France competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 206 competitors, 177 men and 29 women, took part in 128 events in 18 sports.
Medalists
Gold Guy Drut — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles Hubert Parot, Michel Roche, Marc Roguet and Marcel Rozier — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
Silver Daniel Morelon — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch) Brigitte Dumont, Brigitte Gaudin-Latrille, Claudie Josland, Christine Muzio, and Véronique Trinquet — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition Daniel Senet — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
Bronze Bernard Talvard — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Competition Daniel Revenu, Frédéric Pietruszka, Christian Noël, Didier Flament, and Bernard Talvard — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition Henri Boerio — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar Patrick Vial — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (70 kg)
Archery
In France's second appearance in modern Olympic archery, one woman and one man represented the nation. Albert Le Tyrant posted France's best placing since 1920.
Women's Individual Competition: Marie-Christine Ventrillon – 2298 points (→ 17th place)
Men's Individual Competition: Albert Le Tyrant – 2408 points (→ 12th place)
Athletics
Men's 800 metres José Marajo Heat — 1:49.60 (→ did not advance) Marcel Philippe Heat — 1:50.81 (→ did not advance) Roqui Sanchez Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres Jacques Boxberger Heat — 13:36.94 (→ did not advance) Jean-Marie Conrath Heat — 13:34.39 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres Jean-Paul Gomez Heat — 28:10.52 Final — 28:24.07 (→ 9th place) Lucien Rault Heat — 29:40.76 (→ did not advance) Pierre Levisse Heat — 32:07.84 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles Jean-Pierre Perrinelle Heats — 50.78s Semi Final — 50.82s (→ did not advance) Jean-Claude Nallet Heats — 50.77s Semi Final — 50.82s (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon Fernand Kolbeck Final — 2:22:56 (→ 34th place)
Men's 4x100 metres Relay Jean-Claude Amoureux, Joseph Arame, Lucien Sainte-Rose, and Dominique Chauvelot Heat — 39.71s Semi Final — 39.33s Final — 39.16s (→ 7th place)
Men's Long Jump Jacques Rousseau Qualification — 7.82m Final — 8.00m (→ 4th place) Philippe Deroche Qualification — 7.38m (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump Paul Poaniewa Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance) Jacques Aletti Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)
Men's Pole Vault François Tracanelli Qualifying Round — 5.10m Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's 20 km Race Walk Gérard Lelièvre — 1:29:53 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200 metres Chantal Réga Round 1 — 23.54 Round 2 — 23.22 Semifinals — 23.00 Final — 23.09 (→ 8th place)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) José Leroy First Round — Lost to Said Mohamed Abdelwahab (EGY), KO-1
Canoeing
Cycling
Fourteen cyclists represented France in 1976.
Individual road race Jean-René Bernaudeau — 4:47:23.0 (→ 7th place) Christian Jourdan — did not finish (→ no ranking) Francis Duteil — did not finish (→ no ranking) René Bittinger — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial Claude Buchon Loic Gautier Jean-Paul Maho Jean-Michel Richeux
Sprint Daniel Morelon — Silver Medal
1000m time trial Eric Vermeulen — 1:07.846 (→ 5th place)
Individual pursuit Jean-Jacques Rebière — 12th place
Team pursuit Paul Bonno Jean-Marcel Brouzes Jean-Jacques Rebière Pierre Trentin
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented France in 1976.
Men's foil Bernard Talvard Frédéric Pietruszka Christian Noël
Men's team foil Daniel Revenu, Christian Noël, Didier Flament, Bernard Talvard, Frédéric Pietruszka
Men's épée Philippe Boisse Philippe Riboud Jacques La Degaillerie
Men's team épée Philippe Boisse, François Jeanne, Philippe Riboud, Jacques La Degaillerie
Men's sabre Patrick Quivrin Régis Bonissent Philippe Bena
Men's team sabre Philippe Bena, Régis Bonissent, Bernard Dumont, Didier Flament, Patrick Quivrin
Women's foil Brigitte Gapais-Dumont Claudie Herbster-Josland Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin
Women's team foil Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Brigitte Gapais-Dumont, Christine Muzio, Véronique Trinquet, Claudie Herbster-Josland
Football
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented France in 1976.
Individual Alain Cortes Claude Guiguet Michel Gueguen
Team Alain Cortes Claude Guiguet Michel Gueguen
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References