France at the 2016 Summer Olympics

France at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (French)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	395 in 27 sports
Flag bearer	Teddy Riner[1]
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 10 18 14 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 the host nation, with a total of 395 athletes, 228 men and 167 women, competing in all sports, except field hockey.

Medallists

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

Multiple medallists

The following competitors won several medals at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Nicolas, AstierAstier Nicolas	01 ! Gold 02 ! Silver	Equestrian	Team eventing Individual eventing
Grumier, GauthierGauthier Grumier	01 ! Gold 03 ! Bronze	Fencing	Men's team épée Men's épée
Manaudou, FlorentFlorent Manaudou	02 ! Silver 02 ! Silver	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Men's 50 m freestyle

Competitors

Archery

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
		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	02 !
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

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 April 25, 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 racewalker Émilie Menuet were named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on June 7, 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 (June 24 to 26) 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

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		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	03 !
Wilhem Belocian		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
	200 m	20.28	2 Q	N/A		20.01	2 Q	20.12	03 !
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	03 !
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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Benjamin Compaoré	Triple jump	16.72	9 Q	16.54	10
Harold Correa		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	02 !
Kévin Menaldo		5.45	16	Did not advance

Combined events – 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
	Points	823	830	815	785	845	871	710	941	767	677
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	02 !
	Points	903	960	836	840	896	972	804	1035	814	774

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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
		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		62.59	7 Q	66.73 NR	02 !
Alexandra Tavernier	Hammer throw	70.30	12 q	65.18	11

Combined events – 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
	Points	1069	941	853	880	985	836	819

Badminton

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
		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

Men's tournament

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. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 1.0 !PG 4 Heurtel, Thomas 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-04-10)10 April 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Anadolu Efes S.K. TUR ! 3.0 !SF 5 Batum, Nicolas 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-12-14)14 December 1988 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Charlotte Hornets USA ! 1.5 !G 6 Diot, Antoine 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-01-17)17 January 1989 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Valencia BC ESP ! 4.5 !F/C 7 Lauvergne, Joffrey 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-09-30)30 September 1991 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Denver Nuggets USA ! 3.0 !SF 8 Lombahe-Kahudi, Charles 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-07-19)19 July 1986 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) ASVEL Basket FRA ! 1.0 !PG 9 Parker, Tony 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1982-05-17)17 May 1982 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) San Antonio Spurs USA ! 4.0 !PF 11 Piétrus, Florent 7001350000000000000♠35 – (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) SLUC Nancy FRA ! 1.5 !G 12 de Colo, Nando 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) CSKA Moscow RUS ! 4.0 !PF 13 Diaw, Boris 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1982-04-16)16 April 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Utah Jazz USA ! 3.0 !SF 15 Gelabale, Mickaël 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1983-05-22)22 May 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Le Mans Sarthe FRA ! 5.0 !C 16 Gobert, Rudy 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1992-06-26)26 June 1992 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Utah Jazz USA ! 5.0 !C 17 Tillie, Kim 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-07-15)15 July 1988 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Saski Baskonia ESP !	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	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

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Women's tournament

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. # Name Age Ht. Club 5.0 !C 4 Yacoubou, Isabelle (C) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-04-21)21 April 1986 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Familia Schio ITA ! 5.0 !C 5 Miyem, Endéné 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-05-15)15 May 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Dynamo Kursk RUS ! 5.0 !C 7 Gruda, Sandrine 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-06-25)25 June 1987 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg RUS ! 3.5 !F 10 Michel, Sarah 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Basket Lattes FRA ! 3.0 !SF 11 Ayayi, Valériane 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1994-04-29)29 April 1994 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Lattes FRA ! 5.0 !C 12 Skrela, Gaëlle 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1983-01-24)24 January 1983 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Basket Lattes FRA ! 5.0 !C 16 Ciak, Héléna 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-12-15)15 December 1989 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) CJM Bourges Basket FRA ! 1.5 !G 17 Johannès, Marine 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1995-01-21)21 January 1995 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) USO Mondeville FRA ! 1.0 !PG 20 Bouderra, Amel 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-03-26)26 March 1989 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Flammes Carolo Basket FRA ! 3.5 !F 21 Kamba, Laetitia 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-01-10)10 January 1987 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq FRA ! 1.5 !G 22 Époupa, Olivia 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1994-04-30)30 April 1994 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Toulouse Métropole Basket FRA ! 5.0 !C 25 Amant, Marielle 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-12-09)9 December 1989 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) ESB Villeneuve-d’Ascq FRA !	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	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[lower-alpha 1]
3	Turkey	5	3	2	324	325	−1	8[lower-alpha 1]
4	Japan	5	3	2	386	378	+8	8[lower-alpha 1]
5	Belarus	5	1	4	347	361	−14	6
6	Brazil (H)	5	0	5	335	384	−49	5

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Semifinal

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Bronze medal match

Boxing

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
		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	02 !
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	03 !
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	03 !
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	01 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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	02 !
Estelle Mossely	Lightweight	Bye	Testa (ITA) W 3–0	Belyakova (RUS) W TKO	Yin Jh (CHN) W 2–1	01 !

