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 35 medals—11 gold, 11 silver, and 13 bronze—finishing seventh in the gold medal standings and eighth in the overall medal standings. 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. 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. On 11 August 2012, Estanguet was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission, along with three other athletes. He would then go on to head the Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Medalists

| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | Medal Name Sport Event Date Camille Muffat Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle Amaury LeveauxFabien GilotClément LefertYannick AgnelAlain BernardJérémy Stravius Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Yannick Agnel Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle Tony Estanguet Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 Lucie Décosse Judo Women's 70 kg Émilie Fer Canoeing Women's slalom K-1 Teddy Riner Judo Men's +100 kg Florent Manaudou Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle Renaud Lavillenie Athletics Men's pole vault Julie Bresset Cycling Women's cross-country France national men's handball team Handball Men's tournament Céline Goberville Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol Camille Muffat Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle Amaury LeveauxGrégory MalletClément LefertYannick AgnelJérémy Stravius Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Grégory BaugéMichaël D'AlmeidaKévin Sireau Cycling Men's team sprint Germain ChardinDorian Mortelette Rowing Men's coxless pair Michaël LlodraJo-Wilfried Tsonga Tennis Men's doubles Bryan Coquard Cycling Men's omnium Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase Grégory Baugé Cycling Men's sprint Anne-Caroline Graffe Taekwondo Women's +67 kg France women's national basketball team Basketball Women's tournament Priscilla Gneto Judo Women's 52 kg Automne Pavia Judo Women's 57 kg Ugo Legrand Judo Men's 73 kg Gévrise Émane Judo Women's 63 kg Coralie BalmyCharlotte BonnetOphélie-Cyrielle ÉtienneCamille MuffatMargaux FarrellMylène Lazare Swimming Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Audrey Tcheuméo Judo Women's 78 kg Delphine Réau Shooting Women's trap Julien BenneteauRichard Gasquet Tennis Men's doubles Jonathan Lobert Sailing Finn class Hamilton Sabot Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Steeve Guénot Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Marlène Harnois Taekwondo Women's 57 kg Emmanuel BironChristophe LemaitrePierre-Alexis PessonneauxRonald PognonJimmy Vicaut Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay

1.Competed in preliminaries but not the final relay. 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.Tyson Gay gets one-year ban for failed drugs test 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.US stripped of London 2012 Olympic relay medals 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.USA men’s 4 x 100m relay team disqualified from the 2012 London Olympic Games

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Medals by sportSport TotalSwimming4217Judo2057Canoeing2002Cycling1304Athletics1113Handball1001Shooting0112Taekwondo0112Tennis0112Basketball0101Rowing0101Sailing0011Gymnastics0011Wrestling0011Total11111335

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.

| width=78% align=left valign=top | 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. SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 1 4Athletics 31 21 52Badminton 1 1 2Basketball 12 12 24Boxing 5 0 5Canoeing 9 5 14Cycling 14 9 23Diving 2 3 5Equestrian 8 2 10Fencing 6 5 11Football 0 18 18Gymnastics 6 6 12Handball 14 14 28Judo 7 7 14Modern pentathlon 1 2 3Rowing 14 0 14Sailing 9 7 16Shooting 8 6 14Swimming 18 13 31Synchronized swimming 0 2 2Table tennis 1 2 3Taekwondo 0 2 2Tennis 5 2 7Triathlon 3 3 6Weightlifting 3 1 4Wrestling 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:

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankThomas FaucheronMen's individual66527 (38)W 6–0 (27)L 3–7Did not advanceRomain Girouille6779 (56)L 5–6Did not advanceGaël Prévost6796 (59)W 6–3 (27)W 7–3 (43)L 4–6Did not advanceThomas FaucheronRomain GirouilleGaël PrévostMen's team20212colspan=2 (7)L 212–220Did not advanceBérengère SchuhWomen's individual64037 (28)W 6–2 (5)W 6–5 (21)W 6–5 (4)L 6–2Did 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):

Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankJamale Aarrass1500 m3:45.1312colspan=2 Did not advanceDimitri Bascou110 m hurdles13.574 qcolspan=2 13.556Did not advancePierre-Ambroise Bosse800 m1:46.034 qcolspan=2 1:45.104Did not advanceFlorian Carvalho1500 m3:37.057 qcolspan=2 3:40.6113Did not advanceGarfield Darien110 m hurdles13.544 qcolspan=2 13.485Did not advanceYohann Diniz50 km walkcolspan=6 Ladji Doucouré110 m hurdles13.674 qcolspan=2 13.748Did not advanceHassan Hirt5000 m*colspan=4 Did not advanceCédric Houssaye50 km walkcolspan=6 3:55:1631Abraham KiprotichMarathoncolspan=6 Yoann Kowal1500 m3:41.123 Qcolspan=2 3:43.488Did not advanceChristophe Lemaitre200 m20.341 Qcolspan=2 20.033 q20.196Abdellatif MeftahMarathoncolspan=6 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad3000 m steeplechase8:16.231 Qcolspan=4 8:19.08Bertrand Moulinet20 km walkcolspan=6 1:20:12850 km walkcolspan=6 3:45:3512Patrick TambwéMarathoncolspan=6 Jimmy Vicaut100 mcolspan=2 10.112 Q10.166Did not advanceVincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux3000 m steeplechase8:36.968colspan=4 Did not advanceEmmanuel BironChristophe LemaitrePierre-Alexis PessonneauxRonald PognonJimmy Vicaut4 × 100 m relay38.154colspan=4 38.16 * Tested positive for the blood-booster EPO; the IOC ordered him to leave the Olympics on 10 August 2012.

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionQuentin BigotHammer throw72.4224Did not advanceJérôme Bortoluzzi74.1514Did not advanceBenjamin CompaoréTriple jump17.063 q17.086Nicolas FigèreHammer throw69.7432Did not advanceMickaël HananyHigh jump2.26=8 q2.2014Renaud LavilleniePole vault5.65=1 q5.97 Romain Mesnil5.606 q5.5010Salim SdiriLong jump7.7123Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankKevin MayerResult11.327.1714.052.0548.7615.5941.204.7062.414:23.02795215Points791854731850873780689819774791

Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankVéronique Mang100 mcolspan=2 11.416Did not advanceReïna-Flor Okori100 m hurdles13.012 Qcolspan=2 Did not advanceMyriam Soumaré100 mcolspan=2 11.072 Q11.135Did not advance200 m22.702 Qcolspan=2 22.563 q22.637Nelly BancoJohanna DanoisAyodelé IkuesanLina Jacques-SébastienVéronique MangMyriam Soumaré4 × 100 m relaycolspan=4 Did not advancePhara AnacharsisElea-Mariama DiarraMarie GayotFloria GueïLénora Guion-FirminMuriel Hurtis-Houairi4 × 400 m relay3:25.943 Qcolspan=4 3:25.926

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionVanessa BoslakPole vault4.55=7 q4.3010Stéphanie FalzonHammer throw71.6711 q73.069Éloyse LesueurLong jump6.4810 q6.678Marion LotoutPole vault4.10=33Did not advanceMelanie MelfortHigh jump1.93=2 q1.939Mélina Robert-MichonDiscus throw62.4712 q63.986

Combined events – Heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankMarisa De AnicetoResult13.741.7113.0925.265.7651.982:16.20603021Points1015867733863777899876Antoinette Nana Djimou IdaResult12.961.8014.2624.726.1355.872:13.6265766Points1130978811913890974912

Badminton

AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankBrice LeverdezMen's singlesL 11–21, 16–21W 21–12, 21–112Did not advancePi HongyanWomen's singlesW 21–11, 21–9W 16–21, 21–18, 21–141 QL 21–13, 12–21, 16–21Did 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

Group play

Quarter-final

Women's tournament

Roster

Group play

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

Boxing

France qualified boxers in the following events:

Men