France at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

France at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
France at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	FRA
NPC	French Paralympic and Sports Committee
Website	france-paralympique.fr
in Beijing
Competitors	119 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Assia El'Hannouni
Medals; Ranked 12th	Gold 12 Silver 21 Bronze 19 Total 52
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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France sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. France sent 119 athletes, who competed in 13 sports: archery, athletics, cycling, equestrian, wheelchair fencing, powerlifting, judo, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair tennis. There were some competitors that competed in rowing which made its debut in the Games.

The country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony was Assia El'Hannouni, who won four gold medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.^[1]

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	David Smétanine	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S4
Gold	Arnaud Assoumani	Athletics	Men's long jump F46
Gold	Thu Kamkasomphou	Table tennis	Women's singles class 8
Gold	Christophe Durand	Table tennis	Men's singles class 4/5
Gold	Vincent Boury	Table tennis	Men's singles class 2
Gold	Laurent Thirionet	Cycling	Men's cycling, road time trial
Gold		Wheelchair fencing	Men's individual sabre, category B
Gold	Stéphane Houdet Michael Jeremiasz	Wheelchair tennis	Men's doubles
Gold	David Smétanine	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S4
Gold	Florian Merrien Jean-Philippe Robin	Table tennis	Men's team class 3
Gold	Assia El'Hannouni	Athletics	Women's 200m T12
Gold	Assia El'Hannouni	Athletics	Women's 400m T12
Silver	Sandrine Martinet	Judo	Women's -52 kg
Silver	Cyril Jonard	Judo	Men's -81 kg
Silver	David Smétanine	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke S4
Silver	David Smétanine	Swimming	Men's 200m freestyle S4
Silver	Assia El'Hannouni	Athletics	Women's 800m sprint T13/12
Silver	Marie-Amélie Le Fur	Athletics	Women's long jump F44
Silver	Raphaël Voltz	Shooting	Men's mixed R5 10m rifle prone SH2
Silver	Jean-Philippe Robin	Table tennis	Men's singles class 3
Silver	Raphaël Voltz	Shooting	Men's mixed R4-10m air rifle standing SH2
Silver	Elodie Lorandi	Swimming	Women's 200m individual medley SM10
Silver	Stéphane Molliens	Table tennis	Men's singles class 2
Silver		Wheelchair fencing	Men's individual foil, category B
Silver		Sailing	Men's 1-Person Keelboat (2.4mR)
Silver		Sailing	Men's 3-Person Keelboat (Sonar)
Silver	David Mercier	Cycling	Men's individual road race, LC 1/LC 2/CP 4
Silver	Rachel Lardière	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke SB5
Silver	Vincent Boury Jean-François Ducay Stéphane Molliens	Table tennis	Men's team, classes 1/2
Silver	Fabrice Meunier	Archery	Men's individual recurve, standing
Silver	Nantenin Keita	Athletics	Women's 200m T13
Silver	Marie-Amélie Le Fur	Athletics	Women's 100m T44
Silver	Assia El'Hannouni	Athletics	Women's 1500m T13
Bronze	Angélique Quessandier	Judo	Women's -63 kg
Bronze		Athletics	Men's 100m T11
Bronze		Judo	Men's -90 kg
Bronze		Judo	Men's +100 kg
Bronze	Djamel Mastouri	Athletics	Men's 800m T37
Bronze	Souhad Ghazouani	Powerlifting	Women's -48 kg: 112,5 kg
Bronze	Alain Quittet	Cycling	Men's cycling, handbike time trial
Bronze	Florence Gravellier	Wheelchair tennis	Women's singles
Bronze	Florence Gravellier Arlette Racineux	Wheelchair tennis	Women's doubles
Bronze		Cycling	Men's individual road race B&VI 1-3
Bronze	François Sérignat Stéphane Messi Alain Pichon	Table tennis	Men's team, classes 6-8
Bronze	Gilles de la Bourdonnaye	Table tennis	Men's team, classes 9-10
Bronze	Marie-Christine Fillou Stéphanie Mariage Fanny Bertrand Isabelle Lafaye	Table tennis	Women's team, classes 1-5
Bronze	Thu Kamkasomphou Claire Mairie Audrey le Morvan Anne Barneoud	Table tennis	Women's team, classes 6-10
Bronze	Jean-Pierre Talatini	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F33/34/52
Bronze	Trésor Makunda Pasquale Gallo Stéphane Bozzolo Ronan Pallier	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay T11-13
Bronze	Christophe Durand Maxime Thomas	Table tennis	men's team, classes 4/5
Bronze	Julien Casoli Pierre Fairbank Alain Fuss Denis Lemeunier	Athletics	men's 4 × 400 m relay, T53/54
Bronze	Nantenin Keita	Athletics	Women's 400m T13

Sports[]

Archery[]

Men[]


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
	Men's individual compound open	674	12	Bye	Horner (SUI) L 109-113	Did not advance
Olivier Hatem	Men's individual compound W1	616	7	N/A	(ITA) L 101-107	Did not advance
Fabrice Meunier	Men's individual recurve standing	597	13	(JPN) W 109-83	Cho (KOR) W 101-96	(THA) W 103-99	Esposito (ITA) W 95-91	Baatarjav (MGL) L 90-94
	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	602	13	(JPN) W 93-80	de Pellegrin (ITA) W 101-99	Cheng C (CHN) L 95-99	Did not advance

Women[]


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
	Women's individual recurve standing	572	3	Bye	(UKR) W 99-78	Olejnik (POL) L 88-101	Did not advance
	Women's individual recurve W1/W2	557	6	Bye	Mijno (ITA) W 98-94	(JPN) L 84-90	Did not advance

Athletics[]

Men's track[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arnaud Assoumani	T46	100m	11.07	1 Q	N/A		11.34	5
Arnaud Assoumani	T46	200m	22.81	5 Q	N/A		22.56	6
Aladji Ba	T11	400m	54.98	9	Did not advance
Julien Casoli	T54	800m	1:40.13	11 Q	1:35.11	4 q	1:37.56	6
Julien Casoli	T54	1500m	3:14.33	20 Q	3:09.11	5 Q	DNF
Pierre Fairbank	T53	200m	28.27	8 Q	N/A		27.94	8
		400m	51.76	2 Q	N/A		50.40	6
		800m	1:41.67	11	Did not advance
Alain Fuss	T54	1500m	DNF q		3:02.71	11	Did not advance
		5000m	10:53.54	22	Did not advance
		Marathon	N/A				1:30:30	18
Pasquale Gallo	T12	100m	11.72	20	Did not advance
Pasquale Gallo	T12	200m	23.64	17	Did not advance
Clavel Kayitaré	T42	100m	N/A				DSQ
Denis Lemeunier	T54	1500m	3:18.11	25 Q	3:01.95	4 q	3:16.43	5
		5000m	10:24.05	15	Did not advance
		Marathon	N/A				DNF
Trésor Makunda	T11	100m	11.48	3 Q	11.51	3 Q	11.46
		200m	23.84	7 q	23.34	6 B	25.55	3
		400m	52.89	6 q	51.99	5	Did not advance
Djamel Mastouri	T37	800m	N/A				2:03.04
Serge Ornem	T46	200m	23.36	11	Did not advance
	T35	100m	N/A				14.12	8
Stéphane Bozzolo Pasquale Gallo Trésor Makunda Ronan Pallier	T11-13	4x100m relay	44.54	2 Q	N/A		44.49
Arnaud Assoumani Clavel Kayitaré Xavier le Draoullec Serge Ornem	T42-46	4x100m relay	N/A				46.68	4
Julien Casoli Pierre Fairbank Alain Fuss Denis Lemeunier	T53-54	4x400m relay	3:20.11	4 Q	N/A		3:17.93

Men's field[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Arnaud Assoumani	F46	Long jump	7.23 WR	-
Stéphane Bozzolo	F12	Long jump	6.53	-	7
Stéphane Bozzolo	P12	Pentathlon	3111		4
Thierry Cibone	F35-36	Discus throw	41.22	861	9
Thierry Cibone	F35-36	Shot put	14.03 SB	971	5
Tony Falelavaki	F42/44	Javelin throw	48.75	895	11
Tony Falelavaki	F44	Shot put	12.47	778	8
Xavier le Draoullec	F42/44	Long jump	NM
Ronan Pallier	F12	Long jump	6.66	-	6
Antoine Perel	F12	Long jump	6.37	-	9
Antoine Perel	P12	Pentathlon	2834		2834
	F57-58	Discus throw	50.93 SB	954	5
	F57-58	Shot put	12.49	835	14
Jean-Pierre Talatini	F33-34/52	Javelin throw	31.19	1169
Jean-Pierre Talatini	F33-34/52	Shot put	11.04	1021	4

