# France at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

France competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 18 June to 3 July.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Léon Marchand | Swimming | Men's 400 metre individual medley | 18 June |
| Gold | Léon Marchand | Swimming | Men's 200 metre individual medley | 22 June |
| Silver | Marie Wattel | Swimming | Women's 100 metre butterfly | 19 June |
| Silver | Léon Marchand | Swimming | Men's 200 metre butterfly | 21 June |
| Silver | Maxime Grousset | Swimming | Men's 100 metre freestyle | 22 June |
| Silver | Mélanie Henique | Swimming | Women's 50 metre butterfly | 24 June |
| Silver | Aurélie Muller | Open water swimming | Women's 5 km | 27 June |
| Silver | Jade Gillet Alexis Jandard | Diving | Team event | 29 June |
| Silver | Axel Reymond | Open water swimming | Men's 25 km | 30 June |
| Bronze | Analia Pigrée | Swimming | Women's 50 metre backstroke | 22 June |
| Bronze | Maxime Grousset | Swimming | Men's 50 metre freestyle | 24 June |

## Artistic swimming

France entered 10 artistic swimmers.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Oriane Jaillardon | Solo technical routine | 83.6928 | 8 Q | 83.6865 | 9 |
| Eve Planeix | Solo free routine | 87.1667 | 8 Q | 87.4667 | 8 |
| Ambre Esnault Laura González Mayssa Guermoud Oriane Jaillardon Maureen Jenkins Romane Lune Eve Planeix Charlotte Tremble | Team technical routine | 86.4984 | 4 Q | 88.3558 | 4 |
| Camille Bravard Ambre Esnault Laura González Mayssa Guermoud Maureen Jenkins Eve Planeix Charlotte Tremble Mathilde Vigneres | Team free routine | 89.1000 | 6 Q | 90.2667 | 6 |

## Diving

France entered 5 divers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jules Bouyer | 1 m springboard | 364.50 | 8 Q | — | — | 381.30 | 4 |
| Jules Bouyer | 3 m springboard | 384.75 | 12 Q | 406.90 | 6 Q | 421.70 | 7 |
| Alexis Jandard | 1 m springboard | 352.05 | 14 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alexis Jandard | 3 m springboard | 401.60 | 6 Q | 394.40 | 8 Q | 427.50 | 5 |
| Jules Bouyer Alexis Jandard | Synchronized 3 m springboard | 387.27 | 3 Q | — | — | 375.54 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Nais Gilles | 1 m springboard | 213.40 | 30 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jade Gillet | 10 m platform | 231.15 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jade Gillet Nais Gilles | Synchronized 3 m springboard | 198.30 | 12 Q | — | — | 228.45 | 12 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jade Gillet Alexis Jandard | Team event | — | — | 358.50 | |
| Jules Bouyer Nais Gilles | Synchronized 3 m springboard | — | — | 243.51 | 11 |
| Gary Hunt Jade Gillet | Synchronized 10 m platform | — | — | 246.39 | 8 |

## Open water swimming

France entered 7 open water swimmers ( 4 male and 3 female)

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Logan Fontaine | 5 km | 53:43.2 | 6 |
| Marc-Antoine Olivier | 5 km | 53:26.0 | 5 |
| Marc-Antoine Olivier | 10 km | 1:51:11.5 | 4 |
| Axel Reymond | 25 km | 5:02:22.7 | |
| Sacha Velly | 10 km | 1:54:34.0 | 19 |
| Sacha Velly | 25 km | 5:20:42.3 | 19 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Caroline Jouisse | 10 km | 2:07:07.0 | 31 |
| Caroline Jouisse | 25 km | 5:25:32.1 | 5 |
| Aurélie Muller | 5 km | 57:53.8 | |
| Aurélie Muller | 10 km | 2:02:36.1 | 4 |
| Lisa Pou | 25 km | Did not start | Did not start |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Caroline Jouisse Aurélie Muller Sacha Velly Marc-Antoine Olivier | Team | 1:04:56.4 | 4 |

