At the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

, 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...

was represented by the National Olympic Committee of France .

Medalists

France finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with 11 gold medals and 33 medals overall.

Archery

Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, Greece with ranking rounds on 12 August and regular competition held from 15 August to 21 August...

Men's individual:

• Franck Fisseux
  Franck Fisseux
  Franck Fisseux is an athlete from Vedène, France. He competes in archery.Fisseux competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He was defeated in the first round of elimination, placing 38th overall. Fisseux was also a member of the 10th-place French men's archery team at the...
  
   - 38th place
• Jocelyn de Grandis
  Jocelyn de Grandis
  Jocelyn de Grandis is a French archer.De Grandis competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. Despite being ranked as number 13 beforehand, he was defeated in the first round of elimination, placing 51st overall...
  
   - 51st place
• Thomas Naglieri
  Thomas Naglieri
  Thomas Naglieri is an athlete from France. He competes in archery.Naglieri competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He was defeated in the first round of elimination, placing 60th overall. Naglieri was also a member of the 10th-place French men's archery team at the...
  
   - 60th place

Women's individual:

• Alexandra Fouace
  Alexandra Fouace
  Alexandra Fouace is a French athlete who competed in archery at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004, she was 30th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 627. In the first round of elimination, she faced 35th-ranked Sayami Matsushita of Japan...
  
   - 34th place
• Bérangère Schuh
  Berangere Schuh
  Bérengère Schuh is an athlete from France. She competes in archery.- 2004 Summer Olympics :Schuh represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 31st in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 626. In the first round of elimination, she faced 34th-ranked Elpida...
  
   - 43rd place
• Aurore Trayan
  Aurore Trayan
  Aurore Trayan is an athlete from France. She competes in archery.Trayan represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 60th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 594. In the first round of elimination, she faced 6th-ranked Zhang Juanjuan of China...
  
   - 59th place

Men's team:

• Jocelyn de Grandis, Franck Fisseux, and Thomas Naglieri - 10th place

Women's team:

• Alexandra Fouace, Bérangère Schuh, and Aurore Trayan - 4th place

Athletics

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

Men's 100 metres:

• Ronald Pognon
  Ronald Pognon
  Ronald Pognon is a French sprint athlete. He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances...
  
   - Semifinal, 10.32 s (did not advance)
• Eddy de Lépine
  Eddy De Lépine
  Eddy De Lépine is a French sprinter. Together with Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, and Lueyi Dovy, he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics....
  
   - Round 2, DNS (did not advance)
• Issa Aime Nthepe - Round 1, 10.67 s (did not advance)

Women's 100 metres:

• Christine Arron - Semifinal, 11.21 s (did not advance)
• Véronique Mang
  Véronique Mang
  Véronique Mang is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France.She arrived in France with her mother, brother and sister in 1995. She represented Cameroon until 2003 when she gained French citizenship. She started running at age 12 in France...
  
   - Round 2, 11.39 s (did not advance)

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

• Ladji Doucouré
  Ladji Doucouré
  Ladji Doucouré is a French athlete of Malian and Senegalese descent. He was a football player and decathlete before specializing in hurdling.-Career:...
  
   - Final, 13.76 s (8th place)

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

• Reina Flor Okori - Semifinal, 12.81 s (did not advance)
• Linda Ferga-Khodadin
  Linda Ferga-Khodadin
  Linda Ferga-Khodadin is a French athlete competing in the 100 metres hurdles .-Achievements:*2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships - bronze medal*2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships - fifth place...
  
   - Round 1, 13.02 s (did not advance)
• Nicole Ramalalanirina
  Nicole Ramalalanirina
  Nicole Ramalalanirina is a French athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. She changed nationality from her native Madagascar in 1998....
  
   - Round 1, 13.07 s (did not advance)

Women's 200 metres:

• Sylviane Félix
  Sylviane Felix
  Sylviane Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....
  
   - Round 1: 22.94 s, Round 2: 23.08 s, Semifinal: 22.99 s
• Christine Arron - Round 1: 22.60 s, Round 2: 22.90 s, Semifinal: 23.05 s
• Muriel Hurtis
  Muriel Hurtis
  Muriel Hurtis-Houairi is a track and field athlete from France who specialises in the 200 metres. She came to prominence in 2002 when she won the 200 m gold medals at both the European Indoor Championships and the European Athletics Championships...
  
   - Round 1: 22.77 s, Round 2: 23.33 s

Men's 400 metres:

• Leslie Djhone
  Leslie Djhone
  Leslie Djhone is a French athlete. Competing mainly in the 400 metres event, he placed 5th at the 2003 World Championships and 2007 World Championships and 7th at the 2004 Olympics...
  
   - Final, 44.94 s (7th place)

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

• Naman Keïta
  Naman Keita
  Naman Keïta is a track and field athlete, who specialises in the 400 metre hurdles, competing internationally for France. He was a bronze medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.-Personal:Keïta was born in Paris to a Malian father and an Algerian mother...
  
   - Final, 48.26 s (bronze medal)

Men's 800 metres:

• Nicolas Aissat - Semifinal, 1:47.1 (did not advance)
• Florent Lacasse
  Florent Lacasse
  Florent Lacasse is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished sixth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and seventh at the 2006 IAAF World Cup. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics....
  
   - Round 1, 1:46.9 (did not advance)

Women's 800 metres:

• Élisabeth Grousselle
  Élisabeth Grousselle
  Élisabeth Grousselle is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 25.47 s *400 metres - 55.07 s *800 metres - 1:59.46 min -External links:...
  
   - Round 1: 2:00.31, Semifinal: 2:00.21

Men's 1500 metres:

• Mehdi Baala
  Mehdi Baala
  Mehdi Baala is a French middle-distance athlete competing mainly at 1500 metres. Baala has won numerous major medals, including two European titles. Baala is considered to be the best French middle-distance runner of all time...
  
   - Round 1, 3:46.06 (did not advance)
• Mounir Yemmouni
  Mounir Yemmouni
  Mounir Yemmouni is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the finals...
  
   - Round 1, 3:51.08 (did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres:

• Maria Martins
  Maria Martins
  Maria Martins is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:02.83 min *1500 metres - 4:04.55 min...
  
