France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

in Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

. 266 competitors, 192 men and 74 women, took part in 167 events in 23 sports.

Gold

• Pierre Durand — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
• Frédérick Delpla, Jean-Michel Henry
  Jean-Michel Henry
  Jean-Michel Henry is a French fencer. He won a gold, a silver and two bronze medals in the épée events at four different Olympic Games.-References:...
  
  , Olivier Lenglet
  Olivier Lenglet
  Olivier Lenglet is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée at the 1988 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Philippe Riboud
  Philippe Riboud
  Philippe Riboud is a French fencer. He won two golds, two silvers and two bronze medals at three Olympic Games.-References:...
  
  , and Éric Srecki
  Eric Srecki
  Eric Srecki is a French fencer and Olympic champion in the épée competition.He won a gold medal in individual épée event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He won a team gold medal in 1988, silver in 2000, and a bronze medal in 1996.-References:...
  
   — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
• Jean-François Lamour
  Jean-François Lamour
  Jean-François Lamour is a former French fencer and current French politician and cabinet minister. A top fencer, he was a gold medallist at the 1984 Olympics and 1988 Olympics and a bronze medal winner at the 1992 Olympics in the men's individual sabre. He was also world champion in 1987...
  
   — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
• Marc Alexandre
  Marc Alexandre
  Marc Alexandre is a retired judoka from France, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics...
  
   — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
• Nicolas Hénard
  Nicolas Hénard
  Nicolas Hénard is a French sailor. He is two times olympic gold winner. First in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, winning the Tornado Class with Jean-Yves Le Déroff. Second in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, winning the Tornado Class with Yves Loday.-References:...
  
   and Jean-Yves Le Déroff
  Jean-Yves Le Déroff
  Jean-Yves Le Déroff is a French sailor and Olympic champion. He won the Tornado Class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, with Nicolas Hénard. He also has a silver medal from the 1987 World championship.-References:*...
  
   — Sailing, Men's Tornado
• Thierry Peponnet
  Thierry Peponnet
  Thierry Peponnet is a French sailor and Olympic champion.He won a gold medal in the 470 Class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Luc Pillot. They received bronze medals in 1984.-References:...
  
   and Luc Pillot
  Luc Pillot
  Luc Pillot is a French sailor and Olympic champion.He won a gold medal in the 470 Class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Thierry Peponnet. They received bronze medals in 1984....
  
   — Sailing, Men's 470

Silver

• Laurent Boudouani
  Laurent Boudouani
  Laurent Boudouani is retired professional boxer. He is a former WBA world light middleweight champion and a welterweight silver medal winner at the 1988 Olympics.-Olympic results:*1st round bye...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
• Margit Otto-Crepin
  Margit Otto-Crépin
  Margit Otto-Crépin is a French equestrian. She won a silver medal at 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, behind Nicole Uphoff.-References:...
  
   — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
• Philippe Riboud
  Philippe Riboud
  Philippe Riboud is a French fencer. He won two golds, two silvers and two bronze medals at three Olympic Games.-References:...
  
   — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
• Nicolas Berthelot
  Nicolas Berthelot
  Nicolas Berthelot is a French sports shooter and Olympic medalist. He won silver medal in the 10 metre air rifle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.-References:...
  
   — Shooting, Men's Air Rifle

Bronze

• Bruno Marie-Rose
  Bruno Marie-Rose
  Bruno Marie-Rose is a retired sprinter from France . He was a member of the French team which set a world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1990 with a time of 37.79 seconds to win the gold medal at the European Championships...
  
  , Max Morinière
  Max Morinière
  Max Morinière is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.-Biography:At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay with his team mates Bruno Marie-Rose, Daniel Sangouma and Gilles Quenehervé.At the 1990 European Championships in Split the...
  
  , Gilles Quénéhervé
  Gilles Quénéhervé
  Gilles Quénéhervé is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Biography:At the 1987 World Championships in Rome he won the silver medal in a time of 20.16, which still stood as a French record for 21 years until it was broken by Christophe Lemaitre at the 2011 World...
  
