France at the 1992 Summer Olympics

France at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Barcelona
Competitors	339 (241 men and 98 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer	Jean-François Lamour
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 8 Silver 5 Bronze 16 Total 29
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France competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 339 competitors, 241 men and 98 women, took part in 196 events in 25 sports.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Catherine Fleury	Judo	Women's 61 kg	30 July
Gold	Philippe Omnès	Fencing	Men's foil	31 July
Gold	Éric Srecki	Fencing	Men's épée	1 August
Gold	Franck David	Sailing	Men's Lechner A-390	2 August
Gold	Cécile Nowak	Judo	Women's 48 kg	2 August
Gold	Nicolas Hénard Yves Loday	Sailing	Tornado	3 August
Gold	Sébastien Flute	Archery	Men's individual	3 August
Gold	Marie-José Pérec	Athletics	Women's 400 metres	5 August
Silver	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	Cycling	Women's individual road race	26 July
Silver	Franck Badiou	Shooting	Men's 10 metre air rifle	27 July
Silver	Pascal Tayot	Judo	Men's 86 kg	29 July
Silver	Sylvain Curinier	Canoeing	Men's slalom K-1	2 August
Silver	Jean-Philippe Gatien	Table tennis	Men's singles	6 August
Bronze	Hervé Boussard Didier Faivre-Pierret Philippe Gaumont Jean-Louis Harel	Cycling	Men's team time trial	26 July
Bronze	Nathalie Lupino	Judo	Women's 72 kg	27 July
Bronze	David Douillet	Judo	Men's 95 kg	27 July
Bronze	Stéphan Caron	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle	28 July
Bronze	Laetitia Meignan	Judo	Women's 72 kg	28 July
Bronze	Catherine Plewinski	Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly	29 July
Bronze	Franck Esposito	Swimming	Men's 200 metre butterfly	30 July
Bronze	Bertrand Damaisin	Judo	Men's 78 kg	30 July
Bronze	Jacky Avril	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1	1 August
Bronze	Jean-Michel Henry	Fencing	Men's épée	1 August
Bronze	Franck Adisson Wilfrid Forgues	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-2	2 August
Bronze	Jean-François Lamour	Fencing	Men's sabre	2 August
Bronze	Hubert Bourdy Hervé Godignon Éric Navet Michel Robert	Equestrian	Team jumping	4 August
Bronze	Jean-Philippe Daurelle Franck Ducheix Hervé Granger-Veyron Pierre Guichot Jean-François Lamour	Fencing	Men's team sabre	7 August
Bronze	Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 metres	8 August
Bronze	France men's national handball team Philippe Debureau Philippe Gardent Denis Lathoud Pascal Mahé Philippe Médard Gaël Monthurel Laurent Munier Frédéric Perez Thierry Perreux Alain Portes Éric Quintin Jackson Richardson Stéphane Stoecklin Jean-Luc Thiébaut Denis Tristant Frédéric Volle	Handball	Men's tournament	8 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	38	19	57
Badminton	1	3	4
Boxing	5	–	5
Canoeing	23	8	31
Cycling	14	4	18
Diving	2	0	2
Equestrian	8	4	12
Fencing	15	5	20
Gymnastics	3	8	11
Handball	16	0	16
Judo	7	7	14
Modern pentathlon	3	–	3
Rowing	18	7	25
Sailing	13	4	17
Shooting	10	7	17
Swimming	15	10	25
Synchronized swimming	–	3	3
Table tennis	4	2	6
Tennis	3	4	7
Volleyball	12	0	12
Water polo	13	–	13
Weightlifting	6	–	6
Wrestling	9	–	9
Total	241	98	339

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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. 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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bruno Felipe	Individual	1273	31 Q	Shikarev (EUN) L 102–103	Did not advance
Sébastien Flute		1301	14 Q	Im (KOR) W 107–102	Han (KOR) W 106–97	Lipponen (FIN) W 109–103	Grov (NOR) W 110–107	Chung (KOR) W 110–107
Michaël Taupin		1232	56	Did not advance
Bruno Felipe Sébastien Flute Michaël Taupin	Team	3806	9 Q	—	Italy W 235–229	South Korea W 241–240	Finland L 230–237	Great Britain L 231–233	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Séverine Bonal	Individual	1321	9 Q	Li (PRK) W 104–96	Lai (TPE) L 108–109	Did not advance
Christine Gabillard		1254	41	Did not advance
Nathalie Hibon		1285	23 Q	Nowicka (POL) L 100–105	Did not advance
Séverine Bonal Christine Gabillard Nathalie Hibon	Team	3860	5 Q	—	Indonesia W 236–235	United States W 234–225	South Korea L 221–246	Unified Team L 222–240	4

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Max Morinière	100 metres	10.36	8 Q	10.34	14 Q	10.42	14	Did not advance
Daniel Sangouma		10.63	28 Q	10.64	30	Did not advance
Gilles Quénéhervé	200 metres	20.99	17 Q	20.96	24	Did not advance
Jean-Charles Trouabal		DNF		Did not advance
Frédéric Cornette	800 metres	1:48.22	27	—	Did not advance
Pascal Thiébaut	5000 metres	13:31.16	6 Q	—	13:43.39	13
Antonio Martins Bordelo	10,000 metres	28:35.13	20 q	—	28:47.66	15
Thierry Pantel		DNF		—	Did not advance
Dominique Chauvelier	Marathon	—	2:19:09	31
Luis Soares		—	2:21:57	45
Pascal Zilliox		—	2:30:02	64
Dan Philibert	110 metres hurdles	13.72	18 q	13.74	13 q	13.77	11	Did not advance
Sébastien Thibault		13.94	27	Did not advance
Philippe Tourret		13.91	24 q	14.09	23	Did not advance
Stéphane Caristan	400 metres hurdles	49.16	11 Q	—	49.50	8 Q	48.86	7
Stéphane Diagana		48.41	2 Q	—	48.28	4 Q	48.13	4
Thierry Brusseau	3000 metres steeplechase	8:33.10	22 Q	—	8:42.48	23	Did not advance
Joseph Mahmoud		8:30.54	17 Q	—	8:52.00	24	Did not advance
Max Moriniére Daniel Sangouma Gilles Quénéhervé Bruno Marie-Rose	4 × 100 metres relay	39.49	6 Q	—	39.02	9	Did not advance
Jean-Louis Rapnouil Yann Quentrec Stéphane Caristan Stéphane Diagana	4 × 400 metres relay	3:04.25	11	—	Did not advance
Thierry Toutain	20 kilometres walk	—	DQ
Martial Fesselier	50 kilometres walk	—	4:06:31	16
Alain Lemercier		—	4:07:30	17
René Piller		—	4:02:40	15

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Philippe Collet	Pole vault	5.55	12 q	5.55	7
Philippe d'Encausse		5.50	14	Did not advance
Jean Galfione		5.50	13	Did not advance
Serge Hélan	Long jump	7.60	31	Did not advance
Franck Lestage		7.72	21	Did not advance
Pierre Camara	Triple jump	17.34	1 Q	16.52	11
Serge Hélan		16.47	20	Did not advance
Georges Sainte-Rose		16.50	19	Did not advance
Christophe Épalle	Hammer throw	76.24	8 Q	74.84	10
Frédéric Kuhn		71.76	19	Did not advance
Raphaël Piolanti		73.22	17	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Alain Blondel	Result	11.31	7.31	13.56	2.03	49.19	14.50	37.78	5.10	58.00	4:23.82	8031	15
	Points	793	888	701	831	852	911	620	941	708	786
William Motti	Result	11.42	7.13	15.44	2.12	50.44	15.02	50.58	4.70	67.50	4:48.89	8164	7
	Points	769	845	817	915	794	847	882	819	851	625
Christian Plaziat	Result	10.70	7.21	14.88	1.97	DNF
	Points	929	864	782	776

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Laurence Bily	100 metres	11.57	19 Q	11.64	22	Did not advance
Patricia Girard		11.51	18 Q	11.54	16 Q	11.70	16	Did not advance
Odiah Sidibé		11.62	22 q	11.63	21	Did not advance
Valérie Jean-Charles	200 metres	23.69	25 q	23.64	26	Did not advance
Maguy Nestoret		24.15	34	Did not advance
Elsa Devassoigne	400 metres	52.07	3 Q	51.75	14 Q	52.85	16	Did not advance
Marie-José Pérec		53.64	23 Q	50.89	6 Q	49.48	1 Q	48.83
Viviane Dorsile	800 metres	2:01.54	19	—	Did not advance
Marie-Pierre Duros	1500 metres	4:10.14	21 q	—	4:26.61	26	Did not advance
Marie-Pierre Duros	3000 metres	8:42.32	1 Q	—	DNF
Zohra Graziani-Koullou		8:55.21	18	—	Did not advance
Rosario Murcia	10,000 metres	33:16.96	26	—	Did not advance
Annette Sergent		32:57.29	23	—	Did not advance
Maria Rebélo	Marathon	—	DNF
Cécile Cinélu	100 metres hurdles	13.40	23 Q	13.07	9 q	13.24	12	Did not advance
Monique Éwanjé-Épée		13.73	30	Did not advance
Anne Piquereau		13.11	9 Q	13.17	11 Q	13.32	13	Did not advance
Patricia Girard Odiah Sidibé Laurence Bily Marie-José Pérec	4 × 100 metres relay	42.58	5 Q	—	42.85	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Sandrine Fricot	High jump	1.90	21	Did not advance

Combined event – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Total	Rank
Odile Lesage	Result	13.75	1.88	13.48	25.24	5.99	41.28	2:15.57	6141	15
	Points	1014	1080	759	865	846	692	885
Nathalie Teppe	Result	14.06	1.79	12.69	26.13	5.65	52.58	2:24.42	5847	23
	Points	970	966	707	786	744	910	764

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stéphane Renault	Singles	Mendrek (TCH) L 5–15, 2–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Virginie Delvingt	Singles	Bąk (POL) L 0–11, 2–11	Did not advance
Sandra Dimbour		Robertson (NZL) L 10–12, 9–12	Did not advance
Christelle Mol		Muggeridge (GBR) L 5–11, 7–11	Did not advance
Virginie Delvingt Christelle Mol	Doubles	—	Gowers / Sankey (GBR) L 7–15, 7–15	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Philippe Wartelle	Bantamweight	Pérez (COL) W 12–5	Jalnaiz (PHI) L RSC R2	Did not advance
Djamel Lifa	Featherweight	Baleña (PHI) W 20–12	Tews (GER) L 4–9	Did not advance
Julien Lorcy	Lightweight	Marjouane (MAR) W 11–7	Dobashi (JPN) W RSC R2	Rudolph (GER) L 10–13	Did not advance
Saïd Ben Najem	Welterweight	Hernández (CUB) L 0–6	Did not advance
Patrice Aouissi	Light heavyweight	Verde (MEX) W RSC R3	Raforme (SEY) L RSC R2	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank
Jacky Avril	Men's C-1	117.18	1	135.75	18	117.18
Emmanuel Brugvin		125.14	9	119.19	5	119.19	7
Thierry Humeau		127.42	11	124.91	15	124.91	18
Franck Adisson Wilfrid Forgues	Men's C-2	144.09	10	124.38	3	124.38
Éric Biau Bertrand Daille		133.83	6	160.64	15	133.83	11
Thierry Saïdi Emmanuel del Rey		132.29	5	137.96	12	132.29	8
Laurent Brissaud	Men's K-1	109.37	2	123.02	24	109.37	5
Sylvain Curinier		133.09	34	107.06	2	107.06
Vincent Fondeviole		112.69	11	285.19	43	112.69	14
Marianne Agulhon	Women's K-1	140.44	7	132.89	4	132.89	5
Anne Boixel		203.19	24	140.81	8	140.81	11
Myriam Jerusalmi		150.86	14	150.76	15	150.76	21

