France at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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France at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	342
Flag bearer	Jackson Richardson
Medals Rank: 7	Gold 11	Silver 9	Bronze 13	Total 33
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics, France was represented by the National Olympic Committee of France (French: Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français).

Medals

France finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with 11 gold medals and 33 medals overall.

Results by event

Archery

Men's individual:

• Franck Fisseux - 38th place
• Jocelyn de Grandis - 51st place
• Thomas Naglieri - 60th place

Women's individual:

• Alexandra Fouace - 34th place
• Bérangère Schuh - 43rd place
• Aurore Trayan - 59th place

Men's team:

• Jocelyn de Grandis, Franck Fisseux, and Thomas Naglieri - 10th place

Women's team:

• Alexandra Fouace, Bérangère Schuh, and Aurore Trayan - 4th place

Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

• Ronald Pognon - Semifinal, 10.32 s (did not advance)
• Eddy de Lépine - Round 2, DNS (did not advance)
• Issa Aime Nthepe - Round 1, 10.67 s (did not advance)

Women's 100 metres:

• Christine Arron - Semifinal, 11.21 s (did not advance)
• Véronique Mang - Round 2, 11.39 s (did not advance)

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

• Ladji Doucouré - Final, 13.76 s (8th place)

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

• Reina Flor Okori - Semifinal, 12.81 s (did not advance)
• Linda Ferga-Khodadin - Round 1, 13.02 s (did not advance)
• Nicole Ramalalanirina - Round 1, 13.07 s (did not advance)

Women's 200 metres:

• Sylviane Félix - Round 1: 22.94 s, Round 2: 23.08 s, Semifinal: 22.99 s
• Christine Arron - Round 1: 22.60 s, Round 2: 22.90 s, Semifinal: 23.05 s
• Muriel Hurtis - Round 1: 22.77 s, Round 2: 23.33 s

Men's 400 metres:

• Leslie Djhone - Final, 44.94 s (7th place)

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

• Naman Keita - Final, 48.26 s (bronze medal)

Men's 800 metres:

• Nicolas Aissat - Semifinal, 1:47.1 (did not advance)
• Florent Lacasse - Round 1, 1:46.9 (did not advance)

Women's 800 metres:

• Élisabeth Grousselle - Round 1: 2:00.31, Semifinal: 2:00.21

Men's 1500 metres:

• Mehdi Baala - Round 1, 3:46.06 (did not advance)
• Mounir Yemmouni - Round 1, 3:51.08 (did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres:

• Maria Martins - Round 1: 4:05.95, Semifinal: 4:12.76
• Hind Dehiba - Round 1: 4:07.96
• Latifa Essarokh - Round 1: 4:09.08

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:

• Bouabdellah Tahri - Final, 8:14.26 (7th place)
• Vincent Ledauphin - Final, 8:16.15 (10th place)

Women's 5000 metres:

• Margaret Maury - Round 1: 14:56.79, Final: 15:09.77 (11th place)

Men's 10000 metres:

• Ismail Sghyr - Final, 27:57.09 (8th place)

Men's 4x100 metre relay:

• Issa Aime Nthepe, Ronald Pognon, Frédéric Krantz, and David Alerte - Round 1, 0:38.93 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

• Véronique Mang, Muriel Hurtis, Sylviane Félix and Christine Arron - Round 1: 42.98 s, Final: 42.54 s (bronze medal)

Men's 4x400 metre relay:

• Ahmed Douhou, Ibrahima Wade, Abderrahim El Haouzy, and Leslie Djhone - Round 1, 3:04.39 (did not advance)

Men's decathlon:

• Laurent Hernu - 8237 points (7th place)
• Romain Barras - 8067 points (13th place)

Women's heptathlon:

• Marie Collonville - 6279 points (7th place)

Men's marathon:

• El Hassan Lahssini - 2:19:50 (36th place)
• Driss El Himer - 2:29:07 (68th place)

Women's marathon:

• Corinne Raux - 2:35:54 (15th place)
• Hafida Gadi - 2:50:29 (52nd place)
• Rakiya Maraoui Quetier - DNF

Men's 50 km walk:

• Eddy Riva - 4:00:25 (21st place)
• David Boulanger - 4:01:32 (22nd place)
• Denis Langlois - DNF

Men's long jump:

• Salim Sdiri - Final, 7.94 metres (12th place)
• Kafétien Gomis - Round 1, 7.99 metres (did not advance)
• Yann Domenech - Round 1, 7.73 metres (did not advance)

Women's long jump:

• Eunice Barber - Round 1: 6.37 metres

Men's triple jump:

• Julien Kapek - Final, 16.81 metres (10th place)
• Karl Taillepierre - Round 1, 15.50 metres (did not advance)

Men's pole vault:

• Romain Mesnil - Round 1, 5.65 metres (did not advance)
• Nicolas Guigon - Round 1, 5.30 metres (did not advance)

Women's pole vault:

• Vanessa Boslak - Round 1: 4.40 metres, Final: 4.40 metres (6th place)
• Marie Poissonnier - Round 1: 4.00 metres

Women's shot put:

• Laurence Manfredi - Round 1: 17.78 metres

Women's discus:

• Mélina Robert-Michon - Round 1: 56.70 metres

Men's javelin:

• David Brisseault - Round 1, 71.86 metres (did not advance)

Women's hammer:

• Manuela Montebrun - Round 1: 67.90 metres

Badminton

Women's singles:

• Pi Hongyan - defeated in round of 32

Mixed doubles:

• Svetoslav Stoyanov and Victoria Wright - defeated in round of 32

Boxing

France sent six boxers to Athens, mostly in the lighter weight classes. They won a silver medal. Two lost their first bouts, as the team combined for a record of 8-6. France was part of a four-way tie for 8th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)

• Redouane Asloum
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Aleksan Nalbandyan of Armenia, 27-20

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Jérôme Thomas - Silver Medal
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Akhil Kumar of India, 37-16
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Juan Carlos Payano of Dominican Republic, 36-17
  3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Tulashboy Doniyorov of Uzbekistan, 25-16
  4. Semifinal - Defeated Fuad Aslanov of Azerbaijan, 23-18
  5. Final - Lost to Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano of Cuba, 38-23

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Ali Hallab
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Malik Bouziane of Algeria, 19-16

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Khedafi Djelkhir
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Saifeddine Nejmaoui of Tunisia, 38-13
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Vitali Tajbert of Germany, 40-26

Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)

• Willy Blain
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Sassi Mohamed Ali of Tunisia, 36-14
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Alexandr Maletin of Russia, 28-20
  3. Quarterfinal - Lost to Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand, 20-8

Men's Welterweight (– 69 kg)

• Xavier Noël
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Andre Berto of Haiti, 36-34
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Viktor Polyakov of Ukraine, 32-25

Canoe/Kayak

Flatwater

Men's C2 500 metres:

• Yannick Lavigne and José Lenoir - semifinal, 13th place

Men's C2 1000 metres:

• Yannick Lavigne and José Lenoir - semifinal, 11th place

Men's K1 500 metres:

• Babak Amir Tahmasseb - final, 7th place

Women's K1 500 metres:

• Nathalie Marie - semifinal, 16th place

Men's K1 1000 metres:

• Babak Amir Tahmasseb - semifinal, 12th place

Women's K2 500 metres:

• Anne-Laure Viard and Marie Delattre - semifinal, 10th place

Slalom

Men's C1 slalom:

• Tony Estanguet - final, gold medal
• Nicolas Peschier - preliminary heats, 14th place

Men's C2 slalom:

• Philippe Quemerais and Yann le Pennec - final, 5th place

Men's K1 slalom:

• Benoît Peschier - final, gold medal
• Fabien Lefèvre - final, bronze medal

Women's K1 slalom:

• Peggy Dickens - final, 4th place

Cycling

Road cycling

Men's road race:

• Thomas Voeckler - 20th place, 5:41:56
• Laurent Brochard - 44th place, 5:44:13
• Richard Virenque - 48th place, 5:44:13
• Sylvain Chavanel - did not finish
• Christophe Moreau - did not finish

Women's road race:

• Jeannie Longo - 10th place, 3:25:23
• Edwige Pitel - 32nd place, 3:28:39
• Sonia Huguet - 40th place, 3:30:30

Men's time trial:

• Christophe Moreau - 12th place, 59:50.28

Women's time trial:

• Jeannie Longo - 14th place, 33:05.72
• Edwige Pitel - 20th place, 34:02.35

Track cycling

Men's individual pursuit:

• Fabien Sanchez - first round, 6th place

Men's team pursuit:

• Mathieu Ladagnous, Anthony Langella, Jerome Neuville, and Fabien Sanchez - first round, 7th place

Men's individual sprint:

• Laurent Gane - bronze medal match, 4th place
• Mickaël Bourgain - classification 5-8, 8th place

Men's team sprint:

• Mickael Bourgain, Laurent Gane, Arnaud Tournant - bronze medal match, bronze medal

Men's time trial:

• Arnaud Tournant - silver medal, 1:00.896
• François Pervis - 6th place, 1:02.328

Men's points race:

• Franck Perque - 10th place, 43 points

Women's points race:

• Sonia Huguet - 12th place, 2 points

Men's Keirin:

• Mickaël Bourgain - final, 4th place
• Laurent Gane - first repechage, no rank

Men's Madison:

• Jérôme Neuville and Mathieu Ladagnous - did not finish

Mountain biking

Men's Cross Country

• Julien Absalon — 2:15:02 (→ Gold Medal)
• Jean-Christophe Péraud — 2:20:59 (→ 11th place)
• Miguel Martinez — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Ccross Country

• Laurence Leboucher — 2:05:34 (→ 8th place)

Diving

Women's 10 metre platform:

• Claire Febvay - preliminary, 33rd place

Equestrian

• The team of Arnaud Boiteau, Didier Courrèges, Cédric Lyard, Jean Teulère and Nicolas Touzaint won the gold medal in team eventing (after a time penalty imposed on the German athlete Bettina Hoy by the FEI Ground Jury, the competitor having crossed the start line twice).

Fencing

Men's épée individual:

• Érik Boisse - 4th place
• Fabrice Jeannet - defeated in quarterfinals
• Hugues Obry - defeated in round of 32

Women's épée individual:

• Laura Flessel-Colovic - silver medal
• Maureen Nisima - bronze medal
• Hajnalka Kiraly Picot - defeated in round of 16

Men's foil individual:

• Brice Guyart - gold medal
• Loïc Attelly - defeated in round of 16
• Erwan le Pechoux - defeated in round of 16

Women's foil individual:

• Adeline Wuilleme - defeated in quarterfinals

Men's sabre individual:

• Julien Pillet - defeated in round of 16
• Gaël Touya - defeated in round of 32
• Damien Touya - defeated in round of 32

Women's sabre individual:

• Léonore Perrus - defeated in quarterfinals
• Anne-Lise Touya - defeated in round of 16
• Cécile Argiolas - defeated in round of 16

Men's épée team:

• Fabrice Jeannet, Jérôme Jeannet, and Hugues Obry - gold medal

Women's épée team:

• Maureen Nisima, Hajnalka Kiraly Picot, and Laura Flessel-Colovic - bronze medal

Men's foil team:

• Loïc Attelly, Jean-Noël Ferrari, and Brice Guyart - 5th place

Men's sabre team:

• Julien Pillet, Damien Touya, and Gaël Touya - gold medal

Gymnastics

Men's artistic: 9th place team

• Pierre-Yves Beny - advanced in one exercise
  • Rings - 6th place
• Yann Cucherat - advanced in one exercise
  • Parallel bars - 6th place
• Benoît Caranobe - advanced in one exercise
  • All-around - 17th place
• Dimitri Karbanenko - did not advance in any exercise
• Florent Marée - did not advance in any exercise
• Johan Mounard - did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic: 6th place team

• Émilie Le Pennec - advanced in two exercises
  • Uneven bars - gold medal
  • All-around - 14th place
• Marine Debauve - advanced in one exercise
  • All-around - 7th place
• Coralie Chacon - advanced in one exercise
  • Vault - 8th place
• Soraya Chaouch - did not advance in any exercise
• Camille Schmutz - did not advance in any exercise
• Isabelle Severino - did not advance in any exercise

Men's trampoline:

• David Martin - 8th place

Handball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• 5-0-0

• Quarterfinal

• Lost to Russia (26-24)

• Classification Match (5-8)

• Defeated Spain (29-27)

• Classification Match (5/6)

• Defeated Greece (33-15) (→ 5th place)

