# France at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

France competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Léon Marchand | Swimming | Men's 400 m individual medley | July 23 |
| Gold | Léon Marchand | Swimming | Men's 200 m butterfly | July 26 |
| Gold | Léon Marchand | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley | July 27 |
| Gold | Maxime Grousset | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly | July 29 |
| Bronze | Jules Bouyer Alexis Jandard | Diving | Men's synchronized 3 m springboard | July 15 |
| Bronze | Maxime Grousset | Swimming | Men's 50 m butterfly | July 24 |
| Bronze | Gary Hunt | High diving | Men's high diving | July 27 |
| Bronze | Maxime Grousset | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle | July 27 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Diving | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| High diving | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |

## Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Artistic swimming | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Diving | 4* | 4 | 8* |
| High diving | 1* | 1 | 2* |
| Open water swimming | 3* | 3 | 6* |
| Swimming | 19* | 13 | 32* |
| Water polo | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Total | 40 | 45 | 85 |
* David Aubry, Logan Fontaine and Anastasiya Kirpichnikova was compete in both open water swimming and indoor swimming. Gary Hunt was compete in both diving competitions.

## Artistic swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Quentin Rakotomalala | Solo technical routine | 186.7233 | 4 Q | 167.3266 | 8 |
| Quentin Rakotomalala | Solo free routine | 145.3501 | 7 Q | 155.9813 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Oriane Jaillardon | Solo technical routine | 229.7233 | 4 Q | 193.4234 | 10 |
| Laelys Alavez | Solo free routine | 150.4520 | 12 Q | 175.8146 | 9 |
| Anastasia Bayandina Eve Planeix | Duet free routine | 193.7375 | 8 Q | 170.0542 | 12 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Anastasia Bayandina Romane Lunel Ambre Esnault Laura Tremble Claudia Janvier Mayssa Guermoud Eve Planeix Charlotte Tremble | Team acrobatic routine | 212.8900 | 5 Q | 210.6900 | 5 |
| Romane Lunel Laura Tremble Ambre Esnault Laelys Alavez Charlotte Tremble Eve Planeix Mayssa Guermoud Anastasia Bayandina | Team technical routine | 208.6443 | 10 Q | 248.1573 | 9 |

## Diving

France entered 7 divers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jules Bouyer | 1 m springboard | 361.50 | 11 Q | — | — | 374.15 | 10 |
| Jules Bouyer | 3 m springboard | 415.25 | 9 Q | 389.05 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alexis Jandard | 1 m springboard | 322.70 | 21 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alexis Jandard | 3 m springboard | 424.70 | 6 Q | 390.40 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jules Bouyer Alexis Jandard | 3 m synchro springboard | 344.85 | 11 Q | — | — | 389.10 | |
| Loïs Szymczak Gary Hunt | 10 m synchro platform | 285.51 | 17 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jade Gillet | 10 m platform | 247.50 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Naïs Gillet | 1 m springboard | 225.15 | 25 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Naïs Gillet | 3 m springboard | 253.90 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juliette Landi | 3 m springboard | 211.10 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jade Gillet Naïs Gillet | 3 m synchro springboard | 235.44 | 14 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jade Gillet Emily Halifax | 10 m synchro platform | 240.24 | 10 Q | — | — | 236.16 | 10 |

## High diving

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Madeleine Bayon | Women's high diving | 224.80 | 12 |
| Gary Hunt | Men's high diving | 426.30 | |

## Open water swimming

France entered 6 open water swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Logan Fontaine | Men's 5 km | 55:33.0 | 9 |
| Logan Fontaine | Men's 10 km | 1:52:41.7 | 9 |
| Sacha Velly | Men's 5 km | 55:33.1 | 10 |
| Sacha Velly | Men's 10 km | 1:53:14.7 | 12 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Océane Cassignol | Women's 10 km | 2:03:25.5 | 16 |
| Anastasiya Kirpichnikova | Women's 5 km | 59:46.4 | 11 |
| Anastasiya Kirpichnikova | Women's 10 km | 2:03:17.6 | 13 |
| Aurélie Muller | Women's 5 km | 59:40.1 | 7 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| David Aubry Logan Fontaine Anastasiya Kirpichnikova Aurélie Muller | Team relay | 1:11:40.6 | 5 |

