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[[Image:Rumpelstiltskin.jpg|thumb|right||[[Rumpelstiltskin]] from ''The Blue Fairy Book'', by [[Henry J. Ford]]]]
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|competitors=342
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|silver=9
|bronze=13
|total=33
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'''[[France]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]''' is represented by the [[National Olympic Committee of France]] ([[French language|French]]: Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français).
'''Andrew Lang's Fairy Books''' or '''Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books''' are a twelve-book series of [[fairy tale]] collections. Although [[Andrew Lang]] did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources (who had collected them originally), made them an immensely influential collection. As acknowledged in the prefaces, although Lang himself made most of the selections, his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and telling of the actual stories.
 
==Medals==
Many of them were illustrated by [[Henry J. Ford]]. [[Lancelot Speed]] also did some illustrations.
France finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with 11 gold medals and 33 medals overall.
===Gold===
* [[Benoit Peschier]] — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
* [[Tony Estanguet]] — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles
* [[Julien Absalon]] — Cycling, Men's Cross-Country Mountainbike
* [[Arnaud Boiteau]], [[Didier Courrèges]], [[Cedric Lyard]], [[Jean Teulere]], and [[Nicolas Touzaint]] — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
* [[Brice Guyart]] — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
* [[Eric Boisse]], [[Fabrice Jeannet]], [[Jerome Jeannet]], and [[Hugues Obry]] — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
* [[Julien Pillet]], [[Damien Touya]], and [[Gael Touya]] — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
* [[Emilie Lepennec]] — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
* [[Adrien Hardy]] and [[Sebastien Vieilledent]] — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
* [[Laure Manaudou]] — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
* [[Faustine Merret]] — Sailing, Women's Mistral
 
==Sources=Silver===
* [[Jérome Thomas]] — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
* [[Arnaud Tournant]] — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial Men
* [[Laura Flessel]] — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual
* [[Frederique Jossinet]] — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
* [[Frederic Dufour]] and [[Pascal Touron]] — Rowing, Men's Lightweight Double Sculls
* [[Malia Metella]] — Swimming, Women's 50m Freestyle
* [[Laure Manaudou]] — Swimming, Women's 800m Freestyle
* [[Amélie Mauresmo]] — Tennis, Women's Singles
* [[Myriam Baverel]] — Taekwondo, Women's over 67 kg
 
===Bronze===
Some of the stories are listed without any attribution at all (such as ''[[The Blue Mountains (fairy tale)|The Blue Mountains]]''), and the rest are listed with brief notes. When this is "[[Brothers Grimm|Grimm]]" or "[[Madame d'Aulnoy]]", the stories can be tracked down, but other notes are less helpful. For instance, ''[[The Wonderful Birch]]'' is listed only as "From the Russo-Karelian".
* [[Naman Keita]] — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
* [[Christine Arron]], [[Sylviane Felix]], [[Muriel Hurtis]], and [[Veronique Mang]] — Athletics, Women's 4x100m Relay
* [[Fabien Lefevre]] — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
* [[Mickael Bourgain]], [[Laurant Gane]], and [[Arnaud Tournant]] — Cycling, Men's Team Sprint
* [[Maureen Nisima]] — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual
* [[Sarah Daninthe]], [[Laura Flessel]], [[Hajnalka Kiraly Picot]], and [[Maureen Nisima]] — Fencing, Women's Épée Team
* [[Hugues Duboscq]] — Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke
* [[Solenne Figues]] — Swimming, Women's 200m Freestyle
* [[Laure Manaudou]] — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
* [[Pascal Gentil]] — Taekwondo, Men's over 80 kg
* [[Anna Gomis]] — Wrestling, Women's Freestyle (55 kg)
* [[Lise Legrand]] — Wrestling, Women's Freestyle (63 kg)
* [[Pascal Rambeau]] and [[Xavier Rohart]] — Sailing, Men's Star
 
==Results by event==
He repeatedly explained in the prefaces that the tales he told were all old, and not his, and that he found new fairy tales no match for them:
===[[Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Archery]]===
:But the three hundred and sixty-five authors who try to write new fairy tales are very tiresome. They always begin with a little boy or girl who goes out and meets the fairies of polyanthuses and gardenias and apple blossoms: 'Flowers and fruits, and other winged things.' These fairies try to be funny, and fail; or they try to preach, and succeed. Real fairies never preach or talk slang. At the end, the little boy or girl wakes up and finds that he has been dreaming.
'''Men's individual:'''
* [[Franck Fisseux]] - 38th place
* [[Jocelyn de Grandis]] - 51st place
* [[Thomas Naglieri]] - 60th place
 
'''Women's individual:'''
:Such are the new fairy stories. May we be preserved from all the sort of them!
* [[Alexandra Fouace]] - 34th place
* [[Berangere Schuh]] - 43rd place
* [[Aurore Trayan]] - 59th place
 
'''Men's team:'''
The collections were specificially intended for children, and consequently edited for that end. He spoke in the prefaces about why. [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], in his "[[On Fairy-Stories]]", appreciated the collections, but objected to the slanting to children.
* Jocelyn de Grandis, Franck Fisseux, and Thomas Naglieri - 10th place
 
'''Women's team:'''
Tolkien also complained that several of the tales involve no magical elements at all; he cited ''[[The Heart of a Monkey]]'', in which (unlike ''[[The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body]]'' or other tales) the monkey merely claimed that his heart was outside his body, as opposed to its actually (and magically) being so. But in this, Lang followed the practice of his sources; many fairy tale collectors include tales with no strictly marvelous elements.
* Alexandra Fouace, Berangere Schuh, and Aurore Trayan - 4th place
 
