France competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, between 27 July and 12 August 2012. French athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The French Olympic Committee sent a total of 330 athletes to the Games, 183 men and 147 women, to compete in 24 sports.

France left London with a total of 34 medals—11 gold, 11 silver, and 12 bronze—finishing seventh in the gold medal standings and eighth in the overall medal standings.^[1] Most of these medals were awarded to the athletes in judo, cycling, and swimming. Six French athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London. France's team-based athletes proved successful at these games, as the men's national handball team and the women's national basketball team won gold and silver medals, respectively. Furthermore, the men's national handball team managed to defend its 2008 Olympic title from Beijing. For the first time since 1960, France did not win an Olympic medal in fencing.

Among the nation's medalists were Yannick Agnel and Camille Muffat (retired in 2014 and killed tragically in a helicopter crash one year later), who emerged as France's most successful Olympic swimmers after winning three medals, including a gold, in their events. Meanwhile, Florent Manaudou succeeded his sister Laure with an Olympic gold medal in freestyle swimming.^[2] Renaud Lavillenie set a new Olympic record in the pole vault, becoming the third French man to claim the title, and the first to do so since 1996. Tony Estanguet won his third gold medal in the men's slalom canoeing singles, making him one of the most successful French athletes in Olympic history.^[3] On 11 August 2012, Estanguet was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission, along with three other athletes.^[4]

The French Olympic Committee selected a team of 330 athletes, 183 men and 147 women, to compete in 24 different sports; it was the nation's third largest team outside the host nation, and the first with the highest percentage of women in Olympic history. France did not qualify teams in field hockey, volleyball and water polo, but did mark its Olympic return to men's basketball after a twelve-year absence.

The French team included past Olympic champions, three of them defending (Greco-Roman wrestler Steeve Guenot, mountain biker Julien Absalon, and the men's national handball team). Equestrian eventing rider Denis Mesples, at age 49, was the oldest athlete of the team, while gymnast Anne Kuhm was the youngest, at age 15. Pistol shooter and former Olympic gold medalist Franck Dumoulin made his sixth appearance, having participated at every Summer Olympics since 1992. Épée fencer and multiple-time Olympic medalist Laura Flessel-Colovic, meanwhile, became the first French female athlete to compete at five separate Olympic Games. Because of her repeated successes in fencing, Flessel-Colovic became France's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1996.

Other notable French athletes included slalom canoer and multiple-time world champion Tony Estanguet, judoka and Olympic bronze medalist Teddy Riner, swimmer and junior European champion Yannick Agnel, pole vaulter and multiple-time European champion Renaud Lavillenie, and basketballer Tony Parker, who had previously played for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.

France qualified three archers for the men's individual event, an archer for the women's individual event and a team for the men's team event:

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Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Thomas Faucheron	Men's individual	665	27	Thamwong (THA) (38) W 6–0	Prévost (FRA) (27) L 3–7	Did not advance
Romain Girouille		677	9	Myo Aung (MYA) (56) L 5–6	Did not advance
Gaël Prévost		679	6	Kouassi (CIV) (59) W 6–3	Faucheron (FRA) (27) W 7–3	Ruban (UKR) (43) L 4–6	Did not advance
Thomas Faucheron Romain Girouille Gaël Prévost	Men's team	2021	2	—		Bye	Mexico (MEX) (7) L 212–220	Did not advance
Bérengère Schuh	Women's individual	640	37	Kawanaka (JPN) (28) W 6–2	Lin C-E (TPE) (5) W 6–5	Choi H-j (KOR) (21) W 6–5	Lorig (USA) (4) L 6–2	Did not advance

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French athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[9][10]

Men

Track & road events

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jamale Aarrass	1500 m	3:45.13	12	—		Did not advance
Dimitri Bascou	110 m hurdles	13.57	4 q	—		13.55	6	Did not advance
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	800 m	1:46.03	4 q	—		1:45.10	4	Did not advance
Florian Carvalho	1500 m	3:37.05	7 q	—		3:40.61	13	Did not advance
Garfield Darien	110 m hurdles	13.54	4 q	—		13.48	5	Did not advance
Yohann Diniz	50 km walk	—						DSQ
Ladji Doucouré	110 m hurdles	13.67	4 q	—		13.74	8	Did not advance
Hassan Hirt	5000 m	DSQ*[11]		—				Did not advance
Cédric Houssaye	50 km walk	—						3:55:16	31
Abraham Kiprotich	Marathon	—						DNF
Yoann Kowal	1500 m	3:41.12	3 Q	—		3:43.48	8	Did not advance
Christophe Lemaitre	200 m	20.34	1 Q	—		20.03	3 q	20.19	6
Abdellatif Meftah	Marathon	—						DNF
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	3000 m steeplechase	8:16.23	1 Q	—				8:19.08
Bertrand Moulinet	20 km walk	—						1:20:12	8
	50 km walk	—						3:45:35	12
Patrick Tambwé	Marathon	—						DNF
Jimmy Vicaut	100 m	Bye		10.11	2 Q	10.16	6	Did not advance
Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux	3000 m steeplechase	8:36.96	8	—				Did not advance
Emmanuel Biron Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Ronald Pognon Jimmy Vicaut	4 × 100 m relay	38.15	4	—				38.16

