France at the 2004 Summer Olympics

France at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com  (in French)
in Athens
Competitors	308 (195 men and 113 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer	Jackson Richardson [1]
Medals Ranked 7 [2] th	Gold 11 Silver 9 Bronze 13 Total 33
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. French athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The French Olympic Committee sent a total of 308 athletes to the Games, 195 men and 113 women, to compete in 25 sports.

Medalists

Further information: 2004 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Laure Manaudou Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle August 15  Gold Brice Guyart Fencing Men's individual foil August 16  Gold Tony Estanguet Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 August 18  Gold Arnaud Boiteau Didier Courrèges Cédric Lyard Jean Teulère Nicolas Touzaint Equestrian Team eventing August 18  Gold Julien Pillet Damien Touya Gaël Touya Fencing Men's team sabre August 19  Gold Benoît Peschier Canoeing Men's slalom K-1 August 20  Gold Adrien Hardy Sébastien Vieilledent Rowing Men's double sculls August 21  Gold Érik Boisse Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Hugues Obry Fencing Men's team épée August 22  Gold Émilie Le Pennec Gymnastics Women's uneven bars August 22  Gold Faustine Merret Sailing Women's sailboard August 25  Gold Julien Absalon Cycling Men's cross-country August 28  Silver Frédérique Jossinet Judo Women's 48 kg August 14  Silver Laura Flessel-Colovic Fencing Women's individual épée August 15  Silver Arnaud Tournant Cycling Men's track time trial August 20  Silver Laure Manaudou Swimming Women's 800 m freestyle August 20  Silver Malia Metella Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle August 21  Silver Amélie Mauresmo Tennis Women's singles August 21  Silver Frédéric Dufour Pascal Touron Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls August 22  Silver Myriam Baverel Taekwondo Women's +67 kg August 28  Silver Jérôme Thomas Boxing Flyweight August 29  Bronze Maureen Nisima Fencing Women's individual épée August 15  Bronze Hugues Duboscq Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke August 15  Bronze Laure Manaudou Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke August 16  Bronze Solenne Figuès Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle August 17  Bronze Fabien Lefèvre Canoeing Men's slalom K-1 August 20  Bronze Sarah Daninthe Laura Flessel-Colovic Hajnalka Kiraly-Picot Maureen Nisima Fencing Women's team épée August 20  Bronze Mickaël Bourgain Laurent Gané Arnaud Tournant Cycling Men's team sprint August 21  Bronze Anna Gomis Wrestling Women's freestyle 55 kg August 23  Bronze Lise Legrand Wrestling Women's freestyle 63 kg August 23  Bronze Naman Keïta Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles August 26  Bronze Christine Arron Sylviane Félix Muriel Hurtis Véronique Mang Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m relay August 26  Bronze Pascal Rambeau Xavier Rohart Sailing Star class August 28  Bronze Pascal Gentil Taekwondo Men's +80 kg August 28

Medals by sport Sport Total Fencing 3 1 2 6 Canoeing 2 0 1 3 Swimming 1 2 3 6 Cycling 1 1 1 3 Rowing 1 1 0 2 Sailing 1 0 1 2 Equestrian 1 0 0 1 Gymnastics 1 0 0 1 Taekwondo 0 1 1 2 Boxing 0 1 0 1 Judo 0 1 0 1 Tennis 0 1 0 1 Athletics 0 0 2 2 Wrestling 0 0 2 1 Total 11 9 13 33

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

France has qualified three archers each in the men's and women's team.

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
Jocelyn de Grandis	Individual	663	13	Peljor  (BHU) L 136–161	did not advance
Franck Fisseux		622	56	Yamamoto  (JPN) L 147–155	did not advance
Thomas Naglieri		626	53	Cuddihy  (AUS) L 127–148	did not advance
Jocelyn de Grandis Franck Fisseux Thomas Naglieri	Team	1911	12	—		Japan  (JPN) L 241–254	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
Alexandra Fouace	Individual	627	30	Matsushita  (JPN) L 157–165	did not advance
Bérengère Schuh		626	31	Romantzi  (GRE) L 143–151	did not advance
Aurore Trayan		594	60	Zhang Jj  (CHN) L 122–135	did not advance
Alexandra Fouace Bérengère Schuh Aurore Trayan	Team	1847	13	—		Poland  (POL) W 226–224	India  (IND) W 228–227	South Korea  (KOR) L 234–249	Chinese Taipei  (TPE) L 228–242	4

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

French athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). ^{[3] [4]}

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nicolas Aissat	800 m	1:45.31	4 q	—		1:47.14	5	Did not advance
Mehdi Baala	1500 m	3:46.06	13	—		Did not advance
David Boulanger	50 km walk	—						4:01:32	22
Eddy de Lépine	100 m	10.27	5 q	DNS		Did not advance
Leslie Djhone	400 m	45.40	1 Q	—		45.01	3 q	44.94	7
Ladji Doucouré	110 m hurdles	13.18 NR	1 Q	13.23	1 Q	13.06 NR	1 Q	13.76	8
Driss El Himer	Marathon	—						2:29:07	68
Naman Keïta	400 m hurdles	48.88	2 Q	—		48.24	3 q	48.26
Florent Lacasse	800 m	1:46.91	3	—		Did not advance
El Hassan Lahssini	Marathon	—						2:19:50	36
Denis Langlois	50 km walk	—						DNF
Vincent Le Dauphin	3000 m steeplechase	8:20.13	5 q	—				8:16.15	10
Issa-Aimé Nthépé	100 m	10.67	5	Did not advance
Ronald Pognon		10.18	2 Q	10.15	4 q	10.32	7	Did not advance
Eddy Riva	50 km walk	—						4:00:25	21
Ismaïl Sghyr	10000 m	—						27:57.09	8
Bouabdellah Tahri	3000 m steeplechase	8:18.98	3 Q	—				8:14.26	7
Mounir Yemmouni	1500 m	3:51.08	10	—		Did not advance
David Alerte Frédéric Krantz Issa-Aimé Nthépé Ronald Pognon	4 × 100 m relay	38.93	7	—				Did not advance
Leslie Djhone Ahmed Douhou Abderrahim El Haouzy Ibrahima Wade	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.39	7	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
David Brisseault	Javelin throw	71.86	31	Did not advance
Yann Domenech	Long jump	7.73	28	Did not advance
Kafétien Gomis		7.99	14	Did not advance
Nicolas Guigon	Pole vault	5.30	=31	Did not advance
Julien Kapek	Triple jump	16.91	12 q	16.81	10
Romain Mesnil	Pole vault	5.65	18	Did not advance
Salim Sdiri	Long jump	8.08	9 q	7.94	12
Karl Taillepierre	Triple jump	15.50	42	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Romain Barras	Result	11.14	6.99	14.91	1.94	49.41	14.37	44.83	4.60	64.55	4:27.09	8067	13
	Points	830	811	784	749	842	927	763	790	807	764
Laurent Hernu	Result	10.97	7.19	14.65	2.03	48.73	14.25	44.72	4.80	57.76	4:24.35	8237	7
	Points	867	859	768	831	874	942	761	849	704	782

