France At The 1992 Summer Olympics

France competed at the ''' 1992 Summer Olympics ''' in Barcelona under the IOC Country Code FRA. It was the twenty-first appearance of the Europe an nation, having missed only the 1904 Summer Olympics .

MEDALS

France finished in ninth position in the final medal rankings

Gold

Sebastien Flute — Archery, Men's Individual Competition

Marie-José Pérec — Athletics, Women's 400 metres

Philippe Omnès — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

Eric Srecki — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual

Cécile Nowak — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)

Catherine Fleury-Vachon — Judo, Women's Half Middleweight (61 kg)

Franck David — Sailing, Men's Lechner Sailboard

Nicolas Hénard and Yves Loday — Sailing, Men's Tornado

Silver

Sylvain Curinier — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles

Jeannie Longo — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race

Pascal Tayot — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)

Franck Badiou — Shooting, Men's Air Rifle

Jean-Philippe Gatien — Table Tennis, Men's Singles

Bronze

Olivier Boivin and Didier Hoyer — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs

Jacky Avril — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles

Frank Adisson and Wilfrid Forgues — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs

Hervé Boussard , Didier Faivre-Pierret , Philippe Gaumont , and Jean-Louis Harel — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race

Hubert Bourdy , Hervé Godignon , Eric Navet , and Michel Robert — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition

Jean-Michel Henry — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual

Jean-François Lamour — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual

Jean-Philippe Daurelle , Franck Ducheix , Hervé Granger-Veyron , Pierre Guichot , and Jean-François Lamour — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team

Philippe Debureau , Philippe Gardent , Denis Lathoud , Pascal Mahe , Philippe Medard , Gael Monthurel , Laurent Munier , Frederic Perez , Thierry Perreux , Alain Portes , Eric Quintin , Jackson Richardson , Stéphane Stoecklin , Jean-Luc Thiebaut , Denis Tristant , and Frederic Volle — Handball, Men's Team Competition

Bertrand Damaisin — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)

David Douillet — Judo, Men's Heavyweight

Laetitia Meignan — Judo, Women's Half Heavyweight (72 kg)

Natalina Lupino — Judo, Women's Heavyweight

Stephan Caron — Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle

Franck Esposito — Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly

Catherine Plewinski — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly

RESULTS BY EVENT

Archery

In France's fifth appearance in modern Olympic archery, the individual archers went 7-3 in head-to-head competition, buoyed by Sebastien Flute 's 5-0 record as he advanced to the final and won the Gold Medal . It was the first medal the French had won in modern Olympic archery. Both teams won the first two rounds before being defeated in the semifinals. They also both lost their bronze medal matches.

Women's Individual Competition:

Severine Bonal – Round of 16 → 9th place (1-1)

Nathalie Hibon – Round of 32 → 22nd place (0-1)

Christine Gabillard – Ranking Round → 41st place (0-0)

Men's Individual Competition:

Sebastien Flute – Final → Gold Medal (5-0)

Bruno Felipe – Round of 32 → 21st place (0-1)

Michael Taupin – Ranking Round → 56th place (0-0)

Women's Team Competition:

Bonal, Hibon, and Gabillard – Bronze Medal Match → 4th place (2-2)

Men's Team Competition:

Flute, Felipe, and Taupin – Bronze Medal Match → 4th place (2-2)

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Dominique Chauvelier → 31st place (2:19.09)

Luis Soares → 45th place (2:21.57)

Pascal Zilliox → 64th place (2:30.02)

Women's Marathon

Maria Rebelo → Did not finish

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Guy Forget

# First round — Defeated Cristiano Caratti (Italy) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

# Second round — Lost to Magnus Larsson (Sweden) 3-6, 3-6, 1-6

Fabrice Santoro

# First round — Defeated Christian Miniussi (Argentina) 6-1, 7-6, 6-4

# Second round — Defeated Javier Frana (Argentina) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1

# Third round — Defeated Boris Becker (Germany) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3

# Quarterfinals — Lost to Goran Ivanisevic (Croatia) 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 4-6, 6-8

Men's Doubles Competition

Guy Forget and Henri Leconte

# First round — Defeated Emanuel Couto and Bernardo Mota (Portugal) 6-1, 6-3, 6-1

# Second round — Lost to Javier Frana and Christian Miniussi (Argentina) 6-4, 7-6, 4-6, 4-6, 3-6

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