# France at the 2012 Summer Olympics

France competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, between 27 July and 12 August 2012. French athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The French Olympic Committee sent a total of 330 athletes to the Games, 183 men and 147 women, to compete in 24 sports.
France left London with a total of 34 medals—11 gold, 11 silver, and 12 bronze—finishing seventh in the gold medal standings and eighth in the overall medal standings. Most of these medals were awarded to the athletes in judo, cycling, and swimming. Six French athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London. France's team-based athletes proved successful at these games, as the men's national handball team and the women's national basketball team won gold and silver medals, respectively. Furthermore, the men's national handball team managed to defend its 2008 Olympic title from Beijing. For the first time since 1960, France did not win an Olympic medal in fencing.
Among the nation's medalists were Yannick Agnel and Camille Muffat (retired in 2014 and killed tragically in a helicopter crash one year later), who emerged as France's most successful Olympic swimmers after winning three medals, including a gold, in their events. Meanwhile, Florent Manaudou succeeded his sister Laure with an Olympic gold medal in freestyle swimming. Renaud Lavillenie set a new Olympic record in the pole vault, becoming the third French man to claim the title, and the first to do so since 1996. Tony Estanguet won his third gold medal in the men's slalom canoeing singles, making him one of the most successful French athletes in Olympic history. On 11 August 2012, Estanguet was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission, along with three other athletes.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Camille Muffat | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle | 29 July |
| Gold | Amaury Leveaux Fabien Gilot Clément Lefert Yannick Agnel Alain Bernard Jérémy Stravius | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 29 July |
| Gold | Yannick Agnel | Swimming | Men's 200 m freestyle | 30 July |
| Gold | Tony Estanguet | Canoeing | Men's slalom C-1 | 31 July |
| Gold | Lucie Décosse | Judo | Women's 70 kg | 1 August |
| Gold | Émilie Fer | Canoeing | Women's slalom K-1 | 2 August |
| Gold | Teddy Riner | Judo | Men's +100 kg | 3 August |
| Gold | Florent Manaudou | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle | 3 August |
| Gold | Renaud Lavillenie | Athletics | Men's pole vault | 10 August |
| Gold | Julie Bresset | Cycling | Women's cross-country | 11 August |
| Gold | France national men's handball teamJérôme FernandezDidier DinartXavier BarachetGuillaume GilleBertrand GilleDaniel NarcisseGuillaume JoliSamuel HonrubiaDaouda KarabouéNikola KarabatićThierry OmeyerWilliam AccambrayLuc AbaloCédric SorhaindoMichaël Guigou | Handball | Men's tournament | 12 August |
| Silver | Céline Goberville | Shooting | Women's 10 m air pistol | 29 July |
| Silver | Camille Muffat | Swimming | Women's 200 m freestyle | 31 July |
| Silver | Amaury Leveaux Grégory Mallet Clément Lefert Yannick Agnel Jérémy Stravius | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 31 July |
| Silver | Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau | Cycling | Men's team sprint | 2 August |
| Silver | Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette | Rowing | Men's coxless pair | 3 August |
| Silver | Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Tennis | Men's doubles | 4 August |
| Silver | Bryan Coquard | Cycling | Men's omnium | 5 August |
| Silver | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | Athletics | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 August |
| Silver | Grégory Baugé | Cycling | Men's sprint | 6 August |
| Silver | Anne-Caroline Graffe | Taekwondo | Women's +67 kg | 11 August |
| Silver | France women's national basketball teamIsabelle YacoubouEndéné MiyemClémence BeikesSandrine GrudaEdwige Lawson-WadeCéline DumercFlorence LepronÉmilie GomisMarion LabordeÉlodie GodinEmmeline NdongueJennifer Digbeu | Basketball | Women's tournament | 11 August |
| Bronze | Priscilla Gneto | Judo | Women's 52 kg | 29 July |
| Bronze | Automne Pavia | Judo | Women's 57 kg | 30 July |
| Bronze | Ugo Legrand | Judo | Men's 73 kg | 30 July |
| Bronze | Gévrise Émane | Judo | Women's 63 kg | 31 July |
| Bronze | Coralie Balmy Charlotte Bonnet Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne Camille Muffat Margaux Farrell Mylène Lazare | Swimming | Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 1 August |
| Bronze | Audrey Tcheuméo | Judo | Women's 78 kg | 2 August |
| Bronze | Delphine Réau | Shooting | Women's trap | 4 August |
| Bronze | Julien Benneteau Richard Gasquet | Tennis | Men's doubles | 4 August |
| Bronze | Jonathan Lobert | Sailing | Finn class | 5 August |
| Bronze | Hamilton Sabot | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | 7 August |
| Bronze | Steeve Guénot | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg | 7 August |
| Bronze | Marlène Harnois | Taekwondo | Women's 57 kg | 9 August |
| Bronze | Emmanuel Biron Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Ronald Pognon Jimmy Vicaut | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m relay | 11 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Swimming | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Judo | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Canoeing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cycling | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Handball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Basketball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sailing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 11 | 11 | 13 | 35 |

## Delegation

The French Olympic Committee selected a team of 330 athletes, 183 men and 147 women, to compete in 24 different sports; it was the nation's third largest team outside the host nation, and the first with the highest percentage of women in Olympic history. France did not qualify teams in field hockey, volleyball and water polo, but did mark its Olympic return to men's basketball after a twelve-year absence.
The French team included past Olympic champions, three of them defending (Greco-Roman wrestler Steeve Guenot, mountain biker Julien Absalon, and the men's national handball team). Equestrian eventing rider Denis Mesples, at age 49, was the oldest athlete of the team, while gymnast Anne Kuhm was the youngest, at age 15. Pistol shooter and former Olympic gold medalist Franck Dumoulin made his sixth appearance, having participated at every Summer Olympics since 1992. Épée fencer and multiple-time Olympic medalist Laura Flessel-Colovic, meanwhile, became the first French female athlete to compete at five separate Olympic Games. Because of her repeated successes in fencing, Flessel-Colovic became France's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1996.
Other notable French athletes included slalom canoer and multiple-time world champion Tony Estanguet, judoka and Olympic bronze medalist Teddy Riner, swimmer and junior European champion Yannick Agnel, pole vaulter and multiple-time European champion Renaud Lavillenie, and basketballer Tony Parker, who had previously played for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Athletics | 31 | 21 | 52 |
| Badminton | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Basketball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Boxing | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Canoeing | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Cycling | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| Diving | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Equestrian | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Fencing | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Football | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Gymnastics | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Handball | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Judo | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Rowing | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Sailing | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Shooting | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Swimming | 18 | 13 | 31 |
| Synchronized swimming | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Tennis | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Triathlon | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Wrestling | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 183 | 147 | 330 |

## Archery

France qualified three archers for the men's individual event, an archer for the women's individual event and a team for the men's team event:
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Thomas Faucheron | Men's individual | 665 | 27 | Thamwong (THA) (38) W 6–0 | Prévost (FRA) (27) L 3–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Romain Girouille | Men's individual | 677 | 9 | Myo Aung (MYA) (56) L 5–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gaël Prévost | Men's individual | 679 | 6 | Kouassi (CIV) (59) W 6–3 | Faucheron (FRA) (27) W 7–3 | Ruban (UKR) (43) L 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thomas Faucheron Romain Girouille Gaël Prévost | Men's team | 2021 | 2 | — | — | Bye | Mexico (MEX) (7) L 212–220 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bérengère Schuh | Women's individual | 640 | 37 | Kawanaka (JPN) (28) W 6–2 | Lin C-E (TPE) (5) W 6–5 | Choi H-j (KOR) (21) W 6–5 | Lorig (USA) (4) L 6–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics

French athletes 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

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Jamale Aarrass | 1500 m | 3:45.13 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dimitri Bascou | 110 m hurdles | 13.57 | 4 q | — | — | 13.55 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | 800 m | 1:46.03 | 4 q | — | — | 1:45.10 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Florian Carvalho | 1500 m | 3:37.05 | 7 q | — | — | 3:40.61 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Garfield Darien | 110 m hurdles | 13.54 | 4 q | — | — | 13.48 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yohann Diniz | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Ladji Doucouré | 110 m hurdles | 13.67 | 4 q | — | — | 13.74 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hassan Hirt | 5000 m | DSQ* | DSQ* | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cédric Houssaye | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3:55:16 | 31 |
| Abraham Kiprotich | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Yoann Kowal | 1500 m | 3:41.12 | 3 Q | — | — | 3:43.48 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christophe Lemaitre | 200 m | 20.34 | 1 Q | — | — | 20.03 | 3 q | 20.19 | 6 |
| Abdellatif Meftah | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:16.23 | 1 Q | — | — | — | — | 8:19.08 | |
| Bertrand Moulinet | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:20:12 | 8 |
| Bertrand Moulinet | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3:45:35 | 12 |
| Patrick Tambwé | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Jimmy Vicaut | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10.11 | 2 Q | 10.16 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:36.96 | 8 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Emmanuel Biron Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Ronald Pognon Jimmy Vicaut | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.15 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 38.16 | |
* Tested positive for the blood-booster EPO; the IOC ordered him to leave the Olympics on 10 August 2012.

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Quentin Bigot | Hammer throw | 72.42 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jérôme Bortoluzzi | Hammer throw | 74.15 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Benjamin Compaoré | Triple jump | 17.06 | 3 q | 17.08 | 6 |
| Nicolas Figère | Hammer throw | 69.74 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mickaël Hanany | High jump | 2.26 | =8 q | 2.20 | 14 |
| Renaud Lavillenie | Pole vault | 5.65 | =1 q | 5.97 OR | |
| Romain Mesnil | Pole vault | 5.60 | 6 q | 5.50 | 10 |
| Salim Sdiri | Long jump | 7.71 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Kevin Mayer | Result | 11.32 | 7.17 | 14.05 | 2.05 | 48.76 | 15.59 | 41.20 | 4.70 | 62.41 | 4:23.02 | 7952 | 15 |
| Kevin Mayer | Points | 791 | 854 | 731 | 850 | 873 | 780 | 689 | 819 | 774 | 791 | 7952 | 15 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Véronique Mang | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 11.41 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Reïna-Flor Okori | 100 m hurdles | 13.01 | 2 Q | — | — | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Myriam Soumaré | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 11.07 | 2 Q | 11.13 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Myriam Soumaré | 200 m | 22.70 | 2 Q | — | — | 22.56 | 3 q | 22.63 | 7 |
| Nelly Banco Johanna Danois Ayodelé Ikuesan Lina Jacques-Sébastien Véronique Mang Myriam Soumaré | 4 × 100 m relay | DSQ | DSQ | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Phara Anacharsis Elea-Mariama Diarra Marie Gayot Floria Gueï Lénora Guion-Firmin Muriel Hurtis-Houairi | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.94 | 3 Q | — | — | — | — | 3:25.92 | 6 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Vanessa Boslak | Pole vault | 4.55 | =7 q | 4.30 | 10 |
| Stéphanie Falzon | Hammer throw | 71.67 | 11 q | 73.06 | 9 |
| Éloyse Lesueur | Long jump | 6.48 | 10 q | 6.67 | 8 |
| Marion Lotout | Pole vault | 4.10 | =33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Melanie Melfort | High jump | 1.93 | =2 q | 1.93 | 9 |
| Mélina Robert-Michon | Discus throw | 62.47 | 12 q | 63.98 | 6 |

### Combined events – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Marisa De Aniceto | Result | 13.74 | 1.71 | 13.09 | 25.26 | 5.76 | 51.98 | 2:16.20 | 6030 | 21 |
| Marisa De Aniceto | Points | 1015 | 867 | 733 | 863 | 777 | 899 | 876 | 6030 | 21 |
| Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida | Result | 12.96 | 1.80 | 14.26 | 24.72 | 6.13 | 55.87 | 2:13.62 | 6576 | 6 |
| Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida | Points | 1130 | 978 | 811 | 913 | 890 | 974 | 912 | 6576 | 6 |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Brice Leverdez | Men's singles | Wong W K (HKG) L 11–21, 16–21 | Ekiring (UGA) W 21–12, 21–11 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pi Hongyan | Women's singles | Hosny (EGY) W 21–11, 21–9 | Magee (IRL) W 16–21, 21–18, 21–14 | 1 Q | Yip P Y (HKG) L 21–13, 12–21, 16–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Basketball

The French men's basketball team qualified for the 2012 Olympics by reaching the final of the EuroBasket 2011. The French women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament.
* Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players
* Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

### Men's tournament
#### Roster

The following is the France roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 589 | 398 | +191 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 376 | 378 | −2 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 448 | 424 | +24 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 395 | 399 | −4 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Nigeria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 338 | 456 | −118 | 6 | |
| 6 | Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 320 | 411 | −91 | 5 | |
* 29 July 2012 14:30
* Report
| United States | 98–71 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 30–15, 26–15, 20–20 |||
| Pts: Durant 22 Rebs: three players 9 Asts: James 8 | | Pts: Traoré 12 Rebs: Turiaf 9 Asts: de Colo 3 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Saša Pukl (SLO), Michael Aylen (AUS)
* 31 July 2012 20:00
* Report
| France | 71–64 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 13–17, 23–24, 16–11 |||
| Pts: Parker 17 Rebs: Batum 7 Asts: Parker 5 | | Pts: Ginóbili 26 Rebs: Scola 8 Asts: Prigioni 8 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Marcos Benito (BRA), Luigi Lamonica (ITA)
* 2 August 2012 09:00
* Report
| France | 82–74 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 14–22, 20–9, 23–22 |||
| Pts: Parker 27 Rebs: Turiaf 10 Asts: Diaw 8 | | Pts: Kleiza 17 Rebs: Kleiza 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 5 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Jorge Vázquez (PUR)
* 4 August 2012 09:00
* Report
| Tunisia | 69–73 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 12–15, 16–25, 26–13 |||
| Pts: Hdidane 20 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 8 Asts: Laghnej, Mejri 3 | | Pts: Parker 22 Rebs: Batum 8 Asts: Diaw 5 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Bill Kennedy (USA), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS)
* 6 August 2012 14:30
* Report
| France | 79–73 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 18–20, 15–24, 23–19 |||
| Pts: Batum 23 Rebs: Batum, Diaw 6 Asts: Parker 7 | | Pts: Oguchi 35 Rebs: Diogu, A. Aminu 7 Asts: four players 2 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Michael Aylen (AUS), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