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Christine Arron	100 m	11.14	2 Q	11.10	1 Q	11.21	6	Did not advance
	200 m	22.60	2 Q	22.90	4 q	23.05	7	Did not advance
Hind Dehiba	1500 m	4:07.96	8	—		Did not advance
Latifa Essarokh		4:09.08	10	—		Did not advance
Sylviane Félix	200 m	22.94	2 Q	23.08	5 q	22.99	7	Did not advance
Linda Ferga-Khodadin	100 m hurdles	13.02	4	—		Did not advance
Reïna-Flor Okori		12.81	1 Q	—		12.81	6	Did not advance
Hafida Gadi	Marathon	—						2:50:29	52
Élisabeth Grousselle	800 m	2:00.31	3 Q	—		2:00.21	6	Did not advance
Muriel Hurtis	200 m	22.77	4 Q	23.33	6	Did not advance
Véronique Mang	100 m	11.24	2 Q	11.39	6	Did not advance
Rakiya Maraoui-Quétier	Marathon	—						DNF
Maria Martins	1500 m	4:05.95	4 Q	—		4:12.76	12	Did not advance
Margaret Maury	5000 m	14:56.79	6 q	—				15:09.77	11
Nicole Ramalalanirina	100 m hurdles	13.07	4	—		Did not advance
Corinne Raux	Marathon	—						2:35:54	15
Christine Arron Sylviane Félix Muriel Hurtis Véronique Mang	4 × 100 m relay	42.98	3 Q	—				42.54

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Eunice Barber	Long jump	6.37	29	Did not advance
Vanessa Boslak	Pole vault	4.40	11 q	4.40	6
Laurence Manfredi	Shot put	17.78	16	Did not advance
Manuela Montebrun	Hammer throw	67.90	15	Did not advance
Marie Poissonnier	Pole vault	4.00	34	Did not advance
Mélina Robert-Michon	Discus throw	56.70	31	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Marie Collonvillé	Result	13.65	1.85	12.35	25.26	6.19	49.14	2:13.62	6279	7
	Points	1028	1041	684	863	908	843	912

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hongyan Pi	Women's singles	Seo Y-H  (KOR) L 6–11, 11–6, 7–11	Did not advance
Svetoslav Stoyanov Victoria Wright	Mixed doubles	Eriksen / Schjoldager  (DEN) L 13–15, 15–2, 5–15	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

France sent six boxers to Athens, mostly in the lighter weight classes. They won a silver medal. Two lost their first bouts, as the team combined for a record of 8–6. France was part of a four-way tie for 8th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Redouane Asloum	Light flyweight	Nalbandyan  (ARM) L 20–27	Did not advance
Jérôme Thomas	Flyweight	Kumar  (IND) W 37–16	Payano  (DOM) W 36–17	Siler  (USA) W 23–18	Aslanov  (AZE) W 23–18	Gamboa  (CUB) L 23–38
Ali Hallab	Bantamweight	Bouziane  (ALG) L 16–19	Did not advance
Khedafi Djelkhir	Featherweight	Nejmaoui  (TUN) W 38–13	Tajbert  (GER) L 26–40	Did not advance
Willy Blain	Light welterweight	Ali Sassi  (TUN) W 36–14	Maletin  (RUS) W 28–20	Boonjumnong  (THA) L 8–20	Did not advance
Xavier Noël	Welterweight	Berto  (HAI) W 36–34	Polyakov  (UKR) L 25–32	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Tony Estanguet	Men's C-1	99.23	1	102.30	5	201.53	2 Q	93.37	2 Q	95.79	3	189.16
Nicolas Peschier		108.74	15	112.62	14	221.36	14	Did not advance
Fabien Lefèvre	Men's K-1	95.00	5	95.80	4	190.80	4 Q	95.13	6 Q	95.86	2	190.99
Benoît Peschier		99.33	14	95.04	2	194.37	8 Q	93.93	2 Q	94.03	1	187.96
Yann Le Pennec Philippe Quémerais	Men's C-2	105.29	3	110.04	5	215.33	4 Q	105.79	2 Q	111.00	5	216.79	5
Peggy Dickens	Women's K-1	121.31	14	108.27	2	229.58	12 Q	104.95	2 Q	113.85	7	218.80	4

