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competed at the

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. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the

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. French athletes have appeared in every

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of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland. As

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will host the

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, France was the penultimate nation to enter the stadium, alongside the

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which will host the

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, before the host country

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during the

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at the

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. Additionally, a French segment was performed in Paris and some pre-recorded events at the

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as performers did not travel to Tokyo due to the travel restrictions related to the pandemic. However, Paris mayor

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was the only delegation present at the ceremony. France competed in all sports except baseball (softball), field hockey, and water polo. France repeated its gold medal tally from the previous games, but its overall medal haul was down from 42 to 33, the lowest since

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. The country however scored numerous victories in team sports, namely a double in handball (both men and women won gold), gold in men's volleyball, silver in men's basketball and women's rugby sevens, and bronze in women's basketball.

Medalists

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Competitors

Archery

France fielded two archers (one man and one woman) to compete in the men's and women's individual recurve, respectively, at the Games by finishing among the top four vying for qualification at the 2021 European Championships in

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. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Artistic swimming

France fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by winning the silver medal at the 2021 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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Athletics

French athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of three athletes in each event): On 19 March 2020, four marathon runners (Amdouni, Chahdi, Navarro, and Kipsang), along with race walkers

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and three-time Olympian

Yohann Diniz Yohann Diniz (born 1 January 1978) is a French race walker. He is the current world-record holder for the 50 km race, with a time of 3:32:33, and for the 50,000 metres track walk, with a time of 3:35:27. Career He won the gold medal in the 50& ...

, became the first French track and field athletes to be officially selected to the Tokyo 2020 roster. On 2 July 2021, 65 athletes, 44 men and 21 women, are announced to be part of the team. ;Track & road events ;Men ;Women ;Field events ;Men ;Women ;Combined events – Men's decathlon

Badminton

France entered four badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings: one entry each in the men's and women's singles and in the mixed doubles. The team was officially announced by the FFBaD on 23 June 2021.

Basketball

Indoor

;Summary

Men's tournament

France men's basketball team qualified for the Games by reaching the semifinal stage and securing an outright berth as one of two highest-ranked squads from Europe at the

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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game

Women's tournament

France women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as one of three highest-ranked eligible squads at the

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meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal match

3×3 basketball

;Summary

Women's tournament

France women's national 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top three finish at the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. ;Team roster The players were announced on 2 July 2021. * Ana Cata-Chitiga * Laëtitia Guapo * Marie-Ève Paget * Mamignan Touré ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal match

Boxing

France entered six boxers (five men and one woman) into the Olympic tournament. 2019 world bronze medalist

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(men's flyweight), Samuel Kistohurry (men's featherweight), Rio 2016 silver medalist

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(men's lightweight),

Mourad Aliev Mourad Aliev (born 31 July 1995) is a French professional boxer. As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 2019 European Games. While representing France at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aliev was disqualified from his quarterfinal bout.

(men's super heavyweight), and

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(women's lightweight) secured the spots on the French squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in

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and

Canoeing

Slalom

French canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the

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. The slalom canoeists, including Rio 2016 Olympian Marie-Zélia Lafont in the women's K-1, were officially named to the French roster on 15 October 2020.

Sprint

French canoeists qualified five boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the

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. Meanwhile, one additional boat was awarded to the French canoeist in the men's K-1 1000 m by winning the bronze medal at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta. The sprint canoeists, including Rio 2016 silver medalist

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in the men's K-1 200 m, were officially named to the French roster on 8 June 2021. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final A (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

France entered a squad of six riders (five men and one woman) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the

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was named as part of the ninth batch of nominated French athletes to the Tokyo 2020 roster on 11 May 2021.

