France at the 2012 Summer Olympics

France competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, between 27 July and 12 August 2012. French athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The French Olympic Committee sent a total of 330 athletes to the Games, 183 men and 147 women, to compete in 24 sports.

France at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeFRA
NOCFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.franceolympique.com (in French)
in London
Competitors330 in 24 sports
Flag bearer Laura Flessel-Colovic
Medals
Ranked 7[1]th
Gold
11
Silver
11
Bronze
13
Total
35
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

France left London with a total of 34 medals—11 gold, 11 silver, and 12 bronze—finishing seventh in the gold medal standings and eighth in the overall medal standings.[1] Most of these medals were awarded to the athletes in judo, cycling and swimming. Six French athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London. France's team-based athletes proved successful at these games, as the men's national handball team and the women's national basketball team won gold and silver medals, respectively. Furthermore, the men's national handball team managed to defend its 2008 Olympic title from Beijing. For the first time since 1960, France did not win an Olympic medal in fencing.

Among the nation's medalists were Yannick Agnel and Camille Muffat (retired in 2014 and killed tragically in a helicopter crash one year later), who emerged as France's most successful Olympic swimmers after winning three medals, including a gold, in their events. Meanwhile, Florent Manaudou succeeded his sister Laure with an Olympic gold medal in freestyle swimming.[2] Renaud Lavillenie set a new Olympic record in the pole vault, becoming the third French man to claim the title, and the first to do so since 1996. Tony Estanguet won his third gold medal in the men's slalom canoeing singles, making him one of the most successful French athletes in Olympic history.[3] On 11 August 2012, Estanguet was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission, along with three other athletes.[4]

Medalists

Delegation

The French Olympic Committee selected a team of 330 athletes, 183 men and 147 women, to compete in 24 different sports; it was the nation's third largest team outside the host nation, and the first with the highest percentage of women in Olympic history. France did not qualify teams in field hockey, volleyball and water polo, but did mark its Olympic return to men's basketball after a twelve-year absence.

The French team included past Olympic champions, three of them defending (Greco-Roman wrestler Steeve Guenot, mountain biker Julien Absalon, and the men's national handball team). Equestrian eventing rider Denis Mesples, at age 49, was the oldest athlete of the team, while gymnast Anne Kuhm was the youngest, at age 15. Pistol shooter and former Olympic gold medalist Franck Dumoulin made his sixth appearance, having participated at every Summer Olympics since 1992. Épée fencer and multiple-time Olympic medalist Laura Flessel-Colovic, meanwhile, became the first French female athlete to compete at five separate Olympic Games. Because of her repeated successes in fencing, Flessel-Colovic became France's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1996.

Other notable French athletes included slalom canoer and multiple-time world champion Tony Estanguet, judoka and Olympic bronze medalist Teddy Riner, swimmer and junior European champion Yannick Agnel, pole vaulter and multiple-time European champion Renaud Lavillenie, and basketballer Tony Parker, who had previously played for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.

Archery

France qualified three archers for the men's individual event, an archer for the women's individual event and a team for the men's team event:

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Thomas Faucheron Men's individual 665 27  Thamwong (THA) (38)
W 6–0
 Prevost (FRA) (27)
L 3–7
Did not advance
Romain Girouille 677 9  Myo Aung (MYA) (56)
L 5–6
Did not advance
Gaël Prevost 679 6  Kouassi (CIV) (59)
W 6–3
 Faucheron (FRA) (27)
W 7–3
 Ruban (UKR) (43)
L 4–6
Did not advance
Thomas Faucheron
Romain Girouille
Gaël Prevost
Men's team 2021 2 N/A Bye  Mexico (MEX) (7)
L 212–220
Did not advance
Bérengère Schuh Women's individual 640 37  Kawanaka (JPN) (28)
W 6–2
 Lin C-E (TPE) (5)
W 6–5
 Choi H-j (KOR) (21)
W 6–5
 Lorig (USA) (4)
L 6–2
Did not advance

Athletics

French athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[9][10]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Jamale Aarrass 1500 m 3:45.13 12 N/A Did not advance
Dimitri Bascou 110 m hurdles 13.57 4 q N/A 13.55 6 Did not advance
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 800 m 1:46.03 4 q N/A 1:45.10 4 Did not advance
Florian Carvalho 1500 m 3:37.05 7 q N/A 3:40.61 13 Did not advance
Garfield Darien 110 m hurdles 13.54 4 q N/A 13.48 5 Did not advance
Yohann Diniz 50 km walk N/A DSQ
Ladji Doucouré 110 m hurdles 13.67 4 q N/A 13.74 8 Did not advance
Hassan Hirt 5000 m DSQ*[11] N/A Did not advance
Cedric Houssaye 50 km walk N/A 3:55:16 31
Abraham Kiprotich Marathon N/A DNF
Yoann Kowal 1500 m 3:41.12 3 Q N/A 3:43.48 8 Did not advance
Christophe Lemaitre 200 m 20.34 1 Q N/A 20.03 3 q 20.19 6
Abdellatif Meftah Marathon N/A DNF
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 3000 m steeplechase 8:16.23 1 Q N/A 8:19.08
Bertrand Moulinet 20 km walk N/A 1:20:12 8
50 km walk N/A 3:45:35 12
Patrick Tambwe Marathon N/A DNF
Jimmy Vicaut 100 m Bye 10.11 2 Q 10.16 6 Did not advance
Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux 3000 m steeplechase 8:36.96 8 N/A Did not advance
Emmanuel Biron
Christophe Lemaitre
Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux
Ronald Pognon
Jimmy Vicaut
4 × 100 m relay 38.15 4 N/A 38.16

* Tested positive for the blood-booster EPO; the IOC ordered him to leave the Olympics on 10 August 2012.

Renaud Lavillenie displayed his gold medal in men's pole vault.
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Quentin Bigot Hammer throw 72.42 24 Did not advance
Jérôme Bortoluzzi 74.15 14 Did not advance
Benjamin Compaoré Triple jump 17.06 3 q 17.08 6
Nicolas Figère Hammer throw 69.74 32 Did not advance
Mickaël Hanany High jump 2.26 =8 q 2.20 14
Renaud Lavillenie Pole vault 5.65 =1 q 5.97 OR
Romain Mesnil 5.60 6 q 5.50 10
Salim Sdiri Long jump 7.71 23 Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Kevin Mayer Result 11.32 7.17 14.05 2.05 48.76 15.59 41.20 4.70 62.41 4:23.02 7952 15
Points 791 854 731 850 873 780 689 819 774 791
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Véronique Mang 100 m Bye 11.41 6 Did not advance
Reina Flor Okori 100 m hurdles 13.01 2 Q N/A DSQ Did not advance
Myriam Soumaré 100 m Bye 11.07 2 Q 11.13 5 Did not advance
200 m 22.70 2 Q N/A 22.56 3 q 22.63 7
Nelly Banco
Johanna Danois
Ayodele Ikuesan
Lina Jacques-Sébastien
Véronique Mang
Myriam Soumaré
4 × 100 m relay DSQ N/A Did not advance
Phara Anacharsis
Elea Mariama Diarra
Marie Gayot
Floria Guei
Lenora Guion-Firmin
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi
4 × 400 m relay 3:25.94 3 Q N/A 3:25.92 6
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Vanessa Boslak Pole vault 4.55 =7 q 4.30 10
Stéphanie Falzon Hammer throw 71.67 11 q 73.06 9
Éloyse Lesueur Long jump 6.48 10 q 6.67 8
Marion Lotaut Pole vault 4.10 =33 Did not advance
Melanie Melfort High jump 1.93 =2 q 1.93 9
Mélina Robert-Michon Discus throw 62.47 12 q 63.98 6
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Marisa De Aniceto Result 13.74 1.71 13.09 25.26 5.76 51.98 2:16.20 6030 21
Points 1015 867 733 863 777 899 876
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida Result 12.96 1.80 14.26 24.72 6.13 55.87 2:13.62 6576 6
Points 1130 978 811 913 890 974 912

Badminton

Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Brice Leverdez Men's singles  Wong W K (HKG)
L 11–21, 16–21
 Ekiring (UGA)
W 21–12, 21–11
2 Did not advance
Hongyan Pi Women's singles  Hosny (EGY)
W 21–11, 21–9
 Magee (IRL)
W 16–21, 21–18, 21–14
1 Q  Yip P Y (HKG)
L 21–13, 12–21, 16–21
Did not advance

Basketball

The French men's basketball team qualified for the 2012 Olympics by reaching the final of the EuroBasket 2011. The French women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament.

  • Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players
  • Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the France roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[12]

France men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
C 4 Séraphin, Kevin 22 – (1989-12-07)7 December 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Washington Wizards
F 5 Batum, Nicolas 23 – (1988-12-14)14 December 1988 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Portland Trail Blazers
G 6 Causeur, Fabien 25 – (1987-06-16)16 June 1987 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Caja Laboral
F 7 Diawara, Yakhouba 29 – (1982-08-29)29 August 1982 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Pallacanestro Varese
F/C 8 Traoré, Ali 27 – (1985-02-28)28 February 1985 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar
G 9 Parker, Tony 30 – (1982-05-17)17 May 1982 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) San Antonio Spurs
G 10 Bokolo, Yannick 27 – (1985-06-19)19 June 1985 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BCM Gravelines
F 11 Piétrus, Florent 31 – (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Valencia BC
G 12 de Colo, Nando 25 – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) San Antonio Spurs
F 13 Diaw, Boris 30 – (1982-04-16)16 April 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) San Antonio Spurs
C 14 Turiaf, Ronny 31 – (1981-06-18)18 June 1981 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Los Angeles Clippers
F 15 Gelabale, Mickaël 29 – (1983-05-22)22 May 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Khimki
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 29 July 2012
Group play
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team
Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
United States 550589398+19110
 France 541376378−29
 Argentina 532448424+248
 Lithuania 523395399−47
 Nigeria 514338456−1186
 Tunisia 505320411−915
29 July 2012
14:30
United States 9871  France
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 30–15, 26–15, 20–20
Pts: Durant 22
Rebs: three players 9
Asts: James 8
Pts: Traoré 12
Rebs: Turiaf 9
Asts: de Colo 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Saša Pukl (SLO), Michael Aylen (AUS)
31 July 2012
20:00
France  7164  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 13–17, 23–24, 16–11
Pts: Parker 17
Rebs: Batum 7
Asts: Parker 5
Pts: Ginóbili 26
Rebs: Scola 8
Asts: Prigioni 8
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Marcos Benito (BRA), Luigi Lamonica (ITA)
2 August 2012
09:00
France  8274  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 14–22, 20–9, 23–22
Pts: Parker 27
Rebs: Turiaf 10
Asts: Diaw 8
Pts: Kleiza 17
Rebs: Kleiza 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 5
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Jorge Vázquez (PUR)
4 August 2012
09:00
Tunisia  6973  France
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 12–15, 16–25, 26–13
Pts: Hdidane 20
Rebs: Ben Romdhane 8
Asts: Laghnej, Mejri 3
Pts: Parker 22
Rebs: Batum 8
Asts: Diaw 5
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Bill Kennedy (USA), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS)
6 August 2012
14:30
France  7973  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 18–20, 15–24, 23–19
Pts: Batum 23
Rebs: Batum, Diaw 6
Asts: Parker 7
Pts: Oguchi 35
Rebs: Diogu, A. Aminu 7
Asts: four players 2
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Michael Aylen (AUS), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)
Quarter-final
8 August 2012
16:15
France  5966  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 15–17, 16–17, 6–15
Pts: Parker, Diaw 15
Rebs: Diaw 8
Asts: Diaw 5
Pts: M. Gasol 14
Rebs: P. Gasol 11
Asts: P. Gasol, Fernández 3
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Bill Kennedy (USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the France roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[13]

