France at the 2024 Summer Olympics

France is the host nation of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. French athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. It was officialized by the French Olympic committee on July 8, 2024.

Archery
As the host nation, France reserves a direct quota place each in the men's and women's individuals and teams as well as the mixed team. The athletes were named on June 28, 2024.

Artistic swimming
As the host nation, France reserves a direct quota place each in the women's duet and the eight-member mixed team event at the Games. Teams were named on May 18, 2024, and alternates were named on July 6, 2024.

Athletics
French track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): France qualified a team for the Mixed marathon walk relay through a top ten finish at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships 2024. France qualified its relays through the 2024 World Athletics Relays. Final selection was made on July 7, 2024.


 * 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 and road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Men's decathlon


 * Women
 * Track and road events


 * Field events

Combined events – Women's heptathlon


 * Mixed

Badminton
Delphine Delrue and Thom Gicquel qualified for the mixed double through their ranking, as did Anne Tran and Margot Lambert for the Women's doubles. Ronan Labar and Lucas Corvée were supposed to be the first French pair at the race after the 2024 European Championships, but an error from the Badminton World Federation saw them recompute the rankings, and qualified the Popov brothers' pair instead. France has two single quotas, being the host nation, with names to be announced after the 2024 European Badminton Championships. With their performances at the Championships, Toma Junior Popov and Xuefei Qi qualified. Lucas Corvée and Ronan Labar qualified through an appeal on a ranking calculation error.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

5×5 basketball
Summary

Men's tournament
The French men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.


 * Team roster


 * Group play

Women's tournament
The French women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.


 * Team roster


 * Group play

3×3 basketball
Summary

Men's tournament
The French men's 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics with a top three finish at the 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Debrecen, Hungary.

The team was announced on 8 June 2024.
 * Team roster


 * Lucas Dussoulier
 * Jules Rambaut
 * Franck Seguela
 * Timothé Vergiat


 * Group play

Women's tournament
The French women's 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

The team was announced on 8 June 2024.
 * Team roster


 * Myriam Djekoundade
 * Laëtitia Guapo
 * Hortense Limouzin
 * Marie-Ève Paget


 * Group play

Boxing
France entered eight boxers (four men and four women) into the Olympic tournament. 2019 world bronze medalist and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Billal Bennama (men's flyweight), Rio 2016 silver medalist and two-time Olympian Sofiane Oumiha (men's lightweight), and Rio 2016 women's lightweight champion Estelle Mossely, along with four rookies (Traoré, Lkhadiri, Zidani, and Michel), secured the spots on the host nation's squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or finishing in the top two, at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland. Meanwhile, Djamili Aboudou Moindze (men's super heavyweight) qualified for the games by winning the quota bouts round at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.


 * Men


 * Women

Breaking
As the host nation, France is automatically entitled to reserve a quota place each for the B-Boys and B-Girls events. Dany Dann (Dany) secured a direct spot on the host nation's team with an outright gold-medal triumph in the B-boy final battle at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Sącz, Poland. Athletes qualified through their performance at the 2024 Olympic qualifier series.

Slalom
France entered four boat into the slalom competition, for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain. The selection of athletes was announced on October 12, 2023.

Kayak cross
The selection of athletes was announced on October 12, 2023. Additional boats could qualify through the ICF Kayak Cross Global Qualification Competition that will be held in Prague from 7 to 9 June 2024.

Angèle Hug and Boris Neveu opened an additional quota via a top 3 finish at the ICF Kayak Cross Global Qualification Competition in Prague. Both were confirmed by the French Olympic Committee.

Sprint
French canoeists qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.

The first athletes were named on May 15, 2024.

Women
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Road
As the host nation, France entered three road cyclist to compete in the respective events. In the women's individual time trial, France obtained one quota by virtue of the highest top 10 finish at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain, while the other two quotas being obtained in men's and women's road race events, as the host nation allocation quota.

The Women's team was announced on May 18, 2024. The Men's team was announced on July 8, 2024.


 * Men


 * Women

Track
Host nation, France, obtained a full spots for men's track events and women's sprint, keirin, team pursuit, madison, and omnium; following the conclusion of the final UCI Olympic rankings. The sprint and keirin team was announced on May 3. The rest of the team was announced on June 28, 2024.


