France at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

France was represented by 68 athletes at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

Medals

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Éloyse Lesueur	Women's long jump	28 June
Gold	Christophe Lemaitre	Men's 100 m	28 June
Gold	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	29 June
Gold	Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	Heptathlon	30 June
Gold	Renaud Lavillenie	Men's pole vault	1 July
Silver	Jimmy Vicaut	Men's 100 m	28 June
Silver	Florian Carvalho	Men's 1500 m	1 July
Silver	Garfield Darien	110 m hurdles	1 July
Silver	Phara Anacharsis Elea-Mariama Diarra Lenora Guion Firmin Floria Gueï Marie Gayot	4 × 400 m relay	1 July
Bronze	Yannick Fonsat	Men's 400 m	29 June
Bronze	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	Men's 800 m	29 June
Bronze	Emmanuel Biron Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Jimmy Vicaut Ronald Pognon	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	1 July
Bronze	Mickaël Hanany	Men's high jump	29 June
Bronze	Myriam Soumaré	Women's 200 metres	30 June

Results

Men

Track

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Emmanuel Biron	10.28	8 Q	10.43	13	did not advance
	Christophe Lemaitre	10.14	1 Q	10.14	2 Q	10.09
	Jimmy Vicaut	10.18	2 Q	10.22	3 Q	10.12
200 m	Ben Bassaw	20.73	2 Q	20.91	10	did not advance
400 m	Yannick Fonsat	45.92	5 Q	45.78	5 q	45.82
	Teddy Venel	Disqualified		did not advance
800 m	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	1:48.23	20 Q	1:46.70	4 Q	1:48.83
	Hamid Oualich	1:48.44	23 Q	1:47.14	8	did not advance
	Paul Renaudie	1:47.74	14 Q	1:48.97	18	did not advance
1500 m	Florian Carvalho	3:41.50	4 Q	—		3:46.33
	Gregory Beugnet	3:46.53	18	—		did not advance
5000 m	Yohan Durand	—				13:32.65	4
10000 m	Denis Mayaud	—				29:16.83	17
110 m hurdles	Samuel Coco-Viloin	13.72	17 Q	13.50	9	did not advance
	Garfield Darien	13.46	2 Q	13.15	2 Q	13.20
	Ladji Doucouré	13.96	23 Q	13.66	16	did not advance
400 m hurdles	Adrien Clémenceau	49.84	2 Q	49.80	7 Q	49.70	4
3000 m steeplechase	Nordine Gezzar	8:31.33	8 Q	—		8:36.98	4
	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	8:31.05	7 Q	—		8:33.23
	Noureddine Smaïl	8:41.11	17	—		did not advance
4 × 100 m relay	Emmanuel Biron Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Jimmy Vicaut* Ronald Pognon	39.01	2 Q	—		38.46
4 × 400 m relay	Teddy Venel Naman Keïta* Marc Macedot Mame-Ibra Anne* Toumane Coulibaly Yannick Fonsat	3:06.44	8 q	—		3:03.04	6

*Athletes who run the heats but not the final.

Combined

Decathlon Event Florian Geffrouais Results Points Rank 100 m 11.19 819 19 Long jump No Mark 0 Shot put 14.31 747 8 High jump DNS 400 m 110 m hurdles Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500 m Final DNF

Decathlon Event Kevin Mayer Results Points Rank 100 m 11.10 838 14 Long jump No Mark 0 Shot put 12.25 622 24 High jump DNS 400 m 110 m hurdles Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500 m Final DNF

Decathlon Event Gaël Quérin Results Points Rank 100 m 11.17 823 17 Long jump 7.56 950 1 Shot put 13.05 670 23 High jump 1.97 776 9 400 m 48.20 899 3 110 m hurdles 14.37 927 5 Discus 40.32 671 13 Pole vault 5.00 910 2 Javelin 53.60 642 14 1500 m 4:17.29 830 1 Final 8098 5

Field

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Kafétien Gomis	7.89	12 q	7.88	9
	Frédéric Erin	7.53	26	did not advance
	Salim Sdiri	7.96	9 q	7.48	12
Triple jump	Karl Taillepierre	16.20	18	did not advance
High jump	Mickaël Hanany	2.23	3 q	2.28
	Fabrice Saint-Jean	2.23	13	did not advance
Pole vault	Jérôme Clavier	5.30	12	5.40	10
	Renaud Lavillenie	5.55	1 Q	5.97
	Romain Mesnil	No mark		did not advance
Hammer throw	Quentin Bigot	70.78	24	did not advance
	Jérôme Bortoluzzi	73.46	10 q	74.49	8
	Romain Mesnil	72.84	13	did not advance

Women

Track

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Christine Arron	11.55	17	did not advance
200 m	Johanna Danois	23.42	14 q	23.40	11 Q	23.61	8
	Lina Jacques-Sébastien	23.09	6 Q	23.45	12	did not advance
	Myriam Soumaré	23.10	7 Q	23.04	4 Q	23.21
400 m	Marie Gayot	52.46	5 Q	52.17	9	did not advance
	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi	52.11	2 Q	52.13	7 q	54.50	8
1500 m	Hind Dehiba	4:12.79	14	—		did not advance
5000 m	Christine Bardelle	—				15:33.49	12
100 m hurdles	Alice Decaux	13.13	12 Q	13.35	14	did not advance
	Aisseta Diawara	13.10	8 Q	Disqualified		did not advance
	Sandra Gomis	13.63	26	did not advance
400 m hurdles	Phara Anacharsis	58.02	22	did not advance
4 × 100 m relay	Carima Louami Ayodelé Ikuesan Jennifer Galais* Christine Arron Lina Jacques-Sébastien	43.12	3 Q	—		43.44	5
4 × 400 m relay	Phara Anacharsis Elea-Mariama Diarra* Lenora Guion Firmin Floria Gueï Marie Gayot	3:29.03	1 Q	—		3:25.49

*Athletes who run the heats but not the final

Combined

Heptathlon Event Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 13.11 1108 1 High jump 1.77 941 10 Shot Put 13.48 759 7 200 m 24.52 931 8 Long jump 6.42 981 2 Javelin throw 55.82 973 1 800 m 2:17.99 851 11 Final 6544

Heptathlon Event Blandine Maisonnier Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 13.77 1011 9 High jump 1.80 978 6 Shot Put 12.22 676 17 200 m 24.90 896 12 Long jump 6.27 934 6 Javelin throw 38.96 647 13 800 m 2:16.86 867 8 Final 6009 10

Field

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Éloyse Lesueur	6.66	1 Q	6.81
Triple jump	Françoise Mbango Etone	14.38	3 Q	14.19	8
High jump	Melanie Melfort	1.90	7 q	1.92	6
Pole vault	Vanessa Boslak	4.40	9 q	4.50	6
Shot put	Jessica Cérival	17.15	9 q	17.20	9
Discus throw	Mélina Robert-Michon	61.86	3 Q	60.41	6
Hammer throw	Stéphanie Falzon	68.42	7 q	68.03	6