   - Round 1: 4:05.95, Semifinal: 4:12.76
• Hind Dehiba
  Hind Dehiba
  Hind Dehiba is a Moroccan-French runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.Her first podium finish at the 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships came with controversy. She took the bronze medal but impeded fourth-placed Helen Clitheroe in the final stages of the 1500 m...
  
   - Round 1: 4:07.96
• Latifa Essarokh - Round 1: 4:09.08

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:

• Bouabdellah Tahri - Final, 8:14.26 (7th place)
• Vincent Ledauphin - Final, 8:16.15 (10th place)

Women's 5000 metres:

• Margaret Maury
  Margaret Maury
  Margaret Maury, née Kerubo is a French long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. She changed nationality from her native Kenya in 2002.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 4:11.40 min...
  
   - Round 1: 14:56.79, Final: 15:09.77 (11th place)

Men's 10000 metres:

• Ismaïl Sghyr
  Ismaïl Sghyr
  Ismaïl Sghyr is a French runner who won a bronze medal at the over 3000 metres at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In 5000 metres he finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, as well as winning a bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships...
  
   - Final, 27:57.09 (8th place)

Men's 4x100 metre relay:

• Issa Aime Nthepe, Ronald Pognon, Frédéric Krantz
  Frédéric Krantz
  Frédéric Krantz is a French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.At the 1998 European Championships he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Thierry Lubin, Christophe Cheval and Needy Guims...
  
  , and David Alerte
  David Alerte
  David Alerte is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.At the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg he finished seventh in the 200 metres and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay...
  
   - Round 1, 0:38.93 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

• Véronique Mang
  Véronique Mang
  Véronique Mang is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France.She arrived in France with her mother, brother and sister in 1995. She represented Cameroon until 2003 when she gained French citizenship. She started running at age 12 in France...
  
  , Muriel Hurtis
  Muriel Hurtis
  Muriel Hurtis-Houairi is a track and field athlete from France who specialises in the 200 metres. She came to prominence in 2002 when she won the 200 m gold medals at both the European Indoor Championships and the European Athletics Championships...
  
  , Sylviane Félix
  Sylviane Felix
  Sylviane Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....
  
   and Christine Arron - Round 1: 42.98 s, Final: 42.54 s (bronze medal)

Men's 4x400 metre relay:

• Ahmed Douhou
  Ahmed Douhou
  Ahmed Douhou is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He switched nationality from his birth country Côte d'Ivoire in 2002....
  
  , Ibrahima Wade
  Ibrahima Wade
  Ibrahima Wade is a French sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He switched nationality from his birth country Senegal in 2000.His personal best time is 45.05 seconds, achieved in August 1998 in Dakar...
  
  , Abderrahim El Haouzy
  Abderrahim El Haouzy
  Abderrahim El Haouzy is a French sprinter. He specializes in the 400 metres.El Haouzy was born in Oued Jdida, and represented his birth country of Morocco until 2003....
  
  , and Leslie Djhone - Round 1, 3:04.39 (did not advance)

Men's decathlon:

• Laurent Hernu
  Laurent Hernu
  Laurent Hernu is a French decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
   - 8237 points (7th place)
• Romain Barras
  Romain Barras
  Romain Barras is a French decathlete. At the Universiade he finished fifth in 2001 and first in 2003, the latter in a personal best score of 8196 points. He represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympics and came in thirteenth place overall in the decathlon...
  
   - 8067 points (13th place)

Women's heptathlon:

• Marie Collonville
  Marie Collonvillé
  Marie Collonvillé is a French heptathlete. She was the first-ever IAAF-recognised world record holder in the women's decathlon; the event was officially recognised from 1 January 2005, and her mark of 8160 set in Talence on 26 September 2004 was broken by Austra Skujytė on 15 April...
  
   - 6279 points (7th place)

Men's marathon:

• El Hassan Lahssini - 2:19:50 (36th place)
• Driss El Himer
  Driss El Himer
  Driss El Himer is a French long-distance runner.He competed in the marathon at the 2004 Olympics, finishing 68th....
  
   - 2:29:07 (68th place)

Women's marathon:

• Corinne Raux - 2:35:54 (15th place)
• Hafida Gadi - 2:50:29 (52nd place)
• Rakiya Maraoui Quetier - DNF

Men's 50 km walk:

• Eddy Riva
  Eddy Riva
  Eddy Riva is a French race walker.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   - 4:00:25 (21st place)
• David Boulanger
  David Boulanger
  David Boulanger is a French race walker.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   - 4:01:32 (22nd place)
• Denis Langlois
  Denis Langlois
  Denis Langlois is a French race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   - DNF

Men's long jump:

• Salim Sdiri
  Salim Sdiri
  Salim Sdiri is a French long jumper of Tunisian descent. His personal best jump is 8.42 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Pierre-Bénite, which is the current French national record...
  
   - Final, 7.94 metres (12th place)
• Kafétien Gomis
  Kafetien Gomis
  Kafétien Gomis is a French long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.24 metres, achieved in August 2010....
  
   - Round 1, 7.99 metres (did not advance)
• Yann Domenech - Round 1, 7.73 metres (did not advance)

Women's long jump:

• Eunice Barber
  Eunice Barber
  Eunice Barber is a Sierra Leonean athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump. Barber initially competed for Sierra Leone and then for France from 1999 onwards...
  
   - Round 1: 6.37 metres

Men's triple jump:

• Julien Kapek
  Julien Kapek
  Julien Kapek is a French triple jumper.His personal best is 17.38 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Tomblaine. This result places him fourth on the all-time French performers list, only behind Serge Hélan and Karl Taillepierre.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   - Final, 16.81 metres (10th place)
• Karl Taillepierre
  Karl Taillepierre
  Karl Taillepierre is a French triple jumper.His personal best jump is 17.45 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Angers. This result places him second on the all-time French performers list, behind Serge Hélan....
  
   - Round 1, 15.50 metres (did not advance)

Men's pole vault:

• Romain Mesnil
  Romain Mesnil
  Romain Mesnil is a French pole vaulter. His personal best is 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Castres...
  
   - Round 1, 5.65 metres (did not advance)
• Nicolas Guigon - Round 1, 5.30 metres (did not advance)

Women's pole vault:

• Vanessa Boslak
  Vanessa Boslak
  Vanessa Boslak is a French pole vaulter.Her personal best is 4.70 metres, achieved in Malaga in June 2006 and during the final of the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan .-Achievements:...
  
   - Round 1: 4.40 metres, Final: 4.40 metres (6th place)
• Marie Poissonnier
  Marie Poissonnier
  Marie Poissonnier is a female pole vaulter from France. Her personal best jump is 4.46 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Saint-Etienne....
  
   - Round 1: 4.00 metres

Women's shot put:

• Laurence Manfredi
  Laurence Manfredi
  Laurence Manfredi is a French shot putter.She finished fifth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships...
  
   - Round 1: 17.78 metres

Women's discus:

• Mélina Robert-Michon
  Mélina Robert-Michon
  Mélina Robert-Michon is a French discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 65.78 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Salon-de-Provence. Melina is now the mother a little Elyssa born on 24/08/10.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   - Round 1: 56.70 metres

Men's javelin:

• David Brisseault - Round 1, 71.86 metres (did not advance)

Women's hammer:

• Manuela Montebrun
  Manuela Montebrun
  Manuela Montebrun is a female hammer thrower from France. Her personal best throw is 74.66 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Zagreb.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   - Round 1: 67.90 metres

Badminton

Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from August 14 through August 21. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed doubles event....

Women's singles:

• Pi Hongyan
  Pi Hongyan
  Pi Hongyan is a female badminton player from France.- Career :Pi Hongyan is one of a number of talented Chinese-born badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because of the intense competition to gain positions on its national team, and because of the elite status within the sport...
  
   - defeated in round of 32

Mixed doubles:

• Svetoslav Stoyanov and Victoria Wright
  Victoria Wright
  Victoria Wright is a female badminton player from France.Wright competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Svetoslav Stoyanov. They lost to Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark in the round of 32.- References...
  
   - defeated in round of 32

Boxing

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each...

France sent six boxers to Athens, mostly in the lighter weight classes. They won a silver medal. Two lost their first bouts, as the team combined for a record of 8-6. France was part of a four-way tie for 8th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Redouane Asloum
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Aleksan Nalbandyan of Armenia
     Armenia
     Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
     
     , 27-20

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Jérôme Thomas
  Jérôme Thomas
  Jérôme Thomas is a boxer from France, competing in the flyweight division....
  
   - Silver Medal
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Akhil Kumar
     Akhil Kumar
     Akhil Kumar is an Indian boxer who has won several international and national boxing awards. He practices an “Open Guarded” boxing style. In 2005, the Indian government gave him the Arjuna Award for his achievements in international Boxing...
     
      of India
     India
     India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
     
     , 37-16
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Juan Carlos Payano
     Juan Carlos Payano
     Juan Carlos Payano is a boxer from the Dominican Republic best known for winning a silver medal at flyweight at the Pan-Am Games twice.-Career:At the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo he lost to Yuriorkis Gamboa and won silver....
     
      of Dominican Republic
     Dominican Republic
     The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
     
     , 36-17
  3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Tulashboy Doniyorov
     Tulashboy Doniyorov
     Tulashboy Doniyorov is a boxer from Uzbekistan, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native Asian country.-Career:2002 at the Asian Games he was eliminated in the first round by Filipino Violito Payla....
     
      of Uzbekistan
     Uzbekistan
     Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
     
     , 25-16
  4. Semifinal - Defeated Fuad Aslanov
     Fuad Aslanov
     Fuad Aslanov is an Azerbaijani boxer who competed in the flyweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal...
     
      of Azerbaijan
     Azerbaijan
     Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
     
     , 23-18
  5. Final - Lost to Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano
     Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano
     Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano is a Cuban professional boxer who, as an amateur boxer, won an Olympic gold medal in the flyweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the former IBF and WBA Featherweight champion, being stripped of both titles...
     
      of Cuba
     Cuba
     The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
     
     , 38-23

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Ali Hallab
  Ali Hallab
  Ali Hallab is a boxer from France. He is best known for having won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:...
  
  
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Malik Bouziane
     Malik Bouziane
     -Career:Bouziane participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There, he was stopped in the second round of the bantamweight division by Russia's Gennady Kovalev....
     
      of Algeria
     Algeria
     Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
     
     , 19-16

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Khedafi Djelkhir
  Khedafi Djelkhir
  Khédafi Djelkhir, or sometimes Khesafi Djelkhir, is a French featherweight amateur boxer of Algerian origin...
  
  
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Saifeddine Nejmaoui
     Saifeddine Nejmaoui
     Saifeddine Nejmaoui is a Tunisian boxer who won the lightweight division at the 2007 All-Africa Games and twice competed at the Olympic Games: 2004 and 2008.In Athens 2004 he lost his first match to Frenchman Khedafi Djelkhir...
     
      of Tunisia
     Tunisia
     Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
     
     , 38-13
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Vitali Tajbert
     Vitali Tajbert
     Vitali Tajbert is a German boxer, who won a Featherweight Bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.His family migrated from Kazakhstan as ethnic Germans to Stuttgart in 1992.-Amateur results:...
     
      of Germany
     Germany
     Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
     
     , 40-26

Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)

• Willy Blain
  Willy Blain
  Willy Blain is a boxer from France, best known to win the 2003 amateur world title in the Light Welterweight division.-Amateur:...
  
  
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Sassi Mohamed Ali of Tunisia
     Tunisia
     Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
     
     , 36-14
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Alexandr Maletin
     Alexandr Maletin
     Alexandr Ivanovich Maletin is a boxer from Russia best known to win the lightweight world championships 1997.-Career:Maletin won the bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...
     
      of Russia
     Russia
     Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
     
     , 28-20
  3. Quarterfinal - Lost to Manus Boonjumnong
     Manus Boonjumnong
     Manus Boonjumnong is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics . He is the brother of Non Boonjumnong.-Amateur career:...
     
      of Thailand
     Thailand
     Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
     
     , 20-8

Men's Welterweight (– 69 kg)

• Xavier Noël
  Xavier Noël
  Xavier Noel is a French welterweight amateur boxer who won silver at the 2004 European Championships and participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Career:...
  
