[1] At the beginning of the games there was an incident where a French coach was physically assaulted by a Stadium gatekeeper who refused him entry.

It boiled over to a point where the entire French team did not participate in the Parade of Nations, and conversations were made to pull out of the games completely.

None of the French divers placed in the top 3 in their preliminary round groups to advance to the final; 3 out of the 5 opportunities, they came in 4th to just miss qualification.

The women's relay was the only swimmer or team to advance to an event final, placing 5th in a repeat of their 1924 performance.

France, the defending gold medalist, competed in the men's water polo tournament for the fifth time.

Due to misunderstanding of the Bergvall system under which the tournament was meant to be played, France then faced Great Britain, the United States, and Argentina (winning all three games).

Charles Marion (dressage) and Pierre Bertran de Balanda (jumping) won individual silver medals.

French fencers won two gold medals and three silvers, the most successful nation in the sport for the second consecutive Games.

The team went 1–2 in its group, finishing 3rd in pool play and not advancing the gold or bronze medal finals.

The following is the France roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Along with Italy and the United States, France was one of three nations to have a boat in each event (and the maximum number of rowers).

French rowers won a single medal, the silver in the coxed pair event.

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

Louis Hostin, the silver medalist in the 82.5 kg class, shared new Olympic records with champion El Sayed Nosseir of Egypt in two lifts, the press and the clean & jerk.

Jules Meese was one of four men to share the new Olympic record in the press for the 67.5 kg class.