France at the 2008 Summer Olympics
France sent a team of 323 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Medalists
Archery
France will send archers to the Olympics for the twelfth time. France qualified a full team of three women by placing eighth in the women's team event at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships. The nation had no men qualify at the world tournament, but Romain Girouelle earned the nation one spot in the men's individual competition at the European qualifying tournament.;Men
;Women
Athletics
The French athletics team, composed of 52 athletes, including 18 relay competitors, for 2008 Summer Olympics was announced on the July 28, 2008, following the French National Championships held in Albi. Frank Chevallier, the national technical director, believes that France has a better chance of winning two to four athletic medals.;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
| Athlete | Event | 100 m | 400 m | 1500 m | Final | Rank | |||||||
| Romain Barras | Result | 11.26 | 7.08 | 15.42 | 1.96 | 49.51 | 14.21 | 45.17 | 5.00 | 65.40 | 4:29.29 | 8253 SB | 4 |
| Romain Barras | Points | 804 | 833 | 816 | 767 | 837 | 948 | 770 | 910 | 819 | 749 | 8253 SB | 4 |
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
| Athlete | Event | 200 m | 800 m | Final | Rank | |||||
| Marie Collonvillé | Result | 13.57 | 1.86 | 12.42 | 25.06 | 6.21 | 46.14 | 2:11.81 | 6302 SB | 12* |
| Marie Collonvillé | Points | 1040 | 1054 | 689 | 881 | 915 | 785 | 938 | 6302 SB | 12* |
| Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida | Result | 13.85 | 1.71 | 13.12 | 24.90 | 6.16 | 49.32 | 2:20.96 | 6055 | 18* |
| Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida | Points | 1000 | 867 | 735 | 896 | 899 | 847 | 811 | 6055 | 18* |
Badminton
France is being represented by two athletes.Boxing
France qualified nine boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Oubaali, Vastine, and M'Bumba qualified at the 2007 World Championships. Djelkhir became the fourth French qualifier at the first European qualifying tournament. Thomas, Hallab, Sow, and Chiguer joined the French Olympic team by qualifying at the 2nd continental qualifier.Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
;Men;Women
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
Cycling
Road
;Men;Women
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Christel Ferrier Bruneau | Road race | 3:32:45 | 13 |
| Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli | Road race | 3:32:57 | 24 |
| Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli | Time trial | 35:52.62 | 4 |
| Maryline Salvetat | Road race | 3:32:45 | 14 |
| Maryline Salvetat | Time trial | 38:09.72 | 20 |
Track
;Sprint;Pursuit
;Keirin
| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Repechage | 2nd round | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Grégory Baugé | Men's keirin | 4 R | 1 Q | 5 | 7 |
| Arnaud Tournant | Men's keirin | 4 R | 1 Q | 3 Q | 6 |
;Omnium
| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
| Christophe Riblon | Men's points race | −17 | −1 | 21 |
| Pascale Jeuland | Women's points race | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| Matthieu Ladagnous Jérôme Neuville | Men's madison | 12 | –1 | 7 |
Mountain biking
BMX
Diving
;WomenEquestrian
Dressage
Eventing
Fencing
;Men;Women
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men;Team
;Individual finals
Marks and ranks from vault qualification differ as two vaults are used to determine event finalists while only the first of those counts toward the all-around total. Thomas Bouhail qualified for the all-around final of the top 24 gymnasts because the number of finalists from the same nation is limited to two. Thus, three gymnasts ranked ahead of him were ineligible.
;Women
;Team
;Individual finals
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank | ||||
| Laetitia Dugain | All-around | 14.000 | 14.275 | 14.275 | 15.225 | 56.775 | 23 |
| Marine Petit | All-around | 14.575 | 14.725 | 14.400 | 14.275 | 57.975 | 19 |
Trampoline
Handball
Men's tournament
;Roster;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Gold medal game
;Final rank
Women's tournament
;Roster;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Classification semifinal
;5th–6th place
Judo
;Men;Women
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
;Men;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
;Men;Women
;Open
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled
Shooting
;Men;Women
Swimming
France sent a total of 35 swimmers to these Games, including Alain Bernard and Laure Manaudou.;Men
;Women
Synchronized swimming
France will have two entrants in synchronized swimming, competing in the duet event.Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
;Men;Women
Triathlon
Weightlifting
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle;Men's Greco-Roman
- Ara Abrahamian of Sweden, who beat Melonin Noumonvi for bronze in the 84 kg class, was stripped of his medal for violating the spirit of fair play. However, the medal was not handed to Noumonvi or any other wrestler.
- Yannick Szczepaniak originally finished fifth, but in November 2016, he was promoted to bronze due to disqualification of Khasan Baroev.