France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

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, United States

United States

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.

Gold

• Jean Galfione
  Jean Galfione
  Jean Galfione is a French athlete. In 1995 he won the bronze medal in the pole vault at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. In 1996 he won the gold medal in the pole vault at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
• Marie-José Pérec
  Marie-José Pérec
  Marie-José Pérec is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and a triple Olympic champion....
  
   — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
• Marie-José Pérec
  Marie-José Pérec
  Marie-José Pérec is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and a triple Olympic champion....
  
   — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
• Frank Adisson
  Frank Adisson
  Frank Adisson is a French slalom canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the C-2 event with a gold in 1996 and a bronze in 1992....
  
   and Wilfrid Forgues
  Wilfrid Forgues
  Wilfrid Forgues is a French slalom canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the C-2 event with a gold in 1996 and a bronze in 1992....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs
• Florian Rousseau
  Florian Rousseau
  Florian Rousseau is a French former track cyclist who won three gold medals and one silver at the Summer Olympics . He was popular among spectators for the facial expressions he pulled - many of them seeming to make his eyes bulge - to help him concentrate at the start of races...
  
   — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
• Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault
  Philippe Ermenault
  Philippe Ermenault is a French former track cyclist. Ermenault was twice world champion in individual pursuit and Olympic champion as part of the France team in the team pursuit.-Results:- External links :...
  
  , Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau, and Hervé Thuet — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
• Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
  Jeannie Longo
  Jeannie Longo is a French racing cyclist, multiple French champion and 13 times world champion. Longo is still active in cycling as of 2011 and is widely considered one of the greatest female cyclists of all time...
  
   — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
• Félicia Ballanger
  Félicia Ballanger
  Félicia Ballanger was a French racing cyclist.She won five world championships in the sprint and 500 m time trial. She was also a triple Olympic champion. She is tall and weighs .- Biography :...
  
   — Cycling, Women's Sprint
• Nathalie Lancien
  Nathalie Lancien
  Nathalie Lancien is an French racing cyclist and olympic champion in track cycling.She received a gold medal in points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-External links:...
  
   — Cycling, Women's Points Race
• Laura Flessel — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual
• Valérie Barlois, Laura Flessel, and Sophie Moressee-Pichot  — Fencing, Women's Épée Team
• Djamel Bouras
  Djamel Bouras
  Djamel Bouras is a French judoka of Algerian origin.He won a gold medal in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.- Video :* -References:...
  
   — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
• David Douillet
  David Douillet
  David Douillet is a French judoka and politician.Douillet was born in the city of Rouen. Standing at 1.90 meters and weighing 125 kilograms , he won the judo heavyweight gold medals in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games in Atlanta and Sydney. He also gained four world titles and a European crown...
  
   — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
• Marie-Claire Restoux
  Marie-Claire Restoux
  Marie-Claire Restoux is a French judoka, world champion and olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the half lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
   — Judo, Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg)
• Jean Pierre Amat — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

Silver

• Philippe Ermenault
  Philippe Ermenault
  Philippe Ermenault is a French former track cyclist. Ermenault was twice world champion in individual pursuit and Olympic champion as part of the France team in the team pursuit.-Results:- External links :...
  
   — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit

• Marion Clignet
  Marion Clignet
  Marion Clignet is a French former track cyclist. Clignet was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 22 and was shunned by the United States Cycling Federation, and she subsequently raced for France.- Palmarès :...
  
   — Cycling, Women's Individual Pursuit

• Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
  Jeannie Longo
  Jeannie Longo is a French racing cyclist, multiple French champion and 13 times world champion. Longo is still active in cycling as of 2011 and is widely considered one of the greatest female cyclists of all time...
  
   — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Time Trial

• Lionel Plumenail
  Lionel Plumenail
  Lionel Plumenail is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in team foil at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Athens, together with Jean-Noël Ferrari, Brice Guyart and Patrice Lhotellier.-References:...
  
   — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

• Valérie Barlois — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual

• Gilles Bosquet
  Gilles Bosquet
  Gilles Bosquet is a French rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Daniel Fauche
  Daniel Fauche
  Daniel Fauche is a French rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Olivier Moncelet
  Olivier Moncelet
  Olivier Moncelet is a French rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , and Bertrand Vecten
  Bertrand Vecten
  Bertrand Vecten is a French rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours

• Ghani Yolouz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight (68 kg)

Bronze

• Patricia Girard — Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles

• Patrice Estanguet
  Patrice Estanguet
  Patrice Estanguet is a French slalom canoer. He is the elder brother of Tony Estanguet.-Career:Estanguet competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s...
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles

• Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi
  Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi
  Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi is a French slalom canoer who competed from the 1980s to the late 1990s.-Career:She is Jewish...
  
   — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles

• Miguel Martinez
  Miguel Martinez (cyclist)
  Miguel Martinez is a French cyclist specializing in competitive cross-country mountain biking. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia after having finished in third place in the inaugural event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
   — Cycling, Men's Cross-country Mountainbike

• Alexandra Ledermann — Equestrian, Jumping Individual

• Franck Boidin — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

• Jean-Michel Henry
  Jean-Michel Henry
  Jean-Michel Henry is a French fencer. He won a gold, a silver and two bronze medals in the épée events at four different Olympic Games.-References:...
  
  , Robert Leroux
  Robert Leroux
  Robert Leroux is a sociology professor born in 1964, at St-Jérôme . He holds a postdoctoral degree from the C.N.R.S. , a doctoral degree in Sociology from the Université Laval , a master’s degree in Sociology from the Université de Montréal and a bachelor’s degree in History from the Université de...
  
  , and Éric Srecki
  Eric Srecki
  Eric Srecki is a French fencer and Olympic champion in the épée competition.He won a gold medal in individual épée event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He won a team gold medal in 1988, silver in 2000, and a bronze medal in 1996.-References:...
  
   — Fencing, Men's Épée Team

• Damien Touya
  Damien Touya
  Damien Touya is a French fencer. He won medals at three Olympics. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, in team sabré, together with Julien Pillet and his brother Gaël Touya.-References:...
  
   — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual

• Christophe Gagliano
  Christophe Gagliano
  Christophe Gagliano is a French judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)

• Stéphane Traineau
  Stéphane Traineau
  Stéphane Traineau is a French judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...
  
   — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (95 kg)

• Christine Cicot
  Christine Cicot
  Christine Cicot is a French judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion. She received a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She became world champion in Paris 1997.-References:...
  
   — Judo, Women's Heavyweight

• Samuel Barathay
  Samuel Barathay
  Samuel Barathay is a French rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   and Frédéric Kowal
  Frédéric Kowal
  Frederic Kowal is a French rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls

• Michel Andrieux
  Michel Andrieux
  Michel Andrieux is a French competition rower and Olympic champion.Andrieux won a gold medal in coxless pairs, at the 2000 Summer Olympics .-References:...
  
   and Jean-Christophe Rolland
  Jean-Christophe Rolland
  Jean-Christophe Rolland is a French competition rower and Olympic champion.Rolland won a gold medal in coxless pairs at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs

• Hélène Cortin
  Hélène Cortin
  Hélène Cortin is a French rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   and Christine Gosse
  Christine Gosse
  Christine Gosse is a French rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs

• Jean Pierre Amat — Shooting, Men's Air Rifle

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Archery

In France's sixth appearance in modern Olympic archery, defending gold medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

list Sebastien Flute was defeated in the first round of elimination. Fellow veteran Severine Bonal was also defeated early, while Lionel Torres reached the quarterfinal. The men's team was defeated in the first round.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Severine Bonal → Round of 32, 20th place (1-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Lionel Torres → Quarterfinal, 8th place (3-1)
• Sebastien Flute → Round of 64, 39th place (0-1)
• Damien Letulle → Round of 64, 56th place (0-1)

Men's Team Competition:

• Torres, Flute, and Letulle → Round of 16, 9th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

• Mickael Damian
• Qualification — 3:39.21 (→ did not advance)

• Eric Dubus
  Eric Dubus
  Eric Dubus is a former French middle distance runner, who became European Indoor Champion over 3.000m in 1990, and was the silver medalist over 3.000m at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Dubus finished fourth over 1.500m at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics in...
  
  
• Qualification — 3:47.01 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

• Nadir Bosch
• Heat — 8:31.65
• Semifinals — 8:47.31 (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Christian Plaziat
  Christian Plaziat
  Christian Plaziat is a retired French decathlete. During his career he won the European Championships, the European Indoor Championships and the World Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• Final Result — 8282 points (→ 11th place)

• Sebastien Levicq
  Sébastien Levicq
  Sébastien Levicq is a French decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• Final Result — 8192 points (→ 17th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Raphaël Piolanti
  Raphaël Piolanti
  Raphaël Piolanti is a retired male hammer thrower from France. His personal best throw is 79.68 metres, achieved in September 1992 in Bourgoin-Jailieu. This was a French record at that time....
  
