France at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

France at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	FRA
National federation	French Swimming Federation
Website	www.ffnatation.fr (in French)
in Doha, Qatar
Competitors	73 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 1 Silver 4 Bronze 1 Total 6
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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France competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar from 2 to 18 February.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Logan Fontaine	Open water swimming	Men's 5 km	7 February 2024
	Marc-Antoine Olivier	Open water swimming	Men's 10 km	4 February 2024
	Marc-Antoine Olivier	Open water swimming	Men's 5 km	7 February 2024
	Gary Hunt	High diving	Men	15 February 2024
	Mélanie Henique	Swimming	Women's 50 metre butterfly	17 February 2024
	David Aubry	Swimming	Men's 1500 metre freestyle	18 February 2024

Competitors

The following is the list of competitors in the Championships. ^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Diving	5*	3	8*
High diving	1*	1	2*
Open water swimming	2	2	4
Swimming	4*	8	12*
Water polo	15	15	30
Total	24*	29	53*

• Gary Hunt competed in both diving and high diving. Logan Fontaine and Marc-Antoine Olivier competed in both open water swimming and pool swimming.

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gwendal Bisch	1 m springboard	330.10	12 Q	—		352.55	7
	3 m springboard	371.75	18 Q	387.30	11 Q	380.80	11
Jules Bouyer	1 m springboard	321.35	14	—		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	404.25	7 Q	422.55	6 Q	439.50	5
Jules Bouyer Alexis Jandard	3 m synchro springboard	—				338.85	12
Gary Hunt Loïs Szymczak	10 m synchro platform	—				295.83	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Naïs Gillet	1 m springboard	229.40	14	—		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	182.80	49	Did not advance
Jade Gillet	10 m platform	205.10	37	Did not advance
Jade Gillet Naïs Gillet	3 m synchro springboard	—				224.88	14
Jade Gillet Emily Halifax	10 m synchro platform	—				231.60	14

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Gwendal Bisch Naïs Gillet	3 m synchro springboard	260.85	8

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Gary Hunt	Men's high diving	413.25
Madeleine Bayon	Women's high diving	208.85	14

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Logan Fontaine	Men's 5 km	51:29.3	{{{1}}}
	Men's 10 km	1:48:29.5	4
Marc-Antoine Olivier	Men's 5 km	51:29.6
	Men's 10 km	1:48:23.6

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Océane Cassignol	Women's 5 km	57:38.9	5
	Women's 10 km	1:57:34.9	10
Caroline Jouisse	Women's 5 km	57:51.5	8
	Women's 10 km	1:57:32.3	7

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Océane Cassignol Logan Fontaine Caroline Jouisse Marc-Antoine Olivier	Team relay	1:05:05.5	6

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

France entered 12 swimmers. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Aubry	400 metre freestyle	3:46.40	9	—		Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	14:49.01	2 Q			14:44.85
Logan Fontaine	400 metre freestyle	3:55.60	35	—		Did not advance
Damien Joly	800 metre freestyle	7:53.42	20	—		Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	15:05.76	16
Marc-Antoine Olivier	800 metre freestyle	8:08.54	33	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Charlotte Bonnet	100 metre freestyle	55.12	14 Q	54.72	12	Did not advance
	50 metre breaststroke	Did not start		Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:12.32	6 Q	2:10.24	5 Q	2:11.23	7
Cyrielle Duhamel	200 metre individual medley	2:15.24	15 Q	2:13.93	14	Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	4:42.68	4 Q	—		4:41.95	6
Melanie Henique	50 metre freestyle	24.85	8 Q	24.74	9	Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly	25.44	2 Q	25.27	2 Q	25.44
Anastasiya Kirpichnikova	400 metre freestyle	4:13.95	15	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	Did not start
	1500 metre freestyle	16:14.76	5 Q			16:12.98	5
Lucile Tessariol Assia Touati Océane Carnez Giulia Rossi-Bene	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	7:59.27	9	—		Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 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	Brazil W 16–11	China W 16–9	Greece L 12-13	2 QP	Australia W 11–8	Hungary W 11–10	Croatia L 16–17	Spain L 10–14	4
France	Women's tournament	Greece L 6–11	China L 10–11	Spain L 7–14	4	—	—	Brazil W 17–8	South Africa W 19-8	13

