France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
in
Athens
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, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. French athletes have competed in every
Summer Olympic Games
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of the modern era. The
French Olympic Committee
The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (, CNOSF) is the National Olympic Committee of France. It is responsible for France's participation in the Olympic Games, as well as for all of France's overseas departments and territories.
Histo ...
sent a total of 308 athletes to the Games, 195 men and 113 women, to compete in 25 sports.
Medalists
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Archery
France has qualified three archers each in the men's and women's team.
;Men
;Women
Athletics
French athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events –
Decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events –
Heptathlon
A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...
Badminton
Boxing
France sent six boxers to Athens, mostly in the lighter weight classes. They won a silver medal. Two lost their first bouts, as the team combined for a record of 8–6. France was part of a four-way tie for 8th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.
Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Cycling
Road
;Men
;Women
Track
;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Time trial
;Keirin
;Omnium
Mountain biking
Diving
France has qualified a single diver.
;Women
Equestrian
France has qualified two riders in dressage, and a spot for the team each in eventing and show jumping. The team of
Arnaud Boiteau,
Didier Courrèges,
Cédric Lyard,
Jean Teulère and
Nicolas Touzaint captured the gold medal in team eventing after winning an appeal against an earlier decision imposed by the
FEI Ground Jury, that gave German rider Bettina Hoy and her team a triumphant gold medal double.
Dressage
Eventing
"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.
Show jumping
Fencing
;Men
;Women
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men
;Team
;Individual finals
;Women
;Team
;Individual finals
Trampoline
Handball
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;5th-8th Classification
;Fifth Place Final
Women's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Bronze Medal Final
Judo
France has qualified thirteen judoka.
;Men
;Women
Modern pentathlon
France has qualified four athletes in modern pentathlon
Rowing
;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage
Sailing
;Men
;Women
;Open
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side
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of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Shooting
;Men
;Women
Swimming
French swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):
;Men
* Competed only in heats
;Women
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
;Men
;Women
Triathlon
While the French had fewer top eight triathletes in 2004 than they had in 2000,
Frédéric Belaubre
Fred (Frédéric) Belaubre (born 14 February 1980 in Poissy
Poissy () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western subur ...
earned the highest individual place of any French triathlete with a fifth-place finish. France's sole female triathlete was the last to finish.
Volleyball
Beach
Indoor
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
Weightlifting
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle
;Men's Greco-Roman
;Women's freestyle
See also
*
France at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
*
France at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
References
External links
Official Report of the XXVIII OlympiadFrench Olympic Committee
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Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer
Summer Olympics
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