France at the 1996 Summer Olympics

France competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 299 competitors, 197 men and 102 women, took part in 183 events in 25 sports.

France at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Atlanta
Competitors	299 (197 men and 102 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer	Marie-José Pérec
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 15 Silver 7 Bronze 15 Total 37
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jean Galfione	Athletics	Men's Pole vault	August 2
Gold	Marie-José Pérec	Athletics	Women's 200 m	August 1
Gold	Marie-José Pérec	Athletics	Women's 400 m	July 29
Gold	Frank Adisson Wilfrid Forgues	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-2	July 28
Gold	Florian Rousseau	Cycling	Men's time trial	July 24
Gold	Christophe Capelle Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau	Cycling	Men's team pursuit
Gold	Jeannie Longo	Cycling	Women's road race	July 21
Gold	Félicia Ballanger	Cycling	Women's sprint	July 27
Gold	Nathalie Lancien	Cycling	Women's points race
Gold	Laura Flessel	Fencing	Women's Épée Individual	July 21
Gold	Valérie Barlois Laura Flessel Sophie Moressee-Pichot	Fencing	Women's team Épée	July 24
Gold	Djamel Bouras	Judo	Men's 78 kg	July 23
Gold	David Douillet	Judo	Men's +95 kg	July 20
Gold	Marie-Claire Restoux	Judo	Women's 52 kg	July 25
Gold	Jean-Pierre Amat	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle three positions
Silver	Philippe Ermenault	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit
Silver	Marion Clignet	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit
Silver	Jeannie Longo	Cycling	Women's road time trial
Silver	Lionel Plumenail	Fencing	Men's Foil Individual	July 22
Silver	Valérie Barlois	Fencing	Women's Épée Individual	July 21
Silver	Gilles Bosquet Daniel Fauché Olivier Moncelet Bertrand Vecten	Rowing	Men's coxless four	July 27
Silver	Ghani Yalouz	wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg	July 21
Bronze	Patricia Girard	Athletics	Women's 100 m hurdles	July 31
Bronze	Patrice Estanguet	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1	July 27
Bronze	Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi	Canoeing	Women's slalom K-1	July 27
Bronze	Miguel Martinez	Cycling	Men's Cross-country	July 30
Bronze	Alexandra Ledermann	Equestrian	Individual jumping	August 4
Bronze	Franck Boidin	Fencing	Men's Foil Individual	July 22
Bronze	Jean-Michel Henry Robert Leroux Éric Srecki	Fencing	Men's team Épée	July 23
Bronze	Damien Touya	Fencing	Men's Sabre Individual	July 21
Bronze	Christophe Gagliano	Judo	Men's -71kg	July 24
Bronze	Stéphane Traineau	Judo	Men's -95kg	July 21
Bronze	Christine Cicot	Judo	Women's +72kg	July 20
Bronze	Samuel Barathay Frédéric Kowal	Rowing	Men's double sculls	July 27
Bronze	Michel Andrieux Jean-Christophe Rolland	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	July 27
Bronze	Hélène Cortin Christine Gossé	Rowing	Women's coxless pair	July 27
Bronze	Jean-Pierre Amat	Shooting	Men's 10 m air rifle

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In France's sixth appearance in modern Olympic archery, defending gold medallist Sebastien Flute was defeated in the first round of elimination. Fellow veteran Severine Bonal was also defeated early, while Lionel Torres reached the quarterfinal. The men's team was defeated in the first round.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sébastien Flute	Men's individual	644	46	Grov (NOR) L 158-161	Did not advance					39
Damien Letulle		657	26	Parenti (ITA) L 150-161	Did not advance					56
Lionel Torres		644	45	Fairweather (AUS) W 165-154	Yamamoto (JPN) W 164-163	Anchondo (MEX) W 159-158	Vermeiren (BEL) L 111-106	Did not advance		8
Sébastien Flute Damien Letulle Lionel Torres	Men's team	1945	10	—		Finland (FIN) L 244-245	Did not advance			9
Severine Bonal	Women's individual	632	40	Damanhuri (INA) W 156-151	Kim (KOR) L 153-159	Did not advance				20

