France at the 2012 European Athletics Championships explained

France was represented by 68 athletes at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

Medals

Medal	width=150	Name	width=150	Event	width=100	Date
			28 June
			28 June
			29 June
			30 June
			1 July
			28 June
			1 July
			1 July
			1 July
			29 June
			29 June
			1 July
			29 June
			30 June

Results

Men

Track

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Emmanuel Biron	10.28	8 Q	10.43	13	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	Christophe Lemaitre	10.14	1 Q	10.14	2 Q	10.09
	Jimmy Vicaut	10.18	2 Q	10.22	3 Q	10.12
200 m	Ben Bassaw	20.73	2 Q	20.91	10	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
400 m	Yannick Fonsat	45.92	5 Q	45.78	5 q	45.82
	Teddy Venel	align=center colspan="2"	Disqualified	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
800 m	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	1:48.23	20 Q	1:46.70	4 Q	1:48.83
	Hamid Oualich	1:48.44	23 Q	1:47.14	8	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	Paul Renaudie	1:47.74	14 Q	1:48.97	18	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
1500 m	Florian Carvalho	3:41.50	4 Q	align=center colspan="2"	3:46.33
	Gregory Beugnet	3:46.53	18	align=center colspan="2"	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
5000 m	Yohan Durand	align=center colspan="4"	13:32.65	4
10000 m	Denis Mayaud	align=center colspan="4"	29:16.83	17
110 m hurdles	Samuel Coco-Viloin	13.72	17 Q	13.50	9	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	Garfield Darien	13.46	2 Q	13.15	2 Q	13.20
	Ladji Doucouré	13.96	23 Q	13.66	16	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
400 m hurdles	Adrien Clémenceau	49.84	2 Q	49.80	7 Q	49.70	4
3000 m steeplechase	Nordine Gezzar	8:31.33	8 Q	align=center colspan="2"	8:36.98	4
	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	8:31.05	7 Q	align=center colspan="2"	8:33.23
	Noureddine Smaïl	8:41.11	17	align=center colspan="2"	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
4 × 100 m relay	Emmanuel Biron Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Jimmy Vicaut Ronald Pognon	39.01	2 Q	align=center colspan="2"	38.46
4 × 400 m relay	Teddy Venel Naman Keïta Marc Macedot Mame-Ibra Anne Toumane Coulibaly Yannick Fonsat	3:06.44	8 q	align=center colspan="2"	3:03.04	6

*Athletes who run the heats but not the final.

Combined

Decathlon	Event	Florian Geffrouais
		Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	11.19	819	19
	Long jump	No Mark	0
	Shot put	14.31	747	8
	High jump	DNS
	400 m
	110 m hurdles
	Discus
	Pole vault
	Javelin
	1500 m
Final				DNF

Decathlon	Event	Kevin Mayer
		Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	11.10	838	14
	Long jump	No Mark	0
	Shot put	12.25	622	24
	High jump	DNS
	400 m
	110 m hurdles
	Discus
	Pole vault
	Javelin
	1500 m
Final				DNF

Decathlon	Event	Gaël Quérin
		Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	11.17	823	17
	Long jump	7.56	950	1
	Shot put	13.05	670	23
	High jump	1.97	776	9
	400 m	48.20	899	3
	110 m hurdles	14.37	927	5
	Discus	40.32	671	13
	Pole vault	5.00	910	2
	Javelin	53.60	642	14
	1500 m	4:17.29	830	1
Final			8098	5

Field

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Kafétien Gomis	7.89	12 q	7.88	9
	Frédéric Erin	7.53	26	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	Salim Sdiri	7.96	9 q	7.48	12
Triple jump	Karl Taillepierre	16.20	18	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
High jump	Mickaël Hanany	2.23	3 q	2.28
	Fabrice Saint-Jean	2.23	13	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
Pole vault	Jérôme Clavier	5.30	12	5.40	10
	Renaud Lavillenie	5.55	1 Q	5.97
	Romain Mesnil	align=center colspan="2"	No mark	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
Hammer throw	Quentin Bigot	70.78	24	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	Jérôme Bortoluzzi	73.46	10 q	74.49	8
	Romain Mesnil	72.84	13	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance

Women

Track

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Christine Arron	11.55	17	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
200 m	Johanna Danois	23.42	14 q	23.40	11 Q	23.61	8
	Lina Jacques-Sébastien	23.09	6 Q	23.45	12	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	Myriam Soumaré	23.10	7 Q	23.04	4 Q	23.21
400 m	Marie Gayot	52.46	5 Q	52.17	9	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi	52.11	2 Q	52.13	7 q	54.50	8
1500 m	Hind Dehiba	4:12.79	14	align=center colspan="2"	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
5000 m	Christine Bardelle	align=center colspan="4"	15:33.49	12
100 m hurdles	Alice Decaux	13.13	12 Q	13.35	14	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	Aisseta Diawara	13.10	8 Q	align=center colspan="2"	Disqualified	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	Sandra Gomis	13.63	26	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
400 m hurdles	Phara Anacharsis	58.02	22	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
4 × 100 m relay	Carima Louami Ayodelé Ikuesan Jennifer Galais Christine Arron Lina Jacques-Sébastien	43.12	3 Q	align=center colspan="2"	43.44	5
4 × 400 m relay	Phara Anacharsis Elea-Mariama Diarra Lenora Guion Firmin Floria Gueï Marie Gayot	3:29.03	1 Q	align=center colspan="2"	3:25.49

*Athletes who run the heats but not the final

Combined

Heptathlon	Event	Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida
		Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	13.11	1108	1
	High jump	1.77	941	10
	Shot Put	13.48	759	7
	200 m	24.52	931	8
	Long jump	6.42	981	2
	Javelin throw	55.82	973	1
	800 m	2:17.99	851	11
Final			6544

Heptathlon	Event	Blandine Maisonnier
		Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	13.77	1011	9
	High jump	1.80	978	6
	Shot Put	12.22	676	17
	200 m	24.90	896	12
	Long jump	6.27	934	6
	Javelin throw	38.96	647	13
	800 m	2:16.86	867	8
Final			6009	10

Field

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Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Éloyse Lesueur	6.66	1 Q	6.81
Triple jump	Françoise Mbango Etone	14.38	3 Q	14.19	8
High jump	Melanie Melfort	1.90	7 q	1.92	6
Pole vault	Vanessa Boslak	4.40	9 q	4.50	6
Shot put	Jessica Cérival	17.15	9 q	17.20	9
Discus throw	Mélina Robert-Michon	61.86	3 Q	60.41	6
Hammer throw	Stéphanie Falzon	68.42	7 q	68.03	6