France at the 2012 Summer Olympics

France at the
2012 Summer Olympics
France at the; 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in London
Competitors	330 in 24 sports
Flag bearer	Laura Flessel-Colovic
Medals; Ranked 7th	Gold 11 Silver 11 Bronze 13 Total 35
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, between 27 July and 12 August 2012. French athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The French Olympic Committee sent a total of 330 athletes to the Games, 183 men and 147 women, to compete in 24 sports.

France left London with a total of 34 medals—11 gold, 11 silver, and 12 bronze—finishing seventh in the gold medal standings and eighth in the overall medal standings.^[1] Most of these medals were awarded to the athletes in judo, cycling and swimming. Six French athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London. France's team-based athletes proved successful at these games, as the men's national handball team and the women's national basketball team won gold and silver medals, respectively. Furthermore, the men's national handball team managed to defend its 2008 Olympic title from Beijing. For the first time since 1960, France did not win an Olympic medal in fencing.

Among the nation's medalists were Yannick Agnel and Camille Muffat (retired in 2014 and killed tragically in a helicopter crash one year later), who emerged as France's most successful Olympic swimmers after winning three medals, including a gold, in their events. Meanwhile, Florent Manaudou succeeded his sister Laure with an Olympic gold medal in freestyle swimming.^[2] Renaud Lavillenie set a new Olympic record in the pole vault, becoming the third French man to claim the title, and the first to do so since 1996. Tony Estanguet won his third gold medal in the men's slalom canoeing singles, making him one of the most successful French athletes in Olympic history.^[3] On 11 August 2012, Estanguet was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission, along with three other athletes.^[4]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Camille Muffat	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	29 July
Gold	Amaury Leveaux Fabien Gilot Clément Lefert Yannick Agnel Alain Bernard^[1] Jérémy Stravius^[1]	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	29 July
Gold	Yannick Agnel	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle	30 July
Gold	Tony Estanguet	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1	31 July
Gold	Lucie Décosse	Judo	Women's 70 kg	1 August
Gold	Émilie Fer	Canoeing	Women's slalom K-1	2 August
Gold	Teddy Riner	Judo	Men's +100 kg	3 August
Gold	Florent Manaudou	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle	3 August
Gold	Renaud Lavillenie	Athletics	Men's pole vault	10 August
Gold	Julie Bresset	Cycling	Women's cross-country	11 August
Gold	France national men's handball team Jérôme Fernandez Didier Dinart Xavier Barachet Guillaume Gille Bertrand Gille Daniel Narcisse Guillaume Joli Samuel Honrubia Daouda Karaboué Nikola Karabatić Thierry Omeyer William Accambray Luc Abalo Cédric Sorhaindo Michaël Guigou	Handball	Men's tournament	12 August
Silver	Céline Goberville	Shooting	Women's 10 m air pistol	29 July
Silver	Camille Muffat	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	31 July
Silver	Amaury Leveaux Grégory Mallet Clément Lefert Yannick Agnel Jérémy Stravius^[1]	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	31 July
Silver	Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau	Cycling	Men's team sprint	2 August
Silver	Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	3 August
Silver	Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Tennis	Men's doubles	4 August
Silver	Bryan Coquard	Cycling	Men's omnium	5 August
Silver	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	5 August
Silver	Grégory Baugé	Cycling	Men's sprint	6 August
Silver	Anne-Caroline Graffe	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg	11 August
Silver	France women's national basketball team Isabelle Yacoubou Endéné Miyem Clémence Beikes Sandrine Gruda Edwige Lawson-Wade Céline Dumerc Florence Lepron Émilie Gomis Marion Laborde Élodie Godin Emmeline Ndongue Jennifer Digbeu	Basketball	Women's tournament	11 August
Bronze	Priscilla Gneto	Judo	Women's 52 kg	29 July
Bronze	Automne Pavia	Judo	Women's 57 kg	30 July
Bronze	Ugo Legrand	Judo	Men's 73 kg	30 July
Bronze	Gévrise Émane	Judo	Women's 63 kg	31 July
Bronze	Coralie Balmy Charlotte Bonnet Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne Camille Muffat Margaux Farrell^[1] Mylène Lazare^[1]	Swimming	Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	1 August
Bronze	Audrey Tcheuméo	Judo	Women's 78 kg	2 August
Bronze	Delphine Reau	Shooting	Women's trap	4 August
Bronze	Julien Benneteau Richard Gasquet	Tennis	Men's doubles	4 August
Bronze	Jonathan Lobert	Sailing	Finn class	5 August
Bronze	Hamilton Sabot	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars	7 August
Bronze	Steeve Guénot	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg	7 August
Bronze	Marlène Harnois	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg	9 August
Bronze	Emmanuel Biron Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Ronald Pognon Jimmy Vicaut	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	11 August

1.¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ Competed in preliminaries but not the final relay.
2.² In May 2014, the US 4 × 100 metres relay team member Tyson Gay received a one-year suspension for anabolic steroid use and was stripped of his medals after 15 July 2012 when he first used.^[5] In May 2015, the IOC wrote to US Olympic Committee telling them to collect the medals from teammates Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Ryan Bailey, Jeffery Demps and Darvis Patton.^[6] Two of Gay's teammates who ran with him in the final, Kimmons and Bailey, had previously also served suspensions. The medals were reallocated, with Trinidad and Tobago awarded silver, and France taking bronze.^[7]^[8]

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Swimming	4	2	1	7
Judo	2	0	5	7
Canoeing	2	0	0	2
Cycling	1	3	0	4
Athletics	1	1	1	3
Handball	1	0	0	1
Shooting	0	1	1	2
Taekwondo	0	1	1	2
Tennis	0	1	1	2
Basketball	0	1	0	1
Rowing	0	1	0	1
Sailing	0	0	1	1
Gymnastics	0	0	1	1
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	11	11	13	35

Delegation

The French Olympic Committee selected a team of 330 athletes, 183 men and 147 women, to compete in 24 different sports; it was the nation's third largest team outside the host nation, and the first with the highest percentage of women in Olympic history. France did not qualify teams in field hockey, volleyball and water polo, but did mark its Olympic return to men's basketball after a twelve-year absence.