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men's track & road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Needy Guims	100m	10.39	2 Q	10.43	7	Did not advance
Pascal Theophile		10.41	3 Q	10.38	7	Did not advance
Jean-Louis Rapnouil	400m	45.93	2 Q	45.74	5	Did not advance
Jimmy Jean-Joseph	800m	1:45.64	4 q	—		1:48.50	6	Did not advance
Bruno Konczylo		1:46.04	3 q			1:48.02	7	Did not advance
Kader Chekhemani	1500m	3:37.81	3 Q			3:34.84	8	Did not advance
Mickaël Damian		3:39.21	8			Did not advance
Eric Dubus		3:47.01	9			Did not advance
Abdellah Béhar	10.000m	DNF		—				Did not advance
Mohamed Ezzher		29:55.34	18					Did not advance
Vincent Clarico	110m hurdles	13.52	2 Q	13.57	4 Q	13.43	5	Did not advance
Emmanuel Romary		13.68	5 q	13.81	8	Did not advance
Nadir Bosch	3000m steeplechase	8:31.65	7 q	—		8:47.31	12	Did not advance
Hermann Lomba Régis Groisard Pascal Theophile Needy Guims	4 × 100 m relay	39.00	3 Q	—		38.82	4 Q	DNF
Jean-Olivier Brosseau	20 km walk	—						1:26:29	35
Denis Langlois								1:23:08	14
Thierry Toutain								1:21:56	10
Martial Fesselier	50 km walk	—						4:04:42	28
René Piller								3:58:00	19
Thierry Toutain								DSQ

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Emmanuel Bangué	Long jump	8.09	7 Q	8.19	4
Alain Andji	Pole vault	5.70	=1 Q	5.70	9
Jean Galfione		5.70	=5 Q	5.92 OR
Gilles Dupray	Hammer throw	74.04	19	Did not advance
Christophe Épalle		74.22	17	Did not advance
Raphaël Piolanti		76.44	9 q	75.24	11

Women's track & road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Odiah Sidibé	100m	11.40	3 Q	11.38	4 Q	11.35	8	Did not advance
Marie-José Pérec	200m	Bye		22.24	1 Q	22.07	1 Q	22.12
	400m	51.82	3 Q	51.00	1 Q	49.19	1 Q	48.25
Viviane Dorsile	800m	2:00.02	3 q	—		2:00.68	7	Did not advance
Patricia Djaté-Taillard		1:58.98	2 Q			1:57.93	3 Q	1:59.61	6
Blandine Bitzner-Ducret	1500m	4:13.83	5 Q			4:12.27	8	Did not advance
Frédérique Quentin		4:15.95	9			Did not advance
Chantal Dallenbach	10.000m	33:22.35	15	—				Did not advance
Farida Fates		34:38.49	15					Did not advance
Cécile Cinélu	100m hurdles	13.05	6 q	13.06	6	Did not advance
Patricia Girard-Leno		12.84	2 Q	12.72	3 Q	12.59	2 Q	12.65
Monique Tourret		13.12	4 Q	13.17	7	Did not advance
Sandra Citte Odiah Sidibe Delphine Combe Patricia Girard-Leno	4 × 100 m relay	43.09	2 Q	—				42.76	6
Francine Landre Viviane Dorsile Evelyne Elien Elsa de Vassoigne	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.07	3 Q					3:28.46	8
Nadia Prasad	Marathon	—						2:50:05	56
Nathalie Fortain	10km walk	—						46:43	31
Valérie Nadaud								47:49	36

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Isabelle Devaluez	Discus throw	55.08	37	Did not advance
Nadine Auzeil	Javelin throw	52.76	31	Did not advance

Combined events

Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Sebastien Levicq	Result	11.17	7.16	14.05	1.92	50.55	14.50	45.00	5.40	64.42	4:29.50	8192	17
	Points
Christian Plaziat	Result	10.85	7.82	14.85	2.04	49.07	14.52	45.34	4.90	52.18	4:35.00	8282	11
	Points

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Étienne Thobois	Men's singles	Sun (CHN) L 6–15, 6–15	Did not advance
Sandra Dimbour	Women's singles	Bye	Kim (KOR) L 1–11, 3–11	Did not advance

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Elimination					Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jean-Philippe Jodard Christian Penigaud	Men's	Keel / Kreen (EST) W 15–8	Takao / Rego (BRA) L 1–15	Did not advance		Setoyama / Takao (JPN) W 15–8	Prosser / Zahner (AUS) L 13–15	Did not advance					=13
Brigitte Lesage Anabelle Prawerman	Women's	Huerta / Soto (MEX) L 11–15	Did not advance			Kaize / Yudhani Rahayu (INA) L 11–15	Did not advance						=13

