italy (57-67)
  • Lost to United States (94-106)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Defeated Canada (68-63)
  • Semi Finals
  • Defeated Australia (76-52)
  • Gold Medal Match
  • Lost to United States (75-85) — Silver Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Jim Bilba
  • Yann Bonato
  • Makan Dioumassi
  • Fabien Dubos
  • Laurent Foirest
  • Thierry Gadou
  • David Gauthier
  • Cyril Julian
  • Crawford Palmer
  • Laurent Pluvy
  • Antoine Rigaudeau
  • Stéphane Risacher
  • Dwayne Scholten
  • Laurent Sciarra
  • Moustapha Sonko
  • Frédéric Weis


    • Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
  • Defeated Senegal (75-39)
  • Defeated Slovakia (58-51)
  • Defeated Canada (70-58)
  • Defeated Brazil (73-70)
  • Lost to Australia (62-69)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to South Korea (59-68)
  • Classification Match (5th-6th)
  • Defeated Russia (71-59) — 5th place
  • Team Roster
  • Nicole Antibe
  • Lucienne Berthieu
  • Johanna Boutet
  • Sabine Falcoz
  • Isabelle Fijalkowski
  • Edwige Lawson
  • Sandra Le Drean
  • Nathalie Lesdema
  • Isabelle Marcin
  • Catherine Melain
  • Laëtitia Moussard
  • Audrey Sauret
  • Laure Savasta
  • Yannick Souvré
  • Dominique Tonnerre
  • Stéphanie Vivenot

    • Men's Beach Competition

  • Jean-Philippe Jodard and Christian Penigaud — 19th place (tied)

    • Women's Beach Competition

  • Anabelle Prawerman and Cécile Rigaux
  • Preliminary Round — defeated Maike Friedrichsen and Danja Müsch (GER) 16-14
  • Round of 16 — Lost to Tania Gooley and Pauline Manser (AUS) 3-15 (→ 9th place)

    • Boxing

    Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Brahim Asloum
  • Round 1 — Defeated Rezkalla Mohamed Abdelaehim of Egypt
  • Round 2 — Defeated Brian Viloria of United States
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Ki-Suk Kim of Korea
  • Semifinal — Defeated Maikro Romero Esquirol of Cuba
  • Final — Defeated Rafael Lozano of Spain — Gold Medal

    • Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

  • Jérôme Thomas
  • Round 1 — Defeated Erle Wiltshire of Australia
  • Round 2 — Defeated Drissa Tou of Burkina Faso
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated José Navarro of the United States
  • Semifinal — Lost to Bulat Jumadilov of Kazakhstan — Bronze Medal

    • Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Rachid Bouaita
  • Round 1 — Lost to Clarence Vinson of the United States (did not advance)

    • Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

  • Abdel Jebahi
  • Round 1 — Lost to Selim Palyani of Turkey (did not advance)

    • Men's Welterweight (63.5 kg)

  • Willy Blain
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Lost to Diogenes Luna Martinez of Cuba (did not advance)

    • Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

  • Frédéric Esther
  • Round 1 — Defeated Andrey Mishin of Russia
  • Round 2 — Defeated Firat Karagollu of Turkey
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Marin Simion of Romania (did not advance)

    • Men's Middleweight (81 kg)

  • John Dovi
  • Round 1 — Defeated Shawn Terry Cox of Barbados
  • Round 2 — Defeated Alexey Katulievsky of Kyrgyzstan
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Alexander Lebziak of Russia (did not advance)

    • Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

  • Jackson Chanet
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Defeated Mohamed Azzaoui of Algeria
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Sultanahmed Ibzagimov of Russia (did not advance)

    • Men's competition

    Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

  • Pierre Lubac
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:36.573
  • Semifinal — 03:38.155
  • Final — 03:37.931 (→ 7th place)

    • Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

  • Babak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin
  • Qualifying Heat — 01:32.902
  • Semifinal — 01:32.597
  • Final — 01:48.921 (→ 4th place)

    • Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

  • Babak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:14.835
  • Semifinal — Bye
  • Final — 03:17.635 (→ 5th place)

    • Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

  • Maxime Boccon, Frederic Gauthier, Stephane Gourichon, and Pierre Lubac
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:05.860
  • Semifinal — 03:03.703 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

  • Eric le Leuch
  • Qualifying Heat — 01:53.934
  • Semifinal — 01:56.907 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

  • Eric le Leuch
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:55.726
  • Semifinal — 04:02.038
  • Final — 03:57.217 (→ 4th place)

    • Men's competition

    Men's Kayak Singles

  • Laurent Burtz
  • Qualifying — 257.47
  • Final — 227.63 (→ 8th place)

    • Men's Canoe Singles

  • Tony Estanguet
  • Qualifying — 263.41
  • Final — 231.87 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Emmanuel Brugvin
  • Qualifying — 269.29
  • Final — 238.42 (→ 4th place)

    • Men's Canoe Doubles

  • Wilfrid Forgues and Frank Adisson
  • Qualifying — 270.50
  • Final — 290.91 (→ 7th place)

    • Women's competition

    Women's Kayak Singles

  • Brigette Guibal
  • Qualifying — 292.62
  • Final — 251.88 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Anne-Lise Bardet
  • Qualifying — 309.08
  • Final — 254.77 (→ Bronze Medal)

    • Cross Country Mountain Bike

    Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

  • Miguel Martinez
  • Final — 2:09:02.50 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Ludovic Dubau
  • Final — 2:16:48.56 (→ 18th place)
  • Christophe Dupouey
  • Final — DNF

    • Women's Mountain Bike

  • Laurence Leboucher
  • Final — 2:00:38.89 (→ 18th place)
  • Sophie Villeneuve
  • Final — 2:02:31.71 (→ 23rd place)

    • Road Cycling

    Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Laurent Jalabert
  • Final — 0:58:44 (→ 5th place)
  • Christophe Moreau
  • Final — 0:59:37 (→ 13th place)

    • Men's Road Race

  • Laurent Jalabert
  • Final — 5:30:34 (→ 5th place)
  • Laurent Brochard
  • Final — 5:30:46 (→ 45th place)
  • Christophe Moreau
  • Final — 5:30:46 (→ 62nd place)
  • Richard Virenque
  • Final — 5:30:46 (→ 63rd place)
  • Christophe Capelle
  • Final — DNF

    • Women's Individual Time Trial

  • Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
  • Final — 0:42:52 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Catherine Marsal
  • Final — 0:44:27 (→ 13th place)

    • Women's Road Race

  • Magali le Floc'h
  • Final — 3:06:31 (→ 6th place)
  • Catherine Marsal
  • Final — 3:11:04 (→ 38th place)
  • Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
  • Final — 3:06:37 (→ 25th place)

    • Track Cycling

    Men's Sprint

  • Laurent Gané
  • Qualifying — 10.243
  • First Round — Defeated Julio César Herrera of Cuba
  • 1/8 Finals — Defeated Craig MacLean of Great Britain
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Sean Eadie of Australia
  • Semifinal — Lost to Florian Rousseau of France
  • Final — Lost to Jens Fiedler of Germany
  • Florian Rousseau
  • Qualifying — 10.277
  • First Round — Defeated Nikolaos Angelidis of Greece
  • 1/8 Finals — Defeated Christian Arrue of United States
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Jose Villanueva of Spain
  • Semifinal — Defeated Laurent Gané of France
  • Final — Lost to Marty Nothstein of United States — Silver Medal

    • Men's Individual Pursuit

  • Philippe Gaumont
  • Qualifying — 04:22.142 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 1 km Time Trial

  • Arnaud Tourant
  • Final — 01:03.023 (→ 5th place)

    • Men's Point Race

  • Christophe Capelle
  • Points — 2
  • Laps Down — 2 (→ 19th place)

