France competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. French athletes had appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, and Greece. The French Olympic Committee sent its largest ever delegation in Olympic history outside of when it was the host nation, with a total of 401 athletes, 232 men and 169 women, competing in all sports, except field hockey.
Medallists
| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 Equestrian Team eventing Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls Judo Women's +78 kg Judo Men's +100 kg * Fencing Men's team épée Sailing Women's RS:X Equestrian Team jumping Boxing Women's lightweight Boxing Men's super heavyweight ** Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Equestrian Individual eventing Judo Women's 63 kg Judo Women's 78 kg Archery Men's individual Fencing Men's team foil Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol Athletics Men's pole vault Athletics Women's discus throw Boxing Men's lightweight Athletics Men's decathlon Modern pentathlon Women's pentathlon Taekwondo Women's 67 kg Canoeing Men's K-1 200 m Boxing Women's flyweight Handball Women's tournament Handball Men's tournament Fencing Men's épée Canoeing Men's C-2 Cycling Men's team sprint Judo Men's 100 kg Rowing Men's lightweight coxless four Sailing Men's RS:X Shooting Men's 50 m rifle three positions Boxing Men's welterweight Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles Boxing Men's light heavyweight Swimming Men's 10 km open water Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase Sailing Women's 470 Athletics Men's 200 m
| style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"| Medals by sportSport TotalBoxing2226Judo2215Equestrian2103Canoeing1113Fencing1113Sailing1023Rowing1012Athletics0336Swimming0213Handball0202Shooting0112Archery0101Pentathlon0101Taekwondo0101Cycling0011Total10181442 Medals by dateDayDate Total16 Aug000027 Aug010138 Aug000049 Aug2215510 Aug0000611 Aug0145712 Aug3306813 Aug0101914 Aug20241015 Aug01121116 Aug02351217 Aug10121318 Aug01231419 Aug12031520 Aug03031621 Aug1102Total10181442 Medals by genderGender TotalMale5101328Female37111Mixed2103Total10181442
* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final
Multiple medallists
The following competitors won several medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Name Medal Sport Event Equestrian Team eventingIndividual eventing Fencing Men's team épéeMen's épée Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relayMen's 50 m freestyle
Competitors
| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 0 3Athletics 29 25 54Badminton 1 1 2Basketball 12 12 24Boxing 8 2 10Canoeing 11 6 17Cycling 14 7 21Diving 2 1 3Equestrian 9 3 12Fencing 9 8 17Football 0 18 18Golf 2 2 4Gymnastics 6 7 13Handball 15 16 31Judo 7 7 14Modern pentathlon 2 1 3Rowing 14 4 18Rugby sevens 12 12 24Sailing 8 7 15Shooting 7 4 11Swimming 17 13 30Synchronized swimming 0 2 2Table tennis 3 1 4Taekwondo 1 3 4Tennis 6 3 9Triathlon 3 2 5Volleyball 12 0 12Water polo 13 0 13Weightlifting 4 1 5Wrestling 1 1 2 Total 232 169 401
Archery
Three French archers qualified for the men's events by virtue of the nation's podium finish in the team recurve competition at the 2016 Archery World Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankLucas DanielMen's individual66621L 0–6did not advancePierre Plihon65736L 5–6 did not advanceJean-Charles Valladont6808W 6–4W 6–0W 6–0W 6–5W 7–3L 3–7Lucas DanielPierre PlihonJean-Charles ValladontMen's team20035colspan=2 W 6–2L 3–5did not advance
Athletics
French athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
On 25 April 2016, marathon runner Christelle Daunay and race walkers Yohann Diniz and Kévin Campion became the first French athletes to be selected to the Olympic team. Decathlete Kévin Mayer and women's racewalker Émilie Menuet were named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 7 June 2016.
A total of 22 athletes (11 per gender) were added to the track and field team for the Games, based on their performances achieved at the French Championships & Olympic Trials ( 24 to 26 June) in Angers, with Mélina Robert-Michon throwing the discus at her fifth straight Games, Kafétien Gomis returning for his second Olympics in the long jump after a 12-year absence, and pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie aiming to defend his Olympic pole vault title. Other athletes also featured Christophe Lemaitre, middle-distance runner Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, steeplechaser and double Olympic silver medalist Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, and 2015 Worlds bronze medalist Alexandra Tavernier (women's hammer throw). Twenty-seven more athletes rounded out the French roster at the end of the qualifying period, extending its size to a total of 54.
