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France at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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France at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeFRA
NOCFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Seoul
Competitors266 (192 men and 74 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer Philippe Riboud
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
6
Silver
4
Bronze
6
Total
16
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.[1]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Jean-François Lamour Fencing Men's sabre 23 September
 Gold Thierry Péponnet
Luc Pillot
Sailing Men's 470 27 September
 Gold Nicolas Hénard
Jean-Yves Le Déroff
Sailing Tornado 27 September
 Gold Marc Alexandre Judo Men's 71 kg 27 September
 Gold Frédéric Delpla
Jean-Michel Henry
Olivier Lenglet
Philippe Riboud
Éric Srecki
Fencing Men's team épée 30 September
 Gold Pierre Durand Equestrian Individual jumping 2 October
 Silver Nicolas Berthelot Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle 20 September
 Silver Philippe Riboud Fencing Men's épée 24 September
 Silver Margit Otto-Crépin Equestrian Individual dressage 27 September
 Silver Laurent Boudouani Boxing Welterweight 1 October
 Bronze Catherine Plewinski Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 19 September
 Bronze Stéphan Caron Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle 22 September
 Bronze Bruno Carabetta Judo Men's 65 kg 26 September
 Bronze Hubert Bourdy
Frédéric Cottier
Pierre Durand
Michel Robert
Equestrian Team jumping 28 September
 Bronze Joël Bettin
Philippe Renaud
Canoeing Men's C-2 500 metres 30 September
 Bronze Bruno Marie-Rose
Max Morinière
Gilles Quénéhervé
Daniel Sangouma
Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 1 October

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

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

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In 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:

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

  • Pellen, Hibon, and Bazin — final, 8th place

Men's Team Competition:

  • Heck, Venant, and Franclet — semifinal, 10th place

Athletics

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Men'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

Men's Discus Throw

Men's Long Jump

  • Norbert Brige
    • Qualification — 8.05m
    • Final — 7.97m (→ 7th place)

Men's Decathlon

  1. 100 metres — 10.83s
  2. Long Jump — 7.62m
  3. Shot Put — 13.58m
  4. High Jump — 2.12m
  5. 400 metres — 48.34s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.18s
  7. Discus Throw — 43.06m
  8. Pole Vault — 4.90m
  9. Javelin Throw — 52.18m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:34.07s
  1. 100 metres — 11.02s
  2. Long Jump — 7.43m
  3. Shot Put — 12.92m
  4. High Jump — 1.97m
  5. 400 metres — 47.44s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.40s
  7. Discus Throw — 41.20m
  8. Pole Vault — 5.20m
  9. Javelin Throw — 57.46m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:16.64s

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk


Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

Women's Marathon

Women's Javelin Throw

Women's Heptathlon

Boxing

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Men's Flyweight (— 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (— 63.5 kg)

Men's Welterweight (— 67 kg)

Canoeing

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Cycling

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Sixteen cyclists, twelve men and four women, represented France in 1988.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's 1 km time trial
Men's team pursuit
Men's points race
Women's road race
Women's sprint

Diving

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Equestrianism

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Fencing

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19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented France in 1988.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

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Judo

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Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathletes represented France in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Ruer, Bouzou, and Genard — 15268 pts (→ 4th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

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Rowing

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Sailing

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Shooting

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Swimming

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Men's 50 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


Women's 50 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Women's 200 m Backstroke

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Women's 200 m Butterfly

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Synchronized swimming

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Three synchronized swimmers represented France in 1988.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis

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Tennis

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Women's Singles Competition

Volleyball

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Men's team competition

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Water polo

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Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting

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First-heavyweight 90–100 kg

Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "France at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  2. ^ France at the 1988 Summer Olympics