## Swimming

France entered 32 swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| David Aubry | 1500 m freestyle | 14:54.29 | 8 | — | — | 14:56.63 | 8 |
| Pacome Bricout | 800 m freestyle | 7:55.20 | 20 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Logan Fontaine | 400 m freestyle | 3:51.56 | 25 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Roman Fuchs | 200 m freestyle | 1:48.13 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maxime Grousset | 50 m freestyle | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| Maxime Grousset | 100 m freestyle | 48.06 | 8 Q | 47.87 | 7 Q | 47.42 | |
| Maxime Grousset | 50 m butterfly | 22.74 NR | 1 Q | 22.72 NR | 1 Q | 22.82 | |
| Maxime Grousset | 100 m butterfly | 51.00 | 4 Q | 50.62 | 2 Q | 50.14 NR | |
| Antoine Herlem | 200 m backstroke | 1:58.20 | 15 Q | 1:57.55 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Damien Joly | 800 m freestyle | 7:47.44 | 13 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Damien Joly | 1500 m freestyle | 14:56.31 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Antoine Marc | 200 m breaststroke | 2:10.51 | 11 Q | 2:10.66 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Florent Manaudou | 50 m freestyle | 21.72 | 3 Q | 21.96 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Léon Marchand | 200 m breaststroke | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| Léon Marchand | 200 m butterfly | 1:55.46 | 7 Q | 1:54.21 | 2 Q | 1:52.43 NR | |
| Léon Marchand | 200 m individual medley | 1:58.38 | 9 Q | 1:56.34 | 1 Q | 1:54.82 ER | |
| Léon Marchand | 400 m individual medley | 4:10.88 | 2 Q | — | — | 4:02.50 WR | |
| Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | 100 m backstroke | 53.90 | 15 Q | 53.06 | 5 Q | 52.84 | 5 |
| Hadrien Salvan | 200 m freestyle | 1:46.87 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mewen Tomac | 100 m backstroke | 53.57 | 6 Q | 52.86 | 4 Q | 53.16 | 8 |
| Mewen Tomac | 200 m backstroke | 1:58.09 | 12 Q | 1:56.05 | 5 Q | 1:55.79 | 4 |
| Hadrien Salvan Max Berg Guillaume Guth Florent Manaudou | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:14.54 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hadrien Salvan Wissam-Amazigh Yebba Enzo Tesic Léon Marchand Roman Fuchs | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:06.40 | 5 Q | — | — | 7:03.86 | 4 |
| Yohann Ndoye-Brouard Léon Marchand Maxime Grousset Hadrien Salvan Mewen Tomac | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:31.61 | 2 Q | — | — | 3:29.88 | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Charlotte Bonnet | 200 m breaststroke | 2:27.47 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Charlotte Bonnet | 200 m individual medley | 2:13.28 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cyrielle Duhamel | 400 m freestyle | 4:16.97 | 30 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cyrielle Duhamel | 400 m individual medley | 4:45.32 | 20 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Béryl Gastaldello | 100 m freestyle | 54.16 | 10 Q | 54.49 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mélanie Henique | 50 m freestyle | 25.31 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mélanie Henique | 50 m butterfly | 25.75 | 4 Q | 25.70 | 4 Q | 25.80 | 8 |
| Anastasiya Kirpichnikova | 400 m freestyle | 4:09.43 | 14 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastasiya Kirpichnikova | 800 m freestyle | 8:22.74 | 9 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastasiya Kirpichnikova | 1500 m freestyle | 16:00.40 | 6 Q | — | — | 15:48.53 NR | 4 |
| Fantine Lesaffre | 200 m individual medley | 2:13.28 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fantine Lesaffre | 400 m individual medley | 4:42.07 | 14 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pauline Mahieu | 100 m backstroke | 59.60 | 6 Q | 59.30 NR | 5 | 59.72 | 6 |
| Mary-Ambre Moluh | 50 m backstroke | 27.69 | 5 Q | 27.82 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Analia Pigrée | 50 m backstroke | 28.01 | 12 Q | 27.70 | 6 Q | 28.04 | 8 |
| Analia Pigrée | 100 m backstroke | 1:01.67 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Emma Terebo | 200 m backstroke | 2:13.95 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marie Wattel | 50 m freestyle | 24.84 | 14 Q | 24.68 24.62 | 8 S/off 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marie Wattel | 100 m freestyle | 53.59 | 4 Q | 53.83 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marie Wattel | 100 m butterfly | 58.02 | 11 Q | 57.17 | 8 Q | 57.13 | 6 |
| Béryl Gastaldello Lison Nowaczyk Mary-Ambre Moluh Assia Touati | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:38.52 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pauline Mahieu Charlotte Bonnet Marie Wattel Lison Nowaczyk | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:58.54 | 7 Q | — | — | 3:59.24 | 8 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Max Berg Guillaume Guth Assia Touati Lison Nowaczyk | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:27.62 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pauline Mahieu Clement Bidard Stanislas Huille Beryl Gastaldello | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:46.07 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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 | Men's tournament | Italy L 6–11 | China W 17–8 | Canada W 15–11 | 2 QP | Australia W 11–8 | Spain L 6–7 | United States W 18–16 | Italy L 9–16 | 6 |
| France | Women's tournament | Australia L 8–10 | China W 12–11 | United States L 5–16 | 3 QP | Spain L 9–16 | — | South Africa W 20–6 | Israel W 11–7 | 9 |

### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the French roster.
Head coach: Florian Bruzzo
* 1 Clément Dubois GK
* 2 Rémi Saudadier FP
* 3 Ugo Crousillat FP
* 4 Alexandre Bouet FP
* 5 Enzo Khasz FP
* 6 Thomas Vernoux FP
* 7 Duje Živković FP
* 8 Emil Bjorch FP
* 9 Mehdi Marzouki FP
* 10 Charles Canonne FP
* 11 Pierre-Frédéric Vanpeperstraete FP
* 12 Andrea De Nardi FP
* 13 Hugo Fontani GK
* Mathias Bachelier FP
* Denis Do Carmo FP

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 17 | +38 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 48 | −25 | 0 | |
| 17 July 2023 13:30 | Report | France | 6–13 | Italy | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Michiel Zwartt (NED) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Michiel Zwartt (NED) |||
| 17 July 2023 13:30 | Report | Crousillat, Khasz 2 | Goals | Fondelli 4 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Michiel Zwartt (NED) |
| 19 July 2023 10:30 | Report | China | 8–17 | France | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |||
| 19 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Chen R., Xie 2 | Goals | Marzouki 4 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
| 21 July 2023 20:30 | Report | France | 15–11 | Canada | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |||
| 21 July 2023 20:30 | Report | three players 3 | Goals | three players 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |

#### Playoffs

| 23 July 2023 15:30 | Report | Australia | 8–11 | France | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Darren Spiritsanto (USA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Darren Spiritsanto (USA) |||
| 23 July 2023 15:30 | Report | Negus, Pavillard 2 | Goals | Vernoux 4 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Darren Spiritsanto (USA) |

#### Quarterfinals

| 25 July 2023 19:30 | Report | Spain | 7–6 | France | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |||
| 25 July 2023 19:30 | Report | Tahull 2 | Goals | Bouet, Crousillat 2 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |

#### 5–8th place semifinals

| 27 July 2023 15:30 | Report | United States | 16–18 | France | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), David Gómez (ESP) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), David Gómez (ESP) |||
| 27 July 2023 15:30 | Report | Bowen 5 | Goals | Crousillat, Vernoux 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), David Gómez (ESP) |

#### Fifth place game

| 29 July 2023 16:30 | Report | Italy | 16–9 | France | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |||
| 29 July 2023 16:30 | Report | Di Fulvio 5 | Goals | Crousillat 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |

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

The following is the French roster.
Head coach: Theodoros Lorantos
* 1 Mia Rycraw GK
* 2 Estelle Millot FP
* 3 Valentine Heurtaux FP
* 4 Camelia Bouloukbachi FP
* 5 Louise Guillet FP
* 6 Orsolya Hertzka FP
* 7 Juliette Dhalluin FP
* 8 Aurélie Battu FP
* 9 Erica Hardy FP
* 10 Camille Radosavljevic FP
* 11 Tiziana Raspo FP
* 12 Audrey Daulé FP
* 13 Pasiphaé Martineaud-Peret GK
* Lara Andres FP
* Ema Vernoux FP

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 16 | +24 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 0 | |
| 16 July 2023 10:30 | Report | France | 8–10 | Australia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG) |||
| 16 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Bouloukbachi 3 | Goals | Andrews, Fasala 2 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG) |
| 18 July 2023 20:30 | Report | China | 11–12 | France | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA) |||
| 18 July 2023 20:30 | Report | Wang H. 3 | Goals | Dhalluin 4 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA) |
| 20 July 2023 16:00 | Report | France | 5–16 | United States | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA) |||
| 20 July 2023 16:00 | Report | Bouloukbachi 2 | Goals | Prentice 4 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA) |

#### Playoffs

| 22 July 2023 15:30 | Report | France | 9–16 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |||
| 22 July 2023 15:30 | Report | Bouloukbachi, Dhalluin 2 | Goals | Forca 5 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |

#### 9–12th place semifinals

| 24 July 2023 13:30 | Report | France | 20–6 | South Africa | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG) |||
| 24 July 2023 13:30 | Report | Vernoux 6 | Goals | Thornton-Dibb 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG) |

#### Ninth place game

| 26 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Israel | 7–11 | France | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE) |||
| 26 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Bogachenko 4 | Goals | Millot 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE) |