France at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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| At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 342 | |||||||||
| Flag bearer | Jackson Richardson | |||||||||
| Medals Rank: 7 |
Gold 11 |
Silver 9 |
Bronze 13 |
Total 33 |
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics, France was represented by the National Olympic Committee of France (French: Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français).
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[edit] Medals
France finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with 11 gold medals and 33 medals overall.
[edit] Gold
- Benoît Peschier — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
- Tony Estanguet — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles
- Julien Absalon — Cycling, Men's Cross-Country Mountainbike
- Arnaud Boiteau, Didier Courrèges, Cédric Lyard, Jean Teulère, and Nicolas Touzaint — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
- Brice Guyart — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
- Érik Boisse, Fabrice Jeannet, Jérôme Jeannet, and Hugues Obry — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
- Julien Pillet, Damien Touya, and Gaël Touya — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
- Émilie Le Pennec — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
- Adrien Hardy and Sebastien Vieilledent — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
- Laure Manaudou — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
- Faustine Merret — Sailing, Women's Mistral
[edit] Silver
- Jérôme Thomas — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
- Arnaud Tournant — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial Men
- Laura Flessel — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual
- Frédérique Jossinet — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
- Frédéric Dufour and Pascal Touron — Rowing, Men's Lightweight Double Sculls
- Malia Metella — Swimming, Women's 50m Freestyle
- Laure Manaudou — Swimming, Women's 800m Freestyle
- Amélie Mauresmo — Tennis, Women's Singles
- Myriam Baverel — Taekwondo, Women's over 67 kg
[edit] Bronze
- Naman Keita — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
- Christine Arron, Sylviane Felix, Muriel Hurtis, and Veronique Mang — Athletics, Women's 4x100m Relay
- Fabien Lefèvre — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
- Mickaël Bourgain, Laurant Gane, and Arnaud Tournant — Cycling, Men's Team Sprint
- Maureen Nisima — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual
- Sarah Daninthe, Laura Flessel, Hajnalka Kiraly Picot, and Maureen Nisima — Fencing, Women's Épée Team
- Hugues Duboscq — Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Solenne Figuès — Swimming, Women's 200m Freestyle
- Laure Manaudou — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
- Pascal Gentil — Taekwondo, Men's over 80 kg
- Anna Gomis — Wrestling, Women's Freestyle (55 kg)
- Lise Legrand — Wrestling, Women's Freestyle (63 kg)
- Pascal Rambeau and Xavier Rohart — Sailing, Men's Star
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Archery
Men's individual:
- Franck Fisseux - 38th place
- Jocelyn de Grandis - 51st place
- Thomas Naglieri - 60th place
Women's individual:
- Alexandra Fouace - 34th place
- Bérangère Schuh - 43rd place
- Aurore Trayan - 59th place
Men's team:
- Jocelyn de Grandis, Franck Fisseux, and Thomas Naglieri - 10th place
Women's team:
- Alexandra Fouace, Bérangère Schuh, and Aurore Trayan - 4th place
[edit] Athletics
Men's 100 metres:
- Ronald Pognon - Semifinal, 10.32 s (did not advance)
- Eddy de Lépine - Round 2, DNS (did not advance)
- Issa Aime Nthepe - Round 1, 10.67 s (did not advance)
Women's 100 metres:
- Christine Arron - Semifinal, 11.21 s (did not advance)
- Véronique Mang - Round 2, 11.39 s (did not advance)
Men's 110 metre hurdles:
- Ladji Doucouré - Final, 13.76 s (8th place)
Women's 100 metre hurdles:
- Reina Flor Okori - Semifinal, 12.81 s (did not advance)
- Linda Ferga-Khodadin - Round 1, 13.02 s (did not advance)
- Nicole Ramalalanirina - Round 1, 13.07 s (did not advance)
Women's 200 metres:
- Sylviane Félix - Round 1: 22.94 s, Round 2: 23.08 s, Semifinal: 22.99 s
- Christine Arron - Round 1: 22.60 s, Round 2: 22.90 s, Semifinal: 23.05 s
- Muriel Hurtis - Round 1: 22.77 s, Round 2: 23.33 s
Men's 400 metres:
- Leslie Djhone - Final, 44.94 s (7th place)
Men's 400 metre hurdles:
- Naman Keita - Final, 48.26 s (bronze medal)
Men's 800 metres:
- Nicolas Aissat - Semifinal, 1:47.1 (did not advance)
- Florent Lacasse - Round 1, 1:46.9 (did not advance)
Women's 800 metres:
- Élisabeth Grousselle - Round 1: 2:00.31, Semifinal: 2:00.21
Men's 1500 metres:
- Mehdi Baala - Round 1, 3:46.06 (did not advance)
- Mounir Yemmouni - Round 1, 3:51.08 (did not advance)
Women's 1500 metres:
- Maria Martins - Round 1: 4:05.95, Semifinal: 4:12.76
- Hind Dehiba - Round 1: 4:07.96
- Latifa Essarokh - Round 1: 4:09.08
Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:
- Bouabdallah Tahri - Final, 8:14.26 (7th place)
- Vincent Ledauphin - Final, 8:16.15 (10th place)
Women's 5000 metres:
- Margaret Maury - Round 1: 14:56.79, Final: 15:09.77 (11th place)
Men's 10000 metres:
- Ismail Sghyr - Final, 27:57.09 (8th place)
Men's 4x100 metre relay:
- Issa Aime Nthepe, Ronald Pognon, Frédéric Krantz, and David Alerte - Round 1, 0:38.93 (did not advance)
Women's 4x100 metre relay:
- Véronique Mang, Muriel Hurtis, Sylviane Félix and Christine Arron - Round 1: 42.98 s, Final: 42.54 s (bronze medal)
Men's 4x400 metre relay:
- Ahmed Douhou, Ibrahima Wade, Abderrahim El Haouzy, and Leslie Djhone - Round 1, 3:04.39 (did not advance)
Men's decathlon:
- Laurent Hernu - 8237 points (7th place)
- Romain Barras - 8067 points (13th place)
Women's heptathlon:
- Marie Collonville - 6279 points (7th place)
Men's marathon:
- El Hassan Lahssini - 2:19:50 (36th place)
- Driss El Himer - 2:29:07 (68th place)
Women's marathon:
- Corinne Raux - 2:35:54 (15th place)
- Hafida Gadi - 2:50:29 (52nd place)
- Rakiya Maraoui Quetier - DNF
Men's 50 km walk:
- Eddy Riva - 4:00:25 (21st place)
- David Boulanger - 4:01:32 (22nd place)
- Denis Langlois - DNF
Men's long jump:
- Salim Sdiri - Final, 7.94 metres (12th place)
- Kafétien Gomis - Round 1, 7.99 metres (did not advance)
- Yann Domenech - Round 1, 7.73 metres (did not advance)
Women's long jump:
- Eunice Barber - Round 1: 6.37 metres
Men's triple jump:
- Julien Kapek - Final, 16.81 metres (10th place)
- Karl Taillepierre - Round 1, 15.50 metres (did not advance)
Men's pole vault:
- Romain Mesnil - Round 1, 5.65 metres (did not advance)
- Nicolas Guigon - Round 1, 5.30 metres (did not advance)
Women's pole vault:
- Vanessa Boslak - Round 1: 4.40 metres, Final: 4.40 metres (6th place)
- Marie Poissonnier - Round 1: 4.00 metres
Women's shot put:
- Laurence Manfredi - Round 1: 17.78 metres
Women's discus:
- Mélina Robert-Michon - Round 1: 56.70 metres
Men's javelin:
- David Brisseault - Round 1, 71.86 metres (did not advance)
Women's hammer:
- Manuela Montebrun - Round 1: 67.90 metres
[edit] Badminton
Women's singles:
- Pi Hongyan - defeated in round of 32
Mixed doubles:
- Svetoslav Stoyanov and Victoria Wright - defeated in round of 32
[edit] Boxing
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.
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)
- Redouane Asloum
- Round of 32 - Lost to Aleksan Nalbandyan of Armenia, 27-20
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Jérôme Thomas - Silver Medal
- Round of 32 - Defeated Akhil Kumar of India, 37-16
