France at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics France
games=1980 Summer
flagcaption=Flag of the Olympic Movement
competitors=121 (98 men and 23 women)
sports=13
gold=6
silver=5
bronze=3
total=14
rank=8

France competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, France competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag.

Medalists

Gold

* Thierry Rey — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)

* Angelo Parisi — Judo, Men's Heavyweight

* Pascale Hachin-Trinquet — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual

* Philippe Bonnin, Bruno Boscherie, Didier Flament, Pascal Jolyot and Frédéric Pietruszka — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
* Philippe Boisse, Philippe Riboud, Patrick Picot, Hubert Gardas and Michel Salesse — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition
* Isabelle Bégard, Véronique Brouquier, Pascale Hachin-Trinquet, Brigitte Gaudin-Latrille and Christine Muzio — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition

Silver

* Alain Lebas — Canoeing, Men's K1 1.000 metres Kayak Singles

* Yavé Cahard — Cycling, Men's 1.000 metres Sprint (Scratch)

* Alain Bondue — Cycling, Men's 4.000 metres Individual Pursuit

* Pascal Jolyot — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

* Angelo Parisi — Judo, Men's Open Class

Bronze

* Bernard Tchoullouyan — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)

* Philippe Riboud — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual

* Antoine Richard, Hermann Panzo, Patrick Barré and Pascal Barré — Athletics, Men's 4x100 metres Relay

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's Triple Jump
*Christian Valetudie:* Qualification — 16.43 m:* Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Marathon
* Jean-Michel Charbonnel:* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Pentathlon
* Florence Picaut — 4424 points (→ 9th place)
*# 100 metres — 13.75s
*# Shot Put — 13.24m
*# High Jump — 1.80m
*# Long Jump — 5.83m
*# 800 metres — 2:16.70

=Boxing=

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
* Ali Ben Maghenia
*# First Round — Bye
*# Second Round — Defeated Pushkardhoj Shahi (Nepal) walk-over
*# Third Round — Lost to John Siryakibbe (Uganda) on points (0-5)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
* Daniel Londas
*# First Round — Bye
*# Second Round — Lost to Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

=Modern Pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
* Paul Four — 5.196 pts (→ 12th place)
* Joël Bouzou — 5.107 pts (→ 20th place)
* Alain Cortes — 5.042 pts (→ 23rd place)

Men's Team Competition:
* Four, Bouzou, and Cortes — 15.345 pts (→ 5th place)

=Swimming=

Men's 100m Freestyle
* René Ecuyer:* Heats — 52,09:* Semi-Finals — 51,62:* Final — 52,01 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle
* Mark Lazzaro:* Heats — DNS

* Paskal Laget:* Heats — 1.56,01 (→ did not advance)

* Fabien Noël:* Heats — 1.53,25 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly
* Xavier Savin:* Final — 55,66 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
* Fabien Noël, Mark Lazzaro, Dominique Petit, and Paskal Laget:* Final — 7.36,08 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
* Frédéric Delcourt, Olivier Borios, Xavier Savin, and René Ecuyer:* Final — 3.49,19 (→ 5th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
* Guylaine Berger:* Final — 57,88 (→ 7th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke
* Catherine Poirot:* Heats — 1:12.94 (→ did not advance)

References

* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1980/ sports-reference]