 * Sprint

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final
 * Team sprint


 * Pursuit


 * Keirin


 * Omnium


 * Madison

Mountain biking
As the host nation, France entered full-squad of mountain bikers into the olympics. All of the quotas being obtained through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings.

BMX
France has qualified one athlete per gender through its host country quota. Anthony Jeanjean qualified through his performance at the 2024 Olympic qualifier series. Laury Perez got the host nation quota by being the highest placed French rider at the OQS.
 * Freestyle

French riders secured four quota places (three men's and one women) race for Paris 2024 through the allocations of final Olympic BMX ranking. Arthur Pilard and Tessa Martinez have been designated as replacements for this sport.
 * Race

The selection of riders was announced on June 5, 2024.

Diving
As the host nation, France reserves four men's and four women's spots to be distributed in each of the synchronized diving events for Paris 2024. Jules Bouyer and Gwendal Bisch secured a spot for the Men's 3m springboard through their performance at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.

Divers were named on May 28, 2024 by the French federation

Equestrian
As the host nation, France automatically entered a full squad of equestrian riders each to the team dressage, eventing, and jumping competitions at the Games. Team was named on July 6, 2024.

Dressage
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Fencing
France entered a full-squad of 18 fencers (nine per gender), and one alternate per weapon. Each weapon qualified for the games by placing amongst the four highest ranked worldwide team, or being the top ranked European team, at the cut-off date.

Fencers were named through four selections.


 * Men


 * Women

Field hockey
Key:
 * Summary
 * FT – After full-time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Men's tournament
As the host nation, France men's national field hockey team directly qualified for the Olympic tournament.


 * Team roster


 * Group play

Women's tournament
As the host nation, France women's national field hockey team directly qualified for the Olympic tournament.


 * Team roster


 * Group play

Football
Key:
 * Summary
 * A.E.T – After extra time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Men's tournament
As the host nation, France men's football team directly qualified for the Olympic tournament.


 * Team roster


 * Group play

Women's tournament
As the host nation, France women's football team directly qualified for the Olympic tournament. Final squad was named on June 8, 2024.


 * Team roster


 * Group play

Golf
France qualified 4 golfers through the Olympic rankings.

Artistic
As the host nation, France automatically receives a guaranteed place each in the men's and women's artistic gymnastics at the Games. France qualified a full women's team for the Games at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Samir Aït Saïd qualified on Rings with a top 3 finish at the Doha Gymnastics World Cup. Final selection for the Women's team was made on July 7, 2024.


 * Men


 * Women
 * Team

Rhythmic
As the host nation, France automatically receives a guaranteed place each in the individual and group all-around competition at the Games. Hélène Karbanov was named on June 14, 2024. The team was named on June 28, 2024.

Trampoline
As the host nation, France automatically receives a guaranteed place each in the men's and women's trampoline at the Games.

The athletes were nominated on May 3, 2024.

Handball
Key:
 * Summary
 * ET: After extra time
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Men's tournament
As the host nation, France men's national handball team directly qualified for the Olympic tournament.


 * Team roster


 * Group play

Women's tournament
As the host nation, France women's national handball team directly qualified for the Olympic tournament.


 * Team roster


 * Group play

Judo
As the host nation, French judoka have already received fourteen quota places (seven in each gender) at their disposal for the Games. Judoka were named throughout the beginning of 2024.


 * Men


 * Women

Nations qualifying at least one athlete in the −57 (−48, −52 & −57), −70 (−57, −63 & −70) & +70 (−70, −78 & +78) weight categories for women, and at least one athlete in the −73 (−60, −66 & −73), −90 (−73, −81 & −90) & +90 (−90, −100 & +100) weight categories for men, would compete in the team event.
 * Mixed

Modern pentathlon
French modern pentathletes confirmed four quota places (two per gender) for Paris 2024. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Marie Oteiza, with Valentin Prades slated to compete at his third straight Games on the men's side, secured a spot each in their respective individual events by finishing among the eight highest-ranked modern pentathletes eligible for qualification at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland. Pentathletes were named on June 21, 2024.

Rowing
French rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; and 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in Luzern, Switzerland. Selection was officialized on June 5, 2024.


 * 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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
 * Women

Rugby sevens

 * Summary

Men's tournament
As the host nation, France national rugby sevens team directly qualified for the Olympic tournament.


