French athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland.

[3] As the host nation, France reserves a direct quota place each in the women duet and the eight-member mixed team event at the Games.

[citation needed] Summary The French men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

2019 world bronze medalist and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Billal Bennama (men's flyweight), Rio 2016 silver medalist and two-time Olympian Sofiane Oumiha (men's lightweight), and Rio 2016 women's lightweight champion Estelle Mossely, along with four rookies (Traoré, Lkhadiri, Zidani, and Michel), secured the spots on the host nation's squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or finishing in the top two, at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.

[30] Meanwhile, Djamili Aboudou Moindze (men's super heavyweight) qualified for the games by winning the quota bouts round at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.

[31] As the host nation, France is automatically entitled to reserve a quota place each for the B-Boys and B-Girls events.

[36] Additional boats could qualify through the ICF Kayak Cross Global Qualification Competition that will be held in Prague from 7 to 9 June 2024.

[37] Angèle Hug and Boris Neveu opened an additional quota via a top 3 finish at the ICF Kayak Cross Global Qualification Competition in Prague.

[39] French canoeists qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.

[45] Host nation, France, obtained a full spots for men's track events and women's sprint, keirin, team pursuit, madison, and omnium; following the conclusion of the final UCI Olympic rankings.

[48][49] French riders secured four quota places (three men's and one women) race for Paris 2024 through the allocations of final Olympic BMX ranking.

[52] As the host nation, France reserves four men's and four women's spots to be distributed in each of the synchronized diving events for Paris 2024.

[53] Jules Bouyer and Gwendal Bisch secured a spot for the Men's 3m springboard through their performance at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.

Divers were named on 28 May 2024 by the French federation [5] As the host nation, France automatically entered a full squad of equestrian riders each to the team dressage, eventing, and jumping competitions at the Games.

Key: As the host nation, France men's football team directly qualified for the Olympic tournament.

[66] Lucas Chevalier, Bafodé Diakité, Leny Yoro, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Bradley Barcola and Mathys Tel withdrew from the squad due to their club's refusal to release them and were replaced by Chrislain Matsima, Andy Diouf and Rayan Cherki on 11 June 2024.

[70] Lesley Ugochukwu withdrew on 21 July after being recalled by his club and was replaced by Johann Lepenant in the alternative list.

[86] As the host nation, France automatically receives a guaranteed place each in the men's and women's artistic gymnastics at the Games.

[87] Samir Aït Saïd qualified on Rings with a top 3 finish at the Doha Gymnastics World Cup.

[10] As the host nation, France automatically receives a guaranteed place each in the individual and group all-around competition at the Games.

As the host nation, French judoka received fourteen quota places (seven in each gender) at their disposal for the Games.

[108] French rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; and 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in Luzern, Switzerland.

Tokyo 2020 Olympian Johanne Defay secured a direct spot for her second Games, following a successful top-eight placement among those eligible for qualification in the 2023 World Surf League rankings.

[133][134] Meanwhile, Tahitian natives Kauli Vaast and Vahiné Fierro topped the list of eligible European surfers in their respective shortboard races to join Defay and reserve two more slots on the host nation's roster at the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games in Surf City, El Salvador.

[135] Joan Duru also get one additional quotas, through men's individual, by virtue of the top six results, at the 2024 World Surfing Games in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist Althéa Laurin and 2023 world champion Magda Wiet-Hénin qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in their respective division.

[108] As the host nation, France reserves four quota places with two for each gender in the individual and mixed relay triathlon events.

Alexia Richard and Lézana Placette qualified through the FIVB Olympic Rankings on 7 June 2024, leaving an extra spot for a women's French pair.

Koumba Larroque qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

[161] On 8 July, after a Russian athlete withdrew, the quota for the 62 kg category was adjusted and French wrestler Ameline Douarre was also allowed to compete.