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank
Rachid Bouaita	Bantamweight	Abubakirov (KAZ) W 10–4	Križan (SVK) W 13–6	Mesa (CUB) L 8–15	Did not advance
Nordine Mouichi	Light welterweight	Usman (PAK) W KO-1	Bykovsky (BLR) W 17-6	Urkal (GER) L 10-19	Did not advance
Hussein Bayram	Welterweight	Simion (ROU) L 6-13	Did not advance
Jean-Paul Mendy	Middleweight	Ottke (GER) L 4-11	Did not advance
Jean-Louis Mandengue	Light heavyweight	Pourtaghi (IRN) W 21-9	Bispo (BRA) L RSCH-1	Did not advance
Christophe Mendy	Heavyweight	—	Bali (ROU) W RSCH-2	Defiagbon (CAN) L DSQ-3	Did not advance
Josué Blocus	Heavyweight	Guevara (VEN) W RSCH-2	Mamedov (AZE) L RSCH-1	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Best
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emmanuel Brugvin	C-1	163.28		156.71		156.71	6
Hervé Delamarre		155.98		178.77		155.98	5
Patrice Estanguet		152.84		160.89		152.84
Frank Adisson Wilfrid Forgues	C-2	195.82		158.82		158.82
Thierry Saïdi Emmanuel del Rey		173.43		165.47		165.47	6

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Laurent Brochard	Road race	4:56:33	17
Francesco Casagrande		4:56:44	32
Laurent Jalabert		4:56:43	21
Didier Rous		4:56:50	83
Richard Virenque		4:55:10	5
Laurent Brochard	Time trial	1:09:22	20
Laurent Jalabert		1:07:34	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marion Clignet	Road race	02:41:50	38
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli		02:36:13
Catherine Marsal		02:36:56	16
Marion Clignet	Time trial	38:14	5
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli		37:00

Track

Points race

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Francis Moreau	Men's points race	21	5
Nathalie Even-Lancien	Women's points race	24

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		First round	Repechage 1	Second round	Repechage 2	Round of 16	Repechage 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Time Speed	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Frédéric Magné	Men's sprint	10.602 67.91 km/h	14 Q	Moreno (ESP) W 10.740	Bye	Rousseau (FRA) L	Capitano (ITA)  Escuredo (ESP) W 11.035	Neiwand (AUS) L	Buráň (CZE)  Berzins (LAT) W 10.975	Harnett (CAN) L, W 11.022, L	Did not advance
Florian Rousseau		10.397 69.25 km/h	8 Q	van Zyl (RSA) W 11.296	Bye	Magné (FRA) W 10.745	Bye	Pokorny (GER) W 10.828	Bye	Fiedler (GER) L, L	Did not advance
Felicia Ballanger	Women's sprint	11.277 63.84 km/h	2 Q	—				Kasslin (FIN) W 11.901	Bye	Salumäe (EST) W 11.831, W 12.082	Neumann (GER) W 12.022, W 12.046	Ferris (AUS) W 11.903, W 12.096

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Philippe Ermenault	Men's individual pursuit	4:21.295	2 Q	Perez (ARG) W 4:22.826	Markov (RUS) W 4:24.082	Collinelli (ITA) L 4:22.714
Christophe Capelle Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau	Men's team pursuit	4:09.570	1 Q	New Zealand (NZL) W 4:08.965	Italy (ITA) W 4:08.460	Russia (RUS) W 4:07.730
Marion Clignet	Women's individual pursuit	3:35.774	2 Q	Mažeikytė (LTU) W 3:36.446	Arndt (GER) W 3:35.412	Bellutti (ITA) L 3:38.571

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Florian Rousseau	Men's 1km time trial	1:02.712 OR

Mountain Bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christophe Dupouey	Men's	2:25:03	4
Miguel Martinez		2:20:36
Laurence Leboucher	Women's	1:59.00	11
Sandra Temporelli		2:06.57	24

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Julie Danaux	Women's 10 m platform	201.27	29	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