#### Quarter-final

* 8 August 2012 16:15
* Report
| France | 59–66 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 15–17, 16–17, 6–15 |||
| Pts: Parker, Diaw 15 Rebs: Diaw 8 Asts: Diaw 5 | | Pts: M. Gasol 14 Rebs: P. Gasol 11 Asts: P. Gasol, Fernández 3 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Bill Kennedy (USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)

### Women's tournament
#### Roster

The following is the France roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 356 | 319 | +37 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 353 | 322 | +31 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 314 | 308 | +6 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 3 | 328 | 332 | −4 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Brazil | 5 | 1 | 4 | 329 | 354 | −25 | 6 | |
| 6 | Great Britain (H) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 327 | 372 | −45 | 5 | |
* 28 July 2012 20:00
* Report
| Brazil | 58–73 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 14–18, 15–18, 9–21 |||
| Pts: de Souza 17 Rebs: Santos 12 Asts: Pinto 5 | | Pts: Dumerc 23 Rebs: Miyem 7 Asts: Dumerc 5 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Rabah Noujaim (LIB), Felicia Grinter (USA)
* 30 July 2012 14:30
* Report
| France | 74–70 (OT) | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 17–13, 24–24, 13–14, Overtime: 9–5 |||
| Pts: Gomis 22 Rebs: Yacoubou 7 Asts: Beikes, Dumerc 2 | | Pts: Batkovic 17 Rebs: Batkovic 10 Asts: O'Hea 5 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: William Kennedy (USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Peng Ling (CHN)
* 1 August 2012 09:00
* Report
| Canada | 60–64 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 13–15, 15–14, 20–22 |||
| Pts: Thorburn 17 Rebs: Achonwa 8 Asts: Thorburn 3 | | Pts: Gomis 16 Rebs: Gruda 6 Asts: three players 3 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Shoko Suguro (JPN)
* 3 August 2012 20:00
* Report
| France | 80–77 (OT) | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 17–10, 20–21, 20–23, Overtime: 13–10 |||
| Pts: Gruda, Lawson-Wade 16 Rebs: Godin 8 Asts: Godin 4 | | Pts: Leedham 29 Rebs: Page, Leedham 8 Asts: Page 3 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Snehal Bendke (IND)
* 5 August 2012 09:00
* Report
| France | 65–54 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 15–6, 30–13, 10–20 |||
| Pts: Dumerc 12 Rebs: Yacoubou, Beikes 7 Asts: Dumerc 3 | | Pts: Belyakova 14 Rebs: Hammon, Osipova 5 Asts: Danilochkina, Osipova 3 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Pablo Estévez (ARG), Saša Pukl (SLO), Shoko Sugruro (JPN)

#### Quarter-final

* 7 August 2012 22:15
* Report
| France | 71–68 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 12–16, 13–23, 30–17 |||
| Pts: Dumerc 23 Rebs: Gruda 7 Asts: Dumerc 6 | | Pts: Vítečková 17 Rebs: Horáková 7 Asts: Horáková 5 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Marcos Benito (BRA), Felicia Grinter (USA), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

#### Semi-final

* 9 August 2012 21:00
* Report
| Russia | 64–81 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 16–14, 20–21, 13–22 |||
| Pts: Danilochkina, Hammon 13 Rebs: Vieru 8 Asts: Hammon 5 | | Pts: Lawson-Wade 18 Rebs: Gruda 8 Asts: Lawson-Wade 5 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Stephen Seibel (CAN)

#### Final

* 11 August 2012 21:00
* Report
| United States | 86–50 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 17–10, 26–12, 23–13 |||
| Pts: Parker 21 Rebs: Parker 11 Asts: Taurasi 6 | | Pts: Gruda, Lawson-Wade 12 Rebs: Ndongue 8 Asts: Dumerc 3 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Elena Chernova (RUS), Peng Ling (CHN)

## Boxing

France qualified boxers in the following events:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jérémy Beccu | Light flyweight | Zhakypov (KAZ) L 17–18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nordine Oubaali | Flyweight | Faisal (AFG) W 22–9 | Warren (USA) W 19–18 | Conlan (IRL) L 22–18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rachid Azzedine | Lightweight | Ramírez (USA) L 20–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alexis Vastine | Welterweight | Wojcicki (GER) W 16–12 | Tüvshinbat (MGL) W 13–12 | Shelestyuk (UKR) L 18–18$^+$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tony Yoka | Super heavyweight | — | Kean (CAN) L 16–16$^+$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Slalom

France qualified boats for all slalom events:
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Étienne Daille | Men's K-1 | 90.12 | 7 | 241.73 | 22 | 90.12 | 13 Q | 100.55 | 10 Q | 101.87 | 7 |
| Tony Estanguet | Men's C-1 | 93.24 | 2 | 99.20 | 10 | 93.24 | 7 Q | 101.67 | 3 Q | 97.06 | |
| Gauthier Klauss Matthieu Péché | Men's C-2 | 96.98 | 1 | 151.03 | 12 | 96.98 | 1 Q | 109.27 | 3 Q | 109.17 | 4 |
| Émilie Fer | Women's K-1 | 112.77 | 12 | 106.46 | 8 | 106.46 | 10 Q | 109.73 | 3 Q | 105.90 | |
* Gauthier Klauss and Matthieu Péché in C-2 semifinal
* Émilie Fer in K-1 semifinal

### Sprint

France qualified boats for the following sprint events:

#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Maxime Beaumont | K-1 200 m | 35.571 | 2 Q | 35.814 | 2 FA | 36.688 | 4 |
| Cyrille Carré | K-1 1000 m | 3:32.705 | 5 Q | 3:38.981 | 8 FB | 3:33.513 | 12 |
| Mathieu Goubel | C-1 200 m | 41.248 OB | 1 Q | 41.938 | 2 FA | 44.045 | 7 |
| Mathieu Goubel | C-1 1000 m | 3:58.122 | 1 Q | 3:51.811 | 1 FA | 3:50.758 | 5 |
| Arnaud Hybois Sébastien Jouve | K-2 200 m | 32.933 | 3 Q | 32.668 | 3 FA | 35.012 | 4 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Marie Delattre Sarah Guyot Joanne Mayer Gabrielle Tuleu | K-4 500 m | 1:40.022 | 3 Q | 1:33.303 | 5 FA | 1:35.299 | 8 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Cycling
### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Mickaël Bourgain | Road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Sylvain Chavanel | Road race | 5:46:05 | 20 |
| Sylvain Chavanel | Time trial | 56:07.67 | 29 |
| Arnaud Démare | Road race | 5:46;37 | 30 |
| Tony Gallopin | Road race | 5:46:37 | 86 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Aude Biannic | Road race | 3:35:56 | 10 |
| Audrey Cordon | Road race | OTL | OTL |
| Audrey Cordon | Time trial | 40:40.51 | 15 |
| Pauline Ferrand-Prévot | Road race | 3:35:56 | 8 |