===[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]===
==The Books==
'''Men's 100 metres:'''
===Blue Fairy Book (1889)===
* [[Ronald Pognon]] - Semifinal, 10.32 s (did not advance)
[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/503 text]
* [[Eddy de Lepine]] - Round 2, DNS (did not advance)
*[[The Bronze Ring]]
* [[Issa Aime Nthepe]] - Round 1, 10.67 s (did not advance)
*[[Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess]]
*[[East of the Sun and West of the Moon]]
*[[The Yellow Dwarf]]
*[[Little Red Riding Hood]]
*The [[Sleeping Beauty]] in the Wood
*[[Cinderella]] or the Little Glass Slipper
*[[Aladdin]] and the Wonderful Lamp
*[[The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was|The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was]]
*[[Rumpelstiltskin]]
*[[Beauty and the Beast]]
*[[The Master Maid]]
*[[Why the Sea Is Salt]]
*The Master Cat or [[Puss in Boots]]
*[[Felicia and the Pot of Pinks]]
*[[The Frog Princess|The White Cat]]
*[[The Water-lily. The Gold-spinners]]
*[[Perseus|The Terrible Head]]
*[[The Story of Pretty Goldilocks]]
*[[Dick Whittington|The History of Whittington]]
*[[The Wonderful Sheep]]
*[[Hop o' My Thumb|Little Thumb]]
*[[Ali Baba|The Forty Thieves]]
*[[Hansel and Gretel]]
*[[Snow-White and Rose-Red]]
*[[The Goose Girl|The Goose-girl]]
*[[Diamonds and Toads|Toads and Diamonds]]
*[[Prince Darling]]
*[[Bluebeard|Blue Beard]]
*[[Trusty John]]
*[[The Valiant Little Tailor|The Brave Little Tailor]]
*[[Gulliver's Travels#Part I: A Voyage To Lilliput|A Voyage to Lilliput]]
*[[The Princess on the Glass Hill]]
*[[The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou]]
*[[Jack the Giant Killer|The History of Jack the Giant-killer]]
*The [[Black Bull of Norroway]]
*[[The Red Ettin|The Red Etin]]
 
'''Women's 100 metres:'''
===Red Fairy Book (1890)===
* [[Christine Arron]] - Semifinal, 11.21 s (did not advance)
[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/540 text]
* [[Veronique Mang]] - Round 2, 11.39 s (did not advance)
*[[The Twelve Dancing Princesses]]
*[[The Princess Mayblossom]]
*[[Soria Moria Castle]]
*[[The Death of Koschei the Deathless]]
*[[The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen]]
*[[The Master Thief]]
*[[Brother and Sister]]
*[[Princess Rosette]]
*[[The Enchanted Pig]]
*[[The Norka]]
*[[The Wonderful Birch]]
*[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]
*[[The Little Good Mouse]]
*[[Graciosa and Percinet]]
*[[The Three Princesses of Whiteland]]
*[[The Voice of Death]]
*[[The Six Sillies]]
*[[Katie Woodencloak|Kari Woodengown]]
*[[Drakestail]]
*[[The Pied Piper of Hamelin|The Ratcatcher]]
*[[Little Red Riding Hood|The True History of Little Goldenhood]]
*[[The Golden Branch]]
*[[The Three Dwarfs]]
*[[Dapplegrim]]
*[[The Enchanted Canary]]
*[[The Twelve Brothers]]
*[[Rapunzel]]
*[[The Nettle Spinner]]
*[[Farmer Weathersky|Farmer Weatherbeard]]
*[[Mother Holle]]
*[[Shortshanks|Minnikin]]
*[[Bushy Bride]]
*[[Snow White|Snowdrop]]
*[[The Golden Goose]]
*[[The Seven Foals]]
*[[The Marvellous Musician]]
*The Story of [[Sigurd]]
 
'''Men's 110 metre hurdles:'''
===Green Fairy Book (1892)===
* [[Ladji Doucoure]] - Final, 13.76 s (8th place)
[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7277 text]
*[[The Blue Bird (fairy tale)|The Blue Bird]]
*[[The Half-Chick]]
*[[The Story of Caliph Stork]]
*[[The Enchanted Watch]]
*[[Rosanella]]
*[[Sylvain and Jocosa]]
*[[Fairy Gifts]]
*[[Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla]]
*[[Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine]]
*[[The Three Little Pigs]]
*[[Heart of Ice (fairy tale)|Heart of Ice]]
*[[The Enchanted Ring]]
*[[The Snuff-box]]
*[[The Golden Bird|The Golden Blackbird]]
*[[The Little Soldier]]
*[[The Magic Swan]]
*[[The Dirty Shepherdess]]
*[[The Enchanted Snake]]
*[[The Biter Bit]]
*[[King Kojata]]
*[[Prince Fickle and Fair Helena]]
*[[Puddocky]]
*[[The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs]]
*[[Goldilocks and the Three Bears|The Story of the Three Bears]]
*[[Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida]]
*[[Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes]]
*[[Jorinde and Joringel]]
*[[Allerleirauh]]; or, the Many-furred Creature
*[[The Twelve Huntsmen]]
*[[Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle]]
*[[The Crystal Coffin]]
*[[The Three Snake-leaves]]
*[[The Riddle (fairy tale)|The Riddle]]
*[[Hans My Hedgehog|Jack my Hedgehog]]
*[[The Gold-Children|The Golden Lads]]
*[[The White Snake]]
*[[The Story of a Clever Tailor]]
*[[The Golden Mermaid]]
*[[The War of the Wolf and the Fox]]
*[[The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish|The Story of the Fisherman and his Wife]]
*[[The Three Musicians]]
*[[The Three Dogs]]
 