France women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
C 4 Yacoubou, Isabelle 26 – (1986-04-21)21 April 1986 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Spartak Moscow
C 5 Miyem, Endéné 24 – (1988-05-15)15 May 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) CJM Bourges Basket
G 6 Beikes, Clémence 28 – (1983-10-19)19 October 1983 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Union Hainaut
C 7 Gruda, Sandrine 25 – (1987-06-25)25 June 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg
G 8 Lawson-Wade, Edwige 33 – (1979-05-14)14 May 1979 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Lattes-Maurin Montpellier
G 9 Dumerc, Céline 30 – (1982-07-09)9 July 1982 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) CJM Bourges Basket
G 10 Lepron, Florence 27 – (1985-01-16)16 January 1985 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Tarbes Gespe Bigorre
G 11 Gomis, Émilie 28 – (1983-10-18)18 October 1983 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq
G 12 Laborde, Marion 25 – (1986-12-09)9 December 1986 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Basket Landes
C 13 Godin, Élodie 27 – (1985-07-05)5 July 1985 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Taranto Cras Basket
C 14 Ndongue, Emmeline 29 – (1983-04-25)25 April 1983 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) CJM Bourges Basket
F 15 Digbeu, Jennifer 25 – (1987-04-14)14 April 1987 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 28 July 2012
Group play
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team
Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 France 550356319+3710
 Australia 541353322+319
 Russia 532314308+68
 Canada 523328332−47
 Brazil 514329354−256
 Great Britain 505327372−455
28 July 2012
20:00
Brazil  5873  France
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 14–18, 15–18, 9–21
Pts: de Souza 17
Rebs: Santos 12
Asts: Pinto 5
Pts: Dumerc 23
Rebs: Miyem 7
Asts: Dumerc 5
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Rabah Noujaim (LIB), Felicia Grinter (USA)
30 July 2012
14:30
France  7470 (OT)  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 17–13, 24–24, 13–14, Overtime: 9–5
Pts: Gomis 22
Rebs: Yacoubou 7
Asts: Beikes, Dumerc 2
Pts: Batkovic 17
Rebs: Batkovic 10
Asts: O'Hea 5
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: William Kennedy (USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Peng Ling (CHN)
1 August 2012
09:00
Canada  6064  France
Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 13–15, 15–14, 20–22
Pts: Thorburn 17
Rebs: Achonwa 8
Asts: Thorburn 3
Pts: Gomis 16
Rebs: Gruda 6
Asts: three players 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Shoko Suguro (JPN)
3 August 2012
20:00
France  8077 (OT)  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 17–10, 20–21, 20–23, Overtime: 13–10
Pts: Gruda, Lawson-Wade 16
Rebs: Godin 8
Asts: Godin 4
Pts: Leedham 29
Rebs: Page, Leedham 8
Asts: Page 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Snehal Bendke (IND)
5 August 2012
09:00
France  6554  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 15–6, 30–13, 10–20
Pts: Dumerc 12
Rebs: Yacoubou, Beikes 7
Asts: Dumerc 3
Pts: Belyakova 14
Rebs: Hammon, Osipova 5
Asts: Danilochkina, Osipova 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Pablo Estévez (ARG), Saša Pukl (SLO), Shoko Sugruro (JPN)
Quarter-final
7 August 2012
22:15
France  7168  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 12–16, 13–23, 30–17
Pts: Dumerc 23
Rebs: Gruda 7
Asts: Dumerc 6
Pts: Vítečková 17
Rebs: Horáková 7
Asts: Horáková 5
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Marcos Benito (BRA), Felicia Grinter (USA), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)
Semi-final
9 August 2012
21:00
Russia  6481  France
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 16–14, 20–21, 13–22
Pts: Danilochkina, Hammon 13
Rebs: Vieru 8
Asts: Hammon 5
Pts: Lawson-Wade 18
Rebs: Gruda 8
Asts: Lawson-Wade 5
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Stephen Seibel (CAN)
Final
11 August 2012
21:00
United States  8650  France
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 17–10, 26–12, 23–13
Pts: Parker 21
Rebs: Parker 11
Asts: Taurasi 6
Pts: Gruda, Lawson-Wade 12
Rebs: Ndongue 8
Asts: Dumerc 3
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Elena Chernova (RUS), Peng Ling (CHN)

Boxing

France qualified boxers in the following events:

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jérémy Beccu Light flyweight  Zhakypov (KAZ)
L 17–18
Did not advance
Nordine Oubaali Flyweight  Faisal (AFG)
W 22–9
 Warren (USA)
W 19–18
 Conlan (IRL)
L 22–18
Did not advance
Rachid Azzedine Lightweight  Ramírez (USA)
L 20–21
Did not advance
Alexis Vastine Welterweight  Wojcicki (GER)
W 16–12
 Tüvshinbat (MGL)
W 13–12
 Shelestyuk (UKR)
L 18–18+
Did not advance
Tony Yoka Super heavyweight N/A  Kean (CAN)
L 16–16+
Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

France qualified boats for all slalom events:

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Étienne Daille Men's K-1 90.12 7 241.73 22 90.12 13 Q 100.55 10 Q 101.87 7
Tony Estanguet Men's C-1 93.24 2 99.20 10 93.24 7 Q 101.67 3 Q 97.06
Gauthier Klauss
Matthieu Péché
Men's C-2 96.98 1 151.03 12 96.98 1 Q 109.27 3 Q 109.17 4
Émilie Fer Women's K-1 112.77 12 106.46 8 106.46 10 Q 109.73 3 Q 105.90

Sprint

France qualified boats for the following sprint events:

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maxime Beaumont K-1 200 m 35.571 2 Q 35.814 2 FA 36.688 4
Cyrille Carre K-1 1000 m 3:32.705 5 Q 3:38.981 8 FB 3:33.513 12
Mathieu Goubel C-1 200 m 41.248 OB 1 Q 41.938 2 FA 44.045 7
C-1 1000 m 3:58.122 1 Q 3:51.811 1 FA 3:50.758 5
Arnaud Hybois
Sébastien Jouve
K-2 200 m 32.933 3 Q 32.668 3 FA 35.012 4
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marie Delattre
Sarah Guyot
Joanne Mayer
Gabrielle Tuleu
K-4 500 m 1:40.022 3 Q 1:33.303 5 FA 1:35.299 8

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Mickaël Bourgain Road race Did not finish
Sylvain Chavanel Road race 5:46:05 20
Time trial 56:07.67 29
Arnaud Demare Road race 5:46;37 30
Tony Gallopin 5:46:37 86
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Aude Biannic Road race 3:35:56 10
Audrey Cordon Road race OTL
Time trial 40:40.51 15
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot Road race 3:35:56 8

Track

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Grégory Baugé Men's sprint 9.952
72.347
2  Volkakis (GRE)
W DSQ
Bye  Nakagawa (JPN)
W 10.490
68.636
Bye  Förstemann (GER)
W 10.490, W 10.300
 Perkins (AUS)
W 10.358, W 10.268
 Kenny (GBR)
L, L
Virginie Cueff Women's sprint 11.439
62.942
15  Vogel (GER)
L
 Kanis (NED)
 Larreal (VEN)
L
Did not advance
Team sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Grégory Baugé
Michaël D'Almeida
Kévin Sireau
Men's team sprint 43.097
62.649
2 Q  New Zealand (NZL)
W 42.991
62.803
2 Q  Great Britain (GBR)
L 43.013
62.771
Sandie Clair
Virginie Cueff
Women's team sprint 33.638
53.510
6 Q  Germany (GER)
L 33.707
53.401
6 Did not advance
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st round Repechage 2nd round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Mickaël Bourgain Men's keirin 1 Q Bye 4 8
Clara Sanchez Women's keirin 6 1 Q 2 Q 4
Omnium
Athlete Event Flying lap Points race Elimination race Individual pursuit Scratch race Time trial Total points Rank
Time Rank Points Rank Rank Time Rank Rank Time Rank
Bryan Coquard Men's omnium 13.347 5 51 4 1 4:30.780 12 3 1:03.078 4 29
Clara Sanchez Women's omnium 14.058 2 0 18 13 3:56.800 18 18 35.451 3 72 14

Mountain biking

Julien Absalon abandoned men's cross-country race due to punctured tyre
Athlete Event Time Rank
Julien Absalon Men's cross-country Did not finish
Jean-Christophe Péraud 1:37:07 29
Stéphane Tempier 1:31:30 11
Julie Bresset Women's cross-country 1:30:52
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot 1:42:21 26

BMX

Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Points Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Quentin Caleyron Men's BMX 38.637 9 19 3 q 18 6 Did not advance
Joris Daudet 38.221 2 7 2 Q 16 6 Did not advance
Moana Moo-Caille 40.015 28 23 6 Did not advance
Laëtitia Le Corguillé Women's BMX 38.976 4 N/A 15 4 Q 38.476 4
Magalie Pottier 39.778 7 N/A 6 2 Q 39.393 7

Diving

France qualified five quota places for the diving events:

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Damien Cely 3 m springboard 413.30 22 Did not advance
Matthieu Rosset 445.15 13 Q 422.50 15 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Fanny Bouvet 3 m springboard 257.10 26 Did not advance
Marion Farissier 248.70 27 Did not advance
Audrey Labeau 10 m platform 261.05 24 Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

France qualified a single quota by rankings:

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Jessica Michel Riwera de Hus Individual 70.410 28 Q 68.810 31 Did not advance

Eventing

France qualified one team and five quota places in the individual event after finishing in second place at the 2011 European Eventing Championships.[14]

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Lionel Guyon Nemetis de Lalou Individual 50.90 38 20.00 70.90 38 0.00 70.90 28 Q 21.00 91.90 24 91.90 24
Aurélien Khan Cadiz 55.90 54 39.60 95.50 49 7.00 102.50 45 Did not advance 102.50 45
Denis Mesples Oregon de la Vigne 61.50 66 46.00 107.50 =51 19.00 126.50 50 Did not advance 126.50 50
Donatien Schauly Ocarina du Chanois 44.40 20 7.20 51.60 =18 Withdrew
Nicolas Touzaint Hildago de l'ille 47.60 =27 7.60 55.20 27 2.00 57.20 21 Q 7.00 64.20 17 64.20 17
Lionel Guyon
Aurélien Khan
Denis Mesples
Donatien Schauly
Nicolas Touzaint
See above Team 142.90 9 34.80 177.70 7 52.90 230.60 8 N/A 230.60 8

Show jumping

France qualified one team and four quota places in the individual event after finishing in second place at the World Equestrian Games.

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Simon Delestre Napoli du Ry Individual 0 =1 Q 6 6 30 Q 8 14 32 Q 4 =11 Q 8 12 19 12 19
Olivier Guillon Lord de Theize 4 =42 Q 4 8 =31 Q 8 16 =33 Q 0 =1 Q 9 9 =12 9 =12
Pénélope Leprevost Mylord Carthago 1 =33 Q 8 9 =47 Did not advance 9 =47
Kevin Staut Silvana 0 =1 Q 4 4 =17 Q 4 8 =11 Q 16 34 Did not advance 16 34
Simon Delestre
Olivier Guillon
Pénélope Leprevost
Kevin Staut
See above Team N/A 14 12 Did not advance 14 12

Fencing

France qualified 11 fencers.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Yannick Borel Individual épée N/A  Karyuchenko (UKR)
W 15–10
 Kauter (SUI)
W 15–11
 Piasecki (NOR)
L 14–15
Did not advance
Gauthier Grumier N/A  Piasecki (NOR)
L 13–14
Did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux Individual foil Bye  Lefort (FRA)
W 15–9
 Choi B-c (KOR)
L 13–15
Did not advance
Enzo Lefort Bye  Le Péchoux (FRA)
L 9–15
Did not advance
Victor Sintès Bye  Chida (JPN)
W 15–11
 Lei S (CHN)
L 6–15
Did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux
Enzo Lefort
Marcel Marcilloux
Victor Sintès
Team foil N/A  United States (USA)
L 39–45
Classification semi-final
 Great Britain (GBR)
L 29–45
7th place final
 China (CHN)
L 33–45
8
Boladé Apithy Individual sabre Bye  Buikevich (BLR)
L 11–15
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Laura Flessel-Colovic Individual épée Bye  Hurley (USA)
W 15–12
 Gherman (ROM)
L 13–15
Did not advance
Astrid Guyart Individual foil Bye  Gaber (EGY)
W 15–2
 Boubakri (TUN)
L 5–15
Did not advance
Corinne Maîtrejean Bye  Sheppard (GBR)
W 15–5
 Sugawara (JPN)
L 9–15
Did not advance
Ysaora Thibus Bye  Deriglazova (RUS)
W 15–8
 Ikehata (JPN)
L 11–15
Did not advance
Anita Blaze
Astrid Guyart
Corinne Maitrejean
Ysaora Thibus
Team foil N/A  Poland (POL)
W 42–31
 Italy (ITA)
L 31–45
 South Korea (KOR)
L 32–45
4
Léonore Perrus Individual sabre N/A  Nakayama (JPN)
L 12–15
Did not advance

Football

  • Women's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the France squad for the women's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[15]

Coach: Bruno Bini

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals 2012 club
1 1GK Céline Deville (1982-01-24)24 January 1982 (aged 30) 54 0 Lyon
2 2DF Wendie Renard (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 22) 22 3 Lyon
3 3MF Laure Boulleau (1986-10-22)22 October 1986 (aged 25) 27 1 Paris Saint-Germain
4 2DF Laura Georges (1984-08-20)20 August 1984 (aged 27) 118 3 Lyon
5 2DF Ophélie Meilleroux (1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 28) 61 0 Montpellier
6 3MF Sandrine Soubeyrand (c) (1973-08-16)16 August 1973 (aged 38) 177 18 Juvisy
7 2DF Corine Franco (1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 28) 63 10 Lyon
8 2DF Sonia Bompastor (1980-06-08)8 June 1980 (aged 32) 149 18 Lyon
9 4FW Eugénie Le Sommer (1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 23) 56 19 Lyon
10 3MF Camille Abily (1984-12-05)5 December 1984 (aged 27) 97 23 Lyon
11 4FW Marie-Laure Delie (1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 24) 40 35 Montpellier
12 4FW Élodie Thomis (1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 25) 72 23 Lyon
13 3MF Camille Catala (1991-05-06)6 May 1991 (aged 21) 7 1 Saint-Étienne
14 3MF Louisa Nécib (1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 25) 79 16 Lyon
15 3MF Élise Bussaglia (1984-09-24)24 September 1984 (aged 27) 101 20 Paris Saint-Germain
16 2DF Sabrina Viguier (1981-01-04)4 January 1981 (aged 31) 91 1 Lyon
17 4FW Gaëtane Thiney (1985-10-28)28 October 1985 (aged 26) 70 32 Juvisy
18 1GK Sarah Bouhaddi (1986-10-17)17 October 1986 (aged 25) 52 0 Lyon
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Qualified for the quarter-finals
2  France 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3  North Korea 3 1 0 2 2 6 4 3
4  Colombia 3 0 0 3 0 6 6 0
Source: IOC
United States 4–2 France
Wambach  19'
Morgan  32', 66'
Lloyd  56'
Report Thiney  12'
Delie  14'
Attendance: 18,090[16]
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)
France 5–0 North Korea
Georges  45'
Thomis  70'
Delie  71'
Renard  81'
Catala  87'
Report
Attendance: 11,743[17]
France 1–0 Colombia
Thomis  5' Report
Attendance: 13,184[18]
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)
Quarter-final
Sweden 1–2 France
Fischer  18' Report
Report
Georges  29'
Renard  39'
Attendance: 12,869[19]
Semi-final
France 1–2 Japan
Le Sommer  76' Report Ōgimi  32'
Sakaguchi  49'
Attendance: 61,482[20]
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)
Bronze medal game
Canada 1–0 France
Matheson  90+2' Report

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Pierre Yves Beny Team 14.433 13.566 14.266 14.933 14.700 N/A 14.333 15.033 14.466 14.566 14.591 13.266 N/A
Yann Cucherat N/A 14.900 14.366 N/A Did not compete N/A
Gael da Silva 15.400 N/A 14.366 15.366 N/A 14.966 N/A 15.200 N/A 14.633 15.466 N/A 14.766 N/A
Hamilton Sabot N/A 14.033 14.533 N/A 15.366 Q 14.866 N/A N/A 14.766 14.333 N/A 15.566 14.883 N/A
Cyril Tommasone 14.500 15.333 Q 14.166 15.466 15.100 14.133 88.698 14 Q 14.533 15.466 N/A 14.441 15.133 N/A
Total 44.333 42.932 43.165 45.765 45.366 44.198 265.759 8 Q 44.066 45.265 43.432 44.473 45.290 42.915 265.441 8
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Hamilton Sabot Parallel bars N/A 15.566 N/A 15.566
Cyril Tommasone All-around 13.500 15.333 14.400 15.358 15.000 14.066 87.657 16
Pommel horse N/A 15.141 N/A 15.141 5
Women
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Mira Boumejmajen Team 12.933 N/A 13.300 12.966 N/A Did not advance
Youna Dufournet N/A 14.166 12.966 14.200 N/A
Anne Kuhm 13.533 14.466 13.533 12.566 54.098 29
Aurélie Malaussena 13.366 14.033 13.300 13.700 54.399 25 Q
Sophia Serseri 12.933 14.133 N/A
Total 39.832 42.765 41.333 40.866 164.796 11
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB
Aurélie Malaussena All-around 13.800 12.800 12.066 11.500 50.166 23

Rhythmic

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Delphine Ledoux Individual 27.150 27.100 27.250 26.675 108.175 13 Did not advance

Trampoline

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Grégroire Pennes Men's 107.539 7 Q 58.805 7

Handball

France participated in the 2012 Olympics as the defending world men's handball champion, and successfully defended its gold medal from the 2008 Summer Olympics.[22] The French women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament.

  • Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players
  • Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Men's tournament

The following is the France roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[23][24]

Head coaches: Claude Onesta

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LB Jérôme Fernandez (1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 35) 1.99 m Fénix Toulouse
3 P Didier Dinart (1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 35) 1.97 m Atlético Madrid
4 RB Xavier Barachet (1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 23) 1.95 m Chambéry Handball
5 CB Guillaume Gille (1976-07-12)12 July 1976 (aged 36) 1.92 m HSV Hamburg
6 P Bertrand Gille (1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (aged 34) 1.87 m HSV Hamburg
8 LB Daniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 32) 1.89 m THW Kiel
9 RW Guillaume Joli (1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 27) 1.78 m BM Valladolid
11 LW Samuel Honrubia (1986-07-05)5 July 1986 (aged 26) 1.80 m Montpellier
12 GK Daouda Karaboué (1975-12-11)11 December 1975 (aged 36) 1.98 m Fénix Toulouse
13 CB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 28) 1.96 m Montpellier
16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 35) 1.92 m THW Kiel
18 LB William Accambray (1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 24) 1.94 m Montpellier
19 RW Luc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 27) 1.82 m Atlético Madrid
20 P Cédric Sorhaindo (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 28) 1.92 m FC Barcelona
21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m Montpellier
Group play
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Iceland5500167132+3510
 France5401159110+498
 Sweden5302156115+416
 Tunisia5203121125−44
 Argentina5104113138−252
 Great Britain500596182−860
Qualified for the quarterfinals
29 July 2012
19:30
France  44 – 15  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 5,000[25]
Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
Joli 11 (21–7) Garnham 6
  Report   
31 July 2012
21:15
Argentina  20 – 32  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,906[26]
Referees: Olesen, Peders (DEN)
Fernández, Riccobelli 4 (9–17) Karabatić 7
  Report  
2 August 2012
11:15
France  25 – 19  Tunisia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,670[27]
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Narcisse 7 (12–11) Bannour 5
  Report  
4 August 2012
19:30
Iceland  30 – 29  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,521[28]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Petersson 6 (16–15) Fernandez 9
  Report  
6 August 2012
21:15
France  29 – 26  Sweden Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,833[29]
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Narcisse 6 (18–12) Ekberg, Andersson 5
  Report  
Quarter-final

