France at the 1984 Summer Olympics

France competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 238 competitors, 189 men and 49 women, took part in 139 events in 21 sports.

Medalists

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!Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

| || || Shooting || Men's 10 metre air rifle || 3 August

| || || Fencing || Men's sabre || 4 August

| || || Fencing || Men's épée || 8 August

| || || Athletics || Men's pole vault || 8 August

| || France Olympic football team || Football || Men's tournament || 11 August

| || || Shooting || Men's 50 metre rifle prone || 30 July

| || || Swimming || Men's 200 metre backstroke || 31 July

| || || Fencing || Men's team sabre || 9 August

| || || Athletics || Men's 3000 metres steeplechase || 10 August

| || || Judo || Men's +95 kg || 10 August

| || || Canoeing || Men's K-2 1000 metres || 11 August

| || || Fencing || Men's team épée || 11 August

| || || Cycling || Men's 1 km time trial || 30 July

| || || Modern pentathlon || Men's team || 1 August

| || || Swimming || Women's 100 metre breaststroke || 2 August

| || || Gymnastics || Men's floor || 4 August

| || || Fencing || Men's team foil || 5 August

| || || Judo || Men's 65 kg || 5 August

| || || Fencing || Women's team foil || 7 August

| || || Judo || Men's 78 kg || 7 August

| || || Fencing || Men's épée || 8 August

| || || Athletics || Men's pole vault || 8 August

| || || Boxing || Men's light-middleweight || 9 August

| || || Canoeing || Men's K-1 500 metres || 10 August

| || || Athletics || Women's 100 metres hurdles || 10 August

| || || Canoeing || Men's C-2 1000 metres || 11 August

| || || Canoeing || Men's K-4 1000 metres || 11 August

Archery

After not competing in archery in 1980, France returned to the sport in 1984 with two male competitors.

Men's Individual Competition:

Gerard Douis – 2485 points (→ 17th place)
Philippe Loyen – 2411 points (→ 35th place)

Athletics

;Men's Competition

Men's 400 metres

Aldo Canti
Heat — 46.14
Quarterfinals — 45.64
Semifinals — 45.59 (→ did not advance)
Yann Quentrec
Heat — 46.94 (→ did not advance)
Hector LLatser
Heat — 47.30 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Alain Lazare
Final — 2:17:52 (→ 28th place)
Jacky Boxberger
Final — 2:22:00 (→ 42nd place)

Men's High Jump

Franck Verzy
Qualification — 2.15m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

Jean-Paul Lakafia
Qualification — 80.52m
Final — 70.86m (→ 12th place)

Men's Pole Vault

Pierre Quinon
Qualifying Round — 5.35m
Final — 5.75m (→ Image:Med 1.png Gold Medal)
Thierry Vigneron
Qualifying Round — 5.40m
Final — 5.60m (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
Serge Ferreira
Qualifying Round — 5.30m
Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Hammer Throw

Walter Ciofani
Qualification — 73.10m
Final — 73.46m (→ 7th place)

Men's Decathlon

William Motti
Final Result — 8266 points (→ 5th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

Gérard Lelièvre
Final — 1:27:50 (→ 15th place)
Martial Fesselier
Final — 1:29:46 (→ 20th place)
Dominique Guebey
Final — did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk

Dominique Guebey
Final — 4:13:34 (→ 12th place)
Gérard Lelièvre
Final — DNF (→ no ranking)

;Women's Competition

Women's 3.000 metres

Annette Sergent
Heat — 9.15.82 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

Maryse Ewanjé-Epée
Qualification — 1.90m
Final — 1.94m (→ 4th place)
Brigitte Rougeron
Qualification — 1.84m (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's Heptathlon

Florence Picaut
Final Result — 5914 points (→ 13th place)
Chantal Beaugeant
Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Basketball

;Men's team competition

Preliminary round (group B)
Lost to Uruguay (87-91)
Lost to PR China (83-85)
Lost to Spain (82-97)
Lost to United States (62-120)
Lost to Canada (69-96)
Classification Matches
9th/12th place: Lost to Brazil (86-100)
11th/12th place: Defeated Egypt (102-78) → Eleventh place
Team roster
Grégor Beugnot
Jean Michel Senegal
Richard Dacoury
Jacques Monclar
Philippe Szanyiel
Stéphane Ostrowski
Jean-Luc Deganis
Hervé Dubuisson
Patrick Cham
Bangaly Kaba
Éric Beugnot
Georges Vestris

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Louis Gomis
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Stefan Gertel (West Germany), retired in the second round
Third Round — Lost to Ndaba Dube (Zimbabwe), 0-5

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Vincent Sarnelli
First Round – Bye
Second Round – Lost to Moses Mwaba (Zambia), after knock-out in first round

Canoeing

Cycling

Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented France in 1984. Fabrice Colas won a bronze medal in the 1000m time trial.

