France at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics France
games=1984 Summer
competitors=238
sports=21
flagbearer=Angelo Parisi
gold=5
silver=7
bronze=16
total=28
rank=12

France competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.

Medalists

Gold

* Pierre Quinon — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault

* Philippe Boisse — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual

* Jean-François Lamour — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual

* Philippe Hébérle — Shooting, Men's Air Rifle

* William Ayache, Michel Bibard, Michel Bensoussan, Dominique Bijotat, François Brisson, Patrick Cubaynes, Patrice Garande, Philippe Jeannol, Guy Lacombe, Jean-Claude Lemoult, Jean-Philippe Rohr, Albert Rust, Didier Sénac, Jean-Christophe Thouvenel, José Touré, Daniel Xuereb, and Jean-Louis Zanon — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition

Silver

* Joseph Mahmoud — Athletics, Men's 3000m Steeplechase

* Bernard Bregeon and Patrick Lefoulon — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs

* Philippe Boisse, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Philippe Riboud, and Michel Salesse — Fencing, Men's Épée Team

* Philippe Delrieu, Franck Ducheix, Hervé Granger-Veyron, Pierre Guichot, and Jean-François Lamour — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team

* Angelo Parisi — Judo, Men's Heavyweight

* Michel Bury — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone

* Frédéric Delcourt — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke

Bronze

* Thierry Vigneron — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault

* Michèle Chardonnet — Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles

* Christophe Tiozzo — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight

* Bernard Bregeon — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles

* François Barouh, Philippe Boccara, Pascal Boucherit and Didier Vavasseur — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours

* Didier Hoyer and Eric Renaud — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs

* Fabrice Colas — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial

* Marc Cerboni, Patrick Groc, Pascal Jolyot, Philippe Omnès and Frédéric Pietruszka — Fencing, Men's Foil Team

* Philippe Riboud — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual

* Véronique Brouquier, Brigitte Gaudin-Latrille, Pascale Hachin-Trinquet, Anne Meygret, and Laurence Modaine — Fencing, Women's Foil Team

* Philippe Vatuone — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises

* Marc Alexandre — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)

* Michel Nowak — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)

* Didier Boube, Joël Bouzou and Paul Four — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition

* Catherine Poirot — Swimming, Women's 100m Breaststroke

* Thierry Peponnet and Luc Pillot — Sailing, Men's 470 Team Competition

Results by event

=Archery=

After not competing in archery in 1980, France returned to the sport in 1984 with two male competitors.

Men's Individual Competition:
* Gerard Douis – 2485 points (→ 17th place)
* Philippe Loyen – 2411 points (→ 35th place)

=Athletics=

Men's Competition

Men's Marathon
* Alain Lazare:* Final — 2:17:52 (→ 28th place)

* Jacky Boxberger:* Final — 2:22:00 (→ 42nd place)

Men's High Jump
* Franck Verzy:* Qualification — 2.15m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw
* Jean-Paul Lakafia:* Qualification — 80.52m:* Final — 70.86m (→ 12th place)

Men's Pole Vault
* Pierre Quinon :* Qualifying Round — 5.35m :* Final — 5.75m (→ Gold Medal)

* Thierry Vigneron :* Qualifying Round — 5.40m :* Final — 5.60m (→ Bronze Medal)

* Serge Ferreira:* Qualifying Round — 5.30m :* Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Hammer Throw
* Walter Ciofani :* Qualification — 73.10m :* Final — 73.46m (→ 7th place)

Men's Decathlon
* William Motti :* Final Result — 8266 points (→ 5th place)

Men's 20km Walk
* Gerard Lelievre:* Final — 1:27:50 (→ 15th place)

* Martial Fesselier:* Final — 1:29:46 (→ 20th place)

* Dominique Guebey:* Final — did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's Competition

Women's 3.000 metres
* Annette Sergent :* Heat — 9.15.82 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump
* Maryse Ewanjé-Epée :* Qualification — 1.90m :* Final — 1.94m (→ 4th place)

* Brigitte Rougeron :* Qualification — 1.84m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon
* Florence Picaut:* Final Result — 5914 points (→ 13th place)

* Chantal Beaugeant:* Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)

=Basketball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):*Lost to Uruguay (87-91):*Lost to PR China (83-85):*Lost to Spain (82-97):*Lost to United States (62-120):*Lost to Canada (69-96)
*Classification Matches:*9th/12th place: Lost to Brazil (86-100):*11th/12th place: Defeated Egypt (102-78) → Eleventh place
*Team Roster:*Gregor Beugnot:*Jean Michel Senegal:*Richard Dacoury:*Jacques Monclar:*Philippe Szanyiel:*Stephane Ostrowski:*Jean Luc Deganis:*Herve Dubuisson:*Patrick Cham:*Bangaly Kaba:*Eric Beugnot:*Georges Vestris

=Boxing=

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
*Louis Gomis:* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Defeated Stefan Gertel (West Germany), retired in the second round:* Third Round — Lost to Ndaba Dube (Zimbabwe), 0-5

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
* Vincent Sarnelli:* First Round – Bye:* Second Round – Lost to Moses Mwaba (Zambia), after knock-out in first round

=Cycling=

Women's Individual Road Race
*Jeannie Longo — 2:12:35 (→ 6th place)
*Cécile Odin — 2:13:28 (→ 11th place)
*Dominique Damiani — 2:13:28 (→ 14th place)

=Football (soccer)=

Men's Team Competition:
* Preliminary Round (Group A):* France – Qatar 2-2 :* France – Norway 2-1 :* France – Chile 1-1
*Quarterfinal :* France – Egypt 2-0
*Semifinal :* France – Yugoslavia 4-2 [After extra time]
*Final:* France – Brazil 2-0
*Team Roster:* ( 1.) Albert Rust:* ( 2.) William Ayache:* ( 3.) Michel Bibard:* ( 4.) Dominique Bijotat:* ( 5.) François Brisson:* ( 6.) Patrick Cubaynes:* ( 7.) Patrice Garande:* ( 8.) Philippe Jeannol:* ( 9.) Guy Lacombe:* (10.) Jean-Claude Lemoult:* (11.) Jean-Philippe Rohr:* (12.) Didier Sénac:* (13.) Jean-Christophe Thouvenel:* (14.) José Toure:* (15.) Daniel Xuereb:* (16.) Jean-Louis Zanon:* (17.) Michel Bensoussan
*Head Coach: Henri Michel

=Swimming=

Men's 100m Freestyle
*Stéphan Caron:* Heat — 51.13:* Final — 50.70 (→ 6th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle
*Franck Iacono:* Heat — 3:55.07 :* Final — 3:54.58 (→ 5th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle
*Franck Iacono:* Heat — 15:27.27:* Final — 15:26.96 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke
*Frédéric Delcourt:* Heat — 58.22:* B-Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 200m Backstroke
*Frédéric Delcourt:* Heat — 2:02.59 :* Final — 2:01.75 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 200m Breaststroke
*Thierry Pata:* Heat — 2:20.14:* B-Final — 2:20.05 (→ 10th place)

*Christophe Deneuville:* Heat — 2:24.54 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
*Stéphan Caron, Laurent Neuville, Dominique Bataille, and Bruno Lesaffre:* Heat — 3:24.68:* Final — 3:24.63 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
*Pierre Andraca, Dominique Bataille, Michel Pou, and Stéphan Caron:* Heat — 7:27.40
*Stéphan Caron, Dominique Bataille, Michel Pou, and Pierre Andraca:* Final — 7:30.16 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
*Frédéric Delcourt, Thierry Pata, Xavier Savin, and Stéphan Caron:* Heat — 3:50.75 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
*Sophie Kamoun:* Heat — 57.49:* B-Final — 57.81 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle
*Laurence Bensimon:* Heat — 2:06.01 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle
*Laurence Bensimon:* Heat — 9:01.75 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley
*Laurence Bensimon:* Heat — 2:24.34:* B-Final — 2:27.13 (→ 16th place)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
*Sophie Kamoun, Caroline Amoric, Laurence Bensimon, and Veronique Jardin:* Heat — 3:52.67 :* Final — 3:52.15 (→ 8th place)