15 fencers, 9 men and 6 women, represented France in 1996.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Franck Boidin	Individual foil	Bye	Jeong (KOR) W 15–14	García (ESP) W 15–12	Omnès (FRA) W 15–11	Puccini (ITA) L 13–15	Wienand (GER) W 15–11
Philippe Omnès		Bye	Grigoryev (KAZ) W 15–4	Gregory (CUB) W 15–14	Boidin (FRA) L 11–15	Did not advance		7
Lionel Plumenail		Bye	Ludwig (AUT) W 15–12	Pavlovich (RUS) W 15–12	Holubytskiy (UKR) W 15–13	Wienand (GER) W 15–9	Puccini (ITA) L 12–15
Jean-Michel Henry	Individual épée	Bye	Epurescu (ROU) W 15–9	Rivas (COL) W 15–11	Beketov (RUS) L 13–15	Did not advance		6
Robert Leroux		Bye	Bloom (USA) W 15–9	Kaaberma (EST) L 14–15	Did not advance			12
Éric Srecki		Bye	González (ESP) W 15–1	Beketov (RUS) L 10–15	Did not advance			9
Jean-Michel Henry Robert Leroux Éric Srecki	Team épée	—		Bye	Spain (ESP) W 45–38	Russia (RUS) L 42–35	Germany (GER) W 45–42
Jean-Philippe Daurelle	Individual sabre	Bye	García (ESP) W 15–9	Touya (FRA) L 7–15	Did not advance			12
Franck Ducheix		Bye	Olech (POL) W 15–11	Becker (GER) L 8–15	Did not advance			13
Damien Touya		Bye	Kaliuzhniy (UKR) W 15–11	Daurelle (FRA) W 15–7	Sznajder (POL) W 15–12	Sharikov (RUS) L 14–15	Navarrete (HUN) W 15–7
Damien Touya Franck Ducheix Jean-Philippe Daurelle	Team sabre	—		Bye	Poland (POL) L 42–45	Did not advance		5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Clothilde Magnan	Individual foil	Bye	Marsh (USA) L 9–15	Did not advance				23
Laurence Modaine-Cessac		Bye	Sharkova-Sidorova (RUS) W 15–14	Bianchedi (ITA) W 15–0	Koszto (GER) W 15–14	Vezzali (ITA) L 7–15	Trillini (ITA) L 9–15	4
Adeline Wuillème		Bye	Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) W 15–12	Badea-Cârlescu (ROU) L 6–15	Did not advance			14
Adeline Wuillème Clothilde Magnan Laurence Modaine-Cessac	Team foil	—		Bye	Hungary (HUN) L 45–38	Did not advance		5
Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux	Individual épée	Bye	Elinder (ROU) W 15–3	Hablützel-Bürki (SUI) W 15–14	Nagy (HUN) W 15–9	Zalaffi (ITA) W 15–6	Flessel-Colovic (FRA) L 12–15
Laura Flessel-Colovic		Bye	Chiesa (ITA) W 15–10	Titova (UKR) W 15–11	Hormay (HUN) W 15–12	Szalay-Horváth (HUN) W 15–10	Barlois-Mevel-Leroux (FRA) W 15–12
Sophie Moressée-Pichot		Bye	Yan Jing (CHN) W 15–14	Ittner (GER) L 10–15	Did not advance			10
Laura Flessel-Colovic Sophie Moressée-Pichot Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux	Team épée	—		Bye	Cuba (CUB) W 45–35	Russia (RUS) W 45–39	Italy (ITA) W 45–33

Football

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: Raymond Domenech

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Lionel Letizi	(1973-05-28)28 May 1973 (aged 23)		Nice
2	2DF	Martin Djetou	(1974-12-15)15 December 1974 (aged 21)		Strasbourg
3	2DF	Jérôme Bonnissel	(1973-01-04)4 January 1973 (aged 23)		Montpellier
4	2DF	Florent Laville	(1973-08-07)7 August 1973 (aged 22)		Lyon
5	2DF	Patrick Moreau	(1973-11-03)3 November 1973 (aged 22)		Bastia
7	3MF	Claude Makélélé	(1973-02-18)18 February 1973 (aged 23)		Nantes
8	3MF	Vikash Dhorasoo	(1973-10-10)10 October 1973 (aged 22)		Le Havre
9	4FW	Florian Maurice	(1974-05-20)20 May 1974 (aged 22)		Lyon
10	3MF	Antoine Sibierski	(1974-08-05)5 August 1974 (aged 21)		Lille
11	3MF	Robert Pires	(1973-10-29)29 October 1973 (aged 22)		Metz
12	2DF	Geoffray Toyes	(1973-05-18)18 May 1973 (aged 23)		Bordeaux
13	2DF	Vincent Candela	(1973-10-24)24 October 1973 (aged 22)		Guingamp
14	3MF	Olivier Dacourt	(1974-09-25)25 September 1974 (aged 21)		Strasbourg
15	4FW	Tony Vairelles	(1973-04-10)10 April 1973 (aged 23)		Lens
16	1GK	Vincent Fernández	(1975-01-31)31 January 1975 (aged 21)		Châteauroux
17	4FW	Sylvain Wiltord	(1974-05-10)10 May 1974 (aged 22)		Rennes
18	3MF	Sylvain Legwinski	(1973-06-10)10 June 1973 (aged 23)		AS Monaco
20	2DF	Oumar Dieng°	(1972-12-30)30 December 1972 (aged 23)		Paris Saint-Germain

Groupstage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Spain	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
Australia	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source: FIFA