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* Tested positive for the blood-booster EPO; the IOC ordered him to leave the Olympics on 10 August 2012.

Field events

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Quentin Bigot	Hammer throw	72.42	24	Did not advance
Jérôme Bortoluzzi		74.15	14	Did not advance
Benjamin Compaoré	Triple jump	17.06	3 q	17.08	6
Nicolas Figère	Hammer throw	69.74	32	Did not advance
Mickaël Hanany	High jump	2.26	=8 q	2.20	14
Renaud Lavillenie	Pole vault	5.65	=1 q	5.97 OR
Romain Mesnil		5.60	6 q	5.50	10
Salim Sdiri	Long jump	7.71	23	Did not advance

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Combined events – Decathlon

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Combined events – Heptathlon

The French men's basketball team qualified for the 2012 Olympics by reaching the final of the EuroBasket 2011. The French women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players
• Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the France roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[12]

More information Players, Coaches ...

France men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C 4 Kevin Séraphin 22 – (1989-12-07)7 December 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Washington Wizards F 5 Nicolas Batum 23 – (1988-12-14)14 December 1988 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Portland Trail Blazers G 6 Fabien Causeur 25 – (1987-06-16)16 June 1987 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Caja Laboral F 7 Yakhouba Diawara 29 – (1982-08-29)29 August 1982 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Pallacanestro Varese F/C 8 Ali Traoré 27 – (1985-02-28)28 February 1985 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar G 9 Tony Parker 30 – (1982-05-17)17 May 1982 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) San Antonio Spurs G 10 Yannick Bokolo 27 – (1985-06-19)19 June 1985 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BCM Gravelines F 11 Florent Piétrus 31 – (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Valencia BC G 12 Nando de Colo 25 – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) San Antonio Spurs F 13 Boris Diaw 30 – (1982-04-16)16 April 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) San Antonio Spurs C 14 Ronny Turiaf 31 – (1981-06-18)18 June 1981 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Los Angeles Clippers F 15 Mickaël Gelabale 29 – (1983-05-22)22 May 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Khimki	Head coach Vincent Collet Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

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Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	589	398	+191	10	Quarterfinals
2	France	5	4	1	376	378	−2	9
3	Argentina	5	3	2	448	424	+24	8
4	Lithuania	5	2	3	395	399	−4	7
5	Nigeria	5	1	4	338	456	−118	6
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	320	411	−91	5

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Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

29 July 2012 14:30

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United States	98–71	France
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 30–15, 26–15, 20–20
Pts: Durant 22 Rebs: three players 9 Asts: James 8		Pts: Traoré 12 Rebs: Turiaf 9 Asts: de Colo 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Saša Pukl (SLO), Michael Aylen (AUS)

31 July 2012 20:00

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France	71–64	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 13–17, 23–24, 16–11
Pts: Parker 17 Rebs: Batum 7 Asts: Parker 5		Pts: Ginóbili 26 Rebs: Scola 8 Asts: Prigioni 8

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Marcos Benito (BRA), Luigi Lamonica (ITA)

2 August 2012 09:00

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France	82–74	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 14–22, 20–9, 23–22
Pts: Parker 27 Rebs: Turiaf 10 Asts: Diaw 8		Pts: Kleiza 17 Rebs: Kleiza 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Jorge Vázquez (PUR)

4 August 2012 09:00

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Tunisia	69–73	France
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 12–15, 16–25, 26–13
Pts: Hdidane 20 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 8 Asts: Laghnej, Mejri 3		Pts: Parker 22 Rebs: Batum 8 Asts: Diaw 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Bill Kennedy (USA), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS)

6 August 2012 14:30

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France	79–73	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 18–20, 15–24, 23–19
Pts: Batum 23 Rebs: Batum, Diaw 6 Asts: Parker 7		Pts: Oguchi 35 Rebs: Diogu, A. Aminu 7 Asts: four players 2

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Michael Aylen (AUS), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

Quarter-final

8 August 2012 16:15

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France	59–66	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 15–17, 16–17, 6–15
Pts: Parker, Diaw 15 Rebs: Diaw 8 Asts: Diaw 5		Pts: M. Gasol 14 Rebs: P. Gasol 11 Asts: P. Gasol, Fernández 3

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Bill Kennedy (USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the France roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[13]

More information Players, Coaches ...

