France at the 1984 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 238 competitors, 189 men and 49 women, took part in 139 events in 21 sports.
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, Men's Team Competition
Silver
- Joseph Mahmoud — Athletics, Men's 3000m Steeplechase
- Bernard Brégeon 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 Brégeon — 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
- Michel Nowak — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight
- 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
Archery
Men's Individual Competition:
- Gerard Douis - 2485 points
- Philippe Loyen - 2411 points
Athletics
Men's 400 metres
- Aldo Canti
- * Heat — 46.14
- * Quarterfinals — 45.64
- * Semifinals — 45.59
- Yann Quentrec
- * Heat — 46.94
- Hector LLatser
- * Heat — 47.30
- Alain Lazare
- * Final — 2:17:52
- Jacky Boxberger
- * Final — 2:22:00
- Franck Verzy
- * Qualification — 2.15m
- Jean-Paul Lakafia
- * Qualification — 80.52m
- * Final — 70.86m
- Pierre Quinon
- * Qualifying Round — 5.35m
- * Final — 5.75m
- Thierry Vigneron
- * Qualifying Round — 5.40m
- * Final — 5.60m
- Serge Ferreira
- * Qualifying Round — 5.30m
- * Final — no mark
- Walter Ciofani
- * Qualification — 73.10m
- * Final — 73.46m
- William Motti
- * Final Result — 8266 points
- Gérard Lelièvre
- * Final — 1:27:50
- Martial Fesselier
- * Final — 1:29:46
- Dominique Guebey
- * Final — did not start
- Dominique Guebey
- * Final — 4:13:34
- Gérard Lelièvre
- * Final — DNF
Women's 3.000 metres
- Annette Sergent
- * Heat — 9.15.82
- Maryse Ewanjé-Epée
- * Qualification — 1.90m
- * Final — 1.94m
- Brigitte Rougeron
- * Qualification — 1.84m
- Florence Picaut
- * Final Result — 5914 points
- Chantal Beaugeant
- * Final Result — did not finish
Basketball
- Preliminary Round
- *Lost to Uruguay
- *Lost to PR China
- *Lost to Spain
- *Lost to United States
- *Lost to Canada
- Classification Matches
- *9th/12th place: Lost to Brazil
- *11th/12th place: Defeated Egypt → Eleventh place
- Team roster
- *Grégor Beugnot
- *Jean Michel Senegal
- *Richard Dacoury
- *Jacques Monclar
- *Philippe Szanyiel
- *Stéphane Ostrowski
- *Jean-Luc Deganis
- *Hervé Dubuisson
- *Patrick Cham
- *Bangaly Kaba
- *Éric Beugnot
- *Georges Vestris
Boxing
- Louis Gomis
- * First Round — Bye
- * Second Round — Defeated Stefan Gertel, retired in the second round
- * Third Round — Lost to Ndaba Dube, 0-5
- Vincent Sarnelli
- * First Round - Bye
- * Second Round - Lost to Moses Mwaba, after knock-out in first round
Canoeing
Cycling
Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented France in 1984. Fabrice Colas won a bronze medal in the 1000m time trial.;Men's individual road race
;Team time trial
- Jean-François Bernard
- Philippe Bouvatier
- Thierry Marie
- Denis Pelizzari
;1000m time trial
- Fabrice Colas
;Team pursuit
- Didier Garcia
- Éric Louvel
- Pascal Potié
- Pascal Robert
- Didier Garcia
- Éric Louvel
- Jeannie Longo — 2:12:35
- Cécile Odin — 2:13:28
- Dominique Damiani — 2:13:28
- Marielle Guichard
Diving
Equestrianism
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented France in 1984.;Men's foil
- Frédéric Pietruszka
- Philippe Omnès
- Pascal Jolyot
- Frédéric Pietruszka, Pascal Jolyot, Patrick Groc, Philippe Omnès, Marc Cerboni
- Philippe Boisse
- Philippe Riboud
- Olivier Lenglet
- Philippe Boisse, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Philippe Riboud, Michel Salesse
- Jean-François Lamour
- Hervé Granger-Veyron
- Pierre Guichot
- Jean-François Lamour, Pierre Guichot, Hervé Granger-Veyron, Philippe Delrieu, Franck Ducheix
- Véronique Brouquier
- Laurence Modaine-Cessac
- Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin
- Laurence Modaine-Cessac, Pascale Trinquet-Hachin, Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Véronique Brouquier, Anne Meygret
Football
- Preliminary Round
- * France - Qatar 2-2
- * France - Norway 2-1
- * France - Chile 1-1
- Quarterfinal
- * France - Egypt 2-0
- Semifinal
- * France - Yugoslavia 4-2
- Final
- * France - Brazil 2-0
- Team Roster
- * Albert Rust
- * William Ayache
- * Michel Bibard
- * Dominique Bijotat
- * François Brisson
- * Patrick Cubaynes
- * Patrice Garande
- * Philippe Jeannol
- * Guy Lacombe
- * Jean-Claude Lemoult
- * Jean-Philippe Rohr
- * Didier Sénac
- * Jean-Christophe Thouvenel
- * José Toure
- * Daniel Xuereb
- * Jean-Louis Zanon
- * Michel Bensoussan
- Head Coach: Henri Michel
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented France in 1984. They won bronze in the team event.;Individual
- Paul Four
- Didier Boubé
- Joël Bouzou
- Paul Four
- Didier Boubé
- Joël Bouzou
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle- Stéphan Caron
- * Heat — 51.13
- * Final — 50.70
- Franck Iacono
- * Heat — 3:55.07
- * Final — 3:54.58
- Franck Iacono
- * Heat — 15:27.27
- * Final — 15:26.96
- Frédéric Delcourt
- * Heat — 58.22
- * B-Final — DSQ
- Frédéric Delcourt
- * Heat — 2:02.59
- * Final — 2:01.75
- Thierry Pata
- * Heat — 2:20.14
- * B-Final — 2:20.05
- Christophe Deneuville
- * Heat — 2:24.54
- Stéphan Caron, Laurent Neuville, Dominique Bataille, and Bruno Lesaffre
- * Heat — 3:24.68
- * Final — 3:24.63
- 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
- Frédéric Delcourt, Thierry Pata, Xavier Savin, and Stéphan Caron
- * Heat — 3:50.75
- Sophie Kamoun
- * Heat — 57.49
- * B-Final — 57.81
- Laurence Bensimon
- * Heat — 2:06.01
- Laurence Bensimon
- * Heat — 9:01.75
- Laurence Bensimon
- * Heat — 2:24.34
- * B-Final — 2:27.13
- Sophie Kamoun, Caroline Amoric, Laurence Bensimon, and Veronique Jardin
- * Heat — 3:52.67
- * Final — 3:52.15
Synchronized swimming