France at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeFRA
NOCFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Sydney
Competitors336 (211 men and 125 women) in 28 sports
Flag bearer David Douillet
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
13
Silver
14
Bronze
11
Total
38
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 336 competitors, 211 men and 125 women, took part in 196 events in 28 sports.[1]

Medalists

Further information: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Brahim Asloum Boxing Light Flyweight 30 September
 Gold Tony Estanguet Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 18 September
 Gold Florian Rousseau Cycling Men's keirin 21 September
 Gold Florian Rousseau, Laurent Gané, Arnaud Tournant Cycling Men's team sprint 17 September
 Gold Félicia Ballanger Cycling Women's track time trial 16 September
Women's sprint 17 September
 Gold Miguel Martinez Cycling Men's cross-country 24 September
 Gold Jean-Noël Ferrari, Brice Guyart,
Patrice Lhotellier, Lionel Plumenail		 Fencing Men's team foil 22 September
 Gold David Douillet Judo Men's +100 kg 22 September
 Gold Séverine Vandenhende Judo Women's 63 kg 18 September
 Gold Franck Dumoulin Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol 16 September
 Gold Michel Andrieux, Jean-Christophe Rolland Rowing Men's coxless pair 23 September
 Gold Jean-Christophe Bette, Xavier Dorfman,
Yves Hocdé, Laurent Porchier		 Rowing Men's coxless four 24 September
 Silver France national basketball team
 Basketball Men's competition 1 October
 Silver Brigitte Guibal Canoeing Women's slalom K-1 18 September
 Silver Florian Rousseau Cycling Men's sprint 20 September
 Silver Marion Clignet Cycling Women's individual pursuit 18 September
 Silver Hugues Obry Fencing Men's épée 16 September
 Silver Jean-François Di Martino, Hugues Obry, Éric Srecki Fencing Men's team épée 18 September
 Silver Mathieu Gourdain Fencing Men's sabre 21 September
 Silver Mathieu Gourdain, Julien Pillet,
Cédric Séguin, Damien Touya		 Fencing Men's team sabre 24 September
 Silver Éric Poujade Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 24 September
 Silver Benjamin Varonian Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 25 September
 Silver Larbi Benboudaoud Judo Men's 66 kg 16 September
 Silver Céline Lebrun Judo Women's 78 kg 21 September
 Silver Delphine Racinet Shooting Women's trap 18 September
 Silver Roxana Mărăcineanu Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke 22 September
 Bronze Jérôme Thomas Boxing Flyweight 1 October
 Bronze Anne-Lise Bardet Canoeing Women's slalom K-1 18 September
 Bronze Jeannie Longo Cycling Women's road time trial 30 September
 Bronze Laura Flessel-Colovic Fencing Women's épée 17 September
 Bronze Frédéric Demontfaucon Judo Men's 90 kg 20 September
 Bronze Stéphane Traineau Judo Men's 100 kg 21 September
 Bronze Thibaud Chapelle, Pascal Touron Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls 24 September
 Bronze Virginie Dedieu, Myriam Lignot Synchronized swimming Women's duet 26 September
 Bronze Patrick Chila, Jean-Philippe Gatien Table tennis Men's doubles 23 September
 Bronze Arnaud Di Pasquale Tennis Men's singles 28 September
 Bronze Pascal Gentil Taekwondo Men's +80 kg 30 September

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sebastian Flute performed better in 2000 than he had in 1996, but still couldn't match the gold medal he had won in 1992. Jocelyn de Grandis was the only other French archer to win a match.

Men

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sébastien Flute Men's individual 603 52  Şatır (TUR)
W 160-156 		 Nesteng (NOR)
W 160-148 		 van Zutphen (NED)
W 166-159 		 van Alten (NED)
L 102-106 		Did not advance
Jocelyn de Grandis 632 25  Leontiev (RUS)
W 171-163 		 Fairweather (AUS)
L 150-161 		Did not advance
Lionel Torres 639 11  Stubbe (GER)
L 161-163 		Did not advance
Sébastien Flute
Jocelyn de Grandis
Lionel Torres 		Men's team 1874 11 —  Italy (ITA)
L 239-250 		Did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Alexandra Fouace Women's individual 619 42  Mensing (GER)
L 149-157 		Did not advance
Sylvie Pissis 625 35  Wen C-l (TPE)
L 149-151 		Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

This was the first time since 1936 that France failed to win a single Olympic medal in athletics.

Men's track

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
David Patros 100m 10.38 5 q 10.33 6 Did not advance
Marc Raquil 400m 45.72 3 Q 45.56 5 Did not advance
Ibrahima Wade 45.72 3 Q 45.61 5 Did not advance
Mehdi Baala 1500m 3:40.35 1 Q — 3:38.15 4 3:34.14 4
Driss Maazouzi 3:38.88 6 Q — 3:40.23 5 Q 3:45.46 11
Mustapha Essaid 5000m — 13:40.34 13 Did not advance
Jean-Marc Grava 110m hurdles 14.01 4 Q 14.47 8 Did not advance
Gael Pencreach 3000m steeplechase 8:25.35 6 q — 8:41.19 14
Bouabdellah Tahri 8:34.69 6 Did not advance
Christophe Cheval
Needy Guims
Frederic Krantz
David Patros
Jerome Eyana (heats only) 		4 × 100 m relay 39.00 1 Q — 38.64 3 Q 38.49 5
Emmanuel Front
Marc Foucan
Marc Raquil
Ibrahima Wade
Pierre-Marie Hilaire (heats only)
Bruno Wavelet (heats only) 		4 × 400 m relay 3:04.45 3 q — 3:00.64 SB 4 q 3:01.02 4
Abdellah Béhar Marathon — DNF
Mohamed Ouaadi — 2:14:04 8
Anthony Gillet 20km walk — 1:27:36 33
Sylvain Caudron 50km walk — 4:03:22 29
Denis Langlois — 3:52:56 14
René Piller — DNF