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Babak Amir-Tahmasseb	Men's K-1 500 m	1:39.401	3 q	1:40.467	3 Q	1:40.187	7
	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:36.882	6 q	3:32.582	5	Did not advance
Yannick Lavigne José Lenoir	Men's C-2 500 m	1:49.940	7 q	1:45.458	7	Did not advance
	Men's C-2 1000 m	3:35.939	5 q	3:35.232	5	Did not advance
Nathalie Marie	Women's K-1 500 m	1:57.342	5 q	1:57.944	5	Did not advance
Marie Delattre Anne-Laure Viard	Women's K-2 500 m	1:45.090	5 q	1:45.626	4	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Laurent Brochard	Road race	5:44:13	44
Sylvain Chavanel		Did not finish
Christophe Moreau	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	59:50.28	11
Richard Virenque	Road race	5:44:13	48
Thomas Voeckler		5:41:56	20

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sonia Huguet	Road race	3:30:30	40
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	Road race	3:25:23	10
	Time trial	33:05.72	14
Edwige Pitel	Road race	3:28:39	32
	Time trial	34:02.35	20

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	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)	Rank
Mickaël Bourgain	Men's sprint	10.264 70.148	4	Jeřábek  (SVK) W 10.988 65.526	Bye	Eadie  (AUS) W 10.936 65.837	Bye	Gané  (FRA) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final   Edgar  (GBR)   Forde  (BAR)   Zieliński  (POL) L	8
Laurent Gané		10.271 70.100	5	Kim C-B  (KOR) W 11.166 64.481	Bye	Villanueva  (ESP) W 10.772 66.839	Bye	Bourgain  (FRA) W 11.018, W 10.876	Bayley  (AUS) L, L	Wolff  (GER) L, L	4
Mickaël Bourgain Laurent Gané Arnaud Tournant	Men's team sprint	44.179 61.115	1 Q	Greece  (GRE) W 44.128 61.185	—					Australia  (AUS) W 44.359 60.867

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Fabien Sanchez	Men's individual pursuit	4:20.606	8 Q	Wiggins  (GBR) L 4:21.235	6	Did not advance
Mathieu Ladagnous Anthony Langella Jérôme Neuville Fabien Sanchez	Men's team pursuit	4:07.336	7 Q	Great Britain  (GBR) LAP	7	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Arnaud Tournant	Men's time trial	1:00.896
François Pervis		1:02.328	6

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Mickaël Bourgain	Men's keirin	7 R	1 Q	3 Q	4
Laurent Gané		6 R	6	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Franck Perque	Men's points race	43	2	10
Sonia Huguet	Women's points race	2	0	13
Mathieu Ladagnous Jérôme Neuville	Men's madison	Did not finish

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julien Absalon	Men's cross-country	2:15:02
Miguel Martinez		Did not finish
Jean-Christophe Péraud		2:20:59	11
Laurence Leboucher	Women's cross-country	2:05:34	8

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics

France has qualified a single diver.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Claire Febvay	10 m platform	195.06	33	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

France has qualified two riders in dressage, and a spot for the team each in eventing and show jumping. The team of Arnaud Boiteau, Didier Courrèges, Cédric Lyard, Jean Teulère and Nicolas Touzaint captured the gold medal in team eventing after winning an appeal against an earlier decision imposed by the FEI Ground Jury, that gave German rider Bettina Hoy and her team a triumphant gold medal double. ^{[5] [6]}

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Julia Chevanne Gimel	Calimucho	Individual	68.750	19 Q	70.560	16	Did not advance
Karen Tebar	Falada M		67.958	24 Q	67.440	21	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Arnaud Boiteau	Expo du Moulin	Individual	45.80 #	21	Eliminated			Did not advance
Didier Courrèges	Debat d'Estruval		45.60	20	0.00	45.60	14	15.00 #	60.60	20 Q	45.00	105.60	25	105.60	25
Cédric Lyard	Fine Mervielle		54.40 #	34	3.20 #	57.60 #	26	13.00	70.60 #	28	Did not advance			70.60	28
Jean Teulère	Espoir de la Mare		38.40	6	0.00	38.40	4	8.00	46.40	6 Q	4.00	50.40	4	50.40	4
Nicolas Touzaint	Galan de Sauvagere		29.40	1	0.00	29.40	1	4.00	33.40	1 Q	19	52.40	8	52.40	8
Arnaud Boiteau Didier Courrèges Cédric Lyard Jean Teulère Nicolas Touzaint	See above	Team	113.40	2	0.00	113.40	=1	25.00	140.40	9	—			140.40

"#" 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.

Show jumping

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
Eugenie Angot	Cigale du Taillis	Individual	6	42	4	10	27 Q	1	11	12 Q	16	=36	Did not advance			16	=36
Florian Angot	First de Launay		4	=19	4	8	=16 Q	9	17	=21 Q	20	=40	Did not advance			20	=40
Bruno Broucqsault	Dileme de Cephe		4	=19	Retired			Did not advance
Eric Navet	Dollar du Murier		5	=31	16	21	=48 Q	Retired			Did not advance
Eugenie Angot Florian Angot Bruno Broucqsault Eric Navet	See above	Team	—								24	10	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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
Érik Boisse	Individual épée	Bye	Rathprasert  (THA) W 15–9	Carillo  (CUB) W 15–11	Jeannet  (FRA) W 15–14	Fischer  (SUI) L 9–15	Kolobkov  (RUS) L 8–15	4
Fabrice Jeannet		Bye	Kochetkov  (RUS) W 15–11	Lee  (KOR) W 15–5	Boisse  (FRA) L 14–15	Did not advance
Hugues Obry		Bye	Carillo  (CUB) L 10–15	Did not advance
Érik Boisse Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Hugues Obry	Team épée	—			United States  (USA) W 45–32	Germany  (GER) W 45–44	Hungary  (HUN) W 43–32
Loïc Attely	Individual foil	Bye	Schlosser  (AUT) W 15–14	Guyart  (FRA) L 4–15	Did not advance
Brice Guyart		Bye	El Azizi  (ALG) W 15–3	Attely  (FRA) W 15–4	Joppich  (GER) W 15–12	Cassarà  (ITA) W 15–14	Sanzo  (ITA) W 15–13
Erwann Le Péchoux		Bye	Dong Zz  (CHN) W 15-9	Vanni  (ITA) L 8-15	Did not advance
Loïc Attely Brice Guyart Erwann Le Péchoux Jean-Noël Ferrari	Team foil	—			Russia  (RUS) L 38–45	Classification semi-final   Egypt  (EGY) W 45–32	5th place final   Germany  (GER) W 45–38	5
Julien Pillet	Individual sabre	Bye	Oh E-S  (KOR) W 15–13	Sharikov  (RUS) L 11–15	Did not advance
Damien Touya		Bye	Sznajder  (POL) L 14–15	Did not advance
Gaël Touya		Bye	Smart  (USA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Julien Pillet Damien Touya Gaël Touya	Team sabre	—			China  (CHN) W 45–35	United States  (USA) W 45–44	Italy  (ITA) W 45–42

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
Laura Flessel-Colovic	Individual épée	Bye	Gómez  (CUB) W 15–9	Kiraly-Picot  (FRA) W 15–9	Hristou  (GRE) W 15–13	Mincza-Nébald  (HUN) W 15–14	Nagy  (HUN) L 10–15
Hajnalka Kiraly-Picot		Bye	Shen Ww  (CHN) W 11–7	Flessel-Colovic  (FRA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Maureen Nisima		Bye	Magkandaki  (GRE) W 6-5	Halls  (AUS) W 15–10	Duplitzer  (GER) W 15–14	Nagy  (HUN) L 14–15	Mincza-Nébald  (HUN) W 15–12
Laura Flessel-Colovic Hajnalka Kiraly-Picot Maureen Nisima	Team épée	—			China  (CHN) W 45–33	Germany  (GER) L 32–33	Canada  (CAN) W 45–37
Adeline Wuillème	Individual foil	—	Silchenko  (BLR) W 15–4	Granbassi  (ITA) W 15–9	Vezzali  (ITA) L 8–15	Did not advance
Cécile Argiolas	Individual sabre	—	Nedeshkowskaia  (UKR) W 15–9	Tan X  (CHN) L 11–15	Did not advance
Léonore Perrus		—	Bye	E Jacobson  (USA) W 15–13	S Jacobson  (USA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Anne-Lise Touya		—	Bye	Zhang Y  (CHN) L 12–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Pierre-Yves Bény	Team	8.837	9.475	9.750 Q	9.250	—				Did not advance
Benoît Caranobe		9.287	9.162	9.587	9.612	9.450	9.537	56.635	15 Q
Yann Cucherat		—	9.512	8.912	—	9.750 Q	9.700	—
Dimitri Karbanenko		9.612	8.375	9.012	9.475	8.550	9.537	54.561	39
Florent Marée		9.212	—	9.387	9.375	9.150	9.687	—
Johan Mounard		8.525	9.050	—	9.187	9.725	9.637	—
Total		36.948	37.199	37.736	37.712	38.075	38.561	226.231	9

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Pierre-Yves Bény	Rings	—		9.800	—			9.800	=5
Benoît Caranobe	All-around	9.112	9.400	9.575	9.187	9.087	9.612	55.973	17
Yann Cucherat	Parallel bars	—				9.762	—	9.762	6

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Coralie Chacon	Team	9.450 Q	—	8.650	9.062	—		9.462	—
Soraya Chaouch		9.125	9.550	8.962	8.200	35.837	39	—	8.937	—	8.987	—
Marine Debauve		9.150	9.500	9.425	9.362	37.437	11 Q	—	9.437	9.400	9.350	—
Émilie Le Pennec		9.325	9.662 Q	8.900	9.425	37.312	12 Q	9.325	8.637	8.850	9.112	—
Camille Schmutz		—	9.337	9.137	—			—		9.287	—
Isabelle Severino		9.337	9.137	—	9.175	—		9.375	—
Total		37.262	38.049	36.424	37.024	148.759	6 Q	28.162	27.011	27.537	27.449	110.157	6

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Coralie Chacon	Vault	4.456	—			4.456	8
Marine Debauve	All-around	9.162	9.512	9.262	9.425	37.361	7
Émilie Le Pennec	All-around	9.300	9.687	8.112	9.537	36.636	14
	Uneven bars	—	9.687	—		9.687

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
David Martin	Men's	67.40	6 Q	39.90	8

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the France roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ^{[7] [8]}

Head coach: Claude Onesta

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Yohann Ploquin (1978-05-31)31 May 1978 (aged 26) 1.90 m 36 / Toulouse Handball 2 LB Jérôme Fernandez (1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 27) 1.99 m 161 666 FC Barcelona 3 P/DEF Didier Dinart (1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 27) 1.97 m 182 85 BM Ciudad Real 4 RB Cédric Burdet (1974-11-15)15 November 1974 (aged 29) 1.95 m 153 366 VfL Gummersbach 5 CB Guillaume Gille (1976-07-12)12 July 1976 (aged 28) 1.92 m 151 449 HSV Hamburg 6 P Bertrand Gille (1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (aged 26) 1.87 m 142 427 HSV Hamburg 7 P Guéric Kervadec (1972-01-09)9 January 1972 (aged 32) 1.98 m 191 476 US Creteil 8 LB Daniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 24) 1.89 m 74 200 Chambéry Savoie HB 9 RW Grégory Anquetil (1970-12-14)14 December 1970 (aged 33) 1.78 m 144 377 Montpellier HB 11 LW Olivier Girault (1973-02-22)22 February 1973 (aged 31) 1.83 m 146 285 Paris Handball 13 LB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 20) 1.95 m 29 130 Montpellier HB 16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 27) 1.92 m 91 / Montpellier HB 17 CB Jackson Richardson (1969-06-16)16 June 1969 (aged 35) 1.86 m 389 752 Portland San Antonio 18 RW Joël Abati (1971-04-25)25 April 1971 (aged 33) 1.90 m 107 276 SC Magdeburg 21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 22) 1.79 m 16 42 Montpellier HB