Canoeing

Slalom

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 April 10, 2016 as a result of their top performances at the Olympic Trials in Pau.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		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	01 !
Gauthier Klauss Matthieu Péché	Men's C-2	103.35	3	102.43	1	102.43	2 Q	110.19	5 Q	103.24	03 !
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

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 June 7, 2016.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		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	02 !
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
Arnaud Hybois Étienne Hubert Sébastien Jouve Cyrille Carré	K-4 1000 m	3:02.376	5 Q	3:00.896	3 FA	3:07.488	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		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

Road

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 June 7, 2016, with four male cyclists (Alaphilippe, Bardet, Barguil, & Pinot, later remplaced by Vuillermoz) joining them on July 13.^[6][8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julian Alaphilippe	Road race	6:10:27	4
	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
	Time trial	1:20:43.87	29

Women

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

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, French riders have accumulated spots in both men's and women's team sprint, as well as both 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 April 5, 2016, including 2012 double silver medalist Grégory Baugé in men's sprint.^[26]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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		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		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
		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	03 !
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
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Michaël D'Almeida	Men's keirin	1 Q	Bye	6	8
François Pervis		3 R	1 Q	5	11
Sandie Clair	Women's keirin	6 R	3	Did not advance
Virginie Cueff		DNF R	3	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	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

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 May 25, 2016. The mountain biking team was named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on June 7, 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		Did not finish

BMX

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 May 31, 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 June 7, 2016.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		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

French divers qualified for the following individual and synchronized team spots at the 2016 Olympic Games 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 April 27, 2016.^[5][27]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Matthieu Rosset	3 m springboard	373.40	23	Did not advance
Benjamin Auffret	10 m platform	470.45	5 Q	477.00	4 Q	507.35	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Laura Marino	10 m platform	289.35	19	Did not advance

Equestrian

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

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			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

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			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	02 !
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	01 !

"#" 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

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			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	68TO	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	01 !

"#" 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

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 May 26, 2016.^[31][32] The women's sabre team rounded out the fencing selection on June 2, 2016.^[33]

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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	03 !
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	01 !
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	02 !
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
		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		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

Women's tournament

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

0#0	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	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
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	1	5	−4	3
4	Colombia	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

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Quarterfinal

Golf

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

Gymnastics

Artistic

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 June 27, 2016.^[45]

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
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
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
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			V	UB	BB	F
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
		V	UB	BB	F
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		14.000	14.233	13.200	13.233	54.666	20

Rhythmic

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
		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

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
		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

Summary

Key:

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

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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	02 !
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 27–26ET	Netherlands W 24–23	Russia L 19–22	02 !

Men's tournament

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 36) 1.89 m 280 858 Paris Saint-Germain 12 GK Vincent Gérard (1986-12-16)16 December 1986 (aged 29) 1.88 m 25 0 Montpellier Handball 13 CB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 32) 1.96 m 252 1024 Paris Saint-Germain 14 CB Kentin Mahé (1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 25) 1.86 m 42 98 Flensburg-Handewitt 15 LB Mathieu Grébille (1991-10-06)6 October 1991 (aged 24) 1.98 m 39 57 Montpellier Handball 16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 39) 1.92 m 328 1 Paris Saint-Germain 17 LB Timothey N'Guessan (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 23) 1.96 m 20 35 Chambéry Savoie 19 RW Luc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 31) 1.82 m 196 646 Paris Saint-Germain 20 P Cédric Sorhaindo (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 32) 1.92 m 150 302 Barcelona 21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 34) 1.79 m 218 771 Montpellier Handball 22 P Luka Karabatić (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 28) 2.02 m 42 46 Paris Saint-Germain 23 P Ludovic Fabregas (1996-07-01)1 July 1996 (aged 20) 1.98 m 7 5 Montpellier Handball 27 RB Adrien Dipanda (1988-05-03)3 May 1988 (aged 28) 2.02 m 7 10 Saint-Raphaël 28 RB Valentin Porte (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 25) 1.90 m 48 114 Fenix Toulouse

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	4	0	1	147	134	+13	8[lower-alpha 1]	Quarter-finals
2	France	5	4	0	1	152	126	+26	8[lower-alpha 1]
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