Men's field

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Ronald Servius Long jump 7.66 28 Did not advance
Cheikh Tidiane Toure 7.87 20 Did not advance
Colomba Fofana Triple jump 14.59 36 Did not advance
Jean Galfione Pole vault 5.55 16 Did not advance
Romain Mesnil 5.40 31 Did not advance
David Chaussinand Hammer throw 77.12 7 q 75.26 11
Gilles Dupray 75.05 19 Did not advance
Christophe Épalle 74.22 23 Did not advance

Women's track

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Christine Arron 100m 11.42 1 Q 11.26 4 Q 11.42 7 Did not advance
Sandra Citte 11.47 2 Q 11.63 8 Did not advance
Muriel Hurtis 200m 23.04 2 Q 22.98 4 Q 23.13 7 Did not advance
Marie-José Pérec 400m DNS Did not advance
Yamna Belkacem 5000m 16:08.49 12 Did not advance
Fatima Yvelain 10000m 33:44.48 14 Did not advance
Linda Ferga 100m hurdles 12.89 2 Q 12.88 2 Q 12.87 3 Q 13.11 7
Patricia Girard 13.11 4 Q 13.43 6 Did not advance
Nicole Ramalalanirina 12.90 2 Q 12.79 3 Q 12.77 1 Q 12.91 6
Christine Arron
Sandra Citte
Fabe Dia
Linda Ferga
Muriel Hurtis 		4 × 100 m relay 43.23 1 Q — 42.42 2 Q 42.42 4
Nora Leksir 20km walk — 1:35:29 22
Fatiha Ouali — 1:35:35 23

Women's field

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Mélina Robert-Michon Discus throw 54.11 29 Did not advance
Manuela Montebrun Hammer throw 57.77 24 Did not advance
Nadine Auzeli Javelin throw 53.85 29 Did not advance
Caroline Ammel Pole vault 4.15 17 Did not advance
Marie Poissonnier 4.15 18 Did not advance
Laurence Manfredi Shot put 16.57 20 Did not advance

Combined events

Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Wilfrid Boulineau Result 11.07 7.08 13.38 2.03 49.82 15.02 39.86 4.80 59.69 4:35.59 7821 20
Points 845 833 690 831 823 847 662 849 733 708
Laurent Hernu Result 11.19 7.14 13.54 2.06 50.63 14.51 41.78 5.00 56.34 4:37.82 7909 19
Points 819 847 700 859 786 910 701 910 683 694
Sebastien Levicq Result 11.48 6.57 13.53 Did not finish
Points 757 713 700
Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Eunice Barber Result 12.97 1.84 11.27 24.47 5.93 Did not finish
Points 1129 1029 613 936 828
Nathalie Teppe Result 14.02 1.72 13.44 26.39 5.94 46.98 2:18.56 5851 19
Points 976 879 757 763 831 802 843

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's singles

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Bertrand Gallet Men's singles  Vasconcelos (POR)
W 15–7, 15–9 		 Hwang S-h (KOR)
L 7–15, 12–15 		Did not advance

Women's singles

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sandra Dimbour Women's singles Bye  Djaelawijaya (INA)
L 1–11, 6–11 		Did not advance
Tatiana Vattier  Yonekura (JPN)
L 2–11, 3–11 		Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men's team Roster
Women's Team Roster
Teams' results
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
France men's Men's tournament  New Zealand (NZL)
W 76-50 		 Lithuania (LTU)
L 63-81 		 China (CHN)
W 82-70 		 Italy (ITA)
L 57-67 		 United States (USA)
L 94-106 		4 Q  Canada (CAN)
W 68-63 		 Australia (AUS)
W 76-52 		 United States (USA)
L 75-85 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
France women's Women's tournament  Senegal (SEN)
W 75-39 		 Slovakia (SVK)
W 58-51 		 Canada (CAN)
W 70-58 		 Brazil (BRA)
W 73-70 (OT) 		 Australia (AUS)
L 62-69 		2 Q  South Korea (KOR)
L 58-69 		— 5/6th place match
 Russia (RUS)
W 71-59 		5

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Preliminary round Preliminary elimination Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Jean-Philippe Jodard
Christian Penigaud 		Men's  Child –
Heese (CAN)
L 5-15 		 Heidger Jr –
Wong (USA)
L 2-15 		Did not advance =19
Anabelle Prawerman
Cécile Rigaux 		Women's  Friedrichsen –
Müsch (GER)
W 16-14 		Bye  Gooley –
Manser (AUS)
L 7-15 		Did not advance =9