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the French roster. ^[3]

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 Romain Marion-Vernoux FP
• 8 Emil Bjorch FP
• 9 Duje Živković FP
• 10 Michaël Bodegas FP
• 11 Pierre-Frédéric Vanpeperstraete FP
• 12 Andrea De Nardi FP
• 13 Hugo Fontani GK
• 14 Charles Canonne FP
• 15 Enzo Nardon FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	0	60	22	+38	9	Quarterfinals
2	France	3	2	0	0	1	44	33	+11	6	Playoffs
3	China	3	1	0	0	2	25	48	−23	3
4	Brazil	3	0	0	0	3	23	49	−26	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: World Aquatics
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.

5 February 2024 12:00	Report [ dead link ‍]	Brazil	11–16	France	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Andreia Stanojević (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–5, 3–4, 3–4
		R. Real 5	Goals	Vernoux 6

7 February 2024 09:00	Report [ dead link ‍]	France	16–9	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Andreia Stanojević (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 2–1, 7–3
		Vernoux 6	Goals	Chen Z. 3

9 February 2024 19:00	Report	Greece	13–12	France	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 3–2, 3–4
		four players 2	Goals	Marion-Vernoux 4

Playoffs

11 February 2024 16:00	Report	Australia	8–11	France	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Andreia Stanojević (SRB)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–4, 1–2, 1–3
		Maksimović 2	Goals	Bouet 4

Quarterfinals

13 February 2024 20:30	Report [ dead link ‍]	Hungary	10–11	France	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Xavi Buch (ESP), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 3–1, 1–3, 2–5
		Zalánki 3	Goals	Vernoux 5

Semifinals

15 February 2024 17:30	Report	Croatia	17–16	France	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–3, 3–1, 2–5  PSO:6–5
		Fatović 3	Goals	Bouet 3

Third place game

17 February 2024 11:30	Report	Spain	14–10	France	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: György Kun (HUN), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 5–3, 2–2, 3–4
		Granados, Sanahuja 4	Goals	three players 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is French roster. ^[4]

Head coach: Theodoros Lorantos

• 1 Mia Rycraw GK
• 2 Lara Andres D
• 3 Valentine Heurtaux CB
• 4 Camelia Bouloukbachi FP
• 5 Louise Guillet D
• 6 Orsolya Hertzka D
• 7 Juliette Dhalluin D
• 8 Aurelie Battu CF
• 9 Ema Vernoux FP
• 10 Camille Radosavljevic FP
• 11 Tiziana Raspo FP
• 12 Audrey Daule D
• 13 Pasiphaé Martineaud Peret GK
• 14 Erica Hardy FP
• 15 Lily Vernoux FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	48	20	+28	9	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	0	0	1	41	31	+10	6	Playoffs
3	China	3	0	1	0	2	20	46	−26	2
4	France	3	0	0	1	2	19	31	−12	1	13–16th place semifinals

Source: World Aquatics
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.

4 February 2024 12:00	Report	Greece	11–6	France	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–1, 4–2, 2–1
		Plevritou 3	Goals	Guillet 2

6 February 2024 09:00	Report	France	10–11	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Helen Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 3–3, 1–0   PSO: 4–5
		Battu, Bouloukbakchi 2	Goals	Zhang J. 5

8 February 2024 19:00	Report [ dead link ‍]	Spain	14–7	France	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 5–4, 4–1, 3–2
		Nogué 3	Goals	Bouloukbakchi, Vernoux 2

Semifinals

10 February 2024 09:00	Report	Brazil	8–17	France	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 2–5, 4–5
		Belorio 4	Goals	Hertzka, Vernoux 4

Third place game

12 February 2024 10:30	Report	France	19–8	South Africa	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Yuri Maciel (BRA), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP)
		Score by quarters:5–0, 5–3, 6–3, 3–2
		Vernoux 5	Goals	Geber, Versfeld 2

References

1. "Competition athletes". World Aquatics . Retrieved 30 August 2024.
2. "Entries Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
3. "21st World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster FRA" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
4. "21st World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster FRA" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.