France at the 2020 Summer Olympics

France	83–76	United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 22–23, 25–11, 21–20
Pts: Fournier 28 Rebs: Gobert 9 Asts: Batum, De Colo 5		Pts: Holiday 18 Rebs: Adebayo 10 Asts: Green, Holiday 4

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Michael Weiland (CAN), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)

28 July 2021
21:00
v

Czech Republic	77–97	France
Scoring by quarter: 28–22, 12–29, 16–26, 21–20
Pts: Veselý 19 Rebs: Balvín 8 Asts: Satoranský 9		Pts: Fournier 21 Rebs: Gobert 10 Asts: De Colo 8

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Leandro Lezcano (ARG)

31 July 2021
10:00
v

Iran	62–79	France
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 10–24, 20–16, 15–17
Pts: Haddadi 18 Rebs: Haddadi 12 Asts: Haddadi 5		Pts: Heurtel 16 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: De Colo 5

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

Quarterfinal

3 August 2021
17:20
v

Italy	75–84	France
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 17–23, 12–21, 21–20
Pts: Fontecchio 23 Rebs: Gallinari 10 Asts: Pajola 6		Pts: Gobert 22 Rebs: Batum 14 Asts: De Colo 7

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Juan Fernández (ARG), Steven Anderson (USA)

Semifinal

5 August 2021
20:00
v

France	90–89	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 27–29, 15–15, 29–21, 19–24
Pts: De Colo 25 Rebs: Gobert 16 Asts: De Colo 5		Pts: Tobey 23 Rebs: Dončić 10 Asts: Dončić 18

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Juan Fernández (ARG), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

Gold medal game

7 August 2021
11:30
v

France	82–87	United States
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 21–22, 24–27, 19–16
Pts: Fournier, Gobert 16 Rebs: Gobert 8 Asts: de Colo 7		Pts: Durant 29 Rebs: Tatum 7 Asts: Green 5

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Michael Weiland (CAN)

Women's tournament

France women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as one of three highest-ranked eligible squads at the Bourges meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[13]

Team roster

A 15-player roster was announced on 1 July 2021.^[14] The final roster was revealed on 5 July 2021.^[15]

France women's national basketball team – 2020 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	4	Marine Fauthoux	20 – (2001-01-23)23 January 2001	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	ASVEL Féminin
PF	5	Endéné Miyem	33 – (1988-05-15)15 May 1988	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Flammes Carolo
PF	6	Alexia Chartereau	22 – (1998-09-05)5 September 1998	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Tango Bourges Basket
C	7	Sandrine Gruda	34 – (1987-06-25)25 June 1987	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	PF Schio
C	8	Héléna Ciak	31 – (1989-12-15)15 December 1989	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	ASVEL Féminin
SG	10	Sarah Michel	32 – (1989-01-10)10 January 1989	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Tango Bourges Basket
SF	11	Valériane Vukosavljević	27 – (1994-04-29)29 April 1994	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Basket Lattes
C	12	Iliana Rupert	20 – (2001-07-12)12 July 2001	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Tango Bourges Basket
F	15	Gabby Williams	24 – (1996-09-09)9 September 1996	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Sopron Basket
SG	23	Marine Johannès	26 – (1995-01-21)21 January 1995	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	ASVEL Féminin
PG	39	Alix Duchet	23 – (1997-12-30)30 December 1997	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Tango Bourges Basket
SF	93	Diandra Tchatchouang	30 – (1991-06-14)14 June 1991	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Basket Lattes

Head coach

Valérie Garnier^[16]

Assistant coach(es)

Grégory Halin
Olivier Lafargue
Rachid Meziane

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 26 July 2021

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	260	223	+37	6	Quarterfinals
2	Japan (H)	3	2	1	245	239	+6	5
3	France	3	1	2	239	229	+10	4
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	217	270	−53	3

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
(H) Hosts

27 July 2021
10:00
v

Japan	74–70	France
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 21–19, 18–13, 22–21
Pts: Hayashi 12 Rebs: Akaho 9 Asts: Machida 11		Pts: Gruda 18 Rebs: Gruda 9 Asts: Johannès 4

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), James Boyer (AUS), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

30 July 2021
17:20
v

France	87–62	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 26–15, 23–15, 20–20
Pts: Gruda 14 Rebs: Gruda, Williams 9 Asts: Duchet 5		Pts: Amukamara 11 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: Amukamara, Kalu 3

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Scott Beker (AUS), Luis Castillo (ESP), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

2 August 2021
13:40
v

France	82–93	United States
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 22–31, 23–21, 15–22
Pts: Miyem 15 Rebs: Gruda 6 Asts: Johannès 7		Pts: Wilson 22 Rebs: Stewart, Wilson 7 Asts: Loyd 8

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

Quarterfinal

4 August 2021
21:00
v

Spain	64–67	France
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 14–15, 18–19, 16–12
Pts: Ndour 16 Rebs: Ndour 11 Asts: Gil 4		Pts: Johannès 18 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Duchet 5

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Andreia Silva (BRA), Scott Beker (AUS)

Semifinal

6 August 2021
20:00
v

Japan	87–71	France
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 27–12, 27–16, 19–21
Pts: Akaho 17 Rebs: Akaho, Miyazawa 7 Asts: Machida 18		Pts: Gruda 18 Rebs: Williams 8 Asts: Williams 7

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Luis Castillo (ESP), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

Bronze medal match

7 August 2021
16:00
v

Serbia	76–91	France
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 17–24, 16–24, 20–24
Pts: Anderson 24 Rebs: Vasić 8 Asts: Anderson, Brooks 5		Pts: Williams 17 Rebs: Williams 8 Asts: three players 4

