France at the 2016 Summer Olympics

France at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Rio de Janeiro 5 August 2016 (2016-08-05) – 21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)
Competitors	401 in 27 sports
Flag bearer	Teddy Riner[1]
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 10 Silver 18 Bronze 14 Total 42
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. French athletes had appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, and Greece. The French Olympic Committee sent its largest ever delegation in Olympic history outside of when it was the host nation, with a total of 401 athletes, 232 men and 169 women, competing in all sports, except field hockey.

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

The following competitors won several medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Astier Nicolas	Gold  Silver	Equestrian	Team eventing Individual eventing
Gauthier Grumier	Gold  Bronze	Fencing	Men's team épée Men's épée
Florent Manaudou	Silver  Silver	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Men's 50 m freestyle

Three French archers qualified for the men's events by virtue of the nation's podium finish in the team recurve competition at the 2016 Archery World Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lucas Daniel	Men's individual	666	21	Alvariño (ESP) L 0–6	did not advance
Pierre Plihon		657	36	Gazoz (TUR) L 5–6	did not advance
Jean-Charles Valladont		680	8	Kouassi (CIV) W 6–4	Ruban (UKR) W 6–0	Thamwong (THA) W 6–0	Nespoli (ITA) W 6–5	van den Berg (NED) W 7–3	Ku B-c (KOR) L 3–7
Lucas Daniel Pierre Plihon Jean-Charles Valladont	Men's team	2003	5	—		Malaysia (MAS) W 6–2	Australia (AUS) L 3–5	did not advance

French athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[3][4]

On 25 April 2016, marathon runner Christelle Daunay and race walkers Yohann Diniz and Kévin Campion became the first French athletes to be selected to the Olympic team.^[5] Decathlete Kévin Mayer and women's 20 km (12 mi) racewalker Émilie Menuet were named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016.^[6]

A total of 22 athletes (11 per gender) were added to the track and field team for the Games, based on their performances achieved at the French Championships & Olympic Trials ( 24 to 26 June) in Angers, with Mélina Robert-Michon throwing the discus at her fifth straight Games, Kafétien Gomis returning for his second Olympics in the long jump after a 12-year absence, and pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie aiming to defend his Olympic pole vault title. Other athletes also featured Christophe Lemaitre, middle-distance runner Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, steeplechaser and double Olympic silver medalist Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, and 2015 Worlds bronze medalist Alexandra Tavernier (women's hammer throw).^[7] Twenty-seven more athletes rounded out the French roster at the end of the qualifying period, extending its size to a total of 54.^[8][9]

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dimitri Bascou	110 m hurdles	13.31	1 Q	—		13.23	1 Q	13.24
Wilhem Belocian		DSQ		—		did not advance
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	800 m	1:48.12	1 Q	—		1:43.85	1 Q	1:43.41	4
Kévin Campion	20 km walk	—						1:26:22	49
Florian Carvalho	1500 m	3:41.87	10	—		did not advance
Yohann Diniz	50 km walk	—						3:46:43	8
Yoann Kowal	3000 m steeplechase	8:23.49	5 q	—				8:16.75	5
Christophe Lemaitre	100 m	Bye		10.16	3 q	10.07	3	did not advance
	200 m	20.28	2 Q	—		20.01	2 Q	20.12
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	110 m hurdles	13.36	2 Q	—		13.25	2 Q	13.29	4
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	3000 m steeplechase	8:26.32	3 Q	—				8:11.52
Jimmy Vicaut	100 m	Bye		10.19	4 q	9.95	1 Q	10.04	7
Guy-Elphège Anouman Stuart Dutamby Christophe Lemaitre Marvin René Jimmy Vicaut Mickael-Meba Zeze	4 × 100 m relay	38.35	5	—				did not advance
Mame-Ibra Anne Teddy Atine-Venel Mamadou Kasse Hann Mamoudou Hanne Thomas Jordier Ludvy Vaillant	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.82	6	—				did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Phara Anacharsis	400 m hurdles	56.64	5	did not advance
Cindy Billaud	100 m hurdles	12.98	5 q	13.03	6	did not advance
Christelle Daunay	Marathon	—				DNF
Justine Fedronic	800 m	2:02.73	5	did not advance
Sandra Gomis	100 m hurdles	13.04	3 Q	13.23	7	did not advance
Floria Gueï	400 m	51.29	3 q	51.08	4	did not advance
Rénelle Lamote	800 m	2:02.19	5	did not advance
Émilie Menuet	20 km walk	—				1:32:04	13
Stella Akakpo Céline Distel-Bonnet Floriane Gnafoua Jennifer Galais Maroussia Paré Carolle Zahi	4 × 100 m relay	43.07	4	—		did not advance
Phara Anacharsis Elea Mariama Diarra Floria Gueï Marie Gayot Brigitte Ntiamoah Agnès Raharolahy	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.18	5	—		did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Benjamin Compaoré	Triple jump	16.72	9 Q	16.54	10
Harold Correa		16.60	13	did not advance
Kafétien Gomis	Long jump	7.89	11 q	8.05	8
Stanley Joseph	Pole vault	5.45	16	did not advance
Renaud Lavillenie		5.70	4 Q	5.98
Kévin Menaldo		5.45	16	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mathilde Andraud	Javelin throw	56.61	24	did not advance
Jeanine Assani Issouf	Triple jump	13.97	19	did not advance
Vanessa Boslak	Pole vault	4.30	28	did not advance
Pauline Pousse	Discus throw	58.98	13	did not advance
Mélina Robert-Michon		62.59	7 Q	66.73 NR
Alexandra Tavernier	Hammer throw	70.30	12 q	65.18	11

