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France at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

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France was represented by 68 athletes at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

Medals[edit]

Medal Name Event Date
 Gold Éloyse Lesueur Women's long jump 28 June
 Gold Christophe Lemaitre Men's 100 m 28 June
 Gold Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Men's 3000 m steeplechase 29 June
 Gold Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida Heptathlon 30 June
 Gold Renaud Lavillenie Men's pole vault 1 July
 Silver Jimmy Vicaut Men's 100 m 28 June
 Silver Florian Carvalho Men's 1500 m 1 July
 Silver Garfield Darien 110 m hurdles 1 July
 Silver Phara Anacharsis
Elea-Mariama Diarra
Lenora Guion Firmin
Floria Gueï
Marie Gayot
4 × 400 m relay 1 July
 Bronze Yannick Fonsat Men's 400 m 29 June
 Bronze Pierre-Ambroise Bosse Men's 800 m 29 June
 Bronze Emmanuel Biron
Christophe Lemaitre
Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux
Jimmy Vicaut
Ronald Pognon
Men's 4 × 100 m relay 1 July
 Bronze Mickaël Hanany Men's high jump 29 June
 Bronze Myriam Soumaré Women's 200 metres 30 June

Results[edit]

Men[edit]

Track[edit]

Event Athletes Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
100 m Emmanuel Biron 10.28 8 Q 10.43 13 did not advance
Christophe Lemaitre 10.14 1 Q 10.14 2 Q 10.09 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jimmy Vicaut 10.18 2 Q 10.22 3 Q 10.12 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m Ben Bassaw 20.73 2 Q 20.91 10 did not advance
400 m Yannick Fonsat 45.92 5 Q 45.78 5 q 45.82 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Teddy Venel Disqualified did not advance
800 m Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 1:48.23 20 Q 1:46.70 4 Q 1:48.83 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hamid Oualich 1:48.44 23 Q 1:47.14 8 did not advance
Paul Renaudie 1:47.74 14 Q 1:48.97 18 did not advance
1500 m Florian Carvalho 3:41.50 4 Q 3:46.33 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gregory Beugnet 3:46.53 18 did not advance
5000 m Yohan Durand 13:32.65 4
10000 m Denis Mayaud 29:16.83 17
110 m hurdles Samuel Coco-Viloin 13.72 17 Q 13.50 9 did not advance
Garfield Darien 13.46 2 Q 13.15 2 Q 13.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ladji Doucouré 13.96 23 Q 13.66 16 did not advance
400 m hurdles Adrien Clémenceau 49.84 2 Q 49.80 7 Q 49.70 4
3000 m steeplechase Nordine Gezzar 8:31.33 8 Q 8:36.98 4
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:31.05 7 Q 8:33.23 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Noureddine Smaïl 8:41.11 17 did not advance
4 × 100 m relay Emmanuel Biron
Christophe Lemaitre
Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux
Jimmy Vicaut*
Ronald Pognon
39.01 2 Q 38.46 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
4 × 400 m relay Teddy Venel
Naman Keïta*
Marc Macedot
Mame-Ibra Anne*
Toumane Coulibaly
Yannick Fonsat
3:06.44 8 q 3:03.04 6

*Athletes who run the heats but not the final.

Combined[edit]

Field[edit]

Event Athletes Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Long jump Kafétien Gomis 7.89 12 q 7.88 9
Frédéric Erin 7.53 26 did not advance
Salim Sdiri 7.96 9 q 7.48 12
Triple jump Karl Taillepierre 16.20 18 did not advance
High jump Mickaël Hanany 2.23 3 q 2.28 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Fabrice Saint-Jean 2.23 13 did not advance
Pole vault Jérôme Clavier 5.30 12 5.40 10
Renaud Lavillenie 5.55 1 Q 5.97 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Romain Mesnil No mark did not advance
Hammer throw Quentin Bigot 70.78 24 did not advance
Jérôme Bortoluzzi 73.46 10 q 74.49 8
Romain Mesnil 72.84 13 did not advance

Women[edit]

Track[edit]

Event Athletes Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
100 m Christine Arron 11.55 17 did not advance
200 m Johanna Danois 23.42 14 q 23.40 11 Q 23.61 8
Lina Jacques-Sébastien 23.09 6 Q 23.45 12 did not advance
Myriam Soumaré 23.10 7 Q 23.04 4 Q 23.21 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
400 m Marie Gayot 52.46 5 Q 52.17 9 did not advance
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi 52.11 2 Q 52.13 7 q 54.50 8
1500 m Hind Dehiba 4:12.79 14 did not advance
5000 m Christine Bardelle 15:33.49 12
100 m hurdles Alice Decaux 13.13 12 Q 13.35 14 did not advance
Aisseta Diawara 13.10 8 Q Disqualified did not advance
Sandra Gomis 13.63 26 did not advance
400 m hurdles Phara Anacharsis 58.02 22 did not advance
4 × 100 m relay Carima Louami
Ayodelé Ikuesan
Jennifer Galais*
Christine Arron
Lina Jacques-Sébastien
43.12 3 Q 43.44 5
4 × 400 m relay Phara Anacharsis
Elea-Mariama Diarra*
Lenora Guion Firmin
Floria Gueï
Marie Gayot
3:29.03 1 Q 3:25.49 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

*Athletes who run the heats but not the final

Combined[edit]

Field[edit]

Event Athletes Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Long jump Éloyse Lesueur 6.66 1 Q 6.81 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Triple jump Françoise Mbango Etone 14.38 3 Q 14.19 8
High jump Melanie Melfort 1.90 7 q 1.92 6
Pole vault Vanessa Boslak 4.40 9 q 4.50 6
Shot put Jessica Cérival 17.15 9 q 17.20 9
Discus throw Mélina Robert-Michon 61.86 3 Q 60.41 6
Hammer throw Stéphanie Falzon 68.42 7 q 68.03 6

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