France at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics

France at the
2017 World Championships in Athletics
France at the; 2017 World Championships in Athletics
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WA code	FRA
National federation	French Athletics Federation
Website	athle.fr (in French)
in London, United Kingdom; 4–13 August 2017
Competitors	55 in 29 events
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 3 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 5
World Championships in Athletics appearances
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France competed at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, United Kingdom, from 4–13 August 2017.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	Men's 800 metres	8 August
Gold	Kevin Mayer	Decathlon	12 August
Gold	Yohann Diniz	Men's 50 kilometres walk	13 August
Bronze	Renaud Lavillenie	Men's pole vault	8 August
Bronze	Mélina Robert-Michon	Women's discus throw	13 August

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jimmy Vicaut	100 metres	10.15	15 Q	10.09	6 q	10.08	6
Jeffrey John	200 metres	20.66	30	Did not advance
Christophe Lemaitre	200 metres	20.40	12 Q	20.30	9	Did not advance
Teddy Atine-Venel	400 metres	45.90	30	Did not advance
Mamoudou Hanne	400 metres	45.89	29	Did not advance
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	800 metres	1:47.25	29 Q	1:45.63	4 q	1:44.67 SB
Samir Dahmani	800 metres	1:48.62	36	Did not advance
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	1500 metres	3:46.17	30	Did not advance
Garfield Darien	110 metres hurdles	13.36	7 Q	13.17	2 Q	13.30	4
Aurel Manga	110 metres hurdles	13.58	24	Did not advance
Victor Coroller	400 metres hurdles	50.00	23 q	55.69	21	Did not advance
Mamadou Kassé Hanne		49.34	3 Q	50.35	17
Ludvy Vaillant		49.49	9 Q	49.95	15
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	3000 metres steeplechase	8:22.83	6 Q	—		8:15.80	4
Yoann Kowal	3000 metres steeplechase	8:20.60	3 Q	—		8:34.53	13
Stuart Dutamby Jimmy Vicaut Mickaël-Méba Zeze Christophe Lemaitre	4 × 100 metres relay	38.03 SB	4 Q	—		38.48	5
Ludvy Vaillant Thomas Jordier Mamoudou Hanne Teddy Atine-Venel	4 × 400 metres relay	3:00.93	5 q	—		3:