France At The 1992 Summer Olympics

339 competitors, 241 men and 98 women, took part in 196 events in 25 sports.

France at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Barcelona
Competitors	339 (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)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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

Men
Track and road events

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

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

Combined event – Heptathlon

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

Slalom

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

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

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

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

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

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

Men

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

Men's foil

• Philippe Omnès
• Patrick Groc
• Patrice Lhôtellier

Men's team foil

• Patrick Groc, Youssef Hocine, Olivier Lambert, Patrice Lhôtellier, Philippe Omnès

Men's épée

• Éric Srecki
• Jean-Michel Henry
• Olivier Lenglet

Men's team épée

• Éric Srecki, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Jean-François Di Martino, Robert Leroux

Men's sabre

• Jean-François Lamour
• Jean-Philippe Daurelle
• Franck Ducheix

Men's team sabre

• Jean-François Lamour, Jean-Philippe Daurelle, Franck Ducheix, Hervé Granger-Veyron, Pierre Guichot

Women's foil

• Laurence Modaine-Cessac
• Isabelle Spennato
• Gisèle Meygret

Women's team foil

• Camille Couzi, Gisèle Meygret, Laurence Modaine-Cessac, Julie-Anne Gross, Isabelle Spennato

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group B)
  • France — Spain 18-16
  • France — Unified Team 22-23
  • France — Germany 23-20
  • France — Romania 26-20
  • France — Egypt 22-19
• Semi Finals
  • France — Sweden 22-25
• Bronze Medal Match
  • France — Iceland 24-20 (→   Bronze Medal)
• Team roster
  • Philippe Debureau
  • Philippe Gardent
  • Denis Lathoud
  • Pascal Mahé
  • Philippe Médard
  • Gaël Monthurel
  • Laurent Munier
  • Frédéric Perez
  • Thierry Perreux
  • Alain Portes
  • Éric Quintin
  • Jackson Richardson
  • Stéphane Stoecklin
  • Jean-Luc Thiébaut
  • Denis Tristant
  • Frédéric Volle
• Head coach: Daniel Costantini

Three male pentathletes represented France in 1992.

Individual

• Sébastien Deleigne
• Joël Bouzou
• Christophe Ruer

Team

• Sébastien Deleigne
• Joël Bouzou
• Christophe Ruer

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

• Franck David
  • Final Ranking — 70.7 points (→   Gold Medal)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

• Maud Herbert
  • Final Ranking — 78.0 points (→ 4th place)

Women's 470 Class

• Florence Le Brun and Odile Barre
  • Final Ranking — 65.7 points (→ 6th place)

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Christophe Kalfayan
  • Heat — 22.70
  • Final — 22.50 (→ 4th place)
• Stéphan Caron
  • Heat — 23.01
  • B-Final — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Stéphan Caron
  • Heat — 49.82
  • Final — 49.50 (→   Bronze Medal)
• Christophe Kalfayan
  • Heat — 50.30
  • B-Final — 50.49 (→ 11th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Christophe Marchand
  • Heat — 3:54.59
  • B-Final — 3:53.24 (→ 13th place)
• Yann DeFabrique
  • Heat — 3:55.66
  • B-Final — 3:54.37 (→ 14th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Christophe Marchand
  • Heat — 15:30.51 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Franck Schott
  • Heat — 55.84
  • Final — 55.72 (→ 6th place)
• David Holderbach
  • Heat — 58.25 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• David Holderbach
  • Heat — 2:03.11 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Stéphane Vossart
  • Heat — 1:02.81
  • B-Final — 1:02.39 (→ 10th place)
• Christophe Bourdon
  • Heat — 1:04.43 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Stéphane Vossart
  • Heat — 2:15.11
  • B-Final — 2:15.52 (→ 10th place)
• Christophe Bourdon
  • Heat — 2:17.68 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Bruno Gutzeit
  • Heat — 54.35
  • B-Final — 54.80 (→ 11th place)
• Franck Esposito
  • Heat — 55.26 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Franck Esposito
  • Heat — 1:58.75
  • Final — 1:58.51 (→   Bronze Medal)
• Christophe Bordeau
  • Heat — 2:01.99 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Frédéric Lefevre
  • Heat — 2:03.82
  • B-Final — 2:04.05 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Stéphan Caron, Frédéric Lefevre, Ludovic Depickère, Bruno Gutzeit, Franck Schott, and Christophe Kalfayan
  • Heat — 3:22.01
  • Final — 3:19.16 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Christophe Bordeau, Lionel Poirot, Franck Horter, and Yann DeFabrique
  • Heat — 7:26.22 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Franck Schott, Stéphane Vossart, Franck Esposito, Christophe Kalfayan, Bruno Gutzeit, and Stéphan Caron
  • Heat — 3:43.13
  • Final — 3:40.51 (→ 5th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Catherine Plewinski
  • Heat — 25.78
  • Final — 25.36 (→ 4th place)
• Julie Blaise
  • Heat — 26.48 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Catherine Plewinski
  • Heat — 55.44
  • Final — 55.72 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Catherine Plewinski
  • Heat — 2:00.67
  • Final — 1:59.88 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Céline Bonnet
  • Heat — 1:05.75 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
• Diane Lacombe
  • Heat — 1:06.31 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Audrey Guerit
  • Heat — 1:13.98 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

