France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. French athletes have competed in every
Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The
French Olympic Committee
The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (french: Comité national olympique et sportif français, CNOSF) is the National Olympic Committee of France. It is responsible for France's participation in the Olympic Games, as well as for all ...
sent a total of 308 athletes to the Games, 195 men and 113 women, to compete in 25 sports.
Medalists
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Archery
France has qualified three archers each in the men's and women's team.
;Men
;Women
Athletics
French athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events –
Decathlon
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events –
Heptathlon
Badminton
Boxing
France sent six boxers to Athens, mostly in the lighter weight classes. They won a silver medal. Two lost their first bouts, as the team combined for a record of 8–6. France was part of a four-way tie for 8th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.
Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Cycling
Road
;Men
;Women
Track
;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Time trial
;Keirin
;Omnium
Mountain biking
Diving
France has qualified a single diver.
;Women
Equestrian
France has qualified two riders in dressage, and a spot for the team each in eventing and show jumping. The team of
Arnaud Boiteau,
Didier Courrèges,
Cédric Lyard,
Jean Teulère and
Nicolas Touzaint
Nicolas Touzaint (born 10 May 1980 in Angers) is a French professional horserider specialising in three-day eventing. He was born into a family already known for its performance in equestrianism: his father, Jean-Yves Touzaint, was ...
captured the gold medal in team eventing after winning an appeal against an earlier decision imposed by the
FEI Ground Jury, that gave German rider Bettina Hoy and her team a triumphant gold medal double.
Dressage
Eventing
"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.
Show jumping
Fencing
;Men
;Women
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men
;Team
;Individual finals
;Women
;Team
;Individual finals
Trampoline
Handball
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;5th-8th Classification
;Fifth Place Final
Women's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Bronze Medal Final
Judo
France has qualified thirteen judoka.
;Men
;Women
Modern pentathlon
France has qualified four athletes in modern pentathlon
Rowing
;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; R=Repechage
Sailing
;Men
;Women
;Open
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side
On the course side is an expression used in sailboat racing to indicate that a boat was on the wrong side of the starting line when the starting signal was given. According to the Sailing Instructions valid for a specific racing event, being on th ...
of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Shooting
;Men
;Women
Swimming
French swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):
;Men
* Competed only in heats
;Women
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
;Men
;Women
Triathlon
While the French had fewer top eight triathletes in 2004 than they had in 2000,
Frédéric Belaubre
Fred (Frédéric) Belaubre (born 14 February 1980 in Poissy), is a French professional triathlete. He was the European Champion of the years 2005, 2006, and 2008, the French Champion of the years 2007 and 2010. Belaubre took part in two Olympic ...
earned the highest individual place of any French triathlete with a fifth-place finish. France's sole female triathlete was the last to finish.
Volleyball
Beach
Indoor
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
Weightlifting
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle
;Men's Greco-Roman
;Women's freestyle
See also
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France at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
France competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 136 athletes, 106 men and 30 women. French competitors won 74 medals, 18 gold, 26 silver and 30 bronze to finish 9th in the 2004 Summer Paralympics medal table, med ...
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France at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
France (List of IOC country codes, FRA) competed at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain with a total number of 368 participants (213 men and 155 women).
Medals
Gold
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References
External links
Official Report of the XXVIII OlympiadFrench Olympic Committee
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Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer
Summer Olympics