France at the 2020 Summer Olympics

France at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	385 (222 men & 172 women) in 31 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Clarisse Agbegnenou Samir Aït Saïd[2]
Flag bearer (closing)	Steven Da Costa[1]
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 10 Silver 12 Bronze 11 Total 33
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] French athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland. As Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics, France was the penultimate nation to enter the stadium, alongside the United States which will host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, before the host country Japan during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. Additionally, a French segment was performed in Paris and some pre-recorded events at the closing ceremony as performers did not travel to Tokyo due to the travel restrictions related to the pandemic. However, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo was the only delegation present at the ceremony.

France competed in all sports except baseball (softball), field hockey, and water polo.

France repeated its gold medal tally from the previous games, but its overall medal haul was down from 42 to 33, the lowest since Athens 2004. The country however scored numerous victories in team sports, namely a double in handball (both men and women won gold), gold in men's volleyball, silver in men's basketball and women's rugby sevens, and bronze in women's basketball.

Medalists[edit]

Competitors[edit]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	1	4
Artistic swimming	—	2	2
Athletics	42	19	61
Badminton	2	2	4
Basketball	12	16	28
Boxing	4	1	5
Canoeing	6	6	12
Cycling	18	12	30
Diving	2	1	3
Equestrian	9	3	12
Fencing	9	9	18
Football	18	0	18
Golf	2	2	4
Gymnastics	4	5	9
Handball	15	16	31
Judo	6	7	13
Karate	1	2	3
Modern pentathlon	2	2	4
Rowing	4	8	12
Rugby sevens	0	12	12
Sailing	7	7	14
Shooting	4	6	10
Skateboarding	3	2	5
Sport climbing	2	2	4
Surfing	2	2	4
Swimming	16	11	27
Table tennis	3	3	6
Tennis	6	4	10
Taekwondo	0	2	2
Triathlon	3	2	5
Volleyball	12	0	12
Weightlifting	1	3	4
Wrestling	0	2	2
Total	222	172	393

Archery[edit]

France fielded two archers (one man and one woman) to compete in the men's and women's individual recurve, respectively, at the Games by finishing among the top four vying for qualification at the 2021 European Championships in Antalya, Turkey.^[4]

Men

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
Thomas Chirault	Men's individual	648	51	Broeksma (NED) L 4–6	Did not advance
Pierre Plihon		653	36	Williams (USA) W 6–4	Kim W-j (KOR) L 2–6	Did not advance
Jean-Charles Valladont		640	57	van den Berg (NED) L 3–7	Did not advance
Thomas Chirault Pierre Plihon Jean-Charles Valladont	Men's team	1941	12	—		United States (USA) L 0–6	Did not advance

Women

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
Lisa Barbelin	Women's individual	654	13	Andreoli (ITA) W 6–2	Schloesser (NED) W 6–0	Valencia (MEX) L 0–6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jean-Charles Valladont Lisa Barbelin	Mixed team	1307	14	Japan (JPN) W 5–3	Netherlands (NED) L 4–5	Did not advance

Artistic swimming[edit]

France fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by winning the silver medal at the 2021 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Charlotte Tremble Laura Tremble	Duet	87.3474	8	88.5667	175.9141	8 Q	89.6333	176.9807	8

Athletics[edit]

French athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of three athletes in each event):^[5][6]

On 19 March 2020, four marathon runners (Amdouni, Chahdi, Navarro, and Kipsang), along with race walkers Kévin Campion and three-time Olympian Yohann Diniz, became the first French track and field athletes to be officially selected to the Tokyo 2020 roster.^[7]

On 2 July 2021, 65 athletes, 44 men and 21 women, are announced to be part of the team.^[8]

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jimmy Vicaut	100 m	Bye		10.07	2 Q	10.11	5	Did not advance
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	800 m	1:45.97	6 q	—		1:48.62	6	Did not advance
Benjamin Robert		1:47.12	5			Did not advance
Gabriel Tual		1:45.63	3 Q			1:44.28	3 q	1:46.03	7
Azzedine Habz	1500 m	3:41.24	4 Q	—		3:35.12	10	Did not advance
Alexis Miellet		3:41.23	14			Did not advance
Baptiste Mischler		3:37.53	11			Did not advance
Jimmy Gressier	5000 m	13:33.47	9 q	—				13:11.33	13
Hugo Hay		13:39.95	7					Did not advance
Morhad Amdouni	10000 m	—						27:53.58	10
Wilhem Belocian	110 m hurdles	DSQ		—		Did not advance
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde		13.37	2 Q			13.25	2 Q	13.16	5
Aurel Manga		13.24	1 Q			13.24	2 Q	13.38	8
Wilfried Happio	400 m hurdles	49.39	5 q	—		49.49	7	Did not advance
Ludvy Vaillant		49.23	5 q			49.02	7	Did not advance
Djilali Bedrani	3000 m steeplechase	8:20.23	7	—				Did not advance
Louis Gilavert		8:36.35	12					Did not advance
Alexis Phelut		8:19.36	3 Q					8:23.14	12
Mouhamadou Fall Jimmy Vicaut Méba-Mickaël Zézé Ryan Zézé	4 × 100 m relay	38.18	4	—				Did not advance
Gilles Biron Thomas Jordier Muhammad Abdallah Kounta Ludovic Ouceni	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.81 PB	6	—				Did not advance
Morhad Amdouni	Marathon	—						2:14:33	17
Hassan Chahdi								2:18:40	45
Nicolas Navarro								2:12:50	12
Gabriel Bordier	20 km walk	—						1:25:23	24
Kévin Campion								1:23:53	16
Yohann Diniz	50 km walk	—						DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gemina Joseph	200 m	22.94	3 Q	23.19	7	Did not advance
Amandine Brossier	400 m	51.65	2 Q	51.30	6	Did not advance
Rénelle Lamote	800 m	2:01.92	1 Q	1:59.40	5	Did not advance
Cyréna Samba-Mayela	100 m hurdles	DNS		Did not advance
Laura Valette		DSQ		Did not advance
Gémima Joseph Cynthia Leduc Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue Carolle Zahi	4 × 100 m relay	42.68	4 q	—		42.89	7
Amandine Brossier Floria Gueï Sokhna Lacoste Brigitte Ntiamoah	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.07	5	—		Did not advance
Susan Jeptooo Kipsang	Marathon	—				2:36:29	38

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Augustin Bey	Long jump	NM	—	Did not advance
Benjamin Compaoré	Triple jump	16.59	19	Did not advance
Jean-Marc Pontvianne		NM	—	Did not advance
Melvin Raffin		16.83	11 q	NM	—
Ethan Cormont	Pole vault	5.50	22	Did not advance
Renaud Lavillenie		5.75	6 Q	5.70	8
Valentin Lavillenie		5.65	17	Did not advance
Lolassonn Djouhan	Discus throw	60.74	21	Did not advance
Quentin Bigot	Hammer throw	78.73	4 Q	79.39	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yanis David	Long jump	6.27	23	Did not advance
Rouguy Diallo	Triple jump	14.29	10 q	14.38	9
Mélina Robert-Michon	Discus throw	60.88	14	Did not advance
Alexandra Tavernier	Hammer throw	73.51	5 Q	74.41	4

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Kevin Mayer	Result	10.68	7.50	15.07	2.08	50.31	13.90	48.08	5.20	73.09	4:43.17	8726
	Points	933	935	794	878	800	987	830	972	937	660

Badminton[edit]

France entered four badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings: one entry each in the men's and women's singles and in the mixed doubles. The team was officially announced by the FFBaD on 23 June 2021.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brice Leverdez	Men's singles	Pochtarov (UKR) W (21–10, 21–8)	Lee (MAS) L (21–17, 21–5)	—	2	Did not advance
Qi Xuefei	Women's singles	Nguyễn (VIE) L (11–21, 11–21)	Jaquet (SUI) W (21–10 21–14)	Tai T-y (TPE) L (10–21, 13–21)	3	Did not advance
Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	Mixed doubles	Ellis / Smith (GBR) L (18–21, 17–21)	Puavaranukroh / Taerattanachai (THA) L (9–21, 15–21)	Hurlburt-Yu / Wu (CAN) W (21–12, 21–13)	3	—	Did not advance

Basketball[edit]

Indoor[edit]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France men's	Men's tournament	United States W 83–76	Czech Republic W 97–77	Iran W 79–62	1 Q	Italy W 84–75	Slovenia W 90–89	United States L 82–87
France women's	Women's tournament	Japan L 70–74	Nigeria W 87–62	United States L 82–93	3 q	Spain W 67–64	Japan L 71–87	Serbia W 91–76

Men's tournament[edit]

France men's basketball team qualified for the Games by reaching the semifinal stage and securing an outright berth as one of two highest-ranked squads from Europe at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China.^[10]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 21 May 2021.^[11]

France men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 1 Frank Ntilikina 22 – (1998-07-28)28 July 1998 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) New York Knicks G 3 Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot 26 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Brooklyn Nets PG 4 Thomas Heurtel 32 – (1989-04-10)10 April 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) ASVEL Basket SF 5 Nicolas Batum 32 – (1988-12-14)14 December 1988 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Los Angeles Clippers PF 7 Guerschon Yabusele 25 – (1995-12-17)17 December 1995 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) ASVEL Basket SG 10 Evan Fournier 28 – (1992-10-29)29 October 1992 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Boston Celtics SG 12 Nando de Colo 34 – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Fenerbahçe C 17 Vincent Poirier 27 – (1993-10-17)17 October 1993 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Real Madrid PG 21 Andrew Albicy 31 – (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) CB Gran Canaria C 27 Rudy Gobert 29 – (1992-06-26)26 June 1992 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Utah Jazz C 28 Petr Cornelie 25 – (1995-07-26)26 July 1995 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Pau-Lacq-Orthez C 93 Moustapha Fall 29 – (1992-02-23)23 February 1992 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) ASVEL Basket	Head coach Vincent Collet[12] Assistant coach(es) Pascal Donnadieu Ruddy Nelhomme Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 25 July 2021

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	259	215	+44	6	Quarterfinals
2	United States	3	2	1	315	233	+82	5
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	245	294	−49	4
4	Iran	3	0	3	206	283	−77	3

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Women's tournament[edit]

France women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as one of three highest-ranked eligible squads at the Bourges meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[13]

Team roster

A 15-player roster was announced on 1 July 2021.^[14] The final roster was revealed on 5 July 2021.^[15]

France women's national basketball team – 2020 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Marine Fauthoux 20 – (2001-01-23)23 January 2001 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) ASVEL Féminin PF 5 Endéné Miyem 33 – (1988-05-15)15 May 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Flammes Carolo PF 6 Alexia Chartereau 22 – (1998-09-05)5 September 1998 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Tango Bourges Basket C 7 Sandrine Gruda 34 – (1987-06-25)25 June 1987 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) PF Schio C 8 Héléna Ciak 31 – (1989-12-15)15 December 1989 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) ASVEL Féminin SG 10 Sarah Michel 32 – (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Tango Bourges Basket SF 11 Valériane Vukosavljević 27 – (1994-04-29)29 April 1994 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Lattes C 12 Iliana Rupert 20 – (2001-07-12)12 July 2001 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Tango Bourges Basket F 15 Gabby Williams 24 – (1996-09-09)9 September 1996 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Sopron Basket SG 23 Marine Johannès 26 – (1995-01-21)21 January 1995 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) ASVEL Féminin PG 39 Alix Duchet 23 – (1997-12-30)30 December 1997 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Tango Bourges Basket SF 93 Diandra Tchatchouang 30 – (1991-06-14)14 June 1991 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Basket Lattes	Head coach Valérie Garnier[16] Assistant coach(es) Grégory Halin Olivier Lafargue Rachid Meziane Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 July 2021

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	260	223	+37	6	Quarterfinals
2	Japan (H)	3	2	1	245	239	+6	5
3	France	3	1	2	239	229	+10	4
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	217	270	−53	3