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Amy Bonner (USA), Takaki Kato (JPN)

3×3 basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage								Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France women's 3×3	Women's 3×3 tournament	United States L 10–17	Italy W 19–16	Japan L 15–19	China L 13–20	Mongolia W 22–18	ROC W 17–14	Romania W 22–12	5 Q	Japan W 16–14	United States L 16–18	China L 14–16	4

Women's tournament

France women's national 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top three finish at the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[17]

Team roster

The players were announced on 2 July 2021.^[18]

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	United States	7	6	1	136	98	+38	Semifinals
2	ROC	7	5^[a]	2	129	90	+39	Semifinals
3	China	7	5^[a]	2	127	97	+30	Quarterfinals
4	Japan (H)	7	5^[a]	2	130	97	+33
5	France	7	4	3	118	116	+2
6	Italy	7	2	5	98	125	−27
7	Romania	7	1	6	89	142	−53
8	Mongolia	7	0	7	79	141	−62

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ROC 2–0, China 1–1, Japan 0–2

24 July 2021
17:55
v

United States	17–10	France
Pts: Dolson 7		Pts: Paget, Touré 3

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Edmond Ho (HKG)

24 July 2021
21:25
v

France	19–16	Italy
Pts: Cata-Chitiga, Guapo 6		Pts: D'Alie 8

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

25 July 2021
17:55
v

Japan	19–15	France
Pts: three players 5		Pts: Paget 6

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)

25 July 2021
21:00
v

China	20–13	France
Pts: Wang L., Yang 7		Pts: Touré 5

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Glenn Tuitt (USA), Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS)

26 July 2021
17:30
v

France	22–18	Mongolia
Pts: Guapo 9		Pts: Khulan, Tserenlkham 7

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY)

26 July 2021
21:25
v

France	17–14	ROC
Pts: Touré 10		Pts: three players 4

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Shi Qirong (CHN)

27 July 2021
17:00
v

France	22–12	Romania
Pts: Touré 11		Pts: Ursu-Kim, Stoenescu 4

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Glenn Tuitt (USA), Su Yu-yen (TPE)

Quarterfinal

27 July 2021
21:50
v

Japan	14–16	France
Pts: Shinozaki 7		Pts: Paget 5

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Cecília Tóth (HUN)

Semifinal

28 July 2021
17:00
v

United States	18–16	France
Pts: Gray, Plum 6		Pts: Cata-Chitiga 8

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)

Bronze medal match

28 July 2021
20:45
v

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

France	14–16	China
Pts: Touré 8		Pts: Wang 9

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

Boxing

France entered six boxers (five men and one woman) into the Olympic tournament. 2019 world bronze medalist Billal Bennama (men's flyweight), Samuel Kistohurry (men's featherweight), Rio 2016 silver medalist Sofiane Oumiha (men's lightweight), Mourad Aliev (men's super heavyweight), and Maïva Hamadouche (women's lightweight) secured the spots on the French squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London and Paris.^[19]^[20]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Billal Bennama	Men's flyweight	—	Bibossinov (KAZ) L 0–5	Did not advance
Samuel Kistohurry	Men's featherweight	Ragan (USA) L 2–3	Did not advance
Sofiane Oumiha	Men's lightweight	—	Davis (USA) L RSC	Did not advance
Mourad Aliev	Men's super heavyweight	—	Zukhurov (TJK) W 5–0	Clarke (GBR) L DSQ	Did not advance
Maïva Hamadouche	Women's lightweight	Potkonen (FIN) L 1–3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

French canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.^[21] The slalom canoeists, including Rio 2016 Olympian Marie-Zélia Lafont in the women's K-1, were officially named to the French roster on 15 October 2020.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Thomas	Men's C-1	102.75	7	102.83	7	102.75	9 Q	100.65	1 Q	104.98	5
Boris Neveu	Men's K-1	147.12	21	91.78	5	91.78	5 Q	94.86	2 Q	101.18	7
Marjorie Delassus	Women's C-1	121.74	12	167.47	19	121.74	17 Q	117.71	5 Q	115.93	4
Marie-Zélia Lafont	Women's K-1	121.48	19	110.25	11	110.25	13 Q	115.81	14	Did not advance

Sprint

French canoeists qualified five boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.^[23] Meanwhile, one additional boat was awarded to the French canoeist in the men's K-1 1000 m by winning the bronze medal at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta.^[24] The sprint canoeists, including Rio 2016 silver medalist Maxime Beaumont in the men's K-1 200 m, were officially named to the French roster on 8 June 2021.^[25]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adrien Bart	C-1 1000 m	4:03.771	2 SF	Bye		4:04.026	1 FA	4:06.171	4
Maxime Beaumont	K-1 200 m	35.259	2 SF	Bye		36.072	6 FB	35.998	9
Guillaume Burger	K-1 1000 m	3:53.241	4 QF	3:52.817	5	Did not advance
Etienne Hubert	K-1 1000 m	3:45.072	4 QF	3:46.274	2 SF	3:27.319	6 FB	3:31.553	15
Guillaume Burger Étienne Hubert	K-2 1000 m	3:29.296	5 QF	3:18.284	5 FB	Bye		3:32.690	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Léa Jamelot	K-1 200 m	43.589	6 QF	43.338	4	Did not advance
Vanina Paoletti	K-1 200 m	42.334	3 QF	43.163	4	Did not advance
Manon Hostens	K-1 500 m	1:53.668	6 QF	1:54.095	2 SF	1:57.394	6 FC	1:58.133	23
Manon Hostens Sarah Guyot	K-2 500 m	1:45.533	2 SF	Bye		1:38.632	3 FA	1:40.329	7
Sarah Guyot Manon Hostens Léa Jamelot Vanina Paoletti	K-4 500 m	1:39.032	5 QF	1:37.138	4 SF	1:38.202	5 FB	1:38.346	9

