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France At The 2000 Summer Olympics




France competed at the ''' 2000 Summer Olympics ''' in Sydney . It was the twenty-third time that the nation had competed in the Summer Games, having missed only the 1904 Summer Olympics . France competed under the IOC Country Code FRA.


MEDALS



RESULTS BY EVENT


Archery

Sebastian Flute performed better in 2000 than he had in 1996, but still couldn't match the Gold Medal he had won in 1992. Jocelyn De Grandis was the only other French archer to win a match.

Women's individual:

Men's individual:

Men's team:
  • Flute, de Grandis, and Torres — round of 16, 11th place (0-1)



Athletics


Men's competition

Men's 100m
  • David Patros

  • # Round 1 — 10.38

  • # Round 2 — 10.33 (did not advance)


Men's 400m
  • Ibrahima Wade

  • # Round 1 — 45.72

  • # Round 2 — 45.61 (did not advance)


  • Marc Raquil

  • # Round 1 — 45.72 (did not advance)

  • # Round 2 — 45.56 (did not advance)


Men's 1,500m
  • Medhi Baala

  • # Round 1 — 03:40.35

  • # Semifinal — 03:38.15

  • # Final — 03:34.14 (4th place)


  • Driss Maazouzi

  • # Round 1 — 03:38.88

  • # Semifinal — 03:40.23

  • # Final — 03:45.46 (11th place)


Men's 5,000m

Men's 110m Hurdles
  • Jean-Marc Grava

  • # Round 1 — 14.01

  • # Round 2 — 14.47 (did not advance)


Men's 4x100m

Men's 4x400m

Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
  • Gael Pencreach

  • # Round 1 — 08:25.35

  • # Final — 08:41.19 (14th place)



Men's 1,500m Wheelchair

Men's Hammer Throw



Men's Long Jump


Men's Triple Jump

Men's Pole Vault


Men's 20km Walk

Men's 50km Walk



Men's Marathon


Men's Decathlon
  • Laurent Hernu

  • # 100m — 11.19

  • # Long Jump — 7.14

  • # Shot Put — 13.54

  • # High Jump — 2.06

  • # 400m — 50.63

  • # 100m Hurdles — 14.51

  • # Discus Throw — 41.78

  • # Pole Vault — 5.00

  • # Javelin Throw — 56.34

  • # 1,500m — 04:37.82

  • --- Points — 7909.00 (19th place)


  • Wilfrid Boulineau

  • # 100m — 11.07

  • # Long Jump — 7.08

  • # Shot Put — 13.38

  • # High Jump — 2.03

  • # 400m — 49.82

  • # 100m Hurdles — 15.02

  • # Discus Throw — 39.86

  • # Pole Vault — 4.80

  • # Javelin Throw — 59.69

  • # 1,500m — 04:35.59

  • --- Points — 7821.00 (20th place)


  • Sebastien Levicq

  • # 100m — 11.48

  • # Long Jump — 6.57

  • # Shot Put — 13.53

  • # High Jump — DNS



Women's competition

Women's 100m
  • Christine Arron

  • # Round 1 — 11.42

  • # Round 2 — 11.26

  • # Semifinal — 11.42 (did not advance)


  • Sandra Citte

  • # Round 1 — 11.47

  • # Round 2 — 11.63 (did not advance)


Women's 200m
  • Muriel Hurtis

  • # Round 1 — 23.04

  • # Round 2 — 22.98

  • # Semifinal — 23.13 (did not advance)


Women's 400m

Women's 5,000m

Women's 10,000m

Women's 100m Hurdles
  • Linda Ferga

  • # Round 1 — 12.89

  • # Round 2 — 12.88

  • # Semifinal — 12.87

  • # Final — 13.11 (7th place)


  • Nicole Ramalalanirina

  • # Round 1 — 12.90

  • # Round 2 — 12.79

  • # Semifinal — 12.77

  • # Final — 12.91 (7th place)


  • Patricia Girard

  • # Round 1 — 13.11

  • # Round 2 — 13.43 (did not advance)


Women's 4x100m

Women's Shot Put

Women's Discus

Women's Javelin Throw

Women's Hammer Throw

Women's Pole Vault


Women's 20km Walk


Women's Heptathlon
  • Nathalie Teppe

  • # 100m Hurdles — 14.02

  • # High Jump — 1.72

  • # Shot Put — 13.44

  • # 200m — 26.39

  • # Long Jump — 5.94

  • # Javelin Throw — 46.98

  • # 800m — 02:18.56

  • # Points — 5851 (19th place)