  , and Daniel Sangouma
  Daniel Sangouma
  Daniel Sangouma is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.-Biography:...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay
• Joël Bettin
  Joël Bettin
  Joël Bettin is a French sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a bronze in the C-2 500 m event....
  
   and Philippe Renaud
  Philippe Renaud
  Philippe Renaud is a French sprint canoer who competed during the 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze in the C-2 500 m event at Seoul in 1988....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs
• Hubert Bourdy, Frédéric Cottier, Pierre Durand, and Michel Robert
  Michel Robert (equestrian)
  Michel Robert is a show jumping rider from France. He was the final winner of the Global Champions Tour for 2009. He is a two-time Olympic equestrian.- External links :* - References :...
  
   — Equestrian, Jumping Team
• Bruno Carabetta
  Bruno Carabetta
  Bruno Carabetta is a retired male judoka from France, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the bronze medal in the Men's Half-Lightweight division after being defeated in the semi-finals by South Korea's eventual gold medalist Lee...
  
   — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (60–65 kg)
• Stéphan Caron
  Stéphan Caron
  Stéphan Caron, sometimes spelled Stéphane Caron, is a former freestyle swimmer from France.Caron won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle at the Summer Olympics twice in a row, starting in 1988. In 1985, he won the European title in the 100 m freestyle.-References:*...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
• Catherine Plewinski
  Catherine Plewinski
  Catherine Plewinski is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France, who won two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics. She first did so in Seoul at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 m freestyle...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle

Archery

In France's fourth appearance in modern Olympic archery, no individual archer made it past the quarterfinal. The women's team made it to the final, placing last there to finish 8th overall, while the men's team was eliminated in the semifinal.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Catherine Pellen — quarterfinal, 14th place
• Nathalie Hibon — preliminary round, 28th place
• M. Bazin — preliminary round, 47th place

Men's Individual Competition:

• Olivier Heck — 1/8 final, 19th place
• Thierry Venant — preliminary round, 37th place
• Claude Franclet — preliminary round, 64th place

Women's Team Competition:

• Pellen, Hibon, and Bazin — final, 8th place

Men's Team Competition:

• Heck, Venant, and Franclet — semifinal, 10th place

Athletics

Men's 10.000 metres

• Jean-Louis Prianon
  Jean-Louis Prianon
  Jean-Louis Prianon is a retired long-distance runner from France, who represented his native country in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in fourth place.-Achievements:...
  
  
• First Round — 28:08.38
• Final — 27:36.43 (→ 4th place)

• Paul Arpin
  Paul Arpin
  Paul Arpin is a retired long-distance runner from France, who represented his native country in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in seventh place....
  
  
• First Round — 28:25.56
• Final — 27:39.36 (→ 7th place)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

• Raymond Pannier
• Heat — 8:30.94
• Semi Final — 8:19.39
• Final — 8:23.80 (→ 12th place)

• Bruno Le Stum
  Bruno Le Stum
  Bruno Le Stum is a retired French long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres and cross-country running....
  
  
• Heat — 8:36.95
• Semi Final — 8:26.69 (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Charlus Bertimon
  Charlus Bertimon
  Charlus Michel Bertimon is a retired track and field athlete from France, who competed in the men's javelin throw event during his career. He represented France at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he didn't reach the final after throwing 70.84 metres in the qualification round...
  
  
• Qualification — 70.84m (→ did not advance)

• Stéphane Laporte
  Stéphane Laporte
  Stéphane Laporte is a retired track and field athlete from France, who competed in the men's javelin throw event during his career. He represented France at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he didn't reach the final after throwing 69.40 metres in the qualification...
  
  
• Qualification — 69.40m (→ did not advance)

• Pascal Lefevre
  Pascal Lefèvre
  Pascal Lefèvre is a retired javelin thrower from France, who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea but did not reach the final. He set his personal best on August 28, 1989 in Duisburg...
  
