France competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona, Spain. 339 competitors, 241 men and 98 women, took part in 196 events in 25 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

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Archery

In France's fifth appearance in modern Olympic archery, the individual archers went 7-3 in head-to-head competition, buoyed by Sebastien Flute's 5-0 record as he advanced to the final and won the

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

. It was the first medal the French had won in modern Olympic archery. Both teams won the first two rounds before being defeated in the semifinals. They also both lost their bronze medal matches. Women's Individual Competition: * Severine Bonal — Round of 16 → 9th place (1-1) *

Nathalie Hibon Nathalie Hibon (born 24 April 1969) is a French archer. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officia ...

— Round of 32 → 22nd place (0-1) * Christine Gabillard — Ranking Round → 41st place (0-0) Men's Individual Competition: *

Sébastien Flute Sébastien Flute (born 25 March 1972 in Brest, Brittany) is a gold medal winning French archer. He currently has the 25th best ranking in the world among archers. He won the gold medal in the Men's Individual competition in the 1992 Su ...

— Final → Gold Medal (5-0) * Bruno Felipe — Round of 32 → 21st place (0-1) * Michael Taupin — Ranking Round → 56th place (0-0) Women's Team Competition: * Bonal, Hibon, and Gabillard — Bronze Medal Match → 4th place (2-2) Men's Team Competition: * Flute, Felipe, and Taupin — Bronze Medal Match → 4th place (2-2)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres *

Max Morinière Max Morinière (born 16 February 1964 in Fort-de-France) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. Biography At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay with his team mates Bruno ...

Daniel Sangouma Daniel René Claude Sangouma (born 7 February 1965 in Saint-Denis, Réunion) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. Biography At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a bronze medal in the 4x100 metres rela ...

Men's 200 metres *

Gilles Quénéhervé Gilles Quénéhervé (born 17 May 1966) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. Biography At the 1987 World Championships in Rome he won the silver medal in a time of 20.16, which still stood as a French record for 24 ye ...

Jean-Charles Trouabal Jean-Charles Trouabal (born 20 May 1965 in Paris) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. At the 1990 European Athletics Championships in Split the French team of Max Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Trouabal and Bruno Mar ...

Men's 800 metres *

Frédéric Cornette Frédéric Cornette (born 29 June 1967 in Laon) is a retired French middle-distance runner who competed primarily in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de ...

Men's 5,000 metres *

Pascal Thiebault Pascal, Pascal's or PASCAL may refer to: People and fictional characters * Pascal (given name), including a list of people with the name * Pascal (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** Blaise Pascal, Frenc ...

** Heat — 13:31.16 ** Final — 13:43.39 (→ 13th place) Men's 10,000 metres * António Martins Bordelo ** Heat — 28:35.13 ** Final — 28:47.66 (→ 15th place) * Thierry Pantel ** Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay *

Jean-Louis Rapnouil Jean-Louis Rapnouil (born 24 January 1966 in Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a French athlete who specialises in the 400 meters. Rapnouil competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the G ...

, Yann Quentrec,

Stéphane Caristan Stéphane Caristan (born 31 May 1964) is a retired hurdler from France, who set the world's best year performance in 1986. He did so by winning the men's 110 metres hurdles final at the European Championships in Stuttgart, clocking 13.20, which ...

, and

Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana (born 23 July 1969 in Saint-Affrique, Aveyron) is a retired, French track and field sprinter and hurdler. His specialities were the 400 metres hurdles and the 4 x 400 metres relay. Diagana won the 400 metres h ...

** Heat — 3:04.25 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon *

Dominique Chauvelier Dominique Chauvelier (born 3 August 1956) is a French former long-distance runner who competed in marathons. His greatest international achievement was a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1990 European Athletics Championships. Born in La Flèch ...

— 2:19.09 (→ 31st place) *

Luis Soares Luis Soares (born 24 March 1964 in Nazaré, Leiria) is a former long-distance runner. He represented France at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 199 ...

