France competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 266 competitors, 192 men and 74 women, took part in 167 events in 23 sports.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Fencing Men's sabre 23 September Sailing Men's 470 27 September Sailing Tornado 27 September Judo Men's 71 kg 27 September Fencing Men's team épée 30 September Equestrian Individual jumping 2 October Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle 20 September Fencing Men's épée 24 September Equestrian Individual dressage 27 September Boxing Welterweight 1 October Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 19 September Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle 22 September Judo Men's 65 kg 26 September Equestrian Team jumping 28 September Canoeing Men's C-2 500 metres 30 September Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 1 October
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.France at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 3 6Athletics 33 22 55Boxing 4 – 4Canoeing 12 4 16Cycling 12 4 16Diving 2 0 2Equestrian 9 3 12Fencing 14 5 19Gymnastics 6 4 10Judo 7 – 7Modern pentathlon 3 – 3Rowing 7 5 12Sailing 11 2 13Shooting 12 7 19Swimming 16 9 25Synchronized swimming – 3 3Table tennis 2 0 2Tennis 2 3 5Volleyball 12 0 12Water polo 13 – 13Weightlifting 4 – 4Wrestling 9 – 9 Total 192 74 266
Archery
In France's fourth appearance in modern Olympic archery, no individual archer made it past the quarterfinal. The women's team made it to the final, placing last there to finish 8th overall, while the men's team was eliminated in the semifinal.
Women's Individual Competition: Catherine Pellen — quarterfinal, 14th place Nathalie Hibon — preliminary round, 28th place Marie-Josée Bazin — preliminary round, 47th place
Men's Individual Competition: Olivier Heck — 1/8 final, 19th place Thierry Venant — preliminary round, 37th place Claude Franclet — preliminary round, 64th place
Women's Team Competition: Pellen, Hibon, and Bazin — final, 8th place
Men's Team Competition: Heck, Venant, and Franclet — semifinal, 10th place
Athletics
Men's 10.000 metres Jean-Louis Prianon First Round — 28:08.38 Final — 27:36.43 (→ 4th place) Paul Arpin First Round — 28:25.56 Final — 27:39.36 (→ 7th place)
Men's 3.000m Steeplechase Raymond Pannier Heat — 8:30.94 Semi Final — 8:19.39 Final — 8:23.80 (→ 12th place) Bruno Le Stum Heat — 8:36.95 Semi Final — 8:26.69 (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw Charlus Bertimon Qualification — 70.84m (→ did not advance) Stéphane Laporte Qualification — 69.40m (→ did not advance) Pascal Lefèvre Qualification — 76.42m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw Patrick Journoud Qualifying Heat — 58.94m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump Norbert Brige Qualification — 8.05m Final — 7.97m (→ 7th place)
Men's Decathlon Christian Plaziat — 8272 points (→ 5th place) 100 metres — 10.83s Long Jump — 7.62m Shot Put — 13.58m High Jump — 2.12m 400 metres — 48.34s 110m Hurdles — 14.18s Discus Throw — 43.06m Pole Vault — 4.90m Javelin Throw — 52.18m 1.500 metres — 4:34.07s
Alain Blondel — 8268 points (→ 6th place) 100 metres — 11.02s Long Jump — 7.43m Shot Put — 12.92m High Jump — 1.97m 400 metres — 47.44s 110m Hurdles — 14.40s Discus Throw — 41.20m Pole Vault — 5.20m Javelin Throw — 57.46m 1.500 metres — 4:16.64s
Men's 20 km Walk Martial Fesselier Final — 1:22:43 (→ 16th place) Thierry Toutain Final — 1:22:55 (→ 18th place)
Men's 50 km Walk Alain Lemercier Final — 3'50:28 (→ 16th place) Jean-Marie Neff Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) Eric Neisse Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay Fabienne Ficher, Nathalie Simon, Evecyne Elien, and Nadine Debois Heat — 3:29.95 Fabienne Ficher, Simon Fabienne, Debois Nathalie, and Elien Nadine Final — 3:29.37 (→ 7th place)
Women's Marathon Françoise Bonnet Final — 2"32:36 (→ 14th place) Maria Rebelo-Lelut Final — 2"33:47 (→ 18th place) Jocelyne Villeton Final — 2"34:02 (→ 19th place)
Women's Javelin Throw Nadine Auzeil Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon Chantal Beaugeant Final Result — 2315 points (→ 28th place)
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (— 51 kg) Philippe Desavoye First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Anthony Ikegu (KEN), RSC-2 Third Round — Lost to Melvin de Leon (DOM), 0:5
Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg) Jean-Marc Augustin First Round — Lost to Byun Jong-Il (KOR), 0:5
Men's Light Welterweight (— 63.5 kg) Ludovic Proto First Round — Defeated Mpuco Makama (SUA), walk-over Second Round — Defeated Mark Elliott (GBR), RSC-1 Third Round — Lost to Vyacheslav Yanovski (URS), 0:5
Men's Welterweight (— 67 kg) Laurent Boudouani → Silver Medal First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Imre Bácskai (HUN), 4:1 Third Round — Defeated Darren Obah (AUS), 5:0 Quarterfinals — Defeated Song Kyung-Sup (KOR), 3:2 Semifinals — Defeated Kenneth Gould (USA), 4:1 Final — Lost to Robert Wangila (KEN), KO-2
Canoeing
Men's K-4 1,000 metres Christophe Petibout (9th place)
Cycling
Sixteen cyclists, twelve men and four women, represented France in 1988.
Men's road race Jean-François Laffillé Claude Carlin Laurent Bezault
Men's team time trial Laurent Bezault Eric Heulot Pascal Lance Thierry Laurent
Men's sprint Fabrice Colas
Men's 1 km time trial Frédéric Magné
Men's team pursuit Hervé Dagorné Pascal Lino Didier Pasgrimaud Pascal Potié
Men's points race Pascal Lino
Women's road race Catherine Marsal Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli Cécile Odin
Women's sprint Isabelle Gautheron
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankJérôme Nalliod3 m springboard496.1724Did not advanceFrédéric Pierre10 m platform437.0123Did not advance
Equestrianism
Fencing
19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented France in 1988.
Men's foil Philippe Omnès Laurent Bel Patrick Groc
Men's team foil Laurent Bel, Patrick Groc, Youssef Hocine, Patrice Lhotellier, Philippe Omnès
Men's épée Philippe Riboud Éric Srecki Jean-Michel Henry
Men's team épée Frédéric Delpla, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Philippe Riboud, Éric Srecki
Men's sabre Jean-François Lamour Philippe Delrieu Pierre Guichot
Men's team sabre Philippe Delrieu, Franck Ducheix, Pierre Guichot, Jean-François Lamour
Women's foil Isabelle Spennato Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin Laurence Modaine-Cessac
Women's team foil Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Gisèle Meygret, Laurence Modaine-Cessac, Nathalie Pallet, Isabelle Spennato
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented France in 1988.
