France competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands. 97 competitors from France won 85 medals including 28 gold, 26 silver and 31 bronze and finished 8th in the medal table.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event J. M. Chapuis Archery Men's short metric round paraplegic Andre Havard Athletics Men's 80m CP C B. Pierre Athletics Men's long jump CP D Onfroy Athletics Women's 60m CP C D. Dosimont Athletics Women's 60m CP D Onfroy Athletics Women's 400m CP C D. Dosimont Athletics Women's 400m CP D Onfroy Athletics Women's long jump CP C D. Dosimont Athletics Women's long jump CP D D. Dosimont Athletics Women's shot put CP D Joel Guillon Shooting Men's air pistol amputee B. Perry Swimming Men's 50m backstroke F1 B. Perry Swimming Men's 2x25m individual medley F1 M. H. Allard Swimming Women's 50m backstroke F M. H. Allard Swimming Women's 3x50m individual medley F Chorrihons Weightlifting Men's lightweight -65 kg amputee Bernard Barberet Weightlifting Men's middleweight -75 kg amputee Jean Grandsire Weightlifting Men's middleweight -75 kg paraplegic Mohamed Benamar Wheelchair fencing Men's épée individual 1C-3 Christian Lachaud Wheelchair fencing Men's épée individual 4–5 Men's team Wheelchair fencing Men's épée team Arthur Bellance Wheelchair fencing Men's foil individual 4–5 Men's team Wheelchair fencing Men's foil team Christian Lachaud Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre individual 4–5 Jean-Claude Coralie Andre Hennaert Christian Lachaud Aimé Planchon Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre team Josette Bourgain Wheelchair fencing Women's foil individual 4–5 Josette Bourgain Therese Lemoine Monique Siclis Wheelchair fencing Women's foil team Duvivier Athletics Men's 80m CP D J. Alexandre Athletics Men's 1500m F Leon Sur Athletics Men's javelin throw D C. Petitot Athletics Women's 60m 4 Veronique Rochette Athletics Women's 400m CP C Royet Athletics Women's 400m CP D Veronique Rochette Athletics Women's long jump CP C Royet Athletics Women's long jump CP D Men's relay team Swimming Men's 3x50m freestyle relay E1-F1 Men's relay team Swimming Men's 3x100m medley relay CP D M. H. Allard Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke F M. H. Allard Swimming Women's 50m freestyle F Isabelle Duranceau Swimming Women's 100m butterfly E Isabelle Duranceau Swimming Women's 100m freestyle E Isabelle Duranceau Swimming Women's 4x50m individual medley E P. Chassagne Swimming Men's singles D R. Andre Maguy Ramousse Table tennis Women's teams 3 Joseph Ponnier Weightlifting Men's featherweight -57 kg paraplegic B. Dersigneri Weightlifting Men's lightweight -65 kg amputee J. Chauvel Weightlifting Men's light-heavyweight -85 kg amputee N. Clemente Weightlifting Men's heavyweight +85 kg paraplegic Andre Hennaert Wheelchair fencing Men's foil individual 2–3 Alain Siclis Wheelchair fencing Men's foil novice individual Aimé Planchon Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre individual 4–5 Therese Lemoine Wheelchair fencing Women's foil individual 2–3 Monique Siclis Wheelchair fencing Women's foil individual 4–5 G. Lafont Archery Men's double FITA round tetraplegic J. Thion Archery Men's short metric round paraplegic Marie-Francoise Hybois Archery Women's double FITA round amputee Duvivier Athletics Men's 800m CP D P. Morel Athletics Men's javelin throw 5 Royet Athletics Women's 60m CP D Bernard Pique Shooting Mixed air rifle standing 2–5 B. Perry Swimming Men's 50m breaststroke F1 G. Betega Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke 5 B. Jaillet Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke 6 B. Jaillet Swimming Men's 100m butterfly 6 T. Godineau Swimming Men's 100m freestyle 5 David Foppolo Swimming Men's 2x25m individual medley F1 Men's relay team Swimming Men's medley relay 1A-6 Isabelle Duranceau Swimming Women's 100m backstroke E Isabelle Duranceau Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke E M. Crespeau Swimming Women's 4x50m individual medley 4 Women's relay team Swimming Women's 3x100m medley relay CP D Daniel Jeannin Table tennis Men's singles 1C G. Caillon Michel Peeters Table tennis Men's teams 2 Andre Hennaert Daniel Jeannin Table tennis Men's teams 3 R. Andre Table tennis Women's singles 3 N. Kabous Table tennis Women's singles C Jean-Michel Barberane Weightlifting Men's light-featherweight -51 kg paraplegic Gerard Houdmond Weightlifting Men's light-heavyweight -85 kg paraplegic J. L. Dury Weightlifting Men's heavyweight +85 kg amputee Arthur Bellance Wheelchair fencing Men's épée individual 4–5 Mohamed Benamar Wheelchair fencing Men's foil individual 2–3 Aimé Planchon Wheelchair fencing Men's foil individual 4–5 Jean-Claude Coralie Wheelchair fencing Men's foil novice individual Jean-Pierre Leroux Wheelchair fencing Mixed foil individual 1C
See also France at the Paralympics France at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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