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France At The 1980 Summer Olympics




France competed at the ''' 1980 Summer Olympics ''' in Moscow under the IOC Country Code FRA. It was the eighteenth appearance of the Europe an nation, which made its Olympic debut in 1896 .


MEDALS

France finished in eighth position in the final medal rankings

Gold

  • Thierry Rey — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)








Silver

  • Alain Lebas — Canoeing, Men's K1 1.000 metres Kayak Singles


  • Yavé Cahard — Cycling, Men's 1.000 metres Sprint (Scratch)


  • Alain Bondue — Cycling, Men's 4.000 metres Individual Pursuit





Bronze





RESULTS BY EVENT


Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)





Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:
  • Four, Bouzou, and Cortes — 15.345 pts (→ 5th place)






Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle
  • René Ecuyer

  • Heats — 52,09

  • Semi-Finals — 51,62

  • Final — 52,01 (→ 7th place)


Men's 200m Freestyle



Men's 100m Butterfly

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

Women's 100m Freestyle