France at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)