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Bastien Auzeil	Result	11.17	7.07	15.41	1.98	49.34	14.82	42.23	5.10	61.91	4:40.50	8064	13
	Points	823	830	815	785	845	871	710	941	767	677
Kévin Mayer	Result	10.81	7.60	15.76	2.04	48.28	14.02	46.78	5.40	65.04	4:25.49	8834 NR
	Points	903	960	836	840	896	972	804	1035	814	774

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	Result	13.37	1.77	14.88	25.07	6.43	48.76	2:20.36	6383	11
	Points	1069	941	853	880	985	836	819

France has qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Brice Leverdez and Delphine Lansac were selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers each in the men's and women's singles based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brice Leverdez	Men's singles	Jørgensen (DEN) L (11–21, 18–21)	Must (EST) W (21–18, 18–21, 21–12)	2	did not advance
Delphine Lansac	Women's singles	Sung J-h (KOR) L (13–21, 14–21)	Liang Xy (SIN) L (7–21, 15–21)	3	did not advance

France men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by securing its lone outright berth and winning the final match over Canada at the Manila leg of the 2016 FIBA World Qualifying Tournament.^[11]

Team roster

The following is the France roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[12]

France men's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Thomas Heurtel 27 – (1989-04-10)10 April 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Anadolu Efes S.K. SF 5 Nicolas Batum 27 – (1988-12-14)14 December 1988 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Charlotte Hornets G 6 Antoine Diot 27 – (1989-01-17)17 January 1989 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Valencia BC F/C 7 Joffrey Lauvergne 24 – (1991-09-30)30 September 1991 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Denver Nuggets SF 8 Charles Lombahe-Kahudi 30 – (1986-07-19)19 July 1986 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) ASVEL Basket PG 9 Tony Parker 34 – (1982-05-17)17 May 1982 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) San Antonio Spurs PF 11 Florent Piétrus 35 – (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) SLUC Nancy G 12 Nando de Colo 29 – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) CSKA Moscow PF 13 Boris Diaw 34 – (1982-04-16)16 April 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Utah Jazz SF 15 Mickaël Gelabale 33 – (1983-05-22)22 May 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Le Mans Sarthe C 16 Rudy Gobert 24 – (1992-06-26)26 June 1992 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Utah Jazz C 17 Kim Tillie 28 – (1988-07-15)15 July 1988 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Saski Baskonia	Head coach Vincent Collet Assistant coach(es) Jacques Commères Ruddy Nelhomme Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 6 August 2016

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	524	407	+117	10	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	5	4	1	444	368	+76	9
3	France	5	3	2	423	378	+45	8
4	Serbia	5	2	3	426	387	+39	7
5	Venezuela	5	1	4	315	444	−129	6
6	China	5	0	5	318	466	−148	5

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Quarterfinal

France women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics with a quarterfinal victory at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Nantes.^[13]

Team roster

The following is the France roster for the women's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics^[14][15]