'''Women's 100 metre hurdles:'''
===Yellow Fairy Book (1894)===
* [[Reina Flor Okori]] - Semifinal, 12.81 s (did not advance)
[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/640 text]
* [[Linda Ferga-Khodadin]] - Round 1, 13.02 s (did not advance)
*[[The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership]]
* [[Nicole Ramalalanirina]] - Round 1, 13.07 s (did not advance)
*[[The Six Swans]]
*[[The Dragon of the North]]
*[[Emperor's New Clothes|Story of the Emperor's New Clothes]]
*[[The Golden Crab]]
*[[The Iron Stove]]
*[[The Dragon and his Grandmother]]
*[[The Donkey Cabbage]]
*[[The Little Green Frog]]
*[[The Seven-headed Serpent]]
*[[The Grateful Beasts]]
*[[The Giants and the Herd-boy]]
*[[The Invisible Prince]]
*[[The Crow (fairy tale)|The Crow]]
*[[How Six Men travelled through the Wide World]]
*[[The Wizard King]]
*[[The Nixy]]
*[[The Glass Mountain (fairy tale)|The Glass Mountain]]
*[[Alphege, or the Green Monkey]]
*[[Fairer-than-a-Fairy]]
*[[The Three Brothers (fairy tale)|The Three Brothers]]
*[[The Boy and the Wolves]], or the Broken Promise
*[[The Glass Axe]]
*[[The Dead Wife]]
*[[In the Land of Souls]]
*[[The White Duck]]
*[[The Witch and her Servants]]
*[[The Magic Ring]]
*[[The Flower Queen's Daughter]]
*[[The Flying Ship]]
*[[The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son]]
*[[Father Frost (fairy tale)|The Story of King Frost]]
*[[The Death of the Sun-hero]]
*[[The Witch (fairy tale)|The Witch]]
*[[The Hazel-nut Child]]
*[[The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus]]
*[[Prince Ring]]
*[[The Swineherd]]
*[[The Princess and the Pea|How to tell a True Princess]]
*[[The Blue Mountains (fairy tale)|The Blue Mountains]]
*[[The Tinder Box|The Tinder-box]]
*[[The Witch in the Stone Boat]]
*[[Thumbelina]]
*[[The Nightingale]]
*[[Hermod and Hadvor]]
*[[The Steadfast Tin Soldier|The Steadfast Tin-soldier ]]
*[[Blockhead Hans]]
*[[A Story about a Darning-needle]]
 
'''Women's 200 metres:'''
===Pink Fairy Book (1897)===
* [[Sylviane Felix]] - Round 1: 22.94 s, Round 2: 23.08 s, Semifinal: 22.99 s
[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5615 text]
* [[Christine Arron]] - Round 1: 22.60 s, Round 2: 22.90 s, Semifinal: 23.05 s
*[[The Cat's Elopement]]
* [[Muriel Hurtis]] - Round 1: 22.77 s, Round 2: 23.33 s
*[[How the Dragon was Tricked]]
*[[The Goblin and the Grocer]]
*[[The House in the Wood]]
*[[Uraschimataro and the Turtle]]
*[[Kachi-kachi Yama|The Slaying of the Tanuki]]
*[[The Flying Trunk]]
*[[The Snow Man]]
*[[The Shirt-Collar]]
*[[The Princess in the Chest]]
*[[The Three Brothers (fairy tale)|The Three Brothers]]
*[[The Snow Queen|The Snow-queen]]
*[[The Fir-Tree]]
*[[Hans, the Mermaid's Son]]
*[[Peter Bull]]
*[[The Bird 'Grip']]
*[[Snowflake (fairy tale)|Snowflake]]
*[[I know what I have learned]]
*[[The Cunning Shoemaker]]
*[[The King who would have a Beautiful Wife]]
*[[Catherine and her Destiny]]
*[[How the Hermit helped to win the King's Daughter]]
*[[The Water of Life (Spanish fairy tale)|The Water of Life]]
*[[The Wounded Lion]]
*[[The Man without a Heart]]
*[[The Two Brothers]]
*[[Master and Pupil]]
*[[The Golden Lion]]
*[[The Sprig of Rosemary]]
*[[The White Dove]]
*[[The Troll's Daughter]]
*[[Esben and the Witch]]
*[[Princess Minon-Minette]]
*[[Maiden Bright-eye]]
*[[The Merry Wives]]
*[[Lindworm#Lindworms in tales|King Lindworm]]
*[[The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther]]
*[[The Little Hare]]
*[[The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue]]
*[[The Story of Ciccu]]
*[[Bearskin (fairy tale)|Don Giovanni de la Fortuna]]
 
