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, 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 ** Heat — 47.30 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Alain Lazare ** Final — 2:17:52 (→ 28th place) * Jacky Boxberger ** Final — 2:22:00 (→ 42nd place) Men's High Jump * Franck Verzy ** Qualification — 2.15m (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw * Jean-Paul Lakafia ** Qualification — 80.52m ** Final — 70.86m (→ 12th place) Men's Pole Vault *

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** Qualifying Round — 5.35m ** Final — 5.75m (→ Gold Medal) *

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** Qualifying Round — 5.40m ** Final — 5.60m (→ Bronze Medal) * Serge Ferreira ** Qualifying Round — 5.30m ** Final — no mark (→ no ranking) Men's Hammer Throw * Walter Ciofani ** Qualification — 73.10m ** Final — 73.46m (→ 7th place) Men's Decathlon * William Motti ** Final Result — 8266 points (→ 5th place) Men's 20 km Walk * Gérard Lelièvre ** Final — 1:27:50 (→ 15th place) * Martial Fesselier ** Final — 1:29:46 (→ 20th place) * Dominique Guebey ** Final — did not start (→ no ranking) Men's 50 km Walk * Dominique Guebey ** Final — 4:13:34 (→ 12th place) * Gérard Lelièvre ** Final — DNF (→ no ranking) ;Women's Competition Women's 3.000 metres * Annette Sergent ** 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 ** 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 Richard Dacoury (born July 6, 1959, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast) is a former French professional basketball player. He retired in 1998, as the basketball player who won the most French League titles during his career, with 9. Dacoury is considered ...

** Jacques Monclar ** Philippe Szanyiel **

Stéphane Ostrowski Stéphane Ostrowski (born 17 March 1962) is a retired French professional basketball player. At a height of 6 ft 8 in (2.05 m) tall, he played at the power forward position. He is widely considered to be one of the major figures of French ...

** Jean-Luc Deganis **

Hervé Dubuisson Hervé Dubuisson (born 8 August 1957) is a French former professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 1.97 m (6'5 ") tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Dubuisson is the Frenc ...

** Patrick Cham ** Bangaly Kaba **

Éric Beugnot Éric Beugnot (born March 22, 1955) is a French former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.00 m (6' 6 ") tall, Beugnot played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Professional career During his pro career, Beugnot play ...

** Georges Vestris

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) * Louis Gomis ** First Round — Bye ** Second Round — Defeated Stefan Gertel (West Germany), retired in the second round ** Third Round — Lost to Ndaba Dube (Zimbabwe), 0-5 Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) * Vincent Sarnelli ** 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 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 Norm ...

* Claude Carlin *

Denis Pelizzari Denis Pelizzari (born 11 September 1960) is a French former cyclist. He competed at the 1982 and 1983 World Championships and in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics ...

; Team time trial *

Jean-François Bernard Jean-François Bernard (born 2 May 1962) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. Career He turned professional in 1984 for La Vie Claire, led by Bernard Hinault. He was seen as Hinault’s successor as a winner of stage races from ...

Thierry Marie Thierry Marie (born 25 June 1963) is a French former cyclist. Marie often performed well in prologue stages: he won the Tour de France prologue three times in his career, and because of that he wore the yellow jersey in those three years, for sev ...

; Sprint * Philippe Vernet * Franck Dépine ; 1000m time trial * Fabrice Colas ;

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

Pascal Robert Pascal Robert (born 22 October 1963) is a French former cyclist. He competed in the individual pursuit and team pursuit events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known ...

Éric Louvel Éric Louvel (born 31 May 1962) is a French former professional racing cyclist. He rode in the 1986 Tour de France and the 1985 Vuelta a España. He also competed in three events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (offici ...

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Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

Didier Garcia Didier Garcia (born 23 May 1964) is a French former cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit and the points race events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los ...

Pascal Potié Pascal Potié (born 15 March 1964) is a French former cyclist. He competed at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially kn ...

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Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...

; Women's individual road race *

Jeannie Longo Jeannie Longo (born 31 October 1958 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie) is a French racing cyclist, 25-time French champion and 13-time world champion. Longo began racing in 1975 and was active in cycling through 2012. She was once widely considered the b ...

— 2:12:35 (→ 6th place) *

Cécile Odin Cécile Odin (born 4 October 1965) is a French international cyclist active from 1983–1996. Odin raced in two Olympic Games, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988, finishing 11th & 28th in the Women's Road Race. She made 3rd place overall in the Wo ...