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankDimitri Bascou110 m hurdles13.311 Qcolspan=2 13.231 Q13.24Wilhem Belociancolspan=2 did not advancePierre-Ambroise Bosse800 m1:48.121 Qcolspan=2 1:43.851 Q1:43.414Kévin Campion20 km walkcolspan=6 1:26:2249Florian Carvalho1500 m3:41.8710colspan=2 did not advanceYohann Diniz50 km walkcolspan=6 3:46:438Yoann Kowal3000 m steeplechase8:23.495 qcolspan=4 8:16.755Christophe Lemaitre100 mcolspan=2 10.163 q10.073 did not advance200 m20.282 Qcolspan=2 20.012 Q20.12Pascal Martinot-Lagarde110 m hurdles13.362 Qcolspan=2 13.252 Q13.294Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad3000 m steeplechase8:26.323 Qcolspan=4 8:11.52Jimmy Vicaut100 mcolspan=2 10.194 q9.951 Q10.047Guy-Elphège AnoumanStuart DutambyChristophe LemaitreMarvin RenéJimmy VicautMickael-Meba Zeze4 × 100 m relay38.355colspan=4 did not advanceMame-Ibra AnneTeddy Atine-VenelMamadou Kasse HannMamoudou HanneThomas JordierLudvy Vaillant4 × 400 m relay3:00.826colspan=4 did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankPhara Anacharsis400 m hurdles56.645did not advanceCindy Billaud100 m hurdles12.985 q13.036did not advanceChristelle DaunayMarathoncolspan=4 Justine Fedronic800 m2:02.735did not advanceSandra Gomis100 m hurdles13.043 Q13.237did not advanceFloria Gueï400 m51.293 q51.084 did not advanceRénelle Lamote800 m2:02.195did not advanceÉmilie Menuet20 km walkcolspan=4 1:32:0413Stella AkakpoCéline Distel-BonnetFloriane GnafouaJennifer GalaisMaroussia ParéCarolle Zahi4 × 100 m relay43.074colspan=2 did not advancePhara AnacharsisElea Mariama DiarraFloria GueïMarie GayotBrigitte NtiamoahAgnès Raharolahy4 × 400 m relay3:26.185colspan=2 did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionBenjamin CompaoréTriple jump16.729 Q16.5410Harold Correa16.6013 did not advanceKafétien GomisLong jump7.8911 q8.058Stanley JosephPole vault5.4516 did not advanceRenaud Lavillenie5.704 Q5.98Kévin Menaldo5.4516 did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMathilde AndraudJavelin throw56.6124did not advanceJeanine Assani IssoufTriple jump13.9719did not advanceVanessa BoslakPole vault4.3028 did not advancePauline PousseDiscus throw58.9813did not advanceMélina Robert-Michon62.597 Q66.73 NRAlexandra TavernierHammer throw70.3012 q65.1811
Combined events – Men's decathlon AthleteEventFinalRankBastien Auzeil Result11.177.0715.411.9849.3414.8242.235.1061.914:40.50806413Points823830815785845871710941767677Kévin Mayer Result10.817.6015.762.0448.2814.0246.785.4065.044:25.498834 NRPoints9039608368408969728041035814774
Combined events – Women's heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankAntoinette Nana Djimou IdaResult13.371.7714.8825.076.4348.762:20.36638311Points1069941853880985836819
Badminton
France has qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Brice Leverdez and Delphine Lansac were selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers each in the men's and women's singles based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.
AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankBrice LeverdezMen's singlesL (11–21, 18–21)W (21–18, 18–21, 21–12)2 did not advanceDelphine LansacWomen's singlesL (13–21, 14–21)L (7–21, 15–21)3did not advance
Basketball
Men's tournament
France men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by securing its lone outright berth and winning the final match over Canada at the Manila leg of the 2016 FIBA World Qualifying Tournament.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Women's tournament
France women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics with a quarterfinal victory at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Nantes.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
Boxing
France has entered ten boxers (eight men and two women) to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Mathieu Bauderlique was the only Frenchman finishing among the top two of their respective division in the AIBA Pro Boxing series, while 2012 Olympian Tony Yoka earned a lone outright Olympic berth in the super heavyweight bout at the 2015 World Championships. Three more boxers (Oumiha, Assomo, and Biongolo) had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.
Sarah Ourahmoune and Estelle Mossely were confirmed as France's first ever female Olympic boxers with a quarterfinal victory each in women's flyweight and lightweight division, respectively, at the World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, Souleymane Cissokho, Elie Konki, and Hassan Amzile secured additional Olympic places on the French roster at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankElie KonkiFlyweightW 3–0L 0–3 did not advanceSofiane OumihaLightweightW 3–0W W 3–0W 3–0L 0–3Hassan AmzileLight welterweightW 3–0L 1–2 did not advanceSouleymane CissokhoWelterweightW 3–0W 3–0W 3–0L 0–3 Did not advance Christian Mbilli AsomoMiddleweightW 3–0W 2–1L 0–3did not advanceMathieu BauderliqueLight heavyweightW 3–0W L 0–3 Did not advance Paul Omba-BiongoloHeavyweightL did not advanceTony YokaSuper heavyweightW 3–0W 3–0W 2–1W 2–1
Women AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSarah OurahmouneFlyweightW 3–0W 3–0W 2–0L 0–3Estelle MosselyLightweightW 3–0W W 2–1
Canoeing
Slalom French canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The roster of French slalom canoeists, led by London 2012 Olympians Gauthier Klauss and Matthieu Péché, was announced on 10 April 2016 as a result of their top performances at the Olympic Trials in Pau.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankDenis Gargaud ChanutMen's C-1102.031193.48293.482 Q98.063 Q94.17Gauthier KlaussMatthieu PéchéMen's C-2103.353102.431102.432 Q110.195 Q103.24Sébastien CombotMen's K-189.13588.94588.949 Q94.598 Q92.558Marie-Zélia LafontWomen's K-1110.5211118.6713110.5216 did not advance
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