'''Men's 400 metres:'''
===Grey Fairy Book (1900)===
* [[Leslie Djhone]] - Final, 44.94 s (7th place)
[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6746 text]
*[[Donkey Skin]]
*[[The Goblin Pony]]
*[[An Impossible Enchantment]]
*[[The Story of Dschemil and Dachemila]]
*[[Janni and the Draken]]
*[[The Partnership of the Thief and the Liar]]
*[[Fortunatus]] and his Purse
*[[The Goat-faced Girl]]
*[[What came of picking Flowers]]
*[[The Story of Bensurdatu]]
*[[The Magician's Horse]]
*[[The Little Gray Man]]
*[[Herr Lazarus and the Draken]]
*[[The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles]]
*[[Udea and her Seven Brothers]]
*[[The White Wolf]]
*[[Mohammed with the Magic Finger]]
*[[Bobino (fairy tale)|Bobino]]
*[[The Dog and the Sparrow]]
*[[The Story of the Three Sons of Hali]]
*[[The Story of the Fair Circassians]]
*[[The Jackal and the Spring]]
*[[The Bear (fairy tale)|The Bear]]
*[[The Sunchild]]
*[[The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch]]
*[[Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye]], or the Limping Fox
*[[The Unlooked for Prince]]
*[[The Simpleton]]
*[[The Street Musicians]]
*[[The Twin Brothers]]
*[[Cannetella]]
*[[The Ogre (fairy tale)|The Ogre]]
*[[A Fairy's Blunder]]
*[[Long, Broad, and Quickeye]]
*[[Prunella (fairy tale)|Prunella]]
 
'''Men's 400 metre hurdles:'''
===Violet Fairy Book(1901)===
* '''[[Naman Keita]] - Final, 48.26 s (bronze medal)'''
[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/641 text]
*[[A Tale Of the Tontlawald]]
*[[The finest Liar in the World]]
*[[The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars]]
*[[Schippeitaro]]
*[[The Three Princes and their Beasts]]
*[[The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan]]
*[[The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples]]
*[[The Lute Player]]
*[[The Grateful Prince]]
*[[The Child who came from an Egg]]
*[[Stan Bolovan]]
*[[The Two Frogs]]
*[[The Story of a Gazelle]]
*[[How a Fish swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water]]
*[[Two in a Sack]]
*[[The Envious Neighbour]]
*[[The Fairy of the Dawn]]
*[[The Enchanted Knife]]
*[[Jesper who herded the Hares]]
*[[The Underground Workers]]
*[[The History of Dwarf Long Nose]]
*[[The Nunda, Eater of People]]
*[[The Story of Hassebu]]
*[[The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet]]
*[[The Monkey and the Jelly-fish]]
*[[The Headless Dwarfs]]
*[[The young Man who would have his Eyes opened]]
*[[The Boys with the Golden Stars]]
*[[The Frog Princess|The Frog]]
*[[The Princess who was hidden Underground]]
*[[The Girl who pretended to be a Boy]]
*[[The Story of Halfman]]
*[[The Prince Who Wanted to See the World]]
*[[Virgililus the Sorcerer]]
*[[Mogarzea and his Son]]
 
'''Men's 800 metres:'''
===Crimson Fairy Book (1903)===
* [[Nicolas Aissat]] - Semifinal, 1:47.1 (did not advance)
[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2435 text]
* [[Florent Lacasse]] - Round 1, 1:46.9 (did not advance)
*[[Lovely Ilonka]]
*[[Lucky Luck]]
*[[The Hairy Man]]
*[[To Your Good Health!]]
*[[The Story of the Seven Simons]]
*[[The Language of Beasts]]
*[[The Boy who could keep a Secret]]
*[[The Prince and the Dragon]]
*[[Little Wildrose]]
*[[Tiidu the Piper]]
*[[Paperarello]]
*[[The Gifts of the Magician]]
*[[The Strong Prince]]
*[[The Treasure Seeker]]
*[[The Cottager and his Cat]]
*[[The Prince who would seek Immortality]]
*[[The Stonecutter|The Stone-cutter]]
*[[The Gold-bearded Man]]
*[[Tritill, Litill, and the Birds]]
*[[The Three Robes]]
*[[The Six Hungry Beasts]]
*[[How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro]]
*[[The Rogue and the Herdsman]]
*[[Eisenkopf]]
*[[The Death of Abu Nowas and of his Wife]]
*[[Motikatika]]
*[[Niels and the Giants]]
*[[Shepherd Paul]]
*[[How the wicked Tanuki was punished]]
*[[The Crab and the Monkey]]
*[[The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder]]
*[[The Story of the Sham Prince, or the Ambitious Tailor]]
*[[The Colony of Cats]]
*[[How to find out a True Friend]]
*[[Clever Maria]]
*[[Bunbuku Chagama|The Magic Kettle]]
 
'''Women's 800 metres:'''
===Brown Fairy Book (1904)===
* [[Elisabeth Grousselle]] - Round 1: 2:00.31, Semifinal: 2:00.21
[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3282 text]
*[[What the Rose did to the Cypress]]
*[[Ball-Carrier and the Bad One]]
*[[How Ball-Carrier finished his Task]]
*The [[Bunyip]]
*[[Father Grumbler]]
*[[The Story of the Yara]]
*[[The Cunning Hare]]
*[[The Turtle and his Bride]]
*[[How Geirald the Coward was Punished]]
*[[Habogi]]
*[[How the Little Brother set Free his Big Brothers]]
*[[The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe]]
*[[The Wicked Wolverine]]
*[[The Husband of the Rat's Daughter]]
*[[The Mermaid and the Boy]]
*[[Pivi and Kabo]]
*[[The Elf Maiden]]
*[[How Some Wild Animals became Tame Ones]]
*[[Fortune and the Wood-Cutter]]
*[[The Enchanted Head]]
*[[The Sister of the Sun]]
*[[The Prince and the Three Fates]]
*[[The Fox and the Lapp]]
*[[Kisa the Cat]]
*[[The Lion and the Cat]]
*[[Which was the Foolishest?]]
*[[Asmund and Signy]]
*[[Rubezahl]]
*[[Story of the King who would be Stronger then Fate]]
*[[Story of Wali Dad the Simple-hearted]]
*[[Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey]]
*[[The Knights of the Fish]]
 
