France at the 2000 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 336 competitors, 211 men and 125 women, took part in 196 events in 28 sports.
Medalists
Archery
Sebastian Flute performed better in 2000 than he had in 1996, but still couldn't match the gold medal he had won in 1992. Jocelyn de Grandis was the only other French archer to win a match.Athletics
This was the first time since 1936 that France failed to win a single Olympic medal in athletics.Combined events
;Decathlon;Heptathlon
Basketball
;Men's team Roster- Jim Bilba
- Yann Bonato
- Makan Dioumassi
- Fabien Dubos
- Laurent Foirest
- Thierry Gadou
- David Gauthier
- Cyril Julian
- Crawford Palmer
- Laurent Pluvy
- Antoine Rigaudeau
- Stéphane Risacher
- Dwayne Scholten
- Laurent Sciarra
- Moustapha Sonko
- Frédéric Weis
- Nicole Antibe
- Lucienne Berthieu
- Johanna Boutet
- Sabine Falcoz
- Isabelle Fijalkowski
- Edwige Lawson
- Sandra Le Drean
- Nathalie Lesdema
- Isabelle Marcin
- Catherine Melain
- Laëtitia Moussard
- Audrey Sauret
- Laure Savasta
- Yannick Souvré
- Dominique Tonnerre
- Stéphanie Vivenot
Cycling
Road Cycling
;Men;Women
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli | Road race | 3:06:37 | 26 |
| Magali le Floc'h | Road race | 3:06:31 | 6 |
| Catherine Marsal | Road race | 3:11:04 | 39 |
| Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli | Time trial | 42:52 | |
| Catherine Marsal | Time trial | 44:27 | 13 |
Track Cycling
;Sprint;Pursuit
;Time trial
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Arnaud Tournant | Men's time trial | 1:03.023 | 5 |
| Felicia Ballanger | Women's time trial | 34.140 OR | |
| Magali Faure-Humbert | Women's time trial | 35.766 | 11 |
;Points race
;Keirin
| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Repechage | 2nd round | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Frédéric Magné | Keirin | 2 Q | align=center | 3 Q | 6 |
| Florian Rousseau | Keirin | 5 R | 2 Q | 3 Q |
;Omnium
| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
| Christophe Capelle | Men's points race | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Marion Clignet | Women's points race | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| Christophe Capelle Robert Sassone | Madison | 5 | 0 | 10 |
Diving
France entered nine diving events and had two top 10 finishes.;Men
;Women
Fencing
Sixteen fencers, eleven men and five women, represented France in 2000.;Men
;Women
Gymnastics
Men
;Team;Individual events
Women
;Team;Individual events
Handball
;Men's roster- Andrej Golic
- Bertrand Gille
- Bruno Martini
- Cédric Burdet
- Christian Gaudin
- Didier Dinart
- Grégory Anquetil
- Guéric Kervadec
- Guillaume Gille
- Jackson Richardson
- Jérôme Fernandez
- Marc Wiltberger
- Olivier Girault
- Patrick Cazal
- Stéphane Joulin
- Christelle Joseph-Mathieu
- Sonia Cendier Ajaguin
- Isabelle Wendling
- Joanne Dudziak
- Laïsa Lerus
- Leïla Lejeune-Duchemann
- Myriam Korfanty
- Nathalie Selambarom
- Nodjialem Myaro
- Raphaëlle Tervel
- Sandrine Delerce
- Stéphanie Cano
- Stéphanie Ludwig
- Valérie Nicolas
- Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland
Rhythmic gymnastics
;Individual;Team
Sailing
France competed in six of the Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics.;Individual events
;Men's Soling
Shooting
;Men;Women
Swimming
;Men;Women
Table tennis
;Singles;Doubles
Triathlon
France's competitors at the first Olympic triathlon included twins Beatrice Mouthon and Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys. Isabelle was one of the three French triathletes to place in the top eight.| Athlete | Event | Swim | Bike | Run | Total Time | Rank |
| Stephan Bignet | Men's | 18:01.59 | 59:36.10 | 33:34.46 | 1:51:12.15 | 31 |
| Carl Blasco | Men's | 18:06.19 | 59:18.21 | 32:53.62 | 1:50:18.02 | 19 |
| Olivier Marceau | Men's | 18:11.69 | 58:12.40 | 32:53.94 | 1:49:18.03 | 7 |
| Christine Hocq | Women's | 19:43.78 | 1:05:33.90 | 37:44.22 | 2:03:01.90 | 8 |
| Beatrice Mouthon | Women's | 21:15.48 | 1:09:03.90 | 40:48.70 | 2:11:08.08 | 35 |
| Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys | Women's | 19:48.98 | 1:05:28.50 | 37:35.93 | 2:02:53.41 | 7 |
Weightlifting
Men'''Women'''