## Swimming

France entered 21 swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Carl Aitkaci | 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.51 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maxime Grousset | 50 m freestyle | 21.97 | 10 Q | 21.83 S/off 21.59 | 8 QSO S/off Q | 21.57 | |
| Maxime Grousset | 100 m freestyle | 48.17 | 5 Q | 47.54 | 2 Q | 47.64 | |
| Maxime Grousset | 50 m butterfly | 23.07 | 6 Q | 23.10 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Damien Joly | 800 m freestyle | 7:47.46 | 8 Q | — | — | 7:48.10 | 7 |
| Damien Joly | 1500 m freestyle | 14:53.47 | 5 Q | — | — | 15:09.15 | 8 |
| Florent Manaudou | 50 m freestyle | 22.04 | 13 Q | 21.95 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Florent Manaudou | 50 m butterfly | 23.31 | 10 Q | 23.23 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Léon Marchand | 200 m butterfly | 1:56.38 | 11 Q | 1:54.32 NR | 4 Q | 1:53.37 NR | |
| Léon Marchand | 200 m individual medley | 1:58.70 | 8 Q | 1:55.75 NR | 1 Q | 1:55.22 NR | |
| Léon Marchand | 400 m individual medley | 4:09.09 NR | 1 Q | — | — | 4:04.28 CR, ER | |
| Émilien Mattenet | 100 m breaststroke | 4:19.74 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | 50 m backstroke | 25.16 | 16 Q | 24.79 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | 100 m backstroke | 53.22 | 4 Q | 52.72 | 5 Q | 52.50 | 4 |
| Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | 200 m backstroke | 1:58.10 | 10 Q | 1:57.38 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jordan Pothain | 200 m freestyle | 1:47.51 | 16 Q | 1:47.66 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hadrien Salvan | 100 m freestyle | 49.01 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hadrien Salvan | 200 m freestyle | 1:47.71 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Clément Secchi | 100 m butterfly | 52.76 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Enzo Tesic | 200 m individual medley | 1:59.71 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mewen Tomac | 50 m backstroke | 25.01 | 10 Q | 24.91 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mewen Tomac | 100 m backstroke | 53.60 | 8 Q | 53.41 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mewen Tomac | 200 m backstroke | 1:57.21 | 5 Q | 1:56.52 | 4 Q | 1:56.35 | 5 |
| Antoine Viquerat | 50 m breaststroke | 27.68 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Antoine Viquerat | 200 m breaststroke | 2:12.27 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jordan Pothain Léon Marchand Roman Fuchs Hadrien Salvan Enzo Tesic* | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:09.95 | 7 Q | — | — | 7:08.78 | 7 |
| Yohann Ndoye Brouard Antoine Viquerat Léon Marchand Maxime Grousset | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:32.98 | 2 Q | — | — | 3:32.37 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Adèle Blanchetière | 100 m breaststroke | 1:09.68 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Charlotte Bonnet | 100 m freestyle | 54.37 | 13 Q | 54.73 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Charlotte Bonnet | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.14 | 10 Q | 1:56.54 | 4 Q | 1:57.24 | 6 |
| Cyrielle Duhamel | 200 m individual medley | 2:13.39 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Cyrielle Duhamel | 400 m individual medley | 4:52.24 | 13 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mélanie Henique | 50 m butterfly | 25.61 | 3 Q | 25.41 | 3 Q | 25.31 | |
| Analia Pigrée | 50 m backstroke | 27.75 | 5 Q | 27.29 NR | 2 Q | 27.40 | |
| Analia Pigrée | 100 m backstroke | 1:01.13 | 16 Q | 1:01.59 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Emma Terebo | 100 m backstroke | 59.87 | 6 Q | 1:00.06 | 8 Q | 59.98 | 5 |
| Emma Terebo | 200 m backstroke | 2:11.17 | 8 Q | 2:11.77 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marie Wattel | 50 m freestyle | 25.34 | 16 Q | 25.04 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marie Wattel | 100 m freestyle | 54.25 | 9 Q | 53.82 | 8 Q | 53.60 | 7 |
| Marie Wattel | 50 m butterfly | 26.01 | 8 Q | 25.56 | 6 Q | 25.79 | 7 |
| Marie Wattel | 100 m butterfly | 57.21 | 2 Q | 56.80 | 2 Q | 56.14 NR | |
| Emma Terebo Adèle Blanchetière Marie Wattel Charlotte Bonnet | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:01.45 | 8 Q | — | — | 3:59.94 | 8 |
Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heat only.

## Water polo
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Playoff | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| France | Women's tournament | Spain L 8–18 | Thailand W 24–8 | Greece L 4–15 | 3 | New Zealand W 14–13 | Italy L 7–17 | Spain L 5–18 | Greece L 7–16 | 8 |

### Women's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is French roster in the Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament.
Head coach: Émilien Bugeaud
* 1 Chloé Vidal GK
* 2 Estelle Millot D
* 3 Gabrielle Fitaire CB
* 4 Camelia Bouloukbachi FP
* 5 Louise Guillet D
* 6 Kahena Benlekbir D
* 7 Juliette Dhalluin D
* 8 Aurelie Battu CF
* 9 Ema Vernoux FP
* 10 Viviane Bahia FP
* 11 Camille Radosavljevic FP
* 12 Audrey Daule D
* 13 Anne Collas GK

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 15 | +38 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 20 | +38 | 5 | Playoffs |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 82 | −71 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Spain 10–10 Greece
| 20 June 2022 19:30 | Report | France | 8–18 | Spain | Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |||
| 20 June 2022 19:30 | Report | Vernoux 4 | Goals | Forca 5 | Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| 22 June 2022 19:30 | Report | Thailand | 8–24 | France | Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA) |
| Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA) |||
| 22 June 2022 19:30 | Report | Puangtong 4 | Goals | Guillet 6 | Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA) |
| 24 June 2022 19:30 | Report | France | 4–15 | Greece | Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |||
| 24 June 2022 19:30 | Report | Bouloukbachi 2 | Goals | three players 3 | Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |

#### Playoffs

| 26 June 2022 15:30 | Report | New Zealand | 13–14 | France | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |||
| 26 June 2022 15:30 | Report | McDowall 5 | Goals | Dhalluin 4 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |

#### Quarterfinals

| 28 June 2022 13:00 | Report | Italy | 17–7 | France | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Helene Painchaud (CAN), Maro Savinović (CRO) |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Helene Painchaud (CAN), Maro Savinović (CRO) |||
| 28 June 2022 13:00 | Report | Giustini 6 | Goals | Guillet 4 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Helene Painchaud (CAN), Maro Savinović (CRO) |

#### 5–8th place semifinals

| 30 June 2022 14:30 | Report | France | 5–18 | Spain | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Dion Willis (RSA) |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Dion Willis (RSA) |||
| 30 June 2022 14:30 | Report | five players 1 | Goals | four players 3 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Dion Willis (RSA) |

#### Seventh place game

| 2 July 2022 13:00 | Report | France | 7–16 | Greece | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Dion Willis (RSA) |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Dion Willis (RSA) |||
| 2 July 2022 13:00 | Report | Millot 3 | Goals | Myriokefalitaki 5 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Dion Willis (RSA) |