  
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Andre Berto
     Andre Berto
     Andre Michael Berto is a Haitian-American professional boxer. On June 21, 2008, Berto became the WBC welterweight champion by defeating Miguel Rodriguez by seventh round technical knockout. He lost his WBC welterweight title on April 16, 2011 to Victor Ortiz via unanimous decision...
     
      of Haiti
     Haiti
     Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
     
     , 36-34
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Viktor Polyakov
     Viktor Polyakov
     Viktor Lvovych Polyakov is a boxer from Ukraine, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...
     
      of Ukraine
     Ukraine
     Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
     
     , 32-25

Flatwater

Men's C2 500 metres:

• Yannick Lavigne
  Yannick Lavigne
  Yannick Lavigne is a French sprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the C-4 500 m event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan....
  
   and José Lenoir
  José Lenoir
  José Lenoir is a French sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-2 500 m and C-2 1000 m events.-References:*...
  
   - semifinal, 13th place

Men's C2 1000 metres:

• Yannick Lavigne and José Lenoir - semifinal, 11th place

Men's K1 500 metres:

• Babak Amir Tahmasseb - final, 7th place

Women's K1 500 metres:

• Nathalie Marie
  Nathalie Marie
  Nathalie Marie is a French sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m event.-References:*...
  
   - semifinal, 16th place

Men's K1 1000 metres:

• Babak Amir Tahmasseb - semifinal, 12th place

Women's K2 500 metres:

• Anne-Laure Viard
  Anne-Laure Viard
  Anne-Laure Viard is a French sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at Beijing in 2008....
  
   and Marie Delattre
  Marie Delattre
  Marie Delattre is a French sprint canoer.-Career:Delattre has competed since the mid 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at Beijing in 2008....
  
   - semifinal, 10th place

Slalom

Men's C1 slalom:

• Tony Estanguet
  Tony Estanguet
  Tony Estanguet is a French slalom canoeist. He has competed since the late 1990s.-Career:Tony is the son of Henri Estanguet, himself a canoeist who won medals at the World Championships in the 1970s...
  
   - final, gold medal
• Nicolas Peschier
  Nicolas Peschier
  Nicolas Peschier is a French slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. He won two medals in the C-1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2007 and a silver in 2009....
  
   - preliminary heats, 14th place

Men's C2 slalom:

• Philippe Quemerais
  Philippe Quemerais
  Philippe Quemerais is a French slalom canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. He finished fifth in the C-2 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:*...
  
   and Yann le Pennec
  Yann le Pennec
  Yann le Pennec is a French slalom canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. He finished fifth in the C-2 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:*...
  
   - final, 5th place

Men's K1 slalom:

• Benoît Peschier
  Benoît Peschier
  Benoît Peschier is a French slalom canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. He won the gold in the K-1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
  
   - final, gold medal
• Fabien Lefèvre
  Fabien Lefèvre
  Fabien Lefèvre is a French slalom canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-1 event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....
  
   - final, bronze medal

Women's K1 slalom:

• Peggy Dickens
  Peggy Dickens
  Peggy Dickens is a French slalom canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 event at the 2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Penrith....
  
   - final, 4th place

Road cycling

Men's road race:

• Thomas Voeckler
  Thomas Voeckler
  Thomas Voeckler is a French professional road racing cyclist who rides for the cycling team.- Biography :Voeckler has been a professional cyclist since 2001. He rides for , formerly known as Bbox Bouygues Telecom, Bouygues Télécom, Brioches la Boulangère, and Bonjour...
  
   - 20th place, 5:41:56
• 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....
  
   - 44th place, 5:44:13
• Richard Virenque
  Richard Virenque
  Richard VirenqueRichard Virenque's name is pronounced Ree-shah Vee-rahnk. Virenque considers himself a man of the South but pronounces his name in standard French. Confusion is caused by the southern habit of pronouncing "en" as "ang" or "eng", making it Vee-rank. But Virenque says Vee-rahnk or...
  
   - 48th place, 5:44:13
• Sylvain Chavanel
  Sylvain Chavanel
  Sylvain Chavanel Albira is a French professional road bicycle racer. His brother Sébastien Chavanel is also a cyclist.Chavanel started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team Bonjour, which became Brioches La Boulangère in 2003...
  
   - did not finish
• Christophe Moreau
  Christophe Moreau
  Christophe Moreau is a French former professional road racing cyclist. For many years Moreau was the primary French contender for the general classification in the Tour de France: he finished in the top 12 in the GC five times and finished the race as best Frenchman in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005...
  
   - did not finish

Women's road race:

• Jeannie Longo
  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...
  
   - 10th place, 3:25:23
• Edwige Pitel - 32nd place, 3:28:39
• Sonia Huguet
  Sonia Huguet
  Sonia Huguet is a French racing cyclist who represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was a professional rider between 1994 and 2005.-Palmarès:1993199419962001200220032004-External links:*-References:...
  
   - 40th place, 3:30:30

Men's time trial:

• Christophe Moreau - 12th place, 59:50.28

Women's time trial:

• Jeannie Longo - 14th place, 33:05.72
• Edwige Pitel - 20th place, 34:02.35

Track cycling

Men's individual pursuit:

• Fabien Sanchez - first round, 6th place

Men's team pursuit:

• Mathieu Ladagnous
  Mathieu Ladagnous
  Mathieu Ladagnous is a French road racing cyclist who rides for . He also competes as a track cyclist.-Career:...
  
  , Anthony Langella, Jérôme Neuville
  Jérôme Neuville
  Jérôme Neuville is a French racing cyclist.He had a break in his track cycling career between 1999 and 2002, during which time he competed on the road as a professional cyclist with the Crédit Agricole team , and Cofidis...
  
  , and Fabien Sanchez - first round, 7th place

Men's individual sprint:

• Laurent Gané
  Laurent Gané
  Laurent Gané is a French professional track cyclist.He was awarded the Vélo d'Or français, which is awarded by a panel of French journalists, in 1999 and 2003.Gané is also the cousin of cyclist Hervé Gané....
  
   - bronze medal match, 4th place
• Mickaël Bourgain
  Mickael Bourgain
  Mickaël Bourgain is a French track cyclist, who won a bronze medal in the men's team sprint race at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Laurent Gané and Arnaud Tournant....
  
   - classification 5-8, 8th place

Men's team sprint:

• Mickaël Bourgain, Laurent Gané, Arnaud Tournant
  Arnaud Tournant
  Arnaud Tournant is a French track cyclist. He has won 14 World Championships and won a gold, silver and a bronze at the Summer Olympics.-Biography:...
  