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final A (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

France entered a squad of six riders (five men and one woman) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.^[26] Juliette Labous was named as part of the ninth batch of nominated French athletes to the Tokyo 2020 roster on 11 May 2021.^[27]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rémi Cavagna	Men's road race	Did not finish
Rémi Cavagna	Men's time trial	58:39.06	17
Benoît Cosnefroy	Men's road race	6:16:53	57
Kenny Elissonde		6:15:38	38
David Gaudu		6:06:33	7
Guillaume Martin		6:11:46	27
Juliette Labous	Women's road race	3:56:07	30
Juliette Labous	Women's time trial	32:42.14	9

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, French riders accumulated spots in the men's team sprint, women's team pursuit, men's and women's omnium and men's and women's madison. As a result of their place in the men's team sprint, France won its right to enter two riders in the men's sprint and keirin. Unable to earn a quota place in the women's team sprint, France entered at least one rider to compete in the women's sprint and keirin based on her final individual UCI Olympic rankings.

The sprint riders were officially named as part of the tenth batch of nominated French athletes to the Tokyo 2020 roster on 26 May 2021.^[28]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	1/8 Finals	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Rayan Helal	Men's sprint	9.669 74.465	20 Q	Dmitriev (ROC) L	Bötticher (GER) Richardson (AUS) L	Did not advance
Sébastien Vigier	Men's sprint	9.551 75.385	10 Q	Barrette (CAN) W 10.182 70.713	Bye	Webster (NZL) L	Tjon En Fa (SUR) W 9.900 72.727	Carlin (GBR) L	Webster (NZL) Sahrom (MAS) W 10.169 70.803	Hoogland (NED) L	Did not advance	Fifth place final Levy (GER) Paul (TTO) Kenny (GBR) L	7
Mathilde Gros	Women's sprint	10.400 69.231	4 Q	Lee H-j (KOR) W 11.216 64.194	Bye	Kobayashi (JPN) W 11.292 63.762	Bye	Lee W-s (HKG) L	Genest (CAN) Voynova (ROC) L	Did not advance
Coralie Demay	Women's sprint	11.849 60.765	29	Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Florian Grengbo Rayan Helal Sébastien Vigier	Men's team sprint	42.722 63.199	4	New Zealand (NZL) W 42.294 63.839	4 FB	Australia (AUS) W 42.331 63.783

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Victoire Berteau Marion Borras Coralie Demay Valentine Fortin Marie Le Net	Women's team pursuit	4:12.502	5	Canada (CAN) L 4:11.888	8 FD	New Zealand (NZL) W 4:10.600	7

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Rayan Helal	Men's keirin	1 QF	Bye	3 SF	4	10
Sébastien Vigier	Men's keirin	6 R	3	Did not advance
Coralie Demay	Women's keirin	5 R	4	Did not advance
Mathilde Gros	Women's keirin	6 R	2 QF	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total points	Rank
Benjamin Thomas	Men's omnium	2	38	2	38	6	30	10	12	118	4
Clara Copponi	Women's omnium	DNF	16	9	24	1	40	7	5	85	8

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Donavan Grondin Benjamin Thomas	Men's madison	40	0
Clara Copponi Marie Le Net	Women's madison	19	0	5

Mountain biking

French mountain bikers qualified for two men's and two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's third-place finish for men and fifth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021. The mountain biking team was named as part of the nation's tenth batch of nominated athletes on 26 May 2021, with Pauline Ferrand-Prévot leading the bikers to her third consecutive Games.^[28]^[29]^[30]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Victor Koretzky	Men's cross-country	1:26.00	5
Jordan Sarrou	Men's cross-country	1:26.50	9
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot	Women's cross-country	1:20.18	10
Loana Lecomte	Women's cross-country	1:18.43	6

BMX

France received a total of seven quota spots (four men's and three women's) for BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's top-place finish for men's race, third for women's race, and fifth for men's freestyle in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 1 June 2021; and the nation's top-two placement at the 2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Chengdu, China.^[31]^[32]

The BMX squad was named as part of the nation's eleventh batch of nominated athletes on 8 June 2021, with Joris Daudet leading the riders to his third consecutive Games.^[25]

Race

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Sylvain André	Men's race	3	1 Q	11	3 Q	40.676	4
Joris Daudet		3	1 Q	8	3 Q	DNF
Romain Mahieu		10	3 Q	4	1 Q	41.952	6
Axelle Étienne	Women's race	9	3 Q	11	3 Q	45.853	7
Manon Valentino	Women's race	15	5	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Anthony Jeanjean	Men's freestyle	84.65	4	78.20	7

Diving

French divers qualified for three individual spots at the Games by finishing in the top twelve of their respective events at the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alexis Jandard	Men's 3 m springboard	423.60	11 Q	357.85	16	Did not advance
Matthieu Rosset	Men's 10 m platform	275.70	29	Did not advance
Alaïs Kalonji	Women's 10 m platform	295.90	14 Q	269.00	16	Did not advance

Equestrian

French equestrians qualified a full squad each in the team eventing and jumping competition, respectively, by virtue of a top-six finish at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, United States and a top-three finish at the 2019 FEI European Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.^[33]^[34] Meanwhile, a composite squad of three dressage riders was formed and thereby added to the French roster by receiving a spare berth freed up by one of two nations (South Africa and Brazil), unable to fulfill the NOC Certificate of Capability, based on their individual results in the FEI Olympic rankings at the end of 2019 season.