— 2:21.57 (→ 45th place) * Pascal Zilliox — 2:30.02 (→ 64th place) Men's 400m Hurdles *

** Heat — 48.41 ** Semifinal — 48.28 ** Final — 48.13 (→ 4th place) *

** Heat — 49.16 ** Semifinal — 49.50 ** Final — 48.86 (→ 7th place) Men's 110m Hurdles *

Sébastien Thibault Sébastien Thibault (born 25 July 1970 in Beaupréau) is a retired French athlete who specialised in the sprint hurdles. He represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, as well as two outdoor and three indoor World Championships. His pers ...

** Heats — 13.94 (→ did not advance) Men's 20 km Walk *

Thierry Toutain Thierry Toutain (born 14 February 1962 in Fourmies) is a retired French race walker. With a time of 3:40:57.9, achieved in 1996, Toutain held the world record over 50,000 metres track walking until 12 March 2011, when Yohann Diniz Yohann Diniz ( ...

— DSQ (→ no ranking) Men's 50 km Walk *

René Piller René Piller (born 23 April 1965 in Héricourt, Haute-Saône) is a retired male race walker from France, who competed in three Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the ...

— 4:02:40 (→ 15th place) *

Alain Lemercier Alain Lemercier (born 11 January 1957) is a retired male race walker from Flers, Orne, France, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the ...

— 4:06:31 (→ 16th 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 ...

— 4:07:30 (→ 17th place) Men's Long Jump *

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** Qualification — 7.60 m (→ did not advance) *

Franck Lestage Franck Lestage (born 20 April 1968) is a French athlete. He competed in the men's long jump at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially k ...

** Qualification — 7.72 m (→ did not advance) Men's Triple Jump *

Pierre Camara Pierre Camara (born 15 September 1965) is a retired French triple jumper, best known for his triple jump gold medal at the 1993 World Indoor Championships. In the triple jump final of those championships, he jumped 17.59 m, which was a new champio ...

** Qualification — 17.34 m ** Final — 16.52 m (→ 11th place) *

Georges Sainte-Rose Georges Sainte-Rose (born 3 September 1969 in Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a retired French triple jumper. He formerly represented Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and ...

** Qualification — 16.50 m (→ did not advance) *

** Qualification — 16.47 m (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw *

Christophe Épalle Christophe Épalle (born 23 January 1969 in Saint-Etienne) is a French hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 81.79 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clha ...

** Qualification — 76.24 m ** Final — 74.84 m (→ 10th place) *

Raphaël Piolanti Raphaël Piolanti (born 14 November 1967 in Metz) is a retired male hammer thrower from France. His personal best throw is 79.68 metres, achieved in September 1992 in Bourgoin-Jallieu. This was a French records in athletics, French record at that ...

** Qualification — 73.22 m (→ did not advance) * Frédéric Kuhn ** Qualification — 71.76 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 metres * Patricia Girard-Léno *

Odiah Sidibé Odiah Sidibé (born 13 January 1970 in Fréjus, Var) is a French sprint athlete of Guinean descent. Achievements * 2002 European Championships in Athletics – gold medal (4 × 100 m relay) * 2002 European Championships in Athletics – ...

Laurence Bily Laurence Bily (born 5 May 1963 in Bressuire) is a retired French sprinter, who specialized in the 100 meters. She ran for the Racing Club de France Racing Club de France, also known as RCF, is a French Sports club, omnisport club that was found ...

Women's 200 metres *

Valérie Jean-Charles Valérie Jean-Charles (born 27 January 1969 in Paris) is a French track and field athlete, who specialises in the 200 meters. Jean-Charles competed in the women's 200 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímp ...

Maguy Nestoret Maguy Nestoret (born 28 July 1969 in Vitry-sur-Seine, France) is a French athlete who specialises in the 200 metres. Nestoret competed in the women's 200 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics where she took fifth in heat three in a time of 24.15 se ...

