France at the 1992 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 339 competitors, 241 men and 98 women, took part in 196 events in 25 sports.
Medalists
Gold
- Sebastien Flute — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
- Marie-José Pérec — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
- Philippe Omnès — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
- Éric Srecki — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Cécile Nowak — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight
- Catherine Fleury-Vachon — Judo, Women's Half Middleweight
- Franck David — Sailing, Men's Lechner Sailboard
- Nicolas Hénard and Yves Loday — Sailing, Men's Tornado
Silver
- Sylvain Curinier — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
- Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
- Pascal Tayot — Judo, Men's Middleweight
- Franck Badiou — Shooting, Men's Air Rifle
- Jean-Philippe Gatien — Table tennis, Men's Singles
Bronze
- Olivier Boivin and Didier Hoyer — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs
- Jacky Avril — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles
- Frank Adisson and Wilfrid Forgues — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs
- Hervé Boussard, Didier Faivre-Pierret, Philippe Gaumont, and Jean-Louis Harel — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
- Hubert Bourdy, Hervé Godignon, Eric Navet, and Michel Robert — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
- Jean-Michel Henry — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Jean-François Lamour — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
- Jean-Philippe Daurelle, Franck Ducheix, Hervé Granger-Veyron, Pierre Guichot, and Jean-François Lamour — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
- Philippe Debureau, Philippe Gardent, Denis Lathoud, Pascal Mahe, Philippe Medard, Gael Monthurel, Laurent Munier, Frédéric Perez, Thierry Perreux, Alain Portes, Eric Quintin, Jackson Richardson, Stéphane Stoecklin, Jean-Luc Thiebaut, Denis Tristant, and Frederic Volle — Handball, Men's Team Competition
- Bertrand Damaisin — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight
- David Douillet — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
- Laetitia Meignan — Judo, Women's Half Heavyweight
- Nathalie Lupino — Judo, Women's Heavyweight
- Stéphan Caron — Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle
- Franck Esposito — Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly
- Catherine Plewinski — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
Archery
Women's Individual Competition:
- Severine Bonal — Round of 16 → 9th place
- Nathalie Hibon — Round of 32 → 22nd place
- Christine Gabillard — Ranking Round → 41st place
- Sébastien Flute — Final → Gold Medal
- Bruno Felipe — Round of 32 → 21st place
- Michael Taupin — Ranking Round → 56th place
- Bonal, Hibon, and Gabillard — Bronze Medal Match → 4th place
- Flute, Felipe, and Taupin — Bronze Medal Match → 4th place
Athletics
- Max Morinière
- Daniel Sangouma
- Gilles Quénéhervé
- Jean-Charles Trouabal
- Frédéric Cornette
- Pascal Thiebault
- * Heat — 13:31.16
- * Final — 13:43.39
- António Martins Bordelo
- * Heat — 28:35.13
- * Final — 28:47.66
- Thierry Pantel
- * Heat — did not finish
- Jean-Louis Rapnouil, Yann Quentrec, Stéphane Caristan, and Stéphane Diagana
- * Heat — 3:04.25
- Dominique Chauvelier — 2:19.09
- Luis Soares — 2:21.57
- Pascal Zilliox — 2:30.02
- Stéphane Diagana
- * Heat — 48.41
- * Semifinal — 48.28
- * Final — 48.13
- Stéphane Caristan
- * Heat — 49.16
- * Semifinal — 49.50
- * Final — 48.86
- Sébastien Thibault
- * Heats — 13.94
- Thierry Toutain — DSQ
- René Piller — 4:02:40
- Alain Lemercier — 4:06:31
- Martial Fesselier — 4:07:30
- Serge Helan
- * Qualification — 7.60 m
- Franck Lestage
- * Qualification — 7.72 m
- Pierre Camara
- * Qualification — 17.34 m
- * Final — 16.52 m
- Georges Sainte-Rose
- * Qualification — 16.50 m
- Serge Helan
- * Qualification — 16.47 m
- Christophe Épalle
- * Qualification — 76.24 m
- * Final — 74.84 m
- Raphaël Piolanti
- * Qualification — 73.22 m
- Frédéric Kuhn
- * Qualification — 71.76 m
- Patricia Girard-Léno
- Odiah Sidibé
- Laurence Bily
- Valérie Jean-Charles
- Maguy Nestoret
- Marie-José Pérec
- Elsa Devassoigne
- Viviane Dorsile
- * Heat — 2:01.54
- Annette Sergent-Palluy
- * Heat — 32:57.29
- Rosario Murcia
- * Heat — 33:16.96
- Maria Rebelo — did not finish
- Sandrine Fricot
- * Qualification — 1.90 m
Badminton
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
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.;Men's road race
;Men's team time trial
- Hervé Boussard
- Didier Faivre-Pierret
- Philippe Gaumont
- Jean-Louis Harel
;Men's 1 km time trial
;Men's individual pursuit
;Men's team pursuit
- Hervé Dagorné
- Philippe Ermenault
- Daniel Pandèle
- Pascal Potié
;Women's road race
- Jeannie Longo — 2:05:02
- Catherine Marsal — 2:05:03
- Marion Clignet — 2:05:13