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

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

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

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

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

Quarterfinal

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

Semifinal

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

Gold medal match

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

Women's tournament

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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	165	147	+18	10	Quarter-finals
2	France	5	4	0	1	118	93	+25	8
3	Sweden	5	2	1	2	150	141	+9	5
4	Netherlands	5	1	2	2	135	135	0	4
5	South Korea	5	1	1	3	130	136	−6	3
6	Argentina	5	0	0	5	101	147	−46	0

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 11:30	Netherlands	14–18	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR)
	three players 3	(6–10)	Lacrabère, Pineau 5
	5× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 11:30	France	25–26	Russia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Lacrabère 11	(10–15)	Kuznetsova 6
	6× 3×	Report	4× 4×

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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 21:50	France	27–11	Argentina	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Houette 8	(15–4)	Campigli 4
	4× 3×	Report	7× 2×

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12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 21:50	South Korea	17–21	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
	Song 5	(11–11)	Lacrabère 7
	3× 1×	Report	6× 4×

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14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 11:30	Sweden	25–27	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR)
	Roberts 8	(13–15)	Lacrabère 8
	2× 2×	Report	1× 4×

Quarterfinal

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 13:30	Spain	26–27 (ET)	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Pena 13	(12–5)	Lacrabère 7
	8× 4× 1×	Report	2× 2×
	FT: 23–23 ET: 3–4

Semifinal

18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 15:30	Netherlands	23–24	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	van der Heijden 8	(13–17)	Pineau 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

Gold medal match

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 15:30	France	19–22	Russia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR)
	Dembélé, Pineau 5	(7–10)	Vyakhireva 5
	1× 2×	Report	2× 3×

Judo

France has qualified a full squad of 14 judokas (seven men and seven women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games by virtue of their top 22 national finish for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016. The judo team was named to the Olympic roster on June 1, 2016, including defending Olympic heavyweight champion Teddy Riner, and London 2012 bronze medalists Priscilla Gneto, Automne Pavia, Gévrise Émane, and Audrey Tcheuméo.^[54][55]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Walide Khyar	−60 kg	Yacoub (PLE) W 100–000	Kitadai (BRA) L 000–001	Did not advance
Kilian Le Blouch	−66 kg	Bye	Oates (GBR) W 000–000 YUS	An B-u (KOR) L 000–110	Did not advance
Pierre Duprat	−73 kg	Hong K-h (PRK) W 100–000	Iartcev (RUS) L 000–000 YUS	Did not advance
Loïc Pietri	−81 kg	Bye	Valois-Fortier (CAN) L 000–001	Did not advance
Alexandre Iddir	−90 kg	Bye	Grossklaus (SUI) W 000–000 S	Brown (USA) W 010–000	Baker (JPN) L 000–100	Did not advance	Nyman (SWE) L 000–100	Did not advance	7
Cyrille Maret	−100 kg	Bye	Traoré (MLI) W 100–000	Grol (NED) W 001–000	Gviniashvili (GEO) W 010–000	Krpálek (CZE) L 000–100	Bye	Frey (GER) W 100–000	03 !
Teddy Riner	+100 kg	N/A	Bye	Tayeb (ALG) W 100–000	R Silva (BRA) W 010–000	Sasson (ISR) W 010–000	Bye	Harasawa (JPN) W 000–000 S	01 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Laëtitia Payet	−48 kg	Rayner (AUS) W 101–000	Mönkhbat (MGL) L 000–100	Did not advance
Priscilla Gneto	−52 kg	Tschopp (SUI) L 000–100	Did not advance
Automne Pavia	−57 kg	Bye	Smythe-Davis (GBR) W 100–000	Matsumoto (JPN) L 000–010	Did not advance	Monteiro (POR) L 000–100	Did not advance	7
Clarisse Agbegnenou	−63 kg	Bye	Katipoğlu (TUR) W 102–000	van Emden (NED) W 101–000	Tashiro (JPN) W 000–000 S	Bye	Trstenjak (SLO) L 000–101	02 !
Gévrise Émane	−70 kg	Bye	Conway (GBR) L 001–100	Did not advance
Audrey Tcheuméo	−78 kg	Bye	Kyong (PRK) W 100–000	Powell (GBR) W 000–000 S	Aguiar (BRA) W 000–000 S	Bye	Harrison (USA) L 000–100	02 !
Émilie Andéol	+78 kg	Bye	Zambotti (MEX) W 000–000 S	Chikhrouhou (TUN) W 000–000 S	Yu S (CHN) W 100–000	Bye	Ortíz (CUB) W 100–000	01 !

Modern pentathlon

French athletes have qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Valentin Prades, Valentin Belaud, and Élodie Clouvel secured a selection each in the men's and women's event through the 2015 European Championships.^[56]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Valentin Belaud	Men's	19–16	2	13	214	2:04.44	32	317	14	13	286	11:39.37	22	601	1420	20
Valentin Prades		21–14	1	4	226	2:07.83	18	327	23	23	277	11:04.08	3	636	1467	4
Élodie Clouvel	Women's	21–14	1	7	227	2:08.62	2	315	7	11	293	12:59.06	17	521	1356	02 !

