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France at the 1992 Summer Olympics

France competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 339 competitors, 241 men and 98 women, took part in 196 events in 25 sports.[1]

France at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codeFRA
NOCFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Barcelona
Competitors339 (241 men and 98 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer Jean-François Lamour
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
8
Silver
5
Bronze
16
Total
29
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Catherine Fleury Judo Women's 61 kg 30 July
  Gold Philippe Omnès Fencing Men's foil 31 July
  Gold Éric Srecki Fencing Men's épée 1 August
  Gold Franck David Sailing Men's Lechner A-390 2 August
  Gold Cécile Nowak Judo Women's 48 kg 2 August
  Gold Nicolas Hénard
Yves Loday		 Sailing Tornado 3 August
  Gold Sébastien Flute Archery Men's individual 3 August
  Gold Marie-José Pérec Athletics Women's 400 metres 5 August
  Silver Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli Cycling Women's individual road race 26 July
  Silver Franck Badiou Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle 27 July
  Silver Pascal Tayot Judo Men's 86 kg 29 July
  Silver Sylvain Curinier Canoeing Men's slalom K-1 2 August
  Silver Jean-Philippe Gatien Table tennis Men's singles 6 August
  Bronze Hervé Boussard
Didier Faivre-Pierret
Philippe Gaumont
Jean-Louis Harel		 Cycling Men's team time trial 26 July
  Bronze Nathalie Lupino Judo Women's +72 kg 27 July
  Bronze David Douillet Judo Men's +95 kg 27 July
  Bronze Stéphan Caron Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle 28 July
  Bronze Laetitia Meignan Judo Women's 72 kg 28 July
  Bronze Catherine Plewinski Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 29 July
  Bronze Franck Esposito Swimming Men's 200 metre butterfly 30 July
  Bronze Bertrand Damaisin Judo Men's 78 kg 30 July
  Bronze Jacky Avril Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 1 August
  Bronze Jean-Michel Henry Fencing Men's épée 1 August
  Bronze Franck Adisson
Wilfrid Forgues		 Canoeing Men's slalom C-2 2 August
  Bronze Jean-François Lamour Fencing Men's sabre 2 August
  Bronze Hubert Bourdy
Hervé Godignon
Éric Navet
Michel Robert		 Equestrian Team jumping 4 August
  Bronze Jean-Philippe Daurelle
Franck Ducheix
Hervé Granger-Veyron
Pierre Guichot
Jean-François Lamour		 Fencing Men's team sabre 7 August
  Bronze Olivier Boivin
Didier Hoyer		 Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres 8 August
  Bronze France men's national handball team
 Handball Men's tournament 8 August

Competitors edit

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Athletics 38 19 57
Badminton 1 3 4
Boxing 5 – 5
Canoeing 23 8 31
Cycling 14 4 18
Diving 2 0 2
Equestrian 8 4 12
Fencing 15 5 20
Gymnastics 3 8 11
Handball 16 0 16
Judo 7 7 14
Modern pentathlon 3 – 3
Rowing 18 7 25
Sailing 13 4 17
Shooting 10 7 17
Swimming 15 10 25
Synchronized swimming – 3 3
Table tennis 4 2 6
Tennis 3 4 7
Volleyball 12 0 12
Water polo 13 – 13
Weightlifting 6 – 6
Wrestling 9 – 9
Total 241 98 339

Archery edit

Main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

In France's fifth appearance in modern Olympic archery, the individual archers went 7-3 in head-to-head competition, buoyed by Sebastien Flute's 5-0 record as he advanced to the final and won the gold medal. It was the first medal the French had won in modern Olympic archery. Both teams won the first two rounds before being defeated in the semifinals. They also both lost their bronze medal matches.

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Bruno Felipe Individual 1273 31 Q   Shikarev (EUN)
L 102–103 		Did not advance
Sébastien Flute 1301 14 Q   Im (KOR)
W 107–102 		  Han (KOR)
W 106–97 		  Lipponen (FIN)
W 109–103 		  Grov (NOR)
W 110–107 		  Chung (KOR)
W 110–107 		 
Michaël Taupin 1232 56 Did not advance
Bruno Felipe
Sébastien Flute
Michaël Taupin 		Team 3806 9 Q —   Italy
W 235–229 		  South Korea
W 241–240 		  Finland
L 230–237 		  Great Britain
L 231–233 		4
Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Séverine Bonal Individual 1321 9 Q   Li (PRK)
W 104–96 		  Lai (TPE)
L 108–109 		Did not advance
Christine Gabillard 1254 41 Did not advance
Nathalie Hibon 1285 23 Q   Nowicka (POL)
L 100–105 		Did not advance
Séverine Bonal
Christine Gabillard
Nathalie Hibon 		Team 3860 5 Q —   Indonesia
W 236–235 		  United States
W 234–225 		  South Korea
L 221–246 		  Unified Team
L 222–240 		4

Athletics edit

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Max Morinière 100 metres 10.36 8 Q 10.34 14 Q 10.42 14 Did not advance
Daniel Sangouma 10.63 28 Q 10.64 30 Did not advance
Gilles Quénéhervé 200 metres 20.99 17 Q 20.96 24 Did not advance
Jean-Charles Trouabal DNF Did not advance
Frédéric Cornette 800 metres 1:48.22 27 — Did not advance
Pascal Thiébaut 5000 metres 13:31.16 6 Q — 13:43.39 13
Antonio Martins Bordelo 10,000 metres 28:35.13 20 q — 28:47.66 15
Thierry Pantel DNF — Did not advance
Dominique Chauvelier Marathon — 2:19:09 31
Luis Soares — 2:21:57 45
Pascal Zilliox — 2:30:02 64
Dan Philibert 110 metres hurdles 13.72 18 q 13.74 13 q 13.77 11 Did not advance
Sébastien Thibault 13.94 27 Did not advance
Philippe Tourret 13.91 24 q 14.09 23 Did not advance
Stéphane Caristan 400 metres hurdles 49.16 11 Q — 49.50 8 Q 48.86 7
Stéphane Diagana 48.41 2 Q — 48.28 4 Q 48.13 4
Thierry Brusseau 3000 metres steeplechase 8:33.10 22 Q — 8:42.48 23 Did not advance
Joseph Mahmoud 8:30.54 17 Q — 8:52.00 24 Did not advance
Max Moriniére
Daniel Sangouma
Gilles Quénéhervé
Bruno Marie-Rose 		4 × 100 metres relay 39.49 6 Q — 39.02 9 Did not advance
Jean-Louis Rapnouil
Yann Quentrec
Stéphane Caristan
Stéphane Diagana 		4 × 400 metres relay 3:04.25 11 — Did not advance
Thierry Toutain 20 kilometres walk — DQ
Martial Fesselier 50 kilometres walk — 4:06:31 16
Alain Lemercier — 4:07:30 17
René Piller — 4:02:40 15
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Philippe Collet Pole vault 5.55 12 q 5.55 7
Philippe d'Encausse 5.50 14 Did not advance
Jean Galfione 5.50 13 Did not advance
Serge Hélan Long jump 7.60 31 Did not advance
Franck Lestage 7.72 21 Did not advance
Pierre Camara Triple jump 17.34 1 Q 16.52 11
Serge Hélan 16.47 20 Did not advance
Georges Sainte-Rose 16.50 19 Did not advance
Christophe Épalle Hammer throw 76.24 8 Q 74.84 10
Frédéric Kuhn 71.76 19 Did not advance
Raphaël Piolanti 73.22 17 Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Alain Blondel Result 11.31 7.31 13.56 2.03 49.19 14.50 37.78 5.10 58.00 4:23.82 8031 15
Points 793 888 701 831 852 911 620 941 708 786
William Motti Result 11.42 7.13 15.44 2.12 50.44 15.02 50.58 4.70 67.50 4:48.89 8164 7
Points 769 845 817 915 794 847 882 819 851 625
Christian Plaziat Result 10.70 7.21 14.88 1.97 DNF
Points 929 864 782 776
Women
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Laurence Bily 100 metres 11.57 19 Q 11.64 22 Did not advance
Patricia Girard 11.51 18 Q 11.54 16 Q 11.70 16 Did not advance
Odiah Sidibé 11.62 22 q 11.63 21 Did not advance
Valérie Jean-Charles 200 metres 23.69 25 q 23.64 26 Did not advance
Maguy Nestoret 24.15 34 Did not advance
Elsa Devassoigne 400 metres 52.07 3 Q 51.75 14 Q 52.85 16 Did not advance
Marie-José Pérec 53.64 23 Q 50.89 6 Q 49.48 1 Q 48.83  
Viviane Dorsile 800 metres 2:01.54 19 — Did not advance
Marie-Pierre Duros 1500 metres 4:10.14 21 q — 4:26.61 26 Did not advance
Marie-Pierre Duros 3000 metres 8:42.32 1 Q — DNF
Zohra Graziani-Koullou 8:55.21 18 — Did not advance
Rosario Murcia 10,000 metres 33:16.96 26 — Did not advance
Annette Sergent 32:57.29 23 — Did not advance
Maria Rebélo Marathon — DNF
Cécile Cinélu 100 metres hurdles 13.40 23 Q 13.07 9 q 13.24 12 Did not advance
Monique Éwanjé-Épée 13.73 30 Did not advance
Anne Piquereau 13.11 9 Q 13.17 11 Q 13.32 13 Did not advance
Patricia Girard
Odiah Sidibé
Laurence Bily
Marie-José Pérec 		4 × 100 metres relay 42.58 5 Q — 42.85 4
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Sandrine Fricot High jump 1.90 21 Did not advance
Combined event – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Total Rank
Odile Lesage Result 13.75 1.88 13.48 25.24 5.99 41.28 2:15.57 6141 15
Points 1014 1080 759 865 846 692 885
Nathalie Teppe Result 14.06 1.79 12.69 26.13 5.65 52.58 2:24.42 5847 23
Points 970 966 707 786 744 910 764

Badminton edit

Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Stéphane Renault Singles   Mendrek (TCH)
L 5–15, 2–15 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Virginie Delvingt Singles   Bąk (POL)
L 0–11, 2–11 		Did not advance
Sandra Dimbour   Robertson (NZL)
L 10–12, 9–12 		Did not advance
Christelle Mol   Muggeridge (GBR)
L 5–11, 7–11 		Did not advance
Virginie Delvingt
Christelle Mol 		Doubles —   Gowers /
Sankey (GBR)
L 7–15, 7–15 		Did not advance

Boxing edit

Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Philippe Wartelle Bantamweight   Pérez (COL)
W 12–5 		  Jalnaiz (PHI)
L RSC R2 		Did not advance
Djamel Lifa Featherweight   Baleña (PHI)
W 20–12 		  Tews (GER)
L 4–9 		Did not advance
Julien Lorcy Lightweight   Marjouane (MAR)
W 11–7 		  Dobashi (JPN)
W RSC R2 		  Rudolph (GER)
L 10–13 		Did not advance
Saïd Ben Najem Welterweight   Hernández (CUB)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Patrice Aouissi Light heavyweight   Verde (MEX)
W RSC R3 		  Raforme (SEY)
L RSC R2 		Did not advance

Canoeing edit

Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Slalom edit

Athlete Event Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank
Jacky Avril Men's C-1 117.18 1 135.75 18 117.18  
Emmanuel Brugvin 125.14 9 119.19 5 119.19 7
Thierry Humeau 127.42 11 124.91 15 124.91 18
Franck Adisson
Wilfrid Forgues 		Men's C-2 144.09 10 124.38 3 124.38  
Éric Biau
Bertrand Daille 		133.83 6 160.64 15 133.83 11
Thierry Saïdi
Emmanuel del Rey 		132.29 5 137.96 12 132.29 8
Laurent Brissaud Men's K-1 109.37 2 123.02 24 109.37 5
Sylvain Curinier 133.09 34 107.06 2 107.06  
Vincent Fondeviole 112.69 11 285.19 43 112.69 14
Marianne Agulhon Women's K-1 140.44 7 132.89 4 132.89 5
Anne Boixel 203.19 24 140.81 8 140.81 11
Myriam Jerusalmi 150.86 14 150.76 15 150.76 21

Sprint edit

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Pascal Sylvoz C-1 500 metres 1:54.60 4 R 1:55.72 1 SF 1:54.38 4 F 1:55.96 7
C-1 1000 metres 4:03.39 2 SF Bye 4:06.83 1 F 4:09.82 5
Didier Hoyer
Olivier Boivin 		C-2 500 metres 1:44.46 3 SF — 1:42.09 1 F 1:43.04 6
C-2 1000 metres 3:35.82 2 F — Bye 3:39.51  
Olivier Lasak
Philippe Aubertin 		K-2 500 metres 1:49.42 8 R 1:32.51 3 SF 1:33.20 9 Did not advance
Philippe Boccara
Pascal Boucherit 		K-2 1000 metres 3:26.81 5 R 3:18.13 3 SF 3:21.02 5 Did not advance
Pierre Lubac
Jean-François Briand
Sébastien Mayer
Patrick Lancereau 		K-4 1000 metres 3:02.60 5 SF — 2:58.98 6 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sabine Goetschy K-1 500 metres 1:57.68 3 SF 1:51.99 3 F 1:53.53 6
Sabine Goetschy
Bernadette Brégeon 		K-2 500 metres 1:45.19 3 SF 1:43.61 6 Did not advance
Françoise Lasak
Bernadette Brégeon
Isabelle Boulogne
Anne Michaut 		K-4 500 metres 1:39.27 5 SF 1:41.83 5 Did not advance

Cycling edit

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

18 cyclists, 14 men and 4 women, represented France in 1992. Jeannie Longo won silver in the women's road race and the men won bronze in the team time trial.

Road edit

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Sylvain Bolay Road race 4:35:56 7
Pascal Hervé 4:35:56 48
Emmanuel Magnien DNF
Hervé Boussard
Didier Faivre-Pierret
Philippe Gaumont
Jean-Louis Harel 		Team time trial 2:05:25  
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Marion Clignet Road race 2:05:13 33
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli 2:05:02  
Catherine Marsal 2:05:03 21

Track edit

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Round 1 Round 2
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Frédéric Magné Men's sprint 10.617 7   Jeřábek (TCH),
  Bloch (RSA)
W 11.230 		Bye   Neiwand (AUS),
  Chiappa (ITA)
L 		  Carpenter (USA)
L 		Did not advance
Félicia Ballanger Women's sprint 11.508 2   Kuroki (JPN),
  Paraskevin-Young (USA)
W 12.615 		Bye —   Wang (CHN)
W, W 		  Salumäe (EST)
L, L 		  Haringa (NED)
L, L 		4
Time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Frédéric Lancien Time trial 1:05.157 6
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Philippe Ermenault Men's individual pursuit 4:33.892 5 Q   Anderson (NZL)
L 4:28.838 		Did not advance
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli Women's individual pursuit 3:46.935 6 Q   Twigg (USA)
L 3:46.547 		Did not advance
Hervé Dagorné
Philippe Ermenault
Daniel Pandèle
Pascal Potié 		Men's individual pursuit 4:23.924 11 Did not advance
Points race
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Laps Points Rank Laps Points Rank
Éric Magnin Points race −1 lap 30 3 Q 0 laps 24 6

Diving edit

Main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Philippe Duvernay 3 m springboard 310.14 29 Did not advance
Frédéric Pierre 10 m platform 329.01 19 Did not advance

Equestrianism edit

Main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Fencing edit

Main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented France in 1992.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics edit

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Handball edit

Main article: Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition edit

Judo edit

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon edit

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented France in 1992.

Individual
Team
  • Sébastien Deleigne
  • Joël Bouzou
  • Christophe Ruer

Rhythmic gymnastics edit

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Rowing edit

Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sailing edit

Main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

Women's 470 Class

Shooting edit

Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Swimming edit

Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


Women's 50 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Audrey Guerit
    • Heat — 2:32.33
    • B-Final — 2:32.10 (→ 11th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Women's 200 m Butterfly

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Synchronized swimming edit

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Three synchronized swimmers represented France in 1992.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis edit

Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Tennis edit

Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

Volleyball edit

Main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition edit

Water polo edit

Main article: Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition edit

Weightlifting edit

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

First-heavyweight 90–100 kg

Wrestling edit

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

References edit

  1. ^ "France at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
  2. ^ France at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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