### Track
#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Grégory Baugé | Men's sprint | 9.952 72.347 | 2 | Volkakis (GRE) W DSQ | Bye | Nakagawa (JPN) W 10.490 68.636 | Bye | Förstemann (GER) W 10.490, W 10.300 | Perkins (AUS) W 10.358, W 10.268 | Kenny (GBR) L, L | |
| Virginie Cueff | Women's sprint | 11.439 62.942 | 15 | Vogel (GER) L | Kanis (NED) Larreal (VEN) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Team sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau | Men's team sprint | 43.097 62.649 | 2 Q | New Zealand (NZL) W 42.991 62.803 | 2 Q | Great Britain (GBR) L 43.013 62.771 | |
| Sandie Clair Virginie Cueff | Women's team sprint | 33.638 53.510 | 6 Q | Germany (GER) L 33.707 53.401 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Keirin

| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Repechage | 2nd round | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Mickaël Bourgain | Men's keirin | 1 Q | Bye | 4 | 8 |
| Clara Sanchez | Women's keirin | 6 | 1 Q | 2 Q | 4 |

#### Omnium

| Athlete | Event | Flying lap | Flying lap | Points race | Points race | Elimination race | Individual pursuit | Individual pursuit | Scratch race | Time trial | Time trial | Total points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Rank | Time | Rank | Rank | Time | Rank | Total points | Rank |
| Bryan Coquard | Men's omnium | 13.347 | 5 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 4:30.780 | 12 | 3 | 1:03.078 | 4 | 29 | |
| Clara Sanchez | Women's omnium | 14.058 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 3:56.800 | 18 | 18 | 35.451 | 3 | 72 | 14 |

### Mountain biking

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Julien Absalon | Men's cross-country | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Jean-Christophe Péraud | Men's cross-country | 1:37:07 | 29 |
| Stéphane Tempier | Men's cross-country | 1:31:30 | 11 |
| Julie Bresset | Women's cross-country | 1:30:52 | |
| Pauline Ferrand-Prévot | Women's cross-country | 1:42:21 | 26 |

### BMX

| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Seeding | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Quentin Caleyron | Men's BMX | 38.637 | 9 | 19 | 3 q | 18 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joris Daudet | Men's BMX | 38.221 | 2 | 7 | 2 Q | 16 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Moana Moo-Caille | Men's BMX | 40.015 | 28 | 23 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Laëtitia Le Corguillé | Women's BMX | 38.976 | 4 | — | — | 15 | 4 Q | 38.476 | 4 |
| Magalie Pottier | Women's BMX | 39.778 | 7 | — | — | 6 | 2 Q | 39.393 | 7 |

## Diving

France qualified five quota places for the diving events:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Damien Cely | 3 m springboard | 413.30 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matthieu Rosset | 3 m springboard | 445.15 | 13 Q | 422.50 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Fanny Bouvet | 3 m springboard | 257.10 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marion Farissier | 3 m springboard | 248.70 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Audrey Labeau | 10 m platform | 261.05 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrian
### Dressage

France qualified a single quota by rankings:
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank |
| Jessica Michel | Riwera de Hus | Individual | 70.410 | 28 Q | 68.810 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Eventing

France qualified one team and five quota places in the individual event after finishing in second place at the 2011 European Eventing Championships.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier | Final | Final | Final | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Lionel Guyon | Nemetis de Lalou | Individual | 50.90 | 38 | 20.00 | 70.90 | 38 | 0.00 | 70.90 | 28 Q | 21.00 | 91.90 | 24 | 91.90 | 24 |
| Aurélien Kahn | Cádiz | Individual | 55.90 | 54 | 39.60 | 95.50 | 49 | 7.00 | 102.50 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 102.50 | 45 |
| Denis Mesples | Oregon de la Vigne | Individual | 61.50 | 66 | 46.00 | 107.50 | =51 | 19.00 | 126.50 | 50 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 126.50 | 50 |
| Donatien Schauly | Ocarina du Chanois | Individual | 44.40 | 20 | 7.20 | 51.60 | =18 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| Nicolas Touzaint | Hildago de l'ille | Individual | 47.60 | =27 | 7.60 | 55.20 | 27 | 2.00 | 57.20 | 21 Q | 7.00 | 64.20 | 17 | 64.20 | 17 |
| Lionel Guyon Aurélien Kahn Denis Mesples Donatien Schauly Nicolas Touzaint | See above | Team | 142.90 | 9 | 34.80 | 177.70 | 7 | 52.90 | 230.60 | 8 | — | — | — | 230.60 | 8 |

### Show jumping

France qualified one team and four quota places in the individual event after finishing in second place at the World Equestrian Games.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round A | Round A | Round B | Round B | Round B | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Simon Delestre | Napoli du Ry | Individual | 0 | =1 Q | 6 | 6 | 30 Q | 8 | 14 | 32 Q | 4 | =11 Q | 8 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 19 |
| Olivier Guillon | Lord de Theize | Individual | 4 | =42 Q | 4 | 8 | =31 Q | 8 | 16 | =33 Q | 0 | =1 Q | 9 | 9 | =12 | 9 | =12 |
| Pénélope Leprevost | Mylord Carthago | Individual | 1 | =33 Q | 8 | 9 | =47 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 | =47 |
| Kevin Staut | Silvana | Individual | 0 | =1 Q | 4 | 4 | =17 Q | 4 | 8 | =11 Q | 16 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 | 34 |
| Simon Delestre Olivier Guillon Pénélope Leprevost Kevin Staut | See above | Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 | 12 |

## Fencing

France qualified 11 fencers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Yannick Borel | Individual épée | — | Karyuchenko (UKR) W 15–10 | Kauter (SUI) W 15–11 | Piasecki (NOR) L 14–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gauthier Grumier | Individual épée | — | Piasecki (NOR) L 13–14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Erwann Le Péchoux | Individual foil | Bye | Lefort (FRA) W 15–9 | Choi B-c (KOR) L 13–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Enzo Lefort | Individual foil | Bye | Le Péchoux (FRA) L 9–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Victor Sintès | Individual foil | Bye | Chida (JPN) W 15–11 | Lei S (CHN) L 6–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Erwann Le Péchoux Enzo Lefort Marcel Marcilloux Victor Sintès | Team foil | — | — | — | United States (USA) L 39–45 | Classification semi-final Great Britain (GBR) L 29–45 | 7th place final China (CHN) L 33–45 | 8 |
| Boladé Apithy | Individual sabre | Bye | Buikevich (BLR) L 11–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Laura Flessel-Colovic | Individual épée | Bye | Hurley (USA) W 15–12 | Gherman (ROM) L 13–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Astrid Guyart | Individual foil | Bye | Gaber (EGY) W 15–2 | Boubakri (TUN) L 5–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Corinne Maîtrejean | Individual foil | Bye | Sheppard (GBR) W 15–5 | Sugawara (JPN) L 9–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ysaora Thibus | Individual foil | Bye | Deriglazova (RUS) W 15–8 | Ikehata (JPN) L 11–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anita Blaze Astrid Guyart Corinne Maîtrejean Ysaora Thibus | Team foil | — | — | — | Poland (POL) W 42–31 | Italy (ITA) L 31–45 | South Korea (KOR) L 32–45 | 4 |
| Léonore Perrus | Individual sabre | — | Nakayama (JPN) L 12–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Football