20 July 1996

18:30 UTC−4

Match 1

France	2–0	Australia
Pires 13' Maurice 75'	Report

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 14,322

Referee: Roberto Rubén Ruscio (Argentina)

22 July 1996

19:00 UTC−4

Match 2

France	1–1	Spain
Legwinski 39'	Report	Óscar 85'

Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida

Attendance: 16,773

Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)

24 July 1996

19:00 UTC−4

Match 3

France	2–1	Saudi Arabia
Maurice 20' (pen.) Sibierski 48'	Report	Amin 26'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 4,615

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Quarterfinal

27 July 1996

18:00 UTC−4

Quarterfinals

Portugal	2–1 (a.e.t.)	France
Capucho 7' Calado  105'  (pen.)	Report	Maurice 49' (pen.)

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 22,339

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Apparatus												Total
		F		PH		R		V		PB		HB
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	Score	Rank
Patrice Casimir	Team	9.275	9.300	9.625	9.800 Q	9.350	9.550	9.562	9.375	9.575	9.050	9.537	9.425	113.424	23 Q
Sebastien Tayac		9.500	9.587	9.275	9.562	9.325	9.350	9.425	9.375	9.175	9.400	9.400	9.712	113.086	27 Q
Frederick Nicolas		9.075	9.325	9.150	9.350	9.200	9.375	9.400	9.175	9.175	9.375	9.400	9.500	111.500	39 Q
Frederic Lemoine		9.475	9.175	9.300	9.125	9.250	9.537	0.000	9.200	8.500	0.000	9.400	9.325	92.287	85
Eric Poujade		0.000	9.350	9.700	9.737 Q	—		9.587	9.250	9.400	9.400	9.512	8.900	84.836	93
Sebastien Darrigade		9.300	0.000	8.800	9.500	9.275	9.300	9.450	0.000	9.500	9.525	9.512	0.000	84.162	94
Thierry Aymes		9.587	9.787 Q	—		9.150	9.125	9.400	9.175	0.000	9.537	0.000	9.650	75.361	102
Total		94.436		94.999		93.512		93.799		94.062		94.973		565.781	11

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Score	Rank
Sébastien Tayac	All-around	9.562	9.512	9.425	9.525	9.200	9.475	56.699	26
Frédérick Nicolas		9.350	8.750	9.500	9.225	9.500	9.537	55.862	33
Thierry Aymes	Floor	9.750	—					9.750	=4
Patrice Casimir	Pommel horse	—	9.762	—				9.762	4
Eric Poujade			9.350					9.350	7

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Apparatus								Total
		V		UB		BB		F
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	Score	Rank
Isabelle Severino	Team	9.425	9.487	9.687	9.700	9.037	9.500	9.650	9.687	76.173	26 Q
Elvire Teza		9.362	9.400	9.737	9.712	8.750	9.662	9.587	9.587	75.797	33 Q
Ludivine Furnon		9.537	9.600	9.587	9.525	8.750	9.025	9.750	9.650	75.474	35 Q
Emilie Volle		9.287	9.387	9.612	9.500	9.050	9.550	9.412	9.537	75.335	36
Cécile Canqueteau		9.150	9.425	9.187	9.475	8.700	9.337	9.487	9.700	74.461	45
Orélie Troscompt		9.125	9.350	—				9.275	9.312	37.062	99
Laure Gély		—		9.537	9.275	8.550	9.200	—		36.562	100
Total		94.060		96.072		91.536		96.047		377.715	8

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total
		V	UB	BB	F	Score	Rank
Isabelle Severino	All-around	9.562	9.675	9.587	9.700	38.524	13
Elvire Teza		9.493	9.687	9.687	9.587	38.454	16
Ludivine Furnon		9.606	9.425	9.462	9.750	38.243	19

Rhythmic

Individual

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries						Semifinal						Final
		Apparatus				Total		Apparatus				Total		Apparatus				Total
		Rope	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Score	Rank	Rope	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Score	Rank	Rope	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Score	Rank
Eva Serrano	All-around	9.516	9.600	9.466	9.566	38.148	7 Q	9.666	9.700	9.566	9.683	38.615	8 Q	9.683	9.700	9.700	9.733	38.666	7

Group

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Final
		Apparatus		Total		Apparatus		Total
		5 balls	3 Balls 2 Ropes	Score	Rank	5 balls	3 Balls 2 Ropes	Score	Rank
Charlotte Camboulives Caroline Chimot Sylvie Didone Audrey Grosclaude Frederique Lehon Nadia Mimoun	All-around	19.200	19.033	38.233	5 Q	19.149	19.050	38.199	4

