France competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 238 competitors, 189 men and 49 women, took part in 139 events in 21 sports.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle 3 August Fencing Men's sabre 4 August Fencing Men's épée 8 August Athletics Men's pole vault 8 August France Olympic football team Football Men's tournament 11 August Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone 30 July Swimming Men's 200 metre backstroke 31 July Fencing Men's team sabre 9 August Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase 10 August Judo Men's +95 kg 10 August Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 metres 11 August Fencing Men's team épée 11 August Cycling Men's 1 km time trial 30 July Modern pentathlon Men's team 1 August Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke 2 August Gymnastics Men's floor 4 August Fencing Men's team foil 5 August Judo Men's 65 kg 5 August Fencing Women's team foil 7 August Judo Men's 78 kg 7 August Fencing Men's épée 8 August Athletics Men's pole vault 8 August Boxing Men's light-middleweight 9 August Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres 10 August Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles 10 August Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres 11 August Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres 11 August
Archery
After not competing in archery in 1980, France returned to the sport in 1984 with two male competitors.
Men's Individual Competition: Gerard Douis – 2485 points (→ 17th place) Philippe Loyen – 2411 points (→ 35th place)
Athletics
Men's Competition Men's 400 metres Aldo Canti Heat — 46.14 Quarterfinals — 45.64 Semifinals — 45.59 (→ did not advance) Yann Quentrec Heat — 46.94 (→ did not advance) Hector LLatser Heat — 47.30 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon Alain Lazare Final — 2:17:52 (→ 28th place) Jacky Boxberger Final — 2:22:00 (→ 42nd place)
Men's High Jump Franck Verzy Qualification — 2.15m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw Jean-Paul Lakafia Qualification — 80.52m Final — 70.86m (→ 12th place)
Men's Pole Vault Pierre Quinon Qualifying Round — 5.35m Final — 5.75m (→ Gold Medal) Thierry Vigneron Qualifying Round — 5.40m Final — 5.60m (→ Bronze Medal) Serge Ferreira Qualifying Round — 5.30m Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's Hammer Throw Walter Ciofani Qualification — 73.10m Final — 73.46m (→ 7th place)
Men's Decathlon William Motti Final Result — 8266 points (→ 5th place)
Men's 20 km Walk Gérard Lelièvre Final — 1:27:50 (→ 15th place) Martial Fesselier Final — 1:29:46 (→ 20th place) Dominique Guebey Final — did not start (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 km Walk Dominique Guebey Final — 4:13:34 (→ 12th place) Gérard Lelièvre Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's Competition Women's 3.000 metres Annette Sergent Heat — 9.15.82 (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump Maryse Ewanjé-Epée Qualification — 1.90m Final — 1.94m (→ 4th place) Brigitte Rougeron Qualification — 1.84m (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's Heptathlon Florence Picaut Final Result — 5914 points (→ 13th place) Chantal Beaugeant Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Basketball
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group B) Lost to Uruguay (87-91) Lost to PR China (83-85) Lost to Spain (82-97) Lost to United States (62-120) Lost to Canada (69-96) Classification Matches 9th/12th place: Lost to Brazil (86-100) 11th/12th place: Defeated Egypt (102-78) → Eleventh place Team roster Grégor Beugnot Jean Michel Senegal Richard Dacoury Jacques Monclar Philippe Szanyiel Stéphane Ostrowski Jean-Luc Deganis Hervé Dubuisson Patrick Cham Bangaly Kaba Éric Beugnot Georges Vestris
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Louis Gomis First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Stefan Gertel (West Germany), retired in the second round Third Round — Lost to Ndaba Dube (Zimbabwe), 0-5
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Vincent Sarnelli First Round – Bye Second Round – Lost to Moses Mwaba (Zambia), after knock-out in first round
Canoeing
Cycling
Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented France in 1984. Fabrice Colas won a bronze medal in the 1000m time trial.