* Women's team event – 1 team of 18 players

### Women's tournament
#### Roster

Head coach: Bruno Bini
France named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Céline Deville | (1982-01-24)24 January 1982 (aged 30) | 54 | 0 | Lyon |
| 2 | 2DF | Wendie Renard | (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 22) | 22 | 3 | Lyon |
| 3 | 3MF | Laure Boulleau | (1986-10-22)22 October 1986 (aged 25) | 27 | 1 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 4 | 2DF | Laura Georges | (1984-08-20)20 August 1984 (aged 27) | 118 | 3 | Lyon |
| 5 | 2DF | Ophélie Meilleroux | (1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 28) | 61 | 0 | Montpellier |
| 6 | 3MF | Sandrine Soubeyrand (captain) | (1973-08-16)16 August 1973 (aged 38) | 177 | 18 | Juvisy |
| 7 | 2DF | Corine Franco | (1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 28) | 63 | 10 | Lyon |
| 8 | 2DF | Sonia Bompastor | (1980-06-08)8 June 1980 (aged 32) | 149 | 18 | Lyon |
| 9 | 4FW | Eugénie Le Sommer | (1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 23) | 56 | 19 | Lyon |
| 10 | 3MF | Camille Abily | (1984-12-05)5 December 1984 (aged 27) | 97 | 23 | Lyon |
| 11 | 4FW | Marie-Laure Delie | (1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 24) | 40 | 35 | Montpellier |
| 12 | 4FW | Élodie Thomis | (1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 25) | 72 | 23 | Lyon |
| 13 | 3MF | Camille Catala | (1991-05-06)6 May 1991 (aged 21) | 7 | 1 | Saint-Étienne |
| 14 | 3MF | Louisa Nécib | (1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 25) | 79 | 16 | Lyon |
| 15 | 3MF | Élise Bussaglia | (1984-09-24)24 September 1984 (aged 27) | 101 | 20 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 16 | 2DF | Sabrina Viguier | (1981-01-04)4 January 1981 (aged 31) | 91 | 1 | Lyon |
| 17 | 4FW | Gaëtane Thiney | (1985-10-28)28 October 1985 (aged 26) | 70 | 32 | Juvisy |
| 18 | 1GK | Sarah Bouhaddi | (1986-10-17)17 October 1986 (aged 25) | 52 | 0 | Lyon |

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Qualified for the quarter-finals |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Qualified for the quarter-finals |
| 3 | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

#### Bronze medal game
## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### Team

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Pierre-Yves Bény | Team | 14.433 | 13.566 | 14.266 | 14.933 | 14.700 | — | — | — | 14.333 | 15.033 | 14.466 | 14.566 | 14.591 | 13.266 | — | — |
| Yann Cucherat | Team | — | — | — | — | 14.900 | 14.366 | — | — | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | — | — |
| Gaël Da Silva | Team | 15.400 | — | 14.366 | 15.366 | — | 14.966 | — | — | 15.200 | — | 14.633 | 15.466 | — | 14.766 | — | — |
| Hamilton Sabot | Team | — | 14.033 | 14.533 | — | 15.366 Q | 14.866 | — | — | — | 14.766 | 14.333 | — | 15.566 | 14.883 | — | — |
| Cyril Tommasone | Team | 14.500 | 15.333 Q | 14.166 | 15.466 | 15.100 | 14.133 | 88.698 | 14 Q | 14.533 | 15.466 | — | 14.441 | 15.133 | — | — | — |
| Total | Team | 44.333 | 42.932 | 43.165 | 45.765 | 45.366 | 44.198 | 265.759 | 8 Q | 44.066 | 45.265 | 43.432 | 44.473 | 45.290 | 42.915 | 265.441 | 8 |

#### Individual finals

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Hamilton Sabot | Parallel bars | — | — | — | — | 15.566 | — | 15.566 | |
| Cyril Tommasone | All-around | 13.500 | 15.333 | 14.400 | 15.358 | 15.000 | 14.066 | 87.657 | 16 |
| Cyril Tommasone | Pommel horse | — | 15.141 | — | — | — | — | 15.141 | 5 |

#### Team

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Mira Boumejmajen | Team | 12.933 | — | 13.300 | 12.966 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Youna Dufournet | Team | — | 14.166 | 12.966 | 14.200 | — | — | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anne Kuhm | Team | 13.533 | 14.466 | 13.533 | 12.566 | 54.098 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aurélie Malaussena | Team | 13.366 | 14.033 | 13.300 | 13.700 | 54.399 | 25 Q | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sophia Serseri | Team | 12.933 | 14.133 | — | — | — | — | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Total | Team | 39.832 | 42.765 | 41.333 | 40.866 | 164.796 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Individual finals

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Aurélie Malaussena | All-around | 13.800 | 12.800 | 12.066 | 11.500 | 50.166 | 23 |

### Rhythmic

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Delphine Ledoux | Individual | 27.150 | 27.100 | 27.250 | 26.675 | 108.175 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Trampoline

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Grégroire Pennes | Men's | 107.539 | 7 Q | 58.805 | 7 |

## Handball

France participated in the 2012 Olympics as the defending world men's handball champion, and successfully defended its gold medal from the 2008 Summer Olympics. The French women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament.
* Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players
* Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

### Men's tournament

The following is the France roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Head coaches: Claude Onesta
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 2
* LB
* Jérôme Fernandez
* (1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 35)
* 1.99 m
* Fénix Toulouse
* 3
* P
* Didier Dinart
* (1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 35)
* 1.97 m
* Atlético Madrid
* 4
* RB
* Xavier Barachet
* (1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 23)
* 1.95 m
* Chambéry Handball
* 5
* CB
* Guillaume Gille
* (1976-07-12)12 July 1976 (aged 36)
* 1.92 m
* HSV Hamburg
* 6
* P
* Bertrand Gille
* (1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (aged 34)
* 1.87 m
* HSV Hamburg
* 8
* LB
* Daniel Narcisse
* (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 32)
* 1.89 m
* THW Kiel
* 9
* RW
* Guillaume Joli
* (1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 27)
* 1.78 m
* BM Valladolid
* 11
* LW
* Samuel Honrubia
* (1986-07-05)5 July 1986 (aged 26)
* 1.80 m
* Montpellier
* 12
* GK
* Daouda Karaboué
* (1975-12-11)11 December 1975 (aged 36)
* 1.98 m
* Fénix Toulouse
* 13
* CB
* Nikola Karabatić
* (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 28)
* 1.96 m
* Montpellier
* 16
* GK
* Thierry Omeyer
* (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 35)
* 1.92 m
* THW Kiel
* 18
* LB
* William Accambray
* (1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 24)
* 1.94 m
* Montpellier
* 19
* RW
* Luc Abalo
* (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 27)
* 1.82 m
* Atlético Madrid
* 20
* P
* Cédric Sorhaindo
* (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 28)
* 1.92 m
* FC Barcelona
* 21
* LW
* Michaël Guigou
* (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 30)
* 1.79 m
* Montpellier