The French team included past Olympic champions, three of them defending (Greco-Roman wrestler Steeve Guenot, mountain biker Julien Absalon, and the men's national handball team). Equestrian eventing rider Denis Mesples, at age 49, was the oldest athlete of the team, while gymnast Anne Kuhm was the youngest, at age 15. Pistol shooter and former Olympic gold medalist Franck Dumoulin made his sixth appearance, having participated at every Summer Olympics since 1992. Épée fencer and multiple-time Olympic medalist Laura Flessel-Colovic, meanwhile, became the first French female athlete to compete at five separate Olympic Games. Because of her repeated successes in fencing, Flessel-Colovic became France's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1996.

Other notable French athletes included slalom canoer and multiple-time world champion Tony Estanguet, judoka and Olympic bronze medalist Teddy Riner, swimmer and junior European champion Yannick Agnel, pole vaulter and multiple-time European champion Renaud Lavillenie, and basketballer Tony Parker, who had previously played for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.

The following table lists the number of French competitors who participated in each Olympic sport. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	1	4
Athletics	31	21	52
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	12	12	24
Boxing	5	0	5
Canoeing	9	5	14
Cycling	14	9	23
Diving	2	3	5
Equestrian	8	2	10
Fencing	6	5	11
Football	0	18	18
Gymnastics	6	6	12
Handball	14	14	28
Judo	7	7	14
Modern pentathlon	1	2	3
Rowing	14	0	14
Sailing	9	7	16
Shooting	8	6	14
Swimming	18	13	31
Synchronized swimming	0	2	2
Table tennis	1	2	3
Taekwondo	0	2	2
Tennis	5	2	7
Triathlon	3	3	6
Weightlifting	3	1	4
Wrestling	5	1	6
Total	183	147	330

Archery

France qualified three archers for the men's individual event, an archer for the women's individual event and a team for the men's team event:

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Thomas Faucheron	Men's individual	665	27	Thamwong (THA) (38) W 6–0	Prevost (FRA) (27) L 3–7	Did not advance
Romain Girouille		677	9	Myo Aung (MYA) (56) L 5–6	Did not advance
Gaël Prevost		679	6	Kouassi (CIV) (59) W 6–3	Faucheron (FRA) (27) W 7–3	Ruban (UKR) (43) L 4–6	Did not advance
Thomas Faucheron Romain Girouille Gaël Prevost	Men's team	2021	2	—		Bye	Mexico (MEX) (7) L 212–220	Did not advance
Bérengère Schuh	Women's individual	640	37	Kawanaka (JPN) (28) W 6–2	Lin C-E (TPE) (5) W 6–5	Choi H-j (KOR) (21) W 6–5	Lorig (USA) (4) L 6–2	Did not advance

Athletics

French athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[9]^[10]

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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jamale Aarrass	1500 m	3:45.13	12	—		Did not advance
Dimitri Bascou	110 m hurdles	13.57	4 q	—		13.55	6	Did not advance
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	800 m	1:46.03	4 q	—		1:45.10	4	Did not advance
Florian Carvalho	1500 m	3:37.05	7 q	—		3:40.61	13	Did not advance
Garfield Darien	110 m hurdles	13.54	4 q	—		13.48	5	Did not advance
Yohann Diniz	50 km walk	—						DSQ
Ladji Doucouré	110 m hurdles	13.67	4 q	—		13.74	8	Did not advance
Hassan Hirt	5000 m	DSQ*^[11]		—				Did not advance
Cedric Houssaye	50 km walk	—						3:55:16	31
Abraham Kiprotich	Marathon	—						DNF
Yoann Kowal	1500 m	3:41.12	3 Q	—		3:43.48	8	Did not advance
Christophe Lemaitre	200 m	20.34	1 Q	—		20.03	3 q	20.19	6
Abdellatif Meftah	Marathon	—						DNF
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	3000 m steeplechase	8:16.23	1 Q	—				8:19.08
Bertrand Moulinet	20 km walk	—						1:20:12	8
Bertrand Moulinet	50 km walk	—						3:45:35	12
Patrick Tambwe	Marathon	—						DNF
Jimmy Vicaut	100 m	Bye		10.11	2 Q	10.16	6	Did not advance
Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux	3000 m steeplechase	8:36.96	8	—				Did not advance
Emmanuel Biron Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Ronald Pognon Jimmy Vicaut	4 × 100 m relay	38.15	4	—				38.16