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	0	135	108	+27	10	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	5	4	0	1	132	124	+8	8
3	Germany	5	3	0	2	139	110	+29	6
4	Greece (H)	5	2	0	3	117	130	−13	4
5	Brazil	5	1	0	4	105	133	−28	2
6	Egypt	5	0	0	5	110	133	−23	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

14 August 2004 21:30	France	31 – 17	Brazil	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Vidarsson (ISL)
	Anquetil 7	(14-10)	Silva 6
	3× 4×		2× 6×

16 August 2004 16:30	Greece	25 – 29	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Karypidis 7	(15-15)	Anquetil 9
	4× 9×		3× 4×

18 August 2004 14:30	France	26 – 23	Hungary	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Guigou 6	(9-10)	Pérez 10
	4× 9×		3× 4×

20 August 2004 21:30	France	22 – 21	Egypt	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Breto, Huelin Trillo (ESP)
	Girault 8	(11-13)	Keshk 6
	3× 5×		4× 8× 1×

22 August 2004 14:30	Germany	22 – 27	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Oie, Togstad (NOR)
	Schwarzer, Kehrmann 5	(12-11)	Fernandez 6
	2× 4×		2× 4×

Quarterfinal

24 August 2004 22:05	France	24 – 26	Russia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Abati 6	(14-13)	Ivanov, Kokcharov 5
	3× 2×		3× 3×

5th-8th Classification

27 August 2004 09:30	Spain	27 – 29	France	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Romero, Ortega 5	(13-11)	Burdet, Girault 8
	3× 3×		3× 4×

Fifth Place Final

28 August 2004 19:30	Greece	15 – 33	France	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Grammatikos 7	(7-17)	Fernandez 9
	3× 6×		2× 3×

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the France roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ^{[9] [10]}

Head coaches: Olivier Krumbholz

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Joanne Dudziak (1972-06-08)8 June 1972 (aged 32) 1.70 m 148 1 HBC Nimes 2 RB Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin (1977-05-22)22 May 1977 (aged 27) 1.72 m 84 132 HB Metz Métropole 3 RW Estelle Vogein (1976-04-03)3 April 1976 (aged 28) 1.70 m 85 132 HB Metz Métropole 4 LB Leila Lejeune (1976-03-16)16 March 1976 (aged 28) 1.76 m 156 636 Viborg HK 5 CB Sandrine Delerce (1975-04-26)26 April 1975 (aged 29) 1.73 m 155 373 ESBF Besançon 6 RB Melinda Jacques (1971-10-13)13 October 1971 (aged 32) 1.89 m 58 263 HB Metz Métropole 7 LB Nodjialem Myaro (1976-09-05)5 September 1976 (aged 27) 1.82 m 141 490 KIF Kolding 8 P Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland (1972-10-09)9 October 1972 (aged 31) 1.72 m 220 651 ESBF Besançon 10 LB Sophie Herbrecht (1982-02-13)13 February 1982 (aged 22) 1.74 m 52 98 ESBF Besançon 11 RW Stéphanie Cano (1974-04-17)17 April 1974 (aged 30) 1.64 m 176 306 Slagelse FH 13 P Isabelle Wendling (1971-01-30)30 January 1971 (aged 33) 1.75 m 232 386 HB Metz Métropole 14 LB Myriam Korfanty (1978-10-18)18 October 1978 (aged 25) 1.80 m 119 184 US Mios 16 GK Valérie Nicolas (1975-03-12)12 March 1975 (aged 29) 1.78 m 174 0 Viborg HK 17 LW Delphine Guehl (1978-07-30)30 July 1978 (aged 26) 1.72 m 21 44 Cercle Dijon Bourgogne 20 LW Raphaëlle Tervel (1979-04-21)21 April 1979 (aged 25) 1.78 m 89 161 ESBF Besançon

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	3	1	0	135	103	+32	7 [lower-alpha 1]	Quarterfinals
2	Denmark	4	3	1	0	125	98	+27	7 [lower-alpha 1]
3	France	4	2	0	2	105	106	−1	4
4	Spain	4	0	1	3	86	110	−24	1 [lower-alpha 2]
5	Angola	4	0	1	3	97	131	−34	1 [lower-alpha 2]

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

1. South Korea 29–29 Denmark
2. Spain 24–24 Angola

15 August 2004 21:30	Denmark	35 – 26	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Brødsgaard 8	(16-11)	Cendier Ajaguin, Pecqueux-Rolland 4
	4× 3×		2× 3×

17 August 2004 21:30	France	27 – 20	Spain	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Lejeune, Tervel 6	(13-10)	Puche 5
	3× 4×		3× 3×

21 August 2004 14:30	Angola	21 – 29	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Bengue 7	(6-12)	Pecqueux-Rolland 8
	3× 3×		3× 4×

23 August 2004 14:30	France	23 – 30	South Korea	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Vidarsson (ISL)
	Wendling 8	(13-18)	Lim 8
	3× 3×		3× 4×

Quarterfinal

26 August 2004 16:30	France	25 – 23	Hungary	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Lejeune 6	(10-13)	Radulovics 6
	4× 6×		4× 4×

Semifinal

27 August 2004 19:30	France	31 – 32	South Korea	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Oie, Togstad (NOR)
	Pecqueux-Rolland, Cano 6	(10-13)	Lee G 7
	3× 4×		3× 3×

Bronze Medal Final

28 August 2004 16:30	Ukraine	21 – 18	France	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Vergelyuk 6	(10-10)	Lejeune 7
	4× 8× 1×		3× 2×