  
• Qualification — 76.42m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Patrick Journoud
• Qualifying Heat — 58.94m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Norbert Brige
  Norbert Brige
  Norbert Brige is a retired French long jumper.His personal best jump was 8.22 metres, achieved in September 1988 in Nîmes. This ranks him eighth on the French all-time list, behind Kader Klouchi, Jacques Rousseau, Emmanuel Bangué, Ronald Servius, Mickaël Loria, Cheikh Touré and Salim...
  
  
• Qualification — 8.05m
• Final — 7.97m (→ 7th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Christian Plaziat
  Christian Plaziat
  Christian Plaziat is a retired French decathlete. During his career he won the European Championships, the European Indoor Championships and the World Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   — 8272 points (→ 5th place)

1. 100 metres — 10.83s
2. Long Jump — 7.62m
3. Shot Put — 13.58m
4. High Jump — 2.12m
5. 400 metres — 48.34s
6. 110m Hurdles — 14.18s
7. Discus Throw — 43.06m
8. Pole Vault — 4.90m
9. Javelin Throw — 52.18m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:34.07s

• Alain Blondel
  Alain Blondel
  Alain Blondel is a retired French decathlete. During his career he won the European title once.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   — 8268 points (→ 6th place)

1. 100 metres — 11.02s
2. Long Jump — 7.43m
3. Shot Put — 12.92m
4. High Jump — 1.97m
5. 400 metres — 47.44s
6. 110m Hurdles — 14.40s
7. Discus Throw — 41.20m
8. Pole Vault — 5.20m
9. Javelin Throw — 57.46m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:16.64s

Men's 20 km Walk

• Martial Fesselier
  Martial Fesselier
  Martial Fesselier is a retired male race walker from France, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics during his career, starting in 1984.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 1:22:43 (→ 16th place)

• Thierry Toutain
  Thierry Toutain
  Thierry Toutain is a retired French race walker. With a time of 3:40:57.9, achieved in 1996, Toutain held the world record over 50,000 metres track walking until March 12, 2011, when Yohann Diniz broke it with a time of 3:35:27.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• Final — 1:22:55 (→ 18th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Alain Lemercier
  Alain Lemercier
  Alain Lemercier is a retired male race walker from France, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics during his career.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 3'50:28 (→ 16th place)

• Jean-Marie Neff
  Jean-Marie Neff
  Jean-Marie Neff is a retired male race walker from France, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

• Eric Neisse
  Eric Neisse
  Eric Neisse is a retired male race walker from France. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's 4x400m Relay

• Fabienne Ficher
  Fabienne Ficher
  Fabienne Ficher is a French athlete who specialises in the 400 meters. Ficher competed in the women's 400 meters and 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics.- References :...
  
  , Nathalie Simon, Evecyne Elien, and Nadine Debois
• Heat — 3:29.95
• Fabienne Ficher
  Fabienne Ficher
  Fabienne Ficher is a French athlete who specialises in the 400 meters. Ficher competed in the women's 400 meters and 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics.- References :...
  
  , Simon Fabienne, Debois Nathalie, and Elien Nadine
• Final — 3:29.37 (→ 7th place)

Women's Marathon

• Françoise Bonnet
  Françoise Bonnet
  Françoise Bonnet is a retired female long-distance runner from France. She set her personal best in the marathon in 1990.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 2"32:36 (→ 14th place)

• Maria Rebelo-Lelut
  Maria Rebélo
  Maria Rebelo is a retired female long-distance runner from France. She set her personal best in the marathon in 1991.-Achievements:-References:* *...
  
  
• Final — 2"33:47 (→ 18th place)

• Jocelyne Villeton
  Jocelyne Villeton
  Jocelyne Villeton is a retired long-distance runner from France, who won the bronze medal at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy.- References :...
  
