France competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 206 competitors, 177 men and 29 women, took part in 128 events in 18 sports.^[1]

In France's second appearance in modern Olympic archery, one woman and one man represented the nation. Albert Le Tyrant posted France's best placing since 1920.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Marie-Christine Ventrillon – 2298 points (→ 17th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Albert Le Tyrant – 2408 points (→ 12th place)

Men's 800 metres

• José Marajo
  • Heat — 1:49.60 (→ did not advance)
• Marcel Philippe
  • Heat — 1:50.81 (→ did not advance)
• Roqui Sanchez
  • Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Jacques Boxberger
  • Heat — 13:36.94 (→ did not advance)
• Jean-Marie Conrath
  • Heat — 13:34.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Jean-Paul Gomez
  • Heat — 28:10.52
  • Final — 28:24.07 (→ 9th place)
• Lucien Rault
  • Heat — 29:40.76 (→ did not advance)
• Pierre Levisse
  • Heat — 32:07.84 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Jean-Pierre Perrinelle
  • Heats — 50.78s
  • Semi Final — 50.82s (→ did not advance)
• Jean-Claude Nallet
  • Heats — 50.77s
  • Semi Final — 50.82s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Fernand Kolbeck
  • Final — 2:22:56 (→ 34th place)

Men's 4x100 metres Relay

• Jean-Claude Amoureux, Joseph Arame, Lucien Sainte-Rose, and Dominique Chauvelot
  • Heat — 39.71s
  • Semi Final — 39.33s
  • Final — 39.16s (→ 7th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Jacques Rousseau
  • Qualification — 7.82m
  • Final — 8.00m (→ 4th place)
• Philippe Deroche
  • Qualification — 7.38m (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Paul Poaniewa
  • Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)
• Jacques Aletti
  • Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• François Tracanelli
  • Qualifying Round — 5.10m
  • Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

• Gérard Lelièvre — 1:29:53 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 metres

• Chantal Réga
  • Round 1 — 23.54
  • Round 2 — 23.22
  • Semifinals — 23.00
  • Final — 23.09 (→ 8th place)

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• José Leroy
  1. First Round — Lost to Said Mohamed Abdelwahab (EGY), KO-1

Fourteen cyclists represented France in 1976.

Individual road race

• Jean-René Bernaudeau — 4:47:23.0 (→ 7th place)
• Christian Jourdan — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Francis Duteil — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• René Bittinger — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Claude Buchon
• Loic Gautier
• Jean-Paul Maho
• Jean-Michel Richeux

Sprint

• Daniel Morelon — Silver Medal

1000m time trial

• Eric Vermeulen — 1:07.846 (→ 5th place)

Individual pursuit

• Jean-Jacques Rebière — 12th place

Team pursuit

• Paul Bonno
• Jean-Marcel Brouzes
• Jean-Jacques Rebière
• Pierre Trentin

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented France in 1976.

Men's foil

• Bernard Talvard
• Frédéric Pietruszka
• Christian Noël

Men's team foil

• Daniel Revenu, Christian Noël, Didier Flament, Bernard Talvard, Frédéric Pietruszka

Men's épée

• Philippe Boisse
• Philippe Riboud
• Jacques La Degaillerie

Men's team épée

• Philippe Boisse, François Jeanne, Philippe Riboud, Jacques La Degaillerie

Men's sabre

• Patrick Quivrin
• Régis Bonissent
• Philippe Bena

Men's team sabre

• Philippe Bena, Régis Bonissent, Bernard Dumont, Didier Flament, Patrick Quivrin

Women's foil

• Brigitte Gapais-Dumont
• Claudie Herbster-Josland
• Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin

Women's team foil

• Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Brigitte Gapais-Dumont, Christine Muzio, Véronique Trinquet, Claudie Herbster-Josland

Three male pentathletes represented France in 1976.

Individual

• Alain Cortes
• Claude Guiguet
• Michel Gueguen

Team

• Alain Cortes
• Claude Guiguet
• Michel Gueguen