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

• Eric Amalou
• Grégory Anquetil
• Stéphane Cordinier
• Yohan Delattre
• Christian Gaudin

• Stéphane Joulin
• Guéric Kervadec
• Denis Lathoud
• Pascal Mahé
• Bruno Martini

• Gaël Monthurel
• Raoul Prandi
• Jackson Richardson
• Philippe Schaaf
• Stéphane Stoecklin
• Frédéric Volle

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	4	0	1	145	114	+31	8	Semifinals
2	Spain	5	4	0	1	114	97	+17	8
3	Egypt	5	3	0	2	113	103	+10	6	Fifth place game
4	Germany	5	3	0	2	121	112	+9	6	Seventh place game
5	Algeria	5	0	1	4	95	117	−22	1	Ninth place game
6	Brazil	5	0	1	4	100	145	−45	1	Eleventh place game

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

24 July 1996 11:45	France	27–25	Spain	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
	Kervadec 6	(10–9)	Urdiales 8

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25 July 1996 11:45	Algeria	22–33	France	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Lamali 5	(10–13)	Stoecklin 9

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27 July 1996 20:45	France	37–23	Brazil	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
	Volle 14	(16–10)	Pelissari 7

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29 July 1996 10:00	Egypt	20–25	France	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Soliman 5	(9–12)	Lathoud 8

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31 July 1996 16:15	France	23–24	Germany	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
	Prandi, Stoecklin 6	(10–12)	Fegter 7

Semifinal

2 August 1996 20:45	France	20–24	Croatia	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Høgsnes, Øie (NOR)
	Stoecklin 8	(8–12)	Ćavar 8

Bronze medal game

4 August 1996 11:00	Spain	27–25	France	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
	three players 5	(13–12)	Cordinier 7

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Franck Chambilly	–60 kg	Bye	Matuszek (SVK) W	Giovinazzo (ITA) L	Did not advance		Vazagashvili (GEO) L	Did not advance
Larbi Benboudaoud	–65 kg	Bye	Guimarães (BRA) L	Did not advance
Christophe Gagliano	–71 kg	Bye	Pereira (BRA) L	Did not advance			Abanoz (TUR) W	Corkin (NZL) W	Shturbabin (UZB) W	Boldbaatar (MGL) W
Djamel Bouras	–78 kg	Bye	Savchishkin (RUS) W	Yuan (CHN) W	García (ARG) W	Dott (GER) W	Bye			Koga (JPN) W
Darcel Yandzi	–86 kg	Bye	Birch (GBR) W	Wilkinson (AUS) W	Nakamura (ROU) L	Did not advance	Bye	Yoshida (JPN) L	Did not advance
Stéphane Traineau	–95 kg	Bye	Svirid (BLR) W	Gowing (NZL) W	Nakamura (JPN) W	Kim (KOR) L	Bye			Kovács (HUN) W
David Douillet	+95 kg	Bye	Van Barneveld (BEL) W	Mueller (LUX) W	Krieger (AUT) W	Ogawa (JPN) W	Bye			Pérez (ESP) W

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sarah Nichilo-Rosso	–48 kg	Li (CHN) W	Cao (VIE) W	Kye (PRK) L	Did not advance	Bye	Meijer (NED) W	Roszkowska (POL) W	Savón (CUB) L	=5
Marie-Claire Restoux	–52 kg	Bye	Brain-Grainger (AUS) W	Pedulla (USA) W	Krause (POL) W	Bye			Hyun (KOR) W
Magali Baton	–56 kg	González (CUB) L	Did not advance			Gal (NED) W	Fairbrother (GBR) L	Did not advance
Cathérine Fleury-Vachon	–61 kg	Bye	Emoto (JPN) L	Did not advance		Bogomyakova (RUS) L	Did not advance
Alice Dubois	–61 kg	Bye	Revé (CUB) W	Spacek (AUT) W	Szczepańska (POL) L	Bye			Wang (CHN) L	=5
Estha Essombe	–72 kg	Jenkins (CAN) W	Luna (CAN) W	Gómez (VEN) W	Tanabe (JPN) L	Bye			Scapin (ITA) L	=5
Christine Cicot	+72 kg	Bye	Maksymow (POL) L	Did not advance		—	Hefny (EGY) W	Son (KOR) W	Gundarenko (RUS) W

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Riding (show jumping)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Running (3000 m cross-country)			Total
		Time	Rank	MP Points	Wins	Rank	MP Points	Points	Rank	MP Points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Points	Rank
Sebastien Deleigne	Individual	1:24.73	23	926	13	24	730	178	=11	1072	3:29.52	26	1196	13:26.607	21	1147	5071	26
Christophe Ruer		1:21.85	16	965	15	=18	790	177	=14	1060	3:16.26	4	1304	12:54.137	10	1244	5363	12

