France at the 2012 Summer Olympics

France at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in London 27 July 2012 (2012-07-27) – 12 August 2012 (2012-08-12)
Competitors	330 in 24 sports
Flag bearer	Laura Flessel-Colovic
Medals Ranked 7[1]th	Gold 11 Silver 11 Bronze 13 Total 35
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, between 27 July and 12 August 2012. French athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The French Olympic Committee sent a total of 330 athletes to the Games, 183 men and 147 women, to compete in 24 sports.

France left London with a total of 34 medals—11 gold, 11 silver, and 12 bronze—finishing seventh in the gold medal standings and eighth in the overall medal standings.^[1] Most of these medals were awarded to the athletes in judo, cycling, and swimming. Six French athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London. France's team-based athletes proved successful at these games, as the men's national handball team and the women's national basketball team won gold and silver medals, respectively. Furthermore, the men's national handball team managed to defend its 2008 Olympic title from Beijing. For the first time since 1960, France did not win an Olympic medal in fencing.

Among the nation's medalists were Yannick Agnel and Camille Muffat (retired in 2014 and killed tragically in a helicopter crash one year later), who emerged as France's most successful Olympic swimmers after winning three medals, including a gold, in their events. Meanwhile, Florent Manaudou succeeded his sister Laure with an Olympic gold medal in freestyle swimming.^[2] Renaud Lavillenie set a new Olympic record in the pole vault, becoming the third French man to claim the title, and the first to do so since 1996. Tony Estanguet won his third gold medal in the men's slalom canoeing singles, making him one of the most successful French athletes in Olympic history.^[3] On 11 August 2012, Estanguet was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission, along with three other athletes.^[4]

Medalists[edit]

Delegation[edit]

The French Olympic Committee selected a team of 330 athletes, 183 men and 147 women, to compete in 24 different sports; it was the nation's third largest team outside the host nation, and the first with the highest percentage of women in Olympic history. France did not qualify teams in field hockey, volleyball and water polo, but did mark its Olympic return to men's basketball after a twelve-year absence.

The French team included past Olympic champions, three of them defending (Greco-Roman wrestler Steeve Guenot, mountain biker Julien Absalon, and the men's national handball team). Equestrian eventing rider Denis Mesples, at age 49, was the oldest athlete of the team, while gymnast Anne Kuhm was the youngest, at age 15. Pistol shooter and former Olympic gold medalist Franck Dumoulin made his sixth appearance, having participated at every Summer Olympics since 1992. Épée fencer and multiple-time Olympic medalist Laura Flessel-Colovic, meanwhile, became the first French female athlete to compete at five separate Olympic Games. Because of her repeated successes in fencing, Flessel-Colovic became France's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1996.

Other notable French athletes included slalom canoer and multiple-time world champion Tony Estanguet, judoka and Olympic bronze medalist Teddy Riner, swimmer and junior European champion Yannick Agnel, pole vaulter and multiple-time European champion Renaud Lavillenie, and basketballer Tony Parker, who had previously played for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.

Archery[edit]

France qualified three archers for the men's individual event, an archer for the women's individual event and a team for the men's team event:

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Thomas Faucheron	Men's individual	665	27	Thamwong (THA) (38) W 6–0	Prévost (FRA) (27) L 3–7	Did not advance
Romain Girouille		677	9	Myo Aung (MYA) (56) L 5–6	Did not advance
Gaël Prévost		679	6	Kouassi (CIV) (59) W 6–3	Faucheron (FRA) (27) W 7–3	Ruban (UKR) (43) L 4–6	Did not advance
Thomas Faucheron Romain Girouille Gaël Prévost	Men's team	2021	2	—		Bye	Mexico (MEX) (7) L 212–220	Did not advance
Bérengère Schuh	Women's individual	640	37	Kawanaka (JPN) (28) W 6–2	Lin C-E (TPE) (5) W 6–5	Choi H-j (KOR) (21) W 6–5	Lorig (USA) (4) L 6–2	Did not advance

Athletics[edit]

French athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[9][10]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jamale Aarrass	1500 m	3:45.13	12	—		Did not advance
Dimitri Bascou	110 m hurdles	13.57	4 q	—		13.55	6	Did not advance
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	800 m	1:46.03	4 q	—		1:45.10	4	Did not advance
Florian Carvalho	1500 m	3:37.05	7 q	—		3:40.61	13	Did not advance
Garfield Darien	110 m hurdles	13.54	4 q	—		13.48	5	Did not advance
Yohann Diniz	50 km walk	—						DSQ
Ladji Doucouré	110 m hurdles	13.67	4 q	—		13.74	8	Did not advance
Hassan Hirt	5000 m	DSQ*[11]		—				Did not advance
Cédric Houssaye	50 km walk	—						3:55:16	31
Abraham Kiprotich	Marathon	—						DNF
Yoann Kowal	1500 m	3:41.12	3 Q	—		3:43.48	8	Did not advance
Christophe Lemaitre	200 m	20.34	1 Q	—		20.03	3 q	20.19	6
Abdellatif Meftah	Marathon	—						DNF
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	3000 m steeplechase	8:16.23	1 Q	—				8:19.08
Bertrand Moulinet	20 km walk	—						1:20:12	8
	50 km walk	—						3:45:35	12
Patrick Tambwé	Marathon	—						DNF
Jimmy Vicaut	100 m	Bye		10.11	2 Q	10.16	6	Did not advance
Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux	3000 m steeplechase	8:36.96	8	—				Did not advance
Emmanuel Biron Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Ronald Pognon Jimmy Vicaut	4 × 100 m relay	38.15	4	—				38.16

* Tested positive for the blood-booster EPO; the IOC ordered him to leave the Olympics on 10 August 2012.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Quentin Bigot	Hammer throw	72.42	24	Did not advance
Jérôme Bortoluzzi		74.15	14	Did not advance
Benjamin Compaoré	Triple jump	17.06	3 q	17.08	6
Nicolas Figère	Hammer throw	69.74	32	Did not advance
Mickaël Hanany	High jump	2.26	=8 q	2.20	14
Renaud Lavillenie	Pole vault	5.65	=1 q	5.97 OR
Romain Mesnil		5.60	6 q	5.50	10
Salim Sdiri	Long jump	7.71	23	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Kevin Mayer	Result	11.32	7.17	14.05	2.05	48.76	15.59	41.20	4.70	62.41	4:23.02	7952	15
	Points	791	854	731	850	873	780	689	819	774	791

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Véronique Mang	100 m	Bye		11.41	6	Did not advance
Reïna-Flor Okori	100 m hurdles	13.01	2 Q	—		DSQ		Did not advance
Myriam Soumaré	100 m	Bye		11.07	2 Q	11.13	5	Did not advance
	200 m	22.70	2 Q	—		22.56	3 q	22.63	7
Nelly Banco Johanna Danois Ayodelé Ikuesan Lina Jacques-Sébastien Véronique Mang Myriam Soumaré	4 × 100 m relay	DSQ		—				Did not advance
Phara Anacharsis Elea-Mariama Diarra Marie Gayot Floria Gueï Lénora Guion-Firmin Muriel Hurtis-Houairi	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.94	3 Q	—				3:25.92	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vanessa Boslak	Pole vault	4.55	=7 q	4.30	10
Stéphanie Falzon	Hammer throw	71.67	11 q	73.06	9
Éloyse Lesueur	Long jump	6.48	10 q	6.67	8
Marion Lotout	Pole vault	4.10	=33	Did not advance
Melanie Melfort	High jump	1.93	=2 q	1.93	9
Mélina Robert-Michon	Discus throw	62.47	12 q	63.98	6

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Marisa De Aniceto	Result	13.74	1.71	13.09	25.26	5.76	51.98	2:16.20	6030	21
	Points	1015	867	733	863	777	899	876
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	Result	12.96	1.80	14.26	24.72	6.13	55.87	2:13.62	6576	6
	Points	1130	978	811	913	890	974	912

Badminton[edit]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brice Leverdez	Men's singles	Wong W K (HKG) L 11–21, 16–21	Ekiring (UGA) W 21–12, 21–11	2	Did not advance
Hongyan Pi	Women's singles	Hosny (EGY) W 21–11, 21–9	Magee (IRL) W 16–21, 21–18, 21–14	1 Q	Yip P Y (HKG) L 21–13, 12–21, 16–21	Did not advance

Basketball[edit]

The French men's basketball team qualified for the 2012 Olympics by reaching the final of the EuroBasket 2011. The French women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players
• Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's tournament[edit]