France women's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club C 4 Isabelle Yacoubou (C) 30 – (1986-04-21)21 April 1986 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Familia Schio C 5 Endéné Miyem 28 – (1988-05-15)15 May 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Dynamo Kursk C 7 Sandrine Gruda 29 – (1987-06-25)25 June 1987 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg F 10 Sarah Michel 27 – (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Basket Lattes SF 11 Valériane Ayayi 22 – (1994-04-29)29 April 1994 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Lattes C 12 Gaëlle Skrela 33 – (1983-01-24)24 January 1983 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Basket Lattes C 16 Héléna Ciak 26 – (1989-12-15)15 December 1989 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) CJM Bourges Basket G 17 Marine Johannès 21 – (1995-01-21)21 January 1995 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) USO Mondeville PG 20 Amel Bouderra 27 – (1989-03-26)26 March 1989 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Flammes Carolo Basket F 21 Laetitia Kamba 29 – (1987-01-10)10 January 1987 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq G 22 Olivia Époupa 22 – (1994-04-30)30 April 1994 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Toulouse Métropole Basket C 25 Marielle Amant 26 – (1989-12-09)9 December 1989 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) ESB Villeneuve-d’Ascq	Head coach Valérie Garnier Assistant coach(es) Grégory Halin Olivier Lafargue Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 6 August 2016

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	400	345	+55	10	Quarter-finals
2	France	5	3	2	344	343	+1	8[a]
3	Turkey	5	3	2	324	325	−1	8[a]
4	Japan	5	3	2	386	378	+8	8[a]
5	Belarus	5	1	4	347	361	−14	6
6	Brazil (H)	5	0	5	335	384	−49	5

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Semifinal

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Bronze medal match

France has entered ten boxers (eight men and two women) to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Mathieu Bauderlique was the only Frenchman finishing among the top two of their respective division in the AIBA Pro Boxing series, while 2012 Olympian Tony Yoka earned a lone outright Olympic berth in the super heavyweight bout at the 2015 World Championships.^[16][17] Three more boxers (Oumiha, Assomo, and Biongolo) had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.^[18]

Sarah Ourahmoune and Estelle Mossely were confirmed as France's first ever female Olympic boxers with a quarterfinal victory each in women's flyweight and lightweight division, respectively, at the World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.^[19] Meanwhile, Souleymane Cissokho, Elie Konki, and Hassan Amzile secured additional Olympic places on the French roster at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[20]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elie Konki	Flyweight	Touba (GER) W 3–0	Aloyan (RUS) L 0–3	did not advance
Sofiane Oumiha	Lightweight	Lopéz (HON) W 3–0	Ruenroeng (THA) W TKO	Selimov (AZE) W 3–0	Otgondalai (MGL) W 3–0	Conceição (BRA) L 0–3
Hassan Amzile	Light welterweight	Junias (NAM) W 3–0	Sotomayor (AZE) L 1–2	did not advance
Souleymane Cissokho	Welterweight	Bacskai (HUN) W 3–0	Baghirov (AZE) W 3–0	Adi (THA) W 3–0	Yeleussinov (KAZ) L 0–3	Did not advance
Christian Mbilli Asomo	Middleweight	Mytrofanov (UKR) W 3–0	Delgado (ECU) W 2–1	López (CUB) L 0–3	did not advance
Mathieu Bauderlique	Light heavyweight	Bye	Carrillo (COL) W 3–0	Mina (ECU) W TKO	La Cruz (CUB) L 0–3	Did not advance
Paul Omba-Biongolo	Heavyweight	—	Abdullayev (AZE) L TKO	did not advance
Tony Yoka	Super heavyweight	Bye	Laurent (ISV) W 3–0	Ishaish (JOR) W 3–0	Hrgović (CRO) W 2–1	Joyce (GBR) W 2–1

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sarah Ourahmoune	Flyweight	Ez-Zahraoui (MAR) W 3–0	Shekerbekova (KAZ) W 3–0	Valencia (COL) W 2–0	Adams (GBR) L 0–3
Estelle Mossely	Lightweight	Bye	Testa (ITA) W 3–0	Belyakova (RUS) W TKO	Yin Jh (CHN) W 2–1

French canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.^[21] The roster of French slalom canoeists, led by London 2012 Olympians Gauthier Klauss and Matthieu Péché, was announced on 10 April 2016 as a result of their top performances at the Olympic Trials in Pau.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Denis Gargaud Chanut	Men's C-1	102.03	11	93.48	2	93.48	2 Q	98.06	3 Q	94.17
Gauthier Klauss Matthieu Péché	Men's C-2	103.35	3	102.43	1	102.43	2 Q	110.19	5 Q	103.24
Sébastien Combot	Men's K-1	89.13	5	88.94	5	88.94	9 Q	94.59	8 Q	92.55	8
Marie-Zélia Lafont	Women's K-1	110.52	11	118.67	13	110.52	16	did not advance

French canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[23] The sprint canoeing team was named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thomas Simart	C-1 200 m	40.415	1 Q	40.670	2 FA	40.180	8
Adrien Bart	C-1 1000 m	4:10.043	5 Q	4:08.593	5 FB	4:00.911	10
Maxime Beaumont	K-1 200 m	34.322	1 Q	34.398	1 FA	35.362
Cyrille Carré	K-1 1000 m	3:36.322	3 Q	3:38.115	6 FB	3:36.606	13
Maxime Beaumont Sébastien Jouve	K-2 200 m	31.855	3 Q	32.526	2 FA	32.699	7
Étienne Hubert Arnaud Hybois	K-2 1000 m	3:25.654	4 Q	3:21.100	5 FB	3:19.415	10
Cyrille Carré Étienne Hubert Arnaud Hybois Sébastien Jouve	K-4 1000 m	3:02.376	5 Q	3:00.896	3 FA	3:07.488	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sarah Guyot	K-1 200 m	40.317	1 Q	40.516	2 FA	40.894	5
Manon Hostens Léa Jamelot Amandine Lhote Sarah Troël	K-4 500 m	1:37.03	6 Q	1:39.06	6 FB	1:41.069	12

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

French riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women).^[24][25] The women's road cycling team (Cordon & Ferrand-Prévot) was named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016, with four male cyclists (Alaphilippe, Bardet, Barguil, & Pinot, later replaced by Vuillermoz) joining them on 13 July.^[6][8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julian Alaphilippe	Road race	6:10:27	4
	Time trial	1:24:39.99	32
Romain Bardet	Road race	6:16:17	24
Warren Barguil	Road race	did not finish
Alexis Vuillermoz	Road race	6:16:17	23
	Time trial	1:20:43.87	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Audrey Cordon	Road race	4:01:04	37
	Time trial	49:32.87	24
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot	Road race	3:56:34	26

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, French riders accumulated spots in both men's and women's team sprint, as well as the men's and women's omnium. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, France has won the right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin.

The French Cycling Federation announced the track cycling squad for the Olympics on 5 April 2016, including 2012 double silver medalist Grégory Baugé in the men's sprint.^[26]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Grégory Baugé	Men's sprint	9.807 73.416	6 Q	Kelemen (CZE) W 10.214 70.491	Bye	Hoogland (NED) W 10.103 71.265	Bye	Dmitriev (RUS) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final  Eilers (GER)  Xu C (CHN)  Constable (AUS) L	7
François Pervis		9.898 72.741	11 Q	Hoogland (NED) L	Puerta (COL)  Sarnecki (POL) L	did not advance
Sandie Clair	Women's sprint	11.517 62.516	25	did not advance
Virginie Cueff		11.099 64.870	16 Q	Lee W S (HKG) L	Morton (AUS)  Gong Jj (CHN) W 11.496 62.630	James (GBR) L	Krupeckaitė (LTU)  Hansen (NZL) L	did not advance		9th place final  Hansen (NZL)  Meares (AUS)  Welte (GER) L	12

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida François Pervis	Men's team sprint	43.185 62.521	4 Q	Poland (POL) W 43.153 62.568	3 FB	Australia (AUS) W 43.143 62.582
Sandie Clair Virginie Cueff	Women's team sprint	33.625 53.531	6 Q	Germany (GER) L 33.517 53.704	6	did not advance

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Michaël D'Almeida	Men's keirin	1 Q	Bye	6	8
François Pervis		3 R	1 Q	5	11
Sandie Clair	Women's keirin	6 R	3	did not advance
Virginie Cueff		DNF R	3	did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Thomas Boudat	Men's omnium	3	36	4:19.918	5	32	2	38	1:04.227	11	20	13.272	9	24	22	6	172	5
Laurie Berthon	Women's omnium	8	26	3:40.180	12	18	9	24	35.275	3	36	13.903	3	36	23	9	163	10