'''Men's 1500 metres:'''
===Orange Fairy Book (1906)===
* [[Mehdi Baala]] - Round 1, 3:46.06 (did not advance)
[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3027 text]
* [[Mounir Yemmouni]] - Round 1, 3:51.08 (did not advance)
*[[The Story of the Hero Makoma]]
*[[The Magic Mirror]]
*[[Story of the King who would see Paradise]]
*[[How Isuro the Rabbit tricked Gudu]]
*[[Ian, the Soldier's Son]]
*[[The Fox and the Wolf]]
*[[How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon]]
*The [[Ugly Duckling]]
*[[The Two Caskets]]
*[[The Goldsmith's Fortune]]
*[[The Enchanted Wreath]]
*[[The Foolish Weaver]]
*[[The Clever Cat]]
*[[The Story of Manus Pinkel the Thief]]
*[[The Adventures of a Jackal]]
*[[The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son]]
*[[The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal]]
*[[The Three Treasures of the Giants]]
*[[The Rover of the Plain]]
*[[The White Doe]]
*[[The Girl-Fish]]
*[[The Owl and the Eagle]]
*[[The Frog and the Lion Fairy]]
*[[The Adventures of Covan the Brown-haired]]
*[[The Princess Bella-Flor]]
*[[The Bird of Truth]]
*[[The Mink and the Wolf]]
*[[Adventures of an Indian Brave]]
*[[How the Stalos were Tricked]]
*[[Andras Baive]]
*[[The White Slipper]]
*[[The Magic Book]]
 
'''Women's 1500 metres:'''
===Olive Fairy Book (1907)===
* [[Maria Martins]] - Round 1: 4:05.95, Semifinal: 4:12.76
[http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.3/bookid.1520/ text]
* [[Hind Dehiba]] - Round 1: 4:07.96
*[[Madschun]]
* [[Latifa Essarokh]] - Round 1: 4:09.08
*[[The Blue Parrot]]
*[[Geirlug The King's Daughter]]
*[[The Story of Little King Loc]]
*[[A Long-Bow Story]]
*[[Jackal or Tiger?]]
*[[The Comb and the Collar]]
*[[The Thanksgiving of the Wazir]]
*[[Samba the Coward]]
*[[Kupti and Imani]]
*[[Thumbelina|The Strange Adventures of Little Maia]]
*[[Diamond Cut Diamond]]
*[[The Green Knight (fairy tale)|The Green Knight]]
*[[The Five Wise Words of the Guru]]*
*[[The Golden-Headed Fish]]
*[[Dorani]]
*[[The Satin Surgeon]]
*[[The Billy Goat and the King]]
*[[The Story of Zoulvisia]]
*[[Grasp All, Lose All]]
*[[The Fate of the Turtle]]
*[[The Snake Prince]]
*[[The Prince and the Princess in the Forest]]
*[[The Clever Weaver]]
*[[The Boy Who Found Fear At Last]]
*[[He Wins Who Waits]]
*[[The Steel Cane]]
*[[The Punishment of the Fairy Gangana]]
*[[The Silent Princess]]
 
'''Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:'''
===Lilac Fairy Book (1910)===
* [[Bouabdallah Tahri]] - Final, 8:14.26 (7th place)
[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3454 text]
* [[Vincent Ledauphin]] - Final, 8:16.15 (10th place)
*[[The Shifty Lad]]
*[[The False Prince and the True]]
*[[The Jogi's Punishment]]
*[[The Heart of a Monkey]]
*[[The Fairy Nurse]]
*[[A Lost Paradise]]
*[[How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves]]
*[[The King of the Waterfalls]]
*[[A French Puck]]
*[[The Three Crowns]]
*[[The Story of a Very Bad Boy]]
*[[The Brown Bear of Norway]]
*[[Little Lasse]]
*'[[Moti]]'
*[[The Enchanted Deer]]
*[[A Fish Story]]
*[[The Wonderful Tune]]
*[[The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother]]
*[[The One-Handed Girl]]
*[[The Bones of Djulung]]
*[[The Sea King's Gift]]
*[[The Raspberry Worm]]
*[[The Stones of Plouhinec]]
*[[The Castle of Kerglas]]
*[[The Battle of the Birds]]
*[[The Lady of the Fountain]]
*[[The Four Gifts]]
*[[The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok]]
*[[Llwyd ap Cil Coed|The Escape of the Mouse]]
*[[The Believing. Husbands]]
*[[The Hoodie-Crow]]
*[[The Brownie of the Lake]]
*[[Olwen|The Winning of Olwen]]
 
'''Women's 5000 metres:'''
==External links==
* [[Margaret Maury]] - Round 1: 14:56.79, Final: 15:09.77 (11th place)
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*[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/indexbib.htm Andrew Lang fairy tales by source]
 
'''Men's 10000 metres:'''
[[Category:Collections of fairy tales]]
* [[Ismail Sghyr]] - Final, 27:57.09 (8th place)
[[Category:Children's books]]
 
[[Category:Series of books]]
'''Men's 4x100 metre relay:'''
* Issa Aime Nthepe, Ronald Pognon, [[Frederic Krantz]], and [[David Alerte]] - Round 1, 0:38.93 (did not advance)
 
'''Women's 4x100 metre relay:'''
* '''[[Veronique Mang]], [[Muriel Hurtis]], [[Sylviane Félix]] and [[Christine Arron]] - Round 1: 42.98 s, Final: 42.54 s (bronze medal)'''
 