Roster

The following is the France roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[12]

France men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C 4 Kevin Séraphin 22 – (1989-12-07)7 December 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Washington Wizards F 5 Nicolas Batum 23 – (1988-12-14)14 December 1988 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Portland Trail Blazers G 6 Fabien Causeur 25 – (1987-06-16)16 June 1987 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Caja Laboral F 7 Yakhouba Diawara 29 – (1982-08-29)29 August 1982 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Pallacanestro Varese F/C 8 Ali Traoré 27 – (1985-02-28)28 February 1985 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar G 9 Tony Parker 30 – (1982-05-17)17 May 1982 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) San Antonio Spurs G 10 Yannick Bokolo 27 – (1985-06-19)19 June 1985 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BCM Gravelines F 11 Florent Piétrus 31 – (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Valencia BC G 12 Nando de Colo 25 – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) San Antonio Spurs F 13 Boris Diaw 30 – (1982-04-16)16 April 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) San Antonio Spurs C 14 Ronny Turiaf 31 – (1981-06-18)18 June 1981 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Los Angeles Clippers F 15 Mickaël Gelabale 29 – (1983-05-22)22 May 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Khimki	Head coach Vincent Collet Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	589	398	+191	10	Quarterfinals
2	France	5	4	1	376	378	−2	9
3	Argentina	5	3	2	448	424	+24	8
4	Lithuania	5	2	3	395	399	−4	7
5	Nigeria	5	1	4	338	456	−118	6
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	320	411	−91	5

Quarter-final

Women's tournament[edit]

Roster

The following is the France roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[13]

France women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C 4 Isabelle Yacoubou 26 – (1986-04-21)21 April 1986 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Spartak Moscow C 5 Endéné Miyem 24 – (1988-05-15)15 May 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) CJM Bourges Basket G 6 Clémence Beikes 28 – (1983-10-19)19 October 1983 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Union Hainaut C 7 Sandrine Gruda 25 – (1987-06-25)25 June 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg G 8 Edwige Lawson-Wade 33 – (1979-05-14)14 May 1979 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Lattes-Maurin Montpellier G 9 Céline Dumerc 30 – (1982-07-09)9 July 1982 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) CJM Bourges Basket G 10 Florence Lepron 27 – (1985-01-16)16 January 1985 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Tarbes Gespe Bigorre G 11 Émilie Gomis 28 – (1983-10-18)18 October 1983 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq G 12 Marion Laborde 25 – (1986-12-09)9 December 1986 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Basket Landes C 13 Élodie Godin 27 – (1985-07-05)5 July 1985 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Taranto Cras Basket C 14 Emmeline Ndongue 29 – (1983-04-25)25 April 1983 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) CJM Bourges Basket F 15 Jennifer Digbeu 25 – (1987-04-14)14 April 1987 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq	Head coach Pierre Vincent Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	356	319	+37	10	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	5	4	1	353	322	+31	9
3	Russia	5	3	2	314	308	+6	8
4	Canada	5	2	3	328	332	−4	7
5	Brazil	5	1	4	329	354	−25	6
6	Great Britain (H)	5	0	5	327	372	−45	5

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

Boxing[edit]

France qualified boxers in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jérémy Beccu	Light flyweight	Zhakypov (KAZ) L 17–18	Did not advance
Nordine Oubaali	Flyweight	Faisal (AFG) W 22–9	Warren (USA) W 19–18	Conlan (IRL) L 22–18	Did not advance
Rachid Azzedine	Lightweight	Ramírez (USA) L 20–21	Did not advance
Alexis Vastine	Welterweight	Wojcicki (GER) W 16–12	Tüvshinbat (MGL) W 13–12	Shelestyuk (UKR) L 18–18+	Did not advance
Tony Yoka	Super heavyweight	—	Kean (CAN) L 16–16+	Did not advance

Canoeing[edit]

Slalom[edit]

France qualified boats for all slalom events:

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Étienne Daille	Men's K-1	90.12	7	241.73	22	90.12	13 Q	100.55	10 Q	101.87	7
Tony Estanguet	Men's C-1	93.24	2	99.20	10	93.24	7 Q	101.67	3 Q	97.06
Gauthier Klauss Matthieu Péché	Men's C-2	96.98	1	151.03	12	96.98	1 Q	109.27	3 Q	109.17	4
Émilie Fer	Women's K-1	112.77	12	106.46	8	106.46	10 Q	109.73	3 Q	105.90