French mountain bikers qualified for three men's and two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's second-place finish for men and fourth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 25 May 2016. The mountain biking team was named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016, with double Olympic champion Julien Absalon remarkably going to his fourth Games.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julien Absalon	Men's cross-country	1:36:43	8
Victor Koretzky		1:37:27	10
Maxime Marotte		1:35:01	4
Perrine Clauzel	Women's cross-country	1:42:23	26
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot		did not finish

French riders qualified for three men's and one women's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's fourth-place finish for men and fifth for women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 31 May 2016. The BMX riders, led by London 2012 Olympian Joris Daudet, were named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Joris Daudet	Men's BMX	34.617	1	18	6	did not advance
Amidou Mir		35.248	11	14	5	did not advance
Jérémy Rencurel		35.884	22	28	7	did not advance
Manon Valentino	Women's BMX	36.377	12	—		12	4 Q	2:41.109	8

French divers qualified for the following individual and synchronized team spots at the 2016 Summer Olympics through the World Championships and the FINA World Cup series. The diving squad was selected as part of the first batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 27 April 2016.^[5][27]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Matthieu Rosset	Men's 3 m springboard	373.40	23	did not advance
Benjamin Auffret	Men's 10 m platform	470.45	5 Q	477.00	4 Q	507.35	4
Laura Marino	Women's 10 m platform	289.35	19	did not advance

French equestrians have qualified a full squad in the team dressage, eventing and jumping competitions through the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, the 2015 European Dressage Championships, and the 2015 European Eventing Championships.^[28]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Stéphanie Brieussel	Amorak	Individual	65.114 #	55	did not advance
Ludovic Henry	After You		69.214	40	did not advance
Karen Tebar	Don Luis		75.029	18 Q	72.773	25	did not advance
Pierre Volla	Badinda Altena		71.500	30 Q	65.742	31	did not advance
Stéphanie Brieussel Ludovic Henry Karen Tebar Pierre Volla	See above	Team	71.914	8	did not advance		—		did not advance

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Karim Laghouag	Entebbe	Individual	43.40 #	14	50.40 #	93.40 #	30	1.00	94.40 #	28	did not advance
Mathieu Lemoine	Bart		39.20	3	14.40	53.60	10	8.00	61.60	9 Q	8.00	69.60	15	69.60	15
Astier Nicolas	Piaf de B'Neville		42.00	11	0.00	42.00	3	0.00	42.00	2 Q	6.00	48.00	2	48.00
Thibaut Vallette	Qing du Briot		41.00	6	24.40	65.40	18	0.00	65.40	14 Q	4.00	69.40	13	69.40	13
Karim Laghouag Mathieu Lemoine Astier Nicolas Thibaut Vallette	See above	Team	122.20	2	38.80	161.00	3	8.00	169.00	1	—			169.00

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Roger-Yves Bost	Sydney Une Prince	Individual	0	=1 Q	1	1	=12 Q	1	2	5 Q	0	=1 Q	5	5	=16	5	=16
Pénélope Leprevost	Flora de Mariposa		47 #	=68	0	47	68TO	did not compete			did not advance
Philippe Rozier	Rahotep de Toscane		0	=1 Q	4 #	4	=28 Q	1	5	=13 Q	4	=16 Q	9	13	23	13	23
Kevin Staut	Rêveur de Hurtebise *HDC		4	=27 Q	0	4	=15 Q	0	4	=7 Q	4	=16 Q	8	12	22	12	22
Roger-Yves Bost Pénélope Leprevost Philippe Rozier Kevin Staut	See above	Team	4	=3 Q	1	—	=5 Q	2	3	1	—					3

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

French fencers have qualified a full squad each in the men's team foil, men's team épée, and women's team sabre by virtue of their top 4 national finish in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings, while the women's épée team picked up a spare berth freed by Africa for being the next highest ranking team.^[29] Sabre fencer Vincent Anstett, along with 2012 Olympic foilists Astrid Guyart and Ysaora Thibus had claimed their spots on the French team by finishing among the top 14 in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[30]

The men's foil fencers (Cadot, Le Pechoux, & Lefort), along with the épée teams (both men and women), were named to the Olympic roster on 26 May 2016.^[31][32] The women's sabre team rounded out the fencing selection on 2 June 2016.^[33]