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

France has qualified thirteen judoka.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Benjamin Darbelet	−60 kg	Alvarenga  (VEN) W 0010–0002	Choi M-H  (KOR) L 0101–0113	Did not advance
Larbi Benboudaoud	−66 kg	Demirel  (TUR) L 0021–1100	Did not advance
Daniel Fernandes	−73 kg	Xie Jh  (CHN) W 0210–0101	Razvozov  (ISR) W 1000–0001	Guilheiro  (BRA) W 0101–0010	Makarov  (RUS) L 0001–1000	Bye			Pedro  (USA) L 0001–1110	5
Cédric Claverie	−81 kg	Kwon Y-W  (KOR) L 0001–0111	Did not advance
Frédéric Demontfaucon	−90 kg	Goldschmied  (MEX) W 1010–0000	Olson  (USA) W 1000–0000	Zviadauri  (GEO) L 0000–0010	Did not advance	Bye	Taov  (RUS) L 0020–0100	Did not advance
Ghislain Lemaire	−100 kg	Pálkovács  (SVK) W 1000–0000	Maksimov  (RUS) W 1001–0000	Jurack  (GER) L 0012–0020	Did not advance	Bye	Despaigne  (CUB) W 0221–0000	Ze'evi  (ISR) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Matthieu Bataille	+100 kg	Tangriev  (UZB) L 0001–1120	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Frédérique Jossinet	−48 kg	Chervonsky  (AUS) W 0200–0000	Moskvina  (BLR) W 1000–0000	Gao F  (CHN) W 0102–0011	Matijass  (GER) W 1000–0000	Bye			Tani  (JPN) L 0001–0112
Annabelle Euranie	−52 kg	Bye	Aluaș  (ROM) W 0111–0030	Monteiro  (POR) W 0001–0000	Xian Dm  (CHN) L 0010–1001	Bye			Heylen  (BEL) L 0000–0001	5
Barbara Harel	−57 kg	Bye	Lupetey  (CUB) L 0000–1000	Did not advance		Bye	Göldi  (SUI) WWO	Yukhareva  (RUS) W 0020–0001	Gravenstijn  (NED) L 0010–1000	5
Lucie Décosse	−63 kg	Álvarez  (ESP) W 1000–0001	Dixon  (AUS) W 1010–0000	Krukower  (ARG) L 0000–0001	Did not advance	Bye	Lee B-H  (KOR) W 0111–0100	Chisholm  (CAN) L 0001–1010	Did not advance
Céline Lebrun	−78 kg	Bye	Kubes  (USA) W 1011–0000	Silva  (BRA) W 0001–0000	Anno  (JPN) L 0000–0010	Bye			Laborde  (CUB) L 0001–1001	5
Éva Bisséni	+78 kg	Patsiou  (GRE) W 1000–0000	Blanco  (VEN) L 0000–0002	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

France has qualified four athletes in modern pentathlon

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Raphaël Astier	Men's	163	32	892	14–17	=19	776	2:06.93	10	1280	204	27	996	10:03.64	19	988	4932	25
Sébastien Deleigne		180	10	1096	15–16	=15	804	2:12.27	24	1216	196	24	1004	9:45.31	7	1060	5180	15
Amélie Cazé	Women's	170	17	976	17–14	=7	860	2:14.44	1	1308	124	19	1076	11:39.41	23	924	5144	12
Blandine Lachèze		179	7	1084	13–18	=22	748	2:26.31	19	1168	84	11	1116	11:52.47	28	872	4988	19

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adrien Hardy Sébastien Vieilledent	Double sculls	6:45.76	1 SA/B	Bye		6:12.40	2 FA	6:29.00
Frédéric Dufour Pascal Touron	Lightweight double sculls	6:14.55	1 SA/B	Bye		6:16.33	1 FA	6:21.46
Cédric Berrest Jonathan Coeffic Frédéric Perrier Xavier Philippe	Quadruple sculls	5:50.74	4 R	5:50.83	4	Did not advance
Jean-David Bernard Laurent Cadot Bastien Gallet Christophe Lattaignant (cox) Jean-Baptiste Macquet Donatien Mortelette Anthony Perrot Julien Peudecoeur Bastien Ripoll	Eight	5:29.55	4 R	5:34.20	2 FA	—		5:53.31	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sophie Balmary Virginie Chauvel	Pair	7:49.70	4 R	7:24.19	4 FB	7:17.94	10
Gaelle Buniet Caroline Delas	Double sculls	7:41.23	4 R	7:03.50	4 FB	6:52.55	7

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Julien Bontemps	Mistral	5	DSQ	9	8	12	11	6	14	4	2	18	89	9
Guillaume Florent	Finn	7	7	5	16	3	9	9	15	13	12	19	96	8
Nicolas Le Berre Gildas Philippe	470	14	2	13	7	2	17	15	17	12	13	2	97	5
Pascal Rambeau Xavier Rohart	Star	3	9	6	15	7	2	4	12	3	1	7	54

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Faustine Merret	Mistral	2	13	1	4	2	4	4	5	4	3	2	31
Blandine Rouille	Europe	25	17	4	5	5	18	3	14	14	11	6	97	11
Nadege Douroux Ingrid Petitjean	470	8	3	5	7	7	20	19	18	10	14	9	100	10
Marion Deplanque Anne Le Helley Elodie Lesaffre	Yngling	3	2	14	11	9	13	10	3	2	3	1	57	5

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Felix Pruvot	Laser	10	DSQ	32	10	17	8	32	23	1	9	—					1	143	15
Marc Audineau Stéphane Christidis	49er	6	10	14	11	16	1	12	14	4	18	11	11	4	8	10	14	130	11
Olivier Backes Laurent Voiron	Tornado	4	12	11	2	5	4	11	5	5	8	—					2	57	4

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stéphane Clamens	Trap	119	=9	Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin	10 m air pistol	577	=20	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	550	=24	Did not advance
Yves Tronc	Trap	112	=27	Did not advance
Anthony Terras	Skeet	121	=9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Valérie Bellenoue	10 m air rifle	392	=22	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	574	16	Did not advance
Laurence Brize	10 m air rifle	396	8 Q	497.9	7
	50 m rifle 3 positions	578	=9	Did not advance
Stéphanie Neau	Trap	57	12	Did not advance
Brigitte Roy	10 m air pistol	374	=30	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	578	=10	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

French swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Romain Barnier	100 m freestyle	49.49	7 Q	49.63	12	Did not advance
Frédérick Bousquet	50 m freestyle	22.24	2 Q	22.29	12	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.08	5 Q	49.25	10	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	53.63	25	Did not advance
Hugues Duboscq	100 m breaststroke	1:01.15	6 Q	1:01.17	7 Q	1:00.88 NR
	200 m breaststroke	2:16.56	25	Did not advance
Simon Dufour	100 m backstroke	55.76	13 Q	56.15	16	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:59.52	6 Q	1:58.96	6 Q	1:58.49	6
Franck Esposito	100 m butterfly	52.61	8 Q	52.88	11	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:58.12	7 Q	1:59.00	15	Did not advance
Pierre Roger	100 m backstroke	56.07	21	Did not advance
Nicolas Rostoucher	200 m freestyle	1:50.96	25	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:50.73	12	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:13.56	11	—		Did not advance
Julien Sicot	50 m freestyle	22.30	6 Q	22.26	10	Did not advance
Romain Barnier Frédérick Bousquet Fabien Gilot Amaury Leveaux* Julien Sicot	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:17.64	=6 Q	—		3:16.23	7
Fabien Horth Nicolas Kintz Amaury Leveaux Nicolas Rostoucher	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:21.31	8 Q	—		7:17.43	7
Frédérick Bousquet Hugues Duboscq Simon Dufour Franck Esposito	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:37.60	6 Q	—		3:36.57	5

* Competed only in heats

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Solenne Figuès	200 m freestyle	1:59.90	5 Q	1:58.65	2 Q	1:58.45
Laure Manaudou	400 m freestyle	4:06.76	1 Q	—		4:05.34 EU
	800 m freestyle	8:25.91	1 Q	—		8:24.96
	100 m backstroke	1:01.27	1 Q	1:00.88	2 Q	1:00.88
Malia Metella	50 m freestyle	25.21	3 Q	24.99	3 Q	24.89
	100 m freestyle	55.08	5 Q	54.57	4 Q	54.50	4
	100 m butterfly	59.38	9 Q	59.28	9	did not advance
Aurore Mongel	100 m butterfly	1:00.65	25	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:12.26	15 Q	2:11.13	11	did not advance
Alexandra Putra	100 m backstroke	1:04.13	29	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:19.75	27	did not advance
Céline Couderc Solenne Figuès Malia Metella Aurore Mongel	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:42.42	7 Q	—		3:40.23	5
Céline Couderc Solenne Figuès Elsa N'Guessan Katarin Quelennec	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:09.42	10	—		did not advance
Malia Metella Aurore Mongel Alexandra Putra Laurie Thomassin	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:11.42	14	—		did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Virginie Dedieu Laure Thibaud	Duet	47.667	5	47.584	95.167	6 Q	47.917	95.584	5

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Chila	Men's singles	Bye	Toriola  (NGR) W 4–2	Boll  (GER) L 1–4	did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Christophe Negrel	Men's −80 kg	Stevens  (NED) W 13–10	Ahmadov  (AZE) L 17–24	did not advance
Pascal Gentil	Men's +80 kg	Chukwumerije  (NGR) W 2–0	Moitland  (CRC) W 4–(−1)	Moon D-S  (KOR) L 3–5	Bye	Zrouri  (MAR) W 3–1	Kamal  (JOR) W 6–2
Gwladys Épangue	Women's −57 kg	Corsi  (ITA) L 0–2	did not advance
Myriam Baverel	Women's +67 kg	Bosshart  (CAN) W 7–5	Castrignano  (ITA) W 8–8 SUP	Dawani  (JOR) W 3–3 SUP	Bye		Chen Z  (CHN) L 5–12

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Grégory Carraz	Singles	Baghdatis  (CYP) L 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 5–7	did not advance
Arnaud Clément		Lapentti  (ECU) W 7–6(7–5), 6–2	Karlović  (CRO) L 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 4–6	did not advance
Sébastien Grosjean		Horna  (PER) W 6–2, 7–5	Arthurs  (AUS) W 7–6(7–2), 6–3	López  (ESP) W 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–0	González  (CHI) L 2–6, 6–2, 4–6	did not advance
Fabrice Santoro		Volandri  (ITA) W 6–1, 6–2	Robredo  (ESP) L 6–1, 3–6, 4–6	did not advance
Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean	Doubles	—	Black / Ullyett  (ZIM) L 7–5, 4–6, 7–9	did not advance
Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro		—	Malisse / Rochus  (BEL) W 6–3, 6–2	Nestor / Niemeyer  (CAN) W 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3	Ančić / Ljubičić  (CRO) L 6–4, 3–6, 7–9	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nathalie Dechy	Singles	Suárez  (ARG) L 7–6(7–1), 6–7(5–7), 7–9	did not advance
Amélie Mauresmo		Martínez  (ESP) W 6–1, 6–4	Camerin  (ITA) W 6–0, 6–1	Rubin  (USA) W 6–3, 6–1	Kuznetsova  (RUS) W 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–2	Molik  (AUS) W 7–6(10–8), 6–3	Henin-Hardenne  (BEL) L 3–6, 3–6
Mary Pierce		Medina Garrigues  (ESP) W 6–3, 7–5	Petrova  (RUS) W 6–2, 6–1	Williams  (USA) W 6–4, 6–4	Henin-Hardenne  (BEL) L 4–6, 4–6	did not advance
Sandrine Testud		Elia  (ITA) L 0–6, 2–6	did not advance
Nathalie Dechy Sandrine Testud	Doubles	—	Križan / Srebotnik  (SLO) W 7–5, 6–3	Kuznetsova / Likhovtseva  (RUS) W 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3	Suárez / Tarabini  (ARG) L 4–6, 6–1, 4–6	did not advance
Amélie Mauresmo Mary Pierce		—	Daniilidou / Zachariadou  (GRE) W 7–5, 6–1	Navratilova / Raymond  (USA) LRET	did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