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pascal Sylvoz	C-1 500 metres	1:54.60	4 R	1:55.72	1 SF	1:54.38	4 F	1:55.96	7
	C-1 1000 metres	4:03.39	2 SF	Bye	4:06.83	1 F	4:09.82	5
Didier Hoyer Olivier Boivin	C-2 500 metres	1:44.46	3 SF	—	1:42.09	1 F	1:43.04	6
	C-2 1000 metres	3:35.82	2 F	—	Bye	3:39.51
Olivier Lasak Philippe Aubertin	K-2 500 metres	1:49.42	8 R	1:32.51	3 SF	1:33.20	9	Did not advance
Philippe Boccara Pascal Boucherit	K-2 1000 metres	3:26.81	5 R	3:18.13	3 SF	3:21.02	5	Did not advance
Pierre Lubac Jean-François Briand Sébastien Mayer Patrick Lancereau	K-4 1000 metres	3:02.60	5 SF	—	2:58.98	6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sabine Goetschy	K-1 500 metres	1:57.68	3 SF	1:51.99	3 F	1:53.53	6
Sabine Goetschy Bernadette Brégeon	K-2 500 metres	1:45.19	3 SF	1:43.61	6	Did not advance
Françoise Lasak Bernadette Brégeon Isabelle Boulogne Anne Michaut	K-4 500 metres	1:39.27	5 SF	1:41.83	5	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sylvain Bolay	Road race	4:35:56	7
Pascal Hervé		4:35:56	48
Emmanuel Magnien		DNF
Hervé Boussard Didier Faivre-Pierret Philippe Gaumont Jean-Louis Harel	Team time trial	2:05:25

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marion Clignet	Road race	2:05:13	33
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli		2:05:02
Catherine Marsal		2:05:03	21

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage		Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
					Round 1	Round 2
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Frédéric Magné	Men's sprint	10.617	7	Jeřábek (TCH),  Bloch (RSA) W 11.230	Bye	Neiwand (AUS),  Chiappa (ITA) L	Carpenter (USA) L	Did not advance
Félicia Ballanger	Women's sprint	11.508	2	Kuroki (JPN),  Paraskevin-Young (USA) W 12.615	Bye	—	Wang (CHN) W, W	Salumäe (EST) L, L	Haringa (NED) L, L	4

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Frédéric Lancien	Time trial	1:05.157	6

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Philippe Ermenault	Men's individual pursuit	4:33.892	5 Q	Anderson (NZL) L 4:28.838	Did not advance
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	Women's individual pursuit	3:46.935	6 Q	Twigg (USA) L 3:46.547	Did not advance
Hervé Dagorné Philippe Ermenault Daniel Pandèle Pascal Potié	Men's individual pursuit	4:23.924	11	Did not advance

Points race

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Laps	Points	Rank	Laps	Points	Rank
Éric Magnin	Points race	−1 lap	30	3 Q	0 laps	24	6

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Philippe Duvernay	3 m springboard	310.14	29	Did not advance
Frédéric Pierre	10 m platform	329.01	19	Did not advance

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Serge Cornut	Olifant Charrière	Individual	1444	37	Did not advance
Dominique d'Esmé	Rapport II		1427	42	Did not advance
Catherine Durand	Orphée RBO		1498	25	Did not advance
Margit Otto-Crépin	Maritim		1521	19	Did not advance
Serge Cornut Dominique d'Esmé Catherine Durand Margit Otto-Crépin	See above	Team	—	4463	9

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jean-Jacques Boisson	Oscar de la Loge	Individual	64.80	42	DQ			5.00	335.00	9	335.00	61
Michel Bouquet	Newport AA		49.80	9	78.40	128.20	39	17.00	145.20	9	145.20	28
Marie-Christine Duroy	Quart du Placineau		48.20	6	56.40	104.60	30	5.25	109.85	22	109.85	12
Didier Seguret	Coeur de Rocker		66.20	48	DNF
Jean-Jacques Boisson Michel Bouquet Marie-Christine Duroy Didier Seguret	See above	Team	162.80	3	400.00	562.80	15	27.25	590.05	8	590.05	14

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total		Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Hubert Bourdy	Razzia du Poncel	Individual	56.00	29	72.50	8	86.00	2	214.50	4 Q	DNF		Did not advance
Hervé Godignon	Quidam de Revel		62.00	26	84.50	1	DNF		146.50	35 Q	1.00	5 Q	5.25	5	6.25	4
Éric Navet	Quito de Baussy		70.50	13	39.50	47	72.00	16	182.00	12 Q	8.00	14 Q	8.50	8	16.50	11
Michel Robert	Nonix		82.50	1	19.00	69	78.00	9	179.50	14	Did not compete
Hubert Bourdy Hervé Godignon Éric Navet Michel Robert	See above	Team	—	8.75	3	16.00	6	24.75

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented France in 1992.