Men's individual road race Daniel Amardeilh Philippe Bouvatier Claude Carlin Denis Pelizzari
Team time trial Jean-François Bernard Philippe Bouvatier Thierry Marie Denis Pelizzari
Sprint Philippe Vernet Franck Dépine
1000m time trial Fabrice Colas
Individual pursuit Pascal Robert Éric Louvel
Team pursuit Didier Garcia Éric Louvel Pascal Potié Pascal Robert
Points race Didier Garcia Éric Louvel
Women's individual road race Jeannie Longo — 2:12:35 (→ 6th place) Cécile Odin — 2:13:28 (→ 11th place) Dominique Damiani — 2:13:28 (→ 14th place) Marielle Guichard
Diving
Equestrianism
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented France in 1984.
Men's foil Frédéric Pietruszka Philippe Omnès Pascal Jolyot
Men's team foil Frédéric Pietruszka, Pascal Jolyot, Patrick Groc, Philippe Omnès, Marc Cerboni
Men's épée Philippe Boisse Philippe Riboud Olivier Lenglet
Men's team épée Philippe Boisse, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Philippe Riboud, Michel Salesse
Men's sabre Jean-François Lamour Hervé Granger-Veyron Pierre Guichot
Men's team sabre Jean-François Lamour, Pierre Guichot, Hervé Granger-Veyron, Philippe Delrieu, Franck Ducheix
Women's foil Véronique Brouquier Laurence Modaine-Cessac Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin
Women's team foil Laurence Modaine-Cessac, Pascale Trinquet-Hachin, Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Véronique Brouquier, Anne Meygret
Football
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group A) France – Qatar 2-2 France – Norway 2-1 France – Chile 1-1 Quarterfinal France – Egypt 2-0 Semifinal France – Yugoslavia 4-2 [After extra time] Final France – Brazil 2-0 Team roster ( 1.) Albert Rust ( 2.) William Ayache ( 3.) Michel Bibard ( 4.) Dominique Bijotat ( 5.) François Brisson ( 6.) Patrick Cubaynes ( 7.) Patrice Garande ( 8.) Philippe Jeannol ( 9.) Guy Lacombe (10.) Jean-Claude Lemoult (11.) Jean-Philippe Rohr (12.) Didier Sénac (13.) Jean-Christophe Thouvenel (14.) José Touré (15.) Daniel Xuereb (16.) Jean-Louis Zanon (17.) Michel Bensoussan Head coach: Henri Michel
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented France in 1984. They won bronze in the team event.
Individual Paul Four Didier Boubé Joël Bouzou
Team Paul Four Didier Boubé Joël Bouzou
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle Stéphan Caron Heat — 51.13 Final — 50.70 (→ 6th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle Franck Iacono Heat — 3:55.07 Final — 3:54.58 (→ 5th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle Franck Iacono Heat — 15:27.27 Final — 15:26.96 (→ 5th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke Frédéric Delcourt Heat — 58.22 B-Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's 200m Backstroke Frédéric Delcourt Heat — 2:02.59 Final — 2:01.75 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 200m Breaststroke Thierry Pata Heat — 2:20.14 B-Final — 2:20.05 (→ 10th place) Christophe Deneuville Heat — 2:24.54 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Stéphan Caron, Laurent Neuville, Dominique Bataille, and Bruno Lesaffre Heat — 3:24.68 Final — 3:24.63 (→ 6th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Pierre Andraca, Dominique Bataille, Michel Pou, and Stéphan Caron Heat — 7:27.40 Stéphan Caron, Dominique Bataille, Michel Pou, and Pierre Andraca Final — 7:30.16 (→ 8th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Frédéric Delcourt, Thierry Pata, Xavier Savin, and Stéphan Caron Heat — 3:50.75 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle Sophie Kamoun Heat — 57.49 B-Final — 57.81 (→ 13th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle Laurence Bensimon Heat — 2:06.01 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle Laurence Bensimon Heat — 9:01.75 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley Laurence Bensimon Heat — 2:24.34 B-Final — 2:27.13 (→ 16th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Sophie Kamoun, Caroline Amoric, Laurence Bensimon, and Veronique Jardin Heat — 3:52.67 Final — 3:52.15 (→ 8th place)
Synchronized swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References