'''Men's 4x400 metre relay:'''
* [[Ahmed Douhou]], [[Ibrahima Wade]], [[Abderrahim El Haouzy]], and Leslie Djhone - Round 1, 3:04.39 (did not advance)
 
'''Men's decathlon:'''
* [[Laurent Hernu]] - 8237 points (7th place)
* [[Romain Barras]] - 8067 points (13th place)
 
'''Women's heptathlon:'''
* [[Marie Collonville]] - 6279 points (7th place)
 
'''Men's marathon:'''
* [[El Hassan Lahssini]] - 2:19:50 (36th place)
* [[Driss El Himer]] - 2:29:07 (68th place)
 
'''Women's marathon:'''
* [[Corinne Raux]] - 2:35:54 (15th place)
* [[Hafida Gadi]] - 2:50:29 (52nd place)
* [[Rakiya Maraoui Quetier]] - DNF
 
'''Men's 50 km walk:'''
* [[Eddy Riva]] - 4:00:25 (21st place)
* [[David Boulanger]] - 4:01:32 (22nd place)
* [[Denis Langlois]] - DNF
 
'''Men's long jump:'''
* [[Salim Sdiri]] - Final, 7.94 metres (12th place)
* [[Kafetien Gomis]] - Round 1, 7.99 metres (did not advance)
* [[Yann Domenech]] - Round 1, 7.73 metres (did not advance)
 
'''Women's long jump:'''
* [[Eunice Barber]] - Round 1: 6.37 metres
 
'''Men's triple jump:'''
* [[Julien Kapek]] - Final, 16.81 metres (10th place)
* [[Karl Taillepierre]] - Round 1, 15.50 metres (did not advance)
 
'''Men's pole vault:'''
* [[Romain Mesnil]] - Round 1, 5.65 metres (did not advance)
* [[Nicolas Guigon]] - Round 1, 5.30 metres (did not advance)
 
'''Women's pole vault:'''
* [[Vanessa Boslak]] - Round 1: 4.40 metres, Final: 4.40 metres (6th place)
* [[Marie Poissonnier]] - Round 1: 4.00 metres
 
'''Women's shot put:'''
* [[Laurence Manfredi]] - Round 1: 17.78 metres
 
'''Women's discus:'''
* [[Melina Robert-Michon]] - Round 1: 56.70 metres
 
'''Men's javelin:'''
* [[David Brisseault]] - Round 1, 71.86 metres (did not advance)
 
'''Women's hammer:'''
* [[Manuela Montebrun]] - Round 1: 67.90 metres
 
===[[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Badminton]]===
'''Women's singles:'''
* [[Pi Hongyan]] - defeated in round of 32
 
'''Mixed doubles:'''
* [[Svetolav Stoyanov]] and [[Victoria Wright]] - defeated in round of 32
 
===[[Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]===
France sent six boxers to Athens, mostly in the lighter weight classes. They won a silver medal. Two lost their first bouts, as the team combined for a record of 8-6. France was part of a four-way tie for 8th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.
 
'''Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)'''
* [[Redouane Asloum]]
*# Round of 32 - Lost to [[Aleksan Nalbandyan]] of [[Armenia]], 27-20
 
'''Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)'''
* [[Jérôme Thomas]] - '''Silver Medal'''
*# Round of 32 - Defeated [[Akhil Kumar]] of [[India]], 37-16
*# Round of 16 - Defeated [[Juan Carlos Payano]] of [[Dominican Republic]], 36-17
*# Quarterfinal - Defeated [[Tulashboy Doniyorov]] of [[Uzbekistan]], 25-16
*# Semifinal - Defeated [[Fuad Aslanov]] of [[Azerbaijan]], 23-18
*# Final - Lost to [[Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano]] of [[Cuba]], 38-23
 
'''Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)'''
* [[Ali Hallab]]
*# Round of 32 - Lost to [[Malik Bouziane]] of [[Algeria]], 19-16
 
'''Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)'''
* [[Khedafi Djelkhir]]
*# Round of 32 - Defeated [[Saifeddine Nejmaoui]] of [[Tunisia]], 38-13
*# Round of 16 - Lost to [[Vitali Tajbert]] of [[Germany]], 40-26
 
'''Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)'''
* [[Willy Blain]]
*# Round of 32 - Defeated [[Sassi Mohamed Ali]] of [[Tunisia]], 36-14
*# Round of 16 - Defeated [[Alexandr Maletin]] of [[Russia]], 28-20
*# Quarterfinal - Lost to [[Manus Boonjumnong]] of [[Thailand]], 20-8
 
'''Men's Welterweight (– 69 kg)'''
* [[Xavier Noel]]
*# Round of 32 - Defeated [[Andre Berto]] of [[Haiti]], 36-34
*# Round of 16 - Lost to [[Viktor Polyakov]] of [[Ukraine]], 32-25
 
===[[Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Canoe/Kayak]]===
====Flatwater====
Men's C2 500 metres:
* [[Yannick Lavigne]] and [[Jose Lenoir]] - semifinal, 13th place
 
Men's C2 1000 metres:
* Yannick Lavigne and Jose Lenoir - semifinal, 11th place
 
Men's K1 500 metres:
* [[Babak Amir Tahmasseb]] - final, 7th place
 
Women's K1 500 metres:
* [[Nathalie Marie]] - semifinal, 16th place
 
Men's K1 1000 metres:
* Babak Amir Tahmasseb - semifinal, 12th place
 
Women's K2 500 metres:
* [[Anne Laure Viard]] and [[Marie Delattre]] - semifinal, 10th place
 
