France at the 2004 Summer Olympics

France competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. French athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The French Olympic Committee sent a total of 308 athletes to the Games, 195 men and 113 women, to compete in 25 sports.

Medalists

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Archery
France has qualified three archers each in the men's and women's team.


 * Men


 * Women

Athletics
French athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).


 * 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


 * Men
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Decathlon


 * Women
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Heptathlon

Boxing
France sent six boxers to Athens, mostly in the lighter weight classes. They won a silver medal. Two lost their first bouts, as the team combined for a record of 8–6. France was part of a four-way tie for 8th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.

Sprint
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Road

 * Men


 * Women

Track

 * Sprint


 * Pursuit


 * Time trial


 * Keirin


 * Omnium

Diving
France has qualified a single diver.


 * Women

Equestrian
France has qualified two riders in dressage, and a spot for the team each in eventing and show jumping. The team of Arnaud Boiteau, Didier Courrèges, Cédric Lyard, Jean Teulère and Nicolas Touzaint captured the gold medal in team eventing after winning an appeal against an earlier decision imposed by the FEI Ground Jury, that gave German rider Bettina Hoy and her team a triumphant gold medal double.

Eventing
"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Fencing

 * Men


 * Women

Artistic

 * Men
 * Team


 * Individual finals


 * Women
 * Team


 * Individual finals

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal


 * 5th-8th Classification


 * Fifth Place Final

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze Medal Final

Judo
France has qualified thirteen judoka.


 * Men


 * Women

Modern pentathlon
France has qualified four athletes in modern pentathlon

Rowing

 * Men

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage
 * Women

Sailing

 * Men


 * Women

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
 * Open

Shooting

 * Men


 * Women

Swimming
French swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

* Competed only in heats
 * Men


 * Women

Tennis

 * Men


 * Women

Triathlon
While the French had fewer top eight triathletes in 2004 than they had in 2000, Frédéric Belaubre earned the highest individual place of any French triathlete with a fifth-place finish. France's sole female triathlete was the last to finish.

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play

Wrestling
Key:
 * VT – Victory by Fall.
 * PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
 * PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.


 * Men's freestyle


 * Men's Greco-Roman


 * Women's freestyle