France competed at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

in Los Angeles, United States. 238 competitors, 189 men and 49 women, took part in 139 events in 21 sports.

Medalists

Archery

After not competing in archery in 1980, France returned to the sport in 1984 with two male competitors. Men's Individual Competition: * Gerard Douis – 2485 points (→ 17th place) * Philippe Loyen – 2411 points (→ 35th place)

Athletics

;Men's Competition Men's 400 metres * Aldo Canti ** Heat — 46.14 ** Quarterfinals — 45.64 ** Semifinals — 45.59 (→ did not advance) * Yann Quentrec ** Heat — 46.94 (→ did not advance) *

Hector LLatser Hector Llatser (born 10 November 1957 in Toulouse) is a French former sprinter who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los ...

** Heat — 47.30 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon *

Alain Lazare Alain Lazare (born 23 March 1952) is a French long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () an ...

** Final — 2:17:52 (→ 28th place) *

Jacky Boxberger Jacques "Jacky" Boxberger (16 April 1949 – 9 August 2001) was a track and field athlete from France who specialized in long-distance races. He was the great hope of French middle distance running, breaking the junior world record in the 1500 me ...

** Final — 2:22:00 (→ 42nd place) Men's High Jump *

Franck Verzy Franck Verzy (born 13 May 1961) is a retired French high jumper, born in Lyon. He finished 20th at the 1982 European Indoor Championships and won the bronze medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games The IX Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب ا� ...

** Qualification — 2.15m (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw *

Jean-Paul Lakafia Jean-Paul Lakafia (born 29 June 1961) is a retired male javelin thrower from France; he was born in Nouméa, New Caledonia. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), ...

** Qualification — 80.52m ** Final — 70.86m (→ 12th place) Men's Pole Vault * Pierre Quinon ** Qualifying Round — 5.35m ** Final — 5.75m (→ Gold Medal) *

Thierry Vigneron Thierry Vigneron (born 9 March 1960 in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine) is a retired French pole vaulter. In the 1980s, he was among the world's leading pole vaulters. He broke the world record in the event four times and was the last man to hol ...

** Qualifying Round — 5.40m ** Final — 5.60m (→ Bronze Medal) *

Serge Ferreira Serge Ferreira (born 11 August 1959) is a French athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an inter ...

** Qualifying Round — 5.30m ** Final — no mark (→ no ranking) Men's Hammer Throw *

Walter Ciofani Walter Ciofani (born 17 February 1962 in Sedan, Ardennes) is a retired French hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 78.50 metres, achieved in May 1985 in Bourg-en-Bresse Bourg-en-Bresse (; frp, Bôrg) is the Prefectures in France, prefect ...

** Qualification — 73.10m ** Final — 73.46m (→ 7th place) Men's Decathlon *

William Motti William Motti (born 25 July 1964 in Bondy) is a retired French decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Gre ...

** Final Result — 8266 points (→ 5th place) Men's 20 km Walk * Gérard Lelièvre ** Final — 1:27:50 (→ 15th place) *

Martial Fesselier Martial Fesselier (born 9 October 1961 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine) is a retired male race walker from France, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as t ...

** Final — 1:29:46 (→ 20th place) *

Dominique Guebey Dominique Guebey (born 23 May 1952 in Lyon, Rhône) is a French racewalker who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international m ...

** Final — did not start (→ no ranking) Men's 50 km Walk *

** Final — 4:13:34 (→ 12th place) * Gérard Lelièvre ** Final — DNF (→ no ranking) ;Women's Competition Women's 3.000 metres *

Annette Sergent Annette Sergent (born 17 November 1962) is a French former long-distance runner. She represented her country three times at the Summer Olympics, but it was in cross country running that she had her greatest success. She became the first Frenchw ...

** Heat — 9.15.82 (→ did not advance) Women's High Jump *

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** Qualification — 1.90m ** Final — 1.94m (→ 4th place) *

Brigitte Rougeron Brigitte Rougeron (born 14 June 1961 in Paris) is a retired France, French high jumper. She finished fifth at the 1985 European Indoor Championships in Athletics, 1985 European Indoor Championships. She became French champion in 1981 and 1986. He ...

** Qualification — 1.84m (→ did not advance, 20th place) Women's Heptathlon * Florence Picaut ** Final Result — 5914 points (→ 13th place) * Chantal Beaugeant ** Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Basketball

;Men's team competition *Preliminary round (group B) **Lost to Uruguay (87-91) **Lost to PR China (83-85) **Lost to Spain (82-97) **Lost to United States (62-120) **Lost to Canada (69-96) *Classification Matches **9th/12th place: Lost to Brazil (86-100) **11th/12th place: Defeated Egypt (102-78) → Eleventh place *Team roster ** Grégor Beugnot ** Jean Michel Senegal ** Richard Dacoury **

Jacques Monclar Jacques Monclar (born 3 March 1957) is a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1957 births Living people French men's basketball players Olympic basket ...

Philippe Szanyiel Philippe "Philip" Szanyiel (born 23 December 1960) is a French former professional basketball player and coach. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, as a player, in 2011. Professional career Szanyiel was named to the FIBA Eu ...

** Stéphane Ostrowski **

Jean-Luc Deganis Jean-Luc Deganis (born 10 March 1959) is a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) wer ...

** Hervé Dubuisson **

Patrick Cham Patrick Cham (born May 18, 1959 in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe) is a French former professional basketball player. Professional career Cham was the French 2nd Division French Player's MVP in 1992, while playing with Levallois Sporting Club The Lev ...

Bangaly Kaba Bangaly Kaba (born 17 February 1959) is a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were ...

** Éric Beugnot **

Georges Vestris Georges Vestris (born 8 June 1959 in Fort-de-France, Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An i ...

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) * Louis Gomis ** First Round — Bye ** Second Round — Defeated

Stefan Gertel Stefan Gertel (born 12 May 1960) is a German boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was also the most probable West German runner-up for the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian ...

(West Germany), retired in the second round ** Third Round — Lost to

Ndaba Dube Ndaba Dube (born 7 January 1959) is a former boxer who competed in the bantamweight (– 54 kg) division at the 1984 Summer Olympics and at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Dube won a silver medal at the 1987 All-Africa Games, losing in the ...

(Zimbabwe), 0-5 Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) *

Vincent Sarnelli Vincent Sarnelli (born 24 February 1962) is a French boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, he lost to Moses Mwaba Moses Mwaba is a Zambian boxer. He competed in the men ...

** First Round – Bye ** Second Round – Lost to Moses Mwaba (Zambia), after knock-out in first round

Canoeing

Cycling

Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented France in 1984.

Fabrice Colas Fabrice Colas (born 21 July 1964) is a retired French track cyclist who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, winning a bronze medal in the 1000 metres time trial. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Sum ...

won a bronze medal in the 1000m time trial. ; Men's individual road race * Daniel Amardeilh *

Philippe Bouvatier Philippe Bouvatier (born 12 June 1964) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1981 : 3rd, Road World Championships, Juniors ;1982 : 1st, Duo Nor ...

* Claude Carlin * Denis Pelizzari ;

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

* Jean-François Bernard *

* Thierry Marie * Denis Pelizzari ;

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* Philippe Vernet * Franck Dépine ; 1000m time trial *

; Individual pursuit * Pascal Robert * Éric Louvel ; Team pursuit * Didier Garcia * Éric Louvel * Pascal Potié * Pascal Robert ; Points race * Didier Garcia * Éric Louvel ; Women's individual road race * Jeannie Longo — 2:12:35 (→ 6th place) * Cécile Odin — 2:13:28 (→ 11th place) * Dominique Damiani — 2:13:28 (→ 14th place) * Marielle Guichard

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented France in 1984. ; Men's foil *

Frédéric Pietruszka Frédéric Pietruszka (born 13 May 1954) is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same events at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics. He was president of the French Fencing Fe ...