Women's 400 metres *

Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec (born 9 May 1968) is a retired French track and field sprinter who specialised in the 200 and 400 metres and is a three-time Olympic gold medalist. Athletics career Pérec won the 1991 World Championships 400 metres title ...

* Elsa Devassoigne Women's 800 metres *

Viviane Dorsile Viviane Dorsile (born 1 June 1967 in Sainte Anne, Guadeloupe) is a French athlete who specialises in the 800 meters and the 4 x 400 meter relay. Dorsile competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympic ...

** Heat — 2:01.54 (→ did not advance) Women's 10.000 metres *

Annette Sergent-Palluy 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 Frenchwo ...

** Heat — 32:57.29 (→ did not advance) * Rosario Murcia ** Heat — 33:16.96 (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon *

Maria Rebelo Maria Rebelo (divorced Rebelo-Lelut; born 29 January 1956 in Ílhavo, Baixo Vouga, Portugal) is a retired female long-distance runner from France. She set her personal best of 2:29:04 hours in the marathon in 1991. Rebelo rose to prominence in t ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking) Women's High Jump *

Sandrine Fricot Sandrine Fricot (born 4 June 1968 in Épinal) is a retired high jumper from France, who set her personal best on 8 June 1992, jumping 1.93 metres at a meet in Belfort Belfort (; archaic german: Beffert/Beffort) is a city in the Bourgogne-Fran ...

** Qualification — 1.90 m (→ did not advance)

Badminton

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

18 cyclists, 14 men and 4 women, represented France in 1992. Jeannie Longo won silver in the women's road race and the men won bronze in the team time trial. ; Men's road race * Sylvain Bolay * Pascal Hervé * Emmanuel Magnien ; Men's team time trial *

Hervé Boussard Hervé Boussard (8 March 1966 – 26 June 2013) was a French cyclist. He won a bronze medal in team time trial in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He died in 2013 from an epileptic seizure. See also * List of people with epilepsy This is a ...

* Didier Faivre-Pierret *

Philippe Gaumont Philippe Gaumont (22 February 1973 – 17 May 2013) was a French professional road racing cyclist. He earned a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 100 km team time trial. In 1997 he won the Belgian classic Gent–Wevelgem and h ...

* Jean-Louis Harel ; Men's sprint *

Frédéric Magné Frédéric Magné (born 5 February 1969) is a French former track cyclist. Magné was the world champion in keirin in 1995, 1997 and 2000 and in tandem in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1994, each time with Fabrice Colas. He also rode at four Olympic Gam ...

; Men's 1 km time trial *

Frédéric Lancien Frédéric Lancien (born 14 February 1971) is a French former cyclist. He competed in the track time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 199 ...

; Men's individual pursuit * Philippe Ermenault ; Men's team pursuit * Hervé Dagorné * Philippe Ermenault * Daniel Pandèle * Pascal Potié ; Men's points race * Éric Magnin ; Women's road race * Jeannie Longo — 2:05:02 (→ Silver Medal) * Catherine Marsal — 2:05:03 (→ 21st place) *

Marion Clignet Marion Clignet (born 21 February 1964) is a French former track cyclist. Clignet was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 22 and was shunned by the United States Cycling Federation, and she subsequently raced for France since 1991. She rode at ...

— 2:05:13 (→ 33rd place) ; Women's sprint *

Félicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger (born 12 June 1971 in La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée) is a retired French racing cyclist. She won five world championships in the sprint and 500 m time trial. She was also a triple Olympic champion. She is tall and weighs . ...

; Women's individual pursuit * Jeannie Longo

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard * Philippe Duvernay ** Preliminary Round — 310.14 points (→ did not advance, 29th place) Men's 10m Platform * Frédéric Pierre ** Preliminary Round — 329.01 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented France in 1992. ; Men's foil *

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 ...

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 ...

Patrice Lhôtellier Patrice Lhotellier (born 8 August 1966) is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Athens, together with Jean-Noël Ferrari, Brice Guyart Brice Guyart (born 15 March 1981 in Suresn ...

