France at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

France at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
France at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	FRA
NPC	French Paralympic and Sports Committee
Website	france-paralympique.fr
in Beijing
Competitors	119 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Assia El'Hannouni
Medals; Ranked 12th	Gold 12 Silver 21 Bronze 19 Total 52
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France sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. France sent 119 athletes, who competed in 13 sports: archery, athletics, cycling, equestrian, wheelchair fencing, powerlifting, judo, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair tennis. There were some competitors that competed in rowing which made its debut in the Games.

Quick facts France at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, IPC code ...

The country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony was Assia El'Hannouni, who won four gold medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.^[1]

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	David Smétanine	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S4
Gold	Arnaud Assoumani	Athletics	Men's long jump F46
Gold	Thu Kamkasomphou	Table tennis	Women's singles class 8
Gold	Christophe Durand	Table tennis	Men's singles class 4/5
Gold	Vincent Boury	Table tennis	Men's singles class 2
Gold	Laurent Thirionet	Cycling	Men's cycling, road time trial
Gold	Laurent François	Wheelchair fencing	Men's individual sabre, category B
Gold	Stéphane Houdet Michael Jeremiasz	Wheelchair tennis	Men's doubles
Gold	David Smétanine	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S4
Gold	Florian Merrien Yan Guilhem Jean-Philippe Robin	Table tennis	Men's team class 3
Gold	Assia El'Hannouni	Athletics	Women's 200m T12
Gold	Assia El'Hannouni	Athletics	Women's 400m T12
Silver	Sandrine Martinet	Judo	Women's -52 kg
Silver	Cyril Jonard	Judo	Men's -81 kg
Silver	David Smétanine	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke S4
Silver	David Smétanine	Swimming	Men's 200m freestyle S4
Silver	Assia El'Hannouni	Athletics	Women's 800m sprint T13/12
Silver	Marie-Amélie Le Fur	Athletics	Women's long jump F44
Silver	Raphaël Voltz	Shooting	Men's mixed R5 10m rifle prone SH2
Silver	Jean-Philippe Robin	Table tennis	Men's singles class 3
Silver	Raphaël Voltz	Shooting	Men's mixed R4-10m air rifle standing SH2
Silver	Elodie Lorandi	Swimming	Women's 200m individual medley SM10
Silver	Stéphane Molliens	Table tennis	Men's singles class 2
Silver	Laurent François	Wheelchair fencing	Men's individual foil, category B
Silver	Damien Séguin	Sailing	Men's 1-Person Keelboat (2.4mR)
Silver	Bruno Jourdren Hervé Larhant Nicolas Vimont-Vicary	Sailing	Men's 3-Person Keelboat (Sonar)
Silver	David Mercier	Cycling	Men's individual road race, LC 1/LC 2/CP 4
Silver	Rachel Lardière	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke SB5
Silver	Vincent Boury Damien Mennella Jean-François Ducay Stéphane Molliens	Table tennis	Men's team, classes 1/2
Silver	Fabrice Meunier	Archery	Men's individual recurve, standing
Silver	Nantenin Keita	Athletics	Women's 200m T13
Silver	Marie-Amélie Le Fur	Athletics	Women's 100m T44
Silver	Assia El'Hannouni	Athletics	Women's 1500m T13
Bronze	Angélique Quessandier	Judo	Women's -63 kg
Bronze	Gautier Trésor	Athletics	Men's 100m T11
Bronze	Olivier Cugnon de Sevricourt	Judo	Men's -90 kg
Bronze	Julien Taurines	Judo	Men's +100 kg
Bronze	Djamel Mastouri	Athletics	Men's 800m T37
Bronze	Souhad Ghazouani	Powerlifting	Women's -48 kg: 112,5 kg
Bronze	Alain Quittet	Cycling	Men's cycling, handbike time trial
Bronze	Florence Gravellier	Wheelchair tennis	Women's singles
Bronze	Florence Gravellier Arlette Racineux	Wheelchair tennis	Women's doubles
Bronze	Olivier Donval John Saccomandi	Cycling	Men's individual road race B&VI 1-3
Bronze	François Sérignat Stéphane Messi Alain Pichon	Table tennis	Men's team, classes 6-8
Bronze	Jérémie Rousseau Christophe Rozier Gilles de la Bourdonnaye	Table tennis	Men's team, classes 9-10
Bronze	Marie-Christine Fillou Stéphanie Mariage Fanny Bertrand Isabelle Lafaye	Table tennis	Women's team, classes 1-5
Bronze	Thu Kamkasomphou Claire Mairie Audrey le Morvan Anne Barneoud	Table tennis	Women's team, classes 6-10
Bronze	Jean-Pierre Talatini	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F33/34/52
Bronze	Trésor Makunda Pasquale Gallo Stéphane Bozzolo Ronan Pallier	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay T11-13
Bronze	Christophe Durand Emeric Martin Maxime Thomas	Table tennis	men's team, classes 4/5
Bronze	Julien Casoli Pierre Fairbank Alain Fuss Denis Lemeunier	Athletics	men's 4 × 400 m relay, T53/54
Bronze	Nantenin Keita	Athletics	Women's 400m T13