   - bronze medal match, bronze medal

Men's time trial:

• Arnaud Tournant - silver medal, 1:00.896
• François Pervis
  François Pervis
  François "Franck" Pervis is a French track cyclist. He is a former junior World Champion in the team sprint and twice European under 23 champion...
  
   - 6th place, 1:02.328

Men's points race:

• Franck Perque - 10th place, 43 points

Women's points race:

• Sonia Huguet
  Sonia Huguet
  Sonia Huguet is a French racing cyclist who represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was a professional rider between 1994 and 2005.-Palmarès:1993199419962001200220032004-External links:*-References:...
  
   - 12th place, 2 points

Men's Keirin:

• Mickaël Bourgain - final, 4th place
• Laurent Gané - first repechage, no rank

Men's Madison:

• Jérôme Neuville
  Jérôme Neuville
  Jérôme Neuville is a French racing cyclist.He had a break in his track cycling career between 1999 and 2002, during which time he competed on the road as a professional cyclist with the Crédit Agricole team , and Cofidis...
  
   and Mathieu Ladagnous
  Mathieu Ladagnous
  Mathieu Ladagnous is a French road racing cyclist who rides for . He also competes as a track cyclist.-Career:...
  
   - did not finish

Mountain biking

Men's Cross Country

• Julien Absalon
  Julien Absalon
  Julien Absalon is a French cross-country mountain biker. He won gold medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He rides for the Spanish mountain bike team Orbea. Absalon has 17 World Cup wins. Absalon won four consecutive Mountain Bike World Championships...
  
   — 2:15:02 (→ Gold Medal)
• Jean-Christophe Péraud
  Jean-Christophe Péraud
  Jean-Christophe Péraud is a French cyclist and was a member of the French team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He won the Silver medal in the cross-country race. In June 2009 he became the surprise winner of the French National Time Trial Championship...
  
   — 2:20:59 (→ 11th place)
• 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:...
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Ccross 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 :...
  
   — 2:05:34 (→ 8th place)

Diving

Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, eight diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olympic Aquatic Centre, from 20 to 28 August , comprising a total of 125 divers from 30 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:-Participating nations:Here are listed the nations that...

Women's 10 metre platform:

• Claire Febvay
  Claire Febvay
  Claire Febvay is a French diver.-External links:*...
  
   - preliminary, 33rd place

Equestrian

Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The events of the Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured three equestrian disciplines: dressage, eventing and jumping. All three disciplines are further divided into individual and team contests for a total of six events....

• The team of Arnaud Boiteau
  Arnaud Boiteau
  Arnaud Boiteau is a French equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:...
  
  , Didier Courrèges
  Didier Courrèges
  Didier Courrèges is a high-level horse rider. He is professor of equitation at the National School of Equitation in Saumur, France, and a member of its equestrian display team, the Cadre Noir....
  
  , Cédric Lyard
  Cédric Lyard
  Cédric Lyard is a French equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:...
  
  , Jean Teulère
  Jean Teulère
  Jean Teulère is a French equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and finished 4th in the individual contest.-References:...
  
   and Nicolas Touzaint
  Nicolas Touzaint
  Nicolas Touzaint, born 10 May 1980, is a French professional horserider specialising in three day eventing. He was born into a family already known for its performance in equestrianism: his father, Jean-Yves Touzaint, was champion of France eventing in 1975 and 1976...
  
   won the gold medal in team eventing (after a time penalty imposed on the German athlete Bettina Hoy by the FEI
  International Federation for Equestrian Sports
  The Fédération Équestre Internationale or in English, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, is the international governing body of equestrian sports. It recognizes ten international disciplines...
  
   Ground Jury, the competitor having crossed the start line twice).

Fencing

Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Fencing Hall at the Helliniko Olympic Complex. Ten gold medals were awarded in individual and team events further divided into three styles of fencing: épée, foil and sabre....

Men's épée individual:

• Érik Boisse
  Érik Boisse
  Érik Boisse is a French épée fencer. He is the son of Philippe Boisse.Boisse won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished this with his team mates Ulrich Robeiri, Gauthier Grumier,...
  
   - 4th place
• Fabrice Jeannet
  Fabrice Jeannet
  Fabrice Jeannet is a retired French épée fencer.Jeannet won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the individual épée in 2008. He was also a member of the French team that won the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Spain in...
  
   - defeated in quarterfinals
• Hugues Obry
  Hugues Obry
  Hugues Obry is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in team épée at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Érik Boisse, Fabrice Jeannet and Jérôme Jeannet. He won two silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:...
  
   - defeated in round of 32

Women's épée individual:

• Laura Flessel-Colovic
  Laura Flessel-Colovic
  Laura Flessel-Colovic is a French épée fencer. She is currently number one on the all-time list of French female Winter or Summer Olympic medal winners with five medals, two more than...
  
   - silver medal
• Maureen Nisima
  Maureen Nisima
  Maureen Nisima is a French épée fencer, who won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics alongside Laura Flessel-Colovic, Hajnalka Kiraly Picot and Sarah Daninthe....
  
   - bronze medal
• Hajnalka Kiraly Picot
  Hajnalka Kiraly Picot
  Hajnalka Kiraly-Picot is a Hungarian-born French épée fencer, who won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics alongside Laura Flessel-Colovic, Maureen Nisima and Sarah Daninthe....
  
   - defeated in round of 16

Men's foil individual:

• Brice Guyart
  Brice Guyart
  Brice Guyart is a foil fencer from France.- Honours :* 2000 – Team Olympic Champion* 2001 – Team World Champion with France* 2001 – World Bronze Medal* 2003 – World Bronze Medal...
  
   - gold medal
• Loïc Attelly - defeated in round of 16
• Erwan le Pechoux - defeated in round of 16

Women's foil individual:

• Adeline Wuilleme
  Adeline Wuillème
  Adeline Wuillème , is a French foil fencer who competed in three Olympic games-References:...
  
   - defeated in quarterfinals

Men's sabre individual:

• Julien Pillet
  Julien Pillet
  Julien Pillet is a French sabre fencer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist as he won the gold in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics and also at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
  
   - defeated in round of 16
• Gaël Touya
  Gaël Touya
  Gaël Touya is a French fencer. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, in team sabre, together with his brother Damien Touya and Julien Pillet.- References :...
  
   - defeated in round of 32
• 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:...
  
   - defeated in round of 32

Women's sabre individual:

• Léonore Perrus - defeated in quarterfinals
• Anne-Lise Touya - defeated in round of 16
• Cécile Argiolas - defeated in round of 16

Men's épée team:

• Fabrice Jeannet, Jérôme Jeannet
  Jérôme Jeannet
  Jérôme Jeannet is a French épée fencer.His brother, Fabrice Jeannet is a fencer also.-Record Against Selected Opponents:...
  
  , and Hugues Obry - gold medal

Women's épée team:

• Maureen Nisima, Hajnalka Kiraly Picot, and Laura Flessel-Colovic - bronze medal

Men's foil team:

• Loïc Attelly, Jean-Noël Ferrari
  Jean-Noël Ferrari
  Jean-Noël Ferrari is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in team foil at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Athens, together with Lionel Plumenail, Brice Guyart and Patrice Lhotellier.-References:...
  
  , and Brice Guyart - 5th place

Men's sabre team:

• Julien Pillet, Damien Touya, and Gaël Touya - gold medal

Gymnastics

Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...

Men's artistic: 9th place team

• Pierre-Yves Beny - advanced in one exercise
  • Rings - 6th place
• Yann Cucherat
  Yann Cucherat
  Yann Cucherat is a French gymnast. He won a bronze medal in parallel bars at the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:...
  
   - advanced in one exercise
  • Parallel bars - 6th place
• Benoît Caranobe
  Benoît Caranobe
  Benoît Caranobe is a French gymnast who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Caranobe was the first Frenchman to medal in the Individual All-Around competition since Marco Torrès won silver and Jean Gounot won bronze in said event at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.- 2004 Athens Olympics :In...
  
   - advanced in one exercise
  • All-around - 17th place
• Dimitri Karbanenko - did not advance in any exercise
• Florent Marée - did not advance in any exercise
• Johan Mounard - did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic: 6th place team

• Émilie Le Pennec
  Émilie Le Pennec
  Émilie Le Pennec was the first French gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal in women's artistic gymnastics....
  
   - advanced in two exercises
  • Uneven bars - gold medal
  • All-around - 14th place
• Marine Debauve
  Marine Debauve
  Marine Debauve is a French artistic gymnast who competed in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. As the 2005 all-around European Champion, Debauve is also the first French female gymnast to win a major international all-around title...
  
   - advanced in one exercise
  • All-around - 7th place
• Coralie Chacon - advanced in one exercise
  • Vault - 8th place
• Soraya Chaouch - did not advance in any exercise
• Camille Schmutz - did not advance in any exercise
• Isabelle Severino
  Isabelle Severino
  Isabelle Severino, born 9 April 1980, is a French gymnast and actress from Montmorency, Paris, France.Severino was a member of the 1996 and 2004 French Olympic teams where the French team placed 8th and 6th respectively...
  
   - did not advance in any exercise

Men's trampoline:

• David Martin - 8th place

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round
• 5-0-0
• Quarterfinal
• Lost to Russia (26-24)
• Classification Match (5-8)
• Defeated Spain (29-27)
• Classification Match (5/6)
• Defeated Greece (33-15) (→ 5th place)
• Team Roster
• Joël Abati
  Joël Abati
  Joël Marc Abati is a French handball player, currently playing for Montpellier HB in France.Before joining Montpellier HB, Abati played ten years for SC Magdeburg in Germany.- History:...
  
  
• Grégory Anquetil
  Grégory Anquetil
  Grégory Anquetil is a French team handball player. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the French team placed 4th, and also at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Cédric Burdet
  Cédric Burdet
  Cédric Burdet is a retired French handball player who played most of his career in French handball team Montpellier HB until his retirement in 2009 ....
  
  
• Didier Dinart
  Didier Dinart
  Didier Dinart is a French handball player, currently playing for the internationally renowned BM Ciudad Real handball team in Spain...
  
  
• Jérôme Fernandez
  Jérôme Fernandez
  Jérôme Fernandez is a French handball player, currently playing for THW Kiel in Germany.-History:* 1997-1999 : Spacer's Toulouse* 1999-2002 : Montpellier HB* 2002-2008 : FC Barcelona Handbol...
  
  
• Guillaume Gille
  Guillaume Gille
  Guillaume Alain Gille , is a handball player from France. He is the winner of the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Together with his brother, Bertrand Gille, he plays in the German Bundesliga for HSV Hamburg.-Career:Gille's career as a handball player began early...
  
  
• Bertrand Gille
• Olivier Girault
  Olivier Girault
  Olivier Girault is a now retired French team handball player, who is currently the coach of the Paris Handball team...
  
  
• Michaël Guigou
  Michaël Guigou
  Michaël Guigou is a French handball player, having played since the start of his career for Montpellier HB....
  
  
• Nikola Karabatic
  Nikola Karabatic
  Nikola Karabatić ) is a French team handball player, born to a Croatian father and Serbian mother.He was part of the French national handball team that won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship. He was top scorer at the championship together with Ivano Balić and Lars...
  
  
• Guéric Kervadec
  Guéric Kervadec
  Guéric Kervadec is a French team handball player. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the French team placed 4th. He also participated at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Daniel Narcisse
  Daniel Narcisse
  Daniel Narcisse is a French handball player. His main strength as a field player is his ability to jump very high, to the point of being able to score goals above interfering defense players...
  
  
• Thierry Omeyer
• Yohann Ploquin
  Yohann Ploquin
  Yohann Ploquin is a French team handball player. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the French team placed fifth.-References:...
  
  
• Jackson Richardson
  Jackson Richardson
  Jackson Richardson is a retired French handball player. As the captain of the French handball team, he was the flag carrier during the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Athens on August 13, 2004....
  
  

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round
• 2-0-2
• Quarterfinals
• Defeated Hungary (25-23)
• Semifinals
• Lost to South Korea (31-32)
• Bronze Medal Match
• Lost to Ukraine (18-21) → 4th place
• Team Roster
• Joanne Dudziak
  Joanne Dudziak
  Joanne Dudziak is a French handball goalkeeper. She has played for the club HBC Nîmes and for the French national team.She became World Champion in 2003, when France won the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia....
  
  
• Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin
  Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin
  Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin is a French team handball player. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where the French team placed sixth. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where France placed fourth.-References:...
  