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michel Andrieux Jean-Christophe Rolland	Coxless pair	6:35.75	1 Q	bye		6:49.15	2 FA	6:22.15
Frédéric Kowal Samuel Barathay	Double sculls	6:44.01	1 Q	bye		6:32.86	1 FA	6:19.85
Bertrand Vecten Olivier Moncelet Daniel Fauché Gilles Bosquet	Coxless four	6:18.70	3 Q	bye		6:09.58	1 FA	6:07.03
Yves Lamarque Vincent Lepvraud Sébastien Vieilledent Fabrice Leclerc	Quadruple sculls	6:12.69	4 R	5:51.82	3 Q	6:03.74	5 FB	6:00.48	12
Stéphane Barré Xavier Dorfman Stéphane Guerinot Henri-Pierre Dall'acqua	Lwt coxless four	6:26.84	6 R	5:59.95	3 Q	6:15.75	4 FB	6:02.39	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Céline Garcia	Single sculls	8:10.22	4 R	8:32.58	2 Q	8:13.37	5 FB	7:33.30	10
Christine Gossé Hélène Cortin	Coxless pair	7:31.91	1 Q	bye		7:30.21	1 FA	7:03.82
Myriam Lamolle Catherine Muller	Lwt double sculls	7:36.75	5 R	7:03.27	3 Q	7:20.11	5 FB	7:09.95	10

Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinal A/B; SC/D=Semifinal C/D; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	Rank
Jean-Max de Chavigny	Mistral	7	5	10	1	14	5	2	7	19	—		37	5
Philippe Presti	Finn	6	13	19	3	13	15	6	19	18	13	—	87	15
Jean-François Berthet Gwenaël Berthet	470	16	6	9	28	15	23	3	2	17	3	1	72	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	Rank
Maud Herbert	Mistral	8	1	17	8	1	9	11	10	9	—		46	8
Florence Le Brun Annabel Chaulvin	470	13	13	PMS	12	7	5	19	14	13	11	10	98	15

Open

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	Rank
Guillaume Florent	Laser	7	17	14	12	25	21	21	8	14	22	DSQ	136	15
Frédéric le Peutrec Franck Citeau	Tornado	8	1	3	7	8	4	5	11	4	6	9	46	6

Mixed racing

Athlete	Event	Fleet racing												Match racing
		Race										Total		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marc Bouet Sylvain Chtounder Gildas Morvan	Soling	11	DSQ	6	17	9	13	10	7	3	10	69	11	Did not advance			11

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jean-Pierre Amat	10 m air rifle	591	6 Q	102.1	1	693.1
Franck Badiou		588	=18	Did not advance
Michel Bury	50 m rifle prone	592	=30	Did not advance
Roger Chassat		590	=39	Did not advance
Jean-Pierre Amat	50 m rifle three positions	1175 OR	=1 Q	98.9	3	1273.9 OR
Roger Chassat		1156	=35	Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin	10 m air pistol	573	=36	Did not advance
Gérard Fernandez		579	=12	Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin	25 m rapid fire pistol	575	=21	Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin	50 m air pistol	560	=11	Did not advance
Gérard Fernandez		553	=28	Did not advance
Christophe Vicard	Trap	117	=37	Did not advance
Jean-Paul Gros	Double trap	135	12	Did not advance
Marc Mennessier		131	=17	Did not advance
Franck Durbesson	Skeet	121	=9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Valérie Bellenoue	10 m air rifle	395	3	101.6	4	496.6	4
Carole Couesnon		384	=41	Did not advance
Muriel Bernard	Double trap	98	14	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Christophe Kalfayan	50 m freestyle	22.83	14 FB	22.96	=14
Nicolas Gruson	100 m freestyle	50.71	23	Did not advance
Christophe Bordeau	200 m freestyle	1:52.17	24	Did not advance
Yann deFabrique	400 m freestyle	3:55.42	14 FB	3:56.46	15
	1500 m freestyle	15:40.49	17	Did not advance
Franck Schott	100 m backstroke	55.77	7 FA	55.76	8
Vladimir Latocha	100 m breaststroke	1:02.80	17 FB	1:02.28	9
Jean-Christophe Sarnin	200 m breaststroke	2:15.27	9 FB	2:16.26	14
Stéphan Perrot		2:18.58	22	Did not advance
Franck Esposito	100 m butterfly	53.77	12 FB	54.02	14
	200 m butterfly	1:58.79	7 FA	1:58.10 NR	4
David Abrard		2:03.17	16 FB	2:01.25	15
Xavier Marchand	200 m individual medley	2:03.17	8 FA	2:04.29	8
Ludovic Depickère Nicolas Gruson Peirrick Chavatte Frédéric Lefevre	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:21.79	11	Did not advance
Yann deFabrique Lionel Poirot Bruno Orsoni Christophe Bordeau	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:22.98	6 FA	7:24.85	8
Franck Schott Vladimir Latocha Franck Esposito Nicolas Gruson	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:42.94	11	Did not advance

