# France at the 2014 European Athletics Championships

France are competing at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zürich, Switzerland, from 12 to 17 August 2014. In the men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad won the race, but he was later disqualified after he took off his shirt while running down the home straight. The gold was then awarded to Yoann Kowal.

## Medals

| Medal | Name | Event | Date |
| Gold | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | Men's 1,500 m | 17 August |
| Gold | Yoann Kowal | Men's 3,000 m steeplechase | 14 August |
| Gold | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | 14 August |
| Gold | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | 16 August |
| Gold | Yohann Diniz | Men's 50 km walk | 15 August |
| Gold | Eloyse Lesueur | Women's long jump | 13 August |
| Gold | Christelle Daunay | Women's marathon | 16 August |
| Gold | Phara Anacharsis Marie Gayot Floria Gueï Muriel Hurtis Estelle Perrossier Agnès Raharolahy | Women's 4 × 400 m relay | 17 August |
| Gold | Ida Antoinette Nana Djimou | Women's heptathlon | 15 August |
| Silver | Christophe Lemaitre | Men's 100 m | 13 August |
| Silver | Christophe Lemaitre | Men's 200 m | 15 August |
| Silver | Kévin Mayer | Men's Decathlon | 13 August |
| Silver | Myriam Soumaré | Women's 100 m | 13 August |
| Silver | Clémence Calvin | Women's 10000 m | 12 August |
| Silver | Cindy Billaud | Women's 100 m hurdles | 13 August |
| Silver | Stella Akakpo Céline Distel-Bonnet Ayodelé Ikuesan Myriam Soumaré | Women's 4 × 100 m relay | 17 August |
| Silver | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | 16 August |
| Bronze | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14 August |
| Bronze | Ben Bassaw Christophe Lemaitre Teddy Tinmar Pierre Vincent | Men's 4 × 100 m relay | 17 August |
| Bronze | Kafétien Gomis | Men's long jump | 17 August |
| Bronze | Kévin Menaldo | Men's pole vault | 16 August |
| Bronze | Myriam Soumaré | Women's 200 m | 15 August |
| Bronze | Laila Traby | Women's 10000 m | 12 August |

## Results
### Track and road

| Event | Athletes | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 100 metres | Christophe Lemaitre | 10.16 | 1 Q | 10.10 | 2 Q | 10.13 | |
| 100 metres | Jimmy Vicaut | 10.06 | 1 Q | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 200 metres | Ben Bassaw | 20.68 | 3 Q | 20.62 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 200 metres | Christophe Lemaitre | 20.43 | 1 Q | 20.26 | 1 Q | 20.15 | |
| 400 metres | Mame-Ibra Anne | 45.57 | 1 Q | 45.79 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 400 metres | Yannick Fonsat | 46.23 | 4 Q | 46.83 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 800 metres | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | 1:47.54 | 2 Q | 1:45.94 | 1 Q | 1:46.55 | 8 |
| 800 metres | Paul Renaudie | 1:47.88 | 3 Q | 1:47.54 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 800 metres | Sofiane Selmouni | 1:48.46 | 3 Q | 1:51.01 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 1500 metres | Florian Carvalho | — | — | 3:40.39 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 1500 metres | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | — | — | 3:39.43 | 3 Q | 3:45.60 | |
| 5000 metres | Bouabdellah Tahri | — | — | — | — | 14:11.62 | 6 |
| 10,000 metres | Yassine Mandour | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| 10,000 metres | Bouabdellah Tahri | — | — | — | — | 28:25.03 | 7 |
| Marathon | Jean-Damascene Habarurema | — | — | — | — | 2:16:04 | 13 |
| Marathon | Benjamin Malaty | — | — | — | — | 2:17:09 | 15 |
| Marathon | Abdellatif Meftah | — | — | — | — | 2:13:16 | 6 |
| Marathon | El Hassane Ben Lkhainouch | — | — | — | — | 2:17:54 | 16 |
| 110 m hurdles | Dimitri Bascou | 13.35 | 1 Q | 13.33 | 1 Q | DQ | DQ |
| 110 m hurdles | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | 13.29 | 1 Q | 13.17 | 1 Q | 13.29 | |
| 110 m hurdles | Thomas Martinot-Lagarde | 13.46 | 2 Q | 13.50 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 400 m hurdles | Yoann Décimus | 49.60 | 3 Q | 49.71 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Yoann Kowal | — | — | 8:36.27 | 4 Q | 8:26.66 | |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | — | — | 8:33.44 | 5 Q | DQ | DQ |
| 20 km walk | Antonin Boyez | — | — | — | — | 1:25:31 | 21 |
| 20 km walk | Kevin Campion | — | — | — | — | 1:23:04 | 11 |
| 50 km walk | Yohann Diniz | — | — | — | — | 3:32:33 WR | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Ben Bassaw Christophe Lemaitre Teddy Tinmar Pierre Vincent | 38.55 | 2 Q | — | — | 38.47 | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Mame-Ibra Anne Teddy Venel Mamoudou-Elimane Hanne Thomas Jordier | 3:00.80 | 2 Q | — | — | 2:59.89 | 4 |

