France at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

France at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
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World Aquatics code	FRA
National federation	French Swimming Federation
Website	www.ffnatation.fr (in French)
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors	85 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 4 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 8
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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France competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July. ^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Léon Marchand	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley	July 23
Gold	Léon Marchand	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	July 26
Gold	Léon Marchand	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley	July 27
Gold	Maxime Grousset	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly	July 29
Bronze	Jules Bouyer Alexis Jandard	Diving	Men's synchronized 3 m springboard	July 15
Bronze	Maxime Grousset	Swimming	Men's 50 m butterfly	July 24
Bronze	Gary Hunt	High diving	Men's high diving	July 27
Bronze	Maxime Grousset	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	July 27

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Diving	0	0	1	1
High diving	0	0	1	1
Swimming	4	0	2	5

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	1	10	11
Diving	4*	4	8*
High diving	1*	1	2*
Open water swimming	3*	3	6*
Swimming	19*	13	32*
Water polo	15	15	30
Total	40	45	85

• David Aubry, Logan Fontaine and Anastasiya Kirpichnikova was compete in both open water swimming and indoor swimming. Gary Hunt was compete in both diving competitions.

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Quentin Rakotomalala	Solo technical routine	186.7233	4 Q	167.3266	8
	Solo free routine	145.3501	7 Q	155.9813	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Oriane Jaillardon	Solo technical routine	229.7233	4 Q	193.4234	10
Laelys Alavez	Solo free routine	150.4520	12 Q	175.8146	9
Anastasia Bayandina Eve Planeix	Duet free routine	193.7375	8 Q	170.0542	12

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anastasia Bayandina Romane Lunel Ambre Esnault Laura Tremble Claudia Janvier Mayssa Guermoud Eve Planeix Charlotte Tremble	Team acrobatic routine	212.8900	5 Q	210.6900	5
Romane Lunel Laura Tremble Ambre Esnault Laelys Alavez Charlotte Tremble Eve Planeix Mayssa Guermoud Anastasia Bayandina	Team technical routine	208.6443	10 Q	248.1573	9

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

France entered 7 divers. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jules Bouyer	1 m springboard	361.50	11 Q	—N/a		374.15	10
	3 m springboard	415.25	9 Q	389.05	17	Did not advance
Alexis Jandard	1 m springboard	322.70	21	—N/a		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	424.70	6 Q	390.40	16	Did not advance
Jules Bouyer Alexis Jandard	3 m synchro springboard	344.85	11 Q	—N/a		389.10
Loïs Szymczak Gary Hunt	10 m synchro platform	285.51	17	—N/a		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jade Gillet	10 m platform	247.50	26	Did not advance
Naïs Gillet	1 m springboard	225.15	25	—N/a		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	253.90	29	Did not advance
Juliette Landi	3 m springboard	211.10	42	Did not advance
Jade Gillet Naïs Gillet	3 m synchro springboard	235.44	14	—N/a		Did not advance
Jade Gillet Emily Halifax	10 m synchro platform	240.24	10 Q	—N/a		236.16	10

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Madeleine Bayon	Women's high diving	224.80	12
Gary Hunt	Men's high diving	426.30

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

France entered 6 open water swimmers. ^{[3] [4]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Logan Fontaine	Men's 5 km	55:33.0	9
	Men's 10 km	1:52:41.7	9
Sacha Velly	Men's 5 km	55:33.1	10
	Men's 10 km	1:53:14.7	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Océane Cassignol	Women's 10 km	2:03:25.5	16
Anastasiya Kirpichnikova	Women's 5 km	59:46.4	11
	Women's 10 km	2:03:17.6	13
Aurélie Muller	Women's 5 km	59:40.1	7

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
David Aubry Logan Fontaine Anastasiya Kirpichnikova Aurélie Muller	Team relay	1:11:40.6	5