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Brahim Asloum Light flyweight  Abdelrehim (EGY)
W 12–3 		 Viloria (USA)
W 6–4 		 Kim K-s (KOR)
W 12–8 		 Romero (CUB)
W 13–12 		 Lozano (ESP)
W 23–10 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jérôme Thomas Flyweight  Wiltshire (AUS)
W 13–1 		 Tou (BUR)
RSC 		 Navarro (USA)
W 23–12 		 Zhumadilov (KAZ)
L 16–22 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rachid Bouaita Bantamweight  Vinson (USA)
L 2–9 		Did not advance
Abdel Jebahi Lightweight  Palyani (TUR)
L 4–15 		Did not advance
Willy Blain Light welterweight Bye  Luna (CUB)
L 14–25 		Did not advance
Frédéric Esther Light middleweight  Mishin (RUS)
W 16–11 		 Karagollu (TUR)
W 18–16 		 Simion (ROM)
RSC 		Did not advance
John Dovi Light heavyweight  Cox (BAR)
W 14–10 		 Katulievsky (KGZ)
RSC 		 Lebziak (RUS)
L 11–13 		Did not advance
Jackson Chanet Heavyweight —  Azzaoui (ALG)
RSC 		 Ibragimov (RUS)
L 13–18 		Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank
Emmanuel Brugvin Men's C-1 132.74 4 131.02 6 269.29 6 Q 118.69 3 119.73 5 238.42 4
Tony Estanguet 132.39 3 131.02 1 263.41 2 Q 115.25 1 116.62 3 231.87 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Frank Adisson
Wilfrid Forgues 		Men's C-2 134.96 3 135.54 1 270.50 2 Q 119.28 1 171.63 7 290.91 7
Laurent Burtz Men's K-1 128.15 5 129.32 11 257.47 8 Q 112.64 5 114.90 11 227.63 8
Anne-Lise Bardet Women's K-1 154.90 10 154.18 13 309.08 11 Q 125.77 3 129.00 4 254.77 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Brigitte Guibal 147.67 4 144.07 5 292.62 4 Q 124.98 1 126.90 3 251.88 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Sprint

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eric le Leuch Men's C-1 500m 1:53.934 7 q 1:56.907 9 Did not advance
Men's C-1 1000m 3:55.726 4 q 4:02.038 3 Q 3:57.217 4
Pierre Lubac Men's K-1 1000m 3:36.573 2 q 3:38.155 2 Q 3:37.931 7
Philippe Aubertin
Babak Amir-Tahmasseb 		Men's K-2 500m 1:32.902 3 q 1:32.597 3 Q 1:48.771 4
Men's K-2 1000m 3:14.835 3 Q Bye 3:17.635 5
Maxime Boccon
Frederic Gauthier
Stephane Gourichon
Pierre Lubac 		Men's K-4 1000m 3:05.806 7 q 3:03.703 5 Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Cross Country

Athlete Event Time Rank
Ludovic Dubau Men's 2:16:48 18
Christophe Dupouey DNF
Miguel Martinez 2:09:02 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Laurence Leboucher Women's 2:00:38 18
Sophie Villeneuve 2:02:31 23

Road Cycling

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Laurent Brochard Road race 5:30:46 45
Christophe Capelle DNF
Laurent Jalabert 5:30:34 5
Christophe Moreau 5:30:46 62
Richard Virenque 5:30:46 63
Laurent Jalabert Time trial 58:44 5
Christophe Moreau 59:37 13
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli Road race 3:06:37 26
Magali le Floc'h 3:06:31 6
Catherine Marsal 3:11:04 39
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli Time trial 42:52 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Catherine Marsal 44:27 13

Track Cycling

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Laurent Gané Men's sprint 10.243
70.292 km/h 		2 Q  Herrera (CUB)
W 11.054
65.135 km/h 		—  MacLean (GBR)
W 11.049
65.164 km/h 		—  Eadie (AUS)
W 10.648
10.833 		 Rousseau (FRA)
L 10.822 		 Fiedler (GER)
L 		4
Florian Rousseau 10.277
70.059 km/h 		3 Q  Angelidis (GRE)
W 10.865
66.268 km/h 		—  Arrue (USA)
W 10.906
66.019 km/h 		—  Villanueva (ESP)
W 10.744
10.781 		 Gané (FRA)
W 10.877
11.536 		 Nothstein (USA)
L 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Felicia Ballanger Women's sprint 11.262
63.932 km/h 		1 Q  Kasslin (FIN)
W 12.257
58.742 km/h 		—  Lindenmuth (USA)
W 11.772
12.060 		 Ferris (AUS)
W 12.328
12.124 		 Grichina (RUS)
W 12.810
12.533 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Laurent Gané
Florian Rousseau
Arnaud Tournant 		Team sprint 44.425
60.777 km/h 		1 Q  Germany (GER)
W 44.302
60.945 km/h 		1 Q —  Great Britain (GBR)
W 44.233
61.040 km/h 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opponent
Results 		Rank Opponent
Results 		Rank Opponent
Results 		Rank
Philippe Gaumont Men's pursuit 4:22.142 5 Did not advance
Marion Clignet Women's pursuit 3:34.636 2 Q —  McGregor (GBR)
W 3:36.244 		2 Q  Zijlaard (NED)
L 3:38.751 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Cyril Bos
Philippe Ermenault
Francis Moreau
Jerome Neuville 		Team pursuit 4:05.155 3 q  New Zealand (NZL)
W 4:05.224 		3 Q  Germany (GER)
L 4:11.549 		4 q  Great Britain (GBR)
L 4:05.991 		4
Time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Arnaud Tournant Men's time trial 1:03.023 5
Felicia Ballanger Women's time trial 34.140 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Magali Faure-Humbert 35.766 11
Points race
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st round Repechage 2nd round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Frédéric Magné Keirin 2 Q — 3 Q 6
Florian Rousseau 5 R 2 Q 3 Q 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Omnium
Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Christophe Capelle Men's points race 2 0 19
Marion Clignet Women's points race 11 0 6
Christophe Capelle
Robert Sassone 		Madison 5 0 10