The French equestrian squads were named on 2 July 2021.^[35]

Dressage

Isabelle Pinto and Hot Chocolat VD Kwaplas have been named the travelling alternates.^[35]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Alexandre Ayache	Zo What	Individual	68.929	34	—		Did not advance
Morgan Barbançon	Sir Donnerhall II		70.543	24			Did not advance
Maxime Collard	Cupido		69.068	33			Did not advance
Alexandre Ayache Morgan Barbançon Maxime Collard	See above	Team	6715.0	9	Did not advance		—		Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Karim Laghouag and Triton Fontaine were named as the travelling alternates^[35] and replaced Thomas Carlile and Birmane who withdrew.^[36]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Karim Laghouag	Triton Fontaine	Individual	32.40	26	0.00	32.40	8	4.00	36.40	13	8.80	45.20	12	45.20	12
Christopher Six	Totem de Brecey		29.60	13	1.60	31.20	11	0.00	31.20	6	4.00	35.20	7	35.20	7
Nicolas Touzaint	Absolut Gold		33.10	32	0.40	33.50	13	0.40	33.90	10	0.00	33.90	6	33.90	6
Karim Laghouag Christopher Six Nicolas Touzaint	See above	Team	95.10	9	2.00	97.10	3	4.40	101.50	3	—			101.50

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Mathieu Billot	Quel Filou	Individual	7	43	Did not advance
Nicolas Delmotte	Urvoso du Roch		0	=1 Q	5	88.04	12
Pénélope Leprevost	Vancouver de Lanlore		10	=52	Did not advance
Mathieu Billot Simon Delestre Pénélope Leprevost	Quel Filou Berlux Z Vancouver de Lanlore	Team	15	6 Q	2+EL	168.46	8

Fencing

French fencers qualified a full squad each in the men's and women's team foil, men's team épée, and women's team sabre at the Games, by finishing among the top four nations in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.^[37]^[38]^[39] London 2012 Olympian Boladé Apithy (men's sabre) and rookie Coraline Vitalis (women's épée) secured additional places on the French team as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for individual qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[40]

Daniel Jérent initially qualified to fence in the individual and team epee events, but was banned from participating due to a positive urine test for a banned product.^[41]^[42]^[43]^[44] Jérent was replaced by Romain Cannone, who went on to win the gold medal in individual epee. Ronan Gustin was recalled to be a team replacement.^[43]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alexandre Bardenet	Épée	Bye	McDowald (USA) W 15–12	Santarelli (ITA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Yannick Borel		Bye	El-Sayed (EGY) L 11–15	Did not advance
Romain Cannone		Bye	Limardo (VEN) W 15–12	Verwijlen (NED) W 15–11	Bida (ROC) W 15–12	Reizlin (UKR) W 15–10	Siklósi (HUN) W 15–10
Alexandre Bardenet Yannick Borel Romain Cannone Ronan Gustin	Team épée	—		Bye	Japan (JPN) L 44–45	Classification semifinal Switzerland (SUI) W 45–37	Fifth place match Ukraine (UKR) W 45–39	5
Enzo Lefort	Foil	Bye	Cervantes (MEX) W 15–11	Saito (JPN) W 15–4	Garozzo (ITA) L 10–15	Did not advance
Julien Mertine		Bye	Cheung K-l (HKG) L 12–15	Did not advance
Maxime Pauty		Bye	Matsuyama (JPN) L 7–15	Did not advance
Erwann Le Péchoux Enzo Lefort Julien Mertine Maxime Pauty	Team foil	—		Bye	Egypt (EGY) W 45–34	Japan (JPN) W 45–42	ROC W 45–28
Boladé Apithy	Sabre	Bye	Rahbari (IRI) L 13–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Coraline Vitalis	Épée	Bye	Beljajeva (EST) L 5–15	Did not advance
Anita Blaze	Foil	Bye	Guo (CAN) L 12–15	Did not advance
Pauline Ranvier		Bye	Harvey (CAN) L 9–15	Did not advance
Ysaora Thibus		Bye	Pásztor (HUN) W 15–13	Korobeynikova (ROC) L 12–15	Did not advance
Anita Blaze Astrid Guyart Pauline Ranvier Ysaora Thibus	Team foil	—			Canada (CAN) W 45–29	Italy (ITA) W 45–43	ROC L 34–45
Cécilia Berder	Sabre	Bye	Choi S-y (KOR) L 11–15	Did not advance
Manon Brunet		Bye	Bhavani Devi (IND) W 15–7	Emura (JPN) W 15–12	Nikitina (ROC) W 15–5	Pozdniakova (ROC) L 10–15	Márton (HUN) W 15–6
Charlotte Lembach		Bye	Vecchi (ITA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Sara Balzer Cécilia Berder Manon Brunet Charlotte Lembach	Team sabre	—		Bye	United States (USA) W 45–30	Italy (ITA) W 45–39	ROC L 41–45

Football

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France men's	Men's tournament	Mexico L 1–4	South Africa W 4–3	Japan L 0–4	3	Did not advance

Men's tournament

France men's football team qualified for the Games by advancing to the semifinal stage of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy, signifying the country's recurrence to the Olympic tournament after twenty-four years.^[45]

Team roster

France's initial final squad was announced on 25 June 2021.^[46] However, after several clubs refused to release their players, a new squad was announced on 2 July 2021, along with additional players to complete the final roster.^[47] Before the start of the tournament, Niels Nkounkou was called up to replace the injured Jérémy Gelin.^[48]

Head coach: Sylvain Ripoll^[49]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Paul Bernardoni	(1997-04-18)18 April 1997 (aged 24)	Angers
2	2DF	Pierre Kalulu	(2000-06-05)5 June 2000 (aged 21)	Milan
3	2DF	Melvin Bard	(2000-11-06)6 November 2000 (aged 20)	Lyon
4	2DF	Timothée Pembélé	(2002-09-09)9 September 2002 (aged 18)	Paris Saint-Germain
5	2DF	Niels Nkounkou	(2000-11-01)1 November 2000 (aged 20)	Everton
6	3MF	Lucas Tousart	(1997-04-29)29 April 1997 (aged 24)	Hertha BSC
7	4FW	Arnaud Nordin	(1998-06-17)17 June 1998 (aged 23)	Saint-Étienne
8	3MF	Enzo Le Fée	(2000-02-03)3 February 2000 (aged 21)	Lorient
9	4FW	Nathanaël Mbuku	(2002-03-16)16 March 2002 (aged 19)	Reims
10	4FW	André-Pierre Gignac* (captain)	(1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 35)	Tigres UANL
11	3MF	Téji Savanier*	(1991-12-22)22 December 1991 (aged 29)	Montpellier
12	3MF	Alexis Beka Beka	(2001-03-29)29 March 2001 (aged 20)	Caen
13	2DF	Clément Michelin	(1997-05-11)11 May 1997 (aged 24)	Lens
14	4FW	Florian Thauvin*	(1993-01-26)26 January 1993 (aged 28)	Marseille
15	2DF	Modibo Sagnan	(1999-04-14)14 April 1999 (aged 22)	Real Sociedad
16	1GK	Stefan Bajic	(2001-12-23)23 December 2001 (aged 19)	Saint-Étienne
17	2DF	Anthony Caci	(1997-07-01)1 July 1997 (aged 24)	Strasbourg
18	4FW	Randal Kolo Muani	(1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 22)	Nantes
19	2DF	Ismaël Doukouré	(2003-07-24)24 July 2003 (aged 17)	Valenciennes
20	4FW	Isaac Lihadji	(2002-04-04)4 April 2002 (aged 19)	Lille
22	1GK	Dimitry Bertaud	(1998-06-06)6 June 1998 (aged 23)	Montpellier

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	1	8	3	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	France	3	1	2	5	11	−6	3
4	South Africa	3	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

22 July 2021

17:00

Mexico	4–1	France
Vega 47' Córdova 55' Antuna 80' Aguirre 90+1'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Gignac 69' (pen.)

Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu

Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

25 July 2021

17:00

France	4–3	South Africa
Gignac 57', 78', 86' (pen.) Savanier 90+2'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Kodisang 53' Makgopa 73' Mokoena 82'

Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

28 July 2021

20:30

France	0–4	Japan
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Kubo 27' Sakai 34' Miyoshi 70' Maeda 90+1'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Golf

France entered two male and two female golfers into the Olympic tournament. Victor Perez qualified but chose not to play.^[50]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Romain Langasque	Men's	69	70	69	69	277	−7	=35
Antoine Rozner	Men's	68	69	73	70	280	−4	=45
Céline Boutier	Women's	73	68	72	69	282	−2	=34
Perrine Delacour	Women's	70	70	69	71	280	−4	=29

Gymnastics

Artistic

France fielded a full squad of seven artistic gymnasts (three men and four women) into the Olympic competition, failing to send the men's all-around team for the first time since 1992. The women's squad topped the list of nine nations eligible for qualification in the team all-around to assure its Olympic berth at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[51] On the men's side, two-time Olympian Cyril Tommasone, his Rio 2016 teammate Samir Aït Saïd, and rookie Loris Frasca booked their spots in the individual all-around and apparatus events at the same tournament, with Tommasone finishing sixth in the pommel horse final and Aït Saïd capturing the bronze in the rings.^[52]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Samir Aït Saïd	Rings	—		15.066	—			15.066	3 Q	—		14.900	—			14.900	4
Loris Frasca	All-around	13.700	13.766	13.100	13.366	13.433	12.833	80.332	44	Did not advance
Cyril Tommasone	Pommel horse	—	13.100	—				13.100	43	Did not advance

Women
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Marine Boyer	Team	~~13.733~~	~~10.400~~	13.466	12.733	50.332	60	—		12.066	13.000	—
Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos		14.466	14.566	13.233	13.166	55.431	10 Q	14.500	14.200	13.566	13.700
Aline Friess		14.966	13.666	~~12.500~~	~~12.500~~	53.632	25	14.900	13.733	—
Carolann Héduit		14.233	13.966	13.200	12.900	54.299	18 Q	14.200	13.466	12.833	13.100
Total		43.665	42.198	39.899	38.799	164.561	4 Q	43.600	41.399	38.465	39.800	163.264	6

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos	All-around	See team results						14.366	13.833	12.166	13.333	53.698	11
Carolann Héduit	All-around	See team results						14.400	13.566	12.566	13.033	53.565	12

Trampoline

France qualified one gymnast each for the men's and women's trampoline by finishing in the top eight, respectively, at the 2019 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.^[53] The athletes were announced on 16 June 2021.^[54]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Allan Morante	Men's	21.080	16	Did not advance
Léa Labrousse	Women's	68.085	12	Did not advance