  
• Estelle Vogein
  Estelle Vogein
  Estelle Vogein is a French team handball player. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the French team placed fourth.-References:...
  
  
• Leïla Lejeune-Duchemann
• Sandrine Delerce
• Melinda Jacques
• Nodjialem Myaro
  Nodjialem Myaro
  Nodjialem Myaro is a French handball player who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland
  Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland
  Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland is a French former handballer who played for the French national team. She received a gold medal at the 2003 World Championship and a silver medal at the 1999 World Championship. She won the Cup Winners' Cup with ES Besançon in 2003.Pecqueux-Rolland made her debut with...
  
  
• Sophie Herbrecht
  Sophie Herbrecht
  Sophie Herbrecht is a French handball player. She has played for the club Entente Sportive Besançon and for the French national team....
  
  
• Stéphanie Cano
  Stéphanie Cano
  Stéphanie Cano is a French handball player who has played for the French national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the French team placed fifth.-References:...
  
  
• Isabelle Wendling
  Isabelle Wendling
  Isabelle Wendling is a French handball player and member of a former World Champion French national team....
  
  
• Myriam Korfanty
  Myriam Korfanty
  Myriam Korfanty is a French team handball player. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where the French team placed sixth. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where France placed fourth.-References:...
  
  
• Delphine Guehl
• Raphaëlle Tervel
  Raphaëlle Tervel
  Raphaëlle Tervel is a French handball player who plays for the Spanish club SD Itxako. She was born in Besançon.She made her debut with the national team in 1998. She won gold medals with the French team at the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia. She competed at the Summer...
  
  
• Valérie Nicolas
  Valérie Nicolas
  Valérie Nicolas is a French handball goalkeeper and former player of the French national team. She became World Champion in 2003 with the French team, and was also voted Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper. She was voted into the All-Star Team in the 2007 World Championship...
  
  

Judo

Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and featured 368 judoka competing for 14 gold medals with seven different weight categories in both the men's and women's competitions. Japan dominated the event by taking 8 gold and 2 silver medals.Gold and silver medals...

Men's 60 kg:

• Benjamin Darbelet
  Benjamin Darbelet
  Benjamin Darbelet is a French judoka.- External links :* on JudoInside.com*...
  
   - defeated in round of 16

Men's 66 kg:

• Larbi Benboudaoud
  Larbi Benboudaoud
  Larbi Benboudaoud is a judoka from France, who won the silver medal in the half lightweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...
  
   - defeated in round of 32

Men's 73 kg:

• Daniel Fernandes
  Daniel Fernandes (judoka)
  Daniel Fernandes is an French judoka.-Achievements:- Video :* on Judovision.org-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   - defeated in semifinals; lost repechage finals

Men's 81 kg:

• Cédric Claverie
  Cédric Claverie
  -Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...
  
   - defeated in round of 32

Men's 90 kg:

• Frédéric Demontfaucon
  Frédéric Demontfaucon
  Frédéric Demontfaucon is a judoka from France.-Achievements:- Video :* -References:* on JudoInside.com*...
  
   - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage round of 16

Men's 100 kg:

• Ghislain Lemaire
  Ghislain Lemaire
  Ghislain Lemaire is a French judoka.-Achievements:- Video :* on Judovision.org-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals

Men's 100+ kg:

• Mathieu Bataille - defeated in round of 32

Women's 48 kg:

• Frédérique Josselin - silver medal; defeated in final

Women's 52 kg:

• Annabelle Euranie - defeated in semifinals; repechage finals

Women's 57 kg:

• Barbara Harel - defeated in round of 16; repechage finals

Women's 63 kg:

• Lucie Decosse
  Lucie Décosse
  Lucie Décosse is a female French judoka.-Medals:She won several gold medals:* 2002: European Championships* 2005: World Championships* 2007: European Championships* 2010: World Championships...
  
   - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals

Women's 78 kg:

• Céline Lebrun
  Céline Lebrun
  Céline Lebrun is a French judoka born in Paris, France. She has competed in judo at both national and international level...
  
   - defeated in semifinals; repechage finals

Women's 78+ kg:

• Éva Bisseni
  Éva Bisséni
  Éva Bisséni is a French judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   - defeated in round of 16

Modern Pentathlon

Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre at the Goudi Olympic Complex as single day events for men and women on August 26 and August 27, respectively....

Women's

• Amélie Caze - 5144 pts, 11th place
• Blandine Lachèze - 4988 pts, 19th place

Men's

• Sébastien Deleigne - 5180 pts, 15th place
• Raphaël Astier - 4932 pts, 25th place

Rowing

Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events....

• The team of Sébastien Vieilledent
  Sébastien Vieilledent
  Sébastien Vieilledent is a 2004 French rowing gold medallist. He won the gold medal alongside Adrien Hardy. He is currently coaching the French women's Olympic team.-References:*...
  
   and Adrien Hardy
  Adrien Hardy
  Adrien Hardy is a French rower and Olympic gold medallist.- References :...
  
   won the gold medal in men's double sculls
• The team of Frédéric Dufour
  Frédéric Dufour
  Frederic Dufour is a French rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   and Pascal Touron
  Pascal Touron
  Pascal Touron is a French rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   won the silver medal in lightweight men's double sculls

Sailing

Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre with eleven events being contested.The events were split into four classes for men, four for women, and three mixed classes that were open to both men and women...

• Faustine Merret
  Faustine Merret
  Faustine Lucie Merret is a French windsurfer, who became Olympic champion at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the windsurfing class. She also has won several medals at World and European championships in the mistral and RS:X windsurfing classes.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
   won the gold medal in Women's Mistral

Swimming

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

• Hugues Duboscq
  Hugues Duboscq
  Hugues Duboscq is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He has won three Olympic bronze medals....
  
   won the bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke
• 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...
  
   won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle
• Laure Manaudou
  Laure Manaudou
  Laure Manaudou |Rhône]]) is a French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer. She is the daughter of a French father and a Dutch mother.- 2004 Olympics :...
  
   won the gold medal in the women's 400 m freestyle, the silver medal in the women's 800 m freestyle and the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke
• Malia Metella
  Malia Metella
  Malia Metella is a French Olympic freestyle swimmer from French Guiana. She swam for France at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 2004 in the women's 50 free....
  
   won the silver medal in the women's 50 m freestyle Metella became the first person of color to win an Olympic medal in swimming

Taekwondo

Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex where 124 competitors competed in eight events, four each for men and women....