8 August 2012
14:30
Spain  22 – 23  France Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 8,890[30]
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Tomás 6 (12–9) Accambray 7
  Report  
Semi-final
10 August 2012
20:30
France  25 – 22  Croatia Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,849[31]
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
three players 4 (12–10) Horvat 6
  Report  
Final
12 August 2012
15:00
Sweden  21 – 22  France Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,627[32]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Ekberg 6 (8–10) Guigou 5
  Report  

Women's tournament

The following is the France roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[33]

Head coaches: Olivier Krumbholz

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 RW Blandine Dancette (1988-02-14)14 February 1988 (aged 24) 1.69 m HBC Nîmes
4 P Nina Kamto Njitam (1983-06-25)25 June 1983 (aged 29) 1.78 m Metz Handball
5 RB Camille Ayglon (1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 27) 1.80 m HBC Nîmes
7 CB Allison Pineau (1989-05-02)2 May 1989 (aged 23) 1.81 m Oltchim Vâlcea
8 LB Claudine Mendy (1990-01-08)8 January 1990 (aged 22) 1.82 m Metz Handball
9 LW Paule Baudouin (1984-10-25)25 October 1984 (aged 27) 1.72 m Metz Handball
10 CB Sophie Herbrecht (1982-02-13)13 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.74 m HBC Nîmes
12 GK Amandine Leynaud (1986-05-02)2 May 1986 (aged 26) 1.78 m Oltchim Vâlcea
16 GK Cléopâtre Darleux (1989-07-01)1 July 1989 (aged 23) 1.76 m Arvor 29
17 LW Siraba Dembele (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 26) 1.72 m Toulon HB
18 RW Audrey Deroin (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 22) 1.76 m Toulon HB
20 LB Raphaëlle Tervel (1979-04-21)21 April 1979 (aged 33) 1.78 m SD Itxako
24 LB Mariama Signate (1985-07-22)22 July 1985 (aged 27) 1.89 m Issy Paris HB
64 RB Alexandra Lacrabère (1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 25) 1.77 m Arvor 29
Group play
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 France5410125103+229
 South Korea5311136130+67
 Spain5311119114+57
 Norway5212118120−25
 Denmark5104113121−82
 Sweden5005108131−230
Qualified for the quarterfinals
28 July 2012
21:15
Norway  23 – 24  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,968[34]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Alstad 5 (12–17) Baudouin, Signate 5
  Report   
30 July 2012
16:15
France  18 – 18  Spain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,671[35]
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Dembele 6 (7–10) Mangué 6
   Report  
1 August 2012
14:30
France  29 – 17  Sweden Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,638[36]
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
three players 4 (16–11) Ahlm 6
  Report  
3 August 2012
11:15
South Korea  21 – 24  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,568[37]
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Sim Hae-in 6 (12–10) Lacrabère 4
  Report  
5 August 2012
21:15
Denmark  24 – 30  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,616[38]
Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
Nørgaard 10 (10–17) Nijtam 6
  Report  
Quarter-final

7 August 2012
20:30
France  22 – 23  Montenegro Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,559[39]
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Signate 5 (13–13) Popović, Bulatović 6
  Report  

Judo

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sofiane Milous −60 kg Bye  Shukvani (GEO)
W 0100–0001
 Lomo (SOL)
W 0020–0001
 Hiraoka (JPN)
L 0010–0012
Did not advance  Davtyan (ARM)
W 0010–0002
 Sobirov (UZB)
L 0003–0100
5
David Larose −66 kg  Pollack (ISR)
W 0001–0000
 Fasie (ROU)
W 0100–0000
 Shavdatuashvili (GEO)
L 0001–0100
Did not advance
Ugo Legrand −73 kg Bye  Adamiec (POL)
W 0010–0000
 Hafiz (EGY)
W 0100–0104
 Elmont (NED)
L 0030–0000
Did not advance  Boqiev (TJK)
W 0010–0002
 Wang K-c (KOR)
W 0101–0001
Alain Schmitt −81 kg N/A  Elmont (NED)
W 0000–0001
 Lucenti (ARG)
L 0000–1000
Did not advance
Romain Buffet −90 kg N/A  Bauža (LTU)
L 0010–0100
Did not advance
Thierry Fabre −100 kg N/A  Darwish (EGY)
W 0011–0002
 Naidangiin (MGL)
L 0000–0100
Did not advance
Teddy Riner +100 kg N/A  Wojnarowicz (POL)
W 0010–0003
 Jaballah (TUN)
W 0101–0002
 Brayson (CUB)
W 0100–0001
 Kim S-M (KOR)
W 0010–0003
Bye  Mikhailine (RUS)
W 0101–0003
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Laëtitia Payet −48 kg Bye  Menezes (BRA)
L 0001–0000
Did not advance
Priscilla Gneto −52 kg  He Hm (CHN)
W 0111–0012
 Ramos (POR)
W 1001–0000
 An K-a (PRK)
L 0013–0102
Did not advance  Kim K-o (KOR)
W 0021–0002
 Heylen (BEL)
W 1012–0012
Automne Pavia −57 kg  Clark (GBR)
W 0100–0000
 Renzi (AUS)
W 0150–0000
 Filzmoser (AUT)
W 0030–0000
 Matsumoto (JPN)
L 0000–0010
Bye  Karakas (HUN)
W 0011–0002
Gévrise Émane −63 kg  Howell (GBR)
W 1000–0000
 Abel (CUB)
W 0001–0001
 Tsedevsuren (MGL)
L 0001–0001
Did not advance  Schlesinger (ISR)
W 0010–0002
 Joung D-w (KOR)
W 0000–0000 YUS
Lucie Décosse −70 kg Bye  Zupancic (CAN)
W 1001–0001
 Alvear (COL)
W 1000–0000
 Hwang Y-s (KOR)
W 0001–0000
Bye  Thiele (GER)
W 0120–0000
Audrey Tcheuméo −78 kg  Cotton (CAN)
W 0001–0001 YUS
 Pryshchepa (UKR)
W 0100–0000
 Yang X (CHN)
W 0101–0001
 Gibbons (GBR)
L 0000–1000
Did not advance  Joó (HUN)
W 1000–0001
Anne-Sophie Mondière +78 kg  Altheman (BRA)
L 0000–0101
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

France qualified one man and two women.