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

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Catherine Plewinski
  • Heat — 1:00.03
  • Final — 59.01 (→   Bronze Medal)
• Jacqueline Delord
  • Heat — 1:01.78
  • B-Final — 1:03.22 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Cécile Jeanson
  • Heat — 2:13.23
  • B-Final — 2:13.40 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Céline Bonnet
  • Heat — 2:18.95
  • B-Final — 2:19.14 (→ 14th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Céline Bonnet
  • Heat — 4:54.70 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Julie Blaise, Julia Reggiany, Marie-Laure Giraudon, and Veronique Jardin
  • Heat — 3:50.22 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Céline Bonnet, Audrey Guerit, Jacqueline Delord, and Julie Blaise
  • Heat — 4:21.19 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Three synchronized swimmers represented France in 1992.

Women's solo

• Anne Capron
• Marianne Aeschbacher
• Karine Schuler

Women's duet

• Anne Capron
• Marianne Aeschbacher

Men's Singles Competition

• Guy Forget
  • First round — Defeated Cristiano Caratti (Italy) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
  • Second round — Lost to Magnus Larsson (Sweden) 3-6, 3-6, 1-6
• Fabrice Santoro
  • First round — Defeated Christian Miniussi (Argentina) 6-1, 7-6, 6-4
  • Second round — Defeated Javier Frana (Argentina) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
  • Third round — Defeated Boris Becker (Germany) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Goran Ivanišević (Croatia) 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 4-6, 6-8

Men's Doubles Competition

• Guy Forget and Henri Leconte
  • First round — Defeated Emanuel Couto and Bernardo Mota (Portugal) 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
  • Second round — Lost to Javier Frana and Christian Miniussi (Argentina) 6-4, 7-6, 4-6, 4-6, 3-6

Men's team competition

• Team roster
  • Rivo Andriamamonjy
  • Eric Bouvier
  • Laurent Chambertin
  • Arnaud Josserand
  • Olivier Lecat
  • Luc Marquet
  • Christophe Meneau
  • David Romann
  • Olivier Rossard
  • Philippe Salvan
  • Laurent Tillie
  • Eric Wolfer

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group A)
  • Tied with Germany (7-7)
  • Lost to Australia (5-8)
  • Lost to United States (7-11)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (14-6)
  • Lost to Unified Team (5-9)
• Classification Matches
  • Lost to Greece (6-10)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (8-15) → 11th place
• Team roster
  • Thierry Alimondo
  • Pierre Garsau
  • Nicolas Jeleff
  • François Besson
  • Emmanuel Charlot
  • Vincent De Nardi
  • Emmanuel Ducher
  • Christophe Gautier
  • Christian Grimaldi
  • Pascal Lousteanu
  • Gilles Madelenat
  • Jean-Marie Olivon
  • Patrice Tillie

First-heavyweight 90–100 kg

• Francis Tournefier — 4th place, 387.5 kg (170.0 kg/ 217.5 kg)