Individual

Pool stage

Athlete	Event	Group Stage
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Groc	Men's foil	Holubytskiy (EUN) L 2–5	Yu (KOR) W 5–1	Kajbjer (SWE) W 5–4	González (ARG) W 5–0	Gosbee (GBR) L 3–5	—	22 Q
Patrice Lhôtellier		Betancourt (CUB) L 3–5	Abe (JPN) W 5–1	Lo (HKG) W 5–0	Giasson (CAN) W 5–4	El-Khoury (LBN) L 1–5	—	23 Q
Philippe Omnès		Cerioni (ITA) L 1–5	Ichigatani (JPN) W 5–0	Busa (HUN) W 5–2	García (ESP) W 5–2	van Garderen (RSA) W 5–1	Youssef (LBN) W 5–1	4 Q
Jean-Michel Henry	Men's épée	Chouinard (CAN) W 5–3	Kuhn (SUI) W 5–2	Sandegren (SWE) W 5–3	Nawrocki (POL) W 5–1	van Garderen (RSA) W 5–1	Kim (KOR) L 3–5	7 Q
Olivier Lenglet		Borrmann (GER) L 2–5	Lee (KOR) W 5–4	Arnold (AUS) W 5–1	El-Khoury (LBN) W 5–2	Strydom (RSA) W 5–0	Ječmínek (TCH) L 3–5	13 Q
Éric Srecki		Kravchuk (EUN) L 5–5	Lazzarini (BRA) W 5–0	Douba (TCH) W 5–2	Paul (GBR) W 5–3	O'Loughlin (USA) W 5–1	Zakaria (INA) W 5–2	5 Q
Jean-Philippe Daurelle	Men's sabre	Szabó (HUN) L 2–5	Chiculiţă (ROU) W 5–4	Zavieh (GBR) W 5–0	Jia (CHN) W 5–3	—	11 Q
Franck Ducheix		Scalzo (ITA) L 4–5	Pogosov (EUN) W 5–2	Lofton (USA) W 5–2	Plourde (CAN) W 5–4	van Garderen (RSA) W 5–2	Babanasis (GRE) L 3–5	13 Q
Jean-François Lamour		Kempenich (GER) W 5–3	Kościelniakowski (POL) W 5–4	Williams (GBR) W 5–2	Al-Baker (KSA) W 5–2	Grigore (ROU) L 4–5	—	5 Q
Gisèle Meygret	Women's foil	Zalaffi (ITA) L 4–5	Maciejewska (POL) L 0–5	Lee (KOR) L 2–5	Tremblay (CAN) W 5–2	Takayanagi (JPN) W 5–3	Botha (RSA) W 5–1	28 Q
Laurence Modaine		Jánosi-Németh (HUN) L 3–5	Tufan (ROU) L 1–5	Sobczak (POL) L 2–5	Bilodeaux-Banos (USA) W 5–2	Bracewell (GBR) W 5–1	Iannuzzi (ARG) W 5–0	27 Q
Isabelle Spennato		Sadovskaya (EUN) W 5–2	Bortolozzi (ITA) L 2–5	Nasson (RSA) W 5–1	Shin (KOR) W 5–1	Chiuchich (ARG) W 5–1	Savić (IOA) L 3–5	12 Q

Elimination phase

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Repechage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Groc	Men's foil	Krzesiński (POL) W 2–0	Wendt (AUT) L 1–2	—	Bravo (ESP) W 2–1	Kiełpikowski (POL) L 1–2	Did not advance
Patrice Lhôtellier		McKenzie (GBR) L 0–2	Did not advance
Philippe Omnès		Bye	Ludwig (AUT) W 2–0	Grigoryev (EUN) W 2–0	Borella (ITA) L 1–2	Bye	Richter (AUT) W 2–0	Wendt (AUT) W 2–0	Wagner (GER) W 2–1	Holubytskiy (EUN) W 2–1
Jean-Michel Henry	Men's épée	Bye	Lundblad (SWE) W 2–0	Felisiak (GER) L 1–2	—	Bye	Chouinard (CAN) W 2–0	Kulcsár (HUN) W 2–1	Vánky (SWE) W 2–0	Borrmann (GER) W 2–1	Kolobkov (EUN) L 1–2	Kaaberma (EST) W 2–1
Olivier Lenglet		Milan (ROU) W 2–0	Jacquet (SUI) W 2–0	Rivas (COL) L 1–2	—	Bye	Kravchuk (EUN) L 1–2	Did not advance
Éric Srecki		Bye	Schmitt (GER) 'W 2–0	Shong (CAN) W 2–0	Kaaberma (EST) L 1–2	Bye	Shuvalov (EUN) W 2–0	Kovács (HUN) W 2–1	Kaaberma (EST) W 2–0	Kolobkov (EUN) W 2–0
Jean-Philippe Daurelle	Men's sabre	Bye	Gniewkowski (POL) L 0–2	—	Zavieh (GBR) W 2–0	Banos (CAN) W 2–0	Shirshov (EUN) W 2–1	Nolte (GER) L 0–2	Did not advance
Franck Ducheix		Bye	Banos (CAN) W 2–0	Scalzo (ITA) L 1–2	—	Bye	Zheng (CHN) L 1–2	Did not advance
Jean-François Lamour		Bye	Yang (CHN) W 2–0	Marin (ITA) W 2–0	Kiriyenko (EUN) W 2–1	Bye	Kościelniakowski (POL) W 2–0	Marin (ITA) L 0–2	Scalzo (ITA) L 1–2	4
Gisèle Meygret	Women's foil	Dobmeier (GER) W 2–1	Sin (KOR) L 1–2	—	E (CHN) W 2–1	Jánosi-Németh (HUN) L 0–2	Did not advance
Laurence Modaine		Bye	Glikina (EUN) W 2–0	Tufan (ROU) W 2–1	Bau (GER) L 1–2	Bye	Jánosi-Németh (HUN) W 2–0	Zalaffi (ITA) W 2–0	Wang (CHN) L 1–2	Sadovskaya (EUN) L 1–2	4
Isabelle Spennato		Bye	Xiao (CHN) L 0–2	—	Savić (IOA) W 2–0	Sobczak (POL) L 0–2	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Groc Youssef Hocine Olivier Lambert Patrice Lhôtellier Philippe Omnès	Men's foil	Unified Team L 6–8	Spain W 9–4	2 Q	Germany L 5–9	Italy L 6–9	South Korea W 9–2	7
Jean-François Di Martino Jean-Michel Henry Olivier Lenglet Robert Leroux Éric Srecki	Men's épée	Sweden W 9–7	South Korea W 9–5	1 Q	Spain W 8–2	Hungary L 3–9	Unified Team L 8–8	4
Jean-Philippe Daurelle Franck Ducheix Hervé Granger-Veyron Pierre Guichot Jean-François Lamour	Men's sabre	Romania W 9–7	United States W 9–5	1 Q	China W 9–5	Hungary L 1–9	Romania W 9–4
Patrick Groc Youssef Hocine Olivier Lambert Patrice Lhôtellier Philippe Omnès	Women's foil	China L 6–8	United States W 9–5	2 Q	Germany L 8–8	Poland W 9–3	China W 9–5	5

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Qualification

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Patrice Casimir	Individual	18.800	18.925	18.925	18.925	19.100	19.075	113.750	42 q
Sébastien Darrigade		18.875	18.450	19.000	18.925	18.900	19.175	113.325	47 q
Fabrice Guelzec		18.875	18.350	18.950	18.700	18.675	19.050	112.600	63

