

French Olympic Facts
- France have had representatives at every modern Summer Olympic Games.
- In 2016, France will have athletes competing in all sports with the exception of hockey.
- In the 'all time' rankings, France have been most successful in fencing with 42 Golds, 41 Silvers & 35 Bronze Medals.
- The most successful French Olympians were Roger Ducret & Philippe Cattiau, both in Fencing. They each won 3 Golds, 4 Silvers & 1 Bronze.
- The Summer Olympics have been held in Paris twice, first in 1900, then in 1924.
- In 1900 France won 101 medals: 26 Gold; 41 Silver & 34 Bronze, making it their most successful Olympics.
- France have currently (before the 2016 Olympics) won the most Olympic cycling medals: 34 Gold; 22 Silver & 21 Bronze.
- France also hold the most medals for Croquet: 3 Gold, 2 Silver & 2 Bronze.
2016 French medals by day
Sunday 7th August
Swimming - Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay
Silver
M. METELLA
F. GILOT
F. MANAUDOU
J. STRAVIUS
Tuesday 9th August
Canoeing - Men's Slalom (C1)
Gold
Equestrian - Team Eventing
Gold
A. NICOLAS
M. LEMOINE
T. VALLETTE
K. LAGHOUAG
Equestrian - Individual Eventing
Silver
Judo - Women's 63kg
Silver
Fencing - Men's Épée Individual
Bronze
Thursday 11th August
Judo - Women's 78 kg
Silver
Canoe - Men's Slalom (C2)
Bronze
Cycling - Men's Team Sprint
Bronze
Judo - Men's 78kg
Bronze
Rowing - Men's Lightweight Coxless Four
Bronze
F. SOLFOROSI
T. BAROUKH
G. RAINEAU
T. COLARD
Friday 12th August
Rowing - Men's Lightweight Double Sculls
Gold
Judo - Women's 78kg
Gold
Judo - Men's 100kg
Gold
Archery - Men's Individual
Silver
Fencing - Men's Team Foil
Silver
Swimming - Men's 50m Freestyle
Silver
Saturday 13th August
Shooting - Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
Silver
Sunday 14th August
Fencing - Men's Team Epée
Gold
Sailing - Women's RS:X
Gold
Sailing - Men's RS:X
Bronze
Shooting - Men's 50m Rifle (3 Positions)
Bronze
Monday 15th August
Athletics - Men's Pole Vault
Silver
Boxing - Men's Welterweight
Bronze
Tuesday 16th August
Athletics - Women's Discus Throw
Silver
Boxing - Men's Lightweight
Silver
Boxing - Men's Light Heavyweight
Bronze
Swimming - Men's Marathon 10km
Bronze
Athletics - Men's 110m Hurdles
Bronze
Wednesday 17th August
Equestrian - Team Jumping
Gold
P. ROZIER
K. STAUT
R-Y. BOST
P. LEPREVOST
Athletics - Men's 3000m Steeplechase
Bronze
Thursday 18th August
Athletics - Men's Decathalon
Silver
Pentathalon - Women's Individual
Silver
Sailing - Women's 470
Bronze
Athletics - Men's 200m
Bronze
Friday 19th August
Boxing - Women's Lightweight
Gold
Taekwondo - Women's 67kg
Silver
Saturday 20th August
Boxing - Men's Super Heavyweight
Gold
Boxing - Women's Flyweight
Silver
Handball - Women
Silver
Handball - Men
Silver
Canoe Sprint - Men's Single 200m
Silver
Image attribution:
Rio 2016 logo, pictograms, medal & stadia images courtesy of Official website of the Rio 2016 Olympics
L'Equipe cover courtesy of L'Equipe