France at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

France at the
2000 Summer Olympics

IOC code| FRA
NOC| French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website| www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Sydney
Competitors| 336 (211 men and 125 women) in 28 sports
Flag bearer | David Douillet
Medals
Ranked 6th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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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

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Further information: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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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

* Jim Bilba
* Yann Bonato
* Makan Dioumassi
* Laurent Foirest
* Thierry Gadou
* Cyril Julian
* Crawford Palmer
* Antoine Rigaudeau
* Stéphane Risacher
* Laurent Sciarra
* Moustapha Sonko
* Frédéric Weis

| 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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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

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Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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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

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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

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Decathlon
Athlete  | Event  |  100 m |  LJ  |  SP  |  HJ  |  400 m |  110H  |  DT  |  PV  |  JT  |  1500 m | Final  | Rank

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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

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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

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Main article: Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics

### Men's singles

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Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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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

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Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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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

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Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's team Roster

* Jim Bilba
* Yann Bonato
* Makan Dioumassi
* Fabien Dubos
* Laurent Foirest
* Thierry Gadou
* David Gauthier
* Cyril Julian
* Crawford Palmer
* Laurent Pluvy
* Antoine Rigaudeau
* Stéphane Risacher
* Dwayne Scholten
* Laurent Sciarra
* Moustapha Sonko
* Frédéric Weis

Women's Team Roster

* Nicole Antibe
* Lucienne Berthieu
* Johanna Boutet
* Sabine Falcoz
* Isabelle Fijalkowski
* Edwige Lawson
* Sandra Le Drean
* Nathalie Lesdema
* Isabelle Marcin
* Catherine Melain
* Laëtitia Moussard
* Audrey Sauret
* Laure Savasta
* Yannick Souvré
* Dominique Tonnerre
* Stéphanie Vivenot

Teams' results
Team  | Event  | Group stage  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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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  |
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

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Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary round  | Preliminary elimination  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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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

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Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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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  |
Jérôme Thomas | Flyweight |  Wiltshire (AUS)
W 13–1  |  Tou (BUR)
RSC |  Navarro (USA)
W 23–12  |  Zhumadilov (KAZ)
L 16–22  | Did not advance  |
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

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Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

### Slalom

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Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary  | Final

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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  |
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  |
Brigitte Guibal | 147.67  | 4  | 144.07  | 5  | 292.62  | 4 Q | 124.98  | 1  | 126.90  | 3  | 251.88  |

### Sprint

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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

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Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

### Cross Country

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Ludovic Dubau | Men's | 2:16:48  | 18
Christophe Dupouey | DNF
Miguel Martinez | 2:09:02  |
Laurence Leboucher | Women's | 2:00:38  | 18
Sophie Villeneuve | 2:02:31  | 23

### Road Cycling

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Men
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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

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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  |
Catherine Marsal | 44:27  | 13

### Track Cycling

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Sprint
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Round 1  | Repechage 1  | Round 2  | Repechage 2  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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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)
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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  |
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  |

Pursuit
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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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  |
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

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Arnaud Tournant | Men's time trial | 1:03.023  | 5
Felicia Ballanger | Women's time trial | 34.140 OR |
Magali Faure-Humbert | 35.766  | 11

Points race

Keirin
Athlete  | Event  | 1st round  | Repechage  | 2nd round  | Final

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Frédéric Magné | Keirin | 2 Q | —  | 3 Q | 6
Florian Rousseau | 5 R | 2 Q | 3 Q |

Omnium
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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

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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

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Total  | Rank  | Points  | Total  | Rank
Frédéric 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
Frédéric Pierre | Men's synchronized 3m springboard | —  | 310.08  | 6
Men's synchronized 10m platform | —  | 314.94  | 8

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Semifinals  | Final

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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

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Main article: Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics

### Eventing

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Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Dressage  | Cross-country  | Jumping  | Total

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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

RT  | \-  | 3000.0  | 10

### Jumping

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Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Qualification  | Final  | Total

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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

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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

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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  |
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  |
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  |
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  |
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  |

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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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  |
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

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

### Men

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Team
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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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

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Athlete  | Event  | Apparatus  | Total  | Rank

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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  |
Benjamin Varonian | Horizontal bar | —  | 9.787  | 9.787  |

### Women

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Team
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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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

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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

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Main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's roster

* Andrej Golic
* Bertrand Gille
* Bruno Martini
* Cédric Burdet
* Christian Gaudin
* Didier Dinart
* Grégory Anquetil
* Guéric Kervadec
* Guillaume Gille
* Jackson Richardson
* Jérôme Fernandez
* Marc Wiltberger
* Olivier Girault
* Patrick Cazal
* Stéphane Joulin

Women's roster

* Christelle Joseph-Mathieu
* Sonia Cendier Ajaguin
* Isabelle Wendling
* Joanne Dudziak
* Laïsa Lerus
* Leïla Lejeune-Duchemann
* Myriam Korfanty
* Nathalie Selambarom
* Nodjialem Myaro
* Raphaëlle Tervel
* Sandrine Delerce
* Stéphanie Cano
* Stéphanie Ludwig
* Valérie Nicolas
* Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland

Teams' results
Team  | Event  | Group stage  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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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

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Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

### Men's Competition

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Athlete  | Event  | First round  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage 1  | Repechage 2  | Repechage 3  | Final / BM

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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  |
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  |
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  |
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  |

### Women's Competition

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Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage 1  | Repechage 2  | Repechage 3  | Final / BM

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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  |
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  |
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

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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

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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

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Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Individual
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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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

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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

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Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Semifinals  | Final

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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  |
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  |
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  |

### Women

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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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 |
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
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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  |

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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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

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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  |
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

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Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Technical routine  | Free routine (preliminary)  | Free routine (final)

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Virginie Dedieu
Myriam Lignot | Duet | 33.997  | 3  | 63.094  | 97.091  | 3 Q | 33.997  | 97.437  |
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

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Singles
Athlete  | Event  | Group stage  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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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

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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  |

## Taekwondo

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Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage 1  | Repechage 2  | Final / BM

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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 |
Myriam Baverel | Women's +67kg |  Lee W Y (MAS)
W 8-4  |  Carmona (VEN)
L 3-8  | Did not advance

## Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

### Men's singles

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Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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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  |
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

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Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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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

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Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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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

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Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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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

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Main article: Trampolining at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Score  | Rank
David Martin | Men's | 38.80  | 4

## Triathlon

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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

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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

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete  | Event  | Snatch  | Clean & jerk  | Total  | Rank

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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

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Sabrina Richard | Flyweight (- 48 kg) | 70.0  | ~~72.5~~ | ~~75.0~~ | 87.5  | ~~92.5~~ | ~~92.5~~ | 157.5  | 8

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Elimination Pool  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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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

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* France at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

## Notes

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* 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

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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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