France at the 1988 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 266 competitors, 192 men and 74 women, took part in 167 events in 23 sports.
Medalists
Gold
- Pierre Durand — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
- Frédérick Delpla, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Philippe Riboud, and Éric Srecki — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
- Jean-François Lamour — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
- Marc Alexandre — Judo, Men's Lightweight
- Nicolas Hénard and Jean-Yves Le Déroff — Sailing, Men's Tornado
- Thierry Peponnet and Luc Pillot — Sailing, Men's 470
Silver
- Laurent Boudouani — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
- Margit Otto-Crépin — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
- Philippe Riboud — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Nicolas Berthelot — Shooting, Men's Air Rifle
Bronze
- Bruno Marie-Rose, Max Morinière, Gilles Quénéhervé, and Daniel Sangouma — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Joël Bettin and Philippe Renaud — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs
- Hubert Bourdy, Frédéric Cottier, Pierre Durand, and Michel Robert — Equestrian, Jumping Team
- Bruno Carabetta — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight
- Stéphan Caron — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Catherine Plewinski — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
Archery
Women's Individual Competition:
- Catherine Pellen — quarterfinal, 14th place
- Nathalie Hibon — preliminary round, 28th place
- Marie-Josée Bazin — preliminary round, 47th place
- Olivier Heck — 1/8 final, 19th place
- Thierry Venant — preliminary round, 37th place
- Claude Franclet — preliminary round, 64th place
- Pellen, Hibon, and Bazin — final, 8th place
- Heck, Venant, and Franclet — semifinal, 10th place
Athletics
- Jean-Louis Prianon
- * First Round — 28:08.38
- * Final — 27:36.43
- Paul Arpin
- * First Round — 28:25.56
- * Final — 27:39.36
- Raymond Pannier
- * Heat — 8:30.94
- * Semi Final — 8:19.39
- * Final — 8:23.80
- Bruno Le Stum
- * Heat — 8:36.95
- * Semi Final — 8:26.69
- Charlus Bertimon
- * Qualification — 70.84m
- Stéphane Laporte
- * Qualification — 69.40m
- Pascal Lefèvre
- * Qualification — 76.42m
- Patrick Journoud
- * Qualifying Heat — 58.94m
- Norbert Brige
- * Qualification — 8.05m
- * Final — 7.97m
- Christian Plaziat — 8272 points
- Alain Blondel — 8268 points
- Martial Fesselier
- * Final — 1:22:43
- Thierry Toutain
- * Final — 1:22:55
- Alain Lemercier
- * Final — 3'50:28
- Jean-Marie Neff
- * Final — DSQ
- Eric Neisse
- * Final — DSQ
- Fabienne Ficher, Nathalie Simon, Evecyne Elien, and Nadine Debois
- * Heat — 3:29.95
- Fabienne Ficher, Simon Fabienne, Debois Nathalie, and Elien Nadine
- * Final — 3:29.37
- Françoise Bonnet
- * Final — 2"32:36
- Maria Rebelo-Lelut
- * Final — 2"33:47
- Jocelyne Villeton
- * Final — 2"34:02
- Nadine Auzeil
- * Qualification — no mark
- Chantal Beaugeant
- * Final Result — 2315 points
Boxing
- Philippe Desavoye
- * First Round — Bye
- * Second Round — Defeated Anthony Ikegu, RSC-2
- * Third Round — Lost to Melvin de Leon, 0:5
- Jean-Marc Augustin
- * First Round — Lost to Byun Jong-Il, 0:5
- Ludovic Proto
- * First Round — Defeated Mpuco Makama, walk-over
- * Second Round — Defeated Mark Elliott, RSC-1
- * Third Round — Lost to Vyacheslav Yanovski, 0:5
- Laurent Boudouani → Silver Medal
- * First Round — Bye
- * Second Round — Defeated Imre Bácskai, 4:1
- * Third Round — Defeated Darren Obah, 5:0
- * Quarterfinals — Defeated Song Kyung-Sup, 3:2
- * Semifinals — Defeated Kenneth Gould, 4:1
- * Final — Lost to Robert Wangila, KO-2
Canoeing
Cycling
Sixteen cyclists, twelve men and four women, represented France in 1988.;Men's road race
;Men's team time trial
- Laurent Bezault
- Eric Heulot
- Pascal Lance
- Thierry Laurent
;Men's 1 km time trial
;Men's team pursuit
;Men's points race
- Pascal Lino
;Women's sprint
- Isabelle Gautheron
Diving
Equestrianism
Fencing
19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented France in 1988.;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
- Laurent Bel, Patrick Groc, Youssef Hocine, Patrice Lhotellier, Philippe Omnès
- Philippe Riboud
- Éric Srecki
- Jean-Michel Henry
- Frédéric Delpla, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Philippe Riboud, Éric Srecki
- Jean-François Lamour
- Philippe Delrieu