    • Men's Keirin

  • Frédéric Magné
  • First Round — Heat — 3; Place — 2
  • Second Round — Heat — 2; Place — 3 (→ did not advance)
  • Final — 6th place
  • Florian Rousseau
  • First Round — Heat — 2; Place — 5
  • Repechage — Heat — 2; Place — 2
  • Second Round — Heat — 1; Place — 3
  • Final — 1st place — Gold Medal

    • Men's Olympic Sprint

  • Laurent Gané, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant
  • Qualifying — 44.425
  • Second Round — 44.302
  • Final — 44.233 (→ Gold Medal)

    • Men's Team Pursuit

  • Cyril Box, Philippe Ermenault, Francis Moreau, and Jérôme Neuville
  • Qualifying — 04:05.155
  • Quarterfinal — 04:05.224
  • Semifinal — 04:11.549 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Madison

  • Robert Sassone and Christophe Capelle
  • Final — 5 (→ 10th place)

    • Women's Sprint

  • Félicia Ballanger
  • Qualifying — 11.262
  • 1/8 Finals — Defeated Mira Kasslin of Finland
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Tanya Lindenmuth of United States
  • Semifinal — Defeated Michelle Ferris of Australia
  • Final — Defeated Oxana Grichina of Russia (→ Gold Medal)

    • Women's Individual Pursuit

  • Marion Clignet
  • Qualifying — 03:34.636
  • Semifinal — Defeated Yvonne McGregor of Great Britain
  • Final — Lost to Leontien Zijlaard of Netherlands (→ Silver medal)

    • Women's 500 m Time Trial

  • Félicia Ballanger
  • Final — 34.140 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Magali Faure-Humbert
  • Final — 35.766 (→ 11th place)

    • Women's Point Race

  • Marion Clignet
  • Points — 11 (→ 6th place)

    • Diving

    France entered nine diving events and had two top 10 finishes.

    Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Frederic Pierre
  • Preliminary — 310.74 (40th place, did not advance)

    • Men's 10 Metre Platform

  • Gilles Emptoz — Lacote
  • Preliminary — 377.7 (20th place, did not advance)

    • Men's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

  • Giles Emptoz — Lacote, Frederic Pierre
  • Final — 310.08 (6th place)

    • Men's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

  • Giles Emptoz — Lacote, Frederic Pierre
  • Final — 314.94 (8th place)

    • Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Sandra Ponthus
  • Preliminary — 242.79 (23rd place, did not advance)

    • Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Julie Danaux
  • Preliminary — 219.87 (36th place, did not advance)

    • Women's 10 Metre Platform

  • Odile Arboles — Souchon
  • Preliminary — 260.25 (23rd place, did not advance)

    • Women's 10 Metre Platform

  • Claire Febvay
  • Preliminary — 222.81 (35th place, did not advance)

    • Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

  • Odile Arboles — Souchon, Julie Danaux
  • Final — 277.14 (7th place)

    • Jumping Team

  • Alexandra Lederman (Rochet M)
  • Thierry Pomel (Thor des Chaines)
  • Michel Robert (Auleto)
  • Philippe Rozier (Barbarian)
  • Patrice Delaveau (Caucalis)

    • Eventing Team

  • Jean-Lou Bigot (Twist La Beige)
  • Didier Courrèges (Débat d’Estruval)
  • Nicolas Touzaint (Cobra d’Or)
  • Jean-Luc Force (Crocus Jacob)
  • Rodolphe Scherer (Bambi de Brière, Avant-Première)
  • Jean Teulère (Amouncha)
  • Didier Viricel (Caprice de la Cour)
  • Didier Willefert (Blakring)

    • Fencing

    Sixteen fencers, eleven men and five women, represented France in 2000.