Rowing

France has qualified a total of seven boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Six rowing crews had confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the men's four rowers were further added to the French roster with their top two finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

On June 28, 2016, a total of 18 rowers (14 men and 4 women) were selected to the French team for the Games, including London 2012 silver medalists Germain Chardin and Dorian Mortelette in the men's coxless pair.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	Pair	6:42.00	1 SA/B	Bye		6:26.10	3 FA	7:09.91	5
Matthieu Androdias Hugo Boucheron	Double sculls	6:33.03	2 SA/B	Bye		6:16.15	3 FA	7:02.06	6
Jérémie Azou Pierre Houin	Lightweight double sculls	6:24.62	1 SA/B	Bye		6:34.43	1 FA	6:30.70	01 !
Benjamin Lang Mickaël Marteau Théophile Onfroy Valentin Onfroy	Four	6:00.72	3 SA/B	Bye		6:26.94	5 FB	6:02.21	11
Thomas Baroukh Thibault Colard Guillaume Raineau Franck Solforosi	Lightweight four	6:07.31	4 R	6:01.18	1 SA/B	6:07.32	2 FA	6:22.85	03 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Noémie Kober Marie Le Nepvou	Pair	7:26.28	4 R	7:59.44	3 SA/B	7:44.81	6 FB	7:26.55	12
Hélène Lefebvre Elodie Ravera	Double sculls	7:05.65	3 SA/B	Bye		6:54.34	3 FA	7:52.03	5

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

France's men's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Championships.^[57]

Team roster

The following is the France roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[58]

Head coach: Frédéric Pomarel

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	FW	Jonathan Laugel	(1993-01-30)January 30, 1993 (aged 23)	40	95	Unattached
2	FW	Manoël Dall'igna	(1985-03-12)March 12, 1985 (aged 31)	50	255	Unattached
3	FW	Damien Cler	(1983-10-02)October 02, 1983 (aged 32)	10	65	Unattached
4	BK	Terry Bouhraoua (c)	(1987-08-26)August 26, 1987 (aged 28)	37	915	Unattached
5	BK	Stephen Parez	(1994-08-01)August 01, 1994 (aged 22)	24	273	Unattached
6	BK	Steeve Barry	(1991-04-18)April 18, 1991 (aged 25)	39	274	Stade Rochelais
7	BK	Virimi Vakatawa	(1992-05-01)May 01, 1992 (aged 24)	16	300	Unattached
8	FW	Pierre-Gilles Lakafia	(1987-03-12)March 12, 1987 (aged 29)	21	115	Unattached
9	BK	Jérémy Aicardi	(1988-11-26)November 26, 1988 (aged 27)	16	114	Unattached
10	BK	Julien Candelon	(1980-07-08)July 08, 1980 (aged 36)	35	546	Unattached
11	FW	Sacha Valleau	(1996-10-08)October 08, 1996 (aged 19)	10	42	Unattached
12	BK	Vincent Inigo	(1983-02-10)February 10, 1983 (aged 33)	29	109	Unattached

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	2	0	1	55	12	+43	7	Quarter-finals
2	France	3	2	0	1	57	45	+12	7
3	Australia	3	2	0	1	52	48	+4	7
4	Spain	3	0	0	3	17	76	−59	3

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Quarterfinal

Classification semifinal (5–8)

Seventh place match

Women's tournament

France's women's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Championships.^[59]

Team roster

The following is the France roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[60]

Head coach: David Courteix

Backs		Forwards
4	Pauline Biscarat	1	Rose Thomas
5	Jade Le Pesq	2	Audrey Amiel
6	Fanny Horta (c)	3	Marjorie Mayans
7	Caroline Ladagnous	9	Jennifer Troncy
8	Camille Grassineau	10	Elodie Guiglion
12	Lina Guérin	11	Shannon Izar
14	Jessy Tremouliere

• Jessy Tremouliere was a late addition before the Olympics, replacing Christelle Le Duff who replaced Shannon Izar.^[61][62]

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	109	12	+97	9	Quarter-finals
2	France	3	2	0	1	71	40	+31	7
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	31	65	−34	5
4	Kenya	3	0	0	3	17	111	−94	3

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Quarterfinal

Classification semifinal (5–8)

Fifth place match

Sailing

France has qualified one boat for each of the following classes at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, bringing the maximum quota of 15 sailors, in ten boats.^[63]