While the French had fewer top eight triathletes in 2004 than they had in 2000, Frédéric Belaubre earned the highest individual place of any French triathlete with a fifth-place finish. France's sole female triathlete was the last to finish.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Frédéric Belaubre	Men's	18:04	0:19	1:00:58	0:24	32:58	1:52:00.53	5
Carl Blasco		18:06	0:18	1:01:43	0:19	33:31	1:53:20.16	12
Stéphane Poulat		18:04	0:19	1:01:43	0:20	34:04	1:53:51.35	14
Delphine Pelletier	Women's	20:40	0:19	1:18:13	0:27	43:46	2:22:39.28	44

Volleyball

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Stéphane Canet Mathieu Hamel	Men's	Pool B   Araújo – Insfran  (BRA) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 14–21)   Dieckmann – Scheuerpflug  (GER) W 2 – 1 (17–21, 21–18, 15–10)   Álvarez – Rossell  (CUB) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 19–21)	4	did not advance

Indoor

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the French roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ^[11]

Head coach: Philippe Blain

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2004 club
2	Hubert Henno (L)	6 October 1976	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Tours VB
3	Dominique Daquin (C)	10 November 1972	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	325 cm (128 in)	VC Dynamo Moscow
7	Stéphane Antiga	3 February 1976	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	344 cm (135 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
8	Laurent Capet	5 May 1972	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Tourcoing LM
9	Frantz Granvorka	10 March 1976	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	364 cm (143 in)	327 cm (129 in)	Iraklis VC
10	Vincent Montmeát	1 September 1977	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	348 cm (137 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Stade Poitevin Poitiers
11	Loïc De Kergret	20 August 1970	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Tours VB
14	Philippe Barça-Cysique	22 April 1977	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	347 cm (137 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Nice VB
15	Guillaume Samica	28 September 1981	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	343 cm (135 in)	318 cm (125 in)	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
16	Mathias Patin	25 April 1974	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Paris Volley
17	Oliver Kieffer	27 August 1979	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Paris Volley
18	Sébastien Frangolacci	31 March 1976	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	322 cm (127 in)	Paris Volley

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia and Montenegro	5	4	1	9	12	6	2.000	427	398	1.073	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	5	3	2	8	12	9	1.333	475	454	1.046
3	Argentina	5	3	2	8	12	9	1.333	471	457	1.031
4	Poland	5	3	2	8	10	9	1.111	422	419	1.007
5	France	5	2	3	7	8	10	0.800	405	394	1.028
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	5	4	15	0.267	373	451	0.827

Source: FIVB

15 August 2004 14:00	Argentina	3–0	France	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 2,370 Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Hiroyuki Ito (JPN)
	(25–15, 25–23, 25–22) result

17 August 2004 11:25	France	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Frank Leuthaeusser (GER), Bela Hobor (HUN)
	(21–25, 28–30, 22–25) result

19 August 2004 14:00	Poland	0–3	France	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 5,230 Referees: Jarmo Salonen (FIN), Luciano Gaspari (ITA)
	(15–25, 18–25, 17–25) result

21 August 2004 19:30	Greece	3–2	France	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 9,360 Referees: Umit Sokullu (TUR), Frank Leuthaeusser (GER)
	(25–22, 14–25, 26–24, 23–25, 15–10) result

23 August 2004 09:00	France	3–1	Tunisia	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 1,860 Referees: Francisco Medina (CUB), Fernando Nava (MEX)
	(25–23, 18–25, 25–19, 25–19) result

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eric Bonnel	Men's −56 kg	112.5	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Samson Ndicka	Men's −62 kg	127.5	=10	160	=5	287.5	6
Romuald Ernault	Men's −69 kg	142.5	=8	165	8	307.5	7
David Matam	Men's −85 kg	167.5	=6	192.5	DNF	167.5	DNF
Virginie Lachaume	Women's −53 kg	75	=7	100	8	175	7

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vincent Aka-Akesse	−84 kg	Mindorashvili  (GEO) L 0–3 PO	Loizidis  (GRE) L 0–3 PO	3	did not advance			20

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mélonin Noumonvi	−84 kg	Tsitsiashvili  (ISR) L 1–3 PP	Mishin  (RUS) L 0–3 PO	3	did not advance			16
Yannick Szczepaniak	−120 kg	Galstyan  (ARM) W 3–1 PP	Barreno  (VEN) W 4–0 ST	1 Q	Barzi  (IRI) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance	López  (CUB) L 0–5 VT	6

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Classification	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Angélique Berthenet	−48 kg	Enkhjargal  (MGL) W 3–1 PP	Ross  (GBS) W 5–0 VT	1 Q	Bye	C Icho  (JPN) L 1–4 SP	Miranda  (USA) L 1–3 PP	4
Anna Gomis	−55 kg	Lee N-L  (KOR) W 3–1 PP	Poumpouridou  (GRE) W 4–0 ST	1 Q	Bye	Yoshida  (JPN) L 1–3 PP	Karlsson  (SWE) W 3–0 PO
Lise Legrand	−63 kg	Khilko  (BLR) W 3–1 PP	Ivanova  (TJK) W 3–0 PO	1 Q	Bye	K Icho  (JPN) L 0–3 PO	Zygouri  (GRE) W 5–0 VT

See also

• France at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
• France at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

References

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2. "2004 Athens: Medal Tally". USA Today . Retrieved 1 April 2014.
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7. "Men's Handball Team Roster – France (FRA)" (PDF). 2004 Athens . LA84 Foundation. 17 September 2015. p. 213.
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11. "France men's volleyball team roster". Athens 2004 . FIVB . Retrieved 18 September 2015.

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• French Olympic Committee (in French)