| France at the 1988 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | FRA |
| NOC | French National Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Seoul | |
| Competitors | 266 (192 men and 74 women) in 23 sports |
| Flag bearer | Philippe Riboud |
| Medals Ranked 9th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
France competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 266 competitors, 192 men and 74 women, took part in 167 events in 23 sports.
Medalists
Gold
Silver
BronzeCompetitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Athletics | 33 | 22 | 55 |
| Boxing | 4 | – | 4 |
| Canoeing | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| Cycling | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| Diving | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Equestrian | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Fencing | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| Gymnastics | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Judo | 7 | – | 7 |
| Modern pentathlon | 3 | – | 3 |
| Rowing | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Sailing | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Shooting | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| Swimming | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| Synchronized swimming | – | 3 | 3 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tennis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Volleyball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Water polo | 13 | – | 13 |
| Weightlifting | 4 | – | 4 |
| Wrestling | 9 | – | 9 |
| Total | 192 | 74 | 266 |
Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer OlympicsIn France's fourth appearance in modern Olympic archery, no individual archer made it past the quarterfinal. The women's team made it to the final, placing last there to finish 8th overall, while the men's team was eliminated in the semifinal.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Catherine Pellen — quarterfinal, 14th place
- Nathalie Hibon — preliminary round, 28th place
- Marie-Josée Bazin — preliminary round, 47th place
Men's Individual Competition:
- Olivier Heck — 1/8 final, 19th place
- Thierry Venant — preliminary round, 37th place
- Claude Franclet — preliminary round, 64th place
Women's Team Competition:
- Pellen, Hibon, and Bazin — final, 8th place
Men's Team Competition:
- Heck, Venant, and Franclet — semifinal, 10th place
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer OlympicsMen's 10.000 metres
- Jean-Louis Prianon
- First Round — 28:08.38
- Final — 27:36.43 (→ 4th place)
- Paul Arpin
- First Round — 28:25.56
- Final — 27:39.36 (→ 7th place)
Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
- Raymond Pannier
- Heat — 8:30.94
- Semi Final — 8:19.39
- Final — 8:23.80 (→ 12th place)
- Bruno Le Stum
- Heat — 8:36.95
- Semi Final — 8:26.69 (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
- Charlus Bertimon
- Qualification — 70.84m (→ did not advance)
- Stéphane Laporte
- Qualification — 69.40m (→ did not advance)
- Pascal Lefèvre
- Qualification — 76.42m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
- Patrick Journoud
- Qualifying Heat — 58.94m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- Norbert Brige
- Qualification — 8.05m
- Final — 7.97m (→ 7th place)
Men's Decathlon
- Christian Plaziat — 8272 points (→ 5th place)
- 100 metres — 10.83s
- Long Jump — 7.62m
- Shot Put — 13.58m
- High Jump — 2.12m
- 400 metres — 48.34s
- 110m Hurdles — 14.18s
- Discus Throw — 43.06m
- Pole Vault — 4.90m
- Javelin Throw — 52.18m
- 1.500 metres — 4:34.07s
- Alain Blondel — 8268 points (→ 6th place)
- 100 metres — 11.02s
- Long Jump — 7.43m
- Shot Put — 12.92m
- High Jump — 1.97m
- 400 metres — 47.44s
- 110m Hurdles — 14.40s
- Discus Throw — 41.20m
- Pole Vault — 5.20m
- Javelin Throw — 57.46m
- 1.500 metres — 4:16.64s
Men's 20 km Walk
- Martial Fesselier
- Final — 1:22:43 (→ 16th place)
- Thierry Toutain
- Final — 1:22:55 (→ 18th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Alain Lemercier
- Final — 3'50:28 (→ 16th place)
- Jean-Marie Neff
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
- Eric Neisse
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Fabienne Ficher, Nathalie Simon, Evecyne Elien, and Nadine Debois
- Heat — 3:29.95
- Fabienne Ficher, Simon Fabienne, Debois Nathalie, and Elien Nadine
- Final — 3:29.37 (→ 7th place)
Women's Marathon
- Françoise Bonnet
- Final — 2"32:36 (→ 14th place)
- Maria Rebelo-Lelut
- Final — 2"33:47 (→ 18th place)
- Jocelyne Villeton
- Final — 2"34:02 (→ 19th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Nadine Auzeil
- Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
- Chantal Beaugeant
- Final Result — 2315 points (→ 28th place)
Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer OlympicsMen's Flyweight (— 51 kg)
- Philippe Desavoye
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Anthony Ikegu (KEN), RSC-2
- Third Round — Lost to Melvin de Leon (DOM), 0:5
Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg)
- Jean-Marc Augustin
- First Round — Lost to Byun Jong-Il (KOR), 0:5
Men's Light Welterweight (— 63.5 kg)
- Ludovic Proto
- First Round — Defeated Mpuco Makama (SUA), walk-over
- Second Round — Defeated Mark Elliott (GBR), RSC-1
- Third Round — Lost to Vyacheslav Yanovski (URS), 0:5
Men's Welterweight (— 67 kg)
- Laurent Boudouani → Silver Medal
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Imre Bácskai (HUN), 4:1
- Third Round — Defeated Darren Obah (AUS), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Song Kyung-Sup (KOR), 3:2
- Semifinals — Defeated Kenneth Gould (USA), 4:1
- Final — Lost to Robert Wangila (KEN), KO-2
Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer OlympicsCycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer OlympicsSixteen cyclists, twelve men and four women, represented France in 1988.
Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer OlympicsEquestrianism
Main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer OlympicsFencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented France in 1988.
- Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Gisèle Meygret, Laurence Modaine-Cessac, Nathalie Pallet, Isabelle Spennato
Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer OlympicsJudo
Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer OlympicsModern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer OlympicsThree male pentathletes represented France in 1988.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Christophe Ruer — 5242 pts (→ 5th place)
- Joël Bouzou — 5198 pts (→ 8th place)
- Bruno Génard — 4828 pts (→ 37th place)
Men's Team Competition:
- Ruer, Bouzou, and Genard — 15268 pts (→ 4th place)
Rhythmic gymnastics
Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1988 Summer OlympicsRowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer OlympicsSailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer OlympicsShooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer OlympicsSwimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer OlympicsMen's 50 m Freestyle
- Stéphan Caron
- Heat — 23.22
- B-Final — scratched (→ no ranking)
- Christophe Kalfayan
- Heat — 23.47
- B-Final — 23.15 (→ 13th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Stéphan Caron
- Heat — 49.37
- Final — 49.62 (→
Bronze Medal)
- Christophe Kalfayan
- Heat — 51.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Stéphan Caron
- Heat — 1:49.66
- B-Final — scratched (→ no ranking)
- Ludovic Depickère
- Heat — 1:53.81 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Franck Iacono
- Heat — 4:00.04 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Christophe Marchand
- Heat — 15:22.19 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
- Franck Iacono
- Heat — 15:22.66 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Franck Schott
- Heat — 56.76
- B-Final — 56.98 (→ 10th place)
- Renaud Boucher
- Heat — 58.90 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
- David Holderbach
- Heat — 2:04.83 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- David Leblanc
- Heat — 1:04.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
- Cédric Penicaud
- Heat — 1:05.46 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Cédric Penicaud
- Heat — 2:18.72
- B-Final — 2:18.95 (→ 16th place)
- David Leblanc
- Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Ludovic Depickère
- Heat — 56.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Christophe Bordeau
- Heat — 2:01.70
- B-Final — 2:01.46 (→ 13th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Christophe Bordeau
- Heat — 2:04.95
- B-Final — 2:05.51 (→ 12th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Christophe Bordeau
- Heat — 4:23.46
- B-Final — 4:23.39 (→ 10th place)
- Laurent Journet
- Heat — 4:29.03 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Stéphan Caron, Christophe Kalfayan, Laurent Neuville, and Bruno Gutzeit
- Heat — 3:21.77
- Final — 3:20.02 (→ 4th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Stéphan Caron, Michel Pou, Olivier Fougeroud, and Laurent Neuville
- Heat — 7:23.03
- Michel Pou, Franck Iacono, Olivier Fougeroud, and Ludovic Depickère
- Final — 7:24.69 (→ 7th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Franck Schott, David Leblanc, Ludovic Depickère, and Bruno Gutzeit
- Heat — 3:48.64 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
- Catherine Plewinski
- Heat — 26.01
- Final — 25.90 (→ 7th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Catherine Plewinski
- Heat — 55.53
- Final — 55.49 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Jacqueline Délord
- Heat — 58.22 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Cécile Prunier
- Heat — 2:01.60
- Final — 2:02.88 (→ 8th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Cécile Prunier
- Heat — 4:15.63
- B-Final — 4:21.03 (→ 16th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Karyn Faure
- Heat — 8:41.64 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
- Cécile Prunier
- Heat — 8:57.22 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Laurence Guillou
- Heat — 1:05.07 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Christine Magnier
- Heat — 2:24.15 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
- Pascaline Louvrier
- Heat — 1:13.21 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
- Virginie Bojaryn
- Heat — 1:13.55 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Virginie Bojaryn
- Heat — 2:37.38 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
- Pascaline Louvrier
- Heat — 2:38.75 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Catherine Plewinski
- Heat — 59.34
- Final — 59.58 (→ 4th place)
- Jacqueline Délord
- Heat — 1:02.24
- B-Final — 1:02.45 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Claire Supiot
- Heat — 2:21.65 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Christine Magnier
- Heat — 4:51.91
- Final — 4:53.29 (→ 14th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Laurence Guillou, Pascaline Louvrier, Catherine Plewinski, and Jacqueline Délord
- Heat — 4:16.21 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Synchronized swimming
Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer OlympicsThree synchronized swimmers represented France in 1988.
Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer OlympicsTennis
Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer OlympicsWomen's Singles Competition
- Catherine Suire
- First Round — Defeated Yayuk Basuki (Indonesia) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
- Second Round — Defeated Jeong-Myung Lee (South Korea) 7-5, 4-6, 7-5
- Third Round — Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 3-6, 0-6
- Isabelle Demongeot
- First Round — Lost to Jana Novotná (Czechoslovakia) 4-6, 3-6
- Nathalie Tauziat
- First Round — Defeated Carling Bassett-Seguso (Canada) 7-6, 6-1
- Second Round — Lost to Catarina Lindqvist (Sweden) 6-2, 3-6, 4-6
Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer OlympicsMen's team competition
- Preliminary round (group B)
- Defeated the Netherlands (3-1)
- Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
- Defeated Japan (3-1)
- Lost to United States (0-3)
- Defeated Argentina (3-0)
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
- 7th/8th place: Lost to Sweden (2-3) → 8th place
- Team roster
- Head coach: Eric Daniel
Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1988 Summer OlympicsMen's Team Competition
- Preliminary round (group A)
- Defeated South Korea (16-5)
- Lost to West Germany (9-10)
- Lost to Soviet Union (4-18)
- Lost to Australia (6-7)
- Lost to Italy (8-14)
- Classification Round (Group E)
- Defeated China (11-4)
- Lost to Greece (7-10) → Tenth place
- Team roster
- Head coach: Jean Paul Clemencon
Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer OlympicsFirst-heavyweight 90–100 kg
- Francis Tournefier — 5th place, 385.0 kg (170.0 kg/ 215.0 kg)
Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer OlympicsReferences
- "France at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- France at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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