On December 2, 2015, the French Sailing Federation had selected the first five sailors to compete at the Rio regatta, including Olympic silver medalist Jonathan Lobert in the Finn class.^[64][65] The rest of the French sailing fleet were named to the Olympic team through a series of selection meets in February 2016; among them featured two-time Olympic Laser sailor Jean-Baptiste Bernaz, and four-time World mixed multihull champions Billy Besson and Marie Riou.^[66][67]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Pierre Le Coq	RS:X	7	7	12	6	3	2	8	10	17	2	3	12	14	86	03 !
Jean-Baptiste Bernaz	Laser	11	10	4	17	5	47	3	15	19	2	N/A		2	90	5
Jonathan Lobert	Finn	10	15	1	7	12	14	11	12	14	14	N/A		EL	95	14
Sofian Bouvet Jérémie Mion	470	6	6	10	2	6	6	14	9	20	22	N/A		8	87	7
Noé Delpech Julien d'Ortoli	49er	20	12	16	12	2	9	1	1	3	17	9	14	4	100	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Charline Picon	RS:X	1	2	1	4	5	10	5	11	8	27	3	10	4	64	01 !
Mathilde de Kerangat	Laser Radial	23	15	25	14	17	18	14	9	14	22	N/A		EL	146	21
Hélène Defrance Camille Lecointre	470	6	18	2	3	4	13	7	7	6	2	N/A		12	62	03 !
Aude Compan Sarah Steyaert	49erFX	1	9	10	12	12	13	1	9	4	15	1	3	10	85	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Billy Besson Marie Riou	Nacra 17	7	17	15	8	13	15	2	1	1	3	11	7	10	93	6

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

French shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[68]

The entire shooting squad, led by Olympic bronze medalists Anthony Terras (2008) and Céline Goberville (2012), was announced as part of the initial batch to the Olympic team selection on April 25, 2016.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Éric Delaunay	Skeet	121 (+11)	7	Did not advance
Cyril Graff	50 m rifle prone	624.3	9	N/A		Did not advance
Jérémy Monnier	10 m air rifle	618.5	38	N/A		Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	618.6	39	N/A		Did not advance
Jean Quiquampoix	25 m rapid fire pistol	586	3 Q	N/A		30	02 !
Alexis Raynaud	50 m rifle 3 positions	1176	5 Q	N/A		448.4	03 !
Valérian Sauveplane	10 m air rifle	621.1	26	N/A		Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1168	24	N/A		Did not advance
Anthony Terras	Skeet	121 (+3)	8	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Laurence Brize	50 m rifle 3 positions	577	20	N/A		Did not advance
Céline Goberville	10 m air pistol	383	10	N/A		Did not advance
Mathilde Lamolle	25 m pistol	550	39	Did not advance
Stéphanie Tirode	10 m air pistol	381	13	N/A		Did not advance
	25 m pistol	573	26	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

French swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[69][70] Swimmers must attain the federation's entry standards in finals at the 2016 French Elite Championships in Montpellier (March 29 to April 3) to assure their selection to the Olympic team.^[71]

On April 6, 2016, the French Swimming Federation (FFN) had announced the entire roster of 30 swimmers (17 men and 13 women) to compete at the Games, featuring London 2012 Olympic champions Florent Manaudou and Yannick Agnel.^[72]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yannick Agnel	200 m freestyle	1:47.35	19	Did not advance
Frédérick Bousquet	50 m freestyle	22.27	25	Did not advance
Jordan Coelho	200 m butterfly	1:58.62	25	Did not advance
Nicolas D'Oriano	1500 m freestyle	15:33.62	40	N/A		Did not advance
Damien Joly		14:48.90	6 Q	N/A		14:52.73	7
Camille Lacourt	100 m backstroke	52.96	1 Q	52.72	4 Q	52.70	5
Florent Manaudou	50 m freestyle	21.72	4 Q	21.32	1 Q	21.41	02 !
Mehdy Metella	100 m butterfly	51.71	5 Q	51.73	8 Q	51.58	6
Clément Mignon	100 m freestyle	48.57	=14 Q	48.57	14	Did not advance
Marc-Antoine Olivier	10 km open water	N/A				1:53:02.0	03 !
Jordan Pothain	400 m freestyle	3:45.43	8 Q	N/A		3:49.07	8
Jérémy Stravius	100 m freestyle	48.62	18	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:46.67	11 Q	DNS		Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	52.10	17	Did not advance
Fabien Gilot Florent Manaudou Mehdy Metella William Meynard* Clément Mignon* Jérémy Stravius	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:13.27	4 Q	N/A		3:10.53	02 !
Lorys Bourelly Damien Joly Grégory Mallet Jordan Pothain	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:13.71	14	N/A		Did not advance
Theo Bussiere Camille Lacourt Clément Mignon Jérémy Stravius	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.47	10	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Coralie Balmy	200 m freestyle	1:58.83	23	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:03.40	4 Q	N/A		4:06.98	8
Charlotte Bonnet	100 m freestyle	53.93	10 Q	54.54	15	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:56.26	4 Q	1:56.38	7 Q	1:56.29	8
Béryl Gastaldello	100 m freestyle	54.80	22	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	58.93	24	Did not advance
Lara Grangeon	200 m butterfly	2:09.69	18	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:43.98	22	N/A		Did not advance
Mélanie Henique	50 m freestyle	25.36	31	Did not advance
Fantine Lesaffre	200 m individual medley	2:15.71	=30	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:44.47	23	N/A		Did not advance
Aurélie Muller	10 km open water	N/A				DSQ
Anna Santamans	50 m freestyle	24.93	21	Did not advance
Marie Wattel	100 m butterfly	58.90	23	Did not advance
Charlotte Bonnet Mathilde Cini Béryl Gastaldello Anna Santamans	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:36.85 NR	8 Q	N/A		3:37.45	7
Coralie Balmy Charlotte Bonnet Margaux Fabre Cloé Hache	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:55.55	10	N/A		Did not advance
Charlotte Bonnet Fanny Deberghes Béryl Gastaldello Marie Wattel	4 × 100 m medley relay	DSQ		N/A		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

