France has been represented by 54 athletes at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. Romain Mesnil (pole vault) and Yohann Diniz (50 km walk) won France's two silver medals. France sent a young squad, with 29 of the 54 total athletes under 25 years old (53%).
Team The 23 athletes with the best marks were: Christine Arron : 100 m, 200 m, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi : 200 m, Adrianna Lamalle : 100 m haies, Sophie Duarte : 3000 m steeple Julie Coulaud : 3000 m steeple Élodie Olivares : 3000 m steeple Melanie Skotnik : HJ Vanessa Boslak : PV Eunice Barber : LJ Barber should have been competing in the Heptathlon also, but had to pull out due to injury https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/6958279.stm Teresa Nzola Meso Ba : TJ Manuela Montebrun : HT Marie Collonvillé : Heptathlon David Alerte : 200 m, Mehdi Baala : 1500 m Ladji Doucouré : 110 m hs Bouabdellah Tahri : 3000 m steeple Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad : 3000 m steeple Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux : 3000 m steeple Romain Mesnil : PV Romain Barras : Decathlon Yohann Diniz : 50 km walk Eddy Riva : 50 km walk David Boulanger : 50 km walk
Then, there are 12 athletes with good marks at the National Championships or with IAAF-Standard-A
Solen Désert : 400 m, Maria Martins : 1500 m Mélina Robert-Michon : DT Amélie Perrin : HT Eddy De Lépine : 200 m, Leslie Djhone : 400 m, Mounir Yemmouni : 1500 m Bano Traoré : 110 m hs Naman Keïta : 400 hs, (testosterone case announced by IAAF) Jérôme Clavier : PV Julien Kapek : TJ Yves Niaré : SP
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