# France at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

France competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands. 97 competitors from France won 85 medals including 28 gold, 26 silver and 31 bronze and finished 8th in the medal table.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | J. M. Chapuis | Archery | Men's short metric round paraplegic |
| Gold | Andre Havard | Athletics | Men's 80m CP C |
| Gold | B. Pierre | Athletics | Men's long jump CP D |
| Gold | Onfroy | Athletics | Women's 60m CP C |
| Gold | D. Dosimont | Athletics | Women's 60m CP D |
| Gold | Onfroy | Athletics | Women's 400m CP C |
| Gold | D. Dosimont | Athletics | Women's 400m CP D |
| Gold | Onfroy | Athletics | Women's long jump CP C |
| Gold | D. Dosimont | Athletics | Women's long jump CP D |
| Gold | D. Dosimont | Athletics | Women's shot put CP D |
| Gold | Joel Guillon | Shooting | Men's air pistol amputee |
| Gold | B. Perry | Swimming | Men's 50m backstroke F1 |
| Gold | B. Perry | Swimming | Men's 2x25m individual medley F1 |
| Gold | M. H. Allard | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke F |
| Gold | M. H. Allard | Swimming | Women's 3x50m individual medley F |
| Gold | Chorrihons | Weightlifting | Men's lightweight -65kg amputee |
| Gold | Bernard Barberet | Weightlifting | Men's middleweight -75kg amputee |
| Gold | Jean Grandsire | Weightlifting | Men's middleweight -75kg paraplegic |
| Gold | Mohamed Benamar | Wheelchair fencing | Men's épée individual 1C-3 |
| Gold | Christian Lachaud | Wheelchair fencing | Men's épée individual 4-5 |
| Gold | Men's team | Wheelchair fencing | Men's épée team |
| Gold | Arthur Bellance | Wheelchair fencing | Men's foil individual 4-5 |
| Gold | Men's team | Wheelchair fencing | Men's foil team |
| Gold | Christian Lachaud | Wheelchair fencing | Men's sabre individual 4-5 |
| Gold | Jean-Claude Coralie Andre Hennaert Christian Lachaud Aimé Planchon | Wheelchair fencing | Men's sabre team |
| Gold | Josette Bourgain | Wheelchair fencing | Women's foil individual 4-5 |
| Gold | Josette Bourgain Therese Lemoine Monique Siclis | Wheelchair fencing | Women's foil team |
| Silver | Duvivier | Athletics | Men's 80m CP D |
| Silver | J. Alexandre | Athletics | Men's 1500m F |
| Silver | Leon Sur | Athletics | Men's javelin throw D |
| Silver | C. Petitot | Athletics | Women's 60m 4 |
| Silver | Veronique Rochette | Athletics | Women's 400m CP C |
| Silver | Royet | Athletics | Women's 400m CP D |
| Silver | Veronique Rochette | Athletics | Women's long jump CP C |
| Silver | Royet | Athletics | Women's long jump CP D |
| Silver | Men's relay team | Swimming | Men's 3x50m freestyle relay E1-F1 |
| Silver | Men's relay team | Swimming | Men's 3x100m medley relay CP D |
| Silver | M. H. Allard | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke F |
| Silver | M. H. Allard | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle F |
| Silver | Isabelle Duranceau | Swimming | Women's 100m butterfly E |
| Silver | Isabelle Duranceau | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle E |
| Silver | Isabelle Duranceau | Swimming | Women's 4x50m individual medley E |
| Silver | P. Chassagne | Swimming | Men's singles D |
| Silver | R. Andre Maguy Ramousse | Table tennis | Women's teams 3 |
| Silver | Joseph Ponnier | Weightlifting | Men's featherweight -57kg paraplegic |
| Silver | B. Dersigneri | Weightlifting | Men's lightweight -65kg amputee |
| Silver | J. Chauvel | Weightlifting | Men's light-heavyweight -85kg amputee |
| Silver | N. Clemente | Weightlifting | Men's heavyweight +85kg paraplegic |
| Silver | Andre Hennaert | Wheelchair fencing | Men's foil individual 2-3 |
| Silver | Alain Siclis | Wheelchair fencing | Men's foil novice individual |
| Silver | Aimé Planchon | Wheelchair fencing | Men's sabre individual 4-5 |
| Silver | Therese Lemoine | Wheelchair fencing | Women's foil individual 2-3 |
| Silver | Monique Siclis | Wheelchair fencing | Women's foil individual 4-5 |
| Bronze | G. Lafont | Archery | Men's double FITA round tetraplegic |
| Bronze | J. Thion | Archery | Men's short metric round paraplegic |
| Bronze | Marie-Francoise Hybois | Archery | Women's double FITA round amputee |
| Bronze | Duvivier | Athletics | Men's 800m CP D |
| Bronze | P. Morel | Athletics | Men's javelin throw 5 |
| Bronze | Royet | Athletics | Women's 60m CP D |
| Bronze | Bernard Pique | Shooting | Mixed air rifle standing 2-5 |
| Bronze | B. Perry | Swimming | Men's 50m breaststroke F1 |
| Bronze | G. Betega | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke 5 |
| Bronze | B. Jaillet | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke 6 |
| Bronze | B. Jaillet | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly 6 |
| Bronze | T. Godineau | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle 5 |
| Bronze | David Foppolo | Swimming | Men's 2x25m individual medley F1 |
| Bronze | Men's relay team | Swimming | Men's 4x100m medley relay 1A-6 |
| Bronze | Isabelle Duranceau | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke E |
| Bronze | Isabelle Duranceau | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke E |
| Bronze | M. Crespeau | Swimming | Women's 4x50m individual medley 4 |
| Bronze | Women's relay team | Swimming | Women's 3x100m medley relay CP D |
| Bronze | Daniel Jeannin | Table tennis | Men's singles 1C |
| Bronze | G. Caillon Michel Peeters | Table tennis | Men's teams 2 |
| Bronze | Andre Hennaert Daniel Jeannin | Table tennis | Men's teams 3 |
| Bronze | R. Andre | Table tennis | Women's singles 3 |
| Bronze | N. Kabous | Table tennis | Women's singles C |
| Bronze | Jean-Michel Barberane | Weightlifting | Men's light-featherweight -51kg paraplegic |
| Bronze | Gerard Houdmond | Weightlifting | Men's light-heavyweight -85kg paraplegic |
| Bronze | J. L. Dury | Weightlifting | Men's heavyweight +85kg amputee |
| Bronze | Arthur Bellance | Wheelchair fencing | Men's épée individual 4-5 |
| Bronze | Mohamed Benamar | Wheelchair fencing | Men's foil individual 2-3 |
| Bronze | Aimé Planchon | Wheelchair fencing | Men's foil individual 4-5 |
| Bronze | Jean-Claude Coralie | Wheelchair fencing | Men's foil novice individual |
| Bronze | Jean-Pierre Leroux | Wheelchair fencing | Mixed foil individual 1C |