    Men's foil
  • Jean-Noël Ferrari
  • Brice Guyart
  • Lionel Plumenail
    • Men's team foil
  • Jean-Noel Ferrari, Brice Guyart, Patrice Lhotellier, Lionel Plumenail — Gold Medal
    • Men's épée
  • Hughes Obry — Silver Medal
  • Éric Srecki
  • Jean-François Di Martino
    • Men's team épée
  • Jean-François di Martino, Hughes Obry, Éric Srecki — Silver Medal
    • Men's sabre
  • Mathieu Gourdain — Silver Medal
  • Damien Touya
  • Julien Pillet
    • Men's team sabre
  • Mathieu Gourdain, Julien Pillet, Cédric Séguin, Damien Touya — Silver Medal
    • Women's foil
  • Adeline Wuillème
    • Women's épée
  • Laura Flessel-Colovic — Bronze Medal
  • Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux
  • Sangita Tripathi
    • Women's team épée
  • Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux
  • Laura Flessel-Colovic
  • Sangita Tripathi
  • Sophie Moressée-Pichot

    • Artistique Gymnastics

    Women's Competition

  • Anne-Sophie Endeler, Delphine Regease, Ludivine Furnon, Nelly Ramassany, Alexandra Soler, and Elvire Teza

    • Men's Competition

  • Eric Casimir, Yann Cucherat, Dimitri Karbanenko, Florent Maree, Eric Poujade, and Benjamin Varonian

    • Handball

    Men's Team Competition

  • Grégory Anquetil
  • Cédric Burdet
  • Patrick Cazal
  • Didier Dinart
  • Jérôme Fernandez
  • Christian Gaudin
  • Bertrand Gille
  • Guillaume Gille
  • Olivier Girault
  • Andrej Golic
  • Stéphane Joulin
  • Guéric Kervadec
  • Bernard Latchimy
  • Bruno Martini
  • Thierry Omeyer
  • Stéphane Plantin
  • Laurent Puigségur
  • Jackson Richardson
  • Marc Wiltberger


    • Women's Team Competition

  • Valérie Nicolas
  • Marie-Annick Dezert
  • Joanne Dudziak
  • Sonia Cendier
  • Estelle Vogein
  • Leïla Lejeune
  • Sandrine Mariot-Delerce
  • Nodjialem Myarao
  • Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland
  • Christelle Joseph-Mathieu
  • Raphaëlle Tervel
  • Stéphanie Cano
  • Isabelle Wendling
  • Chantal Maio
  • Stéphanie Ludwig
  • Melinda Szabo
  • Myriam Korfanty
  • Nathalie Selembarom
  • Leïsa Lerus

    • Judo

    Men's Competition

  • Eric Despezelle (60 kg)
  • Larbi Benboudaoud (66 kg)
  • Ferrid Kheder (73 kg)
  • Djamel Bouras (81 kg)
  • Frédéric Demontfaucon (90 kg)
  • Stéphane Traineau (–100 kg)
  • David Douillet (+100 kg)


    • Women's Competition

  • Sarah Nichilo-Rosso (48 kg)
  • Laëtitia Tignola (52 kg)
  • Barbara Harel (57 kg)
  • Séverine Vandenhende (63 kg)
  • Karine Rambault (70 kg)
  • Céline Lebrun (–78 kg)
  • Christine Cicot (+78 kg)

    • Modern pentathlon

    Women's Individual Competition

  • Caroline Delemer — 4992 pts (→ 10th place)

    • Men's Individual Competition

  • Sebastien Deleigne — 5326 pts (→ 4th place)
  • Oliver Clergeau — 5217 pts (→ 8th place)

    • Rhythmic gymnastics

    Women's Individual Competition

  • Eva Serrano

    • Women's Team Competition

  • Anne-Sophie Doyen, Anne-Laure Klein, Anne-Sophie Lavoine, Laetitia Mancieri, Magalie Poisson, and Vanessa Sauzède

    • Sailing

    France competed in six of the Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics.