#### Group play

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Iceland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 132 | +35 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 159 | 110 | +49 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| Sweden | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 115 | +41 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| Tunisia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 125 | −4 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| Argentina | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 138 | −25 | 2 | |
| Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96 | 192 | −96 | 0 | |
| 29 July 2012 19:30 | France | 44 – 15 | Great Britain | Copper Box, London Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT) |
| 29 July 2012 19:30 | Joli 11 | (21–7) | Garnham 6 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT) |
| 29 July 2012 19:30 | 2× 2× | Report | 3× 4× 1× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT) |
| 31 July 2012 21:15 | Argentina | 20 – 32 | France | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,906 Referees: Olesen, Peders (DEN) |
| 31 July 2012 21:15 | Fernández, Riccobelli 4 | (9–17) | Karabatić 7 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,906 Referees: Olesen, Peders (DEN) |
| 31 July 2012 21:15 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 2× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,906 Referees: Olesen, Peders (DEN) |
| 2 August 2012 11:15 | France | 25 – 19 | Tunisia | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,670 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| 2 August 2012 11:15 | Narcisse 7 | (12–11) | Bannour 5 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,670 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| 2 August 2012 11:15 | 4× 5× | Report | 4× 7× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,670 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| 4 August 2012 19:30 | Iceland | 30 – 29 | France | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,521 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
| 4 August 2012 19:30 | Petersson 6 | (16–15) | Fernandez 9 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,521 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
| 4 August 2012 19:30 | 3× 7× | Report | 2× 4× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,521 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
| 6 August 2012 21:15 | France | 29 – 26 | Sweden | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,833 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 6 August 2012 21:15 | Narcisse 6 | (18–12) | Ekberg, Andersson 5 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,833 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 6 August 2012 21:15 | 3× 1× | Report | 3× 2× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,833 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |

#### Quarter-final

| 8 August 2012 14:30 | Spain | 22 – 23 | France | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 8,890 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| 8 August 2012 14:30 | Tomás 6 | (12–9) | Accambray 7 | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 8,890 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| 8 August 2012 14:30 | 4× 3× | Report | 4× 3× | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 8,890 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |

#### Semi-final

| 10 August 2012 20:30 | France | 25 – 22 | Croatia | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,849 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
| 10 August 2012 20:30 | three players 4 | (12–10) | Horvat 6 | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,849 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
| 10 August 2012 20:30 | 4× 2× | Report | 4× 2× | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,849 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |

#### Final

| 12 August 2012 15:00 | Sweden | 21 – 22 | France | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,627 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
| 12 August 2012 15:00 | Ekberg 6 | (8–10) | Guigou 5 | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,627 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
| 12 August 2012 15:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 4× 2× | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,627 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |

### Women's tournament

The following is the France roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Head coaches: Olivier Krumbholz
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 3
* RW
* Blandine Dancette
* (1988-02-14)14 February 1988 (aged 24)
* 1.69 m
* HBC Nîmes
* 4
* P
* Nina Kamto Njitam
* (1983-06-25)25 June 1983 (aged 29)
* 1.78 m
* Metz Handball
* 5
* RB
* Camille Ayglon
* (1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 27)
* 1.80 m
* HBC Nîmes
* 7
* CB
* Allison Pineau
* (1989-05-02)2 May 1989 (aged 23)
* 1.81 m
* Oltchim Vâlcea
* 8
* LB
* Claudine Mendy
* (1990-01-08)8 January 1990 (aged 22)
* 1.82 m
* Metz Handball
* 9
* LW
* Paule Baudouin
* (1984-10-25)25 October 1984 (aged 27)
* 1.72 m
* Metz Handball
* 10
* CB
* Sophie Herbrecht
* (1982-02-13)13 February 1982 (aged 30)
* 1.74 m
* HBC Nîmes
* 12
* GK
* Amandine Leynaud
* (1986-05-02)2 May 1986 (aged 26)
* 1.78 m
* Oltchim Vâlcea
* 16
* GK
* Cléopâtre Darleux
* (1989-07-01)1 July 1989 (aged 23)
* 1.76 m
* Arvor 29
* 17
* LW
* Siraba Dembélé
* (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 26)
* 1.72 m
* Toulon HB
* 18
* RW
* Audrey Deroin
* (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 22)
* 1.76 m
* Toulon HB
* 20
* LB
* Raphaëlle Tervel
* (1979-04-21)21 April 1979 (aged 33)
* 1.78 m
* SD Itxako
* 24
* LB
* Mariama Signaté
* (1985-07-22)22 July 1985 (aged 27)
* 1.89 m
* Issy Paris HB
* 64
* RB
* Alexandra Lacrabère
* (1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 25)
* 1.77 m
* Arvor 29

#### Group play

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 103 | +22 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| South Korea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 136 | 130 | +6 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 114 | +5 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| Norway | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 118 | 120 | −2 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| Denmark | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 121 | −8 | 2 | |
| Sweden | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 131 | −23 | 0 | |
| 28 July 2012 21:15 | Norway | 23 – 24 | France | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,968 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
| 28 July 2012 21:15 | Alstad 5 | (12–17) | Baudouin, Signaté 5 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,968 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
| 28 July 2012 21:15 | 3× 2× | Report | 4× 5× 1× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,968 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
| 30 July 2012 16:15 | France | 18 – 18 | Spain | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,671 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 30 July 2012 16:15 | Dembélé 6 | (7–10) | Mangué 6 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,671 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 30 July 2012 16:15 | 3× 6× 1× | Report | 4× 4× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,671 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 1 August 2012 14:30 | France | 29 – 17 | Sweden | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,638 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 1 August 2012 14:30 | three players 4 | (16–11) | Ahlm 6 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,638 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 1 August 2012 14:30 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 1× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,638 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 3 August 2012 11:15 | South Korea | 21 – 24 | France | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,568 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| 3 August 2012 11:15 | Sim Hae-in 6 | (12–10) | Lacrabère 4 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,568 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| 3 August 2012 11:15 | 2× 3× | Report | 4× 2× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,568 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| 5 August 2012 21:15 | Denmark | 24 – 30 | France | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,616 Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU) |
| 5 August 2012 21:15 | Nørgaard 10 | (10–17) | Nijtam 6 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,616 Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU) |
| 5 August 2012 21:15 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 1× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,616 Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU) |