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

3×3 basketball[edit]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage								Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France women's 3×3	Women's 3×3 tournament	United States L 10–17	Italy W 19–16	Japan L 15–19	China L 13–20	Mongolia W 22–18	ROC W 17–14	Romania W 22–12	5 Q	Japan W 16–14	United States L 16–18	China L 14–16	4

Women's tournament[edit]

France women's national 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top three finish at the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[17]

Team roster

The players were announced on 2 July 2021.^[18]

• Ana Cata-Chitiga
• Laëtitia Guapo
• Marie-Ève Paget
• Mamignan Touré

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	United States	7	6	1	136	98	+38	Semifinals
2	ROC	7	5[a]	2	129	90	+39
3	China	7	5[a]	2	127	97	+30	Quarterfinals
4	Japan (H)	7	5[a]	2	130	97	+33
5	France	7	4	3	118	116	+2
6	Italy	7	2	5	98	125	−27
7	Romania	7	1	6	89	142	−53
8	Mongolia	7	0	7	79	141	−62

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Boxing[edit]

France entered six boxers (five men and one woman) into the Olympic tournament. 2019 world bronze medalist Billal Bennama (men's flyweight), Samuel Kistohurry (men's featherweight), Rio 2016 silver medalist Sofiane Oumiha (men's lightweight), Mourad Aliev (men's super heavyweight), and Maïva Hamadouche (women's lightweight) secured the spots on the French squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London and Paris.^[19][20]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Billal Bennama	Men's flyweight	—	Bibossinov (KAZ) L 0–5	Did not advance
Samuel Kistohurry	Men's featherweight	Ragan (USA) L 2–3	Did not advance
Sofiane Oumiha	Men's lightweight	—	Davis (USA) L RSC	Did not advance
Mourad Aliev	Men's super heavyweight	—	Zukhurov (TJK) W 5–0	Clarke (GBR) L DSQ	Did not advance
Maïva Hamadouche	Women's lightweight	Potkonen (FIN) L 1–3	Did not advance

Canoeing[edit]

Slalom[edit]

French canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.^[21] The slalom canoeists, including Rio 2016 Olympian Marie-Zélia Lafont in the women's K-1, were officially named to the French roster on 15 October 2020.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Thomas	Men's C-1	102.75	7	102.83	7	102.75	9 Q	100.65	1 Q	104.98	5
Boris Neveu	Men's K-1	147.12	21	91.78	5	91.78	5 Q	94.86	2 Q	101.18	7
Marjorie Delassus	Women's C-1	121.74	12	167.47	19	121.74	17 Q	117.71	5 Q	115.93	4
Marie-Zélia Lafont	Women's K-1	121.48	19	110.25	11	110.25	13 Q	115.81	14	Did not advance

Sprint[edit]

French canoeists qualified five boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.^[23] Meanwhile, one additional boat was awarded to the French canoeist in the men's K-1 1000 m by winning the bronze medal at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta.^[24] The sprint canoeists, including Rio 2016 silver medalist Maxime Beaumont in the men's K-1 200 m, were officially named to the French roster on 8 June 2021.^[25]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adrien Bart	C-1 1000 m	4:03.771	2 SF	Bye		4:04.026	1 FA	4:06.171	4
Maxime Beaumont	K-1 200 m	35.259	2 SF	Bye		36.072	6 FB	35.998	9
Guillaume Burger	K-1 1000 m	3:53.241	4 QF	3:52.817	5	Did not advance
Etienne Hubert		3:45.072	4 QF	3:46.274	2 SF	3:27.319	6 FB	3:31.553	15
Guillaume Burger Étienne Hubert	K-2 1000 m	3:29.296	5 QF	3:18.284	5 FB	Bye		3:32.690	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Léa Jamelot	K-1 200 m	43.589	6 QF	43.338	4	Did not advance
Vanina Paoletti		42.334	3 QF	43.163	4	Did not advance
Manon Hostens	K-1 500 m	1:53.668	6 QF	1:54.095	2 SF	1:57.394	6 FC	1:58.133	23
Manon Hostens Sarah Guyot	K-2 500 m	1:45.533	2 SF	Bye		1:38.632	3 FA	1:40.329	7
Sarah Guyot Manon Hostens Léa Jamelot Vanina Paoletti	K-4 500 m	1:39.032	5 QF	1:37.138	4 SF	1:38.202	5 FB	1:38.346	9

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

Cycling[edit]

Road[edit]

France entered a squad of six riders (five men and one woman) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.^[26] Juliette Labous was named as part of the ninth batch of nominated French athletes to the Tokyo 2020 roster on 11 May 2021.^[27]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rémi Cavagna	Men's road race	Did not finish
	Men's time trial	58:39.06	17
Benoît Cosnefroy	Men's road race	6:16:53	57
Kenny Elissonde		6:15:38	38
David Gaudu		6:06:33	7
Guillaume Martin		6:11:46	27
Juliette Labous	Women's road race	3:56:07	30
	Women's time trial	32:42.14	9

Track[edit]

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, French riders accumulated spots in the men's team sprint, women's team pursuit, men's and women's omnium and men's and women's madison. As a result of their place in the men's team sprint, France won its right to enter two riders in the men's sprint and keirin. Unable to earn a quota place in the women's team sprint, France entered at least one rider to compete in the women's sprint and keirin based on her final individual UCI Olympic rankings.

The sprint riders were officially named as part of the tenth batch of nominated French athletes to the Tokyo 2020 roster on 26 May 2021.^[28]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	1/8 Finals	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Rayan Helal	Men's sprint	9.669 74.465	20 Q	Dmitriev (ROC) L	Bötticher (GER)  Richardson (AUS) L	Did not advance
Sébastien Vigier		9.551 75.385	10 Q	Barrette (CAN) W 10.182 70.713	Bye	Webster (NZL) L	Tjon En Fa (SUR) W 9.900 72.727	Carlin (GBR) L	Webster (NZL)  Sahrom (MAS) W 10.169 70.803	Hoogland (NED) L	Did not advance	Fifth place final  Levy (GER)  Paul (TTO)  Kenny (GBR) L	7
Mathilde Gros	Women's sprint	10.400 69.231	4 Q	Lee H-j (KOR) W 11.216 64.194	Bye	Kobayashi (JPN) W 11.292 63.762	Bye	Lee W-s (HKG) L	Genest (CAN)  Voynova (ROC) L	Did not advance
Coralie Demay		11.849 60.765	29	Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Florian Grengbo Rayan Helal Sébastien Vigier	Men's team sprint	42.722 63.199	4	New Zealand (NZL) W 42.294 63.839	4 FB	Australia (AUS) W 42.331 63.783

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Victoire Berteau Marion Borras Coralie Demay Valentine Fortin Marie Le Net	Women's team pursuit	4:12.502	5	Canada (CAN) L 4:11.888	8 FD	New Zealand (NZL) W 4:10.600	7

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Rayan Helal	Men's keirin	1 QF	Bye	3 SF	4	10
Sébastien Vigier		6 R	3	Did not advance
Coralie Demay	Women's keirin	5 R	4	Did not advance
Mathilde Gros		6 R	2 QF	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
Benjamin Thomas	Men's omnium	2	38	2	38	6	30	10	12	118	4
Clara Copponi	Women's omnium	DNF	16	9	24	1	40	7	5	85	8

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Donavan Grondin Benjamin Thomas	Men's madison	40	0
Clara Copponi Marie Le Net	Women's madison	19	0	5

Mountain biking[edit]

French mountain bikers qualified for two men's and two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's third-place finish for men and fifth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021. The mountain biking team was named as part of the nation's tenth batch of nominated athletes on 26 May 2021, with Pauline Ferrand-Prévot leading the bikers to her third consecutive Games.^[28][29][30]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Victor Koretzky	Men's cross-country	1:26.00	5
Jordan Sarrou		1:26.50	9
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot	Women's cross-country	1:20.18	10
Loana Lecomte		1:18.43	6

BMX[edit]