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

France entered 32 swimmers. ^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Aubry	1500 m freestyle	14:54.29	8	—N/a		14:56.63	8
Pacome Bricout	800 m freestyle	7:55.20	20	—N/a		Did not advance
Logan Fontaine	400 m freestyle	3:51.56	25	—N/a		Did not advance
Roman Fuchs	200 m freestyle	1:48.13	29	Did not advance
Maxime Grousset	50 m freestyle	Did not start
	100 m freestyle	48.06	8 Q	47.87	7 Q	47.42
	50 m butterfly	22.74 NR	1 Q	22.72 NR	1 Q	22.82
	100 m butterfly	51.00	4 Q	50.62	2 Q	50.14 NR
Antoine Herlem	200 m backstroke	1:58.20	15 Q	1:57.55	10	Did not advance
Damien Joly	800 m freestyle	7:47.44	13	—N/a		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	14:56.31	10	—N/a		Did not advance
Antoine Marc	200 m breaststroke	2:10.51	11 Q	2:10.66	13	Did not advance
Florent Manaudou	50 m freestyle	21.72	3 Q	21.96	12	Did not advance
Léon Marchand	200 m breaststroke	Did not start
	200 m butterfly	1:55.46	7 Q	1:54.21	2 Q	1:52.43 NR
	200 m individual medley	1:58.38	9 Q	1:56.34	1 Q	1:54.82 ER
	400 m individual medley	4:10.88	2 Q	—N/a		4:02.50 WR
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	100 m backstroke	53.90	15 Q	53.06	5 Q	52.84	5
Hadrien Salvan	200 m freestyle	1:46.87	17	Did not advance
Mewen Tomac	100 m backstroke	53.57	6 Q	52.86	4 Q	53.16	8
	200 m backstroke	1:58.09	12 Q	1:56.05	5 Q	1:55.79	4
Hadrien Salvan Max Berg Guillaume Guth Florent Manaudou	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.54	12	—N/a		Did not advance
Hadrien Salvan Wissam-Amazigh Yebba Enzo Tesic Léon Marchand Roman Fuchs	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:06.40	5 Q	—N/a		7:03.86	4
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard Léon Marchand Maxime Grousset Hadrien Salvan Mewen Tomac	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:31.61	2 Q	—N/a		3:29.88	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Charlotte Bonnet	200 m breaststroke	2:27.47	20	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:13.28	17	Did not advance
Cyrielle Duhamel	400 m freestyle	4:16.97	30	—N/a		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:45.32	20	—N/a		Did not advance
Béryl Gastaldello	100 m freestyle	54.16	10 Q	54.49	12	Did not advance
Mélanie Henique	50 m freestyle	25.31	21	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	25.75	4 Q	25.70	4 Q	25.80	8
Anastasiya Kirpichnikova	400 m freestyle	4:09.43	14	—N/a		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:22.74	9	—N/a		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:00.40	6 Q	—N/a		15:48.53 NR	4
Fantine Lesaffre	200 m individual medley	2:13.28	17	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:42.07	14	—N/a		Did not advance
Pauline Mahieu	100 m backstroke	59.60	6 Q	59.30 NR	5	59.72	6
Mary-Ambre Moluh	50 m backstroke	27.69	5 Q	27.82	10	Did not advance
Analia Pigrée	50 m backstroke	28.01	12 Q	27.70	6 Q	28.04	8
	100 m backstroke	1:01.67	30	Did not advance
Emma Terebo	200 m backstroke	2:13.95	24	Did not advance
Marie Wattel	50 m freestyle	24.84	14 Q	24.68 24.62	8 S/off 2	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	53.59	4 Q	53.83	9	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	58.02	11 Q	57.17	8 Q	57.13	6
Béryl Gastaldello Lison Nowaczyk Mary-Ambre Moluh Assia Touati	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:38.52	10	—N/a		Did not advance
Pauline Mahieu Charlotte Bonnet Marie Wattel Lison Nowaczyk	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:58.54	7 Q	—N/a		3:59.24	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Max Berg Guillaume Guth Assia Touati Lison Nowaczyk	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:27.62	10	Did not advance
Pauline Mahieu Clement Bidard Stanislas Huille Beryl Gastaldello	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:46.07	10	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France	Men's tournament	Italy L 6–11	China W 17–8	Canada W 15–11	2 QP	Australia W 11–8	Spain L 6–7	United States W 18–16	Italy L 9–16	6
France	Women's tournament	Australia L 8–10	China W 12–11	United States L 5–16	3 QP	Spain L 9–16	—N/a	South Africa W 20–6	Israel W 11–7	9

