France at the Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics France France has competed in every modern Olympic Games, although its participation at the 1904 Games is questionable, with Albert Corey's appearance being credited by different sources to either the United States or France.

French athletes have won 671 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, with fencing and cycling as the top medal-producing sports. France has won an additional 109 medals at the Winter Olympic Games, mostly in alpine skiing.

Hosted Games

France has hosted the Games on five occasions.

Games	Host city	Dates	Nations	Participants	Events
1900 Summer Olympics	Paris	14 May – 28 October	24	997	95
1924 Winter Olympics	Chamonix	25 January – 4 February	16	258	16
1924 Summer Olympics	Paris	4 May – 27 July	44	3,089	126
1968 Winter Olympics	Grenoble	6 – 18 February	37	1,158	35
1992 Winter Olympics	Albertville	8 – 23 February	64	1,801	57

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896 Athens	13	5	4	2	11	4
1900 Paris	491	26	41	34	101	1
1904 St. Louis	1	0	0	0	0	–
1908 London	363	5	5	9	19	4
1912 Stockholm	119	7	4	3	14	5
1920 Antwerp	304	9	19	13	41	8
1924 Paris	401	13	15	10	38	3
1928 Amsterdam	255	6	10	5	21	7
1932 Los Angeles	103	10	5	4	19	3
1936 Berlin	201	7	6	6	19	5
1948 London	316	10	6	13	29	3
1952 Helsinki	245	6	6	6	18	7
1956 Melbourne	137	4	4	6	14	11
1960 Rome	238	0	2	3	5	25
1964 Tokyo	138	1	8	6	15	21
1968 Mexico City	200	7	3	5	15	6
1972 Munich	227	2	4	7	13	17
1976 Montreal	206	2	3	4	9	15
1980 Moscow	121	6	5	3	14	8
1984 Los Angeles	238	5	7	16	28	12
1988 Seoul	266	6	4	6	16	9
1992 Barcelona	339	8	5	16	29	9
1996 Atlanta	299	15	7	15	37	5
2000 Sydney	336	13	14	11	38	6
2004 Athens	308	11	9	13	33	7
2008 Beijing	323	7	16	18	41	10
2012 London	330	11	11	12	34	7
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
Total		202	223	246	671	4

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924 Chamonix	43	0	0	3	3	9
1928 St. Moritz	38	1	0	0	1	5
1932 Lake Placid	8	1	0	0	1	7
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	28	0	0	1	1	10
1948 St. Moritz	36	2	1	2	5	5
1952 Oslo	26	0	0	1	1	12
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	32	0	0	0	0	–
1960 Squaw Valley	26	1	0	2	3	10
1964 Innsbruck	24	3	4	0	7	5
1968 Grenoble	75	4	3	2	9	3
1972 Sapporo	40	0	1	2	3	16
1976 Innsbruck	35	0	0	1	1	16
1980 Lake Placid	22	0	0	1	1	16
1984 Sarajevo	32	0	1	2	3	13
1988 Calgary	68	1	0	1	2	11
1992 Albertville	109	3	5	1	9	7
1994 Lillehammer	98	0	1	4	5	17
1998 Nagano	106	2	1	5	8	13
2002 Salt Lake City	114	4	5	2	11	6
2006 Turin	82	3	2	4	9	10
2010 Vancouver	108	2	3	6	11	12
2014 Sochi	116	4	4	7	15	10
2018 Pyeongchang
Total		31	31	47	109	14

Number of medals won by France at the Olympic summer games from 1896 to 2012.

Number of medals won by France at the Olympic winter games from 1924 to 2014.

Medals by summer sport

   Leading in that sport

Fencing	41	40	34	115
Cycling	41	27	22	90
Athletics	14	22	25	61
Equestrian	12	12	10	34
Sailing	12	11	15	38
Judo	12	8	24	44
Shooting	9	13	9	31
Weightlifting	9	3	3	15
Swimming	8	13	19	40
Canoeing	7	8	18	33
Rowing	6	14	12	32
Archery	6	10	7	23
Tennis	5	6	8	19
Boxing	4	7	8	19
Wrestling	4	4	9	17
Gymnastics	3	10	9	22
Croquet	3	2	2	7
Handball	2	0	1	3
Rugby	1	2	0	3
Football	1	1	0	2
Water polo	1	0	3	4
Water motorsports	1	0	0	1
Basketball	0	3	0	3
Taekwondo	0	2	4	6
Table tennis	0	1	1	2
Basque pelota	0	1	0	1
Cricket	0	1	0	1
Diving	0	1	0	1
Tug of war	0	1	0	1
Modern pentathlon	0	0	2	2
Synchronized swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	202	223	246	671

Medals by winter sport

Alpine skiing	15	15	15	45
Biathlon	6	5	10	21
Snowboarding	3	3	4	10
Figure skating	3	2	7	12
Freestyle skiing	2	4	6	12
Nordic combined	2	1	1	4
Cross country skiing	0	1	1	2
Curling	0	0	1	1
Bobsleigh	0	0	1	1
Ski jumping	0	0	1	1
Total	31	31	47	109

See also

• List of flag bearers for France at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for France
• France at the Paralympics
• List of Olympic female gymnasts for France

External links

• "France". International Olympic Committee.
• Template:IOC medals
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "France". Sports-Reference.com.