France competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 238 competitors, 189 men and 49 women, took part in 139 events in 21 sports.
Medalists
Archery
After not competing in archery in 1980, France returned to the sport in 1984 with two male competitors.
Men's Individual Competition: Gerard Douis – 2485 points (→ 17th place) Philippe Loyen – 2411 points (→ 35th place)
Athletics
Men's Competition
Men's 400 metres
Aldo Canti
Heat — 46.14
Quarterfinals — 45.64
Semifinals — 45.59 (→ did not advance) Yann Quentrec Heat — 46.94 (→ did not advance) Hector LLatser Heat — 47.30 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Alain Lazare
Final — 2:17:52 (→ 28th place) Jacky Boxberger Final — 2:22:00 (→ 42nd place)
Men's High Jump
Franck Verzy
Qualification — 2.15m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
Jean-Paul Lakafia
Qualification — 80.52m
Final — 70.86m (→ 12th place)
Men's Pole Vault
Pierre Quinon
Qualifying Round — 5.35m
Final — 5.75m (→ Gold Medal) Thierry Vigneron Qualifying Round — 5.40m Final — 5.60m (→ Bronze Medal) Serge Ferreira Qualifying Round — 5.30m Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's Hammer Throw
Walter Ciofani
Qualification — 73.10m
Final — 73.46m (→ 7th place)
Men's Decathlon
William Motti
Final Result — 8266 points (→ 5th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
Gérard Lelièvre
Final — 1:27:50 (→ 15th place) Martial Fesselier Final — 1:29:46 (→ 20th place) Dominique Guebey Final — did not start (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 km Walk
Dominique Guebey
Final — 4:13:34 (→ 12th place) Gérard Lelièvre Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's Competition
Women's 3.000 metres
Annette Sergent
Heat — 9.15.82 (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
Maryse Ewanjé-Epée
Qualification — 1.90m
Final — 1.94m (→ 4th place) Brigitte Rougeron Qualification — 1.84m (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's Heptathlon
Florence Picaut
Final Result — 5914 points (→ 13th place) Chantal Beaugeant Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Basketball
Men's team competition
Preliminary round (group B) Lost to Uruguay (87-91) Lost to PR China (83-85) Lost to Spain (82-97) Lost to United States (62-120) Lost to Canada (69-96) Classification Matches 9th/12th place: Lost to Brazil (86-100) 11th/12th place: Defeated Egypt (102-78) → Eleventh place Team roster Grégor Beugnot Jean Michel Senegal Richard Dacoury Jacques Monclar Philippe Szanyiel Stéphane Ostrowski Jean-Luc Deganis Hervé Dubuisson Patrick Cham Bangaly Kaba Éric Beugnot Georges Vestris
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Louis Gomis First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Stefan Gertel (West Germany), retired in the second round Third Round — Lost to Ndaba Dube (Zimbabwe), 0-5
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Vincent Sarnelli First Round – Bye Second Round – Lost to Moses Mwaba (Zambia), after knock-out in first round
Canoeing
Cycling
Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented France in 1984. Fabrice Colas won a bronze medal in the 1000m time trial.
Men's individual road race
Daniel Amardeilh
Philippe Bouvatier
Claude Carlin
Denis Pelizzari
Team time trial
Jean-François Bernard
Philippe Bouvatier
Thierry Marie
Denis Pelizzari
Sprint
Philippe Vernet
Franck Dépine
1000m time trial
Fabrice Colas
Individual pursuit
Pascal Robert
Éric Louvel
Team pursuit
Didier Garcia
Éric Louvel
Pascal Potié
Pascal Robert
Points race
Didier Garcia
Éric Louvel
Women's individual road race
Jeannie Longo — 2:12:35 (→ 6th place) Cécile Odin — 2:13:28 (→ 11th place) Dominique Damiani — 2:13:28 (→ 14th place) Marielle Guichard
Diving
Equestrianism
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented France in 1984.
Men's foil
Frédéric Pietruszka
Philippe Omnès
Pascal Jolyot
Men's team foil
Frédéric Pietruszka, Pascal Jolyot, Patrick Groc, Philippe Omnès, Marc Cerboni
Men's épée
Philippe Boisse
Philippe Riboud
Olivier Lenglet
Men's team épée
Philippe Boisse, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Philippe Riboud, Michel Salesse