[1] Sebastian Flute performed better in 2000 than he had in 1996, but still couldn't match the gold medal he had won in 1992.

Jocelyn de Grandis was the only other French archer to win a match.

This was the first time since 1936 that France failed to win a single Olympic medal in athletics.

Sixteen fencers, eleven men and five women, represented France in 2000.

France's competitors at the first Olympic triathlon included twins Beatrice Mouthon and Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys.