France competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 238 competitors, 189 men and 49 women, took part in 139 events in 21 sports. Medalists Archery After not competing in archery in 1980, France returned to the sport in 1984 with two male competitors. Men's Individual Competition: Gerard Douis – 2485 points (→ 17th place) Philippe Loyen – 2411 points (→ 35th place) Athletics Men's Competition Men's 400 metres Aldo Canti Heat — 46.14 Quarterfinals — 45.64 Semifinals — 45.59 (→ did not advance) Yann Quentrec Heat — 46.94 (→ did not advance) Hector LLatser Heat — 47.30 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon Alain Lazare Final — 2:17:52 (→ 28th place) Jacky Boxberger Final — 2:22:00 (→ 42nd place) Men's High Jump Franck Verzy Qualification — 2.15m (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw Jean-Paul Lakafia Qualification — 80.52m Final — 70.86m (→ 12th place) Men's Pole Vault Pierre Quinon Qualifying Round — 5.35m Final — 5.75m (→ Gold Medal) Thierry Vigneron Qualifying Round — 5.40m Final — 5.60m (→ Bronze Medal) Serge Ferreira Qualifying Round — 5.30m Final — no mark (→ no ranking) Men's Hammer Throw Walter Ciofani Qualification — 73.10m Final — 73.46m (→ 7th place) Men's Decathlon William Motti Final Result — 8266 points (→ 5th place) Men's 20 km Walk Gérard Lelièvre Final — 1:27:50 (→ 15th place) Martial Fesselier Final — 1:29:46 (→ 20th place) Dominique Guebey Final — did not start (→ no ranking) Men's 50 km Walk Dominique Guebey Final — 4:13:34 (→ 12th place) Gérard Lelièvre Final — DNF (→ no ranking) Women's Competition Women's 3.000 metres Annette Sergent Heat — 9.15.82 (→ did not advance) Women's High Jump Maryse Ewanjé-Epée Qualification — 1.90m Final — 1.94m (→ 4th place) Brigitte Rougeron Qualification — 1.84m (→ did not advance, 20th place) Women's Heptathlon Florence Picaut Final Result — 5914 points (→ 13th place) Chantal Beaugeant Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking) Basketball Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Lost to Uruguay (87-91) Lost to PR China (83-85) Lost to Spain (82-97) Lost to United States (62-120) Lost to Canada (69-96) Classification Matches 9th/12th place: Lost to Brazil (86-100) 11th/12th place: Defeated Egypt (102-78) → Eleventh place Team roster Grégor Beugnot Jean Michel Senegal Richard Dacoury Jacques Monclar Philippe Szanyiel Stéphane Ostrowski Jean-Luc Deganis Hervé Dubuisson Patrick Cham Bangaly Kaba Éric Beugnot Georges Vestris