— 2:13:28 (→ 11th place) * Dominique Damiani — 2:13:28 (→ 14th place) *

Marielle Guichard Marielle Guichard (born 29 December 1963) is a French former cyclist. She competed in the women's road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles ...

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

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

Philippe Omnès Philippe Omnès (born 6 August 1960) is a French fencer and Olympic champion in the foil competition. He won a gold medal in individual foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of nort ...

Pascal Jolyot Pascal Jolyot (born 26 July 1958) is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil and a silver in the individual foil events at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The ...

; Men's team foil * Frédéric Pietruszka,

, Patrick Groc,

, Marc Cerboni ; Men's épée * Philippe Boisse * Philippe Riboud * Olivier Lenglet ; Men's team épée * Philippe Boisse,

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 ...

, Olivier Lenglet, Philippe Riboud,

Michel Salesse Michel Salesse (born 3 January 1955) is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XX ...

; 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 cha ...

* 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 1 ...

, Franck Ducheix ; Women's foil * Véronique Brouquier * Laurence Modaine-Cessac * Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin ; Women's team foil * Laurence Modaine-Cessac, Pascale Trinquet-Hachin, Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Véronique Brouquier, Anne Meygret

Football

;Men's team competition: * Preliminary round (group A) ** France –

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William Ayache William Ayache ( ar, ويليام عياش, born 10 January 1961) is a French former professional footballer who played as a side back, both left and right, and then manager. International career At international level, Ayache participated at ...

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Michel Bibard Michel Bibard (born 30 November 1958) is a French football manager and former player. He is the head coach of French club FC Saint-Cloud. As a player, Bibard was a defender. He won the gold medal with the France Olympic team at the 1984 Sum ...

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Dominique Bijotat Dominique Bijotat (born 3 January 1961) is a French Association football, football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He obtained eight international caps (no goals) for the France national football team, Fr ...

** ( 5.) François Brisson ** ( 6.) Patrick Cubaynes ** ( 7.)

Patrice Garande Patrice Garande (born 27 November 1960) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager. Playing career Club Born in Oullins, Rhône, Garande finished his development at AS Saint-Étienne, but appeared rar ...

** ( 8.) Philippe Jeannol ** ( 9.)

Guy Lacombe Guy Hubert Georges Lacombe (born 12 June 1955) is a French manager (association football), football manager and former professional football player, player. Playing career Lacombe was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the ...

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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 in Los Angeles ...

** (11.) Jean-Philippe Rohr ** (12.) Didier Sénac ** (13.) Jean-Christophe Thouvenel ** (14.)

José Touré José Touré (born 24 April 1961 in Nancy) is a French former professional football player. Club career On 11 June 1983, Touré scored a memorable goal for Nantes in the Coupe de France final to give his side the lead against Paris Saint ...

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Daniel Xuereb Daniel Xuereb (born 22 June 1959) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. He earned eight international caps for France during the 1980s, scoring one goal. As a player of RC Lens (1981–1986), he appeared for F ...

** (16.)

Jean-Louis Zanon Jean-Louis Zanon (born December 23, 1961 in Montauban) is a French former professional football (soccer) player. Zanon was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California ...

** (17.) Michel Bensoussan *Head coach: Henri Michel

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 19 ...

* Didier Boubé * Joël Bouzou ;Team * Paul Four * Didier Boubé * Joël Bouzou

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle * Stéphan Caron ** Heat — 51.13 ** Final — 50.70 (→ 6th place) Men's 400m Freestyle * Franck Iacono ** Heat — 3:55.07 ** Final — 3:54.58 (→ 5th place) Men's 1500m Freestyle * Franck Iacono ** Heat — 15:27.27 ** Final — 15:26.96 (→ 5th place) Men's 100m Backstroke *

Frédéric Delcourt Frédéric Delcourt (born February 14, 1964) is a French former competition swimmer and Olympic silver medalist. Delcourt was born in Nord, France. He competed in three events for France at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia, includin ...

** Heat — 58.22 ** B-Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) Men's 200m Backstroke *

** Heat — 2:02.59 ** Final — 2:01.75 (→ Silver Medal) Men's 200m Breaststroke * Thierry Pata ** 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 * Stéphan Caron, 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 Stéphan Caron ** Heat — 7:27.40 * Stéphan Caron, Dominique Bataille, Michel Pou, and Pierre Andraca ** Final — 7:30.16 (→ 8th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

, Thierry Pata, Xavier Savin, and Stéphan Caron ** Heat — 3:50.75 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle * Sophie Kamoun ** 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 * Sophie Kamoun, 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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