France at the Olympics

France has taken part in every Olympic Games with the possible exception of the 1904 Games. In 1904, different sources list Albert Corey as taking place in the games for either the United States or France.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for France is FRA.

History
France has hosted the Games 5 time:
1900 Summer Olympics in Paris
1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix
1924 Summer Olympics in Paris
1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble
1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville
2024 Summer Olympics in Paris 

French athletes have won 671 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. Fencing and cycling are their best sports.  France has won 94 medals at the Winter Olympic Games. Most of these are in alpine skiing.

Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
 1896 Athens  5  4  2  11 1900 Paris (host nation)  26  41  34  101 1904 St. Louis  0  0  0  0 1908 London  5  5  9  19 1912 Stockholm  7  4  3  14 1920 Antwerp  9  19  13  41 1924 Paris (host nation)  13  15  10  38 1928 Amsterdam  6  10  5  21 1932 Los Angeles  10  5  4  19 1936 Berlin  7  6  6  19 1948 London  10  6  13  29 1952 Helsinki  6  6  6  18 1956 Melbourne/Stockholm  4  4  6  14 1960 Rome  0  2  3  5 1964 Tokyo  1  8  6  15 1968 Mexico City  7  3  5  15 1972 Munich  2  4  7  13 1976 Montreal  2  3  4  9 1980 Moscow  6  5  3  14 1984 Los Angeles  5  7  16  28 1988 Seoul  6  4  6  16 1992 Barcelona  8  5  16  29 1996 Atlanta  15  7  15  37 2000 Sydney  13  14  11  38 2004 Athens  11  9  13  33 2008 Beijing  7  16  18  41 2012 London  11  11  12  34 Total  202  223  246  671

Medals by Winter Games

 1924 Chamonix (host nation)  0  0  3  3 1928 St. Moritz  1  0  0  1 1932 Lake Placid  1  0  0  1 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen  0  0  1  1 1948 St. Moritz  2  1  2  5 1952 Oslo  0  0  1  1 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo  0  0  0  0 1960 Squaw Valley  1  0  2  3 1964 Innsbruck  3  4  0  7 1968 Grenoble (host nation)  4  3  2  9 1972 Sapporo  0  1  2  3 1976 Innsbruck  0  0  1  1 1980 Lake Placid  0  0  1  1 1984 Sarajevo  0  1  2  3 1988 Calgary  1  0  1  2 1992 Albertville (host nation)  3  5  1  9 1994 Lillehammer  0  1  4  5 1998 Nagano  2  1  5  8 2002 Salt Lake City  4  5  2  11 2006 Turin  3  2  4  9 2010 Vancouver  2  3  6  11 Total  27  27  40  94

Medals by summer sport
     Leading in that sport
 Fencing  41  40  34  115 Cycling  41  27  22  90 Athletics  14  22  25  61 Equestrian  12  12  10  34 Sailing  12  11  15  40 Judo  12  8  24  44 Shooting  9  13  9  31 Weightlifting  9  3  3  15 Swimming  8  13  19  40 Canoeing  7  8  18  33 Rowing  6  14  12  32 Archery  6  10  7  23 Tennis  5  6  8  19 Boxing  4  7  8  19 Wrestling  4  4  9  17 Gymnastics  3  10  9  22 Croquet  3  2  2  7 Handball  2  0  1  3 Rugby  1  2  0  3 Football  1  1  0  2 Water polo  1  0  3  4 Water motorsports  1  0  0  1 Basketball  0  3  0  3 Taekwondo  0  2  4  6 Table tennis  0  1  1  2 Basque pelota  0  1  0  1 Cricket  0  1  0  1 Diving  0  1  0  1 Tug of war  0  1  0  1 Modern pentathlon  0  0  2  2 Synchronized swimming  0  0  1  1 Total  202  223  246  671

Medals by winter sport
 Alpine skiing  15  14  14  43 Figure skating  3  2  7  12 Biathlon  4  4  9  17 Snowboarding  2  3  3  8 Freestyle skiing  1  2  4  7 Nordic combined  2  1  1  4 Cross-country skiing  0  1  0  1 Curling  0  0  1  1 Bobsleigh  0  0  1  1 Total  27  27  40  94

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

 References 

Other websites 

 France at Olympic.org
 France profile at London2012.com 


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