France at the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of France
FINA codeFRA
National federationFrench Swimming Federation
Websiteffnatation.fr (in French)
in Gwangju, South Korea
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
7
World Aquatics Championships appearances

France competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Axel Reymond Open water swimming Men's 25 km 19 July
 Silver Logan Fontaine Open water swimming Men's 5 km 13 July
 Silver Marc-Antoine Olivier Open water swimming Men's 10 km 16 July
 Silver Aurélie Muller Open water swimming Women's 5 km 17 July
 Bronze Lara Grangeon Open water swimming Women's 25 km 19 July
 Bronze David Aubry Swimming Men's 800 metre freestyle 24 July
 Bronze Clément Mignon
Mehdy Metella
Charlotte Bonnet
Marie Wattel
Maxime Grousset*
Béryl Gastaldello*		 Swimming Mixed 4×100 m freestyle relay 27 July

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

France's artistic swimming team consisted of 12 athletes (12 female).[1]

Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Eve Planeix Solo free routine 86.4667 9 Q 86.6667 9
Charlotte Tremble
Laura Tremble 		Duet technical routine 85.7983 9 Q 86.2420 10
Duet free routine 86.7333 10 Q 88.0000 8
Marie Annequin
Ambre Esnault
Inesse Guermoud
Maureen Jenkins
Solene Lusseau
Eve Planeix
Charlotte Tremble
Laura Tremble
Laura Auge (R)
Manon Disbeaux (R) 		Team technical routine 85.5793 9 Q 86.6543 9
Marie Annequin
Camille Bravard
Manon Disbeaux
Ambre Esnault
Laura Gonzalez
Maureen Jenkins
Solene Lusseau
Eve Planeix
Laura Auge (R)
Inesse Guermoud (R) 		Team free routine 87.3000 9 Q 87.4667 9
Marie Annequin
Manon Disbeaux
Ambre Esnault
Laura Gonzalez
Inesse Guermoud
Maureen Jenkins
Solene Lusseau
Eve Planeix
Charlotte Tremble
Laura Tremble
Laura Auge (R)
Camille Bravard (R) 		Highlight routine — 87.2000 5

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

France has entered four divers.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Gwendal Bisch 1 m springboard 331.35 16 — Did not advance
3 m springboard 341.45 39 Did not advance
Alexis Jandard 1 m springboard 292.15 32 — Did not advance
3 m springboard 376.90 26 Did not advance
Benjamin Auffret 10 m platform 473.70 6 Q 469.20 8 Q 489.20 5
Gwendal Bisch
Alexis Jandard 		3 m synchronized springboard 344.16 13 — Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Alais Kalonji 10 m platform 252.60 26 Did not advance

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

France qualified five male and four female open water swimmers.[3][4]

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
David Aubry Men's 10 km 1:48:05.1 10
Logan Fontaine Men's 5 km 53:32.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Damien Joly Men's 5 km 53:40.2 15
Marc-Antoine Olivier Men's 10 km 1:47:56.1 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 25 km DNF
Axel Reymond Men's 25 km 4:51:06.2 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Lara Grangeon Women's 5 km 58:01.5 9
Women's 10 km 1:54:50.0 4
Women's 25 km 5:08:21.2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Aurélie Muller Women's 5 km 57:57.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's 10 km 1:54:51.2 11
Lisa Pou Women's 25 km 5:08:28.4 4
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
David Aubry
Oceane Cassignol
Aurélie Muller
Marc-Antoine Olivier 		Team 54:37.1 6

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

France has entered 11 swimmers.[5]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
David Aubry 800 m freestyle 7:46.37 2 Q — 7:42.08 NR 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1500 m freestyle 14:53.38 7 Q — 14:44.72 4
Maxime Grousset 50 m freestyle 22.12 14 Q 21.86 9 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 23.36 10 Q 23.41 14 Did not advance
Damien Joly 800 m freestyle 7:50.30 12 — Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 14:55.51 9 — Did not advance
Mehdy Metella 100 m freestyle 48.71 13 Q 48.65 14 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 51.65 5 Q 51.62 6 Q 51.38 5
Clément Mignon 50 m freestyle DNS Did not advance
100 m freestyle 48.20 4 Q 48.25 6 Q 48.43 7
Jérémy Stravius 50 m backstroke 24.78 3 Q 24.98 11 Did not advance
Clément Mignon
Jérémy Stravius
Tom Paco Pedroni
Mehdy Metella 		4×100 m freestyle relay 3:13.04 7 Q — 3:13.34 8
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Charlotte Bonnet 50 m freestyle DNS Did not advance
100 m freestyle 53.67 8 Q 53.62 12 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:58.21 13 Q 1:56.19 6 Q 1:56.95 7
Béryl Gastaldello 100 m freestyle 53.95 13 Q 54.31 15 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 1:01.45 28 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 58.83 20 Did not advance
Fantine Lesaffre 200 m individual medley 2:12.34 13 Q 2:12.18 13 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:38.40 6 Q — 4:39.68 8
Marie Wattel 50 m butterfly 26.07 8 Q 25.56 3 Q 25.50 5
100 m butterfly 57.23 6 Q 57.00 3 Q 57.29 8
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Clément Mignon
Mehdy Metella
Charlotte Bonnet
Marie Wattel
Maxime Grousset*
Béryl Gastaldello* 		4×100 m freestyle relay 3:24.27 4 Q 3:22.11 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heat only.

References

  1. ^ "Entry List by Nation (Artistic swimming)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Diving Entry List by NAT (Diving)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  3. ^ "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Men's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  4. ^ "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Women's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Swimming Entry List" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
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