* Tested positive for the blood-booster EPO; the IOC ordered him to leave the Olympics on 10 August 2012.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Quentin Bigot	Hammer throw	72.42	24	Did not advance
Jérôme Bortoluzzi	Hammer throw	74.15	14	Did not advance
Benjamin Compaoré	Triple jump	17.06	3 q	17.08	6
Nicolas Figère	Hammer throw	69.74	32	Did not advance
Mickaël Hanany	High jump	2.26	=8 q	2.20	14
Renaud Lavillenie	Pole vault	5.65	=1 q	5.97 OR
Romain Mesnil	Pole vault	5.60	6 q	5.50	10
Salim Sdiri	Long jump	7.71	23	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Kevin Mayer	Result	11.32	7.17	14.05	2.05	48.76	15.59	41.20	4.70	62.41	4:23.02	7952	15
Kevin Mayer	Points	791	854	731	850	873	780	689	819	774	791	7952	15

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Véronique Mang	100 m	Bye		11.41	6	Did not advance
Reina Flor Okori	100 m hurdles	13.01	2 Q	—		DSQ		Did not advance
Myriam Soumaré	100 m	Bye		11.07	2 Q	11.13	5	Did not advance
Myriam Soumaré	200 m	22.70	2 Q	—		22.56	3 q	22.63	7
Nelly Banco Johanna Danois Ayodele Ikuesan Lina Jacques-Sébastien Véronique Mang Myriam Soumaré	4 × 100 m relay	DSQ		—				Did not advance
Phara Anacharsis Elea Mariama Diarra Marie Gayot Floria Guei Lenora Guion-Firmin Muriel Hurtis-Houairi	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.94	3 Q	—				3:25.92	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vanessa Boslak	Pole vault	4.55	=7 q	4.30	10
Stéphanie Falzon	Hammer throw	71.67	11 q	73.06	9
Éloyse Lesueur	Long jump	6.48	10 q	6.67	8
Marion Lotaut	Pole vault	4.10	=33	Did not advance
Melanie Melfort	High jump	1.93	=2 q	1.93	9
Mélina Robert-Michon	Discus throw	62.47	12 q	63.98	6

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Marisa De Aniceto	Result	13.74	1.71	13.09	25.26	5.76	51.98	2:16.20	6030	21
Marisa De Aniceto	Points	1015	867	733	863	777	899	876	6030	21
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	Result	12.96	1.80	14.26	24.72	6.13	55.87	2:13.62	6576	6
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	Points	1130	978	811	913	890	974	912	6576	6

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brice Leverdez	Men's singles	Wong W K (HKG) L 11–21, 16–21	Ekiring (UGA) W 21–12, 21–11	2	Did not advance
Hongyan Pi	Women's singles	Hosny (EGY) W 21–11, 21–9	Magee (IRL) W 16–21, 21–18, 21–14	1 Q	Yip P Y (HKG) L 21–13, 12–21, 16–21	Did not advance

Basketball

The French men's basketball team qualified for the 2012 Olympics by reaching the final of the EuroBasket 2011. The French women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament.

Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players
Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2012 Summer Olympics France men's basketball team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's basketball group A standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A2 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A5 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A7 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A10 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A14

Quarter-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's basketball game C2

Women's tournament

Roster

Template:2012 Summer Olympics France women's basketball team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball group B standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball game B2 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball game B4 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball game B7 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball game B12 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball game B13

Quarter-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball game C4

Semi-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball game D2

Final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball game E2

Boxing

France qualified boxers in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jérémy Beccu	Light flyweight	Zhakypov (KAZ) L 17–18	Did not advance
Nordine Oubaali	Flyweight	Faisal (AFG) W 22–9	Warren (USA) W 19–18	Conlan (IRL) L 22–18	Did not advance
Rachid Azzedine	Lightweight	Ramírez (USA) L 20–21	Did not advance
Alexis Vastine	Welterweight	Wojcicki (GER) W 16–12	Tüvshinbat (MGL) W 13–12	Shelestyuk (UKR) L 18–18⁺	Did not advance
Tony Yoka	Super heavyweight	—	Kean (CAN) L 16–16⁺	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

France qualified boats for all slalom events:

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Étienne Daille	Men's K-1	90.12	7	241.73	22	90.12	13 Q	100.55	10 Q	101.87	7
Tony Estanguet	Men's C-1	93.24	2	99.20	10	93.24	7 Q	101.67	3 Q	97.06
Gauthier Klauss Matthieu Péché	Men's C-2	96.98	1	151.03	12	96.98	1 Q	109.27	3 Q	109.17	4
Émilie Fer	Women's K-1	112.77	12	106.46	8	106.46	10 Q	109.73	3 Q	105.90

Gauthier Klauss and Matthieu Péché in C-2 semifinal
Émilie Fer in K-1 semifinal

Sprint

France qualified boats for the following sprint events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maxime Beaumont	K-1 200 m	35.571	2 Q	35.814	2 FA	36.688	4
Cyrille Carre	K-1 1000 m	3:32.705	5 Q	3:38.981	8 FB	3:33.513	12
Mathieu Goubel	C-1 200 m	41.248 OB	1 Q	41.938	2 FA	44.045	7
Mathieu Goubel	C-1 1000 m	3:58.122	1 Q	3:51.811	1 FA	3:50.758	5
Arnaud Hybois Sébastien Jouve	K-2 200 m	32.933	3 Q	32.668	3 FA	35.012	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marie Delattre Sarah Guyot Joanne Mayer Gabrielle Tuleu	K-4 500 m	1:40.022	3 Q	1:33.303	5 FA	1:35.299	8

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mickaël Bourgain	Road race	Did not finish
Sylvain Chavanel	Road race	5:46:05	20
Sylvain Chavanel	Time trial	56:07.67	29
Arnaud Demare	Road race	5:46;37	30
Tony Gallopin	Road race	5:46:37	86

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Aude Biannic	Road race	3:35:56	10
Audrey Cordon	Road race	OTL
Audrey Cordon	Time trial	40:40.51	15
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot	Road race	3:35:56	8

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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	9.952 72.347	2	Volkakis (GRE) W DSQ	Bye	Nakagawa (JPN) W 10.490 68.636	Bye	Förstemann (GER) W 10.490, W 10.300	Perkins (AUS) W 10.358, W 10.268	Kenny (GBR) L, L
Virginie Cueff	Women's sprint	11.439 62.942	15	Vogel (GER) L	Kanis (NED) Larreal (VEN) L	Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau	Men's team sprint	43.097 62.649	2 Q	New Zealand (NZL) W 42.991 62.803	2 Q	Great Britain (GBR) L 43.013 62.771
Sandie Clair Virginie Cueff	Women's team sprint	33.638 53.510	6 Q	Germany (GER) L 33.707 53.401	6	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Mickaël Bourgain	Men's keirin	1 Q	Bye	4	8
Clara Sanchez	Women's keirin	6	1 Q	2 Q	4

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Flying lap		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Scratch race	Time trial		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Total points	Rank
Bryan Coquard	Men's omnium	13.347	5	51	4	1	4:30.780	12	3	1:03.078	4	29
Clara Sanchez	Women's omnium	14.058	2	0	18	13	3:56.800	18	18	35.451	3	72	14

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julien Absalon	Men's cross-country	Did not finish
Jean-Christophe Péraud		1:37:07	29
Stéphane Tempier		1:31:30	11
Julie Bresset	Women's cross-country	1:30:52
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot	Women's cross-country	1:42:21	26

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Quentin Caleyron	Men's BMX	38.637	9	19	3 q	18	6	Did not advance
Joris Daudet		38.221	2	7	2 Q	16	6	Did not advance
Moana Moo-Caille		40.015	28	23	6	Did not advance
Laëtitia Le Corguillé	Women's BMX	38.976	4	—		15	4 Q	38.476	4
Magalie Pottier	Women's BMX	39.778	7	—		6	2 Q	39.393	7

Diving

France qualified five quota places for the diving events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Damien Cely	3 m springboard	413.30	22	Did not advance
Matthieu Rosset	3 m springboard	445.15	13 Q	422.50	15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Fanny Bouvet	3 m springboard	257.10	26	Did not advance
Marion Farissier	3 m springboard	248.70	27	Did not advance
Audrey Labeau	10 m platform	261.05	24	Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

France qualified a single quota by rankings:

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Jessica Michel	Riwera de Hus	Individual	70.410	28 Q	68.810	31	Did not advance

Eventing

France qualified one team and five quota places in the individual event after finishing in second place at the 2011 European Eventing Championships.^[12]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Lionel Guyon	Nemetis de Lalou	Individual	50.90	38	20.00	70.90	38	0.00	70.90	28 Q	21.00	91.90	24	91.90	24
Aurélien Khan	Cadiz		55.90	54	39.60	95.50	49	7.00	102.50	45	Did not advance			102.50	45
Denis Mesples	Oregon de la Vigne		61.50	66	46.00	107.50	=51	19.00	126.50	50	Did not advance			126.50	50
Donatien Schauly	Ocarina du Chanois		44.40	20	7.20	51.60	=18	Withdrew
Nicolas Touzaint	Hildago de l'ille		47.60	=27	7.60	55.20	27	2.00	57.20	21 Q	7.00	64.20	17	64.20	17
Lionel Guyon Aurélien Khan Denis Mesples Donatien Schauly Nicolas Touzaint	See above	Team	142.90	9	34.80	177.70	7	52.90	230.60	8	—			230.60	8

Show jumping

France qualified one team and four quota places in the individual event after finishing in second place at the World Equestrian Games.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Simon Delestre	Napoli du Ry	Individual	0	=1 Q	6	6	30 Q	8	14	32 Q	4	=11 Q	8	12	19	12	19
Olivier Guillon	Lord de Theize		4	=42 Q	4	8	=31 Q	8	16	=33 Q	0	=1 Q	9	9	=12	9	=12
Pénélope Leprevost	Mylord Carthago		1	=33 Q	8	9	=47	Did not advance								9	=47
Kevin Staut	Silvana		0	=1 Q	4	4	=17 Q	4	8	=11 Q	16	34	Did not advance			16	34
Simon Delestre Olivier Guillon Pénélope Leprevost Kevin Staut	See above	Team	—								14	12	Did not advance			14	12