The fencing team was officially named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yannick Borel	Épée	Bye	Rédli (HUN) W 15–9	Kauter (SUI) W 15–14	Steffen (SUI) L 10–15	did not advance
Gauthier Grumier		Bye	Schwantes (BRA) W 15–7	Fayez (EGY) W 15–9	Minobe (JPN) W 15–8	Imre (HUN) L 13–15	Steffen (SUI) W 15–11
Daniel Jérent		Bye	F Limardo (VEN) L 14–15	did not advance
Yannick Borel Gauthier Grumier Daniel Jérent	Team épée	—		Bye	Venezuela (VEN) W 45–29	Hungary (HUN) W 45–40	Italy (ITA) W 45–31
Jérémy Cadot	Foil	Bye	Cassarà (ITA) L 14–15	did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux		Bye	Lei S (CHN) W 15–9	Meinhardt (USA) L 14–15	did not advance
Enzo Lefort		Bye	Joppich (GER) L 13–15	did not advance
Jérémy Cadot Erwann Le Péchoux Enzo Lefort Jean-Paul Tony Helissey	Team foil	—			China (CHN) W 45–42	Italy (ITA) W 45–30	Russia (RUS) L 41–45
Vincent Anstett	Sabre	—	Tokunan (JPN) W 15–13	Vũ T A (VIE) W 15–8	Abedini (IRI) L 13–15	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marie-Florence Candassamy	Épée	Simeão (BRA) W 15–6	Xu Aq (CHN) W 15–8	Moellhausen (BRA) L 12–15	did not advance
Auriane Mallo		Nguyễn T N H (VIE) W 15–7	Brânză (ROU) L 8–15	did not advance
Lauren Rembi		Bye	Gherman (ROU) W 13–10	Kryvytska (UKR) W 9–7	Moellhausen (BRA) W 15–12	Szász (HUN) L 10–6	Sun Yw (CHN) L 13–15	4
Marie-Florence Candassamy Auriane Mallo Lauren Rembi	Team épée	—		Bye	Russia (RUS) L 41–44	Classification semi-final  United States (USA) L 28–32	7th place final  Ukraine (UKR) W 45–38	7
Astrid Guyart	Foil	Bye	Leleiko (UKR) W 15–9	Prescod (USA) W 14–11	Deriglazova (RUS) L 6–15	did not advance
Ysaora Thibus		Bye	Karamete (TUR) W 15–6	Le Hl (CHN) W 15–13	Shanaeva (RUS) L 10–15	did not advance
Cécilia Berder	Sabre	Bye	Pérez Maurice (ARG) W 15–6	Muhammad (USA) W 15–12	Velikaya (RUS) L 10–15	did not advance
Manon Brunet		Bye	Hwang S-a (KOR) W 15–11	Márton (HUN) W 15–12	Besbes (TUN) W 15–14	Velikaya (RUS) L 14–15	Kharlan (UKR) L 10–15	4
Charlotte Lembach		Bye	Vecchi (ITA) W 15–11	Velikaya (RUS) L 14–15	did not advance
Cécilia Berder Manon Brunet Charlotte Lembach	Team sabre	—			Italy (ITA) L 36–45	Classification semi-final  South Korea (KOR) L 40–45	7th place final  Mexico (MEX) L 38–45	8

France's women's football team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the top three for European teams at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.^[34]