  
• Qualification — 76.44m
• Final — 75.24m (→ 11th place)

• Christophe Épalle
  Christophe Épalle
  Christophe Épalle is a French hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 81.79 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Clermont-Ferrand.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 74.22m (→ did not advance)

• Gilles Dupray
• Qualification — 74.04m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Thierry Toutain
  Thierry Toutain
  Thierry Toutain is a retired French race walker. With a time of 3:40:57.9, achieved in 1996, Toutain held the world record over 50,000 metres track walking until March 12, 2011, when Yohann Diniz broke it with a time of 3:35:27.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   — 1:21:56 (→ 10th place)

• Denis Langlois
  Denis Langlois
  Denis Langlois is a French race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   — 1:23:08 (→ 14th place)

• Jean-Olivier Brosseau
  Jean-Olivier Brosseau
  Jean-Olivier Brosseau Jean-Olivier Brosseau Jean-Olivier Brosseau (born June 23, 1967 in Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, is a retired male race walker from France, who was affiliated with Sèvre Bocage AC during his career. He specialised in the 20 km distance and was selected for the World...
  
   — 1:26:29 (→ 35th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• René Piller
  René Piller
  René Piller is a retired male race walker from France, who competed in three Summer Olympics during his career.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 3:58:00 (→ 19th place)

• Martial Fesselier
  Martial Fesselier
  Martial Fesselier is a retired male race walker from France, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics during his career, starting in 1984.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 4:04:42 (→ 28th place)

• Thierry Toutain
  Thierry Toutain
  Thierry Toutain is a retired French race walker. With a time of 3:40:57.9, achieved in 1996, Toutain held the world record over 50,000 metres track walking until March 12, 2011, when Yohann Diniz broke it with a time of 3:35:27.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's 10,000 metres

• Chantal Dallenbach
• Qualification — 33:22.35 (→ did not advance)

• Farida Fates
• Qualification — 34:38.49 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400 metres Relay

• Francine Landre
  Francine Landre
  Francine Landre is a French athlete who specialises in the 400 meters. Landre competed in the women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.- References :...
  
  , Viviane Dorsile
  Viviane Dorsile
  Viviane Dorsile is a French athlete who specialises in the 800 meters and the 4 x 400 meter relay. Dorsile competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
  , Evelyne Elien
  Evelyne Elien
  Evelyne Elien is a former French athlete who specialised in the 400 meters. Elien competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics.- References :...
  
  , and Elsa de Vassoigne
• Qualification — 3:28.07
• Final — 3:28.46 (→ 8th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Nadine Auzeil
  Nadine Auzeil
  Nadine Auzeil-Schoellkopf is a retired female javelin thrower from France. A three-time Olympian she set her personal best on June 27, 2000 in Strasbourg.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 52.76m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Isabelle Devaluez
  Isabelle Devaluez
  Isabelle Devaluez is a retired female discus thrower from France, who competed in the discus contest at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she ended up in 37th place . Devaluez set her personal best in the women's discus throw event on 15 June 1996 in La Garde...
  
  
• Qualification — 55.08m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Nadia Prasad — 2:50.05 (→ 56th place)

Women's 10 km Walk

• Nathalie Fortain — 46:43 (→ 31st place)

• Valérie Nadaud
  Valérie Nadaud
  Valérie Lévêque-Nadaud is a retired female race walker from France.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 47:49 (→ 36th place)

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg)

• Rachid Bouaita
  Rachid Bouaita
  Rachid Bouaita is a retired boxer from France, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. His best result was finishing in fifth place after being defeated by Cuba's eventual silver medalist Arnaldo Mesa.-References:*...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Bektas Abubakirov
  Bektas Abubakirov
  Bektas Abubakirov is a retired boxer from Kazakhstan, who competed for his native country in the Men's Bantamweight at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was defeated in the first round by France's Rachid Bouaita....
  
   (Kazakhstan), 10-4
• Second Round — Defeated Gabriel Križan (Slovak Republic), 13-6
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Arnaldo Mesa
  Arnaldo Mesa
  Arnaldo Mesa Bonell is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In the final of the Bantamweight division he was defeated by Hungary's István Kovács...
  
