France at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

France at the
2023 World Aquatics Championships
France at the; 2023 World Aquatics Championships
	Flag of France
World Aquatics code	FRA
National federation	French Swimming Federation
Website	www.ffnatation.fr (in French)
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors	85 in 6 sports
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 4 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 8
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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World Aquatics codeFRA

National federationFrench Swimming Federation

Websitewww.ffnatation.fr (in French)

Competitors85 in 6 sports

France competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.^[1]

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Léon Marchand	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley	July 23
Gold	Léon Marchand	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	July 26
Gold	Léon Marchand	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley	July 27
Gold	Maxime Grousset	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly	July 29
Bronze	Jules Bouyer Alexis Jandard	Diving	Men's synchronized 3 m springboard	July 15
Bronze	Maxime Grousset	Swimming	Men's 50 m butterfly	July 24
Bronze	Gary Hunt	High diving	Men's high diving	July 27
Bronze	Maxime Grousset	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	July 27

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Diving	0	0	1	1
High diving	0	0	1	1
Swimming	4	0	2	5

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	1	10	11
Diving	4*	4	8*
High diving	1*	1	2*
Open water swimming	3*	3	6*
Swimming	19*	13	32*
Water polo	15	15	30
Total	40	45	85

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Quentin Rakotomalala	Solo technical routine	186.7233	4 Q	167.3266	8
Quentin Rakotomalala	Solo free routine	145.3501	7 Q	155.9813	6

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Oriane Jaillardon	Solo technical routine	229.7233	4 Q	193.4234	10
Laelys Alavez	Solo free routine	150.4520	12 Q	175.8146	9
Anastasia Bayandina Eve Planeix	Duet free routine	193.7375	8 Q	170.0542	12

France at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Athletes by discipline

Artistic swimming

Diving

High diving

Open water swimming

Swimming

Water polo

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

References

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Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Madeleine Bayon	Women's high diving	224.80	12
Gary Hunt	Men's high diving	426.30

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Logan Fontaine	Men's 5 km	55:33.0	9
Logan Fontaine	Men's 10 km	1:52:41.7	9
Sacha Velly	Men's 5 km	55:33.1	10
Sacha Velly	Men's 10 km	1:53:14.7	12

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Océane Cassignol	Women's 10 km	2:03:25.5	16
Anastasiya Kirpichnikova	Women's 5 km	59:46.4	11
Anastasiya Kirpichnikova	Women's 10 km	2:03:17.6	13
Aurélie Muller	Women's 5 km	59:40.1	7

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Aubry	1500 m freestyle	14:54.29	8	N/a		14:56.63	8
Pacome Bricout	800 m freestyle	7:55.20	20	N/a		Did not advance
Logan Fontaine	400 m freestyle	3:51.56	25	N/a		Did not advance
Roman Fuchs	200 m freestyle	1:48.13	29	Did not advance
Maxime Grousset	50 m freestyle	Did not start
	100 m freestyle	48.06	8 Q	47.87	7 Q	47.42
	50 m butterfly	22.74 NR	1 Q	22.72 NR	1 Q	22.82
	100 m butterfly	51.00	4 Q	50.62	2 Q	50.14 NR
Antoine Herlem	200 m backstroke	1:58.20	15 Q	1:57.55	10	Did not advance
Damien Joly	800 m freestyle	7:47.44	13	N/a		Did not advance
Damien Joly	1500 m freestyle	14:56.31	10	N/a		Did not advance
Antoine Marc	200 m breaststroke	2:10.51	11 Q	2:10.66	13	Did not advance
Florent Manaudou	50 m freestyle	21.72	3 Q	21.96	12	Did not advance
Léon Marchand	200 m breaststroke	Did not start
	200 m butterfly	1:55.46	7 Q	1:54.21	2 Q	1:52.43 NR
	200 m individual medley	1:58.38	9 Q	1:56.34	1 Q	1:54.82 ER
	400 m individual medley	4:10.88	2 Q	N/a		4:02.50 WR
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	100 m backstroke	53.90	15 Q	53.06	5 Q	52.84	5
Hadrien Salvan	200 m freestyle	1:46.87	17	Did not advance
Mewen Tomac	100 m backstroke	53.57	6 Q	52.86	4 Q	53.16	8
Mewen Tomac	200 m backstroke	1:58.09	12 Q	1:56.05	5 Q	1:55.79	4
Hadrien Salvan Max Berg Guillaume Guth Florent Manaudou	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.54	12	N/a		Did not advance
Hadrien Salvan Wissam-Amazigh Yebba Enzo Tesic Léon Marchand Roman Fuchs	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:06.40	5 Q	N/a		7:03.86	4
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard Léon Marchand Maxime Grousset Hadrien Salvan Mewen Tomac	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:31.61	2 Q	N/a		3:29.88	4

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France	Men's tournament	Italy L 6–11	China W 17–8	Canada W 15–11	2 QP	Australia W 11–8	Spain L 6–7	United States W 18–16	Italy L 9–16	6
France	Women's tournament	Australia L 8–10	China W 12–11	United States L 5–16	3 QP	Spain L 9–16	N/a	South Africa W 20–6	Israel W 11–7	9

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	55	17	+38	9	Quarterfinals
2	France	3	2	1	38	32	+6	6	Playoffs
3	Canada	3	1	2	30	49	−19	3	Playoffs
4	China	3	0	3	23	48	−25	0

17 July 2023 13:30	Report	France	6–13	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Michiel Zwartt (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 0–3, 1–5
		Crousillat, Khasz 2	Goals	Fondelli 4

19 July 2023 10:30	Report	China	8–17	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–6, 0–4, 3–3
		Chen R., Xie 2	Goals	Marzouki 4

21 July 2023 20:30	Report	France	15–11	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 5–3, 3–2, 2–2
		three players 3	Goals	three players 3

23 July 2023 15:30	Report	Australia	8–11	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 5–2, 2–4, 1–1
		Negus, Pavillard 2	Goals	Vernoux 4

25 July 2023 19:30	Report	Spain	7–6	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 2–1, 3–1
		Tahull 2	Goals	Bouet, Crousillat 2

20 July 2023 16:00	Report	France	5–16	United States	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–2, 0–4, 3–5
		Bouloukbachi 2	Goals	Prentice 4

22 July 2023 15:30	Report	France	9–16	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–4, 2–5, 2–4
		Bouloukbachi, Dhalluin 2	Goals	Forca 5

27 July 2023 15:30	Report	United States	16–18 (PSO)	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–3, 5–4, 2–5 PSO: 3–5
		Bowen 5	Goals	Crousillat, Vernoux 3

29 July 2023 16:30	Report	Italy	16–9	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 7–3, 5–2
		Di Fulvio 5	Goals	Crousillat 3

16 July 2023 10:30	Report	France	8–10	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–4, 2–1, 1–2
		Bouloukbachi 3	Goals	Andrews, Fasala 2

18 July 2023 20:30	Report	China	11–12	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–3, 4–1, 2–5
		Wang H. 3	Goals	Dhalluin 4

24 July 2023 13:30	Report	France	20–6	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–0, 5–4, 5–1
		Vernoux 6	Goals	Thornton-Dibb 3

26 July 2023 10:30	Report	Israel	7–11	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–4, 1–4, 3–0
		Bogachenko 4	Goals	Millot 3

v t e Nations at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Comoros Congo Djibouti Egypt Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Lesotho Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Monaco Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Marshall Islands Micronesia New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu
Others	World Aquatics Refugee Team Suspended Member Federation