Men's Individual Competition: Christophe Ruer — 5242 pts (→ 5th place) Joël Bouzou — 5198 pts (→ 8th place) Bruno Génard — 4828 pts (→ 37th place)
Men's Team Competition: Ruer, Bouzou, and Genard — 15268 pts (→ 4th place)
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle Stéphan Caron Heat — 23.22 B-Final — scratched (→ no ranking) Christophe Kalfayan Heat — 23.47 B-Final — 23.15 (→ 13th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle Stéphan Caron Heat — 49.37 Final — 49.62 (→ Bronze Medal) Christophe Kalfayan Heat — 51.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle Stéphan Caron Heat — 1:49.66 B-Final — scratched (→ no ranking) Ludovic Depickère Heat — 1:53.81 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle Franck Iacono Heat — 4:00.04 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle Christophe Marchand Heat — 15:22.19 (→ did not advance, 12th place) Franck Iacono Heat — 15:22.66 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke Franck Schott Heat — 56.76 B-Final — 56.98 (→ 10th place) Renaud Boucher Heat — 58.90 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke David Holderbach Heat — 2:04.83 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke David Leblanc Heat — 1:04.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Cédric Penicaud Heat — 1:05.46 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke Cédric Penicaud Heat — 2:18.72 B-Final — 2:18.95 (→ 16th place) David Leblanc Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 100 m Butterfly Ludovic Depickère Heat — 56.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly Christophe Bordeau Heat — 2:01.70 B-Final — 2:01.46 (→ 13th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley Christophe Bordeau Heat — 2:04.95 B-Final — 2:05.51 (→ 12th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley Christophe Bordeau Heat — 4:23.46 B-Final — 4:23.39 (→ 10th place) Laurent Journet Heat — 4:29.03 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Stéphan Caron, Christophe Kalfayan, Laurent Neuville, and Bruno Gutzeit Heat — 3:21.77 Final — 3:20.02 (→ 4th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Stéphan Caron, Michel Pou, Olivier Fougeroud, and Laurent Neuville Heat — 7:23.03 Michel Pou, Franck Iacono, Olivier Fougeroud, and Ludovic Depickère Final — 7:24.69 (→ 7th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Franck Schott, David Leblanc, Ludovic Depickère, and Bruno Gutzeit Heat — 3:48.64 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle Catherine Plewinski Heat — 26.01 Final — 25.90 (→ 7th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle Catherine Plewinski Heat — 55.53 Final — 55.49 (→ Bronze Medal) Jacqueline Délord Heat — 58.22 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle Cécile Prunier Heat — 2:01.60 Final — 2:02.88 (→ 8th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle Cécile Prunier Heat — 4:15.63 B-Final — 4:21.03 (→ 16th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle Karyn Faure Heat — 8:41.64 (→ did not advance, 13th place) Cécile Prunier Heat — 8:57.22 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke Laurence Guillou Heat — 1:05.07 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke Christine Magnier Heat — 2:24.15 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke Pascaline Louvrier Heat — 1:13.21 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Virginie Bojaryn Heat — 1:13.55 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke Virginie Bojaryn Heat — 2:37.38 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Pascaline Louvrier Heat — 2:38.75 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly Catherine Plewinski Heat — 59.34 Final — 59.58 (→ 4th place) Jacqueline Délord Heat — 1:02.24 B-Final — 1:02.45 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly Claire Supiot Heat — 2:21.65 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley Christine Magnier Heat — 4:51.91 Final — 4:53.29 (→ 14th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Laurence Guillou, Pascaline Louvrier, Catherine Plewinski, and Jacqueline Délord Heat — 4:16.21 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Synchronized swimming
Three synchronized swimmers represented France in 1988.
Women's solo Muriel Hermine Anne Capron Karine Schuler
Women's duet Anne Capron Karine Schuler
Table tennis
Tennis
Women's Singles Competition Catherine Suire First Round — Defeated Yayuk Basuki (Indonesia) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 Second Round — Defeated Jeong-Myung Lee (South Korea) 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 Third Round — Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 3-6, 0-6 Isabelle Demongeot First Round — Lost to Jana Novotná (Czechoslovakia) 4-6, 3-6 Nathalie Tauziat First Round — Defeated Carling Bassett-Seguso (Canada) 7-6, 6-1 Second Round — Lost to Catarina Lindqvist (Sweden) 6-2, 3-6, 4-6
Volleyball
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group B) Defeated the Netherlands (3-1) Defeated Tunisia (3-0) Defeated Japan (3-1) Lost to United States (0-3) Defeated Argentina (3-0) Classification Matches 5th/8th place: Lost to Bulgaria (0-3) 7th/8th place: Lost to Sweden (2-3) → 8th place Team roster Philippe Blain Jean-Baptiste Martzluff Herve Mazzon Eric N'Gapeth Eric Bouvier Christophe Meneau Jean-Marc Jurkovitz Laurent Tillie Olivier Rossard Patrick Duflos Alain Fabiani Philippe Salvan Head coach: Eric Daniel
Water polo
Men's Team Competition Preliminary round (group A) Defeated South Korea (16-5) Lost to West Germany (9-10)