France at the Olympics

France at the; Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
Medals; Ranked 5th	Gold 248 Silver 276 Bronze 316 Total 840
Summer appearances
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
Winter appearances
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

France has competed in every modern Olympic Games, although its participation at the 1904 Games is questionable, with Albert Corey's appearance being credited by different sources to either the United States or France. The IOC has determined that his affiliation was to the United States of America (Corey was a French immigrant to the US).[1][2]

French athletes have won 716 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, with fencing and cycling as the top medal-producing sports. France has won an additional 124 medals at the Winter Olympic Games, mostly in alpine skiing.

Hosted Games

France has hosted the Games on five occasions and is planning to host the sixth.

Games	Host city	Dates	Nations	Participants	Events
1900 Summer Olympics	Paris	14 May – 28 October	24	997	95
1924 Winter Olympics	Chamonix	25 January – 4 February	16	258	16
1924 Summer Olympics	Paris	4 May – 27 July	44	3,089	126
1968 Winter Olympics	Grenoble	6 – 18 February	37	1,158	35
1992 Winter Olympics	Albertville	8 – 23 February	64	1,801	57
2024 Summer Olympics	Paris	26 July-11 August	TBA	10 500	329

Medal tables

*Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Summer Games

Total		212	241	263	716	4
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896 Athens	13	5	4	2	11	4
1900 Paris	491	26	41	34	101	1
1904 St. Louis	1	0	0	0	0	–
1908 London	363	5	5	9	19	4
1912 Stockholm	119	7	4	3	14	5
1920 Antwerp	304	9	19	13	41	8
1924 Paris	401	13	15	10	38	3
1928 Amsterdam	255	6	10	5	21	7
1932 Los Angeles	103	10	5	4	19	3
1936 Berlin	201	7	6	6	19	5
1948 London	316	10	6	13	29	3
1952 Helsinki	245	6	6	6	18	7
1956 Melbourne	137	4	4	6	14	11
1960 Rome	238	0	2	3	5	25
1964 Tokyo	138	1	8	6	15	21
1968 Mexico City	200	7	3	5	15	6
1972 Munich	227	2	4	7	13	17
1976 Montreal	206	2	3	4	9	15
1980 Moscow	121	6	5	3	14	8
1984 Los Angeles	238	5	7	16	28	12
1988 Seoul	266	6	4	6	16	9
1992 Barcelona	339	8	5	16	29	9
1996 Atlanta	299	15	7	15	37	5
2000 Sydney	336	13	14	11	38	6
2004 Athens	308	11	9	13	33	7
2008 Beijing	323	7	16	20	43	10
2012 London	330	11	11	13	35	7
2016 Rio de Janeiro	401	10	18	14	42	7
2020 Tokyo	future event
2024 Paris	future event
2028 Los Angeles	future event

Medals by Winter Games

Total		36	35	53	124	14
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924 Chamonix	43	0	0	3	3	9
1928 St. Moritz	38	1	0	0	1	5
1932 Lake Placid	8	1	0	0	1	7
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	28	0	0	1	1	10
1948 St. Moritz	36	2	1	2	5	5
1952 Oslo	26	0	0	1	1	12
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	32	0	0	0	0	–
1960 Squaw Valley	26	1	0	2	3	10
1964 Innsbruck	24	3	4	0	7	5
1968 Grenoble	75	4	3	2	9	3
1972 Sapporo	40	0	1	2	3	16
1976 Innsbruck	35	0	0	1	1	16
1980 Lake Placid	22	0	0	1	1	16
1984 Sarajevo	32	0	1	2	3	13
1988 Calgary	68	1	0	1	2	11
1992 Albertville	109	3	5	1	9	7
1994 Lillehammer	98	0	1	4	5	17
1998 Nagano	106	2	1	5	8	13
2002 Salt Lake City	114	4	5	2	11	6
2006 Turin	82	3	2	4	9	10
2010 Vancouver	108	2	3	6	11	12
2014 Sochi	116	4	4	7	15	10
2018 Pyeongchang	107	5	4	6	15	9
2022 Beijing	Future event
2026 Milan–Cortina	Future event

Number of medals won by France at the Olympic summer games from 1896 to 2012.

Number of medals won by France at the Olympic winter games from 1924 to 2014.

Medals by summer sport

Leading in that sport


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Fencing	42	41	35	118
Cycling	41	27	23	91
Athletics	14	25	30	69
Equestrian	14	13	10	37
Judo	14	10	25	49
Sailing	13	11	17	41
Shooting	9	14	10	33
Weightlifting	9	3	3	15
Swimming	8	15	20	43
Canoeing	8	9	19	36
Rowing	7	14	13	34
Archery	6	11	7	24
Boxing	6	9	10	25
Tennis	5	6	8	19
Wrestling	4	4	10	18
Gymnastics	3	10	9	22
Croquet	3	2	2	7
Handball	2	2	1	5
Rugby	1	2	0	3
Football	1	1	0	2
Water polo	1	0	3	4
Water motorsports	1	0	0	1
Taekwondo	0	3	4	7
Basketball	0	3	0	3
Modern pentathlon	0	1	2	3
Table tennis	0	1	1	2
Basque pelota	0	1	0	1
Cricket	0	1	0	1
Diving	0	1	0	1
Tug of war	0	1	0	1
Synchronized swimming	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 sports)	212	241	263	716

Medals by winter sport


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Alpine skiing	15	16	17	48
Biathlon	9	5	12	26
Snowboarding	4	4	4	12
Freestyle skiing	3	5	6	14
Figure skating	3	3	7	13
Nordic combined	2	1	1	4
Cross country skiing	0	1	3	4
Bobsleigh	0	0	1	1
Curling	0	0	1	1
Ski jumping	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 sports)	36	35	53	124

Summary by sport

Archery

France competed in archery in its first Olympic appearance in Paris 1900. The French team there took 13 of the 20 medals, including gold in 4 of the 7 events.

Games	Archers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	129	7/7	4	5	4	13
Total			6	11	7	24

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's Au Cordon Doré 33 metres	1/1	1900	1900	N/A	0	1	1	2	(1900)
Men's Au Cordon Doré 50 metres	1/1	1900	1900	1900	1	0	1	2	(1900)
Men's Au Chapelet 33 metres	1/1	1900	1900	N/A	0	1	1	2	(1900)
Men's Au Chapelet 50 metres	1/1	1900	1900	1900	1	1	1	3	(1900)
Men's Championnat Du Monde	1/1	1900	1900	1900	1	0	0	1	(1900)
Men's Sur La Perche À La Herse	1/1	1900	1900	N/A	0	1	0	1	(1900)
Men's Sur La Perche À La Pyramide	1/1	1900	1900	1900	1	1	0	2	(1900)

Athletics

France first competed in athletics at the inaugural 1896 Games, winning a silver and a bronze. The nation's first gold medal in the sport is a disputed one; Michel Théato was Luxembourgish but living in Paris; his win in the 1900 marathon is credited to France by the International Olympic Committee, which rejected a petition by Luxembourg to change the Olympic record of Théato's nationality.[3]

Games	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	5	9/12	0	1	1	2
1900 Paris	23	18/23	1	4	2	7
Total			14	25	30	69

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's 60 metres	1/2	1900	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	7–10 (1900)
Men's 100 metres	25/28	1896	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	5th (1920, 1968)
Men's 200 metres	21/27	1900	1960	N/A	0	0	2	2	(1960, 2016)
Men's 400 metres	20/28	1896	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	5th (2008)
Men's 800 metres	23/28	1896	1948	N/A	0	0	1	1	(1948)
Men's 1500 metres	25/28	1896	1896	N/A	0	3	2	6	(1900, 1928, 1960)
Men's 110 metres hurdles	23/28	1896	1972	1976	1	1	1	3	(1976)
Men's 200 metres hurdles	1/2	1900	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	4th (1900)
Men's 400 metres hurdles	17/26	1900	1900	N/A	0	1	1	2	(1900)
Men's 2500 metres steeplechase	1/1	1900	1900	N/A	0	0	1	1	(1900)
Men's 4000 metres steeplechase	1/1	1900	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	4th (1900)
Men's 5000 metres team race	1/1	1900	1900	N/A	0	1	0	1	(1900)
Men's marathon	23/28	1896	1900	1900	3	1	0	4	(1900, 1928, 1956)
Men's long jump	24/28	1896	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	4th (1896, 1976, 1996)
Men's triple jump	18/28	1896	1896	N/A	0	1	0	1	(1896)
Men's high jump	19/28	1900	1908	N/A	0	1	2	3	(1908)
Men's pole vault	24/28	1900	1984	1984	3	1	1	5	(1984, 1996, 2012)
Men's standing long jump	3/4	1900	1900	N/A	0	0	1	1	(1900)
Men's discus throw	13/28	1896	1932	N/A	0	0	1	1	(1932)

Basque pelota

France is credited with a silver medal in the only appearance of basque pelota as a medal sport at the Olympics in 1900, though the French team (one of only two teams to enter) withdrew shortly before the competition started.[4][5]

Games	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	2	1/1	0	1	0	1
Total			0	1	0	1

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Two-Man with Cesta	1/1	1900	1900	N/A	0	1	0	1	(1900)

Cricket

France is one of two nations to have competed in the only Olympic cricket competition, in 1900. The French team lost to a British team, taking second place.

Games	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	12	1/1	0	1	0	1
Total			0	1	0	1

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
2-day 12-man	1/1	1900	1900	N/A	0	1	0	1	(1900)

Croquet

France was the only nation to compete in the only Olympic croquet competitions, in 1900.

Games	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	10	3/3	3	2	2	7
Total			3	2	2	7

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Singles, one ball	1/1	1900	1900	1900	1	1	1	3	(1900)
Singles, two balls	1/1	1900	1900	1900	1	1	1	3	(1900)
Doubles	1/1	1900	1900	1900	1	0	0	1	(1900)

Cycling

France first competed in cycling in 1896, winning four of the six cycling events—all of the events which France contested. France has won more gold medals (41) and total medals (91) in the sport than any other nation.

Games	Cyclists	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	2	4/6	4	1	1	6
Total			41	27	23	91

Track

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's track time trial	19/19	1896	1896	1896	4	2	3	9	(4 times)
Men's sprint	26/26	1896	1896	1896	7	6	6	20	(7 times)
Men's 10 kilometres	1/1	1896	1896	1896	1	1	0	2	(1896)
Men's 25 kilometres	1/1	1900	1900	1900	1	1	1	3	(1900)
Men's 100 kilometres	2/2	1896	1896	1896	1	0	1	2	(1896)

Fencing

France has won the second-most gold medals and second-most total medals in fencing, in each case behind Italy.

Games	Fencers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	4	2/3	1	2	0	3
Total			42	41	35	118

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's foil	25/27	1896	1896	1896	9	9	7	25	(9 times)
Men's master's foil	2/2	1896	1896	1900	1	2	1	4	(1900)

Gymnastics

France had one gymnast participate in one event in the inaugural 1896 Games.

Games	Gymnasts	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	1	1/8	0	0	0	0
Total			3	10	9	22

Artistic

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's parallel bars	22/24	1896	2012	N/A	0	0	1	1	(2012)

Shooting

France competed in shooting at the inaugural 1896 Games, with one shooter in one event, winning no medals.

Games	Shooters	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	1	1/5	0	0	0	0
Total			9	14	10	33

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's 200 metre military rifle	1/1	1896	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	14–41 (1896)

Tennis

France first competed in tennis at the inaugural 1896 Games, with one player competing in men's singles and losing in the first round.

Games	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	1	1/2	0	0	0	0
Total			5	6	8	19

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's singles	14/15	1896	1924	N/A	0	1	1	2	(1924)

References

https://www.olympic.org/st-louis-1904
https://www.britannica.com/sports/Olympic-Games
"Michel THEATO (1878-1919)". pierrelagrue-jo.com. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
1900 basque pelota results from olympic.org
"Two-Man Teams With Cesta, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

External links

"France". International Olympic Committee.
"France". Olympedia.com.
"Olympic Analytics/FRA". olympanalyt.com.

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[1] ttps://www.olympic.org/st-louis-1904

[2] ttps://www.britannica.com/sports/Olympic-Games

[michel-3] "Michel THEATO (1878-1919)". pierrelagrue-jo.com. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

[IOCResults-4] 1900 basque pelota results from olympic.org

[1900BasquePelotaOlympedia-5] "Two-Man Teams With Cesta, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

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