; Men's team foil *

Youssef Hocine Youssef Hocine (born 7 August 1965) is a French fencer. He competed in the team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), off ...

, Olivier Lambert,

; Men's épée *

Éric Srecki Éric Srecki (born 2 July 1964 in Béthune, Pas-de-Calais) is a French fencer and Olympic and World champion in the épée competition. He won a gold medal in individual épée event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( ...

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 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-François Di Martino Jean-François Di Martino (born 2 March 1967) is a French fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 20 ...

, Robert Leroux ; 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 ...

Jean-Philippe Daurelle Jean-Philippe Daurelle (born 28 December 1963) is a French fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. After he retired as an athlete he became a coach. He now trains the women's sabre French national tea ...

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 ...

; Men's team sabre *

, Hervé Granger-Veyron, Pierre Guichot ; Women's foil * Laurence Modaine-Cessac * Isabelle Spennato *

Gisèle Meygret Gisèle Meygret (30 July 1963 – 25 July 1999) was a French fencer. She competed in the women's foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the individual sabre event at the 1991 Mediterranean Games The XI ...

; Women's team foil *

Camille Couzi Camille Couzi (born 21 August 1971) is a French fencer. She competed in the women's team foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), off ...

, Laurence Modaine-Cessac, Julie-Anne Gross, Isabelle Spennato

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group B) ** France — Spain 18-16 ** France — Unified Team 22-23 ** France — Germany 23-20 ** France — Romania 26-20 ** France — Egypt 22-19 *Semi Finals ** France — Sweden 22-25 *Bronze Medal Match ** France — Iceland 24-20 (→ Bronze Medal) *Team roster **

Philippe Debureau Philippe Debureau (born 25 April 1960) is a French handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the ...

** Philippe Gardent **

Denis Lathoud Denis Lathoud (born 13 January 1966 in Lyon) is a French handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta ...

Pascal Mahé Pascal Mahé (born 15 December 1963, in Caen) is a French handball player. He competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atla ...

Philippe Médard Philippe Médard (10 June 1959 – 30 September 2017) was a French handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), offici ...

Gaël Monthurel Gaël Monthurel (born January 22, 1966) is a French handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 an ...

Laurent Munier Laurent Munier (born 30 September 1966 in Lyon) is a French handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially k ...

** Frédéric Perez ** Thierry Perreux ** Alain Portes ** Éric Quintin ** Jackson Richardson ** Stéphane Stoecklin **

Jean-Luc Thiébaut Jean-Luc Thiébaut (born 29 December 1960) is a French handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was born in Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluen ...

** Denis Tristant **

Frédéric Volle Frédéric Volle (born 4 February 1966 in Montpellier) is a French handball player. He competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Career In 1992, Volle was a member of the French handball team which won the bronze ...

*Head coach: Daniel Costantini

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented France in 1992. ;Individual *

Sébastien Deleigne Sébastien Deleigne (born 4 July 1967) is a French modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. ...

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 ...

* Christophe Ruer ;Team * Sébastien Deleigne * Joël Bouzou * Christophe Ruer

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390) * Franck David ** Final Ranking — 70.7 points (→ Gold Medal) Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390) * Maud Herbert ** Final Ranking — 78.0 points (→ 4th place) Women's 470 Class *

Florence Le Brun Florence Lebrun (born 24 March 1959) is a French yacht racer who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also kn ...

and

Odile Barre Odile Barre (born 11 April 1962) is a French offshore yacht racer and sailor who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known ...

** Final Ranking — 65.7 points (→ 6th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle *

Christophe Kalfayan Christophe Kalfayan (born 26 May 1969 in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes) is a retired male freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olymp ...