• 
  Gauthier Klauss and Matthieu Péché in C-2 semifinal
• 
  Émilie Fer in K-1 semifinal

Sprint[edit]

France qualified boats for the following sprint events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maxime Beaumont	K-1 200 m	35.571	2 Q	35.814	2 FA	36.688	4
Cyrille Carré	K-1 1000 m	3:32.705	5 Q	3:38.981	8 FB	3:33.513	12
Mathieu Goubel	C-1 200 m	41.248 OB	1 Q	41.938	2 FA	44.045	7
	C-1 1000 m	3:58.122	1 Q	3:51.811	1 FA	3:50.758	5
Arnaud Hybois Sébastien Jouve	K-2 200 m	32.933	3 Q	32.668	3 FA	35.012	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marie Delattre Sarah Guyot Joanne Mayer Gabrielle Tuleu	K-4 500 m	1:40.022	3 Q	1:33.303	5 FA	1:35.299	8

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling[edit]

Road[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mickaël Bourgain	Road race	Did not finish
Sylvain Chavanel	Road race	5:46:05	20
	Time trial	56:07.67	29
Arnaud Démare	Road race	5:46;37	30
Tony Gallopin		5:46:37	86

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Aude Biannic	Road race	3:35:56	10
Audrey Cordon	Road race	OTL
	Time trial	40:40.51	15
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot	Road race	3:35:56	8

Track[edit]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Grégory Baugé	Men's sprint	9.952 72.347	2	Volkakis (GRE) W DSQ	Bye	Nakagawa (JPN) W 10.490 68.636	Bye	Förstemann (GER) W 10.490, W 10.300	Perkins (AUS) W 10.358, W 10.268	Kenny (GBR) L, L
Virginie Cueff	Women's sprint	11.439 62.942	15	Vogel (GER) L	Kanis (NED)  Larreal (VEN) L	Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau	Men's team sprint	43.097 62.649	2 Q	New Zealand (NZL) W 42.991 62.803	2 Q	Great Britain (GBR) L 43.013 62.771
Sandie Clair Virginie Cueff	Women's team sprint	33.638 53.510	6 Q	Germany (GER) L 33.707 53.401	6	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Mickaël Bourgain	Men's keirin	1 Q	Bye	4	8
Clara Sanchez	Women's keirin	6	1 Q	2 Q	4

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Flying lap		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Scratch race	Time trial		Total points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank
Bryan Coquard	Men's omnium	13.347	5	51	4	1	4:30.780	12	3	1:03.078	4	29
Clara Sanchez	Women's omnium	14.058	2	0	18	13	3:56.800	18	18	35.451	3	72	14

Mountain biking[edit]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Julien Absalon	Men's cross-country	Did not finish
Jean-Christophe Péraud		1:37:07	29
Stéphane Tempier		1:31:30	11
Julie Bresset	Women's cross-country	1:30:52
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot		1:42:21	26

BMX[edit]

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Quentin Caleyron	Men's BMX	38.637	9	19	3 q	18	6	Did not advance
Joris Daudet		38.221	2	7	2 Q	16	6	Did not advance
Moana Moo-Caille		40.015	28	23	6	Did not advance
Laëtitia Le Corguillé	Women's BMX	38.976	4	—		15	4 Q	38.476	4
Magalie Pottier		39.778	7	—		6	2 Q	39.393	7

Diving[edit]

France qualified five quota places for the diving events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Damien Cely	3 m springboard	413.30	22	Did not advance
Matthieu Rosset		445.15	13 Q	422.50	15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Fanny Bouvet	3 m springboard	257.10	26	Did not advance
Marion Farissier		248.70	27	Did not advance
Audrey Labeau	10 m platform	261.05	24	Did not advance

Equestrian[edit]

Dressage[edit]

France qualified a single quota by rankings:

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Jessica Michel	Riwera de Hus	Individual	70.410	28 Q	68.810	31	Did not advance

Eventing[edit]