Fencing

France qualified 11 fencers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yannick Borel	Individual épée	—	Karyuchenko (UKR) W 15–10	Kauter (SUI) W 15–11	Piasecki (NOR) L 14–15	Did not advance
Gauthier Grumier	Individual épée	—	Piasecki (NOR) L 13–14	Did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux	Individual foil	Bye	Lefort (FRA) W 15–9	Choi B-c (KOR) L 13–15	Did not advance
Enzo Lefort		Bye	Le Péchoux (FRA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Victor Sintès		Bye	Chida (JPN) W 15–11	Lei S (CHN) L 6–15	Did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux Enzo Lefort Marcel Marcilloux Victor Sintès	Team foil	—			United States (USA) L 39–45	Classification semi-final Great Britain (GBR) L 29–45	7th place final China (CHN) L 33–45	8
Boladé Apithy	Individual sabre	Bye	Buikevich (BLR) L 11–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Laura Flessel-Colovic	Individual épée	Bye	Hurley (USA) W 15–12	Gherman (ROM) L 13–15	Did not advance
Astrid Guyart	Individual foil	Bye	Gaber (EGY) W 15–2	Boubakri (TUN) L 5–15	Did not advance
Corinne Maîtrejean		Bye	Sheppard (GBR) W 15–5	Sugawara (JPN) L 9–15	Did not advance
Ysaora Thibus		Bye	Deriglazova (RUS) W 15–8	Ikehata (JPN) L 11–15	Did not advance
Anita Blaze Astrid Guyart Corinne Maitrejean Ysaora Thibus	Team foil	—			Poland (POL) W 42–31	Italy (ITA) L 31–45	South Korea (KOR) L 32–45	4
Léonore Perrus	Individual sabre	—	Nakayama (JPN) L 12–15	Did not advance

Football

Women's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Women's tournament

Roster

Template:2012 Summer Olympics France women's football team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's football group G standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's football game C1 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's football game C4 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's football game C6

Quarter-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's football game D1

Semi-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's football game E1

Bronze medal game

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's football game F1

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Pierre Yves Beny	Team	14.433	13.566	14.266	14.933	14.700	—			14.333	15.033	14.466	14.566	14.591	13.266	—
Yann Cucherat		—				14.900	14.366	—		Did not compete						—
Gael da Silva		15.400	—	14.366	15.366	—	14.966	—		15.200	—	14.633	15.466	—	14.766	—
Hamilton Sabot		—	14.033	14.533	—	15.366 Q	14.866	—		—	14.766	14.333	—	15.566	14.883	—
Cyril Tommasone		14.500	15.333 Q	14.166	15.466	15.100	14.133	88.698	14 Q	14.533	15.466	—	14.441	15.133	—
Total		44.333	42.932	43.165	45.765	45.366	44.198	265.759	8 Q	44.066	45.265	43.432	44.473	45.290	42.915	265.441	8

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Hamilton Sabot	Parallel bars	—				15.566	—	15.566
Cyril Tommasone	All-around	13.500	15.333	14.400	15.358	15.000	14.066	87.657	16
Cyril Tommasone	Pommel horse	—	15.141	—				15.141	5

Women
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Mira Boumejmajen	Team	12.933	—	13.300	12.966	—		Did not advance
Youna Dufournet		—	14.166	12.966	14.200	—
Anne Kuhm		13.533	14.466	13.533	12.566	54.098	29
Aurélie Malaussena		13.366	14.033	13.300	13.700	54.399	25 Q
Sophia Serseri		12.933	14.133	—
Total		39.832	42.765	41.333	40.866	164.796	11

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Aurélie Malaussena	All-around	13.800	12.800	12.066	11.500	50.166	23

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Delphine Ledoux	Individual	27.150	27.100	27.250	26.675	108.175	13	Did not advance

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Grégroire Pennes	Men's	107.539	7 Q	58.805	7

Handball

France participated in the 2012 Olympics as the defending world men's handball champion, and successfully defended its gold medal from the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[13] The French women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament.

Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players
Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Men's tournament

Template:2012 Summer Olympics France men's handball team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball group A standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game A3 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game A6 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game A7 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game A12 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game A15

Quarter-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game C3

Semi-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game D2

Final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game E2

Women's tournament

Template:2012 Summer Olympics France women's handball team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's handball group B standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's handball game B3 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's handball game B5 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's handball game B8 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's handball game B10 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's handball game B15

Quarter-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's handball game C4

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sofiane Milous	−60 kg	Bye	Shukvani (GEO) W 0100–0001	Lomo (SOL) W 0020–0001	Hiraoka (JPN) L 0010–0012	Did not advance	Davtyan (ARM) W 0010–0002	Sobirov (UZB) L 0003–0100	5
David Larose	−66 kg	Pollack (ISR) W 0001–0000	Fasie (ROU) W 0100–0000	Shavdatuashvili (GEO) L 0001–0100	Did not advance
Ugo Legrand	−73 kg	Bye	Adamiec (POL) W 0010–0000	Hafiz (EGY) W 0100–0104	Elmont (NED) L 0030–0000	Did not advance	Boqiev (TJK) W 0010–0002	Wang K-c (KOR) W 0101–0001
Alain Schmitt	−81 kg	—	Elmont (NED) W 0000–0001	Lucenti (ARG) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Romain Buffet	−90 kg	—	Bauža (LTU) L 0010–0100	Did not advance
Thierry Fabre	−100 kg	—	Darwish (EGY) W 0011–0002	Naidangiin (MGL) L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Teddy Riner	+100 kg	—	Wojnarowicz (POL) W 0010–0003	Jaballah (TUN) W 0101–0002	Brayson (CUB) W 0100–0001	Kim S-M (KOR) W 0010–0003	Bye	Mikhailine (RUS) W 0101–0003

