France competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

339 competitors, 241 men and 98 women, took part in 196 events in 25 sports.

[2] In France's fifth appearance in modern Olympic archery, the individual archers went 7-3 in head-to-head competition, buoyed by Sebastien Flute's 5-0 record as he advanced to the final and won the gold medal.

It was the first medal the French had won in modern Olympic archery.

Jeannie Longo won silver in the women's road race and the men won bronze in the team time trial.