* Philippe Omnès * Pascal Jolyot ; Men's team foil *

, Pascal Jolyot,

Patrick Groc Patrick Groc (born 6 September 1960) is a French fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were ...

, Philippe Omnès,

Marc Cerboni Marc Cerboni (20 October 1955 – 2 December 1990) was a French fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los ...

; Men's épée *

Philippe Boisse Philippe Boisse (born 18 March 1955) is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the individual épée at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also won a silver in the team épée in 1984. He is cur ...

* Philippe Riboud *

Olivier Lenglet Olivier Lenglet (born 20 February 1960) is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée at the 1988 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also won a silver medal at the 1991 Mediterranean Game ...

; Men's team épée *

Jean-Michel Henry Jean-Michel Henry (born 14 December 1963) is a French fencer. He won a gold, a silver and two bronze medals in the épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport o ...

, Philippe Riboud, Michel Salesse ; Men's sabre *

Jean-François Lamour Jean-François Lamour (born February 2, 1956, in Paris) is a French former fencer and current politician and cabinet minister. During his fencing career, Lamour achieved various athletic accomplishments, notably qualifying for the 1987 world c ...

* Hervé Granger-Veyron * Pierre Guichot ; Men's team sabre *

, Pierre Guichot, Hervé Granger-Veyron,

Philippe Delrieu Philippe Delrieu (born 10 August 1959) is a French former fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles ...

Franck Ducheix Franck Ducheix (born 11 April 1962) is a French fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre at the 1984 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Ver ...

; Women's foil *

Véronique Brouquier Véronique Brouquier (born 28 May 1957) is a French fencer. She won a gold medal in the women's team foil at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games ...

Laurence Modaine-Cessac Laurence Modaine-Cessac (born 28 December 1964) is a French fencer. She won a bronze medal in the women's team foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Ange ...

Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin (born 15 April 1958) is a French fencer. She won a gold, silver and bronze medal in the women's team foil events at three different Olympic Games. She also won a gold medal in the individual foil event at the 1979 Medi ...

; Women's team foil *

Pascale Trinquet-Hachin Pascale Trinquet (born 11 August 1958 in Marseille) is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition. She won a gold medal in the foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin (born 15 April 1958) is a French fencer. She won a gold, silver and bronze medal in the women's team foil events at three different Olympic Games. She also won a gold medal in the individual foil event at the 1979 Medi ...

, Anne Meygret

Football

;Men's team competition: * Preliminary round (group A) ** France – Qatar 2-2 ** France – Norway 2-1 ** France – Chile 1-1 *Quarterfinal ** France – Egypt 2-0 *Semifinal ** France – Yugoslavia 4-2 fter extra time*Final ** France – Brazil 2-0 *Team roster ** ( 1.) Albert Rust ** ( 2.) William Ayache ** ( 3.) Michel Bibard ** ( 4.) Dominique Bijotat ** ( 5.)

François Brisson François Brisson (born 9 April 1958) is a French former professional football player and manager. He is among the players with the most appearances in the Ligue 1, with 505 appearances to his name. As of 2021, he is a scout for Marseille. Int ...

** ( 6.)

Patrick Cubaynes Patrick Cubaynes (born 6 May 1960 in Nîmes) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. International career Cubaynes was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Su ...

** ( 7.) Patrice Garande ** ( 8.) Philippe Jeannol ** ( 9.) Guy Lacombe ** (10.)

Jean-Claude Lemoult Jean-Claude Lemoult (born 28 August 1960) is a French former professional football (soccer) player who played as a midfielder. Lemoult was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer ...

** (11.)

Jean-Philippe Rohr Jean-Philippe Rohr (born 23 December 1961) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Rohr was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California ...