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Patrice Casimir	Individual	9.475	9.575	8.675	9.650	9.475	9.575	56.425	31
Sébastien Darrigade		9.600	9.450	9.425	9.150	9.250	9.500	56.375	32

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Karine Boucher	Team	19.537	18.574	19.212	19.250	76.573	63
Carine Charlier		19.312	18.924	18.800	19.112	76.148	71
Marie-Angéline Colson		19.637	19.437	19.137	19.450	77.661	36 Q
Virginie Machado		19.437	19.587	19.262	19.325	77.611	38 q
Chloé Maigre		19.399	19.662	18.924	19.299	77.284	43 q
Jenny Rolland		19.187	18.787	18.399	19.049	75.422	84
Total		97.322	96.522	95.635	96.573	386.052	8

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Marie-Angéline Colson	All-around	8.962	9.225	9.800	9.787	37.774	35
Virginie Machado		9.650	9.750	9.687	9.737	38.824	26
Chloé Maigre		9.662	9.125	9.775	9.712	38.274	32

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ball	Total	Rank	Qualification	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ball	Total	Rank
Céline Degrange	Individual	8.975	9.000	8.925	9.050	35.950	25	Did not advance
Chrystelle-Arlette Sahuc		9.050	9.150	9.100	9.075	36.375	19	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• ET: After extra time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France men's	Men's tournament	Spain W 18–16	Unified Team L 22–23	Germany W 23–20	Romania W 26–20	Egypt W 22–19	2 Q	Sweden L 22–25	Iceland W 24–20

Men's tournament

Team roster

• Philippe Debureau
• Philippe Gardent
• Denis Lathoud
• Pascal Mahé
• Philippe Médard
• Gaël Monthurel
• Laurent Munier
• Frédéric Perez
• Alain Portes
• Thierry Perreux
• Éric Quintin
• Jackson Richardson
• Stéphane Stoecklin
• Jean-Luc Thiébaut
• Denis Tristant
• Frédéric Volle
• Head coach: Daniel Constantini

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unified Team	5	5	0	0	121	98	23	10	Semifinals
2	France	5	4	0	1	111	98	13	8
3	Spain (H)	5	3	0	2	97	98	−1	6	Fifth place game
4	Romania	5	1	1	3	107	115	−8	3	Seventh place game
5	Germany	5	1	1	3	97	103	−6	3	Ninth place game
6	Egypt	5	0	0	5	92	113	−21	0	Eleventh place game

Source:
(H) Hosts
Notes:

27 July 1992 20:30	Spain	16–18	France	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
	Masip 5	(7–7)	Volle 4

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29 July 1992 11:30	France	22–23	Unified Team	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
	Munier, Portes 4	(12–14)	Dujshebaev 9

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31 July 1992 16:00	Germany	20–23	France	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
	three players 4	(9–10)	Lathoud, Munier 5

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2 August 1992 11:30	Romania	20–26	France	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Licu, Zaharia 7	(11–12)	Lathoud 6

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4 August 1992 10:00	France	22–19	Egypt	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
	Munier 8	(10–7)	Debes, Mohamed 4

Semifinal

6 August 1992 19:00	Sweden	25–22	France	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
	Thorsson 6	(11–10)	Lathoud 6

Bronze medal match

8 August 1992 15:00	Iceland	20–24	France	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
	Grímsson 5	(9–12)	Munier 6

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage				Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Philippe Pradayrol	60 kg	Okada (USA) W Yusei-gachi	Al-Humaidi (YEM) W Ippon	Efemgil (TUR) W Chui	Trautmann (GER) L Ippon	Did not advance	—	Beaton (CAN) W Ippon	Garcia (VEN) W Ippon	Koshino (JPN) L Ippon	5
Benoît Campargue	65 kg	Born (SUI) W Waza-ari	Maruyama (JPN) L Ippon	Did not advance
Bruno Carabetta	71 kg	Bye	Ayan (TUR) W Ippon	Dott (GER) L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance		—	Mafuta (ZAI) W Ippon	Korhonen (FIN) W Ippon	Błach (POL) W Waza-ari	Chung (KOR) L Yusei-gachi	5
Bertrand Damaisin	78 kg	Bye	Schaffter (SUI) W Keikoku	Summer (AUT) W Ippon	Laats (BEL) L Ippon	Did not advance	—	Zsoldos (HUN) W Ippon	Ciupe (ROU) W Chui	Adolfsson (SWE) W Waza-ari
Pascal Tayot	86 kg	—	Korbel (HUN) W Koka	Croitoru (ROU) W Shido	Franco (CUB) W Koka	Lobenstein (GER) W Ippon	—	Legień (POL) L Yuko
Stéphane Traineau	95 kg	Pie (INA) W Ippon	Friðriksson (ISL) W Ippon	White (USA) L Ippon	Did not advance
David Douillet	95 kg	—	Gordon (GBR) W Ippon	Stöhr (GER) W Hansoku-make	Pérez (ESP) W Ippon	Ogawa (JPN) L Ippon	—	Moreno (CUB) W Yuko

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cécile Nowak	48 kg	Bye	Şenyurt (TUR) W Ippon	Tortora (ITA) W Kiken-gachi	Souakri (ALG) W Ippon	—	Tamura (JPN) W Koka
Dominique Berna	52 kg	Parragh (HUN) W Koka	Mariani (ARG) L Koka	Did not advance
Catherine Arnaud	56 kg	Mainville (CAN) W Ippon	Law (HKG) W Ippon	Fairbrother (GBR) L Ippon	Did not advance	—	Eck (AUT) W Yusei-gachi	González (CUB) L Koka	Did not advance
Catherine Fleury	61 kg	Warren-Jeans (ZIM) W Ippon	Beltrán (CUB) W Shido	Griffith (VEN) W Ippon	Gu (KOR) W Ippon	—	Arad (ISR) W Yusei-gachi
Claire Lecat	66 kg	del Carmen Bellón (ESP) W Yuko	Laveti (FIJ) W Hansoku-make	Pierantozzi (ITA) L Koka	Did not advance	—	Han (NED) W Shido	Martinel (ARG) W Ippon	Howey (GBR) L Waza-ari	5
Laetitia Meignan	72 kg	de Kok (NED) L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance			Richter (ROU) W Ippon	Werbrouck (BEL) W Ippon	Håkansson (SWE) W Yuko	Horton (GBR) W Ippon
Nathalie Lupino	72 kg	Santini (PUR) W Ippon	Patterson (CAN) W Ippon	Gundarenko (EUN) W Ippon	Rodríguez (CUB) L Yuko	—	Weber (GER) W Ippon

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented France in 1992.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (300 m freestyle)			Shooting (Air pistol)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (4000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Points	Rank	MP Points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Joël Bouzou	Individual	36–29	18	830	3:34.5	54	1156	186	24	1060	62	18	1038	13:31.3	28	1132	5216	17
Sébastien Deleigne		33–32	37	779	3:25.5	35	1228	184	33	1030	60	16	1040	13:17.7	16	1174	5251	11
Christophe Ruer		33–32	37	779	3:14.0	3	1320	184	33	1030	495	61	605	12:55.7	4	1240	4974	41
Joël Bouzou Sébastien Deleigne Christophe Ruer	Team	102–93	11	2388	10:14.0	6	3704	554	8	3120	617	11	2683	39:44.7	3	3546	15441	7

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fiorenzo Di Giovanni Fabrice LeClerc Yves Lamarque Samuel Barathay	Quadruple sculls	5:47.80	1 SF	Bye	5:48.72	3 FA	5:54.80	6
Michel Andrieux Jean-Christophe Rolland	Coxless pair	6:39.95	2 R	6:43.83	1 SF	6:33.88	1 FA	6:36.34	4
Patrick Berthou Laurent Lacasa Emmanuel Bunoz	Coxed pair	7:03.77	2 SF	Bye	6:53.96	3 FA	7:03.01	6
Jean-Pierre Le Lain Patrick Vibert-Vichet Bruno Dumay Dominique Lecointe	Coxless four	6:15.23	4 R	6:13.37	3 SF	6:12.57	6 FB	6:17.69	12
Yannick Schulte Philippe Lot Daniel Fauché Jean-Paul Vergne Jean-Pierre Huguet-Balent	Coxed four	6:26.51	4 R	6:18.77	2 FA	—	6:06.82	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Corinne Le Moal	Single sculls	7:50.96	2 SF	Bye	7:39.78	3 FA	7:41.85	6
Christine Gossé Isabelle Danjou	Coxless pair	7:43.29	1 SF	Bye	7:12.35	2 FA	7:08.70	4
Frédérique Heligon Chantal Lafon Christine Jullien Hélène Cortin	Coxless four	6:50.95	2 R	6:50.23	3 FB	—	6:45.16	7

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Franck David	Lechner A-390	14	5.7	18	0	8	8	3	14	23	0	70.7
Xavier Rohart	Finn	10	10	19	8	10	18	19	—	75	7
Dimitri Deruelle Maxime Paul	470	25	19	28	31	32	30	15	—	148	25

Women

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Maud Herbert	Lechner A-390	15	0	10	10	18	0	10	15	0	31	78	4
Annabel Chaulvin	Europe	23	19	22	16	23	15	5.7	—	100.7	13
Florence Lebrun Odile Barre	470	0	17	15	5.7	15	13	18	—	65.7	6

Open

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Thierry Berger Vincent Berger	Flying Dutchman	8	15	21	30	25	18	10	97	10
Nicolas Hénard Yves Loday	Tornado	13	0	5.7	5.7	16	13	3	40.4
Patrick Haegeli Yannick Adde	Star	15	21	19	20	19	28	22	116	18

Athlete	Event	Qualification races						Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6
Alain Pointet Fabrice Levet Marc Bouet	Soling	18	17	20	20	21	13	88	15

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jean-Pierre Amat	10 metre air rifle	590	7 Q	691.6	4
	50 metre rifle three positions	1159	16	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle prone	592	26	Did not advance
Franck Badiou	10 metre air rifle	591	3 Q	691.9
Michel Bury	50 metre rifle three positions	1155	21	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle prone	597	6 Q	700.0	5
Philippe Cola	10 metre air pistol	579	11	Did not advance
	50 metre pistol	552	22	Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin	10 metre air pistol	575	22	Did not advance
	50 metre pistol	544	36	Did not advance
Christian Kezel	25 metre rapid fire pistol	582	16	Did not advance
Jean-Luc Tricoire	10 metre running target	512	24	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Christine Bontemps	10 metre air rifle	389	17	Did not advance
Dominique Esnault	50 metre rifle three positions	567	30	Did not advance
Isabelle Héberlé	50 metre rifle three positions	566	32	Did not advance
Evelyne Manchon	10 metre air pistol	375	24	Did not advance
	25 metre pistol	577	9	Did not advance
Annette Sattel	10 metre air rifle	384	34	Did not advance
Corinne Serra Tosio	10 metre air pistol	376	21	Did not advance
	25 metre pistol	568	33	Did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Claude Cuy y Mola	Skeet	143	42	Did not advance
Stéphane Tyssier		144	33	Did not advance
Muriel Bernard	Trap	188	21	Did not advance
Jean-Paul Gros		191	16	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Christophe Bordeau	200 metre butterfly	2:01.99	25	Did not advance
Christophe Bourdon	100 metre breaststroke	1:04.43	37	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:17.68	21	Did not advance
Stéphane Caron	50 metre freestyle	23.01	13 FB	Withdrew
	100 metre freestyle	49.82	5 FA	49.50
Yann de Fabrique	400 metre freestyle	3:55.66	17 FB	3:54.37	14
Franck Esposito	100 metre butterfly	55.26	22	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	1:58.75	3 FA	1:58.51
Bruno Gutzeit	100 metre butterfly	54.35	9 FB	54.80	11
David Holderbach	100 metre backstroke	58.25	36	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:03.11	22	Did not advance
Christophe Kalfayan	50 metre freestyle	22.70	6 FA	22.50	4
	100 metre freestyle	50.30	12 FB	50.49	11
Frédéric Lefèvre	200 metre individual medley	2:03.82	13 FB	2:04.05	12
Christophe Marchand	400 metre freestyle	3:54.59	14 FB	3:53.24	13
	1500 metre freestyle	15:30.51	14	Did not advance
Franck Schott	100 metre backstroke	55.84	6 FA	55.72	6
Stéphane Vossart	100 metre breaststroke	1:02.81	13 FB	1:02.39	10
	200 metre breaststroke	2:15.11	11 FB	2:15.52	10
Christophe Kalfayan Franck Schott Frédéric Lefèvre Stéphan Caron Ludovic Dépickère (*) Bruno Gutzeit (*)	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:22.01	7 FA	3:19.16	4
Christophe Bordeau Lionel Poirot Franck Horter Yann de Fabrique	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	7:26.22	10	Did not advance
Franck Schott Stéphane Vossart Bruno Gutzeit Stéphane Caron Franck Esposito (*) Christophe Kalfayan (*)	4 × 100 metre medley relay	3:43.13	5 FA	3:40.51	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Julie Blaise	50 metre freestyle	26.48	17	Did not advance
Céline Bonnet	100 metre backstroke	1:05.75	32	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:18.95	18 FB	2:19.14	14
	400 metre individual medley	4:54.70	19	Did not advance
Jacqueline Delord	100 metre butterfly	1:01.78	16 FB	1:03.22	16
Audrey Guérit	100 metre breaststroke	1:13.98	30	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:32.33	13 FB	2:32.10	11
Cécile Jeanson	200 metre butterfly	2:13.23	9 FB	2:13.40	10
Diane Lacombe	100 metre backstroke	1:06.31	38	Did not advance
Catherine Plewinski	50 metre freestyle	25.78	4 FA	25.36	4
	100 metre freestyle	55.44	3 FA	55.72	5
	200 metre freestyle	2:00.67	6 FA	1:59.88	4
	100 metre butterfly	1:00.03	5 FA	59.01
Julie Blaise Julia Reggiani Marie-Laure Giraudon Véronique Jardin	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:50.22	11	Did not advance
Céline Bonnet Audrey Guérit Jacqueline Delord Julie Blaise	4 × 100 metre medley relay	4:21.19	14	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Three synchronized swimmers represented France in 1992.