#### Quarter-final

| 7 August 2012 20:30 | France | 22 – 23 | Montenegro | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,559 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN) |
| 7 August 2012 20:30 | Signaté 5 | (13–13) | Popović, Bulatović 6 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,559 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN) |
| 7 August 2012 20:30 | 3× 2× | Report | 4× 3× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,559 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN) |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Sofiane Milous | −60 kg | Bye | Shukvani (GEO) W 0100–0001 | Lomo (SOL) W 0020–0001 | Hiraoka (JPN) L 0010–0012 | Did not advance | Davtyan (ARM) W 0010–0002 | Sobirov (UZB) L 0003–0100 | 5 |
| David Larose | −66 kg | Pollack (ISR) W 0001–0000 | Fâșie (ROU) W 0100–0000 | Shavdatuashvili (GEO) L 0001–0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ugo Legrand | −73 kg | Bye | Adamiec (POL) W 0010–0000 | Hafiz (EGY) W 0100–0104 | Elmont (NED) L 0030–0000 | Did not advance | Boqiev (TJK) W 0010–0002 | Wang K-c (KOR) W 0101–0001 | |
| Alain Schmitt | −81 kg | — | Elmont (NED) W 0000–0001 | Lucenti (ARG) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Romain Buffet | −90 kg | — | Bauža (LTU) L 0010–0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thierry Fabre | −100 kg | — | Darwish (EGY) W 0011–0002 | Naidangiin (MGL) L 0000–0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Teddy Riner | +100 kg | — | Wojnarowicz (POL) W 0010–0003 | Jaballah (TUN) W 0101–0002 | Brayson (CUB) W 0100–0001 | Kim S-M (KOR) W 0010–0003 | Bye | Mikhailine (RUS) W 0101–0003 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Laëtitia Payet | −48 kg | Bye | Menezes (BRA) L 0001–0000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Priscilla Gneto | −52 kg | He Hm (CHN) W 0111–0012 | Ramos (POR) W 1001–0000 | An K-a (PRK) L 0013–0102 | Did not advance | Kim K-o (KOR) W 0021–0002 | Heylen (BEL) W 1012–0012 | |
| Automne Pavia | −57 kg | Clark (GBR) W 0100–0000 | Renzi (AUS) W 0150–0000 | Filzmoser (AUT) W 0030–0000 | Matsumoto (JPN) L 0000–0010 | Bye | Karakas (HUN) W 0011–0002 | |
| Gévrise Émane | −63 kg | Howell (GBR) W 1000–0000 | Abel (CUB) W 0001–0001 | Tsedevsuren (MGL) L 0001–0001 | Did not advance | Schlesinger (ISR) W 0010–0002 | Joung D-w (KOR) W 0000–0000 YUS | |
| Lucie Décosse | −70 kg | Bye | Zupancic (CAN) W 1001–0001 | Alvear (COL) W 1000–0000 | Hwang Y-s (KOR) W 0001–0000 | Bye | Thiele (GER) W 0120–0000 | |
| Audrey Tcheuméo | −78 kg | Cotton (CAN) W 0001–0001 YUS | Pryshchepa (UKR) W 0100–0000 | Yang X (CHN) W 0101–0001 | Gibbons (GBR) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Joó (HUN) W 1000–0001 | |
| Anne-Sophie Mondière | +78 kg | Altheman (BRA) L 0000–0101 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

France qualified one man and two women.
| Athlete | Event | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Results | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Christopher Patte | Men's | 16–19 | =20 | 784 | 2:05.99 | 20 | 1292 | 84 | 21 | 1116 | 10:43.96 | 11 | 2428 | 5620 | 17 |
| Amélie Cazé | Women's | 19–16 | =11 | 856 | 2:11.33 | 4 | 1224 | 20 | 2 | 1180 | 12:08.71 | 32 | 1848 | 5108 | 18 |
| Élodie Clouvel | Women's | 15–20 | =25 | 760 | 2:09.87 | 3 | 1244 | 140 | 27 | 1060 | 12:44.50 | 34 | 1704 | 4768 | 31 |

## Rowing

France qualified boats for the following rowing events:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette | Pair | 6:17.22 | 2 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:58.67 | 2 FA | 6:21.11 | |
| Julien Bahain Cédric Berrest | Double sculls | 6:19.61 | 3 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:29.61 | 5 FB | 6:26.44 | 10 |
| Jérémie Azou Stany Delayre | Lightweight double sculls | 6:40.89 | 1 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:37.29 | 2 FA | 6:42.69 | 4 |
| Matthieu Androdias Benjamin Chabanet Adrien Hardy Pierre-Jean Peltier | Quadruple sculls | 5:44.25 | 3 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:12.81 | 4 FB | 6:02.12 | 10 |
| Thomas Baroukh Fabrice Moreau Nicolas Moutton Franck Solforosi | Lightweight four | 5:50.79 | 1 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:06.90 | 4 FB | 6:08.37 | 7 |
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

## Sailing

France qualified one boat for each of the following events:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Julien Bontemps | RS:X | 23 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 5 |
| Jean-Baptiste Bernaz | Laser | 3 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 34 | 10 | 119 | 10 |
| Jonathan Lobert | Finn | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 49 | |
| Vincent Garos Pierre Leboucher | 470 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 90 | 7 |
| Pierre-Alexis Ponsot Xavier Rohart | Star | 1 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 86 | 9 |

### Fleet racing

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Charline Picon | RS:X | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 89 | 8 |
| Sarah Steyaert | Laser Radial | 21 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 15 | EL | 143 | 16 |
| Mathilde Géron Camille Lecointre | 470 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 65 | 4 |

### Match racing

| Athlete | Event | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Rank | Knockouts | Knockouts | Knockouts | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | POR | AUS | NED | SWE | USA | GBR | ESP | DEN | NZL | RUS | FIN | Rank | Q-final | S-final | Final | Rank |
| Élodie Bertrand Claire Leroy Marie Riou | Elliott 6m | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | 6 Q | ESP L (0–3) | Did not advance | Did not advance | 6 |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Stéphane Christidis Manu Dyen | 49er | 1 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 127 | 6 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

## Shooting

France earned 14 quota places for the shooting events at the 2012 Olympics:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Stéphane Clamens | Trap | 119 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Franck Dumoulin | 50 m pistol | 541 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Franck Dumoulin | 10 m air pistol | 577 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cyril Graff | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1171 | 3 Q | 1271.0 | 4 |
| Cyril Graff | 50 m rifle prone | 586 | 46 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Walter Lapeyre | 50 m pistol | 554 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Walter Lapeyre | 10 m air pistol | 575 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jérémy Monnier | 10 m air rifle | 592 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pierre Edmond Piasecki | 10 m air rifle | 596 | 8 Q | 699.1 | 6 |
| Valérian Sauveplane | 50 m rifle prone | 592 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Valérian Sauveplane | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1167 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anthony Terras | Skeet | 117 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Laurence Brize | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 581 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Laurence Brize | 10 m air rifle | 394 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Émilie Évesque | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 578 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Émilie Évesque | 10 m air rifle | 392 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Veronique Girardet | Skeet | 66 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Céline Goberville | 10 m air pistol | 387 | 3 Q | 486.6 | |
| Céline Goberville | 25 m pistol | 579 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Delphine Réau | Trap | 72 | 4 Q | 93 S/O 2 | |
| Stéphanie Tirode | 10 m air pistol | 375 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stéphanie Tirode | 25 m pistol | 582 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

French swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of two swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and one at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Yannick Agnel | 100 m freestyle | 48.93 | 12 Q | 48.23 | 7 Q | 47.84 | 4 |
| Yannick Agnel | 200 m freestyle | 1:46.60 | 3 Q | 1:45.84 | 2 Q | 1:43.14 NR | |
| Fabien Gilot | 100 m freestyle | 48.95 | 14 Q | 48.49 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Damien Joly | 1500 m freestyle | 15:08.50 | 14 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Camille Lacourt | 100 m backstroke | 53.51 | 4 Q | 53.03 | 2 Q | 53.08 | 4 |
| Clément Lefert | 100 m butterfly | 53.22 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Amaury Leveaux | 50 m freestyle | 22.35 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Grégory Mallet | 200 m freestyle | 1:47.39 | 13 Q | 1:47.56 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Florent Manaudou | 50 m freestyle | 22.09 | =7 Q | 21.80 | 6 Q | 21.34 | |
| Anthony Pannier | 1500 m freestyle | 15:24.08 | 20 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Giacomo Perez d'Ortona | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.59 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Julien Sauvage | 10 km open water | — | — | — | — | 1:50:42.8 | 11 |
| Benjamin Stasiulis | 100 m backstroke | 55.36 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Benjamin Stasiulis | 200 m backstroke | 1:59.52 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yannick Agnel Alain Bernard* Fabien Gilot Clément Lefert Amaury Leveaux Jérémy Stravius* | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:13.38 | 4 Q | — | — | 3:09.93 | |
| Yannick Agnel Clément Lefert Amaury Leveaux Grégory Mallet Jérémy Stravius* | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:09.18 | 2 Q | — | — | 7:02.77 NR | |
| Yannick Agnel Camille Lacourt Giacomo Perez d'Ortona Romain Sassot | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:34.60 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ophélie Aspord | 10 km open water | — | — | — | — | 1:58:43.1 | 6 |
| Fanny Babou | 100 m breaststroke | 1:09.76 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Coralie Balmy | 400 m freestyle | 4:03.56 | 3 Q | — | — | 4:05.95 | 6 |
| Coralie Balmy | 800 m freestyle | 8:27.15 | 8 Q | — | — | 8:29.26 | 7 |
| Charlotte Bonnet | 100 m freestyle | 55.12 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Justine Bruno | 100 m butterfly | 1:01.14 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alexianne Castel | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.16 | 14 Q | 1:00.24 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alexianne Castel | 200 m backstroke | 2:08.92 | 6 Q | 2:08.24 | 5 Q | 2:08.43 | 7 |
| Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne | 200 m freestyle | 1:59.15 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lara Grangeon | 400 m individual medley | 4:44.28 | 18 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Laure Manaudou | 100 m backstroke | 1:01.03 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Laure Manaudou | 200 m backstroke | 2:14.29 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Camille Muffat | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.49 | 12 Q | 1:56.18 | 3 Q | 1:55.58 | |
| Camille Muffat | 400 m freestyle | 4:03.29 | 1 Q | — | — | 4:01.45 OR | |
| Anna Santamans | 50 m freestyle | 25.23 | 15 Q | 24.94 | =10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Coralie Balmy Charlotte Bonnet Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne Margaux Farrell* Mylène Lazare* Camille Muffat | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:52.88 | 5 Q | — | — | 7:47.49 | |
| Fanny Babou Charlotte Bonnet Justine Bruno Laure Manaudou | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:05.53 | 14 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Synchronized swimming

France qualified two Olympic quota places in synchronized swimming.
| Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Technical routine | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (final) | Free routine (final) | Free routine (final) |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank |
| Sara Labrousse Chloé Willhelm | Duet | 87.700 | 10 | 88.340 | 176.040 | 10 Q | 88.560 | 176.260 | 10 |

## Table tennis

France qualified one man and two women.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Adrien Mattenet | Men's singles | Bye | Bye | Bye | Chen Wx (AUT) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Xian Yi Fang | Women's singles | Bye | Hanffou (CMR) W 4–1 | Ri M-S (PRK) W 4–2 | Wang Yg (SIN) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Li Xue | Women's singles | Bye | Bye | Lay (AUS) W 4–3 | Shen Yf (ESP) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

France had qualified two places in women's taekwondo.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Marlène Harnois | Women's −57 kg | Contreras (CHI) W 14–3 PTG | Wahba (EGY) W 8–6 | Hou Yz (CHN) L 3–8 | Bye | Hamada (JPN) W 12–8 | Did not advance | |
| Anne Caroline Graffe | Women's +67 kg | Mamatova (UZB) W 17–9 | Lee I-J (KOR) W 7–4 | Hernández (CUB) W 6–4 | Bye | Bye | Mandić (SRB) L 7–9 | |

## Tennis

France qualified six Olympic tennis players in 2012: four in the men's events and two in the women's events. France ultimately won two medals – one silver and one bronze – in the men's doubles.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Julien Benneteau | Singles | Youzhny (RUS) W 7–5, 6–3 | Federer (SUI) L 2–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Richard Gasquet | Singles | Haase (NED) W 6–3, 6–3 | Baghdatis (CYP) L 4–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gilles Simon | Singles | Kukushkin (KAZ) W 6–4, 6–2 | Dimitrov (BUL) W 6–3, 6–3 | del Potro (ARG) L 1–6, 6–4, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Singles | Bellucci (BRA) W 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–4, 6–4 | Raonic (CAN) W 6–3, 3–6, 25–23 | López (ESP) W 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 | Djokovic (SRB) L 4–6, 5–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Julien Benneteau Richard Gasquet | Doubles | — | Fleming / Hutchins (GBR) W 7–5, 6–3 | Bhupathi / Bopanna (IND) W 6–3, 6–4 | Tipsarević / Zimonjić (SRB) W 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ | B. Bryan / M. Bryan (USA) L 4–6, 4–6 | Ferrer / F. López (ESP) W 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–2 | |
| Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Doubles | — | Nalbandian / Schwank (ARG) W 6–3, 7–5 | Paes / Vardhan (IND) W 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 4–6, 6–3 | Melo / Soares (BRA) W 6–4, 6–2 | Ferrer / F. López (ESP) W 3–6, 6–4, 18–16 | B. Bryan / M. Bryan (USA) L 4–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Alizé Cornet | Singles | Paszek (AUT) W 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–4 | Hantuchová (SVK) L 3–6, 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alizé Cornet Kristina Mladenovic | Doubles | — | Peng / Zheng (CHN) L 1–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Triathlon

France qualified the following triathletes:
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
| David Hauss | Men's | 17:24 | 0:38 | 58:50 | 0:29 | 29:53 | 1:47:14 | 4 |
| Vincent Luis | Men's | 17:20 | 0:38 | 58:53 | 0:27 | 31:00 | 1:48:18 | 11 |
| Laurent Vidal | Men's | 17:27 | 0:43 | 58:42 | 0:28 | 30:01 | 1:47:21 | 5 |
| Emmie Charayron | Women's | 19:48 | 0:39 | 1:06:58 | 0:34 | 34:27 | 2:02:26 | 18 |
| Jessica Harrison | Women's | 18:39 | 0:43 | 1:06:16 | 0:31 | 35:13 | 2:01:22 | 9 |
| Carole Péon | Women's | 19:30 | 0:45 | 1:07:11 | 0:33 | 35:59 | 2:03:58 | 29 |

## Weightlifting

France qualified three men and one woman.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Vencelas Dabaya | Men's −69 kg | 135 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |
| Bernardin Kingue Matam | Men's −69 kg | 143 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |
| Benjamin Hennequin | Men's −85 kg | 163 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |
| Mélanie Bardis | Women's −48 kg | 73 | 9 | 93 | 9 | 166 | 10 |

## Wrestling

France qualified six quota places:
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

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Didier Pais | −60 kg | Bye | Madany (EGY) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Tarik Belmadani | −60 kg | Bye | Ala-Huikku (FIN) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Matsumoto (JPN) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Steeve Guénot | −66 kg | Bye | Rivas (VEN) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Abdevali (IRI) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Kim H-W (KOR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Bye | Bye | Mulens (CUB) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | |
| Christophe Guénot | −74 kg | Bye | Ayet Ikram (TUN) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Vlasov (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Madsen (DEN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |
| Mélonin Noumonvi | −84 kg | Bye | Hietaniemi (FIN) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Gaber (EGY) L 1–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Bye | Žugaj (CRO) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Janikowski (POL) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | 5 |

### Women's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Cynthia Vescan | −72 kg | Bye | Saenko (MDA) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |