France at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics France
games=2004 Summer
competitors=342
sports=
flagbearer=Jackson Richardson (Handball)
gold=11
silver=9
bronze=13
total=33
rank=7

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, France was represented by the National Olympic Committee of France ( _fr. Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français).

Medalists

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

Results by event

=Archery=

Men's individual:
* Franck Fisseux - 38th place
* Jocelyn de Grandis - 51st place
* Thomas Naglieri - 60th place

Women's individual:
* Alexandra Fouace - 34th place
* Bérangère 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, Bérangère Schuh, and Aurore Trayan - 4th place

=Athletics=

Men's 100 metres:
* Ronald Pognon - Semifinal, 10.32 s (did not advance)
* Eddy de Lépine - 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)
* Véronique Mang - Round 2, 11.39 s (did not advance)

Men's 110 metre hurdles:
* Ladji Doucouré - 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 Félix - 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:
* Élisabeth 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:
* Bouabdellah 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, Frédéric Krantz, and David Alerte - Round 1, 0:38.93 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 metre relay:
* Véronique 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)
* Kafétien 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:
* Mélina 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

=Badminton=

Women's singles:
* Pi Hongyan - defeated in round of 32

Mixed doubles:
* Svetoslav Stoyanov and Victoria Wright - defeated in round of 32

=Boxing=

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 Noël
*# Round of 32 - Defeated Andre Berto of Haiti, 36-34
*# Round of 16 - Lost to Viktor Polyakov of Ukraine, 32-25

=Canoe/Kayak=

Flatwater

Men's C2 500 metres:
* Yannick Lavigne and José Lenoir - semifinal, 13th place

Men's C2 1000 metres:
* Yannick Lavigne and José 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

lalom

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:
* Benoît Peschier - final, gold medal
* Fabien Lefèvre - final, bronze medal

Women's K1 slalom:
* Peggy Dickens - final, 4th place

=Cycling=

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:
* Mathieu Ladagnous, Anthony Langella, Jerome Neuville, and Fabien Sanchez - first round, 7th place

Men's individual sprint:
* Laurent Gane - bronze medal match, 4th place
* Mickaël 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
* François 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:
* Mickaël Bourgain - final, 4th place
* Laurent Gane - first repechage, no rank

Men's Madison:
* Jérôme Neuville and Mathieu Ladagnous - did not finish

Mountain biking

Men's Cross Country
* Gold Medal)
* Jean-Christophe Péraud — 2:20:59 (→ 11th place)
* Miguel Martinez — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Ccross Country
* Laurence Leboucher — 2:05:34 (→ 8th place)

=Diving=

Women's 10 metre platform:
* Claire Febvay - preliminary, 33rd place

=Equestrian=

* 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).

=Fencing=

Men's épée individual:
* Érik 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
* Loïc 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
* Gaël Touya - defeated in round of 32
* Damien Touya - defeated in round of 32

Women's sabre individual:
* Léonore Perrus - defeated in quarterfinals
* Anne-Lise Touya - defeated in round of 16
* Cécile Argiolas - defeated in round of 16

Men's épée team:
* Fabrice Jeannet, Jérôme 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:
* Loïc Attelly, Jean-Noël Ferrari, and Brice Guyart - 5th place

Men's sabre team:
* Julien Pillet, Damien Touya, and Gaël Touya - gold medal

=Gymnastics=

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
* Benoît Caranobe - advanced in one exercise
** All-around - 17th place
* Dimitri Karbanenko - did not advance in any exercise
* Florent Marée - 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

=Handball=

Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round:* 5-0-0
* Quarterfinal:* Lost to Russia (26-24)
* Classification Match (5-8):* Defeated Spain (29-27)
* Classification Match (5/6):* Defeated Greece (33-15) (→ 5th place)
*Team Roster:*Joël Abati:*Grégory Anquetil :*Cédric Burdet :*Didier Dinart:*Jérôme Fernandez:*Guillaume Gille:*Bertrand Gille:*Olivier Girault:*Michaël Guigou:*Nikola Karabatic:*Guéric Kervadec:*Daniel Narcisse:*Thierry Omeyer:*Yohann Ploquin:*Jackson Richardson

Women's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round:* 2-0-2
* Quarterfinals:* Defeated Hungary (25-23)
* Semifinals:* Lost to South Korea (31-32)
* Bronze Medal Match:* Lost to Ukraine (18-21) → 4th place
*Team Roster:*Joanne Dudziak:*Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin :*Estelle Vogein:*Leïla Lejeune-Duchemann :*Sandrine Delerce :*Melinda Jacques :*Nodjialem Myaro :*Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland :*Sophie Herbrecht :*Stéphanie Cano :*Isabelle Wendling :*Myriam Korfanty :*Delphine Guehl :*Raphaëlle Tervel:*Valérie Nicolas

=Judo=

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:
* Cédric Claverie - defeated in round of 32

Men's 90 kg:
* Frédéric 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:
* Céline Lebrun - defeated in semifinals; repechage finals

Women's 78+ kg:
* Éva Bisseni - defeated in round of 16

=Modern Pentathlon=

Women's
* Amélie Caze - 5144 pts, 11th place
* Blandine Lachèze - 4988 pts, 19th place

Men's
* Sébastien Deleigne - 5180 pts, 15th place
* Raphaël Astier - 4932 pts, 25th place

=Rowing=

* 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

=Sailing=

* Faustine Merret won the gold medal in Women's Mistral

=Swimming=

* Hugues Duboscq won the bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke
* Solenne Figuès 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"

=Taekwondo=

*Pascal Gentil won the bronze medal in men's over 80 kg
*Myriam Baverel won the silver medal in women's over 67 kg

=Tennis=

*Amélie Mauresmo won the silver medal in women's singles

=Triathlon=

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)
* Stéphane Poulat - 1:53:51.35 (14th place)

=Volleyball=

Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round:* 2-3
* Quarterfinals:* Did not qualify
*Team Roster:*Hubert Henno:*Dominique Daquin:*Stéphane Antiga:*Laurent Capet:*Frantz Granvorka:*Vincent Montméat:*Loïc De Kergret:*Philippe Barça-Cysique:*Guillaume Samica:*Mathias Patin:*Oliver Kieffer:*Sébastien Frangolacci

Men's Beach Competition

* Stéphane Canet and Mathieu Hamel
** Prelims: 1-2
** Round of 16: Did not qualify

=Wrestling=

*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

ee also

* France at the 2005 Mediterranean Games