;Men's individual road race

Daniel Amardeilh
Philippe Bouvatier
Claude Carlin
Denis Pelizzari

;Team time trial

Jean-François Bernard
Philippe Bouvatier
Thierry Marie
Denis Pelizzari

;Sprint

Philippe Vernet
Franck Dépine

;1000m time trial

Fabrice Colas

;Individual pursuit

Pascal Robert
Éric Louvel

;Team pursuit

Didier Garcia
Éric Louvel
Pascal Potié
Pascal Robert

;Points race

Didier Garcia
Éric Louvel

;Women's individual road race

Jeannie Longo — 2:12:35 (→ 6th place)
Cécile Odin — 2:13:28 (→ 11th place)
Dominique Damiani — 2:13:28 (→ 14th place)
Marielle Guichard

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented France in 1984.

;Men's foil

Frédéric Pietruszka
Philippe Omnès
Pascal Jolyot

;Men's team foil

Frédéric Pietruszka, Pascal Jolyot, Patrick Groc, Philippe Omnès, Marc Cerboni

;Men's épée

Philippe Boisse
Philippe Riboud
Olivier Lenglet

;Men's team épée

Philippe Boisse, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Philippe Riboud, Michel Salesse

;Men's sabre

Jean-François Lamour
Hervé Granger-Veyron
Pierre Guichot

;Men's team sabre

Jean-François Lamour, Pierre Guichot, Hervé Granger-Veyron, Philippe Delrieu, Franck Ducheix

;Women's foil

Véronique Brouquier
Laurence Modaine-Cessac
Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin

;Women's team foil

Laurence Modaine-Cessac, Pascale Trinquet-Hachin, Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Véronique Brouquier, Anne Meygret

Football

;Men's team competition:

Preliminary round (group A)
France – Qatar 2-2
France – Norway 2-1
France – Chile 1-1
Quarterfinal
France – Egypt 2-0
Semifinal
France – Yugoslavia 4-2 [After extra time]
Final
France – Brazil 2-0
Team roster
( 1.) Albert Rust
( 2.) William Ayache
( 3.) Michel Bibard
( 4.) Dominique Bijotat
( 5.) François Brisson
( 6.) Patrick Cubaynes
( 7.) Patrice Garande
( 8.) Philippe Jeannol
( 9.) Guy Lacombe
(10.) Jean-Claude Lemoult
(11.) Jean-Philippe Rohr
(12.) Didier Sénac
(13.) Jean-Christophe Thouvenel
(14.) José Touré
(15.) Daniel Xuereb
(16.) Jean-Louis Zanon
(17.) Michel Bensoussan
Head coach: Henri Michel

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented France in 1984. They won bronze in the team event.

;Individual

Paul Four
Didier Boubé
Joël Bouzou

;Team

Paul Four
Didier Boubé
Joël Bouzou

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

Stéphan Caron
Heat — 51.13
Final — 50.70 (→ 6th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

Franck Iacono
Heat — 3:55.07
Final — 3:54.58 (→ 5th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Franck Iacono
Heat — 15:27.27
Final — 15:26.96 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

Frédéric Delcourt
Heat — 58.22
B-Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 200m Backstroke

Frédéric Delcourt
Heat — 2:02.59
Final — 2:01.75 (→ Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Thierry Pata
Heat — 2:20.14
B-Final — 2:20.05 (→ 10th place)
Christophe Deneuville
Heat — 2:24.54 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Stéphan Caron, Laurent Neuville, Dominique Bataille, and Bruno Lesaffre
Heat — 3:24.68
Final — 3:24.63 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Pierre Andraca, Dominique Bataille, Michel Pou, and Stéphan Caron
Heat — 7:27.40
Stéphan Caron, Dominique Bataille, Michel Pou, and Pierre Andraca
Final — 7:30.16 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Frédéric Delcourt, Thierry Pata, Xavier Savin, and Stéphan Caron
Heat — 3:50.75 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

Sophie Kamoun
Heat — 57.49
B-Final — 57.81 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

Laurence Bensimon
Heat — 2:06.01 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

Laurence Bensimon
Heat — 9:01.75 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Laurence Bensimon
Heat — 2:24.34
B-Final — 2:27.13 (→ 16th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Sophie Kamoun, Caroline Amoric, Laurence Bensimon, and Veronique Jardin
Heat — 3:52.67
Final — 3:52.15 (→ 8th place)