France at the 1984 Summer Olympics

France at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeFRA
NOCFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Los Angeles
Competitors238 (189 men and 49 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer Angelo Parisi
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
5
Silver
7
Bronze
16
Total
28
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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.[1]

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
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:

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

Men's High Jump

Men's Javelin Throw

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

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Women's Competition

Women's 3.000 metres

Women's High Jump

Women's Heptathlon

Basketball

Men's team competition

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

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
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit
Points race
Women's individual road race

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

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

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

Men's team competition

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

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

Individual
Team
  • Paul Four
  • Didier Boubé
  • Joël Bouzou

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

Men's 400m Freestyle

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Franck Iacono
    • Heat — 15:27.27
    • Final — 15:26.96 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

Men's 200m Backstroke

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


Women's 100m Freestyle

Women's 200m Freestyle

Women's 800m Freestyle

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Synchronized swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ^ "France at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2011-04-29.