Athlete	Event	Figures		Qualification			Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (Figures Qualification)	Rank	Points	Total (Figures Final)	Rank
Marianne Aeschbacher	Solo	85.702	18	Did not advance
Anne Capron		86.689	13 Q	94.800	181.489	5 Q	95.760	182.449	5
Karine Schuler		85.731	17	Did not advance
Marianne Aeschbacher Anne Capron	Duet	86.195	5	95.200	181.395	5 Q	95.600	181.795	5

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nicolas Chatelain	Singles	Syed (GBR) L 0–2	Persson (SWE) L 1–2	Helmy (EGY) W 2–0	3	Did not advance
Jean-Philippe Gatien		Bower (NZL) W 2–0	Musa (NGR) W 2–0	Kalinić (IOA) W 2–0	1 Q	Yoo (KOR) W 3–2	Yi (AUT) W 3–2	Ma (CHN) W 3–2	Waldner (SWE) L 0–3
Nicolas Chatelain Patrick Chila	Doubles	Shibutani / Matsushita (JPN) L 0–2	Roßkopf / Fetzner (GER) L 0–2	Núñez / Morales (CHI) W 2–0	3	Did not advance
Damien Éloi Jean-Philippe Gatien		Bower / Jackson (NZL) W 2–0	Musa / Olaleye (NGR) W 2–0	Grubba / Kucharski (POL) W 2–1	1 Q	—	Lu / Wang (CHN) L 1–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Xiaoming Wang	Singles	Chan (HKG) W 2–0	Godes (ESP) W 2–0	Kim (PRK) L 1–2	2	Did not advance
Emmanuelle Coubat Xiaoming Wang	Doubles	Gee / Yip (USA) W 2–0	Gabaglio / Kim de Rimasa (ARG) W 2–0	Chai / Chan (HKG) L 0–2	2	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Guy Forget	Singles	Caratti (ITA) W (6–3, 6–4, 6–2)	Larsson (SWE) L (3–6, 3–6, 1–6)	Did not advance
Henri Leconte		Muster (AUT) W (7–6, 7–6, 6–4)	Lavalle (MEX) L (4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 8–10)	Did not advance
Fabrice Santoro		Miniussi (ARG) W (6–1, 7–6, 6–4)	Frana (ARG) W (4–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–1)	Becker (GER) W (6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3)	Ivanišević (CRO) L (7–6, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 6–8)	Did not advance
Guy Forget Henri Leconte	Doubles	—	Couto / Mota (POR) W (6–1, 6–3, 6–1)	Frana / Miniussi (ARG) L (6–4, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 3–6)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Julie Halard	Singles	Nowak (POL) W (6–4, 7–6)	Muns-Jagerman (NED) L (6–7, 6–7)	Did not advance
Mary Pierce		Meskhi (EUN) W (7–6, 7–5)	Basuki (INA) L (6–0, 3–6, 8–10)	Did not advance
Nathalie Tauziat		Zrubáková (TCH) W (6–3, 6–2)	Rittner (GER) L (3–6, 2–6)	Did not advance
Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	Doubles	—	de los Ríos / Schaerer (PAR) W (6–1, 7–6)	Hy / Simpson-Alter (CAN) W (3–6, 6–3, 6–2)	Martínez / Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L (2–6, 4–6)	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France men's	Men's tournament	Italy L 1–3	Japan W 3–2	Canada L 0–3	United States L 0–3	Spain L 2–3	6	—	Algeria W 3–0	11

Men's tournament

• Team roster
  • Rivo Andriamamonjy
  • Eric Bouvier
  • Laurent Chambertin
  • Arnaud Josserand
  • Olivier Lecat
  • Luc Marquet
  • Christophe Meneau
  • David Romann
  • Olivier Rossard
  • Philippe Salvan
  • Laurent Tillie
  • Eric Wolfer