France qualified one team and five quota places in the individual event after finishing in second place at the 2011 European Eventing Championships.^[14]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Lionel Guyon	Nemetis de Lalou	Individual	50.90	38	20.00	70.90	38	0.00	70.90	28 Q	21.00	91.90	24	91.90	24
Aurélien Kahn	Cádiz		55.90	54	39.60	95.50	49	7.00	102.50	45	Did not advance			102.50	45
Denis Mesples	Oregon de la Vigne		61.50	66	46.00	107.50	=51	19.00	126.50	50	Did not advance			126.50	50
Donatien Schauly	Ocarina du Chanois		44.40	20	7.20	51.60	=18	Withdrew
Nicolas Touzaint	Hildago de l'ille		47.60	=27	7.60	55.20	27	2.00	57.20	21 Q	7.00	64.20	17	64.20	17
Lionel Guyon Aurélien Kahn Denis Mesples Donatien Schauly Nicolas Touzaint	See above	Team	142.90	9	34.80	177.70	7	52.90	230.60	8	—			230.60	8

Show jumping[edit]

France qualified one team and four quota places in the individual event after finishing in second place at the World Equestrian Games.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Simon Delestre	Napoli du Ry	Individual	0	=1 Q	6	6	30 Q	8	14	32 Q	4	=11 Q	8	12	19	12	19
Olivier Guillon	Lord de Theize		4	=42 Q	4	8	=31 Q	8	16	=33 Q	0	=1 Q	9	9	=12	9	=12
Pénélope Leprevost	Mylord Carthago		1	=33 Q	8	9	=47	Did not advance								9	=47
Kevin Staut	Silvana		0	=1 Q	4	4	=17 Q	4	8	=11 Q	16	34	Did not advance			16	34
Simon Delestre Olivier Guillon Pénélope Leprevost Kevin Staut	See above	Team	—								14	12	Did not advance			14	12

Fencing[edit]

France qualified 11 fencers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yannick Borel	Individual épée	—	Karyuchenko (UKR) W 15–10	Kauter (SUI) W 15–11	Piasecki (NOR) L 14–15	Did not advance
Gauthier Grumier		—	Piasecki (NOR) L 13–14	Did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux	Individual foil	Bye	Lefort (FRA) W 15–9	Choi B-c (KOR) L 13–15	Did not advance
Enzo Lefort		Bye	Le Péchoux (FRA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Victor Sintès		Bye	Chida (JPN) W 15–11	Lei S (CHN) L 6–15	Did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux Enzo Lefort Marcel Marcilloux Victor Sintès	Team foil	—			United States (USA) L 39–45	Classification semi-final  Great Britain (GBR) L 29–45	7th place final  China (CHN) L 33–45	8
Boladé Apithy	Individual sabre	Bye	Buikevich (BLR) L 11–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Laura Flessel-Colovic	Individual épée	Bye	Hurley (USA) W 15–12	Gherman (ROM) L 13–15	Did not advance
Astrid Guyart	Individual foil	Bye	Gaber (EGY) W 15–2	Boubakri (TUN) L 5–15	Did not advance
Corinne Maîtrejean		Bye	Sheppard (GBR) W 15–5	Sugawara (JPN) L 9–15	Did not advance
Ysaora Thibus		Bye	Deriglazova (RUS) W 15–8	Ikehata (JPN) L 11–15	Did not advance
Anita Blaze Astrid Guyart Corinne Maîtrejean Ysaora Thibus	Team foil	—			Poland (POL) W 42–31	Italy (ITA) L 31–45	South Korea (KOR) L 32–45	4
Léonore Perrus	Individual sabre	—	Nakayama (JPN) L 12–15	Did not advance

Football[edit]

• Women's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Women's tournament[edit]