Track

Following the completion of the

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, French riders accumulated spots in the men's team sprint, women's team pursuit, men's and women's omnium and men's and women's madison. As a result of their place in the men's team sprint, France won its right to enter two riders in the men's sprint and keirin. Unable to earn a quota place in the women's team sprint, France entered at least one rider to compete in the women's sprint and keirin based on her final individual UCI Olympic rankings. The sprint riders were officially named as part of the tenth batch of nominated French athletes to the Tokyo 2020 roster on 26 May 2021. ;Sprint ;Team sprint ;Pursuit ;Keirin ;Omnium ;Madison

Mountain biking

French mountain bikers qualified for two men's and two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's third-place finish for men and fifth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021. The mountain biking team was named as part of the nation's tenth batch of nominated athletes on 26 May 2021, with

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (born 10 February 1992) is a French multi-discipline bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Elite Mountain Bike team BMC MTB Racing in cross-country cycling. and has signed for Ineos Grenadiers for 2023. Ferrand-Prévot has al ...

leading the bikers to her third consecutive Games.

BMX

France received a total of seven quota spots (four men's and three women's) for BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's top-place finish for men's race, third for women's race, and fifth for men's freestyle in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 1 June 2021; and the nation's top-two placement at the 2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in

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. The BMX squad was named as part of the nation's eleventh batch of nominated athletes on 8 June 2021, with

Joris Daudet Joris Daudet (born 12 February 1991) is a French racing cyclist, and World Champion who represents France in BMX. Born in Saintes, he won all twelve events on the European BMX tour in 2011. That year, he also won the World Championship. He ...

leading the riders to his third consecutive Games. ;Race ;Freestyle

Diving

French divers qualified for three individual spots at the Games by finishing in the top twelve of their respective events at the

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Equestrian

French equestrians qualified a full squad each in the team eventing and jumping competition, respectively, by virtue of a top-six finish at the

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and a top-three finish at the 2019 FEI European Championships in

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. Meanwhile, a composite squad of three dressage riders was formed and thereby added to the French roster by receiving a spare berth freed up by one of two nations (South Africa and Brazil), unable to fulfill the NOC Certificate of Capability, based on their individual results in the FEI Olympic rankings at the end of 2019 season. The French equestrian squads were named on 2 July 2021.

Dressage

Isabelle Pinto and Hot Chocolat VD Kwaplas have been named the travelling alternates. Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Karim Laghouag and Triton Fontaine were named as the travelling alternates and replaced Thomas Carlile and Birmane who withdrew.

Jumping

Fencing

French fencers qualified a full squad each in the men's and women's team foil, men's team épée, and women's team sabre at the Games, by finishing among the top four nations in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings. London 2012 Olympian

Boladé Apithy Boladé Apithy (born August 21, 1985 in Dijon, France) is a French right-handed sabre fencer. His brother Yémi is also a sabre fencer; he represents Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (fre ...

(men's sabre) and rookie Coraline Vitalis (women's épée) secured additional places on the French team as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for individual qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

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initially qualified to fence in the individual and team epee events, but was banned from participating due to a positive

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for a banned product. Jérent was replaced by

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, who went on to win the gold medal in individual epee.

Ronan Gustin Ronan Gustin (born 17 August 1987) is a French épée fencer, team European and World champion in 2011. Career Gustin took up fencing at the early age of three at ASPTT Dijon. His junior results were unremarkable, but his build and motivation ha ...

was recalled to be a team replacement. ;Men ;Women

Football

;Summary

Men's tournament

France men's football team qualified for the Games by advancing to the semifinal stage of the

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, signifying the country's recurrence to the Olympic tournament after twenty-four years. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ----

Golf

France entered two male and two female golfers into the Olympic tournament. Victor Perez qualified but chose not to play.

Gymnastics

Artistic

France fielded a full squad of seven artistic gymnasts (three men and four women) into the Olympic competition, failing to send the men's all-around team for the first time since

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. The women's squad topped the list of nine nations eligible for qualification in the team all-around to assure its Olympic berth at the

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. On the men's side, two-time Olympian

Cyril Tommasone Cyril Tommasone (born 4 July 1987 in Villeurbanne) is a French artistic gymnast. His strongest apparatus is the pommel horse and parallel bars. He is tall and weighs . Career He started gymnastics at age 7 and trains at the Convention Gymnique ...

, his Rio 2016 teammate

Samir Aït Saïd Samir Aït Saïd (born 1 November 1989) is a French male artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He has won a total of three medals, in each color, in the rings apparatus at the European Championships (2013 to 2015), and was also selec ...