   (Cuba), 8-15

Men's Light Welterweight (— 63,5 kg)

• Nordine Mouichi
• First Round — Defeated Ullah Usman (Pakistan), knock-out in first round
• Second Round — Defeated Sergey Bykovsky
  Sergey Bykovsky
  Sergey Bykovsky is a boxer from Belarus, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Light Welterweight division at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark, alongside Bulgaria's Radoslav Suslekov....
  
   (Belarus), 17-6
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Oktay Urkal
  Oktay Urkal
  Oktay Urkal is a Turkish-German former professional welterweight.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Urkal won the silver medal in the light welterweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
   (Germany), 10-19

Men's Welterweight (— 67 kg)

• Hussein Bayram
• First Round — Lost to Marian Simion
  Marian Simion
  Marian Simion is a Romanian boxer, who competed in the Light Middleweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal...
  
   (Romania), 6-13

Men's Middleweight (— 75 kg)

• Jean-Paul Mendy
  Jean-Paul Mendy
  Jean-Paul Mendy is a professional boxer from France, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary.-Amateur:...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Sven Ottke
  Sven Ottke
  Sven Ottke, known as "The Phantom", is a German former professional boxer who was the IBF/WBA super middleweight champion...
  
   (Germany), 4-11

Men's Light Heavyweight (— 81 kg)

• Jean-Louis Mandengue
  Jean-Louis Mandengue
  Jean-Louis Mandengue is a retired male boxer from France. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, he fought in the men's light-heavyweight division and lost to Brazil's Daniel Bispo in the second round of the tournament.-References:*...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Pourtaghi Ayoub Ghoshchi (Iran), 21-9
• Second Round — Lost to Daniel Bispo
  Daniel Bispo
  Daniel Bispo dos Santos is a boxer from Brazil. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Pro:He made his professional debut in 1997...
  
   (Brazil), referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Heavyweight (— 91 kg)

• Christophe Mendy
  Christophe Mendy
  Christophe Mendy is a retired boxer who competed for France in the heavyweight division during the 1990s. He won the bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, Germany, where he was defeated in the semifinals by Cuban legend Félix Savón...
  
  
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Ovidiu Bali (Romania), referee stopped contest in second round
• Quarterfinals — Lost to David Defiagbon
  David Defiagbon
  David Dejiro Defiagbon was a Nigerian boxer. Nicknamed "The Dream", Defiagbon fought for Canada and won the heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Amateur:...
  
   (Canada), disqualification in third round

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Josué Blocus
  Josué Blocus
  Josué Edmond Blocus is a French heavyweight boxer best known to compete in the 1996 Olympics.-Amateur:Blocus is a black Frenchman whose family is from Guadeloupe....
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Jesús Guevara
  Jesús Guevara
  Jesús Guevara is a retired heavyweight boxer from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was eliminated in the first round of the men's super-heavyweight division by Josué Blocus from France.-References:*...
  
   (Venezuela), referee stopped contest in second round
• Second Round — Lost to Adaliat Marnedov (Azerbaijan), referee stopped contest in first round

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Laurent Jalabert
  Laurent Jalabert
  Laurent Jalabert is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Affectionately known as "Jaja" , he won many one-day and stage races and was ranked number 1 in the 1990s...
  
  
• Final — 1:07:34 (→ 13th place)

• Laurent Brochard
  Laurent Brochard
  Laurent Brochard is a retired professional road racing cyclist from France. In 1997 he won a stage of the Tour de France and became world road champion in San Sebastián, Spain....
  
  
• Final — 1:09:22 (→ 20th place)

Women's Individual Road Race

• Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
• Final — 02:36:13 (→ Gold Medal)

• Catherine Marsal
  Catherine Marsal
  Catherine Marsal is a retired female racing cyclist from France. She has been World Champion four times and raced professionally in Italy and the US. At the age of 17 she was selected for the French Olympic Team for the first time. Since then she represented her native country at four Summer...
  
  
• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 16th place)

• Marion Clignet
  Marion Clignet
  Marion Clignet is a French former track cyclist. Clignet was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 22 and was shunned by the United States Cycling Federation, and she subsequently raced for France.- Palmarès :...
  
  
• Final — 02:41:50 (→ 38th place)

Women's Individual Time Trial

• Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
• Final — 37:00 (→ Silver Medal)

• Marion Clignet
  Marion Clignet
  Marion Clignet is a French former track cyclist. Clignet was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 22 and was shunned by the United States Cycling Federation, and she subsequently raced for France.- Palmarès :...
  
  
• Final — 38:14 (→ 5th place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

• Francis Moreau
• Final — 21 points (→ 5th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

• Miguel Martinez
  Miguel Martinez (cyclist)
  Miguel Martinez is a French cyclist specializing in competitive cross-country mountain biking. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia after having finished in third place in the inaugural event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Final — 2:20.36 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Christophe Dupouey
  Christophe Dupouey
  Christophe Dupouey was a French mountain biker. In 1996 he won the gold medal in the men's cross country section of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. In 1998 he won the gold medal in the same section of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships...
  
  
• Final — 2:25.03 (→ 4th place)

Women's Cross Country

• Laurence Leboucher
  Laurence Leboucher
  Laurence Leboucher is a French professional cross-country mountain bike and cyclo-cross racer. She is a three-time Olympian and two-time world cyclo-cross champion.- Major achievements :...
  
  
• Final — 1:59.00 (→ 11th place)

• Sandra Temporelli
• Final — 2:06.57 (→ 24th place)

Diving

Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 121 divers from 40 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...

Women's 10m Platform

• Julie Danaux
• Preliminary Heat — 201.27 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Christophe Ruer — 5363 pts (→ 12th place)
• Sebastien Deleigne — 5071 pts (→ 26th place)

Men's Competition

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Christophe Kalfayan
  Christophe Kalfayan
  Christophe Kalfayan is a retired male freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He twice won the silver medal in the men's 50 m freestyle at the European LC Championships : in 1993 and 1995.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 22.83
• B-Final — 22.96 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Nicolas Gruson
• Heat — 50.71 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Christophe Bordeau
  Christophe Bordeau
  Christophe Bordeau is a retired butterfly and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won two bronze medals in the early 1990s at the European Long Course Championships.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 1:52.17 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Yann deFabrique
• Heat — 3:55.42
• B-Final — 3:56.46 (→ 15th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Yann deFabrique
• Heat — 15:40.49 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Franck Schott
  Franck Schott
  Franck Schott is a retired backstroke and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the 1991 European Long Course Championships in Athens, Greece.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 55.77
• Final — 55.76 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Jean-Christophe Sarnin
  Jean-Christophe Sarnin
  Jean-Christophe Sarnin is a retired male breaststroke swimmer from France, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Heat — 2:15.27
• B-Final — 2:16.26 (→ 14th place)

• Stéphan Perrot
  Stéphan Perrot
  Stéphan Perrot is a breaststroke swimmer from France, who won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres breaststroke event at the 1999 European Championships in Istanbul. He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he was eliminated in the semifinals of...
  
  
• Heat — 2:18.58 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Franck Esposito
  Franck Esposito
  Franck Esposito is a former swimmer from France, who won the bronze medal in the 200 metres butterfly at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona...
  
  
• Heat — 53.77
• B-Final — 54.02 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Franck Esposito
  Franck Esposito
  Franck Esposito is a former swimmer from France, who won the bronze medal in the 200 metres butterfly at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona...
  
  
• Heat — 1:58.79
• Final — 1:58.10 (→ 4th place)

• David Abrard
  David Abrard
  David Abrard is a retired butterfly swimmer from France, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  
• Heat — 2:00.60
• Final — 2:01.25 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Xavier Marchand
  Xavier Marchand
  Xavier Marchand is a former medley swimmer from France, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. He won his first international medal in 1997, at the European LC Championships in the 200 m individual medley behind Holland's...
  
  
• Heat — 2:03.17
• Final — 2:04.29 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Ludovic Depickère
  Ludovic Depickère
  Ludovic Depickère is a retired magician and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He was affiliated with a club called Dauphins Wattrelos....
  
  , Nicolas Gruson, Peirrick Chavatte, and Frédéric Lefevre
• Heat — 3:21.79 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Yann deFabrique, Lionel Poirot, Bruno Orsoni, and Christophe Bordeau
  Christophe Bordeau
  Christophe Bordeau is a retired butterfly and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won two bronze medals in the early 1990s at the European Long Course Championships.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 7:22.98
• Final — 7:24.85 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Franck Schott
  Franck Schott
  Franck Schott is a retired backstroke and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the 1991 European Long Course Championships in Athens, Greece.-References:* *...
  
  , Vladimir Latocha
  Vladimir Latocha
  Vladimir Latocha is a retired male breaststroke swimmer from France, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he ended up in ninth place in the men's 100 metres breaststroke event, clocking 1:02.28 in the B-Final.-References:*...
  
  , Franck Esposito
  Franck Esposito
  Franck Esposito is a former swimmer from France, who won the bronze medal in the 200 metres butterfly at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona...
  
  , and Nicolas Gruson
• Heat — 3:42.94 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Casey Legler
• Heat — 26.52 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Solenne Figuès
  Solenne Figuès
  Solenne Figuès is a French swimmer.Figuès represented France in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and the 2004 Athens Olympics. She won her first medal, a bronze, in 2000, in the 2000 European Swimming Championship in the 4×200 m freestyle relays...
  
  
• Heat — 56.90 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Solenne Figuès
  Solenne Figuès
  Solenne Figuès is a French swimmer.Figuès represented France in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and the 2004 Athens Olympics. She won her first medal, a bronze, in 2000, in the 2000 European Swimming Championship in the 4×200 m freestyle relays...
  
  
• Heat — 2:02.74
• B-Final — 2:01.47 (→ 12th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Laetitia Choux
• Heat — 4:21.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Hélène Ricardo
• Heat — 1:04.03 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Hélène Ricardo
• Heat — 2:14.18
• B-Final — 2:16.29 (→ 15th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Karine Brémond
• Heat — 1:11.80 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Karine Brémond
• Heat — 2:36.26 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Cécile Jeanson
• Heat — 1:01.58
• B-Final — 1:01.20 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Cécile Jeanson
• Heat — 2:13.58
• B-Final — 2:12.99 (→ 10th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Solenne Figuès
  Solenne Figuès
  Solenne Figuès is a French swimmer.Figuès represented France in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and the 2004 Athens Olympics. She won her first medal, a bronze, in 2000, in the 2000 European Swimming Championship in the 4×200 m freestyle relays...
  
  , Jacqueline Delord, Casey Legler, and Marianne Le Verge
• Heat — 3:48.30 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Marianne Le Verge, Hélène Ricardo, Leatitia Choux, and Solenne Figuès
  Solenne Figuès
  Solenne Figuès is a French swimmer.Figuès represented France in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and the 2004 Athens Olympics. She won her first medal, a bronze, in 2000, in the 2000 European Swimming Championship in the 4×200 m freestyle relays...
  
  
• Heat — 8:18.90 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Hélène Ricardo, Karine Brémond, Cécile Jeanson, and Solenne Figuès
  Solenne Figuès
  Solenne Figuès is a French swimmer.Figuès represented France in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and the 2004 Athens Olympics. She won her first medal, a bronze, in 2000, in the 2000 European Swimming Championship in the 4×200 m freestyle relays...
  
  
• Heat — 4:15.69 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

• Nathalie Tauziat
  Nathalie Tauziat
  Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
  
  
• First round — Lost to Gabriela Sabatini
  Gabriela Sabatini
  Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s...
  
   (Argentina) 5-7 2-6

• Mary Pierce
  Mary Pierce
  Mary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles...
  
  
• First round — Defeated Olga Barabanschikova
  Olga Barabanschikova
  Olga Barabanschikova is a professional Belarusian tennis player.Barabanschikova highest WTA singles ranking is 49th, which she reached on 2 March 1998. Her career high in doubles was at 81 set at 19 October 1998...
  
   (Belarus) 6-3 7-5
• Second round — Lost to Inés Gorrochategui
  Ines Gorrochategui
  Inés Gorrochategui is a former professional female tennis player from Argentina. She reached her career-high singles ranking World No...
  
   (Argentina) 4-6 6-1 5-7

Men's Beach Competition

• Jean-Philippe Jodard
  Jean-Philippe Jodard
  Jean-Philippe Jodard is a retired beach volleyball player from France, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996...
  
   and Christian Penigaud
  Christian Penigaud
  Christian Penigaud is a retired beach volleyball player from France, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996...
  
   — 13th place overall

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Eric Bonnel Eric Bonnel Eric Bonnel is a retired male weightlifter from France. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996 . His best finish was the 11th place in the men's bantamweight division .-References:*...	– 54 kg	105.0	110.0	115.0	135.0	140.0	140.0	250.0	11
Cédric Plançon	– 91 kg Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 91 kg These are the results of the men's 91 kg competition in weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. A total of 25 men entered this event, limited to weightlifters whose body weight was less than 91 kilograms.-Medalists:-Results:...	155.0	160.0	160.0	185.0	190.0	190.0	345.0	19