France at the 1984 Summer Olympics
# France at the 1984 Summer Olympics

France competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 238 competitors, 189 men and 49 women, took part in 139 events in 21 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Philippe Heberle | Shooting | Men's 10 metre air rifle | 3 August |
| Gold | Jean-François Lamour | Fencing | Men's sabre | 4 August |
| Gold | Philippe Boisse | Fencing | Men's épée | 8 August |
| Gold | Pierre Quinon | Athletics | Men's pole vault | 8 August |
| Gold | France Olympic football team Albert RustWilliam AyacheMichel BibardDominique BijotatFrançois BrissonPatrick CubaynesPatrice GarandePhilippe JeannolGuy LacombeJean-Claude LemoultJean-Philippe RohrDidier SénacJean-Christophe ThouvenelJosé TouréDaniel XuerebJean-Louis Zanon | Football | Men's tournament | 11 August |
| Silver | Michel Bury | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle prone | 30 July |
| Silver | Frédéric Delcourt | Swimming | Men's 200 metre backstroke | 31 July |
| Silver | Philippe Delrieu Franck Ducheix Hervé Granger-Veyron Pierre Guichot Jean-François Lamour | Fencing | Men's team sabre | 9 August |
| Silver | Joseph Mahmoud | Athletics | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase | 10 August |
| Silver | Angelo Parisi | Judo | Men's +95 kg | 10 August |
| Silver | Bernard Brégeon Patrick Lefoulon | Canoeing | Men's K-2 1000 metres | 11 August |
| Silver | Philippe Boisse Jean-Michel Henry Olivier Lenglet Philippe Riboud Michel Salesse | Fencing | Men's team épée | 11 August |
| Bronze | Fabrice Colas | Cycling | Men's 1 km time trial | 30 July |
| Bronze | Didier Boubé Joël Bouzou Paul Four | Modern pentathlon | Men's team | 1 August |
| Bronze | Catherine Poirot | Swimming | Women's 100 metre breaststroke | 2 August |
| Bronze | Philippe Vatuone | Gymnastics | Men's floor | 4 August |
| Bronze | Marc Cerboni Patrick Groc Pascal Jolyot Philippe Omnès Frédéric Pietruszka | Fencing | Men's team foil | 5 August |
| Bronze | Marc Alexandre | Judo | Men's 65 kg | 5 August |
| Bronze | Véronique Brouquier Brigitte Gaudin Anne Meygret Laurence Modaine Pascale Trinquet-Hachin | Fencing | Women's team foil | 7 August |
| Bronze | Michel Nowak | Judo | Men's 78 kg | 7 August |
| Bronze | Philippe Riboud | Fencing | Men's épée | 8 August |
| Bronze | Thierry Vigneron | Athletics | Men's pole vault | 8 August |
| Bronze | Christophe Tiozzo | Boxing | Men's light-middleweight | 9 August |
| Bronze | Bernard Brégeon | Canoeing | Men's K-1 500 metres | 10 August |
| Bronze | Michèle Chardonnet | Athletics | Women's 100 metres hurdles | 10 August |
| Bronze | Didier Hoyer Éric Renaud | Canoeing | Men's C-2 1000 metres | 11 August |
| Bronze | François Barouh Philippe Boccara Pascal Boucherit Didier Vavasseur | Canoeing | Men's K-4 1000 metres | 11 August |

## 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

* Pierre Quinon
   * Qualifying Round — 5.35m
   * Final — 5.75m (→ Gold Medal)
* Thierry Vigneron
   * 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

* Maryse Ewanjé-Epée
   * 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
   * Jacques Monclar
   * Philippe Szanyiel
   * Stéphane Ostrowski
   * Jean-Luc Deganis
   * Hervé Dubuisson
   * Patrick Cham
   * Bangaly Kaba
   * Éric Beugnot
   * 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

## 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
* Claude Carlin
* Denis Pelizzari

### Team time trial

* Jean-François Bernard
* Philippe Bouvatier
* Thierry Marie
* Denis Pelizzari

### Sprint

* Philippe Vernet
* Franck Dépine

### 1000m time trial

* Fabrice Colas

### Individual pursuit

* Pascal Robert
* Éric Louvel

### Team pursuit

* Didier Garcia
* Éric Louvel
* Pascal Potié
* Pascal Robert

### Points race

* Didier Garcia
* Éric Louvel

### 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)
* Marielle Guichard

## Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented France in 1984.

### Men's foil

* Frédéric Pietruszka
* Philippe Omnès
* Pascal Jolyot

### Men's team foil

* Frédéric Pietruszka, Pascal Jolyot, Patrick Groc, Philippe Omnès, Marc Cerboni

### Men's épée

* Philippe Boisse
* Philippe Riboud
* Olivier Lenglet

### Men's team épée

* Philippe Boisse, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Philippe Riboud, Michel Salesse

### Men's sabre

* Jean-François Lamour
* Hervé Granger-Veyron
* Pierre Guichot

### Men's team sabre

* Jean-François Lamour, Pierre Guichot, Hervé Granger-Veyron, Philippe Delrieu, 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 – Qatar 2-2
   * France – Norway 2-1
   * France – Chile 1-1
* Quarterfinal
   * France – Egypt 2-0
* Semifinal
   * France – Yugoslavia 4-2 [After extra time]
* Final
   * France – Brazil 2-0
* Team roster
   * ( 1.) Albert Rust
   * ( 2.) William Ayache
   * ( 3.) Michel Bibard
   * ( 4.) Dominique Bijotat
   * ( 5.) François Brisson
   * ( 6.) Patrick Cubaynes
   * ( 7.) Patrice Garande
   * ( 8.) Philippe Jeannol
   * ( 9.) Guy Lacombe
   * (10.) Jean-Claude Lemoult
   * (11.) Jean-Philippe Rohr
   * (12.) Didier Sénac
   * (13.) Jean-Christophe Thouvenel
   * (14.) José Touré
   * (15.) Daniel Xuereb
   * (16.) Jean-Louis Zanon
   * (17.) Michel Bensoussan
* Head coach: Henri Michel

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented France in 1984. They won bronze in the team event.

### Individual

* Paul Four
* Didier Boubé
* Joël Bouzou

### Team

* Paul Four
* Didier Boubé
* Joël Bouzou

## 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
   * Heat — 58.22
   * B-Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 200m Backstroke

* Frédéric Delcourt
   * 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

* Frédéric Delcourt, 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)