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

France entered nine diving events and had two top 10 finishes.

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank Points Total Rank
Frederic Pierre Men's 3m springboard 310.74 40 Did not advance
Gilles Emptoz-Lacote Men's 10m platform 377.70 20 Did not advance
Gilles Emptiz-Lacote
Frederic Pierre 		Men's synchronized 3m springboard — 310.08 6
Men's synchronized 10m platform — 314.94 8
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank Points Total Rank
Julie Danaux Women's 3m springboard 219.87 36 Did not advance
Sandra Ponthus 242.79 23 Did not advance
Odile Arboles-Souchon Women's 10m platform 260.25 23 Did not advance
Claire Febvay 222.81 35 Did not advance
Odile Arboles-Souchon
Julie Danaux 		Women's synchronized 10m platform — 277.14 7

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Jean-Lou Bigot Twist La Beige Individual 56.4 29 0 1 10.0 13 64.6 12
Rodolphe Scherer Bambi De Brier 41.4 8 0 1 5.0 7 46.4 4
Nicolas Touzaint Cobra D'Or 50.6 19 Did not advance
Jean-Lou Bigot
Jean-Luc Force
Jean Teulère
Didier Willefert 		Twist La Beige
Crocus Jacob
Amouncha
Blakring 		Team 140.2 4 87.6 8 WD
WD
RT
RT 		- 3000.0 10

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Total Rank
Patrice Deleveau Caucalis Individual 23.50 62 12.00 35.50 61 EL 96.00 68 Did not advance
Alexandra Ledermann Rocket M 8.00 21 0.00 8.00 5 0.00 8.00 2 Q 8.00 14 Q RT 36.00 28 36.00 28
Thierry Pomel Thor Des Chain 8.50 23 4.00 12.50 13 4.00 16.50 13 Q 8.00 14 Q RT 36.00 28 36.00 28
Philippe Rozier Barbarian 5.00 11 4.00 9.00 11 16.00 21.00 21 Did not advance
Patrice Deleveau
Alexandra Ledermann
Thierry Pomel
Philippe Rozier 		Caucalis
Rochet M
Thor Des Chain
Barbarian 		Team 8.00 1 16.00 24.00 4 — 24.00 4

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sixteen fencers, eleven men and five women, represented France in 2000.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Jean-François Di Martino Men's épée Bye  Obry (FRA)
L 12-15 		Did not advance
Hugues Obry Bye  Di Martino (FRA)
W 15-12 		 Adams (AUS)
W 15-5 		 Vánky (SWE)
W 15-12 		 Fischer (SUI)
W 15-13 		 Kolobkov (RUS)
L 12-15 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Éric Srecki Bye  Marik (AUT)
W 15-10 		 Horbachuk (UKR)
W 15-11 		 Lee S-G (KOR)
L 14-15 		Did not advance
Jean-Noël Ferrari Men's foil Bye  Plumenail (FRA)
W 15-8 		 Tucker (CUB)
W 15-13 		 Breutner (GER)
W 15-9 		 Bißdorf (GER)
L 7-15 		 Shevchenko (RUS)
L 14-15 		4
Brice Guyart  Marchetti (ARG)
W 15-6 		 Kim Y-H (KOR)
L 13-15 		Did not advance
Lionel Plumenail  Tahoun (EGY)
W 15-9 		 Ferrari (FRA)
L 8-15 		Did not advance
Mathieu Gourdain Men's sabre Bye  Medina (ESP)
W 15-14 		 Pozdnyakov (RUS)
W 15-11 		 Găureanu (ROU)
W 15-14 		 Ferjancsik (HUN)
W 15-12 		 Covaliu (ROU)
L 12-15 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Julien Pillet Bye  Falcon (ESP)
W 15-12 		 Găureanu (ROU)
L 10-15 		Did not advance
Damien Touya Bye  Smart (USA)
W 15-8 		 Bauer (GER)
W 15-12 		 Covaliu (ROU)
L 12-15 		Did not advance
Jean-François di Martino
Hugues Obry
Éric Srecki 		Men's team épée —  Hungary (HUN)
W 43-42 		 Cuba (CUB)
W 45-36 		 Italy (ITA)
L 38-39 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jean-Noel Ferrari
Brice Guyart
Patrice Lhotellier
Lionel Plumenail 		Men's team foil —  Cuba (CUB)
W 45-43 		 Poland (POL)
W 45-38 		 China (CHN)
W 45-44 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mathieu Gourdain
Julien Pillet
Cédric Séguin
Damien Touya 		Men's team sabre —  Ukraine (UKR)
W 45-31 		 Germany (GER)
W 45-44 		 Russia (RUS)
L 32-45 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux Women's épée Bye  Nass (GER)
W 15-12 		 Tripathi (FRA)
W 15-8 		 Logunova (RUS)
L 10-15 		Did not advance
Laura Flessel-Colovic Bye  Savić-Šotra (YUG)
W 15-9 		 Rentmeister (AUT)
W 15-12 		 Zalaffi (ITA)
W 15-11 		 Nagy (HUN)
L 14-15 		 Logunova (RUS)
W 15-6 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sangita Tripathi Bye  Schalm-MacKay (CAN)
W 15-13 		 Barlois-Mevel-Leroux (FRA)
L 8-15 		Did not advance
Adeline Wuillème Women's foil Bye  Ohayon (ISR)
L 12-15 		Did not advance
Valerie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux
Laura Flessel-Colovic
Sophie Moressée-Pichot
Sangita Tripathi 		Women's team épée —  China (CHN)
L 42-45 		Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Eric Casimir Team — 9.725 — 9.425 9.687 28.837 84 Did not advance
Yann Cucherat 8.512 9.550 9.537 9.312 9.712 Q 9.700 56.323 23 Q
Dimitri Karbanenko 9.600 9.050 9.300 9.275 9.537 9.662 56.424 21 Q
Florent Maree 8.550 — 9.162 9.050 9.650 7.675 44.087 63
Eric Poujade — 9.787 Q — 9.787 93
Benjamin Varonian 9.287 9.100 9.525 8.987 9.525 9.737 Q 56.161 27 Q
Total 38.574 38.474 38.249 38.261 38.312 38.149 225.469 10
Individual events
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Yann Cucherat All-around      9.262 9.662 9.575 9.212 9.612 9.600 56.923 15
Dimitri Karbanenko 9.450 9.125 9.425 9.612 9.712 9.637 56.961 15
Benjamin Varonian 9.500 8.887 9.550 8.987 9.725 9.712 56.361 20
Yann Cucherat Parallel bars — 9.725 — 9.725 6
Eric Poujade Pommel horse — 9.825 — 9.825 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Benjamin Varonian Horizontal bar — 9.787 9.787 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women

Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Anne-Sophie Endeler Team 9.143 — 9.375 9.587 28.105 69 Did not advance
Ludivine Furnon — 9.525 — 9.525 94
Nelly Ramassamy 9.212 9.212 9.550 9.050 37.024 35 Q
Delphine Regease 9.150 9.212 9.625 9.562 37.549 24 Q
Alexandra Soler 9.318 9.475 9.375 9.050 37.218 30 Q
Elvire Teza 8.950 9.700 Q 9.550 8.762 36.962 37
Total 36.823 37.912 38.100 37.249 150.084 8
Individual events
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F
Nelly Ramassamy All-around      9.243 9.137 9.112 9.100 36.592 29
Delphine Regease 9.087 9.225 9.575 9.162 37.049 24
Alexandra Soler 9.299 9.487 8.350 9.362 36.498 30
Elvire Teza Uneven bars — 9.512 — 9.512 8

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men's roster
Women's roster
Teams' results
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
France men's Men's tournament  Slovenia (SLO)
D 24-24 		 Tunisia (TUN)
W 20-17 		 Spain (ESP)
W 25-23 		 Sweden (SWE)
L 23-24 		 Australia (AUS)
W 28-16 		2 Q  FR Yugoslavia (YUG)
L 21-26 		5-8th place
 Slovenia (SLO)
W 29-22 		5/6th place
 Germany (GER)
L 22-25 		6
France women's Women's tournament  South Korea (KOR)
L 18-25 		 Hungary (HUN)
L 22-23 		 Angola (ANG)
W 29-27 		 Romania (ROU)
W 21-18 		— 3 Q  Denmark (DEN)
L 26-28 		5-8th place
 Brazil (BRA)
W 32-23 		5/6th place
 Austria (AUT)
L 32-33 		6