, and rookie

Loris Frasca Loris Frasca (born 3 July 1995) is a French artistic gymnast. He competed at both the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He qualified to represent France at the 2020 Summer Olympics in T ...

booked their spots in the individual all-around and apparatus events at the same tournament, with Tommasone finishing sixth in the pommel horse final and Aït Saïd capturing the bronze in the rings. ;Men ;Women ;Team ;Individual finals

Trampoline

France qualified one gymnast each for the men's and women's trampoline by finishing in the top eight, respectively, at the 2019 World Championships in

. The athletes were announced on 16 June 2021.

Handball

;Summary

Men's tournament

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qualified for the Olympics by securing a top-two finish at the

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leg of the 2020 IHF Olympic Qualification Tournament. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game

Women's tournament

French women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the final match of the 2018 European Championships in

. ;Team roster * Women's team event – one team of 15 players ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game

Judo

;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Karate

France entered two karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world champion

Steven Da Costa Steven Da Costa, sometimes written as Steven Dacosta (born 23 January 1997) is a French karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a two-time gold medalist in the men's ...

qualified directly for the men's kumite 67-kg category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.

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finished second in the final pool round to secure a spot in the women's kata at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in

. ;Kumite ;Kata

Modern pentathlon

French athletes qualified for the following spots in the modern pentathlon at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian

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and rookie

Marie Oteiza Marie Oteiza (born 30 January 1994) is a French modern pentathlete. She participated at the 2018 World Modern Pentathlon Championships The 2018 World Modern Pentathlon Championships was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 6 to 15 September 2018. M ...

confirmed places in their respective events with a top-ten finish (second for Prades and sixth for Oteiza among those eligible for Olympic qualification) at the 2019 European Championships in

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. Less than a month later,

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was added to the French roster with a gold-medal victory at the 2019 UIPM World Championships in

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Rowing

France qualified five boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in

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. Meanwhile, the women's quadruple sculls boat was awarded to the French roster with a top-two finish at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in

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. On 8 June 2021, twelve rowers (eight men and four women) were officially selected to the French roster for the Games, including two-time Olympian

Matthieu Androdias Matthieu Androdias (born 11 June 1990) is a French representative rower. He is a three time Olympian, an Olympic champion and a dual world champion. He competed in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics and in the men's double ...

and his Rio 2016 partner

Hugo Boucheron Hugo Boucheron (born 30 May 1993) is a French representative rower, a dual Olympian and an Olympic and world champion. He won the double sculls event at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv. He competed in the men's double sculls at t ...

in the men's coxless pair. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

Women's tournament

France's women's national rugby sevens team qualified by securing a spot in the final repechage tournament on 20 June 2021. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Final

Sailing

French sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the

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, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas. Additionally, they received an unused berth from Oceania to send the women's 49erFX crew to the Games based on the results at the 2019 World Championships. At the end of the 2019 season, the French Sailing Federation selected the first five sailors to compete at the

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regatta, including the reigning Olympic windsurfing champion Charline Picon (women's RS:X) and Rio 2016 bronze medalist

Camille Lecointre Camille Lecointre (born 25 February 1985 in Harfleur) is a French sailor. Career Lecointre competed in the ''470 class'' at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She finished fourth with Mathilde Géron in that event. She was a bronze medalist in 470 at th ...

(women's 470). The 49er and Nacra 17 crews were named to the Olympic team on 7 January 2020, with New Caledonia native Thomas Goyard scoring a third-place finish at the Worlds two months later to lock the men's RS:X spot on the roster. Laser Radial sailor Marie Bolou, with Jean-Baptiste Bernaz making his fourth Olympic trip in the Laser class, joined Goyard as part of the fifth batch of nominated French athletes on 19 March 2020. The women's 49erFX crew (Dubois and Sebesi) completed the country's sailing lineup for the Games on 27 April 2021. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

French shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtain a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020. On 19 March 2020, the

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announced the first six shooters to compete at the Games, including Rio 2016 silver and 2018 world bronze medalist

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in the men's rapid fire pistol. Pistol shooter and London 2012 bronze medalist Celine Goberville, along with shotgun rookies