;Women's individual pursuit
- Jeannie Longo
Diving
- Philippe Duvernay
- * Preliminary Round — 310.14 points
- Frédéric Pierre
- * Preliminary Round — 329.01
Equestrianism
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented France in 1992.;Men's foil
- Philippe Omnès
- Patrick Groc
- Patrice Lhôtellier
- Patrick Groc, Youssef Hocine, Olivier Lambert, Patrice Lhôtellier, Philippe Omnès
- Éric Srecki
- Jean-Michel Henry
- Olivier Lenglet
- Éric Srecki, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Jean-François Di Martino, Robert Leroux
- Jean-François Lamour
- Jean-Philippe Daurelle
- Franck Ducheix
- Jean-François Lamour, Jean-Philippe Daurelle, Franck Ducheix, Hervé Granger-Veyron, Pierre Guichot
;Women's team foil
- Camille Couzi, Gisèle Meygret, Laurence Modaine-Cessac, Julie-Anne Gross, Isabelle Spennato
Gymnastics
Handball
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- * 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
- 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
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented France in 1992.;Individual
;Team
- Sébastien Deleigne
- Joël Bouzou
- Christophe Ruer
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Men's Sailboard- Franck David
- * Final Ranking — 70.7 points
- Maud Herbert
- * Final Ranking — 78.0 points
- Florence Le Brun and Odile Barre
- * Final Ranking — 65.7 points
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle- Christophe Kalfayan
- * Heat — 22.70
- * Final — 22.50
- Stéphan Caron
- * Heat — 23.01
- * B-Final — DNS
- Stéphan Caron
- * Heat — 49.82
- * Final — 49.50
- Christophe Kalfayan
- * Heat — 50.30
- * B-Final — 50.49
- Christophe Marchand
- * Heat — 3:54.59
- * B-Final — 3:53.24
- Yann DeFabrique
- * Heat — 3:55.66
- * B-Final — 3:54.37
- Christophe Marchand
- * Heat — 15:30.51
- Franck Schott
- * Heat — 55.84
- * Final — 55.72
- David Holderbach
- * Heat — 58.25
- David Holderbach
- * Heat — 2:03.11
- Stéphane Vossart
- * Heat — 1:02.81
- * B-Final — 1:02.39
- Christophe Bourdon
- * Heat — 1:04.43
- Stéphane Vossart
- * Heat — 2:15.11
- * B-Final — 2:15.52
- Christophe Bourdon
- * Heat — 2:17.68
- Bruno Gutzeit
- * Heat — 54.35
- * B-Final — 54.80
- Franck Esposito
- * Heat — 55.26
- Franck Esposito
- * Heat — 1:58.75
- * Final — 1:58.51
- Christophe Bordeau
- * Heat — 2:01.99
- Frédéric Lefevre
- * Heat — 2:03.82
- * B-Final — 2:04.05
- Stéphan Caron, Frédéric Lefevre, Ludovic Depickère, Bruno Gutzeit, Franck Schott, and Christophe Kalfayan
- * Heat — 3:22.01
- * Final — 3:19.16
- Christophe Bordeau, Lionel Poirot, Franck Horter, and Yann DeFabrique
- * Heat — 7:26.22
- Franck Schott, Stéphane Vossart, Franck Esposito, Christophe Kalfayan, Bruno Gutzeit, and Stéphan Caron
- * Heat — 3:43.13
- * Final — 3:40.51
- Catherine Plewinski
- * Heat — 25.78
- * Final — 25.36
- Julie Blaise
- * Heat — 26.48
- Catherine Plewinski
- * Heat — 55.44
- * Final — 55.72
- Catherine Plewinski
- * Heat — 2:00.67
- * Final — 1:59.88
- Céline Bonnet
- * Heat — 1:05.75
- Diane Lacombe
- * Heat — 1:06.31
- Audrey Guerit
- * Heat — 1:13.98
- Audrey Guerit
- * Heat — 2:32.33
- * B-Final — 2:32.10
- Catherine Plewinski
- * Heat — 1:00.03
- * Final — 59.01
- Jacqueline Delord
- * Heat — 1:01.78
- * B-Final — 1:03.22
- Cécile Jeanson
- * Heat — 2:13.23
- * B-Final — 2:13.40
- Céline Bonnet
- * Heat — 2:18.95
- * B-Final — 2:19.14
- Céline Bonnet
- * Heat — 4:54.70
- Julie Blaise, Julia Reggiany, Marie-Laure Giraudon, and Veronique Jardin
- * Heat — 3:50.22
- Céline Bonnet, Audrey Guerit, Jacqueline Delord, and Julie Blaise
- * Heat — 4:21.19
Synchronized swimming
;Women's solo
;Women's duet
- Anne Capron
- Marianne Aeschbacher
Table tennis
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition- Guy Forget
- * First round — Defeated Cristiano Caratti 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- * Second round — Lost to Magnus Larsson 3-6, 3-6, 1-6
- Fabrice Santoro
- * First round — Defeated Christian Miniussi 6-1, 7-6, 6-4
- * Second round — Defeated Javier Frana 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
- * Third round — Defeated Boris Becker 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
- * Quarterfinals — Lost to Goran Ivanišević 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 4-6, 6-8
- Guy Forget and Henri Leconte
- * First round — Defeated Emanuel Couto and Bernardo Mota 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
- * Second round — Lost to Javier Frana and Christian Miniussi 6-4, 7-6, 4-6, 4-6, 3-6
Volleyball
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
Water polo
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- * Tied with Germany
- * Lost to Australia
- * Lost to United States
- * Defeated Czechoslovakia
- * Lost to Unified Team
- Classification Matches
- * Lost to Greece
- * Lost to the Netherlands → 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
Weightlifting
- Francis Tournefier — 4th place, 387.5 kg
Wrestling