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Athlete Event First round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Éric Despezelle - 60kg —  Chorfi (MAR)
W 0200–0000 		 Kurdghelashvili (MDA)
L 0000–0010 		Did not advance
Larbi Benboudaoud - 66kg  Han J-H (KOR)
W 1010-0000 		 Quintanal (GUA)
W 1000-0000 		 Somerville (GBR)
W 0040S-0001C 		 Uematsu (ESP)
W 1010-0000 		 Giovinazzo (ITA)
W 1000-0000 		—  Özkan (TUR)
L 0002-1000S 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ferrid Kheder - 73kg —  Laryukhov (BLR)
L 0010H-1000C 		—  Velazco (PER)
W 0010S-0001S 		 Bilodid (UKR)
W 1011C-0110S 		 Zeļonijs (LAT)
L 0100K-1110K 		Did not advance
Djamel Bouras - 81kg —  Arens (NED)
W 1001S-0001S 		 Arteage (CUB)
W 1001S-0001S 		 Kwak OC (PRK)
W 1000-0001 		 Takimoto (JPN)
L 0001-0100S 		— Bronze medal match
 Budõlin (EST)
L 0010C-0013C 		5
Frédéric Demontfaucon - 90kg —  Mashurenko (UKR)
W 0110C-0010K 		 C Santiago (PUR)
W 0020S-0001C 		 E Costa (ARG)
W 1000-0000 		 Homorato (BRA)
L 0001S-0131S 		— Bronze medal match
 Salimov (AZE)
W 1002-0000S 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Stéphane Traineau - 100kg —  Stepkine (RUS)
W 1011-0000 		 Belgroun (ALG)
W 0200-0000 		 Hand (USA)
W 1001-0000S 		 Gill (CAN)
L 0010S-0012C 		— Bronze medal match
 Ze'evi (ISR)
W 1000-0000 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
David Douillet + 100kg —  Cardozo (VEN)
W 		 Tataroğlu (TUR)
W 1010S-0001C 		 Van Barneveld (BEL)
W 1000C-0010H 		 Pertelson (EST)
W 1001-0000S 		—  Shinohara (JPN)
W 0020C-0010 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Women's Competition

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Sarah Nichollo-Rosso -48kg  Cha H-H (PRK)
L 0000-1000 		—  Atayeva (TKM)
W 1000–0000 		 Zhao S (CHN)
L 0100-1000 		Did not advance
Laetitia Tignola -52kg  Essenge Abollo (CMR)
W 1000-0000 		 Sullivan (AUS)
L 0010C-0010C 		Did not advance
Barbara Harel -57kg  Pace (MLT)
W 0000-1000 		 D González (CUB)
L 0000-1000 		—  Lomba (BEL)
W 1001C-0110S 		 Cavazzuti (ITA)
L 0001S-0011S 		Did not advance
Séverine Vandenhende -63kg  Jung S-S (KOR)
W 1001S-0011S 		 Roberge (CAN)
W 1001S-0001S 		 Schutz (USA)
W 1011-0000 		 von Rekowski (GER)
W 0201-0000 		—  Li S (CHN)
W 0010S-0001C 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Karine Rambault -70kg  Wansart (GER)
L 0000-1010 		Did not advance
Céline Lebrun -78kg Bye  San Miguel (ESP)
W 1000-0000 		 Lee S-y (KOR)
W 0000-0000 		 Luna (CUB)
W 0000-0000 		—  Tang L (CHN)
L 0010-0010C 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Christine Cicot +78kg Bye  Bryant (GBR)
W 0010S-0002C 		 Köppen (GER)
L 0001S-1001S 		—  Hefny (EGY)
W 0200-0000K 		 P Marques (BRA)
W 0111S-0001C 		 Yamashita (JPN)
L 0001S-1001S 		4

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Shooting
(10 m air pistol) 		Fencing
(épée one touch) 		Swimming
(200 m freestyle) 		Riding
(show jumping) 		Running
(3000 m) 		Total points Final rank
Points Rank MP points Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP points
Olivier Clergeau Men's 180 7 1096 16 1 1000 2:13.71 20 1163 60 5 1040 10:20.71 21 918 5217 8
Sebastien Deleigne 176 14 1048 13 5 880 2:11.08 17 1190 90 6 1010 9:10.69 1 1198 5326 4
Caroline Delemer Women's 161 22 868 15 1 950 2:26.40 13 1136 120 11 980 11:05.62 9 1058 4992 10

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Rope Hoop Ball Ribbon Total Rank Rope Hoop Ball Ribbon Total Rank
Eva Serrano Individual 9.875 9.875 9.833 9.900 39.483 4 Q 9.841 9.850 9.841 9.858 39.390 5
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Clubs Ribbon & Hoops Total Rank Clubs Ribbon & Hoops Total Rank
Anne-Sophie Doyen
Anne-Laure Klein
Anne-Sophie Lavoine
Laetitia Mancieri
Magalie Poisson
Vanessa Sauzede 		Group 19.050 18.850 37.900 9 Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Michel Andrieux
Jean-Christophe Rolland 		Men's coxless pair 6:44.80 4 Q — 6:30.96 1 FA 6:32.97 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Adrien Hardy
Frédéric Kowal 		Men's double sculls 6:32.69 5 R 6:31.28 4 SA/B 6:32.09 7 FB 6:20.72 7
Thibaud Chapelle
Pascal Touron 		Men's lightweight double sculls 6:32.73 1 Q — 6:21.32 2 FA 6:24.85 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Antoine Béghin
Laurent Béghin
Gilles Bosquet
Daniel Fauché 		Men's coxless four 6:08.57 6 Q — 6:07.77 7 FB 6:01.29 7
Samuel Barathay
Yvan Deslavière
Guillaume Jeannet
Sébastien Vieilledent 		Men's quadruple sculls 5:54.85 8 Q — 5:54.68 8 FB 5:55.41 10
Jean-Christophe Bette
Xavier Dorfman
Yves Hocdé
Laurent Porchier 		Men's lightweight coxless four 6:09.32 1 SA/B — 6:00.85 3 FA 6:01.68 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Women

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sophie Balmary Women's single sculls 7:45.12 9 R 7:51.87 6 SA/B 7:47.16 9 FB 7:34.23 9
Gaëlle Buniet
Céline Garcia 		Women's double sculls 7:15.39 5 R 7:10.98 5 FB — 7:04.73 8
Christelle Fernandez-Schulte
Benedicte Luzuy 		Women's lightweight double sculls 7:16.53 3 R 7:11.46 2 SA/B 7:09.32 8 FB 7:10.70 7

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

France competed in six of the Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics.

