France competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 339 competitors, 241 men and 98 women, took part in 196 events in 25 sports.
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Archery
In France's fifth appearance in modern Olympic archery, the individual archers went 7-3 in head-to-head competition, buoyed by Sebastien Flute's 5-0 record as he advanced to the final and won the gold medal. It was the first medal the French had won in modern Olympic archery. Both teams won the first two rounds before being defeated in the semifinals. They also both lost their bronze medal matches.
Women's Individual Competition: Severine Bonal — Round of 16 → 9th place (1-1) Nathalie Hibon — Round of 32 → 22nd place (0-1) Christine Gabillard — Ranking Round → 41st place (0-0)
Men's Individual Competition: Sébastien Flute — Final → Gold Medal (5-0) Bruno Felipe — Round of 32 → 21st place (0-1) Michael Taupin — Ranking Round → 56th place (0-0)
Women's Team Competition: Bonal, Hibon, and Gabillard — Bronze Medal Match → 4th place (2-2)
Men's Team Competition: Flute, Felipe, and Taupin — Bronze Medal Match → 4th place (2-2)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Max Morinière
Daniel Sangouma
Men's 200 metres
Gilles Quénéhervé
Jean-Charles Trouabal
Men's 800 metres
Frédéric Cornette
Men's 5,000 metres
Pascal Thiebault
Heat — 13:31.16
Final — 13:43.39 (→ 13th place)
Men's 10,000 metres
António Martins Bordelo
Heat — 28:35.13
Final — 28:47.66 (→ 15th place) Thierry Pantel Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Jean-Louis Rapnouil, Yann Quentrec, Stéphane Caristan, and Stéphane Diagana
Heat — 3:04.25 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Dominique Chauvelier — 2:19.09 (→ 31st place) Luis Soares — 2:21.57 (→ 45th place) Pascal Zilliox — 2:30.02 (→ 64th place)
Men's 400m Hurdles
Stéphane Diagana
Heat — 48.41
Semifinal — 48.28
Final — 48.13 (→ 4th place) Stéphane Caristan Heat — 49.16 Semifinal — 49.50 Final — 48.86 (→ 7th place)
Men's 110m Hurdles
Sébastien Thibault
Heats — 13.94 (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk
Thierry Toutain — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 km Walk
René Piller — 4:02:40 (→ 15th place) Alain Lemercier — 4:06:31 (→ 16th place) Martial Fesselier — 4:07:30 (→ 17th place)
Men's Long Jump
Serge Helan
Qualification — 7.60 m (→ did not advance) Franck Lestage Qualification — 7.72 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
Pierre Camara
Qualification — 17.34 m
Final — 16.52 m (→ 11th place) Georges Sainte-Rose Qualification — 16.50 m (→ did not advance) Serge Helan Qualification — 16.47 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
Christophe Épalle
Qualification — 76.24 m
Final — 74.84 m (→ 10th place) Raphaël Piolanti Qualification — 73.22 m (→ did not advance) Frédéric Kuhn Qualification — 71.76 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 metres
Patricia Girard-Léno
Odiah Sidibé
Laurence Bily
Women's 200 metres
Valérie Jean-Charles
Maguy Nestoret
Women's 400 metres
Marie-José Pérec
Elsa Devassoigne
Women's 800 metres
Viviane Dorsile
Heat — 2:01.54 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10.000 metres
Annette Sergent-Palluy
Heat — 32:57.29 (→ did not advance) Rosario Murcia Heat — 33:16.96 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Maria Rebelo — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's High Jump
Sandrine Fricot
Qualification — 1.90 m (→ did not advance)
Badminton
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
18 cyclists, 14 men and 4 women, represented France in 1992. Jeannie Longo won silver in the women's road race and the men won bronze in the team time trial.