France at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Gold

• Jean Galfione — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
• Marie-José Pérec — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
• Marie-José Pérec — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
• Frank Adisson and Wilfrid Forgues — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs
• Florian Rousseau — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
• Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault, Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau, and Hervé Thuet — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
• Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
• Félicia Ballanger — Cycling, Women's Sprint
• Nathalie Lancien — Cycling, Women's Points Race
• Laura Flessel — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual
• Valérie Barlois, Laura Flessel, and Sophie Moressee-Pichot — Fencing, Women's Épée Team
• Djamel Bouras — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight
• David Douillet — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
• Marie-Claire Restoux — Judo, Women's Half Lightweight
• Jean Pierre Amat — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

  Silver

• Philippe Ermenault — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
• Marion Clignet — Cycling, Women's Individual Pursuit
• Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Time Trial
• Lionel Plumenail — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
• Valérie Barlois — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual
• Gilles Bosquet, Daniel Fauché, Olivier Moncelet, and Bertrand Vecten — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
• Ghani Yalouz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

  Bronze

• Patricia Girard — Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles
• Patrice Estanguet — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles
• Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
• Miguel Martinez — Cycling, Men's Cross-country Mountainbike
• Alexandra Ledermann — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
• Franck Boidin — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
• Jean-Michel Henry, Robert Leroux, and Éric Srecki — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
• Damien Touya — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
• Christophe Gagliano — Judo, Men's Lightweight
• Stéphane Traineau — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight
• Christine Cicot — Judo, Women's Heavyweight
• Samuel Barathay and Frédéric Kowal — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
• Michel Andrieux and Jean-Christophe Rolland — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
• Hélène Cortin and Christine Gossé — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
• Jean Pierre Amat — Shooting, Men's Air Rifle

  Archery

• Severine Bonal → Round of 32, 20th place

• Lionel Torres → Quarterfinal, 8th place
• Sebastien Flute → Round of 64, 39th place
• Damien Letulle → Round of 64, 56th place

• Torres, Flute, and Letulle → Round of 16, 9th place

  Athletics

• Mickael Damian
• * Qualification — 3:39.21
• Eric Dubus
• * Qualification — 3:47.01

• Nadir Bosch
• * Heat — 8:31.65
• * Semifinals — 8:47.31

• Christian Plaziat
• * Final Result — 8282 points
• Sebastien Levicq
• * Final Result — 8192 points

• Raphaël Piolanti
• * Qualification — 76.44m
• * Final — 75.24m
• Christophe Épalle
• * Qualification — 74.22m
• Gilles Dupray
• * Qualification — 74.04m

• Thierry Toutain — 1:21:56
• Denis Langlois — 1:23:08
• Jean-Olivier Brosseau — 1:26:29

• René Piller — 3:58:00
• Martial Fesselier — 4:04:42
• Thierry Toutain — DSQ

• Chantal Dallenbach
• * Qualification — 33:22.35
• Farida Fates
• * Qualification — 34:38.49

• Francine Landre, Viviane Dorsile, Evelyne Elien, and Elsa de Vassoigne
• * Qualification — 3:28.07
• * Final — 3:28.46

• Nadine Auzeil
• * Qualification — 52.76m

• Isabelle Devaluez
• * Qualification — 55.08m

• Nadia Prasad — 2:50.05

• Nathalie Fortain — 46:43
• Valérie Nadaud — 47:49

  Badminton

Beach volleyball

• Jean-Philippe Jodard and Christian Penigaud — 13th place overall

  Boxing

• Rachid Bouaita
• * First Round — Defeated Bektas Abubakirov, 10-4
• * Second Round — Defeated Gabriel Križan, 13-6
• * Quarterfinals — Lost to Arnaldo Mesa, 8-15

• Nordine Mouichi
• * First Round — Defeated Ullah Usman, knock-out in first round
• * Second Round — Defeated Sergey Bykovsky, 17-6
• * Quarterfinals — Lost to Oktay Urkal, 10-19

• Hussein Bayram
• * First Round — Lost to Marian Simion, 6-13

• Jean-Paul Mendy
• * First Round — Lost to Sven Ottke, 4-11

• Jean-Louis Mandengue
• * First Round — Defeated Pourtaghi Ayoub Ghoshchi, 21-9
• * Second Round — Lost to Daniel Bispo, referee stopped contest in first round

• Christophe Mendy
• * First Round — Bye
• * Second Round — Defeated Ovidiu Bali, referee stopped contest in second round
• * Quarterfinals — Lost to David Defiagbon, disqualification in third round

• Josué Blocus
• * First Round — Defeated Jesús Guevara, referee stopped contest in second round
• * Second Round — Lost to Adaliat Marnedov, referee stopped contest in first round

  Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

• Laurent Jalabert
• * Final — 1:07:34
• Laurent Brochard
• * Final — 1:09:22

• Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
• * Final — 02:36:13
• Catherine Marsal
• * Final — 02:37:06
• Marion Clignet
• * Final — 02:41:50

• Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
• * Final — 37:00
• Marion Clignet
• * Final — 38:14

  Track Competition

• Francis Moreau
• * Final — 21 points

  Mountain Bike

• Miguel Martinez
• * Final — 2:20.36
• Christophe Dupouey
• * Final — 2:25.03

• Laurence Leboucher
• * Final — 1:59.00
• Sandra Temporelli
• * Final — 2:06.57

  Diving

• Julie Danaux
• * Preliminary Heat — 201.27

  Equestrian

Fencing

• Lionel Plumenail
• Franck Boidin
• Philippe Omnès

• Jean-Michel Henry
• Éric Srecki
• Robert Leroux

• Jean-Michel Henry, Robert Leroux, Éric Srecki

• Damien Touya
• Jean-Philippe Daurelle
• Franck Ducheix

• Damien Touya, Franck Ducheix, Jean-Philippe Daurelle

• Laurence Modaine-Cessac
• Adeline Wuillème
• Clothilde Magnan

• Adeline Wuillème, Clothilde Magnan, Laurence Modaine-Cessac

• Laura Flessel-Colovic
• Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux
• Sophie Moressée-Pichot

• Laura Flessel-Colovic, Sophie Moressée-Pichot, Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux

  Football

Gymnastics

Handball

• Eric Amalou
• Grégory Anquetil
• Stéphane Cordinier
• Yohan Delattre
• Christian Gaudin
• Stéphane Joulin
• Guéric Kervadec
• Denis Lathoud
• Pascal Mahé
• Bruno Martini
• Gaël Monthurel
• Raoul Prandi
• Jackson Richardson
• Philippe Schaaf
• Stéphane Stoecklin
• Frédéric Volle

  Judo

Modern pentathlon

• Christophe Ruer — 5363 pts
• Sebastien Deleigne — 5071 pts

  Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

• Christophe Kalfayan
• * Heat — 22.83
• * B-Final — 22.96

• Nicolas Gruson
• * Heat — 50.71

• Christophe Bordeau
• * Heat — 1:52.17

• Yann deFabrique
• * Heat — 3:55.42
• * B-Final — 3:56.46

• Yann deFabrique
• * Heat — 15:40.49

• Franck Schott
• * Heat — 55.77
• * Final — 55.76

• Jean-Christophe Sarnin
• * Heat — 2:15.27
• * B-Final — 2:16.26
• Stéphan Perrot
• * Heat — 2:18.58

• Franck Esposito
• * Heat — 53.77
• * B-Final — 54.02

• Franck Esposito
• * Heat — 1:58.79
• * Final — 1:58.10
• David Abrard
• * Heat — 2:00.60
• * Final — 2:01.25

• Xavier Marchand
• * Heat — 2:03.17
• * Final — 2:04.29

• Ludovic Depickère, Nicolas Gruson, Peirrick Chavatte, and Frédéric Lefevre
• * Heat — 3:21.79

• Yann deFabrique, Lionel Poirot, Bruno Orsoni, and Christophe Bordeau
• * Heat — 7:22.98
• * Final — 7:24.85

• Franck Schott, Vladimir Latocha, Franck Esposito, and Nicolas Gruson
• * Heat — 3:42.94

  Women's Competition

• Casey Legler
• * Heat — 26.52

• Solenne Figuès
• * Heat — 56.90

• Solenne Figuès
• * Heat — 2:02.74
• * B-Final — 2:01.47

• Laetitia Choux
• * Heat — 4:21.39

• Hélène Ricardo
• * Heat — 1:04.03

• Hélène Ricardo
• * Heat — 2:14.18
• * B-Final — 2:16.29

• Karine Brémond
• * Heat — 1:11.80

• Karine Brémond
• * Heat — 2:36.26

• Cécile Jeanson
• * Heat — 1:01.58
• * B-Final — 1:01.20

• Cécile Jeanson
• * Heat — 2:13.58
• * B-Final — 2:12.99

• Solenne Figuès, Jacqueline Delord, Casey Legler, and Marianne Le Verge
• * Heat — 3:48.30

• Marianne Le Verge, Hélène Ricardo, Laëtitia Choux, and Solenne Figuès
• * Heat — 8:18.90

• Hélène Ricardo, Karine Brémond, Cécile Jeanson, and Solenne Figuès
• * Heat — 4:15.69

  Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

• Nathalie Tauziat
• * First round — Lost to Gabriela Sabatini 5-7 2-6
• Mary Pierce
• * First round — Defeated Olga Barabanschikova 6-3 7-5
• * Second round — Lost to Inés Gorrochategui 4-6 6-1 5-7

  Weightlifting

Wrestling