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Maurice Champey	Men's individual compound open	674	12	Bye	Horner (SUI) L 109-113	Did not advance
Olivier Hatem	Men's individual compound W1	616	7	—	Azzolini (ITA) L 101-107	Did not advance
Fabrice Meunier	Men's individual recurve standing	597	13	Haraguchi (JPN) W 109-83	Cho (KOR) W 101-96	Inkaew (THA) W 103-99	Esposito (ITA) W 95-91	Baatarjav (MGL) L 90-94
Stephane Gilbert	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	602	13	Naganuma (JPN) W 93-80	de Pellegrin (ITA) W 101-99	Cheng C (CHN) L 95-99	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Brigitte Duboc	Women's individual recurve standing	572	3	Bye	Nikitenko (UKR) W 99-78	Olejnik (POL) L 88-101	Did not advance
Lelia Maufras du Chatelliet	Women's individual recurve W1/W2	557	6	Bye	Mijno (ITA) W 98-94	Nakanishi (JPN) L 84-90	Did not advance

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arnaud Assoumani	T46	100m	11.07	1 Q	—		11.34	5
Arnaud Assoumani	T46	200m	22.81	5 Q	—		22.56	6
Aladji Ba	T11	400m	54.98	9	Did not advance
Julien Casoli	T54	800m	1:40.13	11 Q	1:35.11	4 q	1:37.56	6
Julien Casoli	T54	1500m	3:14.33	20 Q	3:09.11	5 Q	DNF
Pierre Fairbank	T53	200m	28.27	8 Q	—		27.94	8
		400m	51.76	2 Q	—		50.40	6
		800m	1:41.67	11	Did not advance
Alain Fuss	T54	1500m	DNF q		3:02.71	11	Did not advance
		5000m	10:53.54	22	Did not advance
		Marathon	—				1:30:30	18
Pasquale Gallo	T12	100m	11.72	20	Did not advance
Pasquale Gallo	T12	200m	23.64	17	Did not advance
Clavel Kayitaré	T42	100m	—				DSQ
Denis Lemeunier	T54	1500m	3:18.11	25 Q	3:01.95	4 q	3:16.43	5
		5000m	10:24.05	15	Did not advance
		Marathon	—				DNF
Trésor Makunda	T11	100m	11.48	3 Q	11.51	3 Q	11.46
		200m	23.84	7 q	23.34	6 B	25.55	3
		400m	52.89	6 q	51.99	5	Did not advance
Djamel Mastouri	T37	800m	—				2:03.04
Serge Ornem	T46	200m	23.36	11	Did not advance
Hugues Quiatol	T35	100m	—				14.12	8
Stéphane Bozzolo Pasquale Gallo Trésor Makunda Ronan Pallier	T11–13	4 × 100 m relay	44.54	2 Q	—		44.49
Arnaud Assoumani Clavel Kayitaré Xavier le Draoullec Serge Ornem	T42–46	4 × 100 m relay	—				46.68	4
Julien Casoli Pierre Fairbank Alain Fuss Denis Lemeunier	T53–54	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.11	4 Q	—		3:17.93

