France at the 2016 Summer Olympics

France at the2016 Summer Olympics

IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	401 in 27 sports
Flag bearer	Teddy Riner^[1]
MedalsRanked 7th	Gold 10 Silver 18 Bronze 14 Total 42
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. French athletes had appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, and Greece. The French Olympic Committee sent its largest ever delegation in Olympic history outside of when it was the host nation, with a total of 401 athletes, 232 men and 169 women, competing in all sports, except field hockey.

Medallists[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Denis Gargaud Chanut	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1	9 August
Gold	Karim Laghouag Mathieu Lemoine Astier Nicolas Thibaut Vallette	Equestrian	Team eventing	9 August
Gold	Jérémie Azou Pierre Houin	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls	12 August
Gold	Émilie Andéol	Judo	Women's +78 kg	12 August
Gold	Teddy Riner	Judo	Men's +100 kg	12 August
Gold	Yannick Borel Gauthier Grumier Daniel Jerent Jean-Michel Lucenay*	Fencing	Men's team épée	14 August
Gold	Charline Picon	Sailing	Women's RS:X	14 August
Gold	Philippe Rozier Kevin Staut Roger-Yves Bost Pénélope Leprevost	Equestrian	Team jumping	17 August
Gold	Estelle Mossely	Boxing	Women's lightweight	19 August
Gold	Tony Yoka	Boxing	Men's super heavyweight	21 August
Silver	Fabien Gilot Florent Manaudou Mehdy Metella William Meynard* Clément Mignon* Jérémy Stravius	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	7 August
Silver	Astier Nicolas	Equestrian	Individual eventing	9 August
Silver	Clarisse Agbegnenou	Judo	Women's 63 kg	9 August
Silver	Audrey Tcheuméo	Judo	Women's 78 kg	11 August
Silver	Jean-Charles Valladont	Archery	Men's individual	12 August
Silver	Jérémy Cadot Erwann Le Péchoux Enzo Lefort Jean-Paul Tony Helissey	Fencing	Men's team foil	12 August
Silver	Florent Manaudou	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle	12 August
Silver	Jean Quiquampoix	Shooting	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	13 August
Silver	Renaud Lavillenie	Athletics	Men's pole vault	15 August
Silver	Mélina Robert-Michon	Athletics	Women's discus throw	16 August
Silver	Sofiane Oumiha	Boxing	Men's lightweight	16 August
Silver	Kévin Mayer	Athletics	Men's decathlon	18 August
Silver	Élodie Clouvel	Modern pentathlon	Women's pentathlon	19 August
Silver	Haby Niaré	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg	19 August
Silver	Maxime Beaumont	Canoeing	Men's K-1 200 m	20 August
Silver	Sarah Ourahmoune	Boxing	Women's flyweight	20 August
Silver	France women's national handball team Camille Ayglon Chloé Bulleux Blandine Dancette Siraba Dembélé Béatrice Edwige Laura Glauser Manon Houette Alexandra Lacrabère Laurisa Landre Amandine Leynaud Gnonsiane Niombla Estelle Nze Minko Allison Pineau Grace Zaadi	Handball	Women's tournament	20 August
Silver	France men's national handball team Olivier Nyokas Daniel Narcisse Vincent Gérard Nikola Karabatić Kentin Mahé Mathieu Grébille Thierry Omeyer Timothey N'Guessan Luc Abalo Cédric Sorhaindo Michaël Guigou Luka Karabatić Ludovic Fabregas Adrien Dipanda Valentin Porte	Handball	Men's tournament	21 August
Bronze	Gauthier Grumier	Fencing	Men's épée	9 August
Bronze	Gauthier Klauss Matthieu Péché	Canoeing	Men's C-2	11 August
Bronze	Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida François Pervis	Cycling	Men's team sprint	11 August
Bronze	Cyrille Maret	Judo	Men's 100 kg	11 August
Bronze	Thomas Baroukh Thibault Colard Guillaume Raineau Franck Solforosi	Rowing	Men's lightweight coxless four	11 August
Bronze	Pierre Le Coq	Sailing	Men's RS:X	14 August
Bronze	Alexis Raynaud	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle three positions	14 August
Bronze	Souleymane Cissokho	Boxing	Men's welterweight	15 August
Bronze	Dimitri Bascou	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	16 August
Bronze	Mathieu Bauderlique	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	16 August
Bronze	Marc-Antoine Olivier	Swimming	Men's 10 km open water	16 August
Bronze	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	17 August
Bronze	Camille Lecointre Hélène Defrance	Sailing	Women's 470	18 August
Bronze	Christophe Lemaitre	Athletics	Men's 200 m	18 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Boxing	2	2	2	6
Judo	2	2	1	5
Equestrian	2	1	0	3
Canoeing	1	1	1	3
Fencing	1	1	1	3
Sailing	1	0	2	3
Rowing	1	0	1	2
Athletics	0	3	3	6
Swimming	0	2	1	3
Handball	0	2	0	2
Shooting	0	1	1	2
Archery	0	1	0	1
Pentathlon	0	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	1	0	1
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Total	10	18	14	42

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
1	6 Aug	0	0	0	0
2	7 Aug	0	1	0	1
3	8 Aug	0	0	0	0
4	9 Aug	2	2	1	5
5	10 Aug	0	0	0	0
6	11 Aug	0	1	4	5
7	12 Aug	3	3	0	6
8	13 Aug	0	1	0	1
9	14 Aug	2	0	2	4
10	15 Aug	0	1	1	2
11	16 Aug	0	2	3	5
12	17 Aug	1	0	1	2
13	18 Aug	0	1	2	3
14	19 Aug	1	2	0	3
15	20 Aug	0	3	0	3
16	21 Aug	1	1	0	2
Total		10	18	14	42

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	5	10	13	28
Female	3	7	1	11
Mixed	2	1	0	3
Total	10	18	14	42

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Multiple medallists[edit]

The following competitors won several medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Astier Nicolas	Gold Silver	Equestrian	Team eventing Individual eventing
Gauthier Grumier	Gold Bronze	Fencing	Men's team épée Men's épée
Florent Manaudou	Silver Silver	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Men's 50 m freestyle