• Team Roster

• Joël Abati
• Grégory Anquetil
• Cédric Burdet
• Didier Dinart
• Jérôme Fernandez
• Guillaume Gille
• Bertrand Gille
• Olivier Girault
• Michaël Guigou
• Nikola Karabatic
• Guéric Kervadec
• Daniel Narcisse
• Thierry Omeyer
• Yohann Ploquin
• Jackson Richardson

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• 2-0-2

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated Hungary (25-23)

• Semifinals

• Lost to South Korea (31-32)

• Bronze Medal Match

• Lost to Ukraine (18-21) → 4th place

• Team Roster

• Joanne Dudziak
• Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin
• Estelle Vogein
• Leïla Lejeune-Duchemann
• Sandrine Delerce
• Melinda Jacques
• Nodjialem Myaro
• Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland
• Sophie Herbrecht
• Stéphanie Cano
• Isabelle Wendling
• Myriam Korfanty
• Delphine Guehl
• Raphaëlle Tervel
• Valérie Nicolas

Judo

Men's 60 kg:

• Benjamin Darbelet - defeated in round of 16

Men's 66 kg:

• Larbi Benboudaoud - defeated in round of 32

Men's 73 kg:

• Daniel Fernandes - defeated in semifinals; lost repechage finals

Men's 81 kg:

• Cédric Claverie - defeated in round of 32

Men's 90 kg:

• Frédéric Demontfaucon - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage round of 16

Men's 100 kg:

• Ghislain Lemaire - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals

Men's 100+ kg:

• Mathieu Bataille - defeated in round of 32

Women's 48 kg:

• Frédérique Josselin - silver medal; defeated in final

Women's 52 kg:

• Annabelle Euranie - defeated in semifinals; repechage finals

Women's 57 kg:

• Barbara Harel - defeated in round of 16; repechage finals

Women's 63 kg:

• Lucie Decosse - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals

Women's 78 kg:

• Céline Lebrun - defeated in semifinals; repechage finals

Women's 78+ kg:

• Éva Bisseni - defeated in round of 16

Modern Pentathlon

Women's

• Amélie Caze - 5144 pts, 11th place
• Blandine Lachèze - 4988 pts, 19th place

Men's

• Sébastien Deleigne - 5180 pts, 15th place
• Raphaël Astier - 4932 pts, 25th place

Rowing

• The team of Sébastien Vieilledent and Adrien Hardy won the gold medal in men's double sculls
• The team of Frédéric Dufour and Pascal Touron won the silver medal in lightweight men's double sculls

Sailing

• Faustine Merret won the gold medal in Women's Mistral

Swimming

• Hugues Duboscq won the bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke
• Solenne Figuès won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle
• Laure Manaudou won the gold medal in the women's 400 m freestyle, the silver medal in the women's 800 m freestyle and the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke
• Malia Metella won the silver medal in the women's 50 m freestyle Metella became the first person of color to win an Olympic medal in swimming

Taekwondo

• Pascal Gentil won the bronze medal in men's over 80 kg
• Myriam Baverel won the silver medal in women's over 67 kg

Tennis

• Amélie Mauresmo won the silver medal in women's singles

Triathlon

While the French had fewer top eight triathletes in 2004 than they had in 2000, Frédéric Belaubre earned the highest individual place of any French triathlete with a fifth place finish. France's sole female triathlete was the last to finish.

Women's:

• Delphine Pelletier - 2:22:39.28 (44th place)

Men's:

• Frédéric Belaubre - 1:52:00.53 (5th place)
• Carl Blasco - 1:53:20.16 (12th place)
• Stéphane Poulat - 1:53:51.35 (14th place)

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• 2-3

• Quarterfinals

• Did not qualify

• Team Roster

• Hubert Henno
• Dominique Daquin
• Stéphane Antiga
• Laurent Capet
• Frantz Granvorka
• Vincent Montméat
• Loïc De Kergret
• Philippe Barça-Cysique
• Guillaume Samica
• Mathias Patin
• Oliver Kieffer
• Sébastien Frangolacci

Men's Beach Competition

• Stéphane Canet and Mathieu Hamel
  • Prelims: 1-2
  • Round of 16: Did not qualify

Wrestling

• Anna Gomis won the bronze medal in women's freestyle 55 kg
• Lise Legrand won the bronze medal in women's freestyle 63 kg

Officials

• President: Henri Sérandour
• Secretary General: Denis Masseglia