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Laëtitia Payet	−48 kg	Bye	Menezes (BRA) L 0001–0000	Did not advance
Priscilla Gneto	−52 kg	He Hm (CHN) W 0111–0012	Ramos (POR) W 1001–0000	An K-a (PRK) L 0013–0102	Did not advance	Kim K-o (KOR) W 0021–0002	Heylen (BEL) W 1012–0012
Automne Pavia	−57 kg	Clark (GBR) W 0100–0000	Renzi (AUS) W 0150–0000	Filzmoser (AUT) W 0030–0000	Matsumoto (JPN) L 0000–0010	Bye	Karakas (HUN) W 0011–0002
Gévrise Émane	−63 kg	Howell (GBR) W 1000–0000	Abel (CUB) W 0001–0001	Tsedevsuren (MGL) L 0001–0001	Did not advance	Schlesinger (ISR) W 0010–0002	Joung D-w (KOR) W 0000–0000 YUS
Lucie Décosse	−70 kg	Bye	Zupancic (CAN) W 1001–0001	Alvear (COL) W 1000–0000	Hwang Y-s (KOR) W 0001–0000	Bye	Thiele (GER) W 0120–0000
Audrey Tcheuméo	−78 kg	Cotton (CAN) W 0001–0001 YUS	Pryshchepa (UKR) W 0100–0000	Yang X (CHN) W 0101–0001	Gibbons (GBR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance	Joó (HUN) W 1000–0001
Anne-Sophie Mondière	+78 kg	Altheman (BRA) L 0000–0101	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

France qualified one man and two women.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Christopher Patte	Men's	16–19	=20	784	2:05.99	20	1292	84	21	1116	10:43.96	11	2428	5620	17
Amélie Cazé	Women's	19–16	=11	856	2:11.33	4	1224	20	2	1180	12:08.71	32	1848	5108	18
Élodie Clouvel	Women's	15–20	=25	760	2:09.87	3	1244	140	27	1060	12:44.50	34	1704	4768	31

Rowing

France qualified boats for the following rowing events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	Pair	6:17.22	2 SA/B	Bye		6:58.67	2 FA	6:21.11
Julien Bahain Cédric Berrest	Double sculls	6:19.61	3 SA/B	Bye		6:29.61	5 FB	6:26.44	10
Jérémie Azou Stany Delayre	Lightweight double sculls	6:40.89	1 SA/B	Bye		6:37.29	2 FA	6:42.69	4
Matthieu Androdias Benjamin Chabanet Adrien Hardy Pierre-Jean Peltier	Quadruple sculls	5:44.25	3 SA/B	Bye		6:12.81	4 FB	6:02.12	10
Thomas Baroukh Fabrice Moreau Nicolas Moutton Franck Solforosi	Lightweight four	5:50.79	1 SA/B	Bye		6:06.90	4 FB	6:08.37	7

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

Sailing

France qualified one boat for each of the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Julien Bontemps	RS:X	23	14	2	5	5	4	17	5	8	6	4	70	5
Jean Baptiste Bernaz	Laser	3	21	6	9	19	11	2	18	20	34	10	119	10
Jonathan Lobert	Finn	9	4	4	2	6	7	5	10	3	7	2	49
Vincent Garos Pierre Leboucher	470	9	10	11	6	10	2	19	11	4	11	16	90	7
Pierre-Alexis Ponsot Xavier Rohart	Star	1	13	10	11	12	14	12	6	6	8	8	86	9

Women
Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Charline Picon	RS:X	9	11	5	7	10	6	12	10	11	6	14	89	8
Sarah Steyaert	Laser Radial	21	14	19	12	11	26	10	19	22	15	EL	143	16
Mathilde Géron Camille Lecointre	470	10	17	1	8	12	3	7	6	3	5	10	65	4

Match racing

Athlete	Event	Round Robin											Rank	Knockouts			Rank
Athlete	Event	POR	AUS	NED	SWE	USA	GBR	ESP	DEN	NZL	RUS	FIN	Rank	Q-final	S-final	Final	Rank
Elodie Bertrand Claire Leroy Marie Riou	Elliott 6m	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	6 Q	ESP L (0–3)	Did not advance		6

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
Stephane Christidis Manu Dyen	49er	1	9	9	12	1	10	12	13	10	21	2	5	10	7	14	12	127	6

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

Shooting

France earned 14 quota places for the shooting events at the 2012 Olympics:^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stéphane Clamens	Trap	119	19	Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin	50 m pistol	541	33	Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin	10 m air pistol	577	18	Did not advance
Cyril Graff	50 m rifle 3 positions	1171	3 Q	1271.0	4
Cyril Graff	50 m rifle prone	586	46	Did not advance
Walter Lapeyre	50 m pistol	554	21	Did not advance
Walter Lapeyre	10 m air pistol	575	22	Did not advance
Jérémy Monnier	10 m air rifle	592	26	Did not advance
Pierre Edmond Piasecki	10 m air rifle	596	8 Q	699.1	6
Valérian Sauveplane	50 m rifle prone	592	22	Did not advance
Valérian Sauveplane	50 m rifle 3 positions	1167	13	Did not advance
Anthony Terras	Skeet	117	17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Laurence Brize	50 m rifle 3 positions	581	18	Did not advance
Laurence Brize	10 m air rifle	394	26	Did not advance
Emilie Evesque	50 m rifle 3 positions	578	25	Did not advance
Emilie Evesque	10 m air rifle	392	33	Did not advance
Veronique Girardet	Skeet	66	10	Did not advance
Céline Goberville	10 m air pistol	387	3 Q	486.6
Céline Goberville	25 m pistol	579	21	Did not advance
Delphine Reau	Trap	72	4 Q	93 S/O 2
Stephanie Tirode	10 m air pistol	375	38	Did not advance
Stephanie Tirode	25 m pistol	582	14	Did not advance