Competitors[edit]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	29	25	54
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	12	12	24
Boxing	8	2	10
Canoeing	11	6	17
Cycling	14	7	21
Diving	2	1	3
Equestrian	9	3	12
Fencing	9	8	17
Football	0	18	18
Golf	2	2	4
Gymnastics	6	7	13
Handball	15	16	31
Judo	7	7	14
Modern pentathlon	2	1	3
Rowing	14	4	18
Rugby sevens	12	12	24
Sailing	8	7	15
Shooting	7	4	11
Swimming	17	13	30
Synchronized swimming	0	2	2
Table tennis	3	1	4
Taekwondo	1	3	4
Tennis	6	3	9
Triathlon	3	2	5
Volleyball	12	0	12
Water polo	13	0	13
Weightlifting	4	1	5
Wrestling	1	1	2
Total	232	169	401

Archery[edit]

Three French archers qualified for the men's events by virtue of the nation's podium finish in the team recurve competition at the 2016 Archery World Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lucas Daniel	Men's individual	666	21	Alvariño (ESP) L 0–6	Did not advance
Pierre Plihon		657	36	Gazoz (TUR) L 5–6	Did not advance
Jean-Charles Valladont		680	8	Kouassi (CIV) W 6–4	Ruban (UKR) W 6–0	Thamwong (THA) W 6–0	Nespoli (ITA) W 6–5	van den Berg (NED) W 7–3	Ku B-c (KOR) L 3–7
Lucas Daniel Pierre Plihon Jean-Charles Valladont	Men's team	2003	5	N/A		Malaysia (MAS) W 6–2	Australia (AUS) L 3–5	Did not advance

Athletics[edit]

French athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[3]^[4]

On 25 April 2016, marathon runner Christelle Daunay and race walkers Yohann Diniz and Kévin Campion became the first French athletes to be selected to the Olympic team.^[5] Decathlete Kévin Mayer and women's 20 km (12 mi) racewalker Émilie Menuet were named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016.^[6]

A total of 22 athletes (11 per gender) were added to the track and field team for the Games, based on their performances achieved at the French Championships & Olympic Trials ( 24 to 26 June) in Angers, with Mélina Robert-Michon throwing the discus at her fifth straight Games, Kafétien Gomis returning for his second Olympics in the long jump after a 12-year absence, and pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie aiming to defend his Olympic pole vault title. Other athletes also featured Christophe Lemaitre, middle-distance runner Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, steeplechaser and double Olympic silver medalist Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, and 2015 Worlds bronze medalist Alexandra Tavernier (women's hammer throw).^[7] Twenty-seven more athletes rounded out the French roster at the end of the qualifying period, extending its size to a total of 54.^[8]^[9]

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

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dimitri Bascou	110 m hurdles	13.31	1 Q	N/A		13.23	1 Q	13.24
Wilhem Belocian	110 m hurdles	DSQ		N/A		Did not advance
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	800 m	1:48.12	1 Q	N/A		1:43.85	1 Q	1:43.41	4
Kévin Campion	20 km walk	N/A						1:26:22	49
Florian Carvalho	1500 m	3:41.87	10	N/A		Did not advance
Yohann Diniz	50 km walk	N/A						3:46:43	8
Yoann Kowal	3000 m steeplechase	8:23.49	5 q	N/A				8:16.75	5
Christophe Lemaitre	100 m	Bye		10.16	3 q	10.07	3	Did not advance
Christophe Lemaitre	200 m	20.28	2 Q	N/A		20.01	2 Q	20.12
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	110 m hurdles	13.36	2 Q	N/A		13.25	2 Q	13.29	4
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	3000 m steeplechase	8:26.32	3 Q	N/A				8:11.52
Jimmy Vicaut	100 m	Bye		10.19	4 q	9.95	1 Q	10.04	7
Guy-Elphège Anouman Stuart Dutamby Christophe Lemaitre Marvin René Jimmy Vicaut Mickael-Meba Zeze	4 × 100 m relay	38.35	5	N/A				Did not advance
Mame-Ibra Anne Teddy Atine-Venel Mamadou Kasse Hann Mamoudou Hanne Thomas Jordier Ludvy Vaillant	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.82	6	N/A				Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Phara Anacharsis	400 m hurdles	56.64	5	Did not advance
Cindy Billaud	100 m hurdles	12.98	5 q	13.03	6	Did not advance
Christelle Daunay	Marathon	N/A				DNF
Justine Fedronic	800 m	2:02.73	5	Did not advance
Sandra Gomis	100 m hurdles	13.04	3 Q	13.23	7	Did not advance
Floria Gueï	400 m	51.29	3 q	51.08	4	Did not advance
Rénelle Lamote	800 m	2:02.19	5	Did not advance
Émilie Menuet	20 km walk	N/A				1:32:04	13
Stella Akakpo Céline Distel-Bonnet Floriane Gnafoua Jennifer Galais Maroussia Paré Carolle Zahi	4 × 100 m relay	43.07	4	N/A		Did not advance
Phara Anacharsis Elea Mariama Diarra Floria Gueï Marie Gayot Brigitte Ntiamoah Agnès Raharolahy	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.18	5	N/A		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Benjamin Compaoré	Triple jump	16.72	9 Q	16.54	10
Harold Correa	Triple jump	16.60	13	Did not advance
Kafétien Gomis	Long jump	7.89	11 q	8.05	8
Stanley Joseph	Pole vault	5.45	16	Did not advance
Renaud Lavillenie		5.70	4 Q	5.98
Kévin Menaldo		5.45	16	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mathilde Andraud	Javelin throw	56.61	24	Did not advance
Jeanine Assani Issouf	Triple jump	13.97	19	Did not advance
Vanessa Boslak	Pole vault	4.30	28	Did not advance
Pauline Pousse	Discus throw	58.98	13	Did not advance
Mélina Robert-Michon	Discus throw	62.59	7 Q	66.73 NR
Alexandra Tavernier	Hammer throw	70.30	12 q	65.18	11

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Bastien Auzeil	Result	11.17	7.07	15.41	1.98	49.34	14.82	42.23	5.10	61.91	4:40.50	8064	13
Bastien Auzeil	Points	823	830	815	785	845	871	710	941	767	677	8064	13
Kévin Mayer	Result	10.81	7.60	15.76	2.04	48.28	14.02	46.78	5.40	65.04	4:25.49	8834 NR
Kévin Mayer	Points	903	960	836	840	896	972	804	1035	814	774	8834 NR

