France at the 2026 European Athletics Championships
Sporting event delegation
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France competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom from 10–16 August 2026.
| France at the 2026 European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
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| WA code | FRA |
| in Birmingham, United Kingdom 10–16 August 2026 | |
| Competitors | 86 (50 men and 36 women) |
| Medals Ranked 19th |
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| European Athletics Championships appearances (overview) | |
France finished 19th in the medal table, failing to win a single gold medal and concluding the championships with 3 silver and 8 bronze medals.
Medallists
| Medal | Name | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Muhammad Abdallah Kounta | Men's 400 metres | 12 August[1] |
| Silver | Just Kwaou-Mathey | Men's 110 metres hurdles | 12 August[2] |
| Silver | Alice Finot | Women's 3000 metres steeplechase | 13 August[3] |
 Bronze | Etienne Daguinos | Men's 5000 metres | 10 August[4] |
| Bronze | Laëticia Bapté | Women's 100 metres hurdles | 11 August[5] |
| Bronze | Marie-Julie Bonnin | Women's pole vault | 13 August[6] |
| Bronze | Aurélien Quinion | Men's marathon race walk | 15 August[7] |
| Bronze | Baptiste Thiery | Men's pole vault | 16 August[8] |
| Bronze | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 16 August[9] |
| Bronze | Jimmy Gressier | Men's 10,000 metres | 16 August[10] |
| Bronze |
Valentin Gondouin Emmanuel Roudolff Levisse Hassan Chahdi Felix Bour |
Men's Marathon Team | 16 August[11] |
Results
France entered the following athletes.[12]
- Key
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- PB = Personal best
- SB = Season best
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Men
- Track and road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Muhammad Abdallah Kounta | 400 m | Bye | 44.38 PB | 1 Q | 44.40 | | |
| Yann Spillman | 45.54 | 4 q | 45.56 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
| Samuel Vessat | Bye | 45.40 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| Corentine Le Clezio | 800 m | 1:45.43 | 2 Q | 1:43.80 PB | 3 Q | 1:46.24 | 7 |
| Yanis Meziane | 1:45.10 | 1 Q | 1:44.03 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
| Louey Ouerrat | 1:47.58 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Gabriel Tual | 1:46.33 | 4 q | 1:45.88 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
| Paul Anselmini | 1500 m | 3:36.84 | 7 | N/a | Did not advance | ||
| Azeddine Habz | 3:36.03 | 3 Q | N/a | ||||
| Romain Mornet | 3:41.95 | 6 Q | N/a | ||||
| Etienne Daguinos | 5000 m | N/a | 13:16.09 | | |||
| Jimmy Gressier | N/a | 13:16.36 | 4 | ||||
| Simon Bédard | 10,000 m | N/a | |||||
| Jimmy Gressier | N/a | ||||||
| Baptiste Guyon | N/a | ||||||
| Félix Bour | Marathon | N/a | |||||
| Hassan Chahdi | N/a | ||||||
| Valentin Gondouin | N/a | ||||||
| Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse | N/a | ||||||
| Just Kwaou-Mathey | 110 m hurdles | Bye | 13.33 | 1 Q | 13.16 SB | | |
| Theo Pedre | Bye | 13.31 | 3 q | 13.46 | 6 | ||
| Thomas Wilkes | Bye | 13.40 | 2 Q | 13.36 | 4 | ||
| Pierre Boudy | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:35.82 | 4 Q | N/a | |||
| Nicolas-Marie Daru | 8:34.60 | 2 Q | N/a | ||||
| Baptiste Fourmont | 8:34.64 | 3 Q | N/a | ||||
| Alexis Miellet | 8:40.18 | 10 | N/a | Did not advance | |||
| Kilian Lebreton | Half marathon walk | N/a | 1:28:22 | 13 | |||