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(men's skeet) and Mélanie Couzy (women's trap), joined as part of the sixth batch of nominated French athletes for Tokyo 2020 three months later. ;Men ;Women

Skateboarding

France entered five skateboarders to compete across all events at the Games based on the

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Olympic Rankings of 30 June 2021: one entry each in the men's and women's park with the rest in the street (two men's and one women's). Madeleine Larcheron will be the youngest athlete in the French delegation at the Tokyo Olympic Games (15 years old)

Sport climbing

France entered four sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. Mickaël Mawem qualified directly for the men's combined event, by advancing to the final and securing one of the seven provisional berths at the 2019 IFSC World Championships in Hachioji,

. Meanwhile, Mickäel's brother Bassa Mawem and Julia Chanourdie joined the French roster, by finishing in the top six of those eligible for qualification at the IFSC World Olympic Qualifying Event in

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. The fourth and final slot was awarded to

Anouck Jaubert Anouck Jaubert (born 27 January 1994) is a French sport climber competing in speed climbing competitions. In 2017, she won the silver medal in the women's speed event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland. Four years earlier, she competed ...

, after accepting an unused berth, as the highest-ranked sport climber vying for qualification on the women's side, at the Worlds.

Surfing

France sent four surfers (two per gender) to compete in their respective shortboard races at the Games. Michel Bourez,

Jérémy Florès Jérémy Florès (born 27 April 1988 on Reunion Island) is a French surfer who grew up on Reunion Island, France, where he began surfing at the age of 3. He continued his surfing development on family trips to Australia, Europe and Hawaii, all th ...

, and

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finished within the top ten (for men) and top eight (for women), respectively, of those eligible for qualification in the

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rankings to secure their spots on the French roster for Tokyo 2020. Meanwhile,

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completed the nation's surfing lineup by scoring a top-two finish within her heat at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games in

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Swimming

French swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of two swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially one at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): Swimmers must attain the federation's entry standards in one of two prerequisite Olympic qualification stages to assure their selection to the French roster: the 2020 French Winter Championships (10–13 December) in Saint-Raphael and the 2021 French Elite Championships & Olympic Trials (15–20 June) in

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. ;Men ;Women Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Table tennis

France entered six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in

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, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the men's singles tournament. Moreover, an additional berth was awarded to the French table tennis players competing in the inaugural mixed doubles based on the ITTF World Rankings of 1 May 2021. 16-year-old teen Prithika Pavade and Chinese-born Yuan Jia Nan scored a second-match final triumph each to book two of the four available places in the women's singles at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in

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. On 9 June 2021, ITTF granted a spare berth forfeited by North Korea to the French women's table tennis team, as the next highest-ranked eligible nation in the federation's World Rankings. The men's table tennis team was officially named as part of the nation's tenth batch of nominated athletes for the Games on 26 May 2021, including Rio 2016 Olympians

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and

Simon Gauzy Simon Gauzy (born 25 October 1994) is a French table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table ...

. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Taekwondo

France entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. 2019 world bronze medalist Magda Wiet-Hénin (women's 67 kg) and Althéa Laurin (women's +67 kg) secured the spots on the French taekwondo squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in

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Tennis

At the conclusion of the qualification period for the Olympic tennis tournament, the following French players had qualified for the competition by means of rankings. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Triathlon

French qualified five triathletes for the following events at the Games by finishing among the top seven nations in the ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Rankings. ;Individual ;Relay

Volleyball

Indoor

;Summary

Men's tournament

France men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the final match and securing an outright berth at the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game

Weightlifting

France qualified four weightlifters (one man and three women) for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Two-time Olympian Bernardin Kingue Matam (men's 67 kg) and Dora Tchakounté (women's 59 kg) secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Ranking, with Anaïs Michel (women's 49 kg) and Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke (women's 87 kg) topping the list of weightlifters from Europe in the IWF Absolute Continental Ranking.

Wrestling

France qualified two wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them granted an Olympic license by advancing to the top two finals of the women's freestyle 68 kg at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in

, while another French wrestler claimed one of the remaining slots in the women's freestyle 57 kg at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in

. ;Freestyle

References

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