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	Result	13.37	1.77	14.88	25.07	6.43	48.76	2:20.36	6383	11
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	Points	1069	941	853	880	985	836	819	6383	11

Badminton[edit]

France has qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Brice Leverdez and Delphine Lansac were selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers each in the men's and women's singles based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brice Leverdez	Men's singles	Jørgensen (DEN) L (11–21, 18–21)	Must (EST) W (21–18, 18–21, 21–12)	2	Did not advance
Delphine Lansac	Women's singles	Sung J-h (KOR) L (13–21, 14–21)	Liang Xy (SIN) L (7–21, 15–21)	3	Did not advance

Basketball[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

France men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by securing its lone outright berth and winning the final match over Canada at the Manila leg of the 2016 FIBA World Qualifying Tournament.^[11]

Team roster

The following is the France roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[12]

France men's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	4	Heurtel, Thomas	27 – (1989-04-10)10 April 1989	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Anadolu Efes S.K.
SF	5	Batum, Nicolas	27 – (1988-12-14)14 December 1988	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Charlotte Hornets
G	6	Diot, Antoine	27 – (1989-01-17)17 January 1989	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Valencia BC
F/C	7	Lauvergne, Joffrey	24 – (1991-09-30)30 September 1991	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	Denver Nuggets
SF	8	Lombahe-Kahudi, Charles	30 – (1986-07-19)19 July 1986	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	ASVEL Basket
PG	9	Parker, Tony	34 – (1982-05-17)17 May 1982	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	San Antonio Spurs
PF	11	Piétrus, Florent	35 – (1981-01-19)19 January 1981	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	SLUC Nancy
G	12	de Colo, Nando	29 – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	CSKA Moscow
PF	13	Diaw, Boris	34 – (1982-04-16)16 April 1982	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	San Antonio Spurs
SF	15	Gelabale, Mickaël	33 – (1983-05-22)22 May 1983	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Le Mans Sarthe
C	16	Gobert, Rudy	24 – (1992-06-26)26 June 1992	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	Utah Jazz
C	17	Tillie, Kim	28 – (1988-07-15)15 July 1988	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	Saski Baskonia

Head coach

Vincent Collet

Assistant coach(es)

Jacques Commères
Ruddy Nelhomme

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 6 August 2016

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	524	407	+117	10	Quarter-finals
2	Australia	5	4	1	444	368	+76	9
3	France	5	3	2	423	378	+45	8
4	Serbia	5	2	3	426	387	+39	7
5	Venezuela	5	1	4	315	444	−129	6
6	China	5	0	5	318	466	−148	5

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

6 August 2016
14:15

Boxscore

Australia	87–66	France
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 16–19, 25–15, 26–18
Pts: Mills 21 Rebs: Baynes 8 Asts: Dellavedova 10		Pts: Parker 18 Rebs: Gobert 6 Asts: Diaw, Heurtel 3

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,719
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Steven Anderson (USA), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

8 August 2016
22:30

Boxscore

France	88–60	China
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 23–9, 22–22, 24–15
Pts: de Colo 19 Rebs: Batum 10 Asts: Parker 8		Pts: Yi 19 Rebs: Yi 6 Asts: Ding, Guo 4

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,360
Referees: Juan Carlos García (ESP), Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Piotr Pastusiak (POL)

10 August 2016
14:15

Boxscore

Serbia	75–76	France
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 19–14, 24–17, 15–19
Pts: Raduljica 16 Rebs: Jokić 7 Asts: Teodosić 9		Pts: de Colo 22 Rebs: Diaw 9 Asts: Diaw 9

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,901
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

12 August 2016
22:30

Boxscore

France	96–56	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 19–12, 24–17, 30–9
Pts: Lauvergne 17 Rebs: Kahudi 12 Asts: Heurtel 8		Pts: Echenique 12 Rebs: Vargas 7 Asts: Cox 4

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,312
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

14 August 2016
14:15

Boxscore

United States	100–97	France
Scoring by quarter: 30–24, 25–22, 26–23, 19–28
Pts: Thompson 30 Rebs: Durant 6 Asts: Irving 12		Pts: de Colo, Heurtel 18 Rebs: Heurtel 8 Asts: Heurtel 9

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 11,302
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), José Reyes (MEX), Damir Javor (SLO)

Quarterfinal

17 August 2016
14:30

Boxscore

Spain	92–67	France
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 24–14, 26–19, 23–18
Pts: Mirotić 23 Rebs: Gasol 8 Asts: Navarro 5		Pts: Parker 14 Rebs: Gobert 12 Asts: Diaw 5

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,725
Referees: José Reese (MEX), Damir Javor (SLO), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

Women's tournament[edit]

France women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics with a quarterfinal victory at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Nantes.^[13]

Team roster

The following is the France roster for the women's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics^[14]^[15]

France women's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
C	4	Yacoubou, Isabelle (C)	30 – (1986-04-21)21 April 1986	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Familia Schio
C	5	Miyem, Endéné	28 – (1988-05-15)15 May 1988	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Dynamo Kursk
C	7	Gruda, Sandrine	29 – (1987-06-25)25 June 1987	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	UMMC Ekaterinburg
F	10	Michel, Sarah	27 – (1989-01-10)10 January 1989	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Basket Lattes
SF	11	Ayayi, Valériane	22 – (1994-04-29)29 April 1994	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Basket Lattes
C	12	Skrela, Gaëlle	33 – (1983-01-24)24 January 1983	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Basket Lattes
C	16	Ciak, Héléna	26 – (1989-12-15)15 December 1989	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	CJM Bourges Basket
G	17	Johannès, Marine	21 – (1995-01-21)21 January 1995	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	USO Mondeville
PG	20	Bouderra, Amel	27 – (1989-03-26)26 March 1989	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	Flammes Carolo Basket
F	21	Kamba, Laetitia	29 – (1987-01-10)10 January 1987	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq
G	22	Époupa, Olivia	22 – (1994-04-30)30 April 1994	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	Toulouse Métropole Basket
C	25	Amant, Marielle	26 – (1989-12-09)9 December 1989	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	ESB Villeneuve-d’Ascq