France women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C 4 Isabelle Yacoubou 26 – (1986-04-21)21 April 1986 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Spartak Moscow C 5 Endéné Miyem 24 – (1988-05-15)15 May 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) CJM Bourges Basket G 6 Clémence Beikes 28 – (1983-10-19)19 October 1983 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Union Hainaut C 7 Sandrine Gruda 25 – (1987-06-25)25 June 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg G 8 Edwige Lawson-Wade 33 – (1979-05-14)14 May 1979 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Lattes-Maurin Montpellier G 9 Céline Dumerc 30 – (1982-07-09)9 July 1982 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) CJM Bourges Basket G 10 Florence Lepron 27 – (1985-01-16)16 January 1985 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Tarbes Gespe Bigorre G 11 Émilie Gomis 28 – (1983-10-18)18 October 1983 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq G 12 Marion Laborde 25 – (1986-12-09)9 December 1986 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Basket Landes C 13 Élodie Godin 27 – (1985-07-05)5 July 1985 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Taranto Cras Basket C 14 Emmeline Ndongue 29 – (1983-04-25)25 April 1983 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) CJM Bourges Basket F 15 Jennifer Digbeu 25 – (1987-04-14)14 April 1987 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq	Head coach Pierre Vincent Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	356	319	+37	10	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	5	4	1	353	322	+31	9
3	Russia	5	3	2	314	308	+6	8
4	Canada	5	2	3	328	332	−4	7
5	Brazil	5	1	4	329	354	−25	6
6	Great Britain (H)	5	0	5	327	372	−45	5

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Source: [ FIBA archive]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

28 July 2012 20:00

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Brazil	58–73	France
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 14–18, 15–18, 9–21
Pts: de Souza 17 Rebs: Santos 12 Asts: Pinto 5		Pts: Dumerc 23 Rebs: Miyem 7 Asts: Dumerc 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Rabah Noujaim (LIB), Felicia Grinter (USA)

30 July 2012 14:30

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France	74–70 (OT)	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 17–13, 24–24, 13–14, Overtime: 9–5
Pts: Gomis 22 Rebs: Yacoubou 7 Asts: Beikes, Dumerc 2		Pts: Batkovic 17 Rebs: Batkovic 10 Asts: O'Hea 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: William Kennedy (USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Peng Ling (CHN)

1 August 2012 09:00

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Canada	60–64	France
Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 13–15, 15–14, 20–22
Pts: Thorburn 17 Rebs: Achonwa 8 Asts: Thorburn 3		Pts: Gomis 16 Rebs: Gruda 6 Asts: three players 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Shoko Suguro (JPN)

3 August 2012 20:00

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France	80–77 (OT)	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 17–10, 20–21, 20–23, Overtime: 13–10
Pts: Gruda, Lawson-Wade 16 Rebs: Godin 8 Asts: Godin 4		Pts: Leedham 29 Rebs: Page, Leedham 8 Asts: Page 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Snehal Bendke (IND)

5 August 2012 09:00

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France	65–54	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 15–6, 30–13, 10–20
Pts: Dumerc 12 Rebs: Yacoubou, Beikes 7 Asts: Dumerc 3		Pts: Belyakova 14 Rebs: Hammon, Osipova 5 Asts: Danilochkina, Osipova 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Pablo Estévez (ARG), Saša Pukl (SLO), Shoko Sugruro (JPN)

Quarter-final

7 August 2012 22:15

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France	71–68	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 12–16, 13–23, 30–17
Pts: Dumerc 23 Rebs: Gruda 7 Asts: Dumerc 6		Pts: Vítečková 17 Rebs: Horáková 7 Asts: Horáková 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Marcos Benito (BRA), Felicia Grinter (USA), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

Semi-final

9 August 2012 21:00

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Russia	64–81	France
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 16–14, 20–21, 13–22
Pts: Danilochkina, Hammon 13 Rebs: Vieru 8 Asts: Hammon 5		Pts: Lawson-Wade 18 Rebs: Gruda 8 Asts: Lawson-Wade 5

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Stephen Seibel (CAN)