Women's track[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	T37	100m	15.53	14	Did not advance
Assia El'Hannouni	T12	200m	25.58	2 Q	25.27	1 Q	24.84 WR
	T12	400m	55.41	1 Q	N/A		55.06
	T12-13	800m	2:09.21	1 Q	N/A		2:04.96
	T13	1500m	N/A				4:19.20
Nantenin Keita	T13	100m	12.61	3 Q	N/A		12.57	4
Nantenin Keita	T13	400m	57.71	4 Q	N/A		56.28
	T44	100m	13.82	4 Q	N/A		13.73
	T44	200m	N/A				31.09	8

Women's field[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
	F37-38	Shot put	9.67	943	9
Nantenin Keita	F13	Long jump	5.49	-	4
Marie-Amélie Le Fur	F44	Long jump	4.71	-
	F40	Discus throw	17.84 SB	-	8
	F40	Shot put	5.51	-	11

Cycling[]

Men's road[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:38:01	7
	Men's road time trial LC3	39:13.55	6
	Men's road time trial HC A	37:51.29	5
	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	1:46:03
	Men's road time trial LC1	36:13.31	7
Alain Quittet	Men's road time trial HC A	31:17.72
	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	1:47:05	15
	Men's road time trial LC1	38:32.86	13
Laurent Thirionet	Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:38:01	6
Laurent Thirionet	Men's road time trial LC3	38:00.31
(pilot)	Men's road race B&VI 1-3	2:14:49

Men's track[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
	Men's individual pursuit LC3	4:12.02	9	Did not advance
	Men's time trial LC3-4	N/A				1:22.5	11
Maurice Eckhard	Men's individual pursuit CP3	4:09.119	4 q	N/A		Quevillon (CAN) L 4:08.430	4
	Men's individual pursuit LC1	5:08.64	10	Did not advance
	Men's individual pursuit LC1	5:10.59	11	Did not advance
	Men's time trial LC1	N/A				1:17.22	13
Laurent Thirionet	Men's individual pursuit LC3	3:57.23	4 q	N/A		Graf (GER) L 3:55.54	4
Laurent Thirionet	Men's time trial LC3-4	N/A				1:20.6	8
(pilot)	Men's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3	4:44.890	11	Did not advance
(pilot)	Men's time trial B&VI 1-3	N/A				1:10.667	14

Women's road[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Women's road race HC A/B/C	1:17:14	7
	Women's road time trial HC A/HC B/HC C	27:14.60	10

Equestrian[]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
	Mephisto	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	66.387	5
	Mephisto	Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib	68.453	5
	Jeudi D'Avril	Mixed individual championship test grade Ib	61.524	10
	Jeudi D'Avril	Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib	61.666	11

Judo[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
	Men's 90kg	Ingram (GBR) W 0021-0011	(JPN) W 0010-0001	Mammadov (AZE) L 0001-1100	N/A		(RUS) W 0002-0001
Cyril Jonard	Men's 81kg	(IRI) W 1001-0000	Vincze (HUN) W 1100–0001	(VEN) W 1010-0000	N/A		(CUB) L 0000-0010
	Men's 100kg	(CUB) L 0000-1000	N/A		(RUS) W 0010-0000	(JPN) L 0010-0100	Did not advance
	Men's +100kg	(GER) W 1000-0000	Zakiyev (AZE) L 0000-1000	N/A	Bye	(ESP) W 1000-0010	(HUN) W 1000-0000

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sandrine Aurieres-Martinet	Women's 52kg	(VIE) W 1000-0000	Stepanyuk (RUS) W 1000-0000	N/A		(CHN) L 0011-0103
Celine Manzuoli	Women's +70kg	(JPN) L 0010-1011	N/A		(ESP) L 0000-1030	Did not advance
Karima Medjeded	Women's 48kg	(CUB) L 0000–0002	N/A	(JPN) W 0200-0000	Halinska (UKR) L 0010-1010	Did not advance
Angelique Quessandier	Women's 63kg	Arce (ESP) L 0000-0200	N/A	Teixeira (BRA) W 1001-0100	(THA) W 1000-0000	Kivi (SWE) W 1010-0000

Powerlifting[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
	90kg	190.0	6
	60kg	140.0	11

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Carine Burgy	82.5kg	127.5	5
Souhad Ghazouani	48kg	112.5

Rowing[]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's single sculls	5:33.39	5 R	6:03.75	5 FB	5:44.29	1

Sailing[]

Athlete	Event	Race											Total points	Net points Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total points	Net points Total	Rank
Damien Seguin	2.4mR	4	4	5	4	6	(17) OCS	(11)	1	1	2	N/A	39	21
	Sonar	4	1	1	2	7	1	(10)	5	8	7	(15) DNF	61	36

Shooting[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	599	10	Did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	598	8 Q	103.7	699.7	7
	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	587	8 Q	102.6	689.6	7
	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1127	12	Did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	598	14	Did not advance
	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	561	12	Did not advance
	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	546	22	Did not advance
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	513	17	Did not advance
	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1127	11	Did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	594	33	Did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	581	24	Did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	596	17	Did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	590	17	Did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	599	7 Q	106.1	705.1
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	598	2 Q	105.5	703.5

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	386	7 Q	97.8	483.8	8
	Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	549	11	Did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	569	37	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Men[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	S10	400m freestyle	4:33.32	12	Did not advance
Sami El Gueddari	S9	50m freestyle	26.70	6 Q	26.65	7
Sami El Gueddari	S9	100m freestyle	58.72	8 Q	58.68	8
	S8	100m backstroke	1:17.14	11	Did not advance
	S8	400m freestyle	5:16.01	10	Did not advance
	SB9	100m breaststroke	1:14.31	8 Q	1:14.54	7
David Smétanine	S4	50m backstroke	47.39	2 Q	48.66
		50m freestyle	37.79	1 Q	37.89
		100m freestyle	1:23.87	1 Q	1:24.67
		200m freestyle	3:02.09 PR	2 Q	3:04.47
	SM4	150m individual medley	2:54.70	5 Q	2:46.19	5

Women[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	S10	100m backstroke	1:20.84	13	Did not advance
	SB9	100m breaststroke	1:26.17	3 Q	1:26.56	6
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:48.18	8 Q	2:47.62	8
Emilie Gral	S9	100m backstroke	1:16.06	7 Q	1:16.42	8
		100m butterfly	1:14.50	9	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	31.36	11	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:07.36	14	Did not advance
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:44.82	6 Q	2:42.48	5
	SB5	100m breaststroke	1:54.99	3 Q	1:56.73	5
	SM6	200m individual medley	3:54.35	11	Did not advance
Rachel Lardiere	SB5	100m breaststroke	1:53.90	2 Q	1:52.34
Élodie Lorandi	S10	100m backstroke	1:18.05	10	Did not advance
		100m butterfly	1:11.34	3 Q	1:12.03	4
		50m freestyle	29.87	6 Q	29.59	6
		400m freestyle	4:51.46	5 Q	4:48.47	6
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:40.73	2 Q	2:39.28
	S5	50m backstroke	1:02.65	12	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	45.83	10	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:42.80	10	Did not advance
		200m freestyle	3:31.97	8 Q	3:34.02	8
	S9	100m backstroke	1:17.28	10	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	32.45	15	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:09.81	19	Did not advance

Table tennis[]

Men's singles[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vincent Boury	Men's singles C2	(BRA) L 1-3	Ruep (AUT) W 3-0	(ITA) W 3-2	1 Q	N/A		Kim K M (KOR) W 3-1	Molliens (FRA) W 3-0
Gilles de la Bourdonnaye	Men's singles C9-10	(RUS) W 3-0	(CUB) W 3-0	N/A	1 Q	Bye	Ge (CHN) L 0-3	Did not advance
Jean-Francois Ducay	Men's singles C1	Lee H K (KOR) L 2-3	Nikelis (GER) W 3-2	(CUB) W 2–0	2 Q	N/A		Cho J K (KOR) L 1-3	Lee H K (KOR) L 1-3	4
Christophe Durand	Men's singles C4-5	Bai (CHN) W 3-2	(NGR) W 3-0	N/A	1 Q	Choi K S (KOR) W 3-1	(SVK) W 3-0	Urhaug (NOR) W 3-2	Jung E C (KOR) W 3-2
	Men's singles C3	Robinson (GBR) L 1-3	(LBA) W 3-0	N/A	2	Did not advance
	Men's singles C4-5	(JPN) W 3-0	(HKG) W 3-1	N/A	1 Q	Bye	Jung E C (KOR) L 2-3	Did not advance
	Men's singles C2	Kim K M (KOR) L 2-3	Riapos (SVK) L 0-3	(CHN) W 3-1	3	Did not advance
Florian Merrien	Men's singles C3	(KOR) W 3-0	(SLO) W 3-0	N/A	1 Q	Bye	Algacir Silva (BRA) L 0-3	Did not advance
Stephane Messi	Men's singles C7	Seidenfeld (USA) L 0-3	(POL) W 3-0	(RSA) W 3-0	2	Did not advance
Stephane Molliens	Men's singles C2	(RUS) W 3-0	(KOR) W 3-1	(LBA) W 3-0	1 Q	N/A		(DEN) W 3-1	Boury (FRA) L 0-3
Alain Pichon	Men's singles C8	Grudzien (POL) L 1-3	Loicq (BEL) L 1-3	Hu M F (TPE) W 3-2	4	Did not advance
Jean-Philippe Robin	Men's singles C3	(SVK) W 3-0	(VEN) W 3-0	N/A	1 Q	(ISR) W 3-0	Kesler (SRB) W 3-2	Piñas (ESP) W 3-0	Feng (CHN) L 0-3
	Men's singles C9-10	Ge (CHN) L 0-3	Zborai (HUN) W 3-2	N/A	2	Did not advance
	Men's singles C9-10	Ruiz (ESP) L 0-3	(GER) W 3-1	N/A	2	Did not advance
Francois Serignat	Men's singles C8	(CHN) L 1-3	Csejtey (SVK) W 3-2	(TPE) W 3-2	3	Did not advance
Maxime Thomas	Men's singles C4-5	(EGY) L 1-3	(ARG) W 3-0	N/A	2	Did not advance

Women's singles[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anne Barneoud	Women's singles C6-7	Martyasheva (RUS) L 0-3	(UKR) L 0-3	N/A	3	Did not advance
Fanny Bertrand	Women's singles C3	Pintar (SLO) L 2-3	Mader (AUT) L 0-3	Cudia (ITA) W 3-0	3	Did not advance
Genevieve Clot	Women's singles C1-2	Podda (ITA) L 1-3	(GBR) W 3–0	N/A	2	Did not advance
Marie-Christine Fillou	Women's singles C3	Brunelli (ITA) L 0-3	Ahlquist (SWE) W 3-2	(RSA) W 3-0	3	Did not advance
Thu Kamkasomphou	Women's singles C8	Abrahamsson (SWE) W 3-0	(SVK) W 3-0	(CZE) W 3-0	1 Q	Mairie (FRA) W 3-1	Abrahamsson (SWE) W 3-0
Isabelle Lafaye	Women's singles C1-2	(IRI) W 3-1	(JOR) W 3-1	N/A	1 Q	Pezzutto (ITA) L 2-3	Podda (ITA) L 1-3	4
Audrey le Morvan	Women's singles C10	Partyka (POL) L 0-3	Hou C (CHN) L 1-3	Li Yuq (CHN) W 3-2	4	Did not advance
Claire Mairie	Women's singles C8	Zhang X (CHN) L 1-3	(SWE) W 3-0	J Rodrigues (BRA) W 3-0	2 Q	Kamkasomphou (FRA) L 1-3	Zhang X (CHN) L 0-3	4
Stephanie Mariage	Women's singles C3	Kanova (SVK) L 0-3	(IRI) W 3-2	(ITA) L 2-3	3	Did not advance
Florence Sireau-Gossiaux	Women's singles C1-2	Liu J (CHN) L 0-3	Mitton (GBR) L 1-3	N/A	3	Did not advance

Men's teams[]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vincent Boury Stephane Molliens	Men's team C1-2	Germany (GER) W 3–0	Austria (AUT) W 3-1	Slovakia (SVK) L 0-3
Florian Merrien Jean-Philippe Robin	Men's team C3	Slovenia (SLO) W 3-0	Great Britain (GBR) W 3-0	Brazil (BRA) W 3-1
Christophe Durand Maxime Thomas	Men's team C4-5	Germany (GER) W 3-0	South Korea (KOR) L 2-3	Norway (NOR) W 3-0
Stephane Messi Alain Pichon Francois Serignat	Men's team C6-8	Poland (POL) W 3-1	Slovakia (SVK) L 1-3	Israel (ISR) W 3-2
Gilles de la Bourdonnaye	Men's team C9-10	Hungary (HUN) W 3-1	China (CHN) L 0-3	Czech Republic (CZE) W 3-1

Women's teams[]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fanny Bertrand Marie-Christine Fillou Isabelle Lafaye Stephanie Mariage	Women's team C1-3	Ireland (IRL) W 3-1	China (CHN) L 1-3	Great Britain (GBR) W 3-0
Anne Barneoud Thu Kamkasomphou Audrey le Morvan Claire Mairie	Women's team C6-10	Brazil (BRA) W 3-0	China (CHN) L 0-3	Russia (RUS) W 3-0

Wheelchair fencing[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Robert Citerne	Men's épée A	(CHN)	L 3–5	2 Q	Pender (POL) W 15–13	Tian (CHN) L 12-15	Did not advance
		Pender (POL)	W 5-2
		(UKR)	L 4-5
		(ESP)	W 5-2
		(GER)	W 5-1
	Men's sabre A	Ye R (CHN)	L 0-5	4 Q	(HKG) L 13-15	Did not advance
		(POL)	L 3-5
		(HUN)	W 5-2
		(RUS)	L 4-5
		(GRE)	W 5-1
	Men's épée B	(USA)	L 3-5	1 Q	Bye	(KOR) W 15-13	(BLR) L 6-15	(UKR) L 12-15	4
		(CAN)	W 5-1
		Hu D (CHN)	W 5-3
		Soler (ESP)	W 5-2
		Hisakawa (JPN)	W 5-1
	Men's sabre B	(GRE)	W 5-4	1 Q	Bye	Sarri (ITA) W 15-13	(HKG) L 14-15	(UKR) L 8-15	4
		Datsko (UKR)	W 5-1
		Sarri (ITA)	W 5-4
		(POL)	W 5-3
		(USA)	W 5-2
	Men's foil B	(POL)	W 5-2	1 Q	Bye	Datsko (UKR) W 15-10	(UKR) W 15-8	Hu D (CHN) L 8-15
		Datsko (UKR)	W 5-0
		(USA)	W 5-2
		(KUW)	W 5-3
		(GBR)	W 5-1
	Men's sabre B	(UKR)	W 5-3	1 Q	Bye	(RUS) W 15-9	(UKR) W 15-8	(HKG) W 15-9
		Szekeres (HUN)	W 5-3
		(GBR)	W 5-0
		(ESP)	W 5-3
		(CAN)	W 5-1
	Men's épée B	(UKR)	W 5-3	2 Q	(ITA) W 15-10	(UKR) L 13-15	Did not advance
		(RUS)	L 1-5
		(GRE)	W 5-3
		(USA)	W 5-3
		(KUW)	W 5-2
	Men's foil B	Sarri (ITA)	W 5-4	2 Q	(RUS) W 15-8	(UKR) L 14-15	Did not advance
		(POL)	L 4-5
		Hisakawa (JPN)	W 5-3
		(RUS)	W 5-2
		(BLR)	W 5-4
	Men's épée A	(GRE)	L 4-5	1 Q	(KUW) W 15-7	(UKR) W 15-14	(CHN) L 10-15	(POL) L 12-15	4
		(KUW)	W 5-4
		(UKR)	W 5-4
		(THA)	W 5-4
		(ESP)	W 5-3
		(ITA)	W 5-2
	Men's foil A	Pender (POL)	L 4-5	3 Q	(HUN) W 15-3	(CHN) L 3-15	Did not advance
		Pellegrini (ITA)	L 1-5
		(HUN)	W 5-2
		(KUW)	W 5-1
		(RUS)	L 4-5
	Men's sabre A	Pellegrini (ITA)	W 5-1	2 Q	(UKR) L 13-15	Did not advance
		(POL)	L 2-5
		(USA)	W 5-2
		(RUS)	W 5-1
		(ESP)	W 5-3
		(KUW)	W 5-3