• Pascal Gentil
  Pascal Gentil
  Pascal Gentil is a French taekwondo practitioner. A three-time winner of the European Championships, four-time World Cup Champion and Olympic bronze medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympicsin Athens, Pascal Gentil is the most decorated taekwondo practitioner...
  
   won the bronze medal in men's over 80 kg
• Myriam Baverel
  Myriam Baverel
  Myriam Baverel is a French taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she received a silver medal in the +67 kg class...
  
   won the silver medal in women's over 67 kg

Tennis

Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on ten separate courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre. The surface was hardcourt, specifically DecoTurf....

• Amélie Mauresmo
  Amélie Mauresmo
  Amélie Simone Mauresmo ; is a French former professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon....
  
   won the silver medal in women's singles

Triathlon

Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the triathlon events were held at the Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre. Fifty triathletes contested the female event on August 25, and the same number contested the male event on August 26, making up a total of 100 competitors....

While the French had fewer top eight triathletes in 2004 than they had in 2000, Frédéric Belaubre

Frédéric Belaubre

Fred Belaubre , is a professional French triathlete. He was the European Champion of the years 2005, 2006, and 2008, the French Champion of the years 2007 and 2010. Belaubre took part in two Olympic Games, placing 5th in Athens and 10th in Beijing .- Sports career :Fred Belaubre lives in St...

 earned the highest individual place of any French triathlete with a fifth place finish. France's sole female triathlete was the last to finish.

Women's:

• Delphine Pelletier
  Delphine Pelletier
  Delphine Pelletier is an athlete from France, who competes in triathlon. Pelletier competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was the last athlete to finish, placing forty-fourth, out of the fifty athletes that started, with a time of 2:22:39.28.-References:*...
  
   - 2:22:39.28 (44th place)

Men's:

• Frédéric Belaubre
  Frédéric Belaubre
  Fred Belaubre , is a professional French triathlete. He was the European Champion of the years 2005, 2006, and 2008, the French Champion of the years 2007 and 2010. Belaubre took part in two Olympic Games, placing 5th in Athens and 10th in Beijing .- Sports career :Fred Belaubre lives in St...
  
   - 1:52:00.53 (5th place)
• Carl Blasco
  Carl Blasco
  Carl Blasco is an athlete from France. He competes in triathlon.Blasco competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took nineteenth place with a total time of 1:50:18.02....
  
   - 1:53:20.16 (12th place)
• Stéphane Poulat
  Stephane Poulat
  Stéphane Poulat is an athlete from France. He competes in triathlon.Poulat competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He placed fourteenth with a total time of 1:53:51.35.-References:...
  
   - 1:53:51.35 (14th place)

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round
• 2-3
• Quarterfinals
• Did not qualify
• Team Roster
• Hubert Henno
  Hubert Henno
  Hubert Henno is a French volleyball player, who won the bronze medal with the France men's national volleyball team at the 2002 World Championships. Standing at 188 m, he played as a libero for M...
  
  
• Dominique Daquin
  Dominique Daquin
  Dominique Daquin is a French volleyball player, who won the bronze medal with the France men's national volleyball team at the 2002 World Championship. Standing at 1,97 m, he plays as a middle-blocker....
  
  
• Stéphane Antiga
  Stéphane Antiga
  Stéphane Antiga is a French volleyball player, who won the bronze medal with the national team at the 2002 World Championships in Argentina...
  
  
• Laurent Capet
  Laurent Capet
  Laurent Capet is a French volleyball player, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 2002 World Championships in Argentina.-International Competitions:...
  
  
• Frantz Granvorka
  Frantz Granvorka
  Frantz Granvorka is a French volleyball player, who won the bronze medal with the France men's national volleyball team at the 2002 World Championships. Standing at 195 m, he can play both as middle blocker and passer-hitter...
  
  
• Vincent Montméat
• Loïc De Kergret
  Loïc De Kergret
  Loïc De Kergret is a French volleyball player, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 2002 World Championships in Argentina....
  
  
• Philippe Barça-Cysique
  Philippe Barca-Cysique
  Philippe Barca-Cysique is a French volleyball player. He is 194 cm. He plays for Galatasaray Men's Volleyball Team since 2009 season start and wear 14 number. He played 103 times for national team.-References:**...
  
  
• Guillaume Samica
• Mathias Patin
  Mathias Patin
  Mathias Patin is a French volleyball player, who won the bronze medal with the France men's national volleyball team at the 2002 World Championships...
  
  
• Oliver Kieffer
  Oliver Kieffer
  Oliver Kieffer is a French volleyball player, who won the bronze medal with the France men's national volleyball team at the 2002 World Championships. Standing at 200 m, he plays as a middle-blocker....
  
  
• Sébastien Frangolacci

Men's Beach Competition

• Stéphane Canet and Mathieu Hamel
  • Prelims: 1-2
  • Round of 16: Did not qualify

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:*...	– 56 kg	112.5	112.5	112.5	—	—	—	DNF	—
Samson N'Dicka-Matam Samson N'Dicka-Matam Samson N'Dicka-Matam is a retired male weightlifter from Cameroon, who later represented France. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 for Cameroon . His best finish was the sixth place in the men's featherweight division .-References:*...	– 62 kg	127.5	132.5	132.5	160.0	160.0	167.5	287.5	6
Romuald Ernault	– 69 kg	142.5	147.5	147.5	165.0	170.0	170.0	307.5	7
David Matam	– 85 kg	162.5	162.5	167.5	192.5	192.5	192.5	DNF	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Virginie Lachaume	– 63 kg	75.0	80.0	80.0	95.0	100.0	105.0	175.0	7

Wrestling

• Anna Gomis
  Anna Gomis
  Anna Gomis is a French wrestler who competed in the Women's Freestyle 55 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. She was named 1999 Female Wrestler of the Year by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles, and is four times world champion.-References:...
  
   won the bronze medal in women's freestyle 55 kg
• Lise Legrand
  Lise Legrand
  Lise Legrand is a female French wrestler who competed in the Women's Freestyle 63 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.-References:...
  
   won the bronze medal in women's freestyle 63 kg

See also

• France at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
  France at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
  France competed at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain with a total number of 368 participants .- Gold:30px Boxing*Men's Bantamweight : Ali Hallab...