- Pierre Guichot
- Philippe Delrieu, Franck Ducheix, Pierre Guichot, Jean-François Lamour
;Women's team foil
- Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Gisèle Meygret, Laurence Modaine-Cessac, Nathalie Pallet, Isabelle Spennato
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented France in 1988.Men's Individual Competition:
- Christophe Ruer — 5242 pts
- Joël Bouzou — 5198 pts
- Bruno Génard — 4828 pts
- Ruer, Bouzou, and Genard — 15268 pts
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle- Stéphan Caron
- * Heat — 23.22
- * B-Final — scratched
- Christophe Kalfayan
- * Heat — 23.47
- * B-Final — 23.15
- Stéphan Caron
- * Heat — 49.37
- * Final — 49.62
- Christophe Kalfayan
- * Heat — 51.05
- Stéphan Caron
- * Heat — 1:49.66
- * B-Final — scratched
- Ludovic Depickère
- * Heat — 1:53.81
- Franck Iacono
- * Heat — 4:00.04
- Christophe Marchand
- * Heat — 15:22.19
- Franck Iacono
- * Heat — 15:22.66
- Franck Schott
- * Heat — 56.76
- * B-Final — 56.98
- Renaud Boucher
- * Heat — 58.90
- David Holderbach
- * Heat — 2:04.83
- David Leblanc
- * Heat — 1:04.56
- Cédric Penicaud
- * Heat — 1:05.46
- Cédric Penicaud
- * Heat — 2:18.72
- * B-Final — 2:18.95
- David Leblanc
- * Heat — DSQ
- Ludovic Depickère
- * Heat — 56.47
- Christophe Bordeau
- * Heat — 2:01.70
- * B-Final — 2:01.46
- Christophe Bordeau
- * Heat — 2:04.95
- * B-Final — 2:05.51
- Christophe Bordeau
- * Heat — 4:23.46
- * B-Final — 4:23.39
- Laurent Journet
- * Heat — 4:29.03
- Stéphan Caron, Christophe Kalfayan, Laurent Neuville, and Bruno Gutzeit
- * Heat — 3:21.77
- * Final — 3:20.02
- Stéphan Caron, Michel Pou, Olivier Fougeroud, and Laurent Neuville
- * Heat — 7:23.03
- Michel Pou, Franck Iacono, Olivier Fougeroud, and Ludovic Depickère
- * Final — 7:24.69
- Franck Schott, David Leblanc, Ludovic Depickère, and Bruno Gutzeit
- * Heat — 3:48.64
- Catherine Plewinski
- * Heat — 26.01
- * Final — 25.90
- Catherine Plewinski
- * Heat — 55.53
- * Final — 55.49
- Jacqueline Délord
- * Heat — 58.22
- Cécile Prunier
- * Heat — 2:01.60
- * Final — 2:02.88
- Cécile Prunier
- * Heat — 4:15.63
- * B-Final — 4:21.03
- Karyn Faure
- * Heat — 8:41.64
- Cécile Prunier
- * Heat — 8:57.22
- Laurence Guillou
- * Heat — 1:05.07
- Christine Magnier
- * Heat — 2:24.15
- Pascaline Louvrier
- * Heat — 1:13.21
- Virginie Bojaryn
- * Heat — 1:13.55
- Virginie Bojaryn
- * Heat — 2:37.38
- Pascaline Louvrier
- * Heat — 2:38.75
- Catherine Plewinski
- * Heat — 59.34
- * Final — 59.58
- Jacqueline Délord
- * Heat — 1:02.24
- * B-Final — 1:02.45
- Claire Supiot
- * Heat — 2:21.65
- Christine Magnier
- * Heat — 4:51.91
- * Final — 4:53.29
- Laurence Guillou, Pascaline Louvrier, Catherine Plewinski, and Jacqueline Délord
- * Heat — 4:16.21
Synchronized swimming
;Women's solo
;Women's duet
- Anne Capron
- Karine Schuler
Table tennis
Tennis
Women's Singles Competition- Catherine Suire
- * First Round — Defeated Yayuk Basuki 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
- * Second Round — Defeated Jeong-Myung Lee 7-5, 4-6, 7-5
- * Third Round — Lost to Steffi Graf 3-6, 0-6
- Isabelle Demongeot
- * First Round — Lost to Jana Novotná 4-6, 3-6
- Nathalie Tauziat
- * First Round — Defeated Carling Bassett-Seguso 7-6, 6-1
- * Second Round — Lost to Catarina Lindqvist 6-2, 3-6, 4-6
Volleyball
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- * Defeated the Netherlands
- * Defeated Tunisia
- * Defeated Japan
- * Lost to United States
- * Defeated Argentina
- Classification Matches
- * 5th/8th place: Lost to Bulgaria
- * 7th/8th place: Lost to Sweden → 8th place
- Team Roster
- *Philippe Blain
- *Jean-Baptiste Martzluff
- *Herve Mazzon
- *Eric N'Gapeth
- *Eric Bouvier
- *Christophe Meneau
- *Jean-Marc Jurkovitz
- *Laurent Tillie
- *Olivier Rossard
- *Patrick Duflos
- *Alain Fabiani
- *Philippe Salvan
- Head Coach: Eric Daniel
Water polo
- Preliminary Round
- * Defeated South Korea
- * Lost to West Germany
- * Lost to Soviet Union
- * Lost to Australia
- * Lost to Italy
- Classification Round
- * Defeated China
- * Lost to Greece → Tenth place
- Team Roster
- * Arnaud Bouet
- * Marc Brisfer
- * Marc Crousillat
- * Pierre Garsau
- * Bruno Boyadjian
- * Philippe Herve
- * Michel Idoux
- * Thierry Alimondo
- * Michel Crousillat
- * Nicolas Marischael
- * Nicolas Jeleff
- * Pascal Perot
- * Christian Volpi
- Head Coach: Jean Paul Clemencon
Weightlifting
- Francis Tournefier — 5th place, 385.0 kg
Wrestling