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Women's épée B	(RUS)	L 3-5	3 Q	(RUS) L 13-15	Did not advance
		(CHN)	L 2-5
		(ITA)	W 5-2
		(HUN)	W 5-4
		(USA)	L 2-5
	Women's foil B	(CHN)	L 4-5	4 Q	(RUS) L 9-15	Did not advance
		Dani (HUN)	L 3-5
		(UKR)	L 1-5
		Hassen Bey (ESP)	L 4-5
		(ITA)	W 5-3
	Women's épée A	(CHN)	L 1-5	6	Did not advance
		(UKR)	L 2-5
		Krajnyak (HUN)	L 0-5
		(HKG)	L 3-5
		Trigilia (ITA)	L 2-5
	Women's foil A	(CHN)	L 1-5	4 Q	(FRA) L 7-15	Did not advance
		Yu C Y (HKG)	L 3-5
		Trigilia (ITA)	L 4-5
		(BLR)	W 5-2
		(HUN)	W 5-3
	Women's épée A	Yu C Y (HKG)	L 4-5	6	Did not advance
		(HUN)	L 4-5
		(POL)	L 4-5
		(BLR)	W 5-4
		(CHN)	L 1-5
	Women's foil A	(HKG)	W 5-1	1 Q	(FRA) W 15-7	Yu C Y (HKG) L 6-15	(HKG) L 12-15	4
		Krajnyak (HUN)	W 5-3
		(CHN)	W 5-1
		(UKR)	W 5-0
		(POL)	W 5-2

Wheelchair tennis[]

Men[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Stéphane Houdet	Open	Men's singles	(CZE) W 6–2, 6–0	(THA) W 6–1, 6–0	Wikstrom (SWE) W 6-0, 6-3	Vink (NED) L 2-6, 1-6	Did not advance
Michaël Jeremiasz			(CHI) W 6-1, 6-0	(ITA) W 6-0, 6-2	Gérard (BEL) W 6-4, 6-1	Scheffers (NED) L 3-6, 3-6	Did not advance
			(GRE) W 6-0, 6-0	Welch (USA) L 1-6, 0-6	Did not advance
Nicolas Peifer			(THA) W 6-2, 6-2	(POL) W 6-1, 6-3	Olsson (SWE) L 6-7, 0-6	Did not advance
Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz		Men's doubles	N/A	Bye	(JPN) / (JPN) W 6-2, 6-2	(KOR) / (KOR) W 6-0, 6-0	Scheffers (NED) / Vink (NED) W 6-3, 6-1	Olsson (SWE) / Wikstrom (SWE) W 6-1, 7-6
Nicolas Peifer		Men's doubles	N/A	Bye	Legner (AUT) / (AUT) L 3-6, 4-6	Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Florence Gravellier	Open	Women's singles	(ROU) W 6–0, 6–0	Shuker (GBR) W 2-6, 6-1, 6-4	Walraven (NED) W 6-1, 6-4	Homan (NED) L 4–6, 2–6	Bronze medal match Griffioen (NED) W 6-3, 6-4
Arlette Racineux		Women's singles	Whiley (GBR) W 6-2, 6-4	(CHN) L 0-6, 2-6	Did not advance
Florence Gravellier Arlette Racineux		Women's doubles	N/A	Bye	Domori (JPN) / (JPN) W 6-4, 7-5	Homan (NED) / Walraven (NED) L 4-6, 3-6	Bronze medal match Arnoult (USA) / Verfuerth (USA) W 5-7, 6-3, 6-2

References[]

^ "La France vise une soixantaine de médailles", Radio France Internationale, June 27, 2008

External links[]

[1] "La France vise une soixantaine de médailles", Radio France Internationale, June 27, 2008

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v t Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China
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