====Slalom====
Men's C1 slalom:
* '''[[Tony Estanguet]] - final, gold medal'''
* [[Nicolas Peschier]] - preliminary heats, 14th place
 
Men's C2 slalom:
* [[Philippe Quemerais]] and [[Yann le Pennec]] - final, 5th place
 
Men's K1 slalom:
* '''[[Benoit Peschier]] - final, gold medal'''
* '''[[Fabien LeFevre]] - final, bronze medal'''
 
Women's K1 slalom:
* [[Peggy Dickens]] - final, 4th place
 
===[[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]===
====Road cycling====
Men's road race:
* [[Thomas Voeckler]] - 20th place, 5:41:56
* [[Laurent Brochard]] - 44th place, 5:44:13
* [[Richard Virenque]] - 48th place, 5:44:13
* [[Sylvain Chavanel]] - did not finish
* [[Christophe Moreau]] - did not finish
 
Women's road race:
* [[Jeannie Longo]] - 10th place, 3:25:23
* [[Edwige Pitel]] - 32nd place, 3:28:39
* [[Sonia Huguet]] - 40th place, 3:30:30
 
Men's time trial:
* Christophe Moreau - 12th place, 59:50.28
 
Women's time trial:
* Jeannie Longo - 14th place, 33:05.72
* Edwige Pitel - 20th place, 34:02.35
 
====Track cycling====
Men's individual pursuit:
* [[Fabien Sanchez]] - first round, 6th place
 
Men's team pursuit:
* [[Matthieu Ladagnous]], [[Anthony Langella]], [[Jerome Neuville]], and Fabien Sanchez - first round, 7th place
 
Men's individual sprint:
* [[Laurent Gane]] - bronze medal match, 4th place
* [[Mickael Bourgain]] - classification 5-8, 8th place
 
Men's team sprint:
* '''Mickael Bourgain, Laurent Gane, [[Arnaud Tournant]] - bronze medal match, bronze medal'''
 
Men's time trial:
* '''Arnaud Tournant - silver medal, 1:00.896'''
* [[Francois Pervis]] - 6th place, 1:02.328
 
Men's points race:
* [[Franck Perque]] - 10th place, 43 points
 
Women's points race:
* [[Sonia Huguet]] - 12th place, 2 points
 
Men's Keirin:
* Mickael Bourgain - final, 4th place
* Laurent Gane - first repechage, no rank
 
Men's Madison:
* [[Jerome Neuville]] and [[Matthieu Ladagnous]] - did not finish
 
====Mountain biking====
Men's cross country:
* '''[[Julien Absalon]] - gold medal, 2:15:02'''
* [[Jean-Christophe Peraud]] - 11th place, 2:20:59
* [[Miguel Martinez]] - did not finish
 
Women's cross country:
* [[Laurence Leboucher]] - 8th place, 2:05:34
 
===[[Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Diving]]===
Women's 10 metre platform:
* [[Claire Febvay]] - preliminary, 33rd place
 
===[[Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Equestrian]]===
* The team of [[Arnaud Boiteau]], [[Didier Courrèges]], [[Cédric Lyard]], [[Jean Teulère]] and [[Nicolas Touzaint]] won the '''gold medal''' in team eventing (after a time penalty imposed on the German athlete Bettina Hoy by the [[FEI]] Ground Jury, the competitor having crossed the start line twice).
 
===[[Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Fencing]]===
'''Men's épée individual:'''
* [[Eric Boisse]] - 4th place
* [[Fabrice Jeannet]] - defeated in quarterfinals
* [[Hugues Obry]] - defeated in round of 32
 
'''Women's épée individual:'''
* [[Laura Flessel-Colovic]] - '''silver medal'''
* [[Maureen Nisima]] - '''bronze medal'''
* [[Hajnalka Kiraly Picot]] - defeated in round of 16
 
'''Men's foil individual:'''
* [[Brice Guyart]] - '''gold medal'''
* [[Loic Attelly]] - defeated in round of 16
* [[Erwan le Pechoux]] - defeated in round of 16
 
'''Women's foil individual:'''
* [[Adeline Wuilleme]] - defeated in quarterfinals
 
'''Men's sabre individual:'''
* [[Julien Pillet]] - defeated in round of 16
* [[Gael Touya]] - defeated in round of 32
* [[Damien Touya]] - defeated in round of 32
 
'''Women's sabre individual:'''
* [[Leonore Perrus]] - defeated in quarterfinals
* [[Anne-Lise Touya]] - defeated in round of 16
* [[Cecile Argiolas]] - defeated in round of 16
 
'''Men's épée team:'''
* Fabrice Jeannet, [[Jerome Jeannet]], and Hugues Obry - '''gold medal'''
 
'''Women's épée team:'''
* Maureen Nisima, Hajnalka Kiraly Picot, and Laura Flessel-Colovic - '''bronze medal'''
 
'''Men's foil team:'''
* Loic Attelly, [[Jean-Noel Ferrari]], and Brice Guyart - 5th place
 
'''Men's sabre team:'''
* Julien Pillet, Damien Touya, and Gael Touya - '''gold medal'''
 
===[[Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Gymnastics]]===
'''Men's artistic:''' 9th place team
* [[Pierre Yves Beny]] - advanced in one exercise
** Rings - 6th place
* [[Yann Cucherat]] - advanced in one exercise
** Parallel bars - 6th place
* [[Benoit Caranobe]] - advanced in one exercise
** All-around - 17th place
* [[Dimitri Karbanenko]] - did not advance in any exercise
* [[Florent Maree]] - did not advance in any exercise
* [[Johan Mounard]] - did not advance in any exercise
 