  
• Final — 2"34:02 (→ 19th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Nadine Auzeil
  Nadine Auzeil
  Nadine Auzeil-Schoellkopf is a retired female javelin thrower from France. A three-time Olympian she set her personal best on June 27, 2000 in Strasbourg.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Chantal Beaugeant
• Final Result — 2315 points (→ 28th place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (— 51 kg)

• Philippe Desavoye
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Anthony Ikegu (KEN), RSC-2
• Third Round — Lost to Melvin de Leon (DOM), 0:5

Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg)

• Jean-Marc Augustin
• First Round — Lost to Byun Jong-Il (KOR), 0:5

Men's Light Welterweight (— 63.5 kg)

• Ludovic Proto
  Ludovic Proto
  Ludovic Proto is a French boxer who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the men's light welterweight division .-Reference:...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Mpuco Makama (SUA), walk-over
• Second Round — Defeated Mark Elliott (GBR), RSC-1
• Third Round — Lost to Vyacheslav Yanovski (URS), 0:5

Men's Welterweight (— 67 kg)

• Laurent Boudouani
  Laurent Boudouani
  Laurent Boudouani is retired professional boxer. He is a former WBA world light middleweight champion and a welterweight silver medal winner at the 1988 Olympics.-Olympic results:*1st round bye...
  
   → Silver Medal
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Imre Bácskai (HUN), 4:1
• Third Round — Defeated Darren Obah (AUS), 5:0
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Song Kyung-Sup (KOR), 3:2
• Semifinals — Defeated Kenneth Gould
  Kenneth Gould
  Kenneth Gould was an American boxer, who won the welterweight bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics...
  
   (USA), 4:1
• Final — Lost to Robert Wangila
  Robert Wangila
  Robert Napunyi Wangila was a Kenyan boxer who won a welterweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games...
  
   (KEN), KO-2

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

• Catherine Marsal
  Catherine Marsal
  Catherine Marsal is a retired female racing cyclist from France. She has been World Champion four times and raced professionally in Italy and the US. At the age of 17 she was selected for the French Olympic Team for the first time. Since then she represented her native country at four Summer...
  
   — 2:00:52 (→ 10th place)
• Viola Paultiz — 2:00:52 (→ 13th place)
• Jeannie Longo
  Jeannie Longo
  Jeannie Longo is a French racing cyclist, multiple French champion and 13 times world champion. Longo is still active in cycling as of 2011 and is widely considered one of the greatest female cyclists of all time...
  
   — 2:00:52 (→ 21st place)

Fencing

19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented France in 1988.

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twentieth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 20 to 21 1988. 68 fencers from 29 nations competed.-Results:...

• Philippe Omnès
  Philippe Omnes
  Philippe Omnès is a French fencer and Olympic champion in the foil competition.He won a gold medal in individual foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.-References:...
  
  
• Laurent Bel
  Laurent Bel
  Laurent Bel is a French fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Patrick Groc
  Patrick Groc
  Patrick Groc is a French fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team foil

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 26 to 27, 1988...

• Laurent Bel
  Laurent Bel
  Laurent Bel is a French fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Patrick Groc
  Patrick Groc
  Patrick Groc is a French fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Youssef Hocine
  Youssef Hocine
  Youssef Hocine is a French fencer. He competed in the team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Patrice Lhotellier
  Patrice Lhotellier
  Patrice Lhotellier is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Athens, together with Jean-Noël Ferrari, Brice Guyart and Lionel Plumenail.-References:...
  
  , Philippe Omnès
  Philippe Omnes
  Philippe Omnès is a French fencer and Olympic champion in the foil competition.He won a gold medal in individual foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.-References:...
  
  

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twentieth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 23 to 24 1988. 79 fencers from 33 nations competed.-Results:...

• Philippe Riboud
  Philippe Riboud
  Philippe Riboud is a French fencer. He won two golds, two silvers and two bronze medals at three Olympic Games.-References:...
  
  
• Éric Srecki
  Eric Srecki
  Eric Srecki is a French fencer and Olympic champion in the épée competition.He won a gold medal in individual épée event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He won a team gold medal in 1988, silver in 2000, and a bronze medal in 1996.-References:...
  
  
• Jean-Michel Henry
  Jean-Michel Henry
  Jean-Michel Henry is a French fencer. He won a gold, a silver and two bronze medals in the épée events at four different Olympic Games.-References:...
  