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Arnaud Assoumani	F46	Long jump	7.23 WR	-
Stéphane Bozzolo	F12	Long jump	6.53	-	7
Stéphane Bozzolo	P12	Pentathlon	3111		4
Thierry Cibone	F35–36	Discus throw	41.22	861	9
Thierry Cibone	F35–36	Shot put	14.03 SB	971	5
Tony Falelavaki	F42/44	Javelin throw	48.75	895	11
Tony Falelavaki	F44	Shot put	12.47	778	8
Xavier le Draoullec	F42/44	Long jump	NM
Ronan Pallier	F12	Long jump	6.66	-	6
Antoine Perel	F12	Long jump	6.37	-	9
Antoine Perel	P12	Pentathlon	2834		2834
Pasilione Tafilagi	F57–58	Discus throw	50.93 SB	954	5
Pasilione Tafilagi	F57–58	Shot put	12.49	835	14
Jean-Pierre Talatini	F33–34/52	Javelin throw	31.19	1169
Jean-Pierre Talatini	F33–34/52	Shot put	11.04	1021	4

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Nathalie Bizet	Mephisto	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	66.387	5
Nathalie Bizet	Mephisto	Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib	68.453	5
Celine Gerny	Jeudi D'Avril	Mixed individual championship test grade Ib	61.524	10
Celine Gerny	Jeudi D'Avril	Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib	61.666	11

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Olivier Cugnon de Servicourt	Men's 90kg	Ingram (GBR) W 0021-0011	Hatsuse (JPN) W 0010-0001	Mammadov (AZE) L 0001-1100	—		Shevchenko (RUS) W 0002-0001
Cyril Jonard	Men's 81kg	Mirhassan Nattaj (IRI) W 1001-0000	Vincze (HUN) W 1100–0001	Carvallo (VEN) W 1010-0000	—		Cruz (CUB) L 0000-0010
Gerald Rollo	Men's 100kg	Cortada (CUB) L 0000-1000	—		Vlasov (RUS) W 0010-0000	Hirose (JPN) L 0010-0100	Did not advance
Julien Taurines	Men's +100kg	Zilian (GER) W 1000-0000	Zakiyev (AZE) L 0000-1000	—	Bye	Moreno (ESP) W 1000-0010	Papp (HUN) W 1000-0000

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sandrine Aurieres-Martinet	Women's 52kg	Thi (VIE) W 1000-0000	Stepanyuk (RUS) W 1000-0000	—		Cui (CHN) L 0011-0103
Celine Manzuoli	Women's +70kg	Komatsu (JPN) L 0010-1011	—		de Pinies (ESP) L 0000-1030	Did not advance
Karima Medjeded	Women's 48kg	M Gonzalez (CUB) L 0000–0002	—	Akatsuka (JPN) W 0200-0000	Halinska (UKR) L 0010-1010	Did not advance
Angelique Quessandier	Women's 63kg	Arce (ESP) L 0000-0200	—	Teixeira (BRA) W 1001-0100	Aimthisung (THA) W 1000-0000	Kivi (SWE) W 1010-0000

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Charly Castel	90kg	190.0	6
David Nard	60kg	140.0	11

Medalists

Sports

Archery

Men

Women

Athletics

Men's track

Men's field

Women's track

Women's field

Cycling

Men's road

Men's track

Women's road

Equestrian

Judo

Men

Women

Powerlifting

Men

Women

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Men

Women

Swimming

Men

Women

Table tennis

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's teams

Women's teams

Wheelchair fencing

Men

Women

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Women

See also

References

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