Final

11 August 2012 21:00

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United States	86–50	France
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 17–10, 26–12, 23–13
Pts: Parker 21 Rebs: Parker 11 Asts: Taurasi 6		Pts: Gruda, Lawson-Wade 12 Rebs: Ndongue 8 Asts: Dumerc 3

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Elena Chernova (RUS), Peng Ling (CHN)

France qualified boxers in the following events:

Men

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Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jérémy Beccu	Light flyweight	Zhakypov (KAZ) L 17–18	Did not advance
Nordine Oubaali	Flyweight	Faisal (AFG) W 22–9	Warren (USA) W 19–18	Conlan (IRL) L 22–18	Did not advance
Rachid Azzedine	Lightweight	Ramírez (USA) L 20–21	Did not advance
Alexis Vastine	Welterweight	Wojcicki (GER) W 16–12	Tüvshinbat (MGL) W 13–12	Shelestyuk (UKR) L 18–18+	Did not advance
Tony Yoka	Super heavyweight	—	Kean (CAN) L 16–16+	Did not advance

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France qualified five quota places for the diving events:

Men

Women

France qualified 11 fencers.

Men

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yannick Borel	Individual épée	—	Karyuchenko (UKR) W 15–10	Kauter (SUI) W 15–11	Piasecki (NOR) L 14–15	Did not advance
Gauthier Grumier		—	Piasecki (NOR) L 13–14	Did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux	Individual foil	Bye	Lefort (FRA) W 15–9	Choi B-c (KOR) L 13–15	Did not advance
Enzo Lefort		Bye	Le Péchoux (FRA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Victor Sintès		Bye	Chida (JPN) W 15–11	Lei S (CHN) L 6–15	Did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux Enzo Lefort Marcel Marcilloux Victor Sintès	Team foil	—			United States (USA) L 39–45	Classification semi-final  Great Britain (GBR) L 29–45	7th place final  China (CHN) L 33–45	8
Boladé Apithy	Individual sabre	Bye	Buikevich (BLR) L 11–15	Did not advance

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Women

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Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Laura Flessel-Colovic	Individual épée	Bye	Hurley (USA) W 15–12	Gherman (ROM) L 13–15	Did not advance
Astrid Guyart	Individual foil	Bye	Gaber (EGY) W 15–2	Boubakri (TUN) L 5–15	Did not advance
Corinne Maîtrejean		Bye	Sheppard (GBR) W 15–5	Sugawara (JPN) L 9–15	Did not advance
Ysaora Thibus		Bye	Deriglazova (RUS) W 15–8	Ikehata (JPN) L 11–15	Did not advance
Anita Blaze Astrid Guyart Corinne Maîtrejean Ysaora Thibus	Team foil	—			Poland (POL) W 42–31	Italy (ITA) L 31–45	South Korea (KOR) L 32–45	4
Léonore Perrus	Individual sabre	—	Nakayama (JPN) L 12–15	Did not advance

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• Women's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

Head coach: Bruno Bini

France named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[15][16]

More information No., Pos. ...

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Céline Deville	(1982-01-24)24 January 1982 (aged 30)	54	0	Lyon
2	2DF	Wendie Renard	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 22)	22	3	Lyon
3	3MF	Laure Boulleau	(1986-10-22)22 October 1986 (aged 25)	27	1	Paris Saint-Germain
4	2DF	Laura Georges	(1984-08-20)20 August 1984 (aged 27)	118	3	Lyon
5	2DF	Ophélie Meilleroux	(1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 28)	61	0	Montpellier
6	3MF	Sandrine Soubeyrand (captain)	(1973-08-16)16 August 1973 (aged 38)	177	18	Juvisy
7	2DF	Corine Franco	(1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 28)	63	10	Lyon
8	2DF	Sonia Bompastor	(1980-06-08)8 June 1980 (aged 32)	149	18	Lyon
9	4FW	Eugénie Le Sommer	(1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 23)	56	19	Lyon
10	3MF	Camille Abily	(1984-12-05)5 December 1984 (aged 27)	97	23	Lyon
11	4FW	Marie-Laure Delie	(1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 24)	40	35	Montpellier
12	4FW	Élodie Thomis	(1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 25)	72	23	Lyon
13	3MF	Camille Catala	(1991-05-06)6 May 1991 (aged 21)	7	1	Saint-Étienne
14	3MF	Louisa Nécib	(1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 25)	79	16	Lyon
15	3MF	Élise Bussaglia	(1984-09-24)24 September 1984 (aged 27)	101	20	Paris Saint-Germain
16	2DF	Sabrina Viguier	(1981-01-04)4 January 1981 (aged 31)	91	1	Lyon
17	4FW	Gaëtane Thiney	(1985-10-28)28 October 1985 (aged 26)	70	32	Juvisy
18	1GK	Sarah Bouhaddi	(1986-10-17)17 October 1986 (aged 25)	52	0	Lyon

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Group play

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Qualified for the quarter-finals
2	France	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	North Korea	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Colombia	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

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Source: IOC

More information United States, 4–2 ...