- Round of 16 - Defeated Juan Carlos Payano of Dominican Republic, 36-17
- Quarterfinal - Defeated Tulashboy Doniyorov of Uzbekistan, 25-16
- Semifinal - Defeated Fuad Aslanov of Azerbaijan, 23-18
- Final - Lost to Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano of Cuba, 38-23
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- Ali Hallab
- Round of 32 - Lost to Malik Bouziane of Algeria, 19-16
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Khedafi Djelkhir
- Round of 32 - Defeated Saifeddine Nejmaoui of Tunisia, 38-13
- Round of 16 - Lost to Vitali Tajbert of Germany, 40-26
Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)
- Willy Blain
- Round of 32 - Defeated Sassi Mohamed Ali of Tunisia, 36-14
- Round of 16 - Defeated Alexandr Maletin of Russia, 28-20
- Quarterfinal - Lost to Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand, 20-8
Men's Welterweight (– 69 kg)
- Xavier Noël
- Round of 32 - Defeated Andre Berto of Haiti, 36-34
- Round of 16 - Lost to Viktor Polyakov of Ukraine, 32-25
[edit] Canoe/Kayak
[edit] Flatwater
Men's C2 500 metres:
- Yannick Lavigne and José Lenoir - semifinal, 13th place
Men's C2 1000 metres:
- Yannick Lavigne and José Lenoir - semifinal, 11th place
Men's K1 500 metres:
- Babak Amir Tahmasseb - final, 7th place
Women's K1 500 metres:
- Nathalie Marie - semifinal, 16th place
Men's K1 1000 metres:
- Babak Amir Tahmasseb - semifinal, 12th place
Women's K2 500 metres:
- Anne-Laure Viard and Marie Delattre - semifinal, 10th place
[edit] Slalom
Men's C1 slalom:
- Tony Estanguet - final, gold medal
- Nicolas Peschier - preliminary heats, 14th place
Men's C2 slalom:
- Philippe Quemerais and Yann le Pennec - final, 5th place
Men's K1 slalom:
- Benoît Peschier - final, gold medal
- Fabien Lefèvre - final, bronze medal
Women's K1 slalom:
- Peggy Dickens - final, 4th place
[edit] Cycling
[edit] Road cycling
Men's road race:
- Thomas Voeckler - 20th place, 5:41:56
- Laurent Brochard - 44th place, 5:44:13
- Richard Virenque - 48th place, 5:44:13
- Sylvain Chavanel - did not finish
- Christophe Moreau - did not finish
Women's road race:
- Jeannie Longo - 10th place, 3:25:23
- Edwige Pitel - 32nd place, 3:28:39
- Sonia Huguet - 40th place, 3:30:30
Men's time trial:
- Christophe Moreau - 12th place, 59:50.28
Women's time trial:
- Jeannie Longo - 14th place, 33:05.72
- Edwige Pitel - 20th place, 34:02.35
[edit] Track cycling
Men's individual pursuit:
- Fabien Sanchez - first round, 6th place
Men's team pursuit:
- Mathieu Ladagnous, Anthony Langella, Jerome Neuville, and Fabien Sanchez - first round, 7th place
Men's individual sprint:
- Laurent Gane - bronze medal match, 4th place
- Mickaël Bourgain - classification 5-8, 8th place
Men's team sprint:
- Mickael Bourgain, Laurent Gane, Arnaud Tournant - bronze medal match, bronze medal
Men's time trial:
- Arnaud Tournant - silver medal, 1:00.896
- François Pervis - 6th place, 1:02.328
Men's points race:
- Franck Perque - 10th place, 43 points
Women's points race:
- Sonia Huguet - 12th place, 2 points
Men's Keirin:
- Mickaël Bourgain - final, 4th place
- Laurent Gane - first repechage, no rank
Men's Madison:
- Jérôme Neuville and Mathieu Ladagnous - did not finish
[edit] Mountain biking
Men's Cross Country
- Julien Absalon — 2:15:02 (→
Gold Medal) - Jean-Christophe Péraud — 2:20:59 (→ 11th place)
- Miguel Martinez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Ccross Country
- Laurence Leboucher — 2:05:34 (→ 8th place)
[edit] Diving
Women's 10 metre platform:
- Claire Febvay - preliminary, 33rd place
[edit] Equestrian
- The team of Arnaud Boiteau, Didier Courrèges, Cédric Lyard, Jean Teulère and Nicolas Touzaint won the gold medal in team eventing (after a time penalty imposed on the German athlete Bettina Hoy by the FEI Ground Jury, the competitor having crossed the start line twice).
[edit] Fencing
Men's épée individual:
- Érik Boisse - 4th place
- Fabrice Jeannet - defeated in quarterfinals
- Hugues Obry - defeated in round of 32
Women's épée individual:
- Laura Flessel-Colovic - silver medal
- Maureen Nisima - bronze medal
- Hajnalka Kiraly Picot - defeated in round of 16
Men's foil individual:
- Brice Guyart - gold medal
- Loïc Attelly - defeated in round of 16
- Erwan le Pechoux - defeated in round of 16
Women's foil individual:
- Adeline Wuilleme - defeated in quarterfinals
Men's sabre individual:
- Julien Pillet - defeated in round of 16
- Gaël Touya - defeated in round of 32
- Damien Touya - defeated in round of 32
Women's sabre individual:
- Léonore Perrus - defeated in quarterfinals
- Anne-Lise Touya - defeated in round of 16
- Cécile Argiolas - defeated in round of 16
Men's épée team:
- Fabrice Jeannet, Jérôme Jeannet, and Hugues Obry - gold medal
Women's épée team:
- Maureen Nisima, Hajnalka Kiraly Picot, and Laura Flessel-Colovic - bronze medal
Men's foil team:
- Loïc Attelly, Jean-Noël Ferrari, and Brice Guyart - 5th place
Men's sabre team:
- Julien Pillet, Damien Touya, and Gaël Touya - gold medal
[edit] Gymnastics
Men's artistic: 9th place team
- Pierre-Yves Beny - advanced in one exercise
- Rings - 6th place
- Yann Cucherat - advanced in one exercise
- Parallel bars - 6th place
- Benoît Caranobe - advanced in one exercise
- All-around - 17th place
- Dimitri Karbanenko - did not advance in any exercise
- Florent Marée - did not advance in any exercise
- Johan Mounard - did not advance in any exercise
Women's artistic: 6th place team
- Émilie Le Pennec - advanced in two exercises
- Uneven bars - gold medal
- All-around - 14th place
- Marine Debauve - advanced in one exercise
- All-around - 7th place
- Coralie Chacon - advanced in one exercise
- Vault - 8th place
- Soraya Chaouch - did not advance in any exercise
- Camille Schmutz - did not advance in any exercise
- Isabelle Severino - did not advance in any exercise
Men's trampoline:
- David Martin - 8th place
[edit] Handball
Men's: 5th place
- Preliminary round: 5-0-0
- Quarterfinal: lost to Russia, 26-24
- Classification (5-8): defeated Spain, 29-27
- Classification (5/6): defeated Greece, 33-15
Women's: 4th place
- Preliminary round: 2-0-2
- Quarterfinal: defeated Hungary, 25-23
- Semifinal: lost to Korea, 32-31
- Bronze medal match: lost to Ukraine, 21-18
[edit] Judo
Men's 60 kg:
- Benjamin Darbelet - defeated in round of 16
Men's 66 kg:
- Larbi Benboudaoud - defeated in round of 32
Men's 73 kg:
- Daniel Fernandes - defeated in semifinals; lost repechage finals
Men's 81 kg:
- Cédric Claverie - defeated in round of 32
Men's 90 kg:
- Frédéric Demontfaucon - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage round of 16
Men's 100 kg:
- Ghislain Lemaire - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals
Men's 100+ kg:
- Mathieu Bataille - defeated in round of 32
Women's 48 kg:
- Frédérique Josselin - silver medal; defeated in final
Women's 52 kg:
- Annabelle Euranie - defeated in semifinals; repechage finals
Women's 57 kg:
- Barbara Harel - defeated in round of 16; repechage finals
Women's 63 kg:
- Lucie Decosse - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals
Women's 78 kg:
- Céline Lebrun - defeated in semifinals; repechage finals
Women's 78+ kg:
- Éva Bisseni - defeated in round of 16
[edit] Modern Pentathlon
Women's
- Amélie Caze - 5144 pts, 11th place
- Blandine Lachèze - 4988 pts, 19th place
Men's
- Sébastien Deleigne - 5180 pts, 15th place
- Raphaël Astier - 4932 pts, 25th place
[edit] Rowing
- The team of Sébastien Vieilledent and Adrien Hardy won the gold medal in men's double sculls
- The team of Frédéric Dufour and Pascal Touron won the silver medal in lightweight men's double sculls
[edit] Sailing
- Faustine Merret won the gold medal in Women's Mistral
[edit] Swimming
- Hugues Duboscq won the bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke
- Solenne Figuès won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle
- Laure Manaudou won the gold medal in the women's 400 m freestyle, the silver medal in the women's 800 m freestyle and the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke
- Malia Metella won the silver medal in the women's 50 m freestyle Metella became the first person of color to win an Olympic medal in swimming
[edit] Taekwondo
- Pascal Gentil won the bronze medal in men's over 80 kg
- Myriam Baverel won the silver medal in women's over 67 kg
[edit] Tennis
- Amélie Mauresmo won the silver medal in women's singles
[edit] Triathlon
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.
Women's:
- Delphine Pelletier - 2:22:39.28 (44th place)
Men's:
- Frédéric Belaubre - 1:52:00.53 (5th place)
- Carl Blasco - 1:53:20.16 (12th place)
- Stéphane Poulat - 1:53:51.35 (14th place)
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
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- 2-3
- Quarterfinals
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- Did not qualify
- Team Roster
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- Hubert Henno
- Dominique Daquin
- Stéphane Antiga
- Laurent Capet
- Frantz Granvorka
- Vincent Montméat
- Loïc De Kergret
- Philippe Barça-Cysique
- Guillaume Samica
- Mathias Patin
- Oliver Kieffer
- Sébastien Frangolacci
[edit] Men's Beach Competition
- Stéphane Canet and Mathieu Hamel
- Prelims: 1-2
- Round of 16: Did not qualify
[edit] Wrestling
- Anna Gomis won the bronze medal in women's freestyle 55 kg
- Lise Legrand won the bronze medal in women's freestyle 63 kg
[edit] Officials
- President: Henri Sérandour
- Secretary General: Denis Masseglia