Roster

Head coach: Bruno Bini

France named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[15][16]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Céline Deville	(1982-01-24)24 January 1982 (aged 30)	54	0	Lyon
2	2DF	Wendie Renard	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 22)	22	3	Lyon
3	3MF	Laure Boulleau	(1986-10-22)22 October 1986 (aged 25)	27	1	Paris Saint-Germain
4	2DF	Laura Georges	(1984-08-20)20 August 1984 (aged 27)	118	3	Lyon
5	2DF	Ophélie Meilleroux	(1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 28)	61	0	Montpellier
6	3MF	Sandrine Soubeyrand (captain)	(1973-08-16)16 August 1973 (aged 38)	177	18	Juvisy
7	2DF	Corine Franco	(1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 28)	63	10	Lyon
8	2DF	Sonia Bompastor	(1980-06-08)8 June 1980 (aged 32)	149	18	Lyon
9	4FW	Eugénie Le Sommer	(1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 23)	56	19	Lyon
10	3MF	Camille Abily	(1984-12-05)5 December 1984 (aged 27)	97	23	Lyon
11	4FW	Marie-Laure Delie	(1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 24)	40	35	Montpellier
12	4FW	Élodie Thomis	(1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 25)	72	23	Lyon
13	3MF	Camille Catala	(1991-05-06)6 May 1991 (aged 21)	7	1	Saint-Étienne
14	3MF	Louisa Nécib	(1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 25)	79	16	Lyon
15	3MF	Élise Bussaglia	(1984-09-24)24 September 1984 (aged 27)	101	20	Paris Saint-Germain
16	2DF	Sabrina Viguier	(1981-01-04)4 January 1981 (aged 31)	91	1	Lyon
17	4FW	Gaëtane Thiney	(1985-10-28)28 October 1985 (aged 26)	70	32	Juvisy
18	1GK	Sarah Bouhaddi	(1986-10-17)17 October 1986 (aged 25)	52	0	Lyon

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Qualified for the quarter-finals
2	France	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	North Korea	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Colombia	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

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Quarter-final

Semi-final

Bronze medal game

Gymnastics[edit]

Artistic[edit]

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Pierre-Yves Bény	Team	14.433	13.566	14.266	14.933	14.700	—			14.333	15.033	14.466	14.566	14.591	13.266	—
Yann Cucherat		—				14.900	14.366	—		Did not compete						—
Gaël Da Silva		15.400	—	14.366	15.366	—	14.966	—		15.200	—	14.633	15.466	—	14.766	—
Hamilton Sabot		—	14.033	14.533	—	15.366 Q	14.866	—		—	14.766	14.333	—	15.566	14.883	—
Cyril Tommasone		14.500	15.333 Q	14.166	15.466	15.100	14.133	88.698	14 Q	14.533	15.466	—	14.441	15.133	—
Total		44.333	42.932	43.165	45.765	45.366	44.198	265.759	8 Q	44.066	45.265	43.432	44.473	45.290	42.915	265.441	8

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Hamilton Sabot	Parallel bars	—				15.566	—	15.566
Cyril Tommasone	All-around	13.500	15.333	14.400	15.358	15.000	14.066	87.657	16
	Pommel horse	—	15.141	—				15.141	5

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Mira Boumejmajen	Team	12.933	—	13.300	12.966	—		Did not advance
Youna Dufournet		—	14.166	12.966	14.200	—
Anne Kuhm		13.533	14.466	13.533	12.566	54.098	29
Aurélie Malaussena		13.366	14.033	13.300	13.700	54.399	25 Q
Sophia Serseri		12.933	14.133	—
Total		39.832	42.765	41.333	40.866	164.796	11

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Aurélie Malaussena	All-around	13.800	12.800	12.066	11.500	50.166	23

Rhythmic[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Delphine Ledoux	Individual	27.150	27.100	27.250	26.675	108.175	13	Did not advance

Trampoline[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Grégroire Pennes	Men's	107.539	7 Q	58.805	7

Handball[edit]

France participated in the 2012 Olympics as the defending world men's handball champion, and successfully defended its gold medal from the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[23] The French women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players
• Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Men's tournament[edit]

The following is the France roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[24][25]

Head coaches: Claude Onesta

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Jérôme Fernandez (1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 35) 1.99 m Fénix Toulouse 3 P Didier Dinart (1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 35) 1.97 m Atlético Madrid 4 RB Xavier Barachet (1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 23) 1.95 m Chambéry Handball 5 CB Guillaume Gille (1976-07-12)12 July 1976 (aged 36) 1.92 m HSV Hamburg 6 P Bertrand Gille (1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (aged 34) 1.87 m HSV Hamburg 8 LB Daniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 32) 1.89 m THW Kiel 9 RW Guillaume Joli (1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 27) 1.78 m BM Valladolid 11 LW Samuel Honrubia (1986-07-05)5 July 1986 (aged 26) 1.80 m Montpellier 12 GK Daouda Karaboué (1975-12-11)11 December 1975 (aged 36) 1.98 m Fénix Toulouse 13 CB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 28) 1.96 m Montpellier 16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 35) 1.92 m THW Kiel 18 LB William Accambray (1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 24) 1.94 m Montpellier 19 RW Luc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 27) 1.82 m Atlético Madrid 20 P Cédric Sorhaindo (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 28) 1.92 m FC Barcelona 21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m Montpellier

