France at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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France at the 2004 Summer Olympics is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France (French: Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français).

Medals

France finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with 11 gold medals and 33 medals overall.

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Results by event

Men's individual:

Women's individual:

Men's team:

  • Jocelyn de Grandis, Franck Fisseux, and Thomas Naglieri - 10th place

Women's team:

  • Alexandra Fouace, Berangere Schuh, and Aurore Trayan - 4th place

Men's 100 metres:

Women's 100 metres:

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

Women's 200 metres:

Men's 400 metres:

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

Men's 800 metres:

Women's 800 metres:

Men's 1500 metres:

Women's 1500 metres:

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:

Women's 5000 metres:

Men's 10000 metres:

Men's 4x100 metre relay:

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

Men's 4x400 metre relay:

Men's decathlon:

Women's heptathlon:

Men's marathon:

Women's marathon:

Men's 50 km walk:

Men's long jump:

Women's long jump:

Men's triple jump:

Men's pole vault:

Women's pole vault:

Women's shot put:

Women's discus:

Men's javelin:

Women's hammer:

Women's singles:

Mixed doubles:

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)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)

Men's Welterweight (– 69 kg)

Flatwater

Men's C2 500 metres:

Men's C2 1000 metres:

  • Yannick Lavigne and Jose Lenoir - semifinal, 11th place

Men's K1 500 metres:

Women's K1 500 metres:

Men's K1 1000 metres:

  • Babak Amir Tahmasseb - semifinal, 12th place

Women's K2 500 metres:

Slalom

Men's C1 slalom:

Men's C2 slalom:

Men's K1 slalom:

Women's K1 slalom:

Road cycling

Men's road race:

Women's road race:

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:

Men's team pursuit:

Men's individual sprint:

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:

Women's points race:

Men's Keirin:

  • Mickael Bourgain - final, 4th place
  • Laurent Gane - first repechage, no rank

Men's Madison:

Mountain biking

Men's cross country:

Women's cross country:

Women's 10 metre platform:

Men's épée individual:

Women's épée individual:

Men's foil individual:

Women's foil individual:

Men's sabre individual:

Women's sabre individual:

Men's épée team:

Women's épée team:

  • Maureen Nisima, Hajnalka Kiraly Picot, and Laura Flessel-Colovic - bronze medal

Men's foil team:

Men's sabre team:

  • Julien Pillet, Damien Touya, and Gael Touya - gold medal

Men's artistic: 9th place team

Women's artistic: 6th place team

Men's trampoline:

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

Men's 60 kg:

Men's 66 kg:

Men's 73 kg:

Men's 81 kg:

Men's 90 kg:

Men's 100 kg:

Men's 100+ kg:

Women's 48 kg:

Women's 52 kg:

Women's 57 kg:

Women's 63 kg:

  • Lucie Decosse - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals

Women's 78 kg:

Women's 78+ kg:

Women's

Men's

  • 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

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:

Men's:

Men's beach:

Men's:

  • Prelims: 2-3
  • Quarterfinal: Did not qualify
  • 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