| Martin Madeline-Degy | Marathon walk | N/a | 3:08:12 SB | 14 | |||
| Aurélien Quinion | N/a | 2:59:29 PB | | ||||
| Jimy Soudril Predea Manounou Benoît Moudio Priso Yann Spillman |
4 × 400 m relay | DQ | N/a | Did not advance | |||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Mathieu Collet | Pole vault | 5.60 | 8 q | ||
| Thibaut Collet | NM | Did not advance | |||
| Baptiste Thiery | 5.60 | 5 q | |||
| Erwan Konaté | Long jump | NM | Did not advance | ||
| Thomas Gogois | Triple jump | 16.31 | 7 q | ||
| Jonathan Seremes | 16.47 | 5 q | |||
| Stephen Mailagi | Shot put | 19.17 | 16 | Did not advance | |
| Lolassonn Djouhan | Discus throw | 63.10 | 7 q | 62.28 | 11 |
| Yann Chaussinand | Hammer throw | 77.45 | 3 q | 76.19 | 9 |
| Felise Vaha'i Sosaia | Javelin throw | 70.95 | 29 | Did not advance | |
- Combined events – Decathlon
| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Ferranti | Result | 11.37 | 7.39 | 13.09 | 2.05 | 48.22 PB | 14.72 | 39.24 | 5.00 | 60.23 SB | 4:15.81 | 8134 | 10 |
| Points | 780 | 908 | 673 | 850 | 899 | 884 | 649 | 910 | 741 | 840 | |||
| Makenson Gletty | Result | 10.80 | 7.20 | 15.65 | 2.02 SB | 48.13 | 14.18 | 41.60 | 4.60 | 60.07 | 4:26.11 SB | 8270 | 6 |
| Points | 906 | 862 | 830 | 822 | 903 | 951 | 697 | 790 | 739 | 770 |
Women
- Track and road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Gémima Joseph | 200 m | Bye | 22.68 | 2 Q | 22.63 | 5 | |
| Isabelle Black | 400 m | Bye | 50.72 | 3 | Did not advance | ||
| Anaïs Bourgoin | 800 m | 1:59.19 | 3 Q | 1:58.84 | 2 Q | 2:00.65 | 9 |
| Rénelle Lamote | 1:58.65 | 5 q | 1:59.88 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Clara Liberman | 1:58.23 PB | 6 Q | 1:58.19 PB | 5 q | 2:01.84 | 10 | |
| Adèle Gay | 1500 m | 4:10.56 | 5 Q | N/a | |||
| Agathe Guillemot | 4:08.17 | 3 Q | N/a | ||||
| Augustine Haquet | 4:08.98 | 6 Q | N/a | ||||
| Alessia Zarbo | 10,000 m | N/a | 33:13.10 | 21 | |||
| Sacha Alessandrini | 100 m hurdles | Bye | 12.89 | 3 q | 12.92 | 6 | |
| Laëticia Bapté | Bye | 12.77 | 3 q | 12.73 | | ||
| Louise Maraval | 400 m hurdles | Bye | 54.50 | 3 q | 54.88 | 8 | |
| Méta Tumba | 56.57 | 15 | Did not advance | ||||
| Clara Entresangle | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:32.89 | 5 Q | N/a | 9:21.03 | 6 | |
| Alice Finot | 9:32.58 | 3 Q | N/a | 9:14.21 SB | | ||
| Flavie Renouard | 9:32.77 | 3 Q | N/a | 9:21.88 | 7 | ||
| Clémence Beretta | Half marathon walk | N/a | 1:34.10 PB | 7 | |||
| Ana Delahaie | N/a | 1:33:32 PB | 6 | ||||
| Pauline Stey | N/a | 1:31:12 PB | 4 | ||||
| Camille Moutard | Marathon walk | N/a | 3:31:56 PB | 6 | |||
| Isabelle Black Orianne Chéry Marina Lasserre Louise Maraval |
4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.44 | 3 Q | N/a | |||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Solène Gicquel | High jump | 1.91 | 13 Q | ||
| Marie-Julie Bonnin | Pole vault | 4.50 | 1 q | 4.70 | |
| Margot Chevrier | 4.50 | 6 q | 4.60 SB | 4 | |
| Bérénice Petit | 4.40 | 8 q | 4.45 | 7 | |
| Rogilia-Chriss Bissemo | Long jump | 6.33 | 23 | Did not advance | |
| Yanis David | 6.61 | 12 q | |||
| Hilary Kpatcha | 6.88 | 5 Q | |||
| Ilionis Guillaume | Triple jump | 13.67 | 19 | Did not advance | |
| Mélina Robert-Michon | Discus throw | 60.89 | 7 q | 60.58 | 9 |
| Rose Loga | Hammer throw | 63.80 | 25 | Did not advance | |
| Alizée Minard | Javelin throw | 58.26 | 8 q | ||
Mixed
- Track and road events
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Samuel Vessat Benedetta Kouakou Benoît Moudio Priso Isabelle Black |
Mixed 4 × 400 m | 3:15.85 | 7 |