France at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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France at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	FRA
NOC:	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français external link (French)
1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Medals	Gold 6	Silver 5	Bronze 3	Total 14
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France competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Modern Pentathlon 2.4 Swimming

[edit] Medals

France finished in eighth position in the final medal rankings, with six gold medals and 14 medals overall.

[edit] Gold

• Thierry Rey — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)

• Angelo Parisi — Judo, Men's Heavyweight

• Pascale Hachin-Trinquet — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual

• Philippe Bonnin, Bruno Boscherie, Didier Flament, Pascal Jolyot and Frédéric Pietruszka — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition

• Philippe Boisse, Philippe Riboud, Patrick Picot, Hubert Gardas and Michel Salesse — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition

• Isabelle Bégard, Véronique Brouquier, Pascale Hachin-Trinquet, Brigitte Gaudin-Latrille and Christine Muzio — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition

[edit] Silver

• Alain Lebas — Canoeing, Men's K1 1.000 metres Kayak Singles

• Yavé Cahard — Cycling, Men's 1.000 metres Sprint (Scratch)

• Alain Bondue — Cycling, Men's 4.000 metres Individual Pursuit

• Pascal Jolyot — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

• Angelo Parisi — Judo, Men's Open Class

[edit] Bronze

• Bernard Tchoullouyan — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)

• Philippe Riboud — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual

• Antoine Richard, Hermann Panzo, Patrick Barré and Pascal Barré — Athletics, Men's 4x100 metres Relay

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Jean-Michel Charbonnel

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Pentathlon

• Florence Picaut — 4424 points (→ 9th place)
  1. 100 metres — 13.75s
  2. Shot Put — 13.24m
  3. High Jump — 1.80m
  4. Long Jump — 5.83m
  5. 800 metres — 2:16.70

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[edit] Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Ali Ben Maghenia
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Pushkardhoj Shahi (Nepal) walk-over
  3. Third Round — Lost to John Siryakibbe (Uganda) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Daniel Londas
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

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[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Paul Four — 5.196 pts (→ 12th place)
• Joël Bouzou — 5.107 pts (→ 20th place)
• Alain Cortes — 5.042 pts (→ 23rd place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Four, Bouzou, and Cortes — 15.345 pts (→ 5th place)

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[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• René Ecuyer

• Heats — 52,09
• Semi-Finals — 51,62
• Final — 52,01 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Mark Lazzaro

• Heats — DNS

• Paskal Laget

• Heats — 1.56,01 (→ did not advance)

• Fabien Noël

• Heats — 1.53,25 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Xavier Savin

• Final — 55,66 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

• Fabien Noël, Mark Lazzaro, Dominique Petit, and Paskal Laget

• Final — 7.36,08 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

• Frédéric Delcourt, Olivier Borios, Xavier Savin, and René Ecuyer

• Final — 3.49,19 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Guylaine Berger

• Final — 57,88 (→ 7th place)

Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union

Afghanistan • Algeria • Andorra • Angola • Australia • Austria • Belgium • Benin • Botswana • Brazil • Bulgaria • Burma • Cameroon • Colombia • Congo • Costa Rica • Cuba • Cyprus • Czechoslovakia • Denmark • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • Ethiopia • Finland • France • East Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Guatemala • Guinea • Guyana • Hungary • India • Iraq • Ireland • Italy • Jamaica • Jordan • North Korea • Kuwait • Laos • Lebanon • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Luxembourg • Madagascar • Mali • Malta • Mexico • Mongolia • Mozambique • Nepal • Netherlands • New Zealand • Nicaragua • Nigeria • Peru • Poland • Portugal • Puerto Rico • Romania • San Marino • Sierra Leone • Senegal • Seychelles • Soviet Union • Spain • Sri Lanka • Suriname • Sweden • Switzerland • Syria • Tanzania • Trinidad‑Tobago • Uganda • Venezuela • Vietnam • Yugoslavia • Zambia • Zimbabwe