Team roster

Head coach: Philippe Bergeroo

France named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament, which was announced on 7 July 2016.^[35] Prior to the tournament, Laura Georges withdrew injured and was replaced on 18 July 2016 by Sakina Karchaoui, who was initially selected as an alternate player.^[36] Sandie Toletti subsequently filled the vacant alternate spot.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Méline Gérard	(1990-05-30)30 May 1990 (aged 26)	4	0	Olympique Lyon
2	2DF	Griedge Mbock Bathy	(1995-02-26)26 February 1995 (aged 21)	9	0	Olympique Lyon
3	2DF	Wendie Renard (captain)	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 26)	71	17	Olympique Lyon
4	2DF	Sakina Karchaoui	(1996-01-26)26 January 1996 (aged 20)	1	0	Montpellier HSC
5	2DF	Sabrina Delannoy	(1986-05-18)18 May 1986 (aged 30)	26	2	Paris Saint-Germain
6	3MF	Amandine Henry	(1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 26)	48	6	Portland Thorns
7	2DF	Amel Majri	(1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 23)	20	3	Olympique Lyon
8	2DF	Jessica Houara	(1987-09-29)29 September 1987 (aged 28)	41	3	Olympique Lyon
9	4FW	Eugénie Le Sommer	(1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 27)	116	52	Olympique Lyon
10	3MF	Camille Abily	(1984-12-05)5 December 1984 (aged 31)	145	29	Olympique Lyon
11	3MF	Claire Lavogez	(1994-06-18)18 June 1994 (aged 22)	13	1	Olympique Lyon
12	4FW	Élodie Thomis	(1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 29)	116	31	Olympique Lyon
13	4FW	Kadidiatou Diani	(1995-04-01)1 April 1995 (aged 21)	5	1	FCF Juvisy
14	3MF	Louisa Cadamuro	(1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 29)	125	32	Olympique Lyon
15	3MF	Élise Bussaglia	(1985-09-24)24 September 1985 (aged 30)	143	26	VfL Wolfsburg
16	1GK	Sarah Bouhaddi	(1986-10-17)17 October 1986 (aged 29)	93	0	Olympique Lyon
17	3MF	Kheira Hamraoui	(1990-01-13)13 January 1990 (aged 26)	22	1	Olympique Lyon
18	4FW	Marie-Laure Delie	(1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 28)	90	62	Paris Saint-Germain

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2	France	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	1	5	−4	3
4	Colombia	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

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Quarterfinal

France has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Grégory Bourdy (world no. 112), Julien Quesne (world no. 123), Karine Icher (world no. 60), and Gwladys Nocera (world no. 134) qualified directly among the top 60 players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.^[41][42]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Grégory Bourdy	Men's	67	69	72	73	281	−3	=21
Julien Quesne		71	79	72	71	293	+9	=55
Karine Icher	Women's	73	72	73	76	294	+10	=44
Gwladys Nocera		73	71	74	72	290	+6	=39

France has fielded a full squad of ten gymnasts (five men and five women) into the Olympic competition. Both men's and women's squads had claimed one of the remaining four spots each in the team all-around at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[43][44] The French Olympic Committee named the men's and women's artistic gymnastics teams on 27 June 2016.^[45]

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Samir Aït Saïd	Team	—		15.533 Q*	12.866	—				did not advance
Axel Augis		14.033	14.500	14.333	13.166	15.300	14.700	86.032	23 Q
Julien Gobaux		13.066	14.233	14.500	13.700	14.766	14.300	84.565	29
Danny Rodrigues		—	13.133	15.266 Q	—	14.233	13.433	—
Cyril Tommasone		13.966	15.650 Q	—		14.100	—
Total		41.065	44.383	45.299	39.732	44.299	42.433	257.211	12

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Samir Aït Saïd	Rings	Withdrew due to injury[46]
Axel Augis	All-around	13.933	13.100	13.933	14.266	14.766	12.900	82.898	21
Cyril Tommasone	Pommel horse	—	15.600	—				15.600	4
Danny Rodrigues	Rings	—		15.233	—			15.233	7

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Marine Boyer	Team	14.200	—	14.600 Q	13.233	—		did not advance
Marine Brevet		14.133	14.333	14.166	13.933	56.565	16 Q
Loan His		—	13.900	—
Oréane Lechenault		12.300	13.166	13.633	13.666	52.765	46
Louise Vanhille		13.966	14.866	13.633	13.300	55.765	21 Q
Total		42.299	43.099	42.399	40.899	168.696	11

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Marine Boyer	Balance beam	—		14.600	—	14.600	4
Marine Brevet	All-around	14.166	14.300	14.133	14.000	56.599	15
Louise Vanhille		14.000	14.233	13.200	13.233	54.666	20

France has qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by finishing in the top 15 at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[47]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Kseniya Moustafaeva	Individual	17.600	17.516	17.500	17.366	69.982	10 Q	17.700	16.833	16.916	16.741	68.240	10

France has qualified one gymnast in the men's trampoline by virtue of a top eight finish at the 2015 World Championships in Odense, Denmark.^[48] Meanwhile, a spare Olympic berth freed by the Tripartite Commission had been awarded to the French female gymnast, as the next highest from the eligible NOC on the individual ranking list at the 2016 Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[49] The French Olympic Committee had selected Sébastien Martiny and Marine Jurbert to compete in both men's and women's trampoline, respectively, at the Games.^[45]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Sébastien Martiny	Men's	106.230	10	did not advance
Marine Jurbert	Women's	96.760	14	did not advance

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
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