Swimming

French swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of two swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and one at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[15]^[16]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yannick Agnel	100 m freestyle	48.93	12 Q	48.23	7 Q	47.84	4
Yannick Agnel	200 m freestyle	1:46.60	3 Q	1:45.84	2 Q	1:43.14 NR
Fabien Gilot	100 m freestyle	48.95	14 Q	48.49	11	Did not advance
Damien Joly	1500 m freestyle	15:08.50	14	—		Did not advance
Camille Lacourt	100 m backstroke	53.51	4 Q	53.03	2 Q	53.08	4
Clément Lefert	100 m butterfly	53.22	29	Did not advance
Amaury Leveaux	50 m freestyle	22.35	18	Did not advance
Grégory Mallet	200 m freestyle	1:47.39	13 Q	1:47.56	14	Did not advance
Florent Manaudou	50 m freestyle	22.09	=7 Q	21.80	6 Q	21.34
Anthony Pannier	1500 m freestyle	15:24.08	20	—		Did not advance
Giacomo Perez d'Ortona	100 m breaststroke	1:00.59	17	Did not advance
Julien Sauvage	10 km open water	—				1:50:42.8	11
Benjamin Stasiulis	100 m backstroke	55.36	31	Did not advance
Benjamin Stasiulis	200 m backstroke	1:59.52	24	Did not advance
Yannick Agnel Alain Bernard* Fabien Gilot Clément Lefert Amaury Leveaux Jérémy Stravius*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:13.38	4 Q	—		3:09.93
Yannick Agnel Clément Lefert Amaury Leveaux Grégory Mallet Jérémy Stravius*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:09.18	2 Q	—		7:02.77 NR
Yannick Agnel Camille Lacourt Giacomo Perez d'Ortona Romain Sassot	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.60	10	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ophelie Aspord	10 km open water	—				1:58:43.1	6
Fanny Babou	100 m breaststroke	1:09.76	32	Did not advance
Coralie Balmy	400 m freestyle	4:03.56	3 Q	—		4:05.95	6
Coralie Balmy	800 m freestyle	8:27.15	8 Q	—		8:29.26	7
Charlotte Bonnet	100 m freestyle	55.12	20	Did not advance
Justine Bruno	100 m butterfly	1:01.14	38	Did not advance
Alexianne Castel	100 m backstroke	1:00.16	14 Q	1:00.24	11	Did not advance
Alexianne Castel	200 m backstroke	2:08.92	6 Q	2:08.24	5 Q	2:08.43	7
Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne	200 m freestyle	1:59.15	18	Did not advance
Lara Grangeon	400 m individual medley	4:44.28	18	—		Did not advance
Laure Manaudou	100 m backstroke	1:01.03	22	Did not advance
Laure Manaudou	200 m backstroke	2:14.29	30	Did not advance
Camille Muffat	200 m freestyle	1:58.49	12 Q	1:56.18	3 Q	1:55.58
Camille Muffat	400 m freestyle	4:03.29	1 Q	—		4:01.45 OR
Anna Santamans	50 m freestyle	25.23	15 Q	24.94	=10	Did not advance
Coralie Balmy Charlotte Bonnet Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne Margaux Farrell* Mylene Lazare* Camille Muffat	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:52.88	5 Q	—		7:47.49
Fanny Babou Charlotte Bonnet Justine Bruno Laure Manaudou	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:05.53	14	—		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

France qualified two Olympic quota places in synchronized swimming.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Sara Labrousse Chloé Willhelm	Duet	87.700	10	88.340	176.040	10 Q	88.560	176.260	10

Table tennis

France qualified one man and two women.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adrien Mattenet	Men's singles	Bye			Chen Wx (AUT) L 0–4	Did not advance
Xian Yi Fang	Women's singles	Bye	Hanffou (CMR) W 4–1	Ri M-S (PRK) W 4–2	Wang Yg (SIN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Li Xue	Women's singles	Bye		Lay (AUS) W 4–3	Shen Yf (ESP) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

France had qualified two places in women's taekwondo.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marlène Harnois	Women's −57 kg	Contreras (CHI) W 14–3 PTG	Wahba (EGY) W 8–6	Hou Yz (CHN) L 3–8	Bye	Hamada (JPN) W 12–8	Did not advance
Anne Caroline Graffe	Women's +67 kg	Mamatova (UZB) W 17–9	Lee I-J (KOR) W 7–4	Hernandez (CUB) W 6–4	Bye		Mandić (SRB) L 7–9