Handball

Summary

Key:

ET: After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France men's	Men's tournament	Argentina W 33–27	Brazil W 34–29	Germany W 30–29	Spain W 36–31	Norway L 29–32	1 Q	Bahrain W 42–28	Egypt W 27–23	Denmark W 25–23
France women's	Women's tournament	Hungary W 30–29	Spain L 25–28	Sweden T 28–28	ROC L 27–28	Brazil W 29–22	3 Q	Netherlands W 32–22	Sweden W 29–27	ROC W 30–25

Men's tournament

France men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top-two finish at the Montpellier leg of the 2020 IHF Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[55]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 5 July 2021.^[56] On 2 August, Timothey N'Guessan was replaced by Romain Lagarde.^[57]

Head coach: Guillaume Gille

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
5	CB	Nedim Remili	(1995-07-18)18 July 1995 (aged 26)	1.95 m	84	253	Paris Saint-Germain
7	LB	Romain Lagarde	(1997-03-05)5 March 1997 (aged 24)	1.94 m	51	66	Pays d'Aix Université Club
9	RB	Melvyn Richardson	(1997-01-31)31 January 1997 (aged 24)	1.90 m	33	72	FC Barcelona
10	RB	Dika Mem	(1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 23)	1.94 m	67	181	FC Barcelona
11	P	Nicolas Tournat	(1994-04-05)5 April 1994 (aged 27)	2.00 m	47	66	Łomża Vive Kielce
12	GK	Vincent Gérard	(1986-12-16)16 December 1986 (aged 34)	1.89 m	112	16	Paris Saint-Germain
13	LB	Nikola Karabatić	(1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 37)	1.96 m	313	1210	Paris Saint-Germain
14	CB	Kentin Mahé	(1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 30)	1.86 m	124	408	Telekom Veszprém
16	GK	Yann Genty	(1981-12-26)26 December 1981 (aged 39)	1.85 m	16	0	Paris Saint-Germain
17	LB	Timothey N'Guessan	(1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 28)	1.96 m	87	175	FC Barcelona
19	RW	Luc Abalo	(1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 36)	1.82 m	278	836
21	LW	Michaël Guigou	(1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 39)	1.80 m	298	1001	USAM Nîmes Gard
22	P	Luka Karabatić	(1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 33)	2.02 m	112	131	Paris Saint-Germain
23	P	Ludovic Fabregas	(1996-07-01)1 July 1996 (aged 25)	1.98 m	87	177	FC Barcelona
25	LW	Hugo Descat	(1992-08-16)16 August 1992 (aged 28)	1.82 m	17	66	Montpellier Handball
28	RW	Valentin Porte	(1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 30)	1.90 m	140	342	Montpellier Handball

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	4	1	162	148	+14	8^[a]	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	5	4	1	155	142	+13	8^[a]
3	Germany	5	3	2	146	131	+15	6^[b]
4	Norway	5	3	2	136	132	+4	6^[b]
5	Brazil	5	1	4	128	145	−17	2
6	Argentina	5	0	5	125	154	−29	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b France 36–31 Spain
^ ^a ^b Germany 28–23 Norway

24 July 2021 11:00	France	33–27	Argentina	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Richardson 7	(12–10)	D. Simonet 8
	1× 5×	Report	1× 4×

26 July 2021 09:00	Brazil	29–34	France	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Dutra 10	(13–16)	three players 4
	4× 1×	Report	2×

28 July 2021 21:30	France	30–29	Germany	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Mem 6	(16–13)	Kastening 7
	1×	Report	1× 1×

30 July 2021 14:15	France	36–31	Spain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Remili 9	(18–12)	Dujshebaev, Gómez 5
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

1 August 2021 16:15	Norway	32–29	France	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Sagosen 7	(15–15)	Descat, N. Karabatić 5
	1× 1×	Report	1× 3×

Quarterfinal

3 August 2021 09:30	France	42–28	Bahrain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Mahé 9	(21–14)	Al-Sayyad 5
	3×	Report	2× 5×

Semifinal

5 August 2021 17:00	France	27–23	Egypt	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Descat, Mem 5	(13–13)	El-Ahmar, Omar 5
	3× 3×	Report	1× 1×

Gold medal game

7 August 2021 21:00	France	25–23	Denmark	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Remili 5	(14–10)	M. Hansen 9
	4×	Report	1× 1×

Women's tournament

France women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the final match of the 2018 European Championships in Paris.^[58]^[59]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 5 July 2021.^[60] On 28 July, Alexandra Lacrabère was replaced by Océane Sercien-Ugolin.^[61]

Head coach: Olivier Krumbholz

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
2	CB	Méline Nocandy	(1998-02-25)25 February 1998 (aged 23)	1.75 m	26	44	Metz HB
3	RW	Blandine Dancette	(1988-02-14)14 February 1988 (aged 33)	1.69 m	110	145	Nantes Atlantique Handball
4	RW	Pauline Coatanea	(1993-07-06)6 July 1993 (aged 28)	1.65 m	47	63	Brest Bretagne HB
6	LW	Chloé Valentini	(1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 26)	1.65 m	24	53	Metz HB
7	LB	Allison Pineau	(1989-05-02)2 May 1989 (aged 32)	1.81 m	252	627	RK Krim
8	LW	Coralie Lassource	(1992-09-01)1 September 1992 (aged 28)	1.70 m	28	28	Brest Bretagne HB
10	CB	Grâce Zaadi Deuna	(1993-07-07)7 July 1993 (aged 28)	1.71 m	128	204	Rostov-Don
12	GK	Amandine Leynaud	(1986-05-02)2 May 1986 (aged 35)	1.78 m	243	3	Győri Audi ETO KC
15	LB	Kalidiatou Niakaté	(1995-03-15)15 March 1995 (aged 26)	1.77 m	40	57	Brest Bretagne HB
16	GK	Cléopatre Darleux	(1989-07-01)1 July 1989 (aged 32)	1.76 m	167	3	Brest Bretagne HB
19	RB	Océane Sercien-Ugolin	(1997-12-15)15 December 1997 (aged 23)	1.83 m	22	35	RK Krim
20	RB	Laura Flippes	(1994-12-13)13 December 1994 (aged 26)	1.71 m	78	137	Paris 92
24	P	Béatrice Edwige	(1988-10-03)3 October 1988 (aged 32)	1.82 m	116	78	Rostov-Don
26	P	Pauletta Foppa	(2000-12-22)22 December 2000 (aged 20)	1.77 m	31	49	Brest Bretagne HB
27	LB	Estelle Nze Minko	(1991-08-11)11 August 1991 (aged 29)	1.78 m	126	284	Győri Audi ETO KC
64	RB	Alexandra Lacrabère	(1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 34)	1.77 m	251	828	Chambray Touraine

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	3	1	1	152	133	+19	7^[a]	Quarter-finals
2	ROC	5	3	1	1	148	149	−1	7^[a]
3	France	5	2	1	2	139	135	+4	5
4	Hungary	5	2	0	3	142	149	−7	4^[b]
5	Spain	5	2	0	3	135	142	−7	4^[b]
6	Brazil	5	1	1	3	133	141	−8	3

Source: Tokyo 2020 and IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Sweden 36–24 ROC
^ ^a ^b Hungary 29–25 Spain

25 July 2021 21:30	Hungary	29–30	France	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Vámos 7	(12–15)	Zaadi 10
	3×	Report	1× 4×

27 July 2021 21:30	France	25–28	Spain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Coatanea, Pineau 5	(12–12)	Martín 6
	2× 3×	Report	2× 5×

29 July 2021 21:30	Sweden	28–28	France	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	Strömberg 7	(16–17)	Foppa 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

31 July 2021 14:15	ROC	28–27	France	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Ilyina 9	(15–17)	Pineau 9
	2× 1×	Report	1× 2×

2 August 2021 11:00	France	29–22	Brazil	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Lassource, Pineau 4	(17–11)	Do Nascimento 6
	2×	Report	2×

Quarterfinal

4 August 2021 20:45	France	32–22	Netherlands	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Flippes 6	(19–11)	Malestein 5
	1×	Report	4×

Semifinal

6 August 2021 17:00	France	29–27	Sweden	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Zaadi 7	(15–14)	Carlson, Westberg 6
	1× 6×	Report	1× 4× 1×

Gold medal game

8 August 2021 15:00	ROC	25–30	France	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Vedekhina 7	(13–15)	Foppa, Pineau 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 5×

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Luka Mkheidze	−60 kg	—	Bye	Garrigos (ESP) W 10–00	Lesiuk (UKR) W 10–00	Yang Y-w (TPE) L 00–10	Bye	Kim W-j (KOR) W 10–00
Kilian Le Blouch	−66 kg	—	Alhassane (NIG) W 10–00	H Abe (JPN) L 00–10	Did not advance
Guillaume Chaine	−73 kg	Barbosa (BRA) W 10–00	Shavdatuashvili (GEO) L 01–00	Did not advance
Axel Clerget	−90 kg	Bye	Ustopiriyon (TJK) W 10–00	Van 't End (NED) L 00–01	Did not advance
Alexandre Iddir	−100 kg	—	Kotsoiev (AZE) L 00–01	Did not advance
Teddy Riner	+100 kg	—	Hegyi (AUT) W 10–00	Sasson (ISR) W 01–00	Bashaev (ROC) L 00–01	Did not advance	Silva (BRA) W 11–00	Harasawa (JPN) W 10–00

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shirine Boukli	−48 kg	Nikolić (SRB) L 00–10	Did not advance
Amandine Buchard	−52 kg	Bye	Levytska-Shukvani (GEO) W 11–00	Park D-s (KOR) W 10–00	Kocher (SUI) W 10–00	Bye	U Abe (JPN) L 00–10
Sarah-Léonie Cysique	−57 kg	Bye	Kim J-s (KOR) W 01–00	Liparteliani (GEO) W 10–01	Klimkait (CAN) W 10–00	Bye	Gjakova (KOS) L 00–10
Clarisse Agbegnenou	−63 kg	Bye	Billiet (CPV) W 01–00	Franssen (NED) W 01–00	Beauchemin-Pinard (CAN) W 01–00	Bye	Trstenjak (SLO) W 01–00
Margaux Pinot	−70 kg	Bye	Teltsidou (GRE) L 00–10	Did not advance
Madeleine Malonga	−78 kg	Bye	Graf (AUT) W 11–00	Antomarchi (CUB) W 11–01	Yoon H-j (KOR) W 10–00	Bye	Hamada (JPN) L 00–10
Romane Dicko	+78 kg	Bye	Jablonskytė (LTU) W 10–00	Altheman (BRA) W 11–00	Ortiz (CUB) L 00–01	Bye	Sayit (TUR) W 10–00