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	4	1	9	13	5	2.600	253	192	1.318	Quarterfinals
2	United States	5	4	1	9	13	8	1.625	287	257	1.117
3	Spain	5	3	2	8	11	12	0.917	283	299	0.946
4	Japan	5	2	3	7	10	12	0.833	277	291	0.952
5	Canada	5	1	4	6	10	12	0.833	286	279	1.025	9th place match
6	France	5	1	4	6	6	14	0.429	200	268	0.746	11th place match

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Jul	Italy	3–1	France	9–15	15–5	15–8	15–2		54–30
28 Jul	France	3–2	Japan	15–8	9–15	15–11	10–15	15–9	64–58
30 Jul	Canada	3–0	France	15–7	15–8	15–6			45–21
1 Aug	United States	3–0	France	15–5	15–12	15–8			45–25
3 Aug	Spain	3–2	France	10–15	11–15	15–9	15–9	15–12	66–60

11th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
5 Aug	France	3–0	Algeria	15–4	15–9	15–9			45–22

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.

Team	Event	Group stage						Classification round
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France men's	Men's tournament	Germany D 7–7	Australia L 5–9	United States L 7–11	Czechoslovakia W 14–6	Unified Team L 5–9	5	Greece L 6–10	Netherlands L 8–15	11

• 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

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Unified Team	5	5	0	0	50	32	18	10
2	United States	5	4	0	1	40	24	16	8
3	Australia	5	2	1	2	44	41	3	5
4	Germany	5	1	2	2	38	41	−3	4
5	France	5	1	1	3	38	42	−4	3
6	Czechoslovakia	5	0	0	5	33	63	−30	0

Source: https://www.olympedia.org/results/38777

1 August 1992 (1992-08-01) 18:30	France	7–7	Germany	Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc Referees: Antal Vuszek (HUN), Eugenio Martínez (CUB)
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 2–3, 1–0
	Jeleff 3	Goals	de la Peña 3

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2 August 1992 (1992-08-02) 12:00	Australia	9–5	France	Piscina Bernat Picornell Referees: Fred van Dorp (NED), Manuel de Jesús (PUR)
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 2–2, 3–2
	Mayers, Clark 2	Goals	Jeleff 2

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3 August 1992 (1992-08-03) 9:30	United States	11–7	France	Piscinas Bernat Picornell Referees: Franco Picchetto (ITA), Lionel Liow (SGP)
	Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–3, 3–1, 3–3
	Humbert 3	Goals	Garsau 3

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5 August 1992 (1992-08-05) 9:30	France	14–6	Czechoslovakia	Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc Referees: David Bathurst (GBR), Nikolay Lalov (BUL)
	Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–1, 2–2, 3–2
	Garsau 4	Goals	six players 1

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6 August 1992 (1992-08-06) 18:45	Unified Team	9–5	France	Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc Referees: Franco Picchetto (ITA), Decio Patelli Junior (BRA)
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–0, 2–1, 3–2
	Apanasenko 3	Goals	five players 1

Classification round 9th-12th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	28	20	8	5
10	Greece	3	2	1	0	24	18	6	5
11	France	3	1	0	2	28	31	−3	2
12	Czechoslovakia	3	0	0	3	22	33	−11	0

Source:

8 August 1992 (1992-08-08) 9:30	Greece	10–6	France	Piscinas Bernat Picornell Referees: Franco Picchetto (ITA), Lionel Liow (SGP)
	Score by quarters: 2–0, 4–2, 1–2, 3–2
	Seletopoulos 3	Goals	Ducher 3

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9 August 1992 (1992-08-09) 10:15	Netherlands	15–8	France	Piscinas Bernat Picornell Referees: Antal Vuszek (HUN), Nikolay Lalov (BUL)
	Score by quarters: 8–0, 2–1, 4–4, 1–3
	van Belkum 6	Goals	Ducher 3

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pascal Arnou	56 kg	No lift		DNF
Laurent Fombertasse		112.5	7	147.5	4	260.0	4
David Balp	60 kg	120.0	11	142.5	20	262.5	17
Stéphane Sageder	82.5 kg	140.0	21	182.5	17	322.5	21
Cédric Plançon	90 kg	157.5	8	187.5	11	345.0	9
Francis Tournefier	100 kg	170.0	6	217.5	2	387.5	4

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage							Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Serge Robert	52 kg	Kamesaki (FIN) L 1–2	Rebegea (ROU) L 1–2	Did not advance				7	Did not advance
Patrice Mourier	57 kg	Hall (USA) W 3–0	Dimitrov (BUL) W 4–1	Lara (CUB) L 1–2	Yildiz (GER) L 0–6	Did not advance		6	Did not advance
Ghani Yalouz	68 kg	Sabo (IOA) W 4–2	Cărare (ROU) W 3–2	Stoyanov (BUL) W 3–2	Repka (HUN) L 0–6	Bye	Smith (USA) L 5–7	3	Chamangoli (IRI) W w/o	5
Yvon Riemer	74 kg	Wei (CHN) W Fall	Triantafyllidis (GRE) W 8–0	Almanza (CUB) L 0–0	Kasap (CAN) W 13–0	Bye	Iskandaryan (EUN) L 1–7	3	Marchl (AUT) W 12–0	5
Martial Mischler	82 kg	Pappas (GRE) W 2–0	Henderson (USA) L 2–7	Bye	Fredriksson (SWE) L 0–2	Did not advance		6	Did not advance
Henri Meiss	90 kg	Ivošević (IOA) W 1–0	Konstantinidis (GRE) L 1–6	Foy (USA) L Fall	Did not advance			7	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Thierry Bourdin	52 kg	Leyva (CUB) L 1–4	Sato (JPN) L Fall	Did not advance			8	Did not advance
Gérard Santoro	68 kg	Brown (AUS) W 4–3	Al-Aosta (SYR) W 1–0	Getsov (BUL) L 2–9	Akbarnejad (IRI) L 0–3	Did not advance	5	Elekes (HUN) W w/o	9
Alcide Legrand	82 kg	Lohyňa (TCH) L 0–6	Leitão (BRA) W 15–0	Ghiță (ROU) L 2–3	Did not advance		7	Did not advance