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)
Total points Final rank
Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Christopher Patte Men's 16–19 =20 784 2:05.99 20 1292 84 21 1116 10:43.96 11 2428 5620 17
Amélie Cazé Women's 19–16 =11 856 2:11.33 4 1224 20 2 1180 12:08.71 32 1848 5108 18
Élodie Clouvel 15–20 =25 760 2:09.87 3 1244 140 27 1060 12:44.50 34 1704 4768 31

Rowing

France qualified boats for the following rowing events:

Men
France (right boat) during the final of the men's coxless pair.
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Germain Chardin
Dorian Mortelette
Pair 6:17.22 2 SA/B Bye 6:58.67 2 FA 6:21.11
Julien Bahain
Cédric Berrest
Double sculls 6:19.61 3 SA/B Bye 6:29.61 5 FB 6:26.44 10
Jérémie Azou
Stany Delayre
Lightweight double sculls 6:40.89 1 SA/B Bye 6:37.29 2 FA 6:42.69 4
Matthieu Androdias
Benjamin Chabanet
Adrien Hardy
Pierre-Jean Peltier
Quadruple sculls 5:44.25 3 SA/B Bye 6:12.81 4 FB 6:02.12 10
Thomas Baroukh
Fabrice Moreau
Nicolas Moutton
Franck Solforosi
Lightweight four 5:50.79 1 SA/B Bye 6:06.90 4 FB 6:08.37 7

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

France qualified one boat for each of the following events:

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Julien Bontemps RS:X 23 14 2 5 5 4 17 5 8 6 4 70 5
Jean Baptiste Bernaz Laser 3 21 6 9 19 11 2 18 20 34 10 119 10
Jonathan Lobert Finn 9 4 4 2 6 7 5 10 3 7 2 49
Vincent Garos
Pierre Leboucher
470 9 10 11 6 10 2 19 11 4 11 16 90 7
Pierre-Alexis Ponsot
Xavier Rohart
Star 1 13 10 11 12 14 12 6 6 8 8 86 9
Women
Fleet racing
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Charline Picon RS:X 9 11 5 7 10 6 12 10 11 6 14 89 8
Sarah Steyaert Laser Radial 21 14 19 12 11 26 10 19 22 15 EL 143 16
Mathilde Géron
Camille Lecointre
470 10 17 1 8 12 3 7 6 3 5 10 65 4
Match racing
Athlete Event Round Robin Rank Knockouts Rank

POR

AUS

NED

SWE

USA

GBR

ESP

DEN

NZL

RUS

FIN
Q-final S-final Final
Elodie Bertrand
Claire Leroy
Marie Riou
Elliott 6m W L W W L L L W W W L 6 Q
ESP
L (0–3)
Did not advance 6
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M*
Stephane Christidis
Manu Dyen
49er 1 9 9 12 1 10 12 13 10 21 2 5 10 7 14 12 127 6

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

France earned 14 quota places for the shooting events at the 2012 Olympics:[40]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Stéphane Clamens Trap 119 19 Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin 50 m pistol 541 33 Did not advance
10 m air pistol 577 18 Did not advance
Cyril Graff 50 m rifle 3 positions 1171 3 Q 1271.0 4
50 m rifle prone 586 46 Did not advance
Walter Lapeyre 50 m pistol 554 21 Did not advance
10 m air pistol 575 22 Did not advance
Jérémy Monnier 10 m air rifle 592 26 Did not advance
Pierre Edmond Piasecki 596 8 Q 699.1 6
Valérian Sauveplane 50 m rifle prone 592 22 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1167 13 Did not advance
Anthony Terras Skeet 117 17 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Laurence Brize 50 m rifle 3 positions 581 18 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 394 26 Did not advance
Emilie Evesque 50 m rifle 3 positions 578 25 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 392 33 Did not advance
Veronique Girardet Skeet 66 10 Did not advance
Céline Goberville 10 m air pistol 387 3 Q 486.6
25 m pistol 579 21 Did not advance
Delphine Reau Trap 72 4 Q 93 S/O 2
Stephanie Tirode 10 m air pistol 375 38 Did not advance
25 m pistol 582 14 Did not advance

Swimming

French swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of two swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and one at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[41][42]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yannick Agnel 100 m freestyle 48.93 12 Q 48.23 7 Q 47.84 4
200 m freestyle 1:46.60 3 Q 1:45.84 2 Q 1:43.14 NR
Fabien Gilot 100 m freestyle 48.95 14 Q 48.49 11 Did not advance
Damien Joly 1500 m freestyle 15:08.50 14 N/A Did not advance
Camille Lacourt 100 m backstroke 53.51 4 Q 53.03 2 Q 53.08 4
Clément Lefert 100 m butterfly 53.22 29 Did not advance
Amaury Leveaux 50 m freestyle 22.35 18 Did not advance
Grégory Mallet 200 m freestyle 1:47.39 13 Q 1:47.56 14 Did not advance
Florent Manaudou 50 m freestyle 22.09 =7 Q 21.80 6 Q 21.34
Anthony Pannier 1500 m freestyle 15:24.08 20 N/A Did not advance
Giacomo Perez d'Ortona 100 m breaststroke 1:00.59 17 Did not advance
Julien Sauvage 10 km open water N/A 1:50:42.8 11
Benjamin Stasiulis 100 m backstroke 55.36 31 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 1:59.52 24 Did not advance
Yannick Agnel
Alain Bernard*
Fabien Gilot
Clément Lefert
Amaury Leveaux
Jérémy Stravius*
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:13.38 4 Q N/A 3:09.93
Yannick Agnel
Clément Lefert
Amaury Leveaux
Grégory Mallet
Jérémy Stravius*
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:09.18 2 Q N/A 7:02.77 NR
Yannick Agnel
Camille Lacourt
Giacomo Perez d'Ortona
Romain Sassot
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:34.60 10 N/A Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ophelie Aspord 10 km open water N/A 1:58:43.1 6
Fanny Babou 100 m breaststroke 1:09.76 32 Did not advance
Coralie Balmy 400 m freestyle 4:03.56 3 Q N/A 4:05.95 6
800 m freestyle 8:27.15 8 Q N/A 8:29.26 7
Charlotte Bonnet 100 m freestyle 55.12 20 Did not advance
Justine Bruno 100 m butterfly 1:01.14 38 Did not advance
Alexianne Castel 100 m backstroke 1:00.16 14 Q 1:00.24 11 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:08.92 6 Q 2:08.24 5 Q 2:08.43 7
Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne 200 m freestyle 1:59.15 18 Did not advance
Lara Grangeon 400 m individual medley 4:44.28 18 N/A Did not advance
Laure Manaudou 100 m backstroke 1:01.03 22 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:14.29 30 Did not advance
Camille Muffat 200 m freestyle 1:58.49 12 Q 1:56.18 3 Q 1:55.58
400 m freestyle 4:03.29 1 Q N/A 4:01.45 OR
Anna Santamans 50 m freestyle 25.23 15 Q 24.94 =10 Did not advance
Coralie Balmy
Charlotte Bonnet
Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne
Margaux Farrell*
Mylene Lazare*
Camille Muffat
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:52.88 5 Q N/A 7:47.49
Fanny Babou
Charlotte Bonnet
Justine Bruno
Laure Manaudou
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:05.53 14 N/A Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

