[3] Eric Pereira earned France a spot at the Rio Games following his performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships.

Brigitte Duboc earned France a second spot, with her performance in the recurve women's open event.

[7] France earned a qualifying spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport following their performance at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Milan, Italy where the top six finishers in each Paralympic event earned a qualifying spot for their nation.

[8][9] One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event.

France qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the TA Mixed Double Sculls event with a third-place finish in a time of 04:06.080.

France earned a spot at this competition in the R4 – 10m Air Rifle Standing Mixed SH2 event as a result of the performance of Tanguy De La Forest.

[14][15][16] The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was also available.

Cédric Fèvre-Chevalier earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R6 Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 event.

Seventh-place match France qualified four competitors in the men's single event, Frédéric Cattanéo, Stéphane Houdet, Michaël Jérémiasz and Nicolas Peifer.