France at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

France at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
France at the; 2009 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	FRA
National federation	Fédération Française d'Athlétisme
Website	www.athle.com
in Berlin
Competitors	67
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
World Championships in Athletics appearances
	1976; 1980; 1983; 1987; 1991; 1993; 1995; 1997; 1999; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2022; 2023; 2025;
	← 2007 2011 →

WA codeFRA

National federationFédération Française d'Athlétisme

Websitewww.athle.com

Competitors67

France competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15 to 23 August. A team of 67 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Both of the country's medallists from the previous Championships, Romain Mesnil and Yohann Diniz competed, as well as the emerging talents of Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad and Renaud Lavillenie.^[1]

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Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Christophe Lemaitre Martial Mbandjock Ronald Pognon	10.23 10.28 10.35	5 Q 12 Q 23 Q
200 m	Martial Mbandjock	20.65	4 Q	20.55 PB	9 Q	20.43 PB	8
400 m	Leslie Djhone Yannick Fonsat Teddy Venel
800 m	Jeff Lastennet
1500 m	Medhi Baala Mounir Yemouni Yoann Kowal
5000 m	Morhad Amdouni
110 m hurdles	Dimitri Bascou Garfield Darien Ladji Doucouré
400 m hurdles	Heni Kechi
3000 m steeplechase	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Bouabdellah Tahri Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux
4 × 100 m relay	Eddy de Lepine Christophe Lemaitre Martial Mbandjock Emmanuel Ngom Priso Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Ronald Pognon
4 × 400 m relay	David Alerte Fadil Bellaabouss Yoann Decimus Leslie Djohne Yannick Fonsat Heni Kechi Teddy Venel
Marathon	James Kiboch Theuri
50 km walk	Herve Daveux Yohann Diniz Cédric Houssaye

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Kafetien Gomis Salim Sdiri
Triple jump	Teddy Tamgho
High jump	Mickael Hanany
Pole vault	Damiel Dossevi Renaud Lavillenie Romain Mesnil
Shot put	Yves Niare
Discus throw	Bertrand Vili
Hammer throw	Jerome Bortoluzzi
Decathlon	Romain Barras Nadir El Fassi Mateo Sossah

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Myriam Soumare
200 m	Johanna Danois
400 m	Solen Desert-Mariller
800 m	Élodie Guégan
1500 m	Hind Dehiba Chahyd
100 m hurdles	Cindy Billaud Sandra Gomis
400 m hurdles	Aurore Kassambara
3000 m steeplechase	Sophie Douarte Elodie Olivares
4 × 400 m relay	Symphora Behi Solen Desert-Mariller Aurelie Kamga Aurore Kassambara

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Eloyse Lasueur
Triple jump	Vanessa Gladone Teresa Nzola Meso Ba	13.51 14.32	30 6 q	Did not advance	Did not advance
High jump	Melanie Melfort
Pole vault	Telie Mathiot
Shot put	Jessica Cérival Laurence Manfredi
Discus throw	Mélina Robert-Michon
Hammer throw	Stephanie Falzon Manuela Montebrun
Heptathlon	Marisa De Aniceto Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida

v t e Nations at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
Africa	Algeria Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Comoros Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain and Northern Ireland Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
North America	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States U.S. Virgin Islands
Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji French Polynesia Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Panama Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

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