Tennis

France qualified six Olympic tennis players in 2012: four in the men's events and two in the women's events. France ultimately won two medals – one silver and one bronze – in the men's doubles.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Julien Benneteau	Singles	Youzhny (RUS) W 7–5, 6–3	Federer (SUI) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Richard Gasquet		Haase (NED) W 6–3, 6–3	Baghdatis (CYP) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Gilles Simon		Kukushkin (KAZ) W 6–4, 6–2	Dimitrov (BUL) W 6–3, 6–3	del Potro (ARG) L 1–6, 6–4, 3–6	Did not advance
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		Bellucci (BRA) W 6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–4	Raonic (CAN) W 6–3, 3–6, 25–23	López (ESP) W 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Djokovic (SRB) L 4–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Julien Benneteau Richard Gasquet	Doubles	—	Fleming / Hutchins (GBR) W 7–5, 6–3	Bhupathi / Bopanna (IND) W 6–3, 6–4	Tipsarević / Zimonjić (SRB) W 6–4, 7–6^(7–3)	B. Bryan / M. Bryan (USA) L 4–6, 4–6	Ferrer / F. López (ESP) W 7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Doubles	—	Nalbandian / Schwank (ARG) W 6–3, 7–5	Paes / Vardhan (IND) W 7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 6–3	Melo / Soares (BRA) W 6–4, 6–2	Ferrer / F. López (ESP) W 3–6, 6–4, 18–16	B. Bryan / M. Bryan (USA) L 4–6, 6–7^(2–7)

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alizé Cornet	Singles	Paszek (AUT) W 7–6^(7–4), 6–4	Hantuchová (SVK) L 3–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Alizé Cornet Kristina Mladenovic	Doubles	—	Peng / Zheng (CHN) L 1–6, 7–6^(7–3), 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

France qualified the following triathletes:

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
David Hauss	Men's	17:24	0:38	58:50	0:29	29:53	1:47:14	4
Vincent Luis		17:20	0:38	58:53	0:27	31:00	1:48:18	11
Laurent Vidal		17:27	0:43	58:42	0:28	30:01	1:47:21	5
Emmie Charayron	Women's	19:48	0:39	1:06:58	0:34	34:27	2:02:26	18
Jessica Harrison		18:39	0:43	1:06:16	0:31	35:13	2:01:22	9
Carole Péon		19:30	0:45	1:07:11	0:33	35:59	2:03:58	29

Weightlifting

France qualified three men and one woman.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Vencelas Dabaya	Men's −69 kg	~~135~~	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Bernardin Kingue Matam	Men's −69 kg	~~143~~	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Benjamin Hennequin	Men's −85 kg	~~163~~	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Mélanie Bardis	Women's −48 kg	73	9	93	9	166	10

Wrestling

France qualified six quota places:

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Didier Pais	−60 kg	Bye	Madany (EGY) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					11

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tarik Belmadani	−60 kg	Bye	Ala-Huikku (FIN) W 3–0 ^PO	Matsumoto (JPN) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance				9
Steeve Guénot	−66 kg	Bye	Rivas (VEN) W 3–0 ^PO	Abdevali (IRI) W 3–0 ^PO	Kim H-W (KOR) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye		Mulens (CUB) W 3–0 ^PO
Christophe Guénot	−74 kg	Bye	Ayet Ikram (TUN) W 3–0 ^PO	Vlasov (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	Madsen (DEN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		8
Mélonin Noumonvi	−84 kg	Bye	Hietaniemi (FIN) W 3–0 ^PO	Gaber (EGY) L 1–3 ^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Žugaj (CRO) W 3–0 ^PO	Janikowski (POL) L 0–3 ^PO	5

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cynthia Vescan	−72 kg	Bye	Saenko (MDA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					12

References

^ ^a ^b "2012 Olympics: France". BBC. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
^ "Florent Manaudou joins sister Laure as champions". Yahoo! Sports. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^ "France's Estanguet wins third canoe slalom gold". France 24. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
^ "Results of the IOC Athletes' Commission Election". IOC. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
^ Tyson Gay gets one-year ban for failed drugs test
^ US stripped of London 2012 Olympic relay medals
^ USA men’s 4 x 100m relay team disqualified from the 2012 London Olympic Games
^ https://www.olympic.org/london-2012/athletics/4x100m-relay-men
^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
^ Petrequin, Samuel (10 August 2012). "AP source: French runner Hirt tests positive". AP. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
^ "TEAM STANDINGS" (PDF). FEI. 28 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
^ "2012 Olympic Qual (Men)". Team Handball News. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
^ "Quota places by NATION and Name". ISSF. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
^ "FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
^ "Competition Results (Day 2 of World Olympic Taekwondo Qualification Tournament on July 1, 2011 in Baku, Azerbaijan)". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 3 July 2011.

External links

Quota places by nation and name. ISSF.

[SeventhOverall-1] "2012 Olympics: France". BBC. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.

[2] "Florent Manaudou joins sister Laure as champions". Yahoo! Sports. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.

[3] "France's Estanguet wins third canoe slalom gold". France 24. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.

[4] "Results of the IOC Athletes' Commission Election". IOC. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

[5] Tyson Gay gets one-year ban for failed drugs test

[6] US stripped of London 2012 Olympic relay medals

[7] USA men’s 4 x 100m relay team disqualified from the 2012 London Olympic Games

[8] ttps://www.olympic.org/london-2012/athletics/4x100m-relay-men

[9] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

[10] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

[11] Petrequin, Samuel (10 August 2012). "AP source: French runner Hirt tests positive". AP. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

[luhmühlen2011-12] "TEAM STANDINGS" (PDF). FEI. 28 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.

[13] "2012 Olympic Qual (Men)". Team Handball News. Retrieved 2 June 2011.

[issf-14] "Quota places by NATION and Name". ISSF. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.

[15] "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.

[16] "FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.

[wtf-17] "Competition Results (Day 2 of World Olympic Taekwondo Qualification Tournament on July 1, 2011 in Baku, Azerbaijan)". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 3 July 2011.

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