Head coach

Valérie Garnier

Assistant coach(es)

Grégory Halin
Olivier Lafargue

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 6 August 2016

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	400	345	+55	10	Quarter-finals
2	France	5	3	2	344	343	+1	8^[a]
3	Turkey	5	3	2	324	325	−1	8^[a]
4	Japan	5	3	2	386	378	+8	8^[a]
5	Belarus	5	1	4	347	361	−14	6
6	Brazil (H)	5	0	5	335	384	−49	5

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host.
Notes:

^ a b c Head-to-head record: France 3 pts, +8 PD; Turkey 3 pts, −2 PD; Japan 3 pts, −6 PD

6 August 2016
12:00

Boxscore

Turkey	39–55	France
Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 3–14, 16–19, 4–14
Pts: Yılmaz 16 Rebs: Yılmaz 6 Asts: Vardarlı 5		Pts: Michel, Miyem 14 Rebs: Yacoubou 11 Asts: Epoupa 5

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 2,042
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Scott Beker (AUS), Natalia Cuello (DOM)

7 August 2016
19:45

Boxscore

France	73–72	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 20–20, 18–11, 21–19
Pts: Epoupa 16 Rebs: Michel 8 Asts: Epoupa 5		Pts: Likhtarovich 16 Rebs: Leuchanka 13 Asts: Harding 8

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 2,075
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Duan Zhu (CHN), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS)

9 August 2016
12:15

Boxscore

Australia	89–71	France
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 25–10, 23–21, 20–21
Pts: Taylor 31 Rebs: Cambage 7 Asts: Taylor 9		Pts: Epoupa 15 Rebs: Epoupa 7 Asts: Bouderra 4

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 1,481
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Duan Zhu (CHN), Hwang In-tae (KOR)

11 August 2016
15:30

Boxscore

France	74–64	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 15–9, 22–19, 17–16
Pts: Skrela 18 Rebs: Gruda 10 Asts: Époupa 7		Pts: Dantas 21 Rebs: Dos Santos 10 Asts: three players 5

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,128
Referees: Juan Carlos García (ESP), Karen Lasuik (CAN), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

13 August 2016
17:45

Boxscore

Japan	79–71	France
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 23–13, 23–22, 16–17
Pts: Yoshida 24 Rebs: Tokashiki 7 Asts: Yoshida 7		Pts: Epoupa, Yacoubou 14 Rebs: Gruda 9 Asts: Gruda 4

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,351
Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Carlos Peruga (ESP), Carlos Júlio (ANG)

Quarterfinal

16 August 2016
22:15

Boxscore

France	68–63	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 16–12, 18–13, 18–13
Pts: Gruda 14 Rebs: Gruda 10 Asts: Époupa 6		Pts: Gaucher 15 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Tatham 4

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,200
Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Hwang In-tae (KOR)

Semifinal

18 August 2016
19:00

Boxscore

France	67–86	United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 21–21, 8–25, 23–21
Pts: Yacoubou 14 Rebs: Gruda 6 Asts: Michel 3		Pts: Taurasi 18 Rebs: Fowles 9 Asts: Taurasi 4

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,431
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Karen Lasuik (CAN), Duan Zhu (CHN)

Bronze medal match

20 August 2016
11:30

Boxscore

France	63–70	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 17–9, 15–28, 21–15
Pts: Miyem 18 Rebs: Yacoubou 10 Asts: Époupa 4		Pts: Milovanović 18 Rebs: Page 8 Asts: A. Dabović 5

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 9,039
Referees: Carlos Peruga (ESP), Anne Panther (GER), Natalia Cuello (DOM)

Boxing[edit]

France has entered ten boxers (eight men and two women) to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Mathieu Bauderlique was the only Frenchman finishing among the top two of their respective division in the AIBA Pro Boxing series, while 2012 Olympian Tony Yoka earned a lone outright Olympic berth in the super heavyweight bout at the 2015 World Championships.^[16]^[17] Three more boxers (Oumiha, Assomo, and Biongolo) had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.^[18]

Sarah Ourahmoune and Estelle Mossely were confirmed as France's first ever female Olympic boxers with a quarterfinal victory each in women's flyweight and lightweight division, respectively, at the World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.^[19] Meanwhile, Souleymane Cissokho, Elie Konki, and Hassan Amzile secured additional Olympic places on the French roster at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[20]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elie Konki	Flyweight	Touba (GER) W 3–0	Aloyan (RUS) L 0–3	Did not advance
Sofiane Oumiha	Lightweight	Lopéz (HON) W 3–0	Ruenroeng (THA) W TKO	Selimov (AZE) W 3–0	Otgondalai (MGL) W 3–0	Conceição (BRA) L 0–3
Hassan Amzile	Light welterweight	Junias (NAM) W 3–0	Sotomayor (AZE) L 1–2	Did not advance
Souleymane Cissokho	Welterweight	Bacskai (HUN) W 3–0	Baghirov (AZE) W 3–0	Adi (THA) W 3–0	Yeleussinov (KAZ) L 0–3	Did not advance
Christian Mbilli Asomo	Middleweight	Mytrofanov (UKR) W 3–0	Delgado (ECU) W 2–1	López (CUB) L 0–3	Did not advance
Mathieu Bauderlique	Light heavyweight	Bye	Carrillo (COL) W 3–0	Mina (ECU) W TKO	La Cruz (CUB) L 0–3	Did not advance
Paul Omba-Biongolo	Heavyweight	N/A	Abdullayev (AZE) L TKO	Did not advance
Tony Yoka	Super heavyweight	Bye	Laurent (ISV) W 3–0	Ishaish (JOR) W 3–0	Hrgović (CRO) W 2–1	Joyce (GBR) W 2–1

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sarah Ourahmoune	Flyweight	Ez-Zahraoui (MAR) W 3–0	Shekerbekova (KAZ) W 3–0	Valencia (COL) W 2–0	Adams (GBR) L 0–3
Estelle Mossely	Lightweight	Bye	Testa (ITA) W 3–0	Belyakova (RUS) W TKO	Yin Jh (CHN) W 2–1

Canoeing[edit]

Slalom[edit]

French canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.^[21] The roster of French slalom canoeists, led by London 2012 Olympians Gauthier Klauss and Matthieu Péché, was announced on 10 April 2016 as a result of their top performances at the Olympic Trials in Pau.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Denis Gargaud Chanut	Men's C-1	102.03	11	93.48	2	93.48	2 Q	98.06	3 Q	94.17
Gauthier Klauss Matthieu Péché	Men's C-2	103.35	3	102.43	1	102.43	2 Q	110.19	5 Q	103.24
Sébastien Combot	Men's K-1	89.13	5	88.94	5	88.94	9 Q	94.59	8 Q	92.55	8
Marie-Zélia Lafont	Women's K-1	110.52	11	118.67	13	110.52	16	Did not advance

Sprint[edit]

French canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[23] The sprint canoeing team was named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thomas Simart	C-1 200 m	40.415	1 Q	40.670	2 FA	40.180	8
Adrien Bart	C-1 1000 m	4:10.043	5 Q	4:08.593	5 FB	4:00.911	10
Maxime Beaumont	K-1 200 m	34.322	1 Q	34.398	1 FA	35.362
Cyrille Carré	K-1 1000 m	3:36.322	3 Q	3:38.115	6 FB	3:36.606	13
Maxime Beaumont Sébastien Jouve	K-2 200 m	31.855	3 Q	32.526	2 FA	32.699	7
Étienne Hubert Arnaud Hybois	K-2 1000 m	3:25.654	4 Q	3:21.100	5 FB	3:19.415	10
Cyrille Carré Étienne Hubert Arnaud Hybois Sébastien Jouve	K-4 1000 m	3:02.376	5 Q	3:00.896	3 FA	3:07.488	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sarah Guyot	K-1 200 m	40.317	1 Q	40.516	2 FA	40.894	5
Manon Hostens Léa Jamelot Amandine Lhote Sarah Troël	K-4 500 m	1:37.03	6 Q	1:39.06	6 FB	1:41.069	12

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling[edit]

Road[edit]

French riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women).^[24]^[25] The women's road cycling team (Cordon & Ferrand-Prévot) was named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016, with four male cyclists (Alaphilippe, Bardet, Barguil, & Pinot, later remplaced by Vuillermoz) joining them on 13 July.^[6]^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julian Alaphilippe	Road race	6:10:27	4
Julian Alaphilippe	Time trial	1:24:39.99	32
Romain Bardet	Road race	6:16:17	24
Warren Barguil	Road race	Did not finish
Alexis Vuillermoz	Road race	6:16:17	23
Alexis Vuillermoz	Time trial	1:20:43.87	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Audrey Cordon	Road race	4:01:04	37
Audrey Cordon	Time trial	49:32.87	24
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot	Road race	3:56:34	26

Track[edit]

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, French riders accumulated spots in both men's and women's team sprint, as well as the men's and women's omnium. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, France has won the right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin.

The French Cycling Federation announced the track cycling squad for the Olympics on 5 April 2016, including 2012 double silver medalist Grégory Baugé in the men's sprint.^[26]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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
Grégory Baugé	Men's sprint	9.807 73.416	6 Q	Kelemen (CZE) W 10.214 70.491	Bye	Hoogland (NED) W 10.103 71.265	Bye	Dmitriev (RUS) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final Eilers (GER) Xu C (CHN) Constable (AUS) L	7
François Pervis	Men's sprint	9.898 72.741	11 Q	Hoogland (NED) L	Puerta (COL) Sarnecki (POL) L	Did not advance
Sandie Clair	Women's sprint	11.517 62.516	25	Did not advance
Virginie Cueff	Women's sprint	11.099 64.870	16 Q	Lee W S (HKG) L	Morton (AUS) Gong Jj (CHN) W 11.496 62.630	James (GBR) L	Krupeckaitė (LTU) Hansen (NZL) L	Did not advance		9th place final Hansen (NZL) Meares (AUS) Welte (GER) L	12

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida François Pervis	Men's team sprint	43.185 62.521	4 Q	Poland (POL) W 43.153 62.568	3 FB	Australia (AUS) W 43.143 62.582
Sandie Clair Virginie Cueff	Women's team sprint	33.625 53.531	6 Q	Germany (GER) L 33.517 53.704	6	Did not advance

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Michaël D'Almeida	Men's keirin	1 Q	Bye	6	8
François Pervis	Men's keirin	3 R	1 Q	5	11
Sandie Clair	Women's keirin	6 R	3	Did not advance
Virginie Cueff	Women's keirin	DNF R	3	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Thomas Boudat	Men's omnium	3	36	4:19.918	5	32	2	38	1:04.227	11	20	13.272	9	24	22	6	172	5
Laurie Berthon	Women's omnium	8	26	3:40.180	12	18	9	24	35.275	3	36	13.903	3	36	23	9	163	10

Mountain biking[edit]

French mountain bikers qualified for three men's and two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's second-place finish for men and fourth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 25 May 2016. The mountain biking team was named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016, with double Olympic champion Julien Absalon remarkably going to his fourth Games.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julien Absalon	Men's cross-country	1:36:43	8
Victor Koretzky		1:37:27	10
Maxime Marotte		1:35:01	4
Perrine Clauzel	Women's cross-country	1:42:23	26
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot	Women's cross-country	Did not finish

BMX[edit]

French riders qualified for three men's and one women's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's fourth-place finish for men and fifth for women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 31 May 2016. The BMX riders, led by London 2012 Olympian Joris Daudet, were named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Joris Daudet	Men's BMX	34.617	1	18	6	Did not advance
Amidou Mir		35.248	11	14	5	Did not advance
Jérémy Rencurel		35.884	22	28	7	Did not advance
Manon Valentino	Women's BMX	36.377	12	N/A		12	4 Q	2:41.109	8

Diving[edit]

French divers qualified for the following individual and synchronized team spots at the 2016 Summer Olympics through the World Championships and the FINA World Cup series. The diving squad was selected as part of the first batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 27 April 2016.^[5]^[27]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Matthieu Rosset	Men's 3 m springboard	373.40	23	Did not advance
Benjamin Auffret	Men's 10 m platform	470.45	5 Q	477.00	4 Q	507.35	4
Laura Marino	Women's 10 m platform	289.35	19	Did not advance

Equestrian[edit]

French equestrians have qualified a full squad in the team dressage, eventing and jumping competitions through the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, the 2015 European Dressage Championships, and the 2015 European Eventing Championships.^[28]

Dressage[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Stéphanie Brieussel	Amorak	Individual	65.114 #	55	Did not advance
Ludovic Henry	After You		69.214	40	Did not advance
Karen Tebar	Don Luis		75.029	18 Q	72.773	25	Did not advance
Pierre Volla	Badinda Altena		71.500	30 Q	65.742	31	Did not advance
Stéphanie Brieussel Ludovic Henry Karen Tebar Pierre Volla	See above	Team	71.914	8	Did not advance		N/A		Did not advance

Eventing[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Karim Laghouag	Entebbe	Individual	43.40 #	14	50.40 #	93.40 #	30	1.00	94.40 #	28	Did not advance
Mathieu Lemoine	Bart		39.20	3	14.40	53.60	10	8.00	61.60	9 Q	8.00	69.60	15	69.60	15
Astier Nicolas	Piaf de B'Neville		42.00	11	0.00	42.00	3	0.00	42.00	2 Q	6.00	48.00	2	48.00
Thibaut Vallette	Qing du Briot		41.00	6	24.40	65.40	18	0.00	65.40	14 Q	4.00	69.40	13	69.40	13
Karim Laghouag Mathieu Lemoine Astier Nicolas Thibaut Vallette	See above	Team	122.20	2	38.80	161.00	3	8.00	169.00	1	N/A			169.00

"#" 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.

Jumping[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Roger-Yves Bost	Sydney Une Prince	Individual	0	=1 Q	1	1	=12 Q	1	2	5 Q	0	=1 Q	5	5	=16	5	=16
Pénélope Leprevost	Flora de Mariposa		47 #	=68	0	47	68^TO	Did not compete			Did not advance
Philippe Rozier	Rahotep de Toscane		0	=1 Q	4 #	4	=28 Q	1	5	=13 Q	4	=16 Q	9	13	23	13	23
Kevin Staut	Rêveur de Hurtebise HDC*		4	=27 Q	0	4	=15 Q	0	4	=7 Q	4	=16 Q	8	12	22	12	22
Roger-Yves Bost Pénélope Leprevost Philippe Rozier Kevin Staut	See above	Team	4	=3 Q	1	N/A	=5 Q	2	3	1	N/A					3

"#" 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.

Fencing[edit]

French fencers have qualified a full squad each in the men's team foil, men's team épée, and women's team sabre by virtue of their top 4 national finish in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings, while the women's épée team picked up a spare berth freed by Africa for being the next highest ranking team.^[29] Sabre fencer Vincent Anstett, along with 2012 Olympic foilists Astrid Guyart and Ysaora Thibus had claimed their spots on the French team by finishing among the top 14 in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[30]

The men's foil fencers (Cadot, Le Pechoux, & Lefort), along with the épée teams (both men and women), were named to the Olympic roster on 26 May 2016.^[31]^[32] The women's sabre team rounded out the fencing selection on 2 June 2016.^[33]

The fencing team was officially named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yannick Borel	Épée	Bye	Rédli (HUN) W 15–9	Kauter (SUI) W 15–14	Steffen (SUI) L 10–15	Did not advance
Gauthier Grumier		Bye	Schwantes (BRA) W 15–7	Fayez (EGY) W 15–9	Minobe (JPN) W 15–8	Imre (HUN) L 13–15	Steffen (SUI) W 15–11
Daniel Jérent		Bye	F Limardo (VEN) L 14–15	Did not advance
Yannick Borel Gauthier Grumier Daniel Jérent	Team épée	N/A		Bye	Venezuela (VEN) W 45–29	Hungary (HUN) W 45–40	Italy (ITA) W 45–31
Jérémy Cadot	Foil	Bye	Cassarà (ITA) L 14–15	Did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux		Bye	Lei S (CHN) W 15–9	Meinhardt (USA) L 14–15	Did not advance
Enzo Lefort		Bye	Joppich (GER) L 13–15	Did not advance
Jérémy Cadot Erwann Le Péchoux Enzo Lefort Jean-Paul Tony Helissey	Team foil	N/A			China (CHN) W 45–42	Italy (ITA) W 45–30	Russia (RUS) L 41–45
Vincent Anstett	Sabre	N/A	Tokunan (JPN) W 15–13	Vũ T A (VIE) W 15–8	Abedini (IRI) L 13–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marie-Florence Candassamy	Épée	Simeão (BRA) W 15–6	Xu Aq (CHN) W 15–8	Moellhausen (BRA) L 12–15	Did not advance
Auriane Mallo		Nguyễn T N H (VIE) W 15–7	Brânză (ROU) L 8–15	Did not advance
Lauren Rembi		Bye	Gherman (ROU) W 13–10	Kryvytska (UKR) W 9–7	Moellhausen (BRA) W 15–12	Szász (HUN) L 10–6	Sun Yw (CHN) L 13–15	4
Marie-Florence Candassamy Auriane Mallo Lauren Rembi	Team épée	N/A		Bye	Russia (RUS) L 41–44	Classification semi-final United States (USA) L 28–32	7th place final Ukraine (UKR) W 45–38	7
Astrid Guyart	Foil	Bye	Leleiko (UKR) W 15–9	Prescod (USA) W 14–11	Deriglazova (RUS) L 6–15	Did not advance
Ysaora Thibus	Foil	Bye	Karamete (TUR) W 15–6	Le Hl (CHN) W 15–13	Shanaeva (RUS) L 10–15	Did not advance
Cécilia Berder	Sabre	Bye	Pérez Maurice (ARG) W 15–6	Muhammad (USA) W 15–12	Velikaya (RUS) L 10–15	Did not advance
Manon Brunet		Bye	Hwang S-a (KOR) W 15–11	Márton (HUN) W 15–12	Besbes (TUN) W 15–14	Velikaya (RUS) L 14–15	Kharlan (UKR) L 10–15	4
Charlotte Lembach		Bye	Vecchi (ITA) W 15–11	Velikaya (RUS) L 14–15	Did not advance
Cécilia Berder Manon Brunet Charlotte Lembach	Team sabre	N/A			Italy (ITA) L 36–45	Classification semi-final South Korea (KOR) L 40–45	7th place final Mexico (MEX) L 38–45	8

Football[edit]

Women's tournament[edit]

France's women's football team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the top three for European teams at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.^[34]

Team roster

The following is the France squad in the women's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 athletes was officially named on 7 July 2016.^[35] On 18 July, Laura Georges left the squad due to injury and was replaced by Sakina Karchaoui.^[36]

Head coach: Philippe Bergeroo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2016 club
1	1GK	Méline Gérard	(1990-05-30)30 May 1990 (aged 26)	4	0	Olympique Lyon
2	2DF	Griedge Mbock Bathy	(1995-02-26)26 February 1995 (aged 21)	9	0	Olympique Lyon
3	2DF	Wendie Renard (c)	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 26)	71	17	Olympique Lyon
4	2DF	Sakina Karchaoui	(1996-01-26)26 January 1996 (aged 20)	1	0	Montpellier HSC
5	2DF	Sabrina Delannoy	(1986-05-18)18 May 1986 (aged 30)	26	2	Paris Saint-Germain
6	3MF	Amandine Henry	(1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 26)	48	6	Portland Thorns
7	2DF	Amel Majri	(1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 23)	20	3	Olympique Lyon
8	2DF	Jessica Houara	(1987-09-29)29 September 1987 (aged 28)	41	3	Olympique Lyon
9	4FW	Eugénie Le Sommer	(1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 27)	116	52	Olympique Lyon
10	3MF	Camille Abily	(1984-12-05)5 December 1984 (aged 31)	145	29	Olympique Lyon
11	3MF	Claire Lavogez	(1994-06-18)18 June 1994 (aged 22)	13	1	Olympique Lyon
12	4FW	Élodie Thomis	(1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 29)	116	31	Olympique Lyon
13	4FW	Kadidiatou Diani	(1995-04-01)1 April 1995 (aged 21)	5	1	FCF Juvisy
14	3MF	Louisa Necib	(1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 29)	125	32	Olympique Lyon
15	3MF	Élise Bussaglia	(1985-09-24)24 September 1985 (aged 30)	143	26	VfL Wolfsburg
16	1GK	Sarah Bouhaddi	(1986-10-17)17 October 1986 (aged 29)	93	0	Olympique Lyon
17	3MF	Kheira Hamraoui	(1990-01-13)13 January 1990 (aged 26)	22	1	Olympique Lyon
18	4FW	Marie-Laure Delie	(1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 28)	90	62	Paris Saint-Germain

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2	France	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6	Quarter-finals
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	1	5	−4	3
4	Colombia	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

3 August 2016

22:00

France	4–0	Colombia
C. Arias 2' (o.g.) Le Sommer 14' Abily 42' Majri 82'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 6,847^[37]

Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

6 August 2016

17:00

United States	1–0	France
Lloyd 64'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 11,782^[38]

Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay)

9 August 2016

19:00

New Zealand	0–3	France
	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Le Sommer 38' Cadamuro 63', 90+2' (pen.)

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 7,350^[39]

Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

Quarterfinal

12 August 2016

19:00

Canada	1–0	France
Schmidt 56'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 38,688^[40]

Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay)

Golf[edit]

France has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Grégory Bourdy (world no. 112), Julien Quesne (world no. 123), Karine Icher (world no. 60), and Gwladys Nocera (world no. 134) qualified directly among the top 60 players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.^[41]^[42]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Grégory Bourdy	Men's	67	69	72	73	281	−3	=21
Julien Quesne	Men's	71	79	72	71	293	+9	=55
Karine Icher	Women's	73	72	73	76	294	+10	=44
Gwladys Nocera	Women's	73	71	74	72	290	+6	=39

Gymnastics[edit]

Artistic[edit]

France has fielded a full squad of ten gymnasts (five men and five women) into the Olympic competition. Both men's and women's squads had claimed one of the remaining four spots each in the team all-around at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[43]^[44] The French Olympic Committee named the men's and women's artistic gymnastics teams on 27 June 2016.^[45]

Men
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Samir Aït Saïd	Team	N/A		15.533 Q*	12.866	N/A				Did not advance
Axel Augis		14.033	14.500	14.333	13.166	15.300	14.700	86.032	23 Q
Julien Gobaux		13.066	14.233	14.500	13.700	14.766	14.300	84.565	29
Danny Rodrigues		N/A	13.133	15.266 Q	N/A	14.233	13.433	N/A
Cyril Tommasone		13.966	15.650 Q	N/A		14.100	N/A
Total		41.065	44.383	45.299	39.732	44.299	42.433	257.211	12

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Samir Aït Saïd	Rings	Withdrew due to injury^[46]
Axel Augis	All-around	13.933	13.100	13.933	14.266	14.766	12.900	82.898	21
Cyril Tommasone	Pommel horse	N/A	15.600	N/A				15.600	4
Danny Rodrigues	Rings	N/A		15.233	N/A			15.233	7

Women
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Marine Boyer	Team	14.200	N/A	14.600 Q	13.233	N/A		Did not advance
Marine Brevet		14.133	14.333	14.166	13.933	56.565	16 Q
Loan His		N/A	13.900	N/A
Oréane Lechenault		12.300	13.166	13.633	13.666	52.765	46
Louise Vanhille		13.966	14.866	13.633	13.300	55.765	21 Q
Total		42.299	43.099	42.399	40.899	168.696	11

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Marine Boyer	Balance beam	N/A		14.600	N/A	14.600	4
Marine Brevet	All-around	14.166	14.300	14.133	14.000	56.599	15
Louise Vanhille	All-around	14.000	14.233	13.200	13.233	54.666	20

Rhythmic[edit]

France has qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by finishing in the top 15 at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[47]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Kseniya Moustafaeva	Individual	17.600	17.516	17.500	17.366	69.982	10 Q	17.700	16.833	16.916	16.741	68.240	10

Trampoline[edit]

France has qualified one gymnast in the men's trampoline by virtue of a top eight finish at the 2015 World Championships in Odense, Denmark.^[48] Meanwhile, a spare Olympic berth freed by the Tripartite Commission had been awarded to the French female gymnast, as the next highest from the eligible NOC on the individual ranking list at the 2016 Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[49] The French Olympic Committee had selected Sébastien Martiny and Marine Jurbert to compete in both men's and women's trampoline, respectively, at the Games.^[45]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Sébastien Martiny	Men's	106.230	10	Did not advance
Marine Jurbert	Women's	96.760	14	Did not advance

Handball[edit]

Summary

Key:

ET – After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France men's	Men's tournament	Tunisia W 25–23	Qatar W 35–20	Argentina W 31–24	Croatia L 28–29	Denmark W 33–30	2	Brazil W 34–27	Germany W 29–28	Denmark L 26–28
France women's	Women's tournament	Netherlands W 18–14	Russia L 25–26	Argentina W 27–11	South Korea W 21–17	Sweden W 27–25	2	Spain W 27–26^ET	Netherlands W 24–23	Russia L 19–22

Men's tournament[edit]

The French men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 World Championships.^[50]

Team roster

The following is the French roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[51]

Head coach: Claude Onesta

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
8	LB	Daniel Narcisse	(1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 37)	1.89 m	280	858	Paris Saint-Germain
12	GK	Vincent Gérard	(1986-12-16)16 December 1986 (aged 30)	1.88 m	25	0	Montpellier Handball
13	CB	Nikola Karabatić	(1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 33)	1.96 m	252	1024	Paris Saint-Germain
14	CB	Kentin Mahé	(1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 26)	1.86 m	42	98	Flensburg-Handewitt
15	LB	Mathieu Grébille	(1991-10-06)6 October 1991 (aged 25)	1.98 m	39	57	Montpellier Handball
16	GK	Thierry Omeyer	(1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 40)	1.92 m	328	1	Paris Saint-Germain
17	LB	Timothey N'Guessan	(1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 24)	1.96 m	20	35	Chambéry Savoie
19	RW	Luc Abalo	(1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 32)	1.82 m	196	646	Paris Saint-Germain
20	P	Cédric Sorhaindo	(1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 33)	1.92 m	150	302	Barcelona
21	LW	Michaël Guigou	(1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 35)	1.79 m	218	771	Montpellier Handball
22	P	Luka Karabatić	(1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 29)	2.02 m	42	46	Paris Saint-Germain
23	P	Ludovic Fabregas	(1996-07-01)1 July 1996 (aged 21)	1.98 m	7	5	Montpellier Handball
27	RB	Adrien Dipanda	(1988-05-03)3 May 1988 (aged 29)	2.02 m	7	10	Saint-Raphaël
28	RB	Valentin Porte	(1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 26)	1.90 m	48	114	Fenix Toulouse

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	4	0	1	147	134	+13	8^[a]	Quarter-finals
2	France	5	4	0	1	152	126	+26	8^[a]
3	Denmark	5	3	0	2	136	127	+9	6
4	Qatar	5	2	1	2	122	127	−5	5
5	Argentina	5	1	0	4	110	126	−16	2
6	Tunisia	5	0	1	4	118	145	−27	1

Source: IHF
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:

^ a b Croatia 29–28 France

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 19:50 v	France	25–23	Tunisia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Mahé 5	(16–11)	Tej 6
	3× 1×	Report	4× 6×

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 09:30 v	Qatar	20–35	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	three players 4	(13–16)	Abalo 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 21:50 v	France	31–24	Argentina	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Abalo 7	(17–12)	F. Fernández 8
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 5×

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 11:30 v	Croatia	29–28	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pálsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	Kopljar 6	(14–12)	Guigou 10
	4× 5× 2×	Report	4× 2×

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 14:40 v	France	33–30	Denmark	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Mahé 9	(17–16)	Hansen 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

Quarterfinal

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 10:00 v	Brazil	27–34	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Pozzer 8	(16–16)	Guigou 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

Semifinal

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 15:30 v	France	29–28	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
	Narcisse 7	(16–13)	Gensheimer 11
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

Gold medal match

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 14:00 v	Denmark	28–26	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Hansen 8	(16–14)	Guigou 6
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

Women's tournament[edit]

The French women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at the first meet of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Metz.^[52]

Team roster

The following is the French roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[53]

Head coach: Olivier Krumbholz

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Laura Glauser	(1993-08-20)20 August 1993 (aged 22)	1.78 m	38	0	Metz Handball
3	RW	Blandine Dancette	(1988-02-14)14 February 1988 (aged 28)	1.69 m	80	103	Chambray Touraine
5	RB	Camille Ayglon	(1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 31)	1.80 m	207	378	CSM București
7	CB	Allison Pineau	(1989-05-02)2 May 1989 (aged 27)	1.81 m	182	475	Brest Bretagne Handball
8	P	Laurisa Landre	(1985-10-27)27 October 1985 (aged 30)	1.74 m	38	58	S.C.M. Craiova
10	CB	Grace Zaadi	(1993-07-07)7 July 1993 (aged 23)	1.71 m	48	65	Metz Handball
12	GK	Amandine Leynaud	(1988-05-02)2 May 1988 (aged 28)	1.78 m	177	1	Vardar
13	LW	Manon Houette	(1992-07-02)2 July 1992 (aged 24)	1.68 m	26	49	Thüringer HC
17	LW	Siraba Dembélé	(1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 30)	1.72 m	211	681	Rostov-Don
18	RW	Chloé Bulleux	(1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 24)	1.72 m	26	45	Siófok
24	P	Béatrice Edwige	(1988-10-03)3 October 1988 (aged 27)	1.82 m	28	13	Metz Handball
27	LB	Estelle Nze Minko	(1991-08-11)11 August 1991 (aged 24)	1.76 m	38	61	Siófok
29	LB	Gnonsiane Niombla	(1990-07-09)9 July 1990 (aged 26)	1.72 m	47	138	CSM București
64	RB	Alexandra Lacrabère	(1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 29)	1.72 m	173	541	Vardar

Group play

Pos	Team

[table_hth_FRA0.094674048989394-16] Head-to-head record: France 3 pts, +8 PD; Turkey 3 pts, −2 PD; Japan 3 pts, −6 PD

[table_hth_CRO0.20072043556754-53] Croatia 29–28 France

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