FRANCE AT THE 1984 SUMMER OLYMPICS

'France' competed at the '1984 Summer Olympics' in Los Angeles, United States.

Contents

Medals

Results by event

Medals

=== Gold===

★ Pierre Quinon — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault

★ Philippe Boisse — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual

★ Jean-François Lamour — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual

★ Philippe Hébérle — Shooting, Men's Air Rifle

★ William Ayache, Michel Bibard, Michel Bensoussan, Dominique Bijotat, François Brisson, Patrick Cubaynes, Patrice Garande, Philippe Jeannol, Guy Lacombe, Jean-Claude Lemoult, Jean-Philippe Rohr, Albert Rust, Didier Sénac, Jean-Christophe Thouvenel, José Touré, Daniel Xuereb, and Jean-Louis Zanon — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
=== Silver===

★ Joseph Mahmoud — Athletics, Men's 3000m Steeplechase

★ Bernard Bregeon and Patrick Lefoulon — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs

★ Philippe Boisse, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Philippe Riboud, and Michel Salesse — Fencing, Men's Épée Team

★ Philippe Delrieu, Franck Ducheix, Hervé Granger-Veyron, Pierre Guichot, and Jean-François Lamour — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team

★ Angelo Parisi — Judo, Men's Heavyweight

★ Michel Bury — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone

★ Frédéric Delcourt — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke
=== Bronze===

★ Thierry Vigneron — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault

★ Michèle Chardonnet — Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles

★ Christophe Tiozzo — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight

★ Bernard Bregeon — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles

★ François Barouh, Philippe Boccara, Pascal Boucherit and Didier Vavasseur — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours

★ Didier Hoyer and Eric Renaud — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs

★ Fabrice Colas — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial

★ Marc Cerboni, Patrick Groc, Pascal Jolyot, Philippe Omnès and Frédéric Pietruszka — Fencing, Men's Foil Team

★ Philippe Riboud — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual

★ Véronique Brouquier, Brigitte Gaudin-Latrille, Pascale Hachin-Trinquet, Anne Meygret, and Laurence Modaine — Fencing, Women's Foil Team

★ Philippe Vatuone — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises

★ Marc Alexandre — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)

★ Michel Nowak — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)

★ Didier Boube, Joël Bouzou and Paul Four — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition

★ Catherine Poirot — Swimming, Women's 100m Breaststroke

★ Thierry Peponnet and Luc Pillot — Sailing, Men's 470 Team Competition

Results by event

===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 Marathon'

★ Alain Lazare — 2:17:52 (→ 28th place)

★ Jacky Boxberger — 2:22:00 (→ 42nd place)
'Men's Pole Vault'

★ Pierre Quinon
:
★ Final — 5.75m (→ 'Gold Medal')

★ Thierry Vigneron
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★ Final — 5.60m (→ 'Bronze Medal')
'Men's Hammer Throw'

★ Walter Ciofani
:
★ Final — 73.46m (→ 7th place)
'Men's Decathlon'

★ William Motti
:
★ Final Result — 8266 points (→ 5th place)
===Basketball

Men's Team Competition

★ 'Preliminary Round (Group B)'
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★ Lost to Uruguay (87-91)
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★ Lost to PR China (83-85)
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★ Lost to Spain (82-97)
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★ Lost to United States (62-120)
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★ Lost to Canada (69-96)

★ 'Classification Matches'
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★ '9th/12th place': Lost to Brazil (86-100)
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★ '11th/12th place': Defeated Egypt (102-78) → 'Eleventh place'

★ 'Team Roster'
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★ Gregor Beugnot
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★ Jean Michel Senegal
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★ Richard Dacoury
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★ Jacques Monclar
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★ Philippe Szanyiel
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★ Stephane Ostrowski
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★ Jean Luc Deganis
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★ Herve Dubuisson
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★ Patrick Cham
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★ Bangaly Kaba
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★ Eric Beugnot
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★ Georges Vestris
===Boxing===
'Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)'

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

★ Vincent Sarnelli
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★ First Round – Bye
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★ Second Round – Lost to Moses Mwaba (Zambia), after knock-out in first round
===Cycling===
'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)
===Football (soccer)===
'Men's Team Competition:'

★ 'Preliminary Round (Group A)'
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★ France – Qatar 2-2
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★ France – Norway 2-1
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★ France – Chile 1-1

★ 'Quarterfinal'
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★ France – Egypt 2-0

★ 'Semifinal'
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★ France – Yugoslavia 4-2 [After extra time]

★ 'Final'
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★ France – Brazil 2-0

★ 'Team Roster'
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★ ( 1.) Albert Rust
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★ ( 2.) William Ayache
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★ ( 3.) Michel Bibard
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★ ( 4.) Dominique Bijotat
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★ ( 5.) François Brisson
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★ ( 6.) Patrick Cubaynes
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★ ( 7.) Patrice Garande
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★ ( 8.) Philippe Jeannol
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★ ( 9.) Guy Lacombe
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★ (10.) Jean-Claude Lemoult
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★ (11.) Jean-Philippe Rohr
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★ (12.) Didier Sénac
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★ (13.) Jean-Christophe Thouvenel
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★ (14.) José Toure
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★ (15.) Daniel Xuereb
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★ (16.) Jean-Louis Zanon
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★ (17.) Michel Bensoussan

★ 'Head Coach': Henri Michel
===Swimming===
'Men's 100m Freestyle'

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

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

★ Franck Iacono
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★ Heat — 15:27.27
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★ Final — 15:26.96 (→ 5th place)
'Men's 100m Backstroke'

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

★ Frédéric Delcourt
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★ Heat — 2:02.59
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★ Final — 2:01.75 (→ 'Silver Medal')
'Men's 200m Breaststroke'

★ Thierry Pata
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★ Heat — 2:20.14
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★ B-Final — 2:20.05 (→ 10th place)

★ Christophe Deneuville
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★ Heat — 2:24.54 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
'Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay'

★ Stéphan Caron, Laurent Neuville, Dominique Bataille, and Bruno Lesaffre
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★ Heat — 3:24.68
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★ Final — 3:24.63 (→ 6th place)
'Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay'

★ Pierre Andraca, Dominique Bataille, Michel Pou, and Stéphan Caron
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★ Heat — 7:27.40

★ Stéphan Caron, Dominique Bataille, Michel Pou, and Pierre Andraca
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★ Final — 7:30.16 (→ 8th place)
'Men's 4x100m Medley Relay'

★ Frédéric Delcourt, Thierry Pata, Xavier Savin, and Stéphan Caron
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★ Heat — 3:50.75 (→ did not advance, 10th place)


'Women's 100m Freestyle'

★ Sophie Kamoun
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★ Heat — 57.49
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★ B-Final — 57.81 (→ 13th place)
'Women's 200m Freestyle'

★ Laurence Bensimon
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★ Heat — 2:06.01 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
'Women's 800m Freestyle'

★ Laurence Bensimon
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★ Heat — 9:01.75 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
'Women's 200m Individual Medley'

★ Laurence Bensimon
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★ Heat — 2:24.34
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★ B-Final — 2:27.13 (→ 16th place)
'Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay'

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