Key:FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Casey Legler	50 m freestyle	26.52	=29	Did not advance
Solenne Figuès	100 m freestyle	56.90	20	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:02.74	14 FB	2:01.47	12
Laetitia Choux	400 m freestyle	4:21.39	24	Did not advance
Hélène Ricardo	100 m backstroke	1:04.03	19	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:14.18	=10 FB	2:16.29	15
Karine Brémond	100 m breaststroke	1:11.80	25	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:36.26	29	Did not advance
Karine Brémond	100 m butterfly	1:01.58	16 FB	1:01.20	11
	200 m butterfly	2:13.58	11 FB	2:12.99	10
Solenne Figuès Jacqueline Delord Casey Legler Marianne Le Verge	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:48.30	10	Did not advance
Marianne Le Verge Hélène Ricardo Laëtitia Choux Solenne Figuès	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:18.90	14	Did not advance
Hélène Ricardo Karine Brémond Cécile Jeanson Solenne Figuès	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:15.69	16	Did not advance

Key:FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical		Free		Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Virginie Dedieu Marianne Aeschbacher Myriam Lignot Celine Leveque Julie Fabre Isabelle Manable Magali Rathier Charlotte Massardier Delphine Maréchal Éva Riffet	Team	33.460	5	62.616	5	96.076	5

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Chila	Men's singles	Kreanga (GRE) W 2–1	Toriola (NGR) W 2–0	Baboor (IND) W 2–1	1 Q	Roßkopf (GER) L 0–3	Did not advance
Jean-Philippe Gatien		Korbel (CZE) L 0–2	Choi (PRK) W 2–0	Morales (CHI) W 2–0	2	Did not advance
Patrick Chila Christophe Legout	Men's doubles	Kong / Liu (CHN) L 0–2	Karlsson / von Scheele (SWE) W 2–1	Addy / Opoku (GHA) W 2–0	2	—	Did not advance
Damien Eloi Jean-Philippe Gatien		Chan / Lo (HKG) W 2–0	Choe / Li (PRK) W 2–0	Hyatt / Hylton (JAM) W 2–0	1 Q	—	Fetzner / Roßkopf (GER) L 0–3	Did not advance
Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou	Women's singles	Qiao (CHN) L 0–2	Sato (JPN) L 0–2	Musoke (UGA) W 2–0	3	Did not advance
Emmanuelle Coubat Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou	Women's doubles	Deng / Qiao (CHN) L 0–2	Chiu / Geng (CAN) W 2–1	—	2	—	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Arnaud Boetsch	Singles	Steven (NZL) W 6–2, 7–6(7–2)	Bruguera (ESP) L 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 2-6	Did not advance
Guillaume Raoux		Black (ZIM) L 3–6, 6–3, 2-6	Did not advance
Arnaud Boetsch Guillaume Raoux	Doubles	Woodbridge / Woodforde (AUS) L 2–6, 6–3, 3-6	—	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mary Pierce	Singles	Barabanschikova (RUS) W 6–3, 7–5	Gorrochategui (ARG) L 4–6, 6–1, 5–7	Did not advance
Nathalie Tauziat		Sabatini (ARG) L 5–7, 2–6	Did not advance
Mary Pierce Nathalie Tauziat	Doubles	—	Grzybowska / Olsza (POL) W 6–2, 3–6, 6-0	G Fernández / MJ Fernández (USA) L 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Eric Bonnel	– 54 kg	105.0	110.0	115.0	135.0	140.0	140.0	250.0	11
Cédric Plançon	– 91 kg	155.0	160.0	160.0	185.0	190.0	190.0	345.0	19

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Bronze semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
David Legrand	–52 kg	Fitzgerald (AUS) W 10–0	Mohammadi (IRI) L 0–5	Did not advance		Sasayama (JPN) L 5–12	Did not advance

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Bronze semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ghani Yalouz	–69 kg	Tretyakov (RUS) W 8–0	Miyake (JPN) W 10–0	Bye	Madzhidov (BLR) W 4–1	Bye	Wolny (POL) L 0–7

Notes

• (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-05. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)