France at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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]

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 13 Silver 14 Bronze 11 Total 38
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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 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

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

• 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
		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
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
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

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
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

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

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
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
		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
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
		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
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 Marée		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
Benjamin Varonian	Horizontal bar	—					9.787	9.787

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

• 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
		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
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

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
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

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
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

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
	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

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
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
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

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
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
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

• France at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

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