France received a total of seven quota spots (four men's and three women's) for BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's top-place finish for men's race, third for women's race, and fifth for men's freestyle in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 1 June 2021; and the nation's top-two placement at the 2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Chengdu, China.^[31][32]

The BMX squad was named as part of the nation's eleventh batch of nominated athletes on 8 June 2021, with Joris Daudet leading the riders to his third consecutive Games.^[25]

Race

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Sylvain André	Men's race	3	1 Q	11	3 Q	40.676	4
Joris Daudet		3	1 Q	8	3 Q	DNF
Romain Mahieu		10	3 Q	4	1 Q	41.952	6
Axelle Étienne	Women's race	9	3 Q	11	3 Q	45.853	7
Manon Valentino		15	5	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Anthony Jeanjean	Men's freestyle	84.65	4	78.20	7

Diving[edit]

French divers qualified for three individual spots at the Games by finishing in the top twelve of their respective events at the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alexis Jandard	Men's 3 m springboard	423.60	11 Q	357.85	16	Did not advance
Matthieu Rosset	Men's 10 m platform	275.70	29	Did not advance
Alaïs Kalonji	Women's 10 m platform	295.90	14 Q	269.00	16	Did not advance

Equestrian[edit]

French equestrians qualified a full squad each in the team eventing and jumping competition, respectively, by virtue of a top-six finish at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, United States and a top-three finish at the 2019 FEI European Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.^[33][34] Meanwhile, a composite squad of three dressage riders was formed and thereby added to the French roster by receiving a spare berth freed up by one of two nations (South Africa and Brazil), unable to fulfill the NOC Certificate of Capability, based on their individual results in the FEI Olympic rankings at the end of 2019 season.

The French equestrian squads were named on 2 July 2021.^[35]

Dressage[edit]

Isabelle Pinto and Hot Chocolat VD Kwaplas have been named the travelling alternates.^[35]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Alexandre Ayache	Zo What	Individual	68.929	34	—		Did not advance
Morgan Barbançon	Sir Donnerhall II		70.543	24			Did not advance
Maxime Collard	Cupido		69.068	33			Did not advance
Alexandre Ayache Morgan Barbançon Maxime Collard	See above	Team	6715.0	9	Did not advance		—		Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing[edit]

Karim Laghouag and Triton Fontaine were named as the travelling alternates^[35] and replaced Thomas Carlile and Birmane who withdrew.^[36]

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	Triton Fontaine	Individual	32.40	26	0.00	32.40	8	4.00	36.40	13	8.80	45.20	12	45.20	12
Christopher Six	Totem de Brecey		29.60	13	1.60	31.20	11	0.00	31.20	6	4.00	35.20	7	35.20	7
Nicolas Touzaint	Absolut Gold		33.10	32	0.40	33.50	13	0.40	33.90	10	0.00	33.90	6	33.90	6
Karim Laghouag Christopher Six Nicolas Touzaint	See above	Team	95.10	9	2.00	97.10	3	4.40	101.50	3	—			101.50

Jumping[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Mathieu Billot	Quel Filou	Individual	7	43	Did not advance
Nicolas Delmotte	Urvoso du Roch		0	=1 Q	5	88.04	12
Pénélope Leprevost	Vancouver de Lanlore		10	=52	Did not advance
Mathieu Billot Simon Delestre Pénélope Leprevost	Quel Filou Berlux Z Vancouver de Lanlore	Team	15	6 Q	2+EL	168.46	8

Fencing[edit]

French fencers qualified a full squad each in the men's and women's team foil, men's team épée, and women's team sabre at the Games, by finishing among the top four nations in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.^[37][38][39] London 2012 Olympian Boladé Apithy (men's sabre) and rookie Coraline Vitalis (women's épée) secured additional places on the French team as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for individual qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[40]

Daniel Jérent initially qualified to fence in the individual and team epee events, but was banned from participating due to a positive urine test for a banned product.^{[41][42][43][44]} Jérent was replaced by Romain Cannone, who went on to win the gold medal in individual epee. Ronan Gustin was recalled to be a team replacement.^[43]