France has fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by virtue of their first-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.^[73][74]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Laura Augé Margaux Chrétien	Duet	86.2824	9	86.8667	173.1491	8 Q	87.9667	174.2491	8

Table tennis

France has entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Emmanuel Lebesson secured one of the remaining Olympic spots in the men's singles by winning the repechage group final at the European Qualification Tournament in Halmstad, Sweden.^[75]

Simon Gauzy and London 2012 Olympian Li Xue were automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players each in their respective singles events, while Carole Grundisch granted an invitation from ITTF to compete in the women's singles as one of the next seven highest-ranked eligible players, not yet qualified, on the Olympic Ranking List.^[76]

Tristan Flore was awarded the third spot to build the men's team for the Games by virtue of a top 10 national finish in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[77][78]

On July 28, 2016, Grundisch withdrew from the Games due to her elbow injury sustained in a cycling accident.^[79]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Simon Gauzy	Men's singles	Bye			Kou L (UKR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Emmanuel Lebesson		Bye		Crişan (ROU) L 3–4	Did not advance
Tristan Flore Simon Gauzy Emmanuel Lebesson	Men's team	N/A				Great Britain (GBR) L 2–3	Did not advance
Li Xue	Women's singles	Bye		Diaz (PUR) W 4–0	Li Jie (NED) W 4–3	Han Y (GER) L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

France entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. M'Bar N'Diaye, Yasmina Aziez, Haby Niaré, and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Gwladys Épangue qualified automatically for their respective weight classes by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[80][81]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
M'bar N'diaye	Men's +80 kg	Issoufou (NIG) L 0–6	Did not advance		Siqueira (BRA) L 2–5	Did not advance	7
Yasmina Aziez	Women's −49 kg	Pimentel (ARU) W 2–1	Zaninović (CRO) W 4–3	Kim S-h (KOR) L 0–1 SUD	Bye	Abakarova (AZE) L 2–7	5
Haby Niaré	Women's −67 kg	Louissaint (HAI) W 5–4	Gbagbi (CIV) W 5–4	Tatar (TUR) W 3–0 SUD	Bye	Oh H-r (KOR) L 12–13	02 !
Gwladys Épangue	Women's +67 kg	Koné (CIV) W 3–1	Zheng Sy (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance	Rawal (NEP) W 4–3	Galloway (USA) L 1–2	5

Tennis

France has entered nine tennis players (six men and three women) into the Olympic tournament. Richard Gasquet (world no. 10), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (world no. 12), Gaël Monfils (world no. 15), and Gilles Simon (world no. 18) qualified directly for the men's singles as four of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings, while Alizé Cornet (world no. 59), Caroline Garcia (world no. 38), and Kristina Mladenovic (world no. 32) did so for the women's singles based on their WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.^[7][82]

Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut had their appeals approved by the International Tennis Federation to compete in the men's doubles based on their direct top-10 ATP ranking.^[83]