Individual events
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Alexandre Guyader Men's Mistral 22 4 (28) 6 4 15 5 11 9 (26) 24 100 12
Xavier Rohart Finn 11 11 4 3 1 9 6 (13) (17) 5 5 55 5
Tanguy Cariou
Gildas Philippe 		470 10 2 5 16 OCS
(30) 		(23) 2 22 17 18 19 111 14
Pierre Pennec
Yann Guichard 		Tornado 4 8 (13) 2 5 3 3 (9) 4 6 8 43 4
Lise Vidal Women's Mistral 7 6 9 (25) 3 DSQ
(30) 		10 8 21 6 5 75 9
Men's Soling
Athlete Event Qualification races Total Rank Round Robin Rank Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6
GER
SWE
DEN
UKR
GBR
Philippe Presti
Pascal Rambeau
Jean-Marie Dauris 		Soling 9 13 11 9 3 7 39 9 L L L W W 4 Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Total Rank
Jean-Pierre Amat 10m air rifle 588 18 Did not advance
50m rifle 3 positions 1158 22 Did not advance
50m rifle prone 591 30 Did not advance
Franck Badiou 10m air rifle 586 31 Did not advance
Stéphane Clamens Trap 107 30 Did not advance
Jean-François Dellac Skeet 117 35 Did not advance
Franck Dumoulin 10m air pistol 590 OR 1 Q 688.9 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50m pistol 559 12 Did not advance
Franck Durbesson Skeet 122 9 Did not advance
Stéphane Gagne 10m air pistol 581 5 Q 682.0 5
50m pistol 549 26 Did not advance
Jean-Paul Gros Double trap 131 14 Did not advance
Philippe Joualin 50m rifle prone 596 8 Q 699.0 8
Christophe Vicard Trap 115 8 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Total Rank
Valérie Bellenoue 10m air rifle 391 20 Did not advance
50m rifle 3 positions 575 17 Did not advance
Delphine Racinet Trap 67 4 Q 92 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Romain Barnier 50m freestyle DNS Did not advance
100m freestyle 50.32 22 Did not advance
Nicolas Rostoucher 400m freestyle 3:51.80 12 Did not advance
1500m freestyle 15:13.26 11 Did not advance
Simon Dufour 100m backstroke 56.01 15 Q 55.79 12 Did not advance
200m backstroke 2:01.09 17 Did not advance
Hugues Duboscq 100m breaststroke 1:02.40 14 Q 1:02.89 16 Did not advance
Yohann Bernard 200m breaststroke 2:15.35 12 Q 2:13.48 5 Q 2:13.31 7
Stéphan Perrot 2:14.79 6 Q 2:14.59 12 Did not advance
Franck Esposito 100m butterfly 53.54 11 Q 53.38 10 Did not advance
200m butterfly 1:57.97 7 Q 1:57.04 5 Q 1:58.39 8
Xavier Marchand 200m individual medley 2:02.86 12 Q 2:01.81 8 Q 2:02.23 7
Johann Le Bihan 400m individual medley 4:20.96 14 Did not advance
Romain Barnier
Frédérick Bousquet
Nicolas Kintz
Hugo Viart 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:20.19 8 Q — 3:21.00 7
Frédérick Bousquet
Hugues Duboscq
Simon Dufour
Franck Esposito 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:40.31 7 Q — 3:40.02 7
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Solenne Figuès 200m freestyle 2:01.46 20 Did not advance
Laetitia Choux 400m freestyle 4:13.09 14 Did not advance
Roxana Mărăcineanu 100m backstroke 1:01.66 3 Q 1:01.61 5 Q 1:01.10 4
200m backstroke 2:11.01 2 Q 2:11.93 3 Q 2:10.25 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Karine Brémond 200m breaststroke 2:27.13 4 Q 2:27.86 9 Did not advance
Cécile Jeanson 100m butterfly 59.96 17 Q 59.80 14 Did not advance
200m butterfly 2:10.78 9 Q 2:10.78 13 Did not advance
Alicia Bozon
Laetitia Choux
Solenne Figuès
Katarin Quelennec 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:07.03 6 Q — 8:05.99 8

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
Virginie Dedieu
Myriam Lignot 		Duet 33.997 3 63.094 97.091 3 Q 33.997 97.437 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Cinthia Bouhier
Virginie Dedieu
Charlotte Fabre
Myriam Glez
Rachel le Bozec
Myriam Lignot
Charlotte Massardier
Magali Rathier 		Team — 33.763 96.467 4