    Men's Mistral

  • Alexandre Guyader
  • Race 1 — 22
  • Race 2 — 4
  • Race 3 — (28)
  • Race 4 — 6
  • Race 5 — 4
  • Race 6 — 15
  • Race 7 — 5
  • Race 8 — 11
  • Race 9 — 9
  • Race 10 — (26)
  • Race 11 — 24
  • Final — 100 (12th place)

    • Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

  • Xavier Rohart
  • Race 1 — 11
  • Race 2 — 11
  • Race 3 — 4
  • Race 4 — 3
  • Race 5 — 1
  • Race 6 — 9
  • Race 7 — 6
  • Race 8 — (13)
  • Race 9 — (17)
  • Race 10 — 5
  • Race 11 — 5
  • Final — 55 (5th place)

    • Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Gildas Philippe and Tanguy Cariou
  • Race 1 — 10
  • Race 2 — 2
  • Race 3 — 5
  • Race 4 — 16
  • Race 5 — (30) OCS
  • Race 6 — (23)
  • Race 7 — 2
  • Race 8 — 22
  • Race 9 — 17
  • Race 10 — 18
  • Race 11 — 19
  • Final — 111 (14th place)

    • Men's Tornado

  • Pierre Pennec and Yann Guichard
  • Race 1 — 4
  • Race 2 — 8
  • Race 3 — (13)
  • Race 4 — 2
  • Race 5 — 5
  • Race 6 — 3
  • Race 7 — 3
  • Race 8 — (9)
  • Race 9 — 4
  • Race 10 — 6
  • Race 11 — 8
  • Final — 43 (4th place)

    • Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)

  • Jean-Marie Dauris, Philippe Presti and Pascal Rambeau
  • Round Robin Group 1(2-3) — 2 Points — Did not advance

    • Women's Mistral

  • Lise Vidal
  • Race 1 — 7
  • Race 2 — 6
  • Race 3 — 9
  • Race 4 — (25)
  • Race 5 — 3
  • Race 6 — (30) DSQ
  • Race 7 — 10
  • Race 8 — 8
  • Race 9 — 21
  • Race 10 — 6
  • Race 11 — 5
  • Final — 75 (9th place)

    • Shooting

    Men's Competition

  • Jean-Pierre Amat (50 m Rifle, three positions)
  • Franck Badiou (10 m Running Target)
  • Philippe Joualin (carabine 60 balles couché)
  • Franck Dumoulin (10 m Air Pistol)
  • Stéphane Gagne (10 m Air Pistol)
  • Stéphane Clamens (fosse olympique)
  • Jean-François Dellac (skeet)
  • Jean-Paul Gros (double trap)


    • Women's Competition

  • Valérie Bellenoue (50 m Rifle, three positions)
  • Delphine Racinet (fosse olympique)

    • Swimming

    Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Romain Barnier
  • Preliminary Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Romain Barnier
  • Preliminary Heat — 50.32 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Nicolas Rostoucher
  • Preliminary Heat — 03:51.80 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Nicolas Rostoucher
  • Preliminary Heat — 15:13.26 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Franck Esposito
  • Preliminary Heat — 53.54
  • Semi-final — 53.38 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Franck Esposito
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:57.97
  • Semi-final — 01:57.04
  • Final — 01:58.39 (→ 8th place)

    • Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Hugues Duboscq
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:02.40 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Stéphan Perrot
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:14.79
  • Semi-final — 02:14.59 (→ did not advance)
  • Yohann Bernard
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:15.35
  • Semi-final — 02:13.48
  • Final — 02:13.31 (→ 7th place)

    • Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Simon Dufour
  • Preliminary Heat — 56.01
  • Semi-final — 55.79 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Simon Dufour
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:01.09 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Xavier Marchand
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:02.86 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Johann Le Bihan
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:20.96 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Romain Barnier, Frédérick Bousquet, Hugo Viart, and Nicolas Kintz
  • Preliminary Heat — 03:20.19
  • Final — 03:21.00 (→ 7th place)

    • Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Simon Dufour, Hugues Duboscq, Franck Esposito, and Frédérick Bousquet
  • Preliminary Heat — 03:40.31
  • Final — 03:40.02 (→ 7th place)

    • Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Solenne Figuès
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:01.46 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Laetitia Choux
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:13.09 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Cécile Jeanson
  • Preliminary Heat — 59.96 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Cécile Jeanson
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:10.78
  • Semi-final — 02:10.78 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Karine Brémond
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:27.13
  • Semi-final — 02:27.86 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Roxana Maracineanu
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:01.66
  • Semi-final — 01:01.61
  • Final — 01:01.10 (→ 4th place)

    • Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Roxana Maracineanu
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:11.01
  • Semi-final — 02:11.93
  • Final — 02:10.25 (→ Silver Medal)

    • Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Alicia Bozon, Laetitia Choux, Solenne Figuès, and Katarin Quelennec
  • Preliminary Heat — 08:07.03
  • Final — 08:05.99 (→ 8th place)

    • Synchronized swimming

    Women's Team Competition

  • Cinthia Bouhier, Virginie Dedieu, Charlotte Fabre, Myriam Glez, Rachel Le Bozec, Myriam Lignot, Charlotte Massardier, Magalie Rathier, and Cathy Geoffroy
  • Technical Routine — 33.763
  • Free Routine — 62.704
  • Final — 96.467 (→ 4th place)

    • Women's Duet Competition

  • Virginie Dedieu and Myriam Lignot
  • Technical Routine — 33.997
  • Free Routine — 63.44
  • Final — 97.437 (→ Bronze Medal)

    • Table tennis

    Men's Singles Competition

  • Damien Eloi
  • Jean-Philippe Gatien
  • Christophe Legout

    • Men's Doubles Competition

  • Patrick Chila
  • Damien Eloi
  • Jean-Philippe Gatien
  • Christophe Legout

    • Women's Singles Competition

  • Anne Boileau

    • Taekwondo

    Men's Competition

  • Pascal Gentil (80 kg)

    • Women's Competition

  • Myriam Baverel (67 kg)

    • Tennis

    Men's Singls Competition

  • Fabrice Santoro
  • First Round — Defeated Marat Safin (RUS), 1-6 6-1 6-4
  • Second Round — Defeated Fernando Vicente (ESP) 6-1 6-7 7-5
  • Third Round — Lost to Karim Alami (FRA), 2-6 7-5 4-6
  • Arnaud Di Pasquale → Bronze Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Nicolas Kiefer (GER), 6-4 6-3
  • Second Round — Defeated Vladimir Voltchkov (BLR), 6-2 6-2
  • Third Round — Defeated Magnus Norman (SWE), 7-6 7-6
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP), 6-2 6-1
  • Semifinals — Lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS), 6-4 6-4
  • Third Place — Defeated Roger Federer (SUI), 7-6 6-7 6-3
  • Arnaud Clément
  • First Round — Defeated Greg Rusedski (GBR), 6-2 6-3
  • Second Round — Lost to Àlex Corretja (ESP), 7-6 4-6 4-6

    • Men's Doubles Competition

  • Nicolas Escudé and Fabrice Santoro

    • Women's Singles Competition

  • Amélie Mauresmo
  • Julie Halard
  • Nathalie Dechy

    • Women's Doubles Competition

  • Julie Halard and Sandrine Testud

    • Trampolining

    Men's Individual Competition

  • David Martin

    • Triathlon

    France's competitors at the first Olympic triathlon included twins Beatrice Mouthon and Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys. Isabelle was one of the three French triathletes to place in the top eight.

    Women's Individual Competition

  • Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys — 2:02:53.41 (→ 7th place)
  • Christine Hocq — 2:03:01.90 (→ 8th place)
  • Beatrice Mouthon — 2:11:08.08 (→ 35th place)

    • Men's Individual Competition

  • Olivier Marceau — 1:49:18.03 (→ 7th place)
  • Carl Blasco — 1:50:18.02 (→ 19th place)
  • Stephan Bignet — 1:51:12.15 (→ 31st place)

    • Weightlifting

    Men


    Women

    Wrestling

    Men's Greco-Roman Competition

  • Djamel Ainaoui (– 58 kg)
  • Ghani Yalouz (– 69 kg)
  • Yvon Riemer (– 76 kg)

    • References

    France at the 2000 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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