** (12.)

Didier Sénac Didier Sénac (born 2 October 1958 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French former footballer who played as a defender. He obtained three international caps for the France national team during the early 1980s. A player of RC Lens (19 ...

** (13.)

Jean-Christophe Thouvenel Jean-Christophe Thouvenel (born 8 October 1958 in Colmar) is a French former professional Association football player. Thouvenel was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California ...

** (14.) José Touré ** (15.) Daniel Xuereb ** (16.) Jean-Louis Zanon ** (17.) Michel Bensoussan *Head coach:

Henri Michel Henri Louis Michel (28 October 1947 – 24 April 2018) was a French football player and coach. He played as a midfielder for Nantes and the France national team, and later went on to coach various clubs and national teams all over the wor ...

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented France in 1984. They won bronze in the team event. ;Individual *

Paul Four Paul Four (born 13 February 1956) is a French former modern pentathlete who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the 1980 Olympics, he placed 12th in the modern pentathlon, with a total of 5196 points. At the 1 ...

* Didier Boubé *

Joël Bouzou Joël Bouzou (born 30 October 1955) is a former French athlete and World Champion of modern pentathlon in 1987. Bouzou is the President of the World Olympians Association. Biography Sports career Bouzou grew up in Auch, in a sporting famil ...

;Team * Paul Four * Didier Boubé * Joël Bouzou

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle *

Stéphan Caron Stéphan Caron (sometimes spelled Stéphane Caron, born 1 July 1966 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime) is a former Freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from France. Caron won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle at the Summer Olympics twi ...

** Heat — 51.13 ** Final — 50.70 (→ 6th place) Men's 400m Freestyle *

Franck Iacono Franck Iacono (born June 14, 1966 in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes) is a retired freestyle swimmer from France. He competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as th ...

** Heat — 3:55.07 ** Final — 3:54.58 (→ 5th place) Men's 1500m Freestyle *

** Heat — 15:27.27 ** Final — 15:26.96 (→ 5th place) Men's 100m Backstroke * Frédéric Delcourt ** Heat — 58.22 ** B-Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) Men's 200m Backstroke * Frédéric Delcourt ** Heat — 2:02.59 ** Final — 2:01.75 (→ Silver Medal) Men's 200m Breaststroke *

Thierry Pata Thierry Pata (born 12 February 1965) is a retired French breaststroke swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) we ...

** Heat — 2:20.14 ** B-Final — 2:20.05 (→ 10th place) * Christophe Deneuville ** Heat — 2:24.54 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay *

, Laurent Neuville, Dominique Bataille, and Bruno Lesaffre ** Heat — 3:24.68 ** Final — 3:24.63 (→ 6th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Pierre Andraca, Dominique Bataille, Michel Pou, and

** Heat — 7:27.40 *

, Dominique Bataille, Michel Pou, and Pierre Andraca ** Final — 7:30.16 (→ 8th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Frédéric Delcourt,

, Xavier Savin, and

** Heat — 3:50.75 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle *

Sophie Kamoun Sophie Marie Reine Kamoun (born 8 June 1967) is a French former swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Early life and Olympics Kamoun, the daughter of French Olympic swimmer Marc Kamoun, was born on 8 June 1967. She joined swimming c ...

** Heat — 57.49 ** B-Final — 57.81 (→ 13th place) Women's 200m Freestyle * Laurence Bensimon ** Heat — 2:06.01 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Women's 800m Freestyle * Laurence Bensimon ** Heat — 9:01.75 (→ did not advance, 15th place) Women's 200m Individual Medley * Laurence Bensimon ** Heat — 2:24.34 ** B-Final — 2:27.13 (→ 16th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay *

, Caroline Amoric, Laurence Bensimon, and Veronique Jardin ** Heat — 3:52.67 ** Final — 3:52.15 (→ 8th place)

Synchronized swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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