  • Eunice Barber

  • # 100m Hurdles — 12.97

  • # High Jump — 1.84

  • # Shot Put — 11.27

  • # 200m — 24.47

  • # Long Jump — 5.93

  • # Javelin Throw — DNS



Badminton

Men's Singles

Women's Singles



Basketball

Men's Basketball
  • Preliminaries (2-3)

  • #Defeated New Zealand (76-50)

  • #Lost to Lithuania (63-81)

  • #Defeated China (82-70)

  • #Lost to Italy (57-67)

  • #Lost to United States (94-106)

  • Quarterfinals

  • #Defeated Canada (68-63)

  • Semi-finals

  • #Defeated Australia (76-52)

  • Gold medal match

  • #Lost to United States (75-85) — Silver medal


Women's Basketball
  • Preliminaries (4-1)

  • #Defeated Senegal (75-39)

  • #Defeated Slovakia (58-51)

  • #Defeated Canada (70-58)

  • #Defeated Brazil (73-70)

  • #Lost to Australia (62-69)

  • Quarterfinals

  • #Lost to Korea (59-68)

  • Classification 5-6

  • #Defeated Russia (71-59) — 5th place



Boxing

Men's 48kg

Men's 51kg

Men's 54kg

Men's 60kg

Men's 63.5kg

Men's 71kg

Men's 81kg

Men's 91kg


Canoe / Kayak


Flatwater


=Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 1000m
  • Pierre Lubac

  • # Qualifying Heat — 03:36.573

  • # Semifinal — 03:38.155

  • # Final — 03:37.931 (7th place)


Men's Kayak Doubles 500m

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000m

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000m

Men's Canoe Singles 500m
  • Eric Le Leuch

  • # Qualifying Heat — 01:53.934

  • # Semifinal — 01:56.907 (did not advance)


Men's Canoe Singles 1000m
  • Eric Le Leuch

  • # Qualifying Heat — 03:55.726

  • # Semifinal — 04:02.038

  • # Final — 03:57.217 (4th place)



Slalom


=Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles
  • Laurent Burtz

  • # Qualifying — 257.47

  • # Final — 227.63 (8th place)


Men's Canoe Singles
  • Tony Estanguet

  • # Qualifying — 263.41

  • # Final — 231.87 (Gold medal)



Men's Canoe Doubles


=Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles
  • Brigette Guibal

  • # Qualifying — 292.62

  • # Final — 251.88 (Silver medal)




Cycling


Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike



Women's Mountain Bike



Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial


Men's Road Race





Women's Individual Time Trial


Women's Road Race




Track Cycling

Men's Sprint


Men's Individual Pursuit

Men's 1km Time Trial

Men's Point Race

Men's Keirin
  • Frederic Magne

  • ---First Round — Heat — 3; Place — 2

  • ---Second Round — Heat — 2; Place — 3 (did not advance)

  • ---Final — 6th place


  • Florian Rousseau

  • ---First Round — Heat — 2; Place — 5

  • ---Repechage — Heat — 2; Place — 2

  • ---Second Round — Heat — 1; Place — 3

  • ---Final — 1st place — Gold medal


Men's Olympic Sprint

Men's Team Pursuit

Men's Madison

Women's Sprint

Women's Individual Pursuit

Women's 500m Time Trial


Women's Point Race


Diving

France entered nine diving events and had two top 10 finishes.

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

Men's 10 Metre Platform

Men's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

Men's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

Women's 3 Metre Springboard
  • Sandra Ponthus

  • # Preliminary — 242.79 (23rd place, did not advance)


Women's 3 Metre Springboard
  • Julie Danaux

  • # Preliminary — 219.87 (36th place, did not advance)


Women's 10 Metre Platform

Women's 10 Metre Platform
  • Claire Febvay

  • # Preliminary — 222.81 (35th place, did not advance)


Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform


Fencing

Men's Individual Épée

Men's Individual Sabre

Women's Individual Épée

Men's Team Foil

Men's Team Épée

Men's Team Sabre


Modern Pentathlon

Women's

Men's


Sailing

France competed in six of the Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics.

Men's Mistral
  • Alexandre Guyader

  • # Race 1 — 22

  • # Race 2 — 4

  • # Race 3 — (28)

  • # Race 4 — 6

  • # Race 5 — 4

  • # Race 6 — 15

  • # Race 7 — 5

  • # Race 8 — 11

  • # Race 9 — 9

  • # Race 10 — (26)

  • # Race 11 — 24

  • # Final — 100 (12th place)


Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
  • Xavier Rohart

  • # Race 1 — 11

  • # Race 2 — 11

  • # Race 3 — 4

  • # Race 4 — 3

  • # Race 5 — 1

  • # Race 6 — 9

  • # Race 7 — 6

  • # Race 8 — (13)

  • # Race 9 — (17)

  • # Race 10 — 5

  • # Race 11 — 5

  • # Final — 55 (5th place)


Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
  • Gildas Philippe and Tanguy Cariou

  • # Race 1 — 10

  • # Race 2 — 2

  • # Race 3 — 5

  • # Race 4 — 16

  • # Race 5 — (30) OCS

  • # Race 6 — (23)

  • # Race 7 — 2

  • # Race 8 — 22

  • # Race 9 — 17

  • # Race 10 — 18

  • # Race 11 — 19

  • # Final — 111 (14th place)


Men's Tornado
  • Pierre Pennec and Yann Guichard

  • # Race 1 — 4

  • # Race 2 — 8

  • # Race 3 — (13)

  • # Race 4 — 2

  • # Race 5 — 5

  • # Race 6 — 3

  • # Race 7 — 3

  • # Race 8 — (9)

  • # Race 9 — 4

  • # Race 10 — 6

  • # Race 11 — 8

  • # Final — 43 (4th place)


Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)

Women's Mistral
  • Lise Vidal

  • # Race 1 — 7

  • # Race 2 — 6

  • # Race 3 — 9

  • # Race 4 — (25)

  • # Race 5 — 3

  • # Race 6 — (30) DSQ

  • # Race 7 — 10

  • # Race 8 — 8

  • # Race 9 — 21

  • # Race 10 — 6

  • # Race 11 — 5

  • # Final — 75 (9th place)



Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

Men's 100m Freestyle

Men's 400m Freestyle

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Men's 100m Butterfly
  • Franck Esposito

  • # Preliminary Heat — 53.54

  • # Semi-final — 53.38 (did not advance)


Men's 200m Butterfly
  • Franck Esposito

  • # Preliminary Heat — 01:57.97

  • # Semi-final — 01:57.04

  • # Final — 01:58.39 (8th place)


Men's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Breaststroke
  • Stephan Perrot

  • # Preliminary Heat — 02:14.79 (did not advance)

  • # Semi-final — 02:14.59 (did not advance)


  • Johann Bernard

  • # Preliminary Heat — 02:15.35

  • # Semi-final — 02:13.48

  • # Final — 02:13.31 (7th place)


Men's 100m Backstroke
  • Simon Dufour

  • # Preliminary Heat — 56.01

  • # Semi-final — 55.79 (did not advance)


Men's 200m Backstroke
  • Simon Dufour

  • # Preliminary Heat — 02:01.09 (did not advance)


Men's 200m Individual Medley

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Men's 4x100m Freestyle

Men's 4x100m Medley

Women's 200m Freestyle

Women's 400m Freestyle

Women's 100m Butterfly

Women's 200m Butterfly
  • Cecile Jeanson

  • # Preliminary Heat — 02:10.78

  • # Semi-final — 02:10.78 (did not advance)


Women's 200m Breaststroke
  • Karine Bremond

  • # Preliminary Heat — 02:27.13

  • # Semi-final — 02:27.86 (did not advance)


Women's 100m Backstroke
  • Roxana Maracineanu

  • # Preliminary Heat — 01:01.66

  • # Semi-final — 01:01.61

  • # Final — 01:01.10 (4th place)


Women's 200m Backstroke
  • Roxana Maracineanu

  • # Preliminary Heat — 02:11.01

  • # Semi-final — 02:11.93

  • # Final — 02:10.25 (Silver medal)


Women's 4x200m Freestyle


Synchronized Swimming

Team

Duet


Triathlon

France's competitors at the first Olympic triathlon included twins Beatrice Mouthon and Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys . Isabelle was one of the three French triathletes to place in the top eight.

Women's:

Men's:


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