 * Team roster


 * Group stage

Women's tournament
As the host nation, France women's national rugby sevens team directly qualified for the Olympic tournament.


 * Team roster


 * Group stage

Sailing
As the host nation, France automatically receives a spot in every competition of the sport. Sailors were named throughout the beginning of 2024


 * Elimination events


 * Medal race events

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
 * Mixed

Shooting
As the host nation, France automatically receives a minimum of twelve quota places with one in each of the individual shooting events. Final selection was announced on June 21, 2024.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Skateboarding
France has qualified 1 athlete per gender per event as the host nation. More skateboarders could qualify through the Olympic rankings. Aurélien Giraud qualified after reaching the semi finals at the Budapest qualifying event

Sport climbing
France qualified seven sport climbers for the olympic games. Bassa Mawem qualified directly for the games by virtue of his champion result at the 2023 European Speed Qualification Tournament in Rome, Italy; Oriane Bertone qualified directly for the games after won the 2023 European Qualifying Event in Laval, France; Zélia Avezou, Manon Lebon, Capucine Viglione, Paul Jenft & Sam Avezou qualified for the games through the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series.


 * Boulder & lead combined


 * Speed

Surfing
French surfers confirmed four shortboard quota places (two male and two female) for Tahiti. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Johanne Defay secured a direct spot for her second Games, following a successful top-eight placement among those eligible for qualification in the 2023 World Surf League rankings. Meanwhile, Tahitian natives Kauli Vaast and Vahiné Fierro topped the list of eligible European surfers in their respective shortboard races to join Defay and reserve two more slots on the host nation's roster at the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games in Surf City, El Salvador. Joan Duru also get one additional quotas, through men's individual, by virtue of the top six results, at the 2024 World Surfing Games in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

Swimming
French swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)). French swimmers that qualified achieved the OQT at the France Championships in Chartres. Full list of swimmers including relayers was confirmed on June 8, 2024.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Table tennis
France has qualified two full teams (one per gender) for the Olympic Tournament through their host country quota. Via the qualification of the teams, France will have 2 single players per gender for the individual competition, and one mixed double pair. The identity of the players will be known when the Olympic rankings will be final. Alexis Lebrun and Jianan Yuan qualified as the highest ranked French pair in Mixed Doubles.

Full team was announced on June 21, 2024.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Taekwondo
As the host nation, France qualified two athlete to compete at the games. Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist, Althéa Laurin and 2023 world champion, Magda Wiet-Hénin, qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in their respective division.

The other two athletes were nominated on May 3, 2024.

Tennis
France has qualified one player per gender through its host country quota. This quota will get reallocated if one or more French player qualify through the rankings.

The final team was announced on June 21, 2024 amongst players having sufficient ranking to participate in the Olympic Tournament.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Triathlon
As the host nation, France reserves four quota places with two for each gender in the individual and mixed relay triathlon events.

Official selection was made on June 5, 2024.


 * Individual


 * Relay

Beach
As the host, France qualifies a pair for each event automatically. Alexia Richard and Lézana Placette qualified through the FIVB Olympic Rankings on June 7, 2024, leaving an extra spot for a women's French pair. Also a second men's pair qualified through winning the 2024 CEV Continental Cup Final in Jūrmala, Latvia.

Indoor

 * Summary

Men's tournament
As the host nation, France men's national volleyball team directly qualified for the Olympic tournament.


 * Team roster


 * Group play

Women's tournament
As the host nation, France women's national volleyball team directly qualified for the Olympic tournament.


 * Team roster


 * Group play

Water polo
Key:
 * Summary
 * FT – After full time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Men's tournament
As the host nation, France men's national water polo team directly qualified for the Olympic tournament.


 * Team roster


 * Group play

Women's tournament
As the host nation, France women's national water polo team directly qualified for the Olympic tournament.


 * Team roster


 * Group play

Weightlifting
As the host nation, France entered three weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Dora Tchakounté (women's 59 kg), Marie Fegue (women's 71 kg) and Romain Imadouchène (men's 89 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings. The final weightlifter, Bernardin Kingue Matam was announced on June 14.

Wrestling
France qualified four wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Koumba Larroque qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. On July 8, Ameline Douarre was reallocated a quota due to the defection of Russian athletes.

Key:
 * VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
 * VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
 * PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
 * PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
 * ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
 * SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.