France at the 1996 Summer Olympics

France competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 299 competitors, 197 men and 102 women, took part in 183 events in 25 sports.

Archery
In France's sixth appearance in modern Olympic archery, defending gold medallist Sebastien Flute was defeated in the first round of elimination. Fellow veteran Severine Bonal was also defeated early, while Lionel Torres reached the quarterfinal. The men's team was defeated in the first round.

Athletics

 * Key
 * Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
 * Q = Qualified for the next round
 * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
 * NR = National record
 * N/A = Round not applicable for the event
 * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Combined events

 * Decathlon

Canoeing

 * Men

Road

 * Men


 * Women

Track

 * Points race


 * Sprint


 * Pursuit


 * Time trial

Fencing
15 fencers, 9 men and 6 women, represented France in 1996.


 * Men


 * Women

Men's tournament
Head coach: Raymond Domenech
 * Team roster


 * Groupstage


 * Quarterfinal

Artistic

 * Men
 * Team


 * Individual finals


 * Women
 * Team


 * Individual finals

Rhythmic

 * Individual


 * Group

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Eric Amalou
 * Grégory Anquetil
 * Stéphane Cordinier
 * Yohan Delattre
 * Christian Gaudin


 * Stéphane Joulin
 * Guéric Kervadec
 * Denis Lathoud
 * Pascal Mahé
 * Bruno Martini


 * Gaël Monthurel
 * Raoul Prandi
 * Jackson Richardson
 * Philippe Schaaf
 * Stéphane Stoecklin
 * Frédéric Volle


 * Preliminary round


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal game

Judo

 * Men


 * Women

Rowing

 * Men

Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinal A/B; SC/D=Semifinal C/D; R=Repechage
 * Women

Sailing

 * Men


 * Women


 * Open
 * Fleet racing


 * Mixed racing

Shooting

 * Men


 * Women

Swimming
Key:FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)
 * Men

Key:FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)
 * Women

Tennis

 * Men


 * Women

Weightlifting
Men

Wrestling

 * Freestyle


 * Greco-Roman