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the French roster. ^[6]

Head coach: Florian Bruzzo

• 1 Clément Dubois GK
• 2 Rémi Saudadier FP
• 3 Ugo Crousillat FP
• 4 Alexandre Bouet FP
• 5 Enzo Khasz FP
• 6 Thomas Vernoux FP
• 7 Duje Živković FP
• 8 Emil Bjorch FP
• 9 Mehdi Marzouki FP
• 10 Charles Canonne FP
• 11 Pierre-Frédéric Vanpeperstraete FP
• 12 Andrea De Nardi FP
• 13 Hugo Fontani GK
• Mathias Bachelier FP
• Denis Do Carmo FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	0	55	17	+38	9	Quarterfinals
2	France	3	2	0	0	1	38	32	+6	6	Playoffs
3	Canada	3	1	0	0	2	30	49	−19	3
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	23	48	−25	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

17 July 2023 13:30	Report	France	6–13	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Michiel Zwartt (NED)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–3, 0–3, 1–5
		Crousillat, Khasz 2	Goals	Fondelli 4

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19 July 2023 10:30	Report	China	8–17	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–6, 0–4, 3–3
		Chen R., Xie 2	Goals	Marzouki 4

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21 July 2023 20:30	Report	France	15–11	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 5–3, 3–2, 2–2
		three players 3	Goals	three players 3

Playoffs

23 July 2023 15:30	Report	Australia	8–11	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 5–2, 2–4, 1–1
		Negus, Pavillard 2	Goals	Vernoux 4

Quarterfinals

25 July 2023 19:30	Report	Spain	7–6	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 2–1, 3–1
		Tahull 2	Goals	Bouet, Crousillat 2

5–8th place semifinals

27 July 2023 15:30	Report	United States	16–18 (PSO)	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 3–3, 5–4, 2–5  PSO: 3–5
		Bowen 5	Goals	Crousillat, Vernoux 3

Fifth place game

29 July 2023 16:30	Report	Italy	16–9	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 7–3, 5–2
		Di Fulvio 5	Goals	Crousillat 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the French roster. ^[7]

Head coach: Theodoros Lorantos

• 1 Mia Rycraw GK
• 2 Estelle Millot FP
• 3 Valentine Heurtaux FP
• 4 Camelia Bouloukbachi FP
• 5 Louise Guillet FP
• 6 Orsolya Hertzka FP
• 7 Juliette Dhalluin FP
• 8 Aurélie Battu FP
• 9 Erica Hardy FP
• 10 Camille Radosavljevic FP
• 11 Tiziana Raspo FP
• 12 Audrey Daulé FP
• 13 Pasiphaé Martineaud-Peret GK
• Lara Andres FP
• Ema Vernoux FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	40	16	+24	9	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	0	0	1	26	24	+2	6	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	0	0	2	25	37	−12	3
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	24	38	−14	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

16 July 2023 10:30	Report	France	8–10	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–4, 2–1, 1–2
		Bouloukbachi 3	Goals	Andrews, Fasala 2

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18 July 2023 20:30	Report	China	11–12	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 1–3, 4–1, 2–5
		Wang H. 3	Goals	Dhalluin 4

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20 July 2023 16:00	Report	France	5–16	United States	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–2, 0–4, 3–5
		Bouloukbachi 2	Goals	Prentice 4

Playoffs

22 July 2023 15:30	Report	France	9–16	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–4, 2–5, 2–4
		Bouloukbachi, Dhalluin 2	Goals	Forca 5

9–12th place semifinals

24 July 2023 13:30	Report	France	20–6	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 6–0, 5–4, 5–1
		Vernoux 6	Goals	Thornton-Dibb 3

Ninth place game

26 July 2023 10:30	Report	Israel	7–11	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–4, 1–4, 3–0
		Bogachenko 4	Goals	Millot 3

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