Template:Infobox Olympics France
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
- 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
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
- 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
Men's individual:
- Franck Fisseux - 38th place
- Jocelyn de Grandis - 51st place
- Thomas Naglieri - 60th place
Women's individual:
- Alexandra Fouace - 34th place
- Berangere Schuh - 43rd place
- Aurore Trayan - 59th place
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:
- Ronald Pognon - Semifinal, 10.32 s (did not advance)
- Eddy de Lepine - Round 2, DNS (did not advance)
- Issa Aime Nthepe - Round 1, 10.67 s (did not advance)
Women's 100 metres:
- Christine Arron - Semifinal, 11.21 s (did not advance)
- Veronique Mang - Round 2, 11.39 s (did not advance)
Men's 110 metre hurdles:
- Ladji Doucoure - Final, 13.76 s (8th place)
Women's 100 metre hurdles:
- Reina Flor Okori - Semifinal, 12.81 s (did not advance)
- Linda Ferga-Khodadin - Round 1, 13.02 s (did not advance)
- Nicole Ramalalanirina - Round 1, 13.07 s (did not advance)
Women's 200 metres:
- Sylviane Felix - Round 1: 22.94 s, Round 2: 23.08 s, Semifinal: 22.99 s
- Christine Arron - Round 1: 22.60 s, Round 2: 22.90 s, Semifinal: 23.05 s
- Muriel Hurtis - Round 1: 22.77 s, Round 2: 23.33 s
Men's 400 metres:
- Leslie Djhone - Final, 44.94 s (7th place)
Men's 400 metre hurdles:
- Naman Keita - Final, 48.26 s (bronze medal)
Men's 800 metres:
- Nicolas Aissat - Semifinal, 1:47.1 (did not advance)
- Florent Lacasse - Round 1, 1:46.9 (did not advance)
Women's 800 metres:
- Elisabeth Grousselle - Round 1: 2:00.31, Semifinal: 2:00.21
Men's 1500 metres:
- Mehdi Baala - Round 1, 3:46.06 (did not advance)
- Mounir Yemmouni - Round 1, 3:51.08 (did not advance)
Women's 1500 metres:
- Maria Martins - Round 1: 4:05.95, Semifinal: 4:12.76
- Hind Dehiba - Round 1: 4:07.96
- Latifa Essarokh - Round 1: 4:09.08
Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:
- Bouabdallah Tahri - Final, 8:14.26 (7th place)
- Vincent Ledauphin - Final, 8:16.15 (10th place)
Women's 5000 metres:
- Margaret Maury - Round 1: 14:56.79, Final: 15:09.77 (11th place)
Men's 10000 metres:
- Ismail Sghyr - Final, 27:57.09 (8th place)
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
Women's singles:
- Pi Hongyan - defeated in round of 32
Mixed doubles:
- Svetolav Stoyanov and Victoria Wright - defeated in round of 32
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
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
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
Women's 10 metre platform:
- Claire Febvay - preliminary, 33rd place
- 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).
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
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
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:
- 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
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
- 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
- Faustine Merret won the gold medal in Women's Mistral
- 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
- Pascal Gentil won the bronze medal in men's over 80 kg
- Myriam Baverel won the silver medal in women's over 67 kg
- Amélie Mauresmo won the silver medal in women's singles
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)
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
- 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