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Singles
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Damien Eloi Men's singles Bye  Lee C-S (KOR)
W 3-1 		 Liu Guol (CHN)
L 2-3 		Did not advance
Jean-Philippe Gatien Bye  Błaszczyk (POL)
L 0-3 		Did not advance
Christophe Legout Bye  Ryu (KOR)
W 3-2 		 Samsonov (BLR)
L 0-3 		Did not advance
Anne Boileau Women's singles  Pavlovich (BLR)
W 3-0 		 Ghatak (IND)
W 3-0 		1 Q  Steff (ROU)
L 0-3 		Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Damien Eloi
Christophe Legout 		Men's doubles  Huang (CAN)
 K Liu (CAN)
W 2-1 		 Liu S (ARG)
 Tabachnik (ARG)
W 2-0 		1 Q  Persson (SWE)
 Waldner (SWE)
W 3-0 		 Wang L (CHN)
 Yan (CHN)
L 0-3 		Did not advance
Patrick Chila
Jean-Philippe Gatien 		Bye  Håkansson (SWE)
 Karlsson (SWE)
W 3-1 		 Jindrak (AUT)
 Schlager (AUT)
W 3-2 		 Kong (CHN)
 Liu Guol (CHN)
L 1-3 		 Lee C-S (KOR)
 Ryu (KOR)
W 3-1 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Pascal Gentil Men's +80kg  Rashwan (EGY)
W 4-1 		 Saenz (CUB)
W KO 		 Kim K-h (KOR)
L 2-6 		—  Daley (GBR)
W 3-0 		 Al-Dosari (KSA)
W KO 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Myriam Baverel Women's +67kg  Lee W Y (MAS)
W 8-4 		 Carmona (VEN)
L 3-8 		Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's singles

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Arnaud Clément Men's singles  Rusedski (GBR)
W 6–2, 6–3 		 Correjta (ESP)
L 7–6, 4–6, 4–6 		Did not advance
Arnaud Di Pasquale  Kiefer (GER)
W 6–4, 6–3 		 Voltchkov (BLR)
W 6–2, 6–2 		 Norman (SWE)
W 7–6, 7–6 		 JC Ferrero (ESP)
W 6–2, 6–1 		 Kafelnikov (RUS)
L 4–6, 4–6 		Bronze medal match
 Federer (SUI)
W 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nicolas Escudé  Chela (ARG)
L 7–6, 5–7, 1–6 		Did not advance
Fabrice Santoro  Safin (RUS)
W 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 		 Vicente (ESP)
W 6–1, 6–7, 7–5 		 Alami (MAR)
L 2–6, 7–5, 4–6 		Did not advance

Men's doubles

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Arnaud Clément
Nicolas Escudé 		Men's doubles  Vemić (YUG)
 Zimonjić (YUG)
W 6–2, 6–2 		 Mirnyi (BLR)
 Voltchkov (BLR)
L 4–6, 6–7 		Did not advance

Women's singles

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Nathalie Dechy Women's singles  Serna (ESP)
W 6–1, 6–2 		 Pratt (AUS)
W 6–3, 6–1 		 Seles (USA)
L 2–6, 3–6 		Did not advance
Julie Halard-Decugis  Garbin (ITA)
W 6–4, 6–2 		 Bedáňová (CZE)
W 6–3, 6–4 		 Schett (AUT)
L 6–2, 2–6, 1–6 		Did not advance
Amélie Mauresmo  Zuluaga (COL)
L 3–6, 6–3, 2–6 		Did not advance

Women's doubles

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Julie Halard-Decugis
Amélie Mauresmo 		Women's doubles Bye  Tatarkova (UKR)
 Zaporozhanova (UKR)
W 6–2, 6–4 		 S Williams (USA)
 V Williams (USA)
L 3–6, 2–6 		Did not advance

Trampolining

Main article: Trampolining at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
David Martin Men's 38.80 4

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

France's competitors at the first Olympic triathlon included twins Beatrice Mouthon and Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys. Isabelle was one of the three French triathletes to place in the top eight.

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Bike (40 km) Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Stephan Bignet Men's 18:01.59 59:36.10 33:34.46 1:51:12.15 31
Carl Blasco 18:06.19 59:18.21 32:53.62 1:50:18.02 19
Olivier Marceau 18:11.69 58:12.40 32:53.94 1:49:18.03 7
Christine Hocq Women's 19:43.78 1:05:33.90 37:44.22 2:03:01.90 8
Beatrice Mouthon 21:15.48 1:09:03.90 40:48.70 2:11:08.08 35
Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys 19:48.98 1:05:28.50 37:35.93 2:02:53.41 7

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Eric Bonnel Bantamweight (– 56 kg) 112.5 117.5 117.5 140.0 147.5 147.5 252.5 14
Samson N'Dicka-Matam Featherweight (– 62 kg) 125.0 130.0 130.0 160.0 165.0 165.0 285.0 12


Women

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Sabrina Richard Flyweight (– 48 kg) 70.0 72.5 75.0 87.5 92.5 92.5 157.5 8

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Elimination Pool Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Djamal Ainaoui -58kg  Sheng (CHN)
L 1-0 		 Stepanyan (UKR)
W 7-6 		2 Did not advance
Ghani Yalouz -69kg  Hirbik (HUN)
W 5-4 		 Nikitin (EST)
L 8-11 		2 Did not advance
Yvon Riemer -76kg  Yli-Hannuksela (FIN)
L 1-4 		 Baiseitov (KAZ)
L 2-4 		3 Did not advance

See also

Notes

  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

  1. ^ "France at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
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