France qualified two Olympic quota places in synchronized swimming.

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
Sara Labrousse
Chloé Willhelm
Duet 87.700 10 88.340 176.040 10 Q 88.560 176.260 10

Table tennis

France qualified one man and two women.

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Adrien Mattenet Men's singles Bye  Chen Wx (AUT)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Xian Yi Fang Women's singles Bye  Hanffou (CMR)
W 4–1
 Ri M-S (PRK)
W 4–2
 Wang Yg (SIN)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Li Xue Bye  Lay (AUS)
W 4–3
 Shen Yf (ESP)
L 0–4
Did not advance

Taekwondo

France had qualified two places in women's taekwondo.[43]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marlène Harnois Women's −57 kg  Contreras (CHI)
W 14–3 PTG
 Wahba (EGY)
W 8–6
 Hou Yz (CHN)
L 3–8
Bye  Hamada (JPN)
W 12–8
Did not advance
Anne Caroline Graffe Women's +67 kg  Mamatova (UZB)
W 17–9
 Lee I-J (KOR)
W 7–4
 Hernandez (CUB)
W 6–4
Bye  Mandić (SRB)
L 7–9

Tennis

France qualified six Olympic tennis players in 2012: four in the men's events and two in the women's events. France ultimately won two medals – one silver and one bronze – in the men's doubles.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Julien Benneteau Singles  Youzhny (RUS)
W 7–5, 6–3
 Federer (SUI)
L 2–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Richard Gasquet  Haase (NED)
W 6–3, 6–3
 Baghdatis (CYP)
L 4–6, 4–6
Did not advance
Gilles Simon  Kukushkin (KAZ)
W 6–4, 6–2
 Dimitrov (BUL)
W 6–3, 6–3
 del Potro (ARG)
L 1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Did not advance
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  Bellucci (BRA)
W 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
 Raonic (CAN)
W 6–3, 3–6, 25–23
 López (ESP)
W 7–6(7–5), 6–4
 Djokovic (SRB)
L 4–6, 5–7
Did not advance
Julien Benneteau
Richard Gasquet
Doubles N/A  Fleming /
Hutchins (GBR)
W 7–5, 6–3
 Bhupathi /
Bopanna (IND)
W 6–3, 6–4
 Tipsarević /
Zimonjić (SRB)
W 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
 B. Bryan /
M. Bryan (USA)
L 4–6, 4–6
 Ferrer /
F. López (ESP)
W 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Michaël Llodra
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
N/A  Nalbandian /
Schwank (ARG)
W 6–3, 7–5
 Paes /
Vardhan (IND)
W 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3
 Melo /
Soares (BRA)
W 6–4, 6–2
 Ferrer /
F. López (ESP)
W 3–6, 6–4, 18–16
 B. Bryan /
M. Bryan (USA)
L 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Alizé Cornet Singles  Paszek (AUT)
W 7–6(7–4), 6–4
 Hantuchová (SVK)
L 3–6, 0–6
Did not advance
Alizé Cornet
Kristina Mladenovic
Doubles N/A  Peng /
Zheng (CHN)
L 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

France qualified the following triathletes:

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
David Hauss Men's 17:24 0:38 58:50 0:29 29:53 1:47:14 4
Vincent Luis 17:20 0:38 58:53 0:27 31:00 1:48:18 11
Laurent Vidal 17:27 0:43 58:42 0:28 30:01 1:47:21 5
Emmie Charayron Women's 19:48 0:39 1:06:58 0:34 34:27 2:02:26 18
Jessica Harrison 18:39 0:43 1:06:16 0:31 35:13 2:01:22 9
Carole Péon 19:30 0:45 1:07:11 0:33 35:59 2:03:58 29

Weightlifting

France qualified three men and one woman.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Vencelas Dabaya Men's −69 kg 135 DNF DNF
Bernardin Kingue Matam 143 DNF DNF
Benjamin Hennequin Men's −85 kg 163 DNF DNF
Mélanie Bardis Women's −48 kg 73 9 93 9 166 10

Wrestling

France qualified six quota places:

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Didier Pais −60 kg Bye  Madany (EGY)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 11
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Tarik Belmadani −60 kg Bye  Ala-Huikku (FIN)
W 3–0 PO
 Matsumoto (JPN)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance 9
Steeve Guénot −66 kg Bye  Rivas (VEN)
W 3–0 PO
 Abdevali (IRI)
W 3–0 PO
 Kim H-W (KOR)
L 1–3 PP
Bye  Mulens (CUB)
W 3–0 PO
Christophe Guénot −74 kg Bye  Ayet Ikram (TUN)
W 3–0 PO
 Vlasov (RUS)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance  Madsen (DEN)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 8
Mélonin Noumonvi −84 kg Bye  Hietaniemi (FIN)
W 3–0 PO
 Gaber (EGY)
L 1–3 PO
Did not advance Bye  Žugaj (CRO)
W 3–0 PO
 Janikowski (POL)
L 0–3 PO
5
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Cynthia Vescan −72 kg Bye  Saenko (MDA)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 12

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