  

Men's team épée

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 29 to 30 1988...

• Frédéric Delpla
  Frédéric Delpla
  Frédéric Delpla is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Jean-Michel Henry
  Jean-Michel Henry
  Jean-Michel Henry is a French fencer. He won a gold, a silver and two bronze medals in the épée events at four different Olympic Games.-References:...
  
  , Olivier Lenglet
  Olivier Lenglet
  Olivier Lenglet is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée at the 1988 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Philippe Riboud
  Philippe Riboud
  Philippe Riboud is a French fencer. He won two golds, two silvers and two bronze medals at three Olympic Games.-References:...
  
  , Éric Srecki
  Eric Srecki
  Eric Srecki is a French fencer and Olympic champion in the épée competition.He won a gold medal in individual épée event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He won a team gold medal in 1988, silver in 2000, and a bronze medal in 1996.-References:...
  
  

Men's sabre

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twentyfirst appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 22 to 23, 1988. 40 fencers from 18 nations competed.-Results:...

• Jean-François Lamour
  Jean-François Lamour
  Jean-François Lamour is a former French fencer and current French politician and cabinet minister. A top fencer, he was a gold medallist at the 1984 Olympics and 1988 Olympics and a bronze medal winner at the 1992 Olympics in the men's individual sabre. He was also world champion in 1987...
  
  
• Philippe Delrieu
  Philippe Delrieu
  Philippe Delrieu is a French fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Pierre Guichot
  Pierre Guichot
  Pierre Guichot is a French fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre at the 1984 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team sabre

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 28 to 29, 1988...

• Philippe Delrieu
  Philippe Delrieu
  Philippe Delrieu is a French fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Franck Ducheix
  Franck Ducheix
  Franck Ducheix is a French fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre at the 1984 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Pierre Guichot
  Pierre Guichot
  Pierre Guichot is a French fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre at the 1984 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Jean-François Lamour
  Jean-François Lamour
  Jean-François Lamour is a former French fencer and current French politician and cabinet minister. A top fencer, he was a gold medallist at the 1984 Olympics and 1988 Olympics and a bronze medal winner at the 1992 Olympics in the men's individual sabre. He was also world champion in 1987...
  
  

Women's foil

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 21 to 22, 1988. 45 fencers from 19 nations competed.-Results:...

• Isabelle Spennato
  Isabelle Spennato
  Isabelle Spennato is a French fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin
  Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin
  Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin is a French fencer. She won a gold, silver and bronze medal in the women's team foil events at three different Olympic Games.-References:...
  
  
• Laurence Modaine-Cessac
  Laurence Modaine-Cessac
  Laurence Modaine-Cessac is a French fencer. She won a bronze medal in the women's team foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Women's team foil

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil

The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 27 to 28, 1985...

• Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin
  Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin
  Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin is a French fencer. She won a gold, silver and bronze medal in the women's team foil events at three different Olympic Games.-References:...
  
  , Gisèle Meygret
  Gisèle Meygret
  Gisèle Meygret was a French fencer. She competed in the women's foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Laurence Modaine-Cessac
  Laurence Modaine-Cessac
  Laurence Modaine-Cessac is a French fencer. She won a bronze medal in the women's team foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Nathalie Pallet
  Nathalie Pallet
  Nathalie Pallet is a French fencer. She competed in the women's team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Isabelle Spennato
  Isabelle Spennato
  Isabelle Spennato is a French fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Christophe Ruer — 5242 pts (→ 5th place)
• Joel Bouzou — 5198 pts (→ 8th place)
• Bruno Genard — 4828 pts (→ 37th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Ruer, Bouzou, and Genard — 15268 pts (→ 4th place)

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Stéphan Caron
  Stéphan Caron
  Stéphan Caron, sometimes spelled Stéphane Caron, is a former freestyle swimmer from France.Caron won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle at the Summer Olympics twice in a row, starting in 1988. In 1985, he won the European title in the 100 m freestyle.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 23.22
• B-Final — scratched (→ no ranking)