** Heat — 22.70 ** Final — 22.50 (→ 4th place) *

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 — 23.01 ** B-Final — DNS (→ no ranking) Men's 100 m Freestyle *

** Heat — 49.82 ** Final — 49.50 (→ Bronze Medal) *

** Heat — 50.30 ** B-Final — 50.49 (→ 11th place) Men's 400 m Freestyle *

Christophe Marchand Christophe Marchand (born August 6, 1972, in Villeparisis, Seine-et-Marne) is a retired freestyle swimmer from France. He competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. He twice claimed the gold medal at the ...

** Heat — 3:54.59 ** B-Final — 3:53.24 (→ 13th place) * Yann DeFabrique ** Heat — 3:55.66 ** B-Final — 3:54.37 (→ 14th place) Men's 1500 m Freestyle *

** Heat — 15:30.51 (→ did not advance, 14th place) Men's 100 m Backstroke * Franck Schott ** Heat — 55.84 ** Final — 55.72 (→ 6th place) *

David Holderbach David Holderbach (born 19 February 1971) is a French former backstroke swimmer. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d' ...

** Heat — 58.25 (→ did not advance, 36th place) Men's 200 m Backstroke *

** Heat — 2:03.11 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 100 m Breaststroke *

Stéphane Vossart Stéphane Vossart (born 27 June 1972) is a retired male breaststroke swimmer from France, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics. His best result in three starts in Barcelona, Spain was 5th place (3:40.51) in the Men's 4×1 ...

** Heat — 1:02.81 ** B-Final — 1:02.39 (→ 10th place) * Christophe Bourdon ** Heat — 1:04.43 (→ did not advance, 31st place) Men's 200 m Breaststroke *

** Heat — 2:15.11 ** B-Final — 2:15.52 (→ 10th place) * Christophe Bourdon ** Heat — 2:17.68 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's 100 m Butterfly * Bruno Gutzeit ** Heat — 54.35 ** B-Final — 54.80 (→ 11th place) *

Franck Esposito Franck Esposito (born 13 April 1971 in Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône) is a former World Record holding, and four-time Olympic, butterfly swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics; and won the bronze medal ...

** Heat — 55.26 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 100 m Butterfly *

** Heat — 1:58.75 ** Final — 1:58.51 (→ Bronze Medal) *

Christophe Bordeau Christophe Bordeau (born 3 August 1968 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire) is a retired butterfly and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Je ...

** Heat — 2:01.99 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Men's 200 m Individual Medley *

Frédéric Lefevre Frédéric and Frédérick are the French versions of the common male given name Frederick. They may refer to: In artistry: * Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator * Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor * Frédéric Bazille, Impressio ...

** Heat — 2:03.82 ** B-Final — 2:04.05 (→ 12th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay *

Ludovic Depickère Ludovic Depickère (born 29 July 1969 in Wattrelos, Nord) is a retired butterfly and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olymp ...

, Bruno Gutzeit, Franck Schott, and

** Heat — 3:22.01 ** Final — 3:19.16 (→ 4th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay *

Lionel Poirot Lionel Poirot (born 8 September 1973 in Châtenay-Malabry) is a French former freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, al ...

Franck Horter Franck Horter (born 18 June 1967 in Mulhouse) is a French freestyle swimmer. He competed in one event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), of ...

, and Yann DeFabrique ** Heat — 7:26.22 (→ did not advance, 10th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Franck Schott,

, Bruno Gutzeit, and

** Heat — 3:43.13 ** Final — 3:40.51 (→ 5th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle *

Catherine Plewinski Catherine Plewinski (born 12 July 1968 in Courrières, Pas-de-Calais) is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France, who won two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics. She first did so in Seoul at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100& ...

** Heat — 25.78 ** Final — 25.36 (→ 4th place) *

Julie Blaise Julie Blaise (born 8 November 1975) is a French former freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as ...

** Heat — 26.48 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 100 m Freestyle *

** Heat — 55.44 ** Final — 55.72 (→ 5th place) Women's 200 m Freestyle *

** Heat — 2:00.67 ** Final — 1:59.88 (→ 4th place) Women's 100 m Backstroke *

Céline Bonnet Céline Bonnet (born 2 February 1976) is a former French backstroke and medley swimmer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. She is married to former French olympic swimmer Xavier Marchand. Their eldest son, Léon Marchand Léon Marchand (b ...