On July 18, 2016, Gasquet pulled out of the Games due to a back injury and was replaced by Benoît Paire (world no. 24), the next eligible player from France.^[84]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gaël Monfils	Singles	Pospisil (CAN) W 6–1, 6–3	Dutra Silva (BRA) W 6–2, 6–4	Čilić (CRO) W 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–4	Nishikori (JPN) L 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–7(6–8)	Did not advance
Benoît Paire		Rosol (CZE) W 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Fognini (ITA) L 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)	Did not advance
Gilles Simon		Ćorić (CRO) W 6–4, 7–6(7–1)	Sugita (JPN) W 7–6(7–3), 6–2	Nadal (ESP) L 6–7(5–7), 3–6	Did not advance
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		Jaziri (TUN) W 4–6, 7–5, 6–3	Müller (LUX) L 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Gaël Monfils Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Doubles	N/A	Baker / Ram (USA) L 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut		N/A	Cabal / Farah (COL) L 6–7(4–7), 3–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alizé Cornet	Singles	Larsson (SWE) W 6–1, 2–6, 6–3	S Williams (USA) L 6–7(5–7), 2–6	Did not advance
Caroline Garcia		Pereira (BRA) W 6–1, 6–2	Konta (GBR) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Kristina Mladenovic		Krunić (SRB) W 6–1, 6–4	Keys (USA) L 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7)	Did not advance
Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	Doubles	N/A	Doi / Hozumi (JPN) L 0–6, 6–0, 4–6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Caroline Garcia Nicolas Mahut	Doubles	Pereira / Melo (BRA) L 6–7(4–7), 6–7(1–7)	Did not advance
Kristina Mladenovic Pierre-Hugues Herbert		Vinci / Fognini (ITA) L 4–6, 6–3, [8–10]	Did not advance

Triathlon

France has qualified a total of five triathletes for the Olympics. London 2012 Olympian Vincent Luis secured the men's triathlon spot with a top three finish at the ITU World Qualification Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[85] Meanwhile, rookies Dorian Coninx and Pierre Le Corre, along with Cassandre Beaugrand, were ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes each in the men's and women's event, respectively, based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.^[86] Audrey Merle rounded out the French triathlon roster as a replacement for Emmie Charayron, who announced her withdrawal from the Games for medical reasons on July 5, 2016.^[87]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Dorian Coninx	Men's	17:28	0:52	56:22	0:36	36:32	1:51:50	36
Pierre Le Corre		17:28	0:48	57:02	0:35	32:43	1:48:36	25
Vincent Luis		17:26	0:48	55:04	0:33	32:21	1:46:12	7
Cassandre Beaugrand	Women's	19:16	0:52	1:04:35	0:46	36:49	2:02:18	30
Audrey Merle		19:19	0:53	1:04:31	0:39	37:31	2:02:53	35

Volleyball

Indoor

Men's tournament

France men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top three national finish at the first meet of the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tokyo, Japan, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback to the sport for the first time since 2004.^[88]

Team roster

The following is the French roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[89][90]

Head coach: Laurent Tillie

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2015–16 club
02 !2	Grebennikov, JeniaJenia Grebennikov (L)	000000001990-08-13-000013 August 1990	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Cucine Lube Civitanova
04 !4	Rouzier, AntoninAntonin Rouzier	000000001986-08-18-000018 August 1986	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	İstanbul Sehir Belediyesi
05 !5	Clévenot, TrévorTrévor Clévenot	000000001994-06-28-000028 June 1994	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	316 cm (124 in)	Volley Piacenza
06 !6	Toniutti, BenjaminBenjamin Toniutti (C)	000000001989-10-30-000030 October 1989	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	300 cm (120 in)	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
07 !7	Tillie, KévinKévin Tillie	000000001990-11-02-00002 November 1990	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	325 cm (128 in)	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
09 !9	N'Gapeth, EarvinEarvin N'Gapeth	000000001991-02-12-000012 February 1991	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	358 cm (141 in)	327 cm (129 in)	Pallavolo Modena
10	Le Roux, KévinKévin Le Roux	000000001989-05-11-000011 May 1989	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	365 cm (144 in)	345 cm (136 in)	Pallavolo Modena
13	Pujol, PierrePierre Pujol	000000001984-07-13-000013 July 1984	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	315 cm (124 in)	AS Cannes
14	Le Goff, NicolasNicolas Le Goff	000000001992-02-15-000015 February 1992	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	365 cm (144 in)	328 cm (129 in)	İstanbul Sehir Belediyesi
16	Maréchal, NicolasNicolas Maréchal	000000001987-03-04-00004 March 1987	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	338 cm (133 in)	327 cm (129 in)	İstanbul Sehir Belediyesi
17	Lafitte, FranckFranck Lafitte	000000001989-03-08-00008 March 1989	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Paris Volley
18	Rossard, ThibaultThibault Rossard	000000001993-08-28-000028 August 1993	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	4	1	12	13	5	2.600	432	375	1.152	Quarter-finals
2	Canada	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	378	378	1.000
3	United States	5	3	2	9	10	8	1.250	419	405	1.035
4	Brazil (H)	5	3	2	9	11	9	1.222	467	442	1.057
5	France	5	2	3	6	8	9	0.889	386	367	1.052
6	Mexico	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	283	398	0.711

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Water polo

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France men's	Men's tournament	Montenegro L 4–7	Italy L 8–11	United States L 3–6	Spain L 4–10	Croatia W 9–8	6	Did not advance			11

Men's tournament

France men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top four finish at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Trieste, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback to the sport for the first time since 1992.^[91]

Team roster

The following is the French roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[92]

Head coach: Florian Bruzzo

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2016 club
01 !1	Garsau, RémiRémi Garsau	GK	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	000000001984-07-19-000019 July 1984	CN Marseille
02 !2	Saudadier, RémiRémi Saudadier	CF	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	000000001986-03-20-000020 March 1986	Spandau 04
03 !3	Kovacevic, IgorIgor Kovacevic	CB	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	000000001988-11-03-00003 November 1988	CN Marseille
04 !4	Khasz, EnzoEnzo Khasz	CF	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	000000001993-08-13-000013 August 1993	CN Marseille
05 !5	Blary, RomainRomain Blary	CF	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	000000001985-10-20-000020 October 1985	Team Strasbourg
06 !6	Simon, ThibautThibaut Simon	D	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	000000001983-12-18-000018 December 1983	CN Marseille
07 !7	Crousillat, UgoUgo Crousillat	D	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	000000001990-10-27-000027 October 1990	Szolnoki Dózsa
08 !8	Iždinský, MichalMichal Iždinský	D	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	000000001992-07-23-000023 July 1992	Olympic Nice
09 !9	Marzouki, MehdiMehdi Marzouki	D	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	000000001987-05-26-000026 May 1987	Spandau 04
10	Peisson, MathieuMathieu Peisson	CB	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	000000001982-09-29-000029 September 1982	Team Strasbourg
11	Tomašević, PetarPetar Tomašević	D	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	000000001989-01-02-00002 January 1989	Olympic Nice
12	Camarasa, AlexandreAlexandre Camarasa (c)	CF	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	000000001987-06-10-000010 June 1987	CN Marseille
13	Moriame, JonathanJonathan Moriame	GK	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	000000001984-06-19-000019 June 1984	CN Noisy

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	3	1	1	46	35	+11	7	Quarter-finals
2	Croatia	5	3	0	2	37	37	0	6
3	Italy	5	3	0	2	40	41	−1	6
4	Montenegro	5	2	1	2	36	32	+4	5
5	United States	5	2	0	3	35	35	0	4
6	France	5	1	0	4	28	42	−14	2

000000002016-08-06-00006 August 2016 19:30	Report	France	4–7	Montenegro	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Péter Molnár (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–3, 1–0, 3–2
		four players 1	Goals	Radović 3

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000000002016-08-08-00008 August 2016 10:20	Report	Italy	11–8	France	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–1, 1–2, 2–2
		Aicardi 4	Goals	three players 2

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000000002016-08-10-000010 August 2016 11:40	Report	France	3–6	United States	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: German Moller (ARG), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–4, 0–0, 2–1
		three players 1	Goals	Samuels 3

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000000002016-08-12-000012 August 2016 20:50	Report	Spain	10–4	France	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Péter Molnár (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 1–1, 3-2
		Echenique 3	Goals	Crousillat 2

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000000002016-08-14-000014 August 2016 16:50	Report	France	9–8	Croatia	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 2–1, 1–2
		Marzouki 3	Goals	Sukno 3

Weightlifting

French weightlifters have qualified three men's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. A single women's Olympic spot had been added to the French roster by virtue of a top six national finish at the 2016 European Championships.^[93] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

The weightlifting team was named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on June 7, 2016, with Benjamin Hennequin going to his third straight Olympics.^[6] Meanwhile, Kévin Bouly was added to the French weightlifting roster on June 24, 2016, following the omission of several weightlifters from the rankings list at the World Championships and their failure on the doping tests.^[94]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bernardin Kingue Matam	Men's −69 kg	140	=12	180	6	320	7
Giovanni Bardis	Men's −85 kg	165	8	192	12	357	9
Benjamin Hennequin		155	11	195	11	350	10
Kévin Bouly	Men's −94 kg	155	13	190	12	345	12
Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke	Women's −75 kg	102	8	135	5	237	8

Wrestling

France has qualified two wrestlers for each the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to book an Olympic spot in the men's freestyle 74 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while the other had claimed the remaining slot in the women's freestyle 75 kg to round out the French roster at the initial meet of the World Qualification Tournament in Ulaanbaatar.^[95]

Key:

• VT – Victory by fall.
• VF – Victory by forfeit
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zelimkhan Khadjiev	−74 kg	Yadav (IND) W 5–0 VF	Takatani (JPN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					8

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cynthia Vescan	−75 kg	Bye	Marzaliuk (BLR) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance					16

See also

• France at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

References