France at the 2000 Summer Olympics

France at the 2000 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 336 competitors, 211 men and 125 women, took part in 196 events in 28 sports.
Medalists
Archery
Sebastian Flute performed better in 2000 than he had in 1996, but still couldn't match the gold medal he had won in 1992. Jocelyn de Grandis was the only other French archer to win a match.
Men
Women
Athletics
This was the first time since 1936 that France failed to win a single Olympic medal in athletics.
Men's track
Men's field
Women's track
Women's field
Combined events
Decathlon
Heptathlon
Badminton
Men's singles
Women's singles
Basketball
Men's team Roster
Jim Bilba
Yann Bonato
Makan Dioumassi
Fabien Dubos
Laurent Foirest
Thierry Gadou
David Gauthier
Cyril Julian
Crawford Palmer
Laurent Pluvy
Antoine Rigaudeau
Stéphane Risacher
Dwayne Scholten
Laurent Sciarra
Moustapha Sonko
Frédéric Weis
Women's Team Roster
Nicole Antibe
Lucienne Berthieu
Johanna Boutet
Sabine Falcoz
Isabelle Fijalkowski
Edwige Lawson
Sandra Le Drean
Nathalie Lesdema
Isabelle Marcin
Catherine Melain
Laëtitia Moussard
Audrey Sauret
Laure Savasta
Yannick Souvré
Dominique Tonnerre
Stéphanie Vivenot
Teams' results
Beach volleyball
Boxing
Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
Cycling
Cross Country
Road Cycling
Men
Women
Track Cycling
Sprint
Pursuit
Time trial
Points race
Keirin
Omnium
Diving
France entered nine diving events and had two top 10 finishes.
Men
Women
Equestrian
Eventing
Jumping
Fencing
Sixteen fencers, eleven men and five women, represented France in 2000.
Men
Women
Gymnastics
Men
Team
Individual events
Women
Team
Individual events
Handball
Men's roster
Andrej Golic
Bertrand Gille
Bruno Martini
Cédric Burdet
Christian Gaudin
Didier Dinart
Grégory Anquetil
Guéric Kervadec
Guillaume Gille
Jackson Richardson
Jérôme Fernandez
Marc Wiltberger
Olivier Girault
Patrick Cazal
Stéphane Joulin
Women's roster
Christelle Joseph-Mathieu
Sonia Cendier Ajaguin
Isabelle Wendling
Joanne Dudziak
Laïsa Lerus
Leïla Lejeune-Duchemann
Myriam Korfanty
Nathalie Selambarom
Nodjialem Myaro
Raphaëlle Tervel
Sandrine Delerce
Stéphanie Cano
Stéphanie Ludwig
Valérie Nicolas
Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland
Teams' results
Judo
Men's Competition
Women's Competition
Modern pentathlon
Rhythmic gymnastics
Individual
Team
Rowing
Men
Women
Sailing
France competed in six of the Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics.
Individual events
Men's Soling
Shooting
Men
Women
Swimming
Men
Women
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
Singles
Doubles
Taekwondo
Tennis
Men's singles
Men's doubles
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Trampolining
Triathlon
France's competitors at the first Olympic triathlon included twins Beatrice Mouthon and Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys. Isabelle was one of the three French triathletes to place in the top eight.
Weightlifting
Men
Women
Wrestling
See also
France at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Notes
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site
References
Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000
Olympics