France at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 266 in 23 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Philippe Riboud | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 9 |
Gold 6 |
Silver 4 |
Bronze 6 |
Total 16 |
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France competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 266 competitors, 192 men and 74 women, took part in 167 events in 23 sports.[1]
[edit] Medalists
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Gold
- Pierre Durand — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
- Frédérick Delpla, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Philippe Riboud, and Éric Srecki — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
- Jean-François Lamour — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
- Marc Alexandre — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
- Nicolas Hénard and Jean-Yves Le Déroff — Sailing, Men's Tornado
- Thierry Peponnet and Luc Pillot — Sailing, Men's 470
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Silver
- Laurent Boudouani — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
- Margit Otto-Crepin — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
- Philippe Riboud — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Nicolas Berthelot — Shooting, Men's Air Rifle
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Bronze
- Bruno Marie-Rose, Max Morinière, Gilles Quénéhervé, and Daniel Sangouma — Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay
- Joël Bettin and Philippe Renaud — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs
- Hubert Bourdy, Frédéric Cottier, Pierre Durand, and Michel Robert — Equestrian, Jumping Team
- Bruno Carabetta — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (60–65 kg)
- Stéphan Caron — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Catherine Plewinski — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
[edit] Archery
In France's fourth appearance in modern Olympic archery, no individual archer made it past the quarterfinal. The women's team made it to the final, placing last there to finish 8th overall, while the men's team was eliminated in the semifinal.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Catherine Pellen — quarterfinal, 14th place
- Nathalie Hibon — preliminary round, 28th place
- M. Bazin — preliminary round, 47th place
Men's Individual Competition:
- Olivier Heck — 1/8 final, 19th place
- Thierry Venant — preliminary round, 37th place
- Claude Franclet — preliminary round, 64th place
Women's Team Competition:
- Pellen, Hibon, and Bazin — final, 8th place
Men's Team Competition:
- Heck, Venant, and Franclet — semifinal, 10th place
[edit] Athletics
Men's 10.000 metres
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- First Round — 28:08.38
- Final — 27:36.43 (→ 4th place)
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- First Round — 28:25.56
- Final — 27:39.36 (→ 7th place)
Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
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- Heat — 8:30.94
- Semi Final — 8:19.39
- Final — 8:23.80 (→ 12th place)
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- Heat — 8:36.95
- Semi Final — 8:26.69 (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
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- Qualification — 70.84m (→ did not advance)
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- Qualification — 69.40m (→ did not advance)
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- Qualification — 76.42m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
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- Qualifying Heat — 58.94m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 8.05m
- Final — 7.97m (→ 7th place)
Men's Decathlon
- Christian Plaziat — 8272 points (→ 5th place)
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- 100 metres — 10.83s
- Long Jump — 7.62m
- Shot Put — 13.58m
- High Jump — 2.12m
- 400 metres — 48.34s
- 110m Hurdles — 14.18s
- Discus Throw — 43.06m
- Pole Vault — 4.90m
- Javelin Throw — 52.18m
- 1.500 metres — 4:34.07s
- Alain Blondel — 8268 points (→ 6th place)
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- 100 metres — 11.02s
- Long Jump — 7.43m
- Shot Put — 12.92m
- High Jump — 1.97m
- 400 metres — 47.44s
- 110m Hurdles — 14.40s
- Discus Throw — 41.20m
- Pole Vault — 5.20m
- Javelin Throw — 57.46m
- 1.500 metres — 4:16.64s
Men's 20 km Walk
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- Final — 1:22:43 (→ 16th place)
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- Final — 1:22:55 (→ 18th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
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- Final — 3'50:28 (→ 16th place)
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- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
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- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's 4x400m Relay
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- Heat — 3:29.95
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- Final — 3:29.37 (→ 7th place)
Women's Marathon
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- Final — 2"32:36 (→ 14th place)
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- Final — 2"33:47 (→ 18th place)
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- Final — 2"34:02 (→ 19th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
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- Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
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- Final Result — 2315 points (→ 28th place)
[edit] Boxing
Men's Flyweight (— 51 kg)
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Anthony Ikegu (KEN), RSC-2
- Third Round — Lost to Melvin de Leon (DOM), 0:5
Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg)
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- First Round — Lost to Byun Jong-Il (KOR), 0:5
Men's Light Welterweight (— 63.5 kg)
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- First Round — Defeated Mpuco Makama (SUA), walk-over
- Second Round — Defeated Mark Elliott (GBR), RSC-1
- Third Round — Lost to Vyacheslav Yanovski (URS), 0:5
Men's Welterweight (— 67 kg)
- Laurent Boudouani → Silver Medal
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Imre Bácskai (HUN), 4:1
- Third Round — Defeated Darren Obah (AUS), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Song Kyung-Sup (KOR), 3:2
- Semifinals — Defeated Kenneth Gould (USA), 4:1
- Final — Lost to Robert Wangila (KEN), KO-2
[edit] Canoeing
[edit] Cycling
Women's Individual Road Race
- Catherine Marsal — 2:00:52 (→ 10th place)
- Viola Paultiz — 2:00:52 (→ 13th place)
- Jeannie Longo — 2:00:52 (→ 21st place)
[edit] Diving
[edit] Equestrianism
[edit] Fencing
19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented France in 1988.
- Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Gisèle Meygret, Laurence Modaine-Cessac, Nathalie Pallet, Isabelle Spennato
[edit] Gymnastics
[edit] Judo
[edit] Modern pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition:
- Christophe Ruer — 5242 pts (→ 5th place)
- Joel Bouzou — 5198 pts (→ 8th place)
- Bruno Genard — 4828 pts (→ 37th place)
Men's Team Competition:
- Ruer, Bouzou, and Genard — 15268 pts (→ 4th place)
[edit] Rhythmic gymnastics
[edit] Rowing
[edit] Sailing
[edit] Shooting
[edit] Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 23.22
- B-Final — scratched (→ no ranking)
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- Heat — 23.47
- B-Final — 23.15 (→ 13th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 51.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 1:49.66
- B-Final — scratched (→ no ranking)
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- Heat — 1:53.81 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 4:00.04 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 15:22.19 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
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- Heat — 15:22.66 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
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- Heat — 56.76
- B-Final — 56.98 (→ 10th place)
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- Heat — 58.90 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
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- Heat — 2:04.83 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
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- Heat — 1:04.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
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- Heat — 1:05.46 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
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- Heat — 2:18.72
- B-Final — 2:18.95 (→ 16th place)
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- Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
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- Heat — 56.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
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- Heat — 2:01.70
- B-Final — 2:01.46 (→ 13th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
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- Heat — 2:04.95
- B-Final — 2:05.51 (→ 12th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
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- Heat — 4:23.46
- B-Final — 4:23.39 (→ 10th place)
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- Heat — 4:29.03 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
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- Heat — 3:21.77
- Final — 3:20.02 (→ 4th place)
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
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- Heat — 7:23.03
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- Final — 7:24.69 (→ 7th place)
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
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- Heat — 3:48.64 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 26.01
- Final — 25.90 (→ 7th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 58.22 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 2:01.60
- Final — 2:02.88 (→ 8th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 4:15.63
- B-Final — 4:21.03 (→ 16th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 8:41.64 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
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- Heat — 8:57.22 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
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- Heat — 1:05.07 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
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- Heat — 2:24.15 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
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- Heat — 1:13.21 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
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- Heat — 1:13.55 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
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- Heat — 2:37.38 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
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- Heat — 2:38.75 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
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- Heat — 59.34
- Final — 59.58 (→ 4th place)
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- Heat — 1:02.24
- B-Final — 1:02.45 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
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- Heat — 2:21.65 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
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- Heat — 4:51.91
- Final — 4:53.29 (→ 14th place)
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
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- Heat — 4:16.21 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
[edit] Synchronized swimming
[edit] Table tennis
[edit] Tennis
Women's Singles Competition
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- First Round — Defeated Yayuk Basuki (Indonesia) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
- Second Round — Defeated Jeong-Myung Lee (South Korea) 7-5, 4-6, 7-5
- Third Round — Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 3-6, 0-6
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- First Round — Lost to Jana Novotná (Czechoslovakia) 4-6, 3-6
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- First Round — Defeated Carling Bassett-Seguso (Canada) 7-6, 6-1
- Second Round — Lost to Catarina Lindqvist (Sweden) 6-2, 3-6, 4-6
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Defeated the Netherlands (3-1)
- Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
- Defeated Japan (3-1)
- Lost to United States (0-3)
- Defeated Argentina (3-0)
- Classification Matches
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- 5th/8th place: Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
- 7th/8th place: Lost to Sweden (2-3) → 8th place
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Eric Daniel
[edit] Water polo
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Defeated South Korea (16-5)
- Lost to West Germany (9-10)
- Lost to Soviet Union (4-18)
- Lost to Australia (6-7)
- Lost to Italy (8-14)
- Classification Round (Group E)
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- Defeated China (11-4)
- Lost to Greece (7-10) → Tenth place
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Jean Paul Clemencon
[edit] Weightlifting
First-heavyweight 90–100 kg
- Francis Tournefier — 5th place, 385.0 kg (170.0 kg/ 215.0 kg)
[edit] Wrestling
[edit] References
- ^ "France at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1988/. Retrieved 2011-07-18.