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Iceland	5	5	0	0	167	132	+35	10	Quarter-finals
France	5	4	0	1	159	110	+49	8
Sweden	5	3	0	2	156	115	+41	6
Tunisia	5	2	0	3	121	125	−4	4
Argentina	5	1	0	4	113	138	−25	2
Great Britain	5	0	0	5	96	192	−96	0

29 July 2012 19:30	France	44 – 15	Great Britain	Copper Box, London Attendance: 5,000[26] Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
	Joli 11	(21–7)	Garnham 6
	2× 2×	Report	3× 4× 1×

31 July 2012 21:15	Argentina	20 – 32	France	Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,906[27] Referees: Olesen, Peders (DEN)
	Fernández, Riccobelli 4	(9–17)	Karabatić 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

2 August 2012 11:15	France	25 – 19	Tunisia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,670[28] Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Narcisse 7	(12–11)	Bannour 5
	4× 5×	Report	4× 7×

4 August 2012 19:30	Iceland	30 – 29	France	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,521[29] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Petersson 6	(16–15)	Fernandez 9
	3× 7×	Report	2× 4×

6 August 2012 21:15	France	29 – 26	Sweden	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,833[30] Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Narcisse 6	(18–12)	Ekberg, Andersson 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Quarter-final

8 August 2012 14:30	Spain	22 – 23	France	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 8,890[31] Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Tomás 6	(12–9)	Accambray 7
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

Semi-final

10 August 2012 20:30	France	25 – 22	Croatia	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,849[32] Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	three players 4	(12–10)	Horvat 6
	4× 2×	Report	4× 2×

Final

12 August 2012 15:00	Sweden	21 – 22	France	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,627[33] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Ekberg 6	(8–10)	Guigou 5
	3× 4×	Report	4× 2×

Women's tournament[edit]

The following is the France roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[34]

Head coaches: Olivier Krumbholz

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 RW Blandine Dancette (1988-02-14)14 February 1988 (aged 24) 1.69 m HBC Nîmes 4 P Nina Kamto Njitam (1983-06-25)25 June 1983 (aged 29) 1.78 m Metz Handball 5 RB Camille Ayglon (1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 27) 1.80 m HBC Nîmes 7 CB Allison Pineau (1989-05-02)2 May 1989 (aged 23) 1.81 m Oltchim Vâlcea 8 LB Claudine Mendy (1990-01-08)8 January 1990 (aged 22) 1.82 m Metz Handball 9 LW Paule Baudouin (1984-10-25)25 October 1984 (aged 27) 1.72 m Metz Handball 10 CB Sophie Herbrecht (1982-02-13)13 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.74 m HBC Nîmes 12 GK Amandine Leynaud (1986-05-02)2 May 1986 (aged 26) 1.78 m Oltchim Vâlcea 16 GK Cléopâtre Darleux (1989-07-01)1 July 1989 (aged 23) 1.76 m Arvor 29 17 LW Siraba Dembélé (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 26) 1.72 m Toulon HB 18 RW Audrey Deroin (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 22) 1.76 m Toulon HB 20 LB Raphaëlle Tervel (1979-04-21)21 April 1979 (aged 33) 1.78 m SD Itxako 24 LB Mariama Signaté (1985-07-22)22 July 1985 (aged 27) 1.89 m Issy Paris HB 64 RB Alexandra Lacrabère (1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 25) 1.77 m Arvor 29

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
France	5	4	1	0	125	103	+22	9	Quarter-finals
South Korea	5	3	1	1	136	130	+6	7
Spain	5	3	1	1	119	114	+5	7
Norway	5	2	1	2	118	120	−2	5
Denmark	5	1	0	4	113	121	−8	2
Sweden	5	0	0	5	108	131	−23	0

28 July 2012 21:15	Norway	23 – 24	France	Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,968[35] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Alstad 5	(12–17)	Baudouin, Signaté 5
	3× 2×	Report	4× 5× 1×

30 July 2012 16:15	France	18 – 18	Spain	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,671[36] Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Dembélé 6	(7–10)	Mangué 6
	3× 6× 1×	Report	4× 4×