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
Alexandre Bardenet	Épée	Bye	McDowald (USA) W 15–12	Santarelli (ITA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Yannick Borel		Bye	El-Sayed (EGY) L 11–15	Did not advance
Romain Cannone		Bye	Limardo (VEN) W 15–12	Verwijlen (NED) W 15–11	Bida (ROC) W 15–12	Reizlin (UKR) W 15–10	Siklósi (HUN) W 15–10
Alexandre Bardenet Yannick Borel Romain Cannone Ronan Gustin	Team épée	—		Bye	Japan (JPN) L 44–45	Classification semifinal  Switzerland (SUI) W 45–37	Fifth place match  Ukraine (UKR) W 45–39	5
Enzo Lefort	Foil	Bye	Cervantes (MEX) W 15–11	Saito (JPN) W 15–4	Garozzo (ITA) L 10–15	Did not advance
Julien Mertine		Bye	Cheung K-l (HKG) L 12–15	Did not advance
Maxime Pauty		Bye	Matsuyama (JPN) L 7–15	Did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux Enzo Lefort Julien Mertine Maxime Pauty	Team foil	—		Bye	Egypt (EGY) W 45–34	Japan (JPN) W 45–42	ROC W 45–28
Boladé Apithy	Sabre	Bye	Rahbari (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
Coraline Vitalis	Épée	Bye	Beljajeva (EST) L 5–15	Did not advance
Anita Blaze	Foil	Bye	Guo (CAN) L 12–15	Did not advance
Pauline Ranvier		Bye	Harvey (CAN) L 9–15	Did not advance
Ysaora Thibus		Bye	Pásztor (HUN) W 15–13	Korobeynikova (ROC) L 12–15	Did not advance
Anita Blaze Astrid Guyart Pauline Ranvier Ysaora Thibus	Team foil	—			Canada (CAN) W 45–29	Italy (ITA) W 45–43	ROC L 34–45
Cécilia Berder	Sabre	Bye	Choi S-y (KOR) L 11–15	Did not advance
Manon Brunet		Bye	Bhavani Devi (IND) W 15–7	Emura (JPN) W 15–12	Nikitina (ROC) W 15–5	Pozdniakova (ROC) L 10–15	Márton (HUN) W 15–6
Charlotte Lembach		Bye	Vecchi (ITA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Sara Balzer Cécilia Berder Manon Brunet Charlotte Lembach	Team sabre	—		Bye	United States (USA) W 45–30	Italy (ITA) W 45–39	ROC L 41–45

Football[edit]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France men's	Men's tournament	Mexico L 1–4	South Africa W 4–3	Japan L 0–4	3	Did not advance

Men's tournament[edit]

France men's football team qualified for the Games by advancing to the semifinal stage of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy, signifying the country's recurrence to the Olympic tournament after twenty-four years.^[45]

Team roster

France's initial final squad was announced on 25 June 2021.^[46] However, after several clubs refused to release their players, a new squad was announced on 2 July 2021, along with additional players to complete the final roster.^[47] Before the start of the tournament, Niels Nkounkou was called up to replace the injured Jérémy Gelin.^[48]

