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 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 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
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
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
Jean-Philippe Jodard and Christian Penigaud — 19th place (tied)
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)
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 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 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 Kayak Singles
Brigette Guibal
Qualifying — 292.62
Final — 251.88 (→ Silver Medal)
Anne-Lise Bardet
Qualifying — 309.08
Final — 254.77 (→ Bronze Medal)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Alexandra Lederman (Rochet M)
Thierry Pomel (Thor des Chaines)
Michel Robert (Auleto)
Philippe Rozier (Barbarian)
Patrice Delaveau (Caucalis)
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)
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
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
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
Men's Competition
Pascal Gentil (80 kg)
Women's Competition
Myriam Baverel (67 kg)
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
Men's Individual Competition
David Martin
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)
Men
Women
Men's Greco-Roman Competition
Djamel Ainaoui (– 58 kg)
Ghani Yalouz (– 69 kg)
Yvon Riemer (– 76 kg)
