It was the second time that France had hosted the Games, after the 1900 Summer Olympics, also in Paris.

The French athletes won three bronze medals, in the team cross country, the high jump, and the steeplechase.

The French road cyclists, led by Blanchonnet, dominated the time trials.

It was the nation's second appearance in the sport, and the first time France sent female divers.

The fifth-place finishes by Lenormand and Raymond Vincent were France's best diving results to date.

It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport; France, Belgium, and the United States were the only three countries to have competed in each edition of the Olympic equestrian competitions to that point.

Xavier Lesage won France's only equestrian medal in 1924, a bronze in the dressage.

He took medals in all three of the individual competitions, including gold in the foil and silver in the other two events.

The French swept the medals in the sidehorse vault apparatus, with Séguin's gold and two silvers after Gounot and Gangloff tied for second.

Gounot, at eighth place, was the highest ranked French gymnast in the all-around.

France was one of six nations to have competed in each edition of the Olympic modern pentathlon to that time.

It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport; France was the only country to have competed in each edition of the Olympic sailing contests to that point.

It was the nation's sixth appearance in the sport; France was one of three countries (along with Denmark and Great Britain) to have competed in each Olympic shooting contest.

France won its first gold medal in water polo in 1924, in its fourth appearance in Olympic competition in the sport.