** Heat — 1:05.75 (→ did not advance, 32nd place) * Diane Lacombe ** Heat — 1:06.31 (→ did not advance, 38th place) Women's 100 m Breaststroke * Audrey Guerit ** Heat — 1:13.98 (→ did not advance, 30th place) Women's 200 m Breaststroke * Audrey Guerit ** Heat — 2:32.33 ** B-Final — 2:32.10 (→ 11th place) Women's 100 m Butterfly *

** Heat — 1:00.03 ** Final — 59.01 (→ Bronze Medal) *

Jacqueline Delord Jacqueline Delord (born 29 January 1970) is a French former swimmer who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, ...

** Heat — 1:01.78 ** B-Final — 1:03.22 (→ 16th place) Women's 200 m Butterfly *

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** Heat — 2:13.23 ** B-Final — 2:13.40 (→ 10th place) Women's 200 m Individual Medley *

** Heat — 2:18.95 ** B-Final — 2:19.14 (→ 14th place) Women's 400 m Individual Medley *

** Heat — 4:54.70 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay *

, Julia Reggiany, Marie-Laure Giraudon, and Veronique Jardin ** Heat — 3:50.22 (→ did not advance, 11th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

, Audrey Guerit,

, and

** Heat — 4:21.19 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented France in 1992. ; Women's solo *

Anne Capron Anne Capron (born 18 February 1969) is a former synchronized swimmer from France. She competed in both the women's solo and the women's duet competitions at the 1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alph ...

Marianne Aeschbacher Marianne Aeschbacher (born 10 December 1970 in Toulouse) is a French former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. Career records ;Solo: :1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona, 18th :1993 European Aquatics Championship ...

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; Women's duet *

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition * Guy Forget ** First round — Defeated Cristiano Caratti (Italy) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 ** Second round — Lost to Magnus Larsson (Sweden) 3-6, 3-6, 1-6 * Fabrice Santoro ** First round — Defeated

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(Argentina) 6-1, 7-6, 6-4 ** Second round — Defeated Javier Frana (Argentina) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 ** Third round — Defeated

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(Germany) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 ** Quarterfinals — Lost to Goran Ivanišević (Croatia) 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 4-6, 6-8 Men's Doubles Competition * Guy Forget and Henri Leconte ** First round — Defeated

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and Bernardo Mota (Portugal) 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 ** Second round — Lost to Javier Frana and

(Argentina) 6-4, 7-6, 4-6, 4-6, 3-6

Volleyball

Men's team competition

*Team roster **

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Laurent Chambertin Laurent Chambertin (born September 29, 1966 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or) is a retired volleyball player from France, who earned a total number of 336 caps for the Men's National Team. He also competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics ...

** Arnaud Josserand **

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** Christophe Meneau ** David Romann ** Olivier Rossard ** Philippe Salvan ** Laurent Tillie ** Eric Wolfer

Water polo

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group A) ** Tied with Germany (7-7) ** Lost to Australia (5-8) ** Lost to United States (7-11) ** Defeated Czechoslovakia (14-6) ** Lost to Unified Team (5-9) *Classification Matches ** Lost to Greece (6-10) ** Lost to the Netherlands (8-15) → 11th place *Team roster ** Thierry Alimondo ** Pierre Garsau ** Nicolas Jeleff ** François Besson ** Emmanuel Charlot ** Vincent De Nardi ** Emmanuel Ducher ** Christophe Gautier ** Christian Grimaldi ** Pascal Lousteanu ** Gilles Madelenat ** Jean-Marie Olivon ** Patrice Tillie

Weightlifting

First-heavyweight 90–100 kg * Francis Tournefier — 4th place, 387.5 kg (170.0 kg/ 217.5 kg)

Wrestling

References

{{NOCin1992SummerOlympics Nations at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...