• Christophe Kalfayan
  Christophe Kalfayan
  Christophe Kalfayan is a retired male freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He twice won the silver medal in the men's 50 m freestyle at the European LC Championships : in 1993 and 1995.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 23.47
• B-Final — 23.15 (→ 13th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Stéphan Caron
  Stéphan Caron
  Stéphan Caron, sometimes spelled Stéphane Caron, is a former freestyle swimmer from France.Caron won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle at the Summer Olympics twice in a row, starting in 1988. In 1985, he won the European title in the 100 m freestyle.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 49.37
• Final — 49.62 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Christophe Kalfayan
  Christophe Kalfayan
  Christophe Kalfayan is a retired male freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He twice won the silver medal in the men's 50 m freestyle at the European LC Championships : in 1993 and 1995.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 51.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Stéphan Caron
  Stéphan Caron
  Stéphan Caron, sometimes spelled Stéphane Caron, is a former freestyle swimmer from France.Caron won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle at the Summer Olympics twice in a row, starting in 1988. In 1985, he won the European title in the 100 m freestyle.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 1:49.66
• B-Final — scratched (→ no ranking)

• Ludovic Depickère
  Ludovic Depickère
  Ludovic Depickère is a retired magician and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He was affiliated with a club called Dauphins Wattrelos....
  
  
• Heat — 1:53.81 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Franck Iacono
  Franck Iacono
  Franck Iacono is a retired freestyle swimmer from France. He competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984. He was affiliated with the University of Alabama ....
  
  
• Heat — 4:00.04 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Christophe Marchand
  Christophe Marchand
  Christophe Marchand is a retired freestyle swimmer from France. He competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. He twice claimed the gold medal at the Mediterranean Games in the men's 400 metres freestyle event.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 15:22.19 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

• Franck Iacono
  Franck Iacono
  Franck Iacono is a retired freestyle swimmer from France. He competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984. He was affiliated with the University of Alabama ....
  
  
• Heat — 15:22.66 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Franck Schott
  Franck Schott
  Franck Schott is a retired backstroke and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the 1991 European Long Course Championships in Athens, Greece.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 56.76
• B-Final — 56.98 (→ 10th place)

• Renaud Boucher
• Heat — 58.90 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• David Holderbach
• Heat — 2:04.83 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• David Leblanc
• Heat — 1:04.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

• Cédric Penicaud
  Cédric Penicaud
  Cédric Penicaud is a retired breaststroke swimmer from France, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He won a silver medal at the 1991 European Long Course Championships in Athens, Greece as a member of the French relay team in the men's 4×100 m...
  
  
• Heat — 1:05.46 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Cédric Penicaud
  Cédric Penicaud
  Cédric Penicaud is a retired breaststroke swimmer from France, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He won a silver medal at the 1991 European Long Course Championships in Athens, Greece as a member of the French relay team in the men's 4×100 m...
  
  
• Heat — 2:18.72
• B-Final — 2:18.95 (→ 16th place)

• David Leblanc
• Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Ludovic Depickère
  Ludovic Depickère
  Ludovic Depickère is a retired magician and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He was affiliated with a club called Dauphins Wattrelos....
  
  
• Heat — 56.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Christophe Bordeau
  Christophe Bordeau
  Christophe Bordeau is a retired butterfly and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won two bronze medals in the early 1990s at the European Long Course Championships.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 2:01.70
• B-Final — 2:01.46 (→ 13th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Christophe Bordeau
  Christophe Bordeau
  Christophe Bordeau is a retired butterfly and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won two bronze medals in the early 1990s at the European Long Course Championships.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 2:04.95
• B-Final — 2:05.51 (→ 12th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Christophe Bordeau
  Christophe Bordeau
  Christophe Bordeau is a retired butterfly and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won two bronze medals in the early 1990s at the European Long Course Championships.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 4:23.46
• B-Final — 4:23.39 (→ 10th place)

• Laurent Journet
• Heat — 4:29.03 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Stéphan Caron
  Stéphan Caron
  Stéphan Caron, sometimes spelled Stéphane Caron, is a former freestyle swimmer from France.Caron won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle at the Summer Olympics twice in a row, starting in 1988. In 1985, he won the European title in the 100 m freestyle.-References:*...
  
  , Christophe Kalfayan
  Christophe Kalfayan
  Christophe Kalfayan is a retired male freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He twice won the silver medal in the men's 50 m freestyle at the European LC Championships : in 1993 and 1995.-References:*...
  
  , Laurent Neuville, and Bruno Gutzeit
  Bruno Gutzeit
  Bruno Gutzeit is a retired butterfly swimmer from France, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won three silver medals at the 1989 European Long Course Championships in Bonn, West Germany.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 3:21.77
• Final — 3:20.02 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Stéphan Caron
  Stéphan Caron
  Stéphan Caron, sometimes spelled Stéphane Caron, is a former freestyle swimmer from France.Caron won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle at the Summer Olympics twice in a row, starting in 1988. In 1985, he won the European title in the 100 m freestyle.-References:*...
  
  , Michel Pou, Olivier Fougeroud, and Laurent Neuville
• Heat — 7:23.03
• Michel Pou, Franck Iacono
  Franck Iacono
  Franck Iacono is a retired freestyle swimmer from France. He competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984. He was affiliated with the University of Alabama ....
  
  , Olivier Fougeroud, and Ludovic Depickère
  Ludovic Depickère
  Ludovic Depickère is a retired magician and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He was affiliated with a club called Dauphins Wattrelos....
  
  
• Final — 7:24.69 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Franck Schott
  Franck Schott
  Franck Schott is a retired backstroke and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the 1991 European Long Course Championships in Athens, Greece.-References:* *...
  
  , David Leblanc, Ludovic Depickère
  Ludovic Depickère
  Ludovic Depickère is a retired magician and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He was affiliated with a club called Dauphins Wattrelos....
  
  , and Bruno Gutzeit
  Bruno Gutzeit
  Bruno Gutzeit is a retired butterfly swimmer from France, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won three silver medals at the 1989 European Long Course Championships in Bonn, West Germany.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 3:48.64 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Catherine Plewinski
  Catherine Plewinski
  Catherine Plewinski is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France, who won two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics. She first did so in Seoul at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 m freestyle...
  
  
• Heat — 26.01
• Final — 25.90 (→ 7th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Catherine Plewinski
  Catherine Plewinski
  Catherine Plewinski is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France, who won two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics. She first did so in Seoul at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 m freestyle...
  
  
• Heat — 55.53
• Final — 55.49 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Jacqueline Délord
• Heat — 58.22 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Cécile Prunier
• Heat — 2:01.60
• Final — 2:02.88 (→ 8th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Cécile Prunier
• Heat — 4:15.63
• B-Final — 4:21.03 (→ 16th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Karyn Faure
• Heat — 8:41.64 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

• Cécile Prunier
• Heat — 8:57.22 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Laurence Guillou
• Heat — 1:05.07 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Christine Magnier
• Heat — 2:24.15 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Pascaline Louvrier
• Heat — 1:13.21 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

• Virginie Bojaryn
• Heat — 1:13.55 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Virginie Bojaryn
• Heat — 2:37.38 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

• Pascaline Louvrier
• Heat — 2:38.75 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Catherine Plewinski
  Catherine Plewinski
  Catherine Plewinski is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France, who won two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics. She first did so in Seoul at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 m freestyle...
  
  
• Heat — 59.34
• Final — 59.58 (→ 4th place)

• Jacqueline Délord
• Heat — 1:02.24
• B-Final — 1:02.45 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Claire Supiot
• Heat — 2:21.65 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Christine Magnier
• Heat — 4:51.91
• Final — 4:53.29 (→ 14th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Laurence Guillou, Pascaline Louvrier, Catherine Plewinski
  Catherine Plewinski
  Catherine Plewinski is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France, who won two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics. She first did so in Seoul at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 m freestyle...
  
  , and Jacqueline Délord
• Heat — 4:16.21 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

• Catherine Suire
  Catherine Suire
  Catherine Suire is a former tennis player from France, who competed as a lucky loser for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She won eight doubles titles in her professional career, and reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on May 14, 1984, when she became the...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Yayuk Basuki
  Yayuk Basuki
  Yayuk Basuki is a professional tennis player from Indonesia. She is the highest-ever ranked tennis player from Indonesia, having reached #19 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings in October 1997...
  
   (Indonesia) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
• Second Round — Defeated Jeong-Myung Lee (South Korea) 7-5, 4-6, 7-5
• Third Round — Lost to Steffi Graf
  Steffi Graf
  Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
  
   (West Germany) 3-6, 0-6

• Isabelle Demongeot
  Isabelle Demongeot
  Isabelle Demongeot is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional on May 1, 1983. She lived in Saint-Tropez in the French Riviera in the early stages of her career and later settled down further south in Gassin.Demongeot won her only WTA Tour singles title in Purchase...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Jana Novotná
  Jana Novotná
  Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...
  
   (Czechoslovakia) 4-6, 3-6

• Nathalie Tauziat
  Nathalie Tauziat
  Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Carling Bassett-Seguso
  Carling Bassett-Seguso
  Carling Kathrin Bassett-Seguso is a former Canadian professional tennis player. Bassett is the daughter of John F. Bassett and Susan Carling, and the granddaughter of media baron John Bassett and politician and brewery executive John Carling.-Tennis career:In 1981, Bassett won the Canadian junior...
  
   (Canada) 7-6, 6-1
• Second Round — Lost to Catarina Lindqvist
  Catarina Lindqvist
  Anna Catarina Lindqvist Ryan is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.-Career:Lindqvist turned professional in 1983. She reached a career high rank of #10 in April 1985. She also won 6 WTA Tour singles titles and 1 doubles...
  
   (Sweden) 6-2, 3-6, 4-6

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
• Defeated the Netherlands (3-1)
• Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
• Defeated Japan (3-1)
• Lost to United States (0-3)
• Defeated Argentina (3-0)
• Classification Matches
• 5th/8th place: Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
• 7th/8th place: Lost to Sweden (2-3) → 8th place

• Team Roster
• Philippe Blain
  Philippe Blain
  Philippe Blain is a French former volleyball player and coach.He started playing in the team of his native city, Montpellier. He remained there until 1989, when he moved in Italy to Cuneo...
  
  
• Jean-Baptiste Martzluff
• Herve Mazzon
• Eric N'Gapeth
  Eric N'Gapeth
  Eric N'Gapeth is a French former volleyball player and coach who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.- References :...
  
  
• Eric Bouvier
• Christophe Meneau
• Jean-Marc Jurkovitz
• Laurent Tillie
• Olivier Rossard
• Patrick Duflos
• Alain Fabiani
• Philippe Salvan
• Head Coach: Eric Daniel

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Defeated South Korea (16-5)
• Lost to West Germany (9-10)
• Lost to Soviet Union (4-18)
• Lost to Australia (6-7)
• Lost to Italy (8-14)
• Classification Round (Group E)
• Defeated China (11-4)
• Lost to Greece (7-10) → Tenth place

• Team Roster
• Arnaud Bouet
• Marc Brisfer
• Marc Crousillat
• Pierre Garsau
• Bruno Boyadjian
• Philippe Herve
• Michel Idoux
• Thierry Alimondo
• Michel Crousillat
• Nicolas Marischael
• Nicolas Jeleff
• Pascal Perot
• Christian Volpi
• Head Coach: Jean Paul Clemencon

Weightlifting

First-heavyweight 90–100 kg

• Francis Tournefier
  Francis Tournefier
  Francis Tournefier is a French weightlifter.He competed in the 100 kg class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, ranking fifth with a total of 385 kg....
  
  — 5th place, 385.0 kg (170.0 kg/ 215.0 kg)