United States	4–2	France
Wambach 19' Morgan 32', 66' Lloyd 56'	Report	Thiney 12' Delie 14'

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25 July 2012

17:00

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 18,090^[17]

Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

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More information 5–0, North Korea ...

France	5–0	North Korea
Georges 45' Thomis 70' Delie 71' Renard 81' Catala 87'	Report

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28 July 2012

19:45

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 11,743^[18]

Referee: Thérèse Neguel (Cameroon)

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More information 1–0, Colombia ...

France	1–0	Colombia
Thomis 5'	Report

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31 July 2012

17:15

St James' Park, Newcastle

Attendance: 13,184^[19]

Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

Quarter-final

More information Sweden, 1–2 ...

Sweden	1–2	France
Fischer 18'	Report Report	Georges 29' Renard 39'

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3 August 2012

12:00

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 12,869^[20]

Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

Semi-final

More information 1–2, Japan ...

France	1–2	Japan
Le Sommer 76'	Report	Ōgimi 32' Sakaguchi 49'

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6 August 2012

17:00

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 61,482^[21]

Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

Bronze medal game

More information Canada, 1–0 ...

Canada	1–0	France
Matheson 90+2'	Report

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9 August 2012

13:00

City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry

Attendance: 12,465^[22]

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

France participated in the 2012 Olympics as the defending world men's handball champion, and successfully defended its gold medal from the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[23] The French women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players
• Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The following is the France roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[24][25]

Head coaches: Claude Onesta

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No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Jérôme Fernandez (1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 35) 1.99 m Fénix Toulouse 3 P Didier Dinart (1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 35) 1.97 m Atlético Madrid 4 RB Xavier Barachet (1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 23) 1.95 m Chambéry Handball 5 CB Guillaume Gille (1976-07-12)12 July 1976 (aged 36) 1.92 m HSV Hamburg 6 P Bertrand Gille (1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (aged 34) 1.87 m HSV Hamburg 8 LB Daniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 32) 1.89 m THW Kiel 9 RW Guillaume Joli (1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 27) 1.78 m BM Valladolid 11 LW Samuel Honrubia (1986-07-05)5 July 1986 (aged 26) 1.80 m Montpellier 12 GK Daouda Karaboué (1975-12-11)11 December 1975 (aged 36) 1.98 m Fénix Toulouse 13 CB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 28) 1.96 m Montpellier 16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 35) 1.92 m THW Kiel 18 LB William Accambray (1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 24) 1.94 m Montpellier 19 RW Luc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 27) 1.82 m Atlético Madrid 20 P Cédric Sorhaindo (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 28) 1.92 m FC Barcelona 21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m Montpellier

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Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Iceland	5	5	0	0	167	132	+35	10	Quarter-finals
France	5	4	0	1	159	110	+49	8
Sweden	5	3	0	2	156	115	+41	6
Tunisia	5	2	0	3	121	125	−4	4
Argentina	5	1	0	4	113	138	−25	2
Great Britain	5	0	0	5	96	192	−96	0

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29 July 2012 19:30	France	44 – 15	Great Britain	Copper Box, London Attendance: 5,000[26] Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
	Joli 11	(21–7)	Garnham 6
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31 July 2012 21:15	Argentina	20 – 32	France	Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,906[27] Referees: Olesen, Peders (DEN)
	Fernández, Riccobelli 4	(9–17)	Karabatić 7
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2 August 2012 11:15	France	25 – 19	Tunisia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,670[28] Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Narcisse 7	(12–11)	Bannour 5
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4 August 2012 19:30	Iceland	30 – 29	France	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,521[29] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Petersson 6	(16–15)	Fernandez 9
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6 August 2012 21:15	France	29 – 26	Sweden	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,833[30] Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Narcisse 6	(18–12)	Ekberg, Andersson 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Quarter-final

8 August 2012 14:30	Spain	22 – 23	France	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 8,890[31] Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Tomás 6	(12–9)	Accambray 7
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Semi-final

10 August 2012 20:30	France	25 – 22	Croatia	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,849[32] Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	three players 4	(12–10)	Horvat 6
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Final

12 August 2012 15:00	Sweden	21 – 22	France	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,627[33] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Ekberg 6	(8–10)	Guigou 5
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