France at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics

France has been represented by 54 athletes at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.

28 women and 26 men have composed this team.

29 athletes are under 25 years (53%).

All 4 relays (men and women) will compete at Osaka.

Only two silver medals (Mesnil and Diniz) have been won by the French Team.

The 23 athletes with the best marks are:
* Christine Arron : 100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m
* Muriel Hurtis-Houairi : 200 m, 4x100 m
* Adrianna Lamalle : 100 m haies, 4x100 m
* Sophie Duarte : 3000 m steeple
* Julie Coulaud : 3000 m steeple
* Élodie Olivares : 3000 m steeple
* Melanie Skotnik : HJ
* Vanessa Boslak : PV
* Eunice Barber : LJ [Barber should have been competing in the Heptathlon also, but had to pull out due to injury http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/6958279.stm]
* Teresa Nzola Meso Ba : TJ
* Manuela Montebrun : HT
* Marie Collonvillé : Heptathlon
* David Alerte : 200 m, 4x100 m
* Mehdi Baala : 1500 m
* Ladji Doucouré : 110 m hs
* Bouabdellah Tahri : 3000 m steeple
* Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad : 3000 m steeple
* Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux : 3000 m steeple
* Romain Mesnil : PV
* Romain Barras : Decathlon
* Yohann Diniz : 50 km walk
* Eddy Riva : 50 km walk
* David Boulanger : 50 km walk

Then, there are 12 athletes with good marks at the National Championships or with IAAF-Standard-A

* Solen Désert : 400 m, 4x400 m
* Maria Martins : 1500 m
* Mélina Robert-Michon : DT
* Amélie Perrin : HT
* Eddy De Lépine : 200 m, 4x100 m
* Leslie Djhone : 400 m, 4x400 m
* Mounir Yemmouni : 1500 m
* Bano Traoré : 110 m hs
* Naman Keïta : 400 hs, 4x400 m (testosterone case announced by IAAF)
* Jérôme Clavier : PV
* Julien Kapek : TJ
* Yves Niaré : SP

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