Head coach: Sylvain Ripoll^[49]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Paul Bernardoni	(1997-04-18)18 April 1997 (aged 24)	Angers
2	2DF	Pierre Kalulu	(2000-06-05)5 June 2000 (aged 21)	Milan
3	2DF	Melvin Bard	(2000-11-06)6 November 2000 (aged 20)	Lyon
4	2DF	Timothée Pembélé	(2002-09-09)9 September 2002 (aged 18)	Paris Saint-Germain
5	2DF	Niels Nkounkou	(2000-11-01)1 November 2000 (aged 20)	Everton
6	3MF	Lucas Tousart	(1997-04-29)29 April 1997 (aged 24)	Hertha BSC
7	4FW	Arnaud Nordin	(1998-06-17)17 June 1998 (aged 23)	Saint-Étienne
8	3MF	Enzo Le Fée	(2000-02-03)3 February 2000 (aged 21)	Lorient
9	4FW	Nathanaël Mbuku	(2002-03-16)16 March 2002 (aged 19)	Reims
10	4FW	André-Pierre Gignac* (captain)	(1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 35)	UANL
11	3MF	Téji Savanier*	(1991-12-22)22 December 1991 (aged 29)	Montpellier
12	3MF	Alexis Beka Beka	(2001-03-29)29 March 2001 (aged 20)	Caen
13	2DF	Clément Michelin	(1997-05-11)11 May 1997 (aged 24)	Lens
14	4FW	Florian Thauvin*	(1993-01-26)26 January 1993 (aged 28)	UANL
15	2DF	Modibo Sagnan	(1999-04-14)14 April 1999 (aged 22)	Real Sociedad
16	1GK	Stefan Bajic	(2001-12-23)23 December 2001 (aged 19)	Saint-Étienne
17	2DF	Anthony Caci	(1997-07-01)1 July 1997 (aged 24)	Strasbourg
18	4FW	Randal Kolo Muani	(1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 22)	Nantes
19	2DF	Ismaël Doukouré	(2003-07-24)24 July 2003 (aged 17)	Valenciennes
20	4FW	Isaac Lihadji	(2002-04-04)4 April 2002 (aged 19)	Lille
22	1GK	Dimitry Bertaud	(1998-06-06)6 June 1998 (aged 23)	Montpellier

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	France	3	1	0	2	5	11	−6	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

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Golf[edit]

France entered two male and two female golfers into the Olympic tournament. Victor Perez qualified but chose not to play.^[50]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Romain Langasque	Men's	69	70	69	69	277	−7	=35
Antoine Rozner		68	69	73	70	280	−4	=45
Céline Boutier	Women's	73	68	72	69	282	−2	=34
Perrine Delacour		70	70	69	71	280	−4	=29

Gymnastics[edit]

Artistic[edit]

France fielded a full squad of seven artistic gymnasts (three men and four women) into the Olympic competition, failing to send the men's all-around team for the first time since 1992. The women's squad topped the list of nine nations eligible for qualification in the team all-around to assure its Olympic berth at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[51] On the men's side, two-time Olympian Cyril Tommasone, his Rio 2016 teammate Samir Aït Saïd, and rookie Loris Frasca booked their spots in the individual all-around and apparatus events at the same tournament, with Tommasone finishing sixth in the pommel horse final and Aït Saïd capturing the bronze in the rings.^[52]

Men

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	Rings	—		15.066	—			15.066	3 Q	—		14.900	—			14.900	4
Loris Frasca	All-around	13.700	13.766	13.100	13.366	13.433	12.833	80.332	44	Did not advance
Cyril Tommasone	Pommel horse	—	13.100	—				13.100	43	Did not advance

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Marine Boyer	Team	13.733	10.400	13.466	12.733	50.332	60	—		12.066	13.000	—
Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos		14.466	14.566	13.233	13.166	55.431	10 Q	14.500	14.200	13.566	13.700
Aline Friess		14.966	13.666	12.500	12.500	53.632	25	14.900	13.733	—
Carolann Héduit		14.233	13.966	13.200	12.900	54.299	18 Q	14.200	13.466	12.833	13.100
Total		43.665	42.198	39.899	38.799	164.561	4 Q	43.600	41.399	38.465	39.800	163.264	6

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos	All-around	See team results						14.366	13.833	12.166	13.333	53.698	11
Carolann Héduit		See team results						14.400	13.566	12.566	13.033	53.565	12

Trampoline[edit]

France qualified one gymnast each for the men's and women's trampoline by finishing in the top eight, respectively, at the 2019 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.^[53] The athletes were announced on 16 June 2021.^[54]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Allan Morante	Men's	21.080	16	Did not advance
Léa Labrousse	Women's	68.085	12	Did not advance

Handball[edit]

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
France men's	Men's tournament	Argentina W 33–27	Brazil W 34–29	Germany W 30–29	Spain W 36–31	Norway L 29–32	1 Q	Bahrain W 42–28	Egypt W 27–23	Denmark W 25–23
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