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amandine Buchard Sarah-Léonie Cysique Clarisse Agbegnenou Margaux Pinot Madeleine Malonga Romane Dicko Guillaume Chaine Axel Clerget Teddy Riner	Team	Bye	Israel (ISR) W 4–3	Netherlands (NED) W 4–0	Bye	Japan (JPN) W 4–1

Karate

France entered two karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world champion Steven Da Costa qualified directly for the men's kumite 67-kg category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.^[62]^[63] Alexandra Feracci finished second in the final pool round to secure a spot in the women's kata at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris.^[64]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Steven Da Costa	Men's −67 kg	Derafshipour (EOR) W 4–0	Al-Masatfa (JOR) L 4–7	Kalniņš (LAT) W 11–2	Madera (VEN) W 2–0	2 Q	Assadilov (KAZ) W 5–2	Şamdan (TUR) W 2–0
Leïla Heurtault	Women's −61 kg	Garcés (VEN) L 0–8	Someya (JPN) L 3–6	Yin Xy (CHN) L 0–1	Çoban (TUR) W 2–0	5	Did not advance

Kata

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Ranking round		Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexandra Feracci	Women's kata	24.40	4	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

French athletes qualified for the following spots in the modern pentathlon at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Valentin Prades and rookie Marie Oteiza confirmed places in their respective events with a top-ten finish (second for Prades and sixth for Oteiza among those eligible for Olympic qualification) at the 2019 European Championships in Bath, England.^[65]^[66] Less than a month later, Valentin Belaud was added to the French roster with a gold-medal victory at the 2019 UIPM World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.^[67]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Valentin Belaud	Men's	18–17	4	13	212	2:04.13	23	302	78.16	9	293	11:05.74	9	635	1442	11
Valentin Prades	Men's	19–16	3	11	217	2:00.73	13	309	82.05	26	270	10:38.89	3	662	1458	7
Élodie Clouvel	Women's	16–19	0	24	196	2:07.51	3	295	74.08	12	293	12:17.78	10	563	1347	6
Marie Oteiza	Women's	19–16	1	13	215	2:10.15	7	290	87.70	13	293	12:44.75	19	536	1344	10

Rowing

France qualified five boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.^[68]^[69] Meanwhile, the women's quadruple sculls boat was awarded to the French roster with a top-two finish at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[70]

On 8 June 2021, twelve rowers (eight men and four women) were officially selected to the French roster for the Games, including two-time Olympian Matthieu Androdias and his Rio 2016 partner Hugo Boucheron in the men's coxless pair.^[28]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Guillaume Turlan Thibaud Turlan	Pair	7:09.79	4 R	6:49.19	2 SA/B	6:52.24	6 FB	6:28.01	9
Matthieu Androdias Hugo Boucheron	Double sculls	6:10.45	1 SA/B	Bye		6:20.45	1 FA	6:00.33 OR

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	Double sculls	6:57.83	3 SA/B	Bye		7:12.68	4 FB	6:58.52	8
Claire Bové Laura Tarantola	Lightweight double sculls	7:03.47	1 SA/B	Bye		6:42.92	2 FA	6:47.68
Violaine Aernoudts Margaux Bailleul Marie Jacquet Emma Lunatti	Quadruple sculls	6:33.64	5 R	6:47.41	5 FB	—		6:29.70	9

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

Women's tournament

France's women's national rugby sevens team qualified by securing a spot in the final repechage tournament on 20 June 2021.^[71]

Team roster

France's squad of 12 players was named on 5 July 2021. Additionally, Joanna Grisez was named as a replacement.^[72]

Head coach: Christophe Reigt

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	83	10	+73	9	Quarter-finals
2	Fiji	3	2	1	72	29	+43	7	Quarter-finals
3	Canada	3	1	2	45	57	−12	5
4	Brazil	3	0	3	10	114	−104	3

Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

29 July 2021
9:00

France	12–5	Fiji
Try: Horta 7' c Okemba 9' m Con: Drouin (1/2) 7'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Riwai 3' m

29 July 2021
17:00

France	40–5	Brazil
Try: Ciofani (2) 2' c, 4' m Guérin (2) 6' c, 9' c Ulutule 11' c Grassineau 14' c Con: Ulutule (2/3) 3', 7' Izar (3/3) 9', 11', 14' +1	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Silva 8' m Con: Kochhann (0/1)

30 July 2021
9:30

Canada	0–31	France
	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Okemba 1' c Ciofani 4' m Ulutule 7' c Neisen 11' c Jacquet 14' m Con: Ulutule (2/2) 1', 7' Izar (1/2) 11' Drouin (0/1)

Quarterfinal

30 July 2021
19:30^{[note 1]}

France	24–10	China
Try: Okemba (2) 4' c, 10' m Drouin 6' m Ciofani 9' c Con: Ulutule (2/2) 4', 9' Drouin (0/1) Izar (0/1)	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Tang (2) 1' m, 12' m Con: Chen (0/2)

Semifinal

31 July 2021
11:30

Great Britain	19–26	France
Try: Joyce (2) 5' c, 7' m Smith 11' c Con: Aitchison (1/2) 6' Hunt (1/1) 11'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Ciofani (2) 1' c, 8' m Okemba 3' c Bertrand 7' c Con: Drouin (2/3) 2', 3' Ulutule (1/1) 7', 9'

Final

31 July 2021
18:00

New Zealand	26–12	France
Try: Blyde 1' c Broughton 5' m Fluhler 6' c Nathan-Wong 11' c Con: Nathan-Wong (3/4) 1', 7', 11'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Drouin 3' m Ciofani 8' c Con: Drouin (1/2) 9'