France at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics France
games=1976 Summer
competitors=206
sports=18
flagbearer=Daniel Morelon
gold=2
silver=3
bronze=4
total=9
rank=15

France competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

Medalists

France finished in 15th position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and nine medals overall.

Gold

* Guy Drut — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles

* Hubert Parot, Michel Roche, Marc Roguet and Marcel Rozier — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition

ilver

* Daniel Morelon — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)

* Brigitte Dumont, Brigitte Gaudin-Latrille, Claudie Josland, Christine Muzio, and Véronique Trinquet — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition

* Daniel Senet — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight

Bronze

* Bernard Talvard — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Competition

* Daniel Revenu, Frédéric Pietruszka, Christian Nöel, Didier Flament, and Bernard Talvard — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition

* Henry Boërio — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar

* Patrick Vial — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (70 kg)

Results by event

=Archery=

In France's second appearance in modern Olympic archery, one woman and one man represented the nation. Albert Le Tyrant posted France's best placing since 1920.

Women's Individual Competition:
* Christine Ventrillon – 2298 points (→ 17th place)

Men's Individual Competition:
* Albert Le Tyrant – 2408 points (→ 12th place)

=Athletics=

Men's 800 metres
* José Marajo:* Heat — 1:49.60 (→ did not advance)

* Marcel Philippe:* Heat — 1:50.81 (→ did not advance)

* Roqui Sanchez:* Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres
* Jacques Boxberger:* Heat — 13:36.94 (→ did not advance)

* Jean-Marie Conrath:* Heat — 13:34.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres
* Jean-Paul Gomez:* Heat — 28:10.52:* Final — 28:24.07 (→ 9th place)

* Rault Lucien:* Heat — 29:40.76 (→ did not advance)

* Pierre Levisse:* Heat — 32:07.84 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles
* Jean-Pierre Perrinelle:* Heats — 50.78s:* Semi Final — 50.82s (→ did not advance)

* Jean-Claude Nallet:* Heats — 50.77s:* Semi Final — 50.82s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon
* Fernand Kolbeck:* Final — 2:22:56 (→ 34th place)

Men's 4x100 metres Relay
*Jean-Claude Amoureux, Joseph Arame, Lucien Sainte-Rose, and Dominique Chauvelot:* Heat — 39.71s :* Semi Final — 39.33s :* Final — 39.16s (→ 7th place)

Men's Long Jump
* Jacques Rousseau:* Qualification — 7.82m:* Final — 8.00m (→ 4th place)

* Philippe Deroche:* Qualification — 7.38m (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump
* Paul Poaniewa:* Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

* Jacques Aletti:* Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20km Race Walk
* Gerard Lelievre — 1:29:53 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200 metres
* Chantal Réga:* Round 1 — 23.54:* Round 2 — 23.22:* Semifinals — 23.00:* Final — 23.09 (→ 8th place)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* José Leroy
*# First Round — Lost to Said Mohamed Abdelwahab (EGY), KO-1

=Cycling=

Men's Individual Road Race
*Jean-René Bernaudeau — 4:47:23.0 (→ 7th place)
*Christi Jourdain — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*Francis Duteil — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*René Bittinger — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Eric Vermeulen — 1:07.846 (→ 5th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint
*Daniel Morelon — Silver Medal

Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit
*Jean-Jacques Rebière — 12th place