'''Women's artistic:''' 6th place team
* [[Émilie Le Pennec]] - advanced in two exercises
** '''Uneven bars - gold medal'''
** All-around - 14th place
* [[Marine Debauve]] - advanced in one exercise
** All-around - 7th place
* [[Coralie Chacon]] - advanced in one exercise
** Vault - 8th place
* [[Soraya Chaouch]] - did not advance in any exercise
* [[Camille Schmutz]] - did not advance in any exercise
* [[Isabelle Severino]] - did not advance in any exercise
 
'''Men's trampoline:'''
* [[David Martin]] - 8th place
 
===[[Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Handball]]===
'''Men's: 5th place'''
* Preliminary round: 5-0-0
* Quarterfinal: lost to Russia, 26-24
* Classification (5-8): defeated Spain, 29-27
* Classification (5/6): defeated Greece, 33-15
 
'''Women's: 4th place'''
* Preliminary round: 2-0-2
* Quarterfinal: defeated Hungary, 25-23
* Semifinal: lost to Korea, 32-31
* Bronze medal match: lost to Ukraine, 21-18
 
===[[Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Judo]]===
'''Men's 60 kg:'''
* [[Benjamin Darbelet]] - defeated in round of 16
 
'''Men's 66 kg:'''
* [[Larbi Benboudaoud]] - defeated in round of 32
 
'''Men's 73 kg:'''
* [[Daniel Fernandes]] - defeated in semifinals; lost repechage finals
 
'''Men's 81 kg:'''
* [[Cedric Claverie]] - defeated in round of 32
 
'''Men's 90 kg:'''
* [[Frederic Demontfaucon]] - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage round of 16
 
'''Men's 100 kg:'''
* [[Ghislain Lemaire]] - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals
 
'''Men's 100+ kg:'''
* [[Mathieu Bataille]] - defeated in round of 32
 
'''Women's 48 kg:'''
* '''[[Frédérique Josselin]] - silver medal; defeated in final'''
 
'''Women's 52 kg:'''
* [[Annabelle Euranie]] - defeated in semifinals; repechage finals
 
'''Women's 57 kg:'''
* [[Barbara Harel]] - defeated in round of 16; repechage finals
 
'''Women's 63 kg:'''
* [[Lucie Decosse]] - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals
 
'''Women's 78 kg:'''
* [[Celine Lebrun]] - defeated in semifinals; repechage finals
 
'''Women's 78+ kg:'''
* [[Eva Bisseni]] - defeated in round of 16
 
===[[Modern Pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Modern Pentathlon]]===
'''Women's'''
* [[Amelie Caze]] - 5144 pts, 11th place
* [[Blandine Lacheze]] - 4988 pts, 19th place
 
'''Men's'''
* [[Sebastien Deleigne]] - 5180 pts, 15th place
* [[Raphael Astier]] - 4932 pts, 25th place
 
===[[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Rowing]]===
* The team of [[Sébastien Vieilledent]] and [[Adrien Hardy]] won the '''gold medal''' in men's double sculls
* The team of [[Frédéric Dufour]] and [[Pascal Touron]] won the '''silver medal''' in lightweight men's double sculls
 
===[[Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Sailing]]===
* [[Faustine Merret]] won the '''gold medal''' in Women's Mistral
 
===[[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Swimming]]===
* [[Hugues Duboscq]] won the '''bronze medal''' in the 100 m breaststroke
* [[Solenne Figues]] won the '''bronze medal''' in the 200 m freestyle
* [[Laure Manaudou]] won the '''gold medal''' in the women's 400 m freestyle, the '''silver medal''' in the women's 800 m freestyle and the '''bronze medal''' in the 100 m backstroke
* [[Malia Metella]] won the '''silver medal''' in the women's 50 m freestyle ''Metella became the first person of color to win an Olympic medal in swimming''
 
===[[Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Taekwondo]]===
*[[Pascal Gentil]] won the '''bronze medal''' in men's over 80 kg
*[[Myriam Baverel]] won the '''silver medal''' in women's over 67 kg
 
===[[Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Tennis]]===
*[[Amélie Mauresmo]] won the '''silver medal''' in women's singles
 
===[[Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Triathlon]]===
While the French had fewer top eight triathletes in 2004 than they had in 2000, [[Frédéric Belaubre]] earned the highest individual place of any French triathlete with a fifth place finish. France's sole female triathlete was the last to finish.
 
'''Women's:'''
* [[Delphine Pelletier]] - 2:22:39.28 (44th place)
 
'''Men's:'''
* [[Frédéric Belaubre]] - 1:52:00.53 (5th place)
* [[Carl Blasco]] - 1:53:20.16 (12th place)
* [[Stephane Poulat]] - 1:53:51.35 (14th place)
 
===[[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Volleyball]]===
'''Men's beach:'''
* [[Stephane Canet]] and [[Mathieu Hamel]]
** Prelims: 1-2
** Round of 16: Did not qualify
 
'''Men's:'''
* Prelims: 2-3
* Quarterfinal: Did not qualify
 
===[[Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]]===
*[[Anna Gomis]] won the '''bronze medal''' in women's freestyle 55 kg
*[[Lise Legrand]] won the '''bronze medal''' in women's freestyle 63 kg
 
==Officials==
*President: Henri Sérandour
*Secretary General: Denis Masseglia
 
 
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