### Field events

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| High jump | Mickaël Hanany | 2.19 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pole vault | Renaud Lavillenie | 5.60 | 1 q | 5.90 | |
| Pole vault | Kévin Menaldo | 5.50 | 3 q | 5.70 | |
| Long jump | Kafétien Gomis | 7.83 | 7 q | 8.14 | |
| Long jump | Salim Sdiri | 7.74 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Triple jump | Benjamin Compaoré | 16.83 | 2 Q | 17.46 | |
| Triple jump | Yoann Rapinier | 16.80 | 4 Q | 17.01 | 4 |
| Shot put | Gaetan Bucki | 20.21 | 4 Q | 19.75 | 11 |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Florian Geffrouais | Result | 11.16 | 6.89 | 14.85 | 1.95 | 49.19 | 14.82 | 42.72 | 4.60 | 59.46 | 4:23.84 | 7900 | 13 |
| Florian Geffrouais | Points | 825 | 788 | 780 | 758 | 852 | 871 | 720 | 790 | 730 | 786 | 7900 | 13 |
| Kevin Mayer | Result | 11.10 | 7.65 | 15.14 | 2.01 | 49.23 | 14.28 | 44.53 | 5.20 | 64.03 | 4:24.16 | 8521 | |
| Kevin Mayer | Points | 838 | 972 | 798 | 813 | 850 | 939 | 757 | 972 | 799 | 783 | 8521 | |
| Gael Querin | Result | 11.11 | 7.59 | 14.02 | 1.98 | 48.76 | 14.23 | 43.08 | 4.90 | 51.67 | 4:14.73 | 8194 | 9 |
| Gael Querin | Points | 836 | 957 | 730 | 785 | 873 | 945 | 727 | 880 | 613 | 848 | 8194 | 9 |

### Track and road

| Event | Athletes | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 100 metres | Céline Distel-Bonnet | 11.25 | 3 Q | 11.24 | 3 q | 11.38 | 6 |
| 100 metres | Ayodelé Ikuesan | 11.32 | 3 Q | 11.22 | 3 q | 11.54 | 8 |
| 100 metres | Myriam Soumaré | 11.03 | 1 Q | 11.18 | 1 Q | 11.16 | |
| 200 metres | Jennifer Galais | DQ | DQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 200 metres | Myriam Soumaré | 22.97 | 2 Q | 22.56 | 1 Q | 22.58 | |
| 400 metres | Marie Gayot | 51.80 | 3 Q | 52.11 | 4 q | 52.14 | 7 |
| 400 metres | Floria Gueï | 52.42 | 4 q | 52.82 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 800 metres | Justine Fedronic | 2:02.01 | 4 q | 2:04.39 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 800 metres | Rénelle Lamote | 2:03.92 | 2 Q | 2:03.90 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 10,000 metres | Clémence Calvin | — | — | — | — | 32:23.58 | |
| 10,000 metres | Sophie Duarte | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| 10,000 metres | Laila Traby | — | — | — | — | 32:26.03 | |
| 100 metres hurdles | Cindy Billaud | 12.75 | 1 Q | 12.79 | 1 Q | 12.79 | |
| Marathon | Christelle Daunay | — | — | — | — | 2:25:14 | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Stella Akakpo Céline Distel-Bonnet Ayodelé Ikuesan Myriam Soumaré | 42.29 | 1 Q | — | — | 42.45 | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Phara Anacharsis Marie Gayot Floria Gueï Muriel Hurtis Estelle Perrossier Agnès Raharolahy | 3:28.58 | 2 Q | — | — | 3:24.27 | |

### Field events

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Pole vault | Vanessa Boslak | 4.25 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pole vault | Marion Fiack | 4.35 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pole vault | Marion Lotout | 4.45 | 12 q | NM | NM |
| Long jump | Eloyse Lesueur | 6.72 | 1 Q | 6.85 | |
| Discus throw | Mélina Robert-Michon | 63.62 | 2 Q | 65.33 | |
| Hammer throw | Alexandra Tavernier | 70.91 | 4 Q | 70.32 | 6 |

### Combined events – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Ida Antoinette Nana Djimou | Result | 13.05 | 1.76 | 14.35 | 24.52 | 6.25 | 54.18 | 2:15.22 | 6551 | |
| Ida Antoinette Nana Djimou | Points | 1117 | 928 | 817 | 931 | 927 | 941 | 890 | 6551 | |