France At The 1996 Summer Olympics

France competed at the ''' 1996 Summer Olympics ''' in Atlanta, Georgia under the IOC Country Code FRA. It was the twenty-second appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Summer Olympics .

MEDALS

France finished in fifth position in the final medal rankings

RESULTS BY EVENT

Archery

In France's sixth appearance in modern Olympic archery, defending Gold Medal list Sebastien Flute was defeated in the first round of elimination. Fellow veteran Severine Bonal was also defeated early, while Lionel Torres reached the quarterfinal. The men's team was defeated in the first round.

Women's Individual Competition:

Severine Bonal → Round of 32, 20th place (1-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

Lionel Torres → Quarterfinal, 8th place (3-1)

Sebastien Flute → Round of 64, 39th place (0-1)

Damien Letulle → Round of 64, 56th place (0-1)

Men's Team Competition:

Torres, Flute, and Letulle → Round of 16, 9th place (0-1)

Athletics

Women's Marathon

Nadia Prasad → 56th place (2:50.05)

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Rachid Bouaita

# First Round — Defeated Bektas Abubakirov (Kazakhstan), 10-4

# Second Round — Defeated Gabriel Krizan (Slovak Republic), 13-6

# Quarterfinals — Lost to Arnaldo Mesa (Cuba), 8-15

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

Nordine Mouichi

# First Round — Defeated Ullah Usman (Pakistan), knock-out in first round

# Second Round — Defeated Serguei Bykovski (Belarus), 17-6

# Quarterfinals — Lost to Oktay Urkal (Germany), 10-19

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

Hussein Bayram

# First Round — Lost to Marian Simion (Romania), 6-13

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

Jean-Paul Mendy

# First Round — Lost to Sven Ottke (Germany), 4-11

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

Jean-Louis Mandengue

# First Round — Defeated Pourtaghi Ayoub Ghoshchi (Iran), 21-9

# Second Round — Lost to Daniel Bispo (Brazil), referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

Christophe Mendy

# First Round — Bye

# Second Round — Defeated Ovidiu Bali (Romania), referee stopped contest in second round

# Quarterfinals — Lost to David Defiagbon (Canada), diskwalification in third round

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

Josué Blocus

# First Round — Defeated Jesus Guevara (Venezuela), referee stopped contest in second round

# Second Round — Lost to Adaliat Marnedov (Azerbaijan), referee stopped contest in first round

Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Christophe Ruer → 12th place (5363 pts)

Sebastien Deleigne → 26th place (5071 pts)

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Christophe Kalfayan

# Heat – 22.83

# B-Final – 22.96 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Nicolas Gruson

# Heat – 50.71 (→ did not advance, 23th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Christophe Bordeau

# Heat – 1:52.17 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Yann DeFabrique

# Heat – 3:55.42

# B-Final – 3:56.46 (→ 15th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Yann DeFabrique

# Heat – 15:40.49 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Franck Schott

# Heat – 55.77

# Final – 55.76 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Jean Sarnin

# Heat – 2:15.27

# B-Final – 2:16.26 (→ 14th place)

Stephan Perrot

# Heat – 2:18.58 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Franck Esposito

# Heat – 53.77

# B-Final – 54.02 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Franck Esposito

# Heat – 1:58.79

# Final – 1:58.10 (→ 4th place)

David Abrard

# Heat – 2:00.60

# Final – 2:01.25 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Xavier Marchand

# Heat – 2:03.17

# Final – 2:04.29 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Ludovic Depickère , Nicolas Gruson , Peirrick Chavatte , and Frédéric Lefevre

# Heat – 3:21.79 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

Yann DeFabrique , Lionel Poirot , Bruno Orsoni , and Christophe Bordeau

# Heat – 7:22.98

# Final – 7:24.85 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Franck Schott , Vladimir Latocha , Franck Esposito , and Nicolas Gruson

# Heat – 3:42.94 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Casey Legler

# Heat – 26.52 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Solenne Figues

# Heat – 56.90 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Solenne Figues

# Heat – 2:02.74

# B-Final – 2:01.47 (→ 12th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Laetitia Choux

# Heat – 4:21.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Hélène Ricardo

# Heat – 1:04.03 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

Hélène Ricardo

# Heat – 2:14.18

# B-Final – 2:16.29 (→ 15th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Karine Brémond

# Heat – 1:11.80 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Karine Brémond

# Heat – 2:36.26 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Cécile Jeanson

# Heat – 1:01.58

# B-Final – 1:01.20 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

Cécile Jeanson

# Heat – 2:13.58

# B-Final – 2:12.99 (→ 10th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Solenne Figues , Jacqueline Delord , Casey Legler , and Marianne Le Verge

# Heat – 3:48.30 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

Marianne Le Verge , Hélène Ricardo , Leatitia Choux , and Solenne Figues

# Heat – 8:18.90 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Hélène Ricardo , Karine Brémond , Cécile Jeanson , and Solenne Figues

# Heat – 4:15.69 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

Nathalie Tauziat

# First round — Lost to Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 5-7 2-6

Mary Pierce

# First round — Defeated Olga Barabanschikova (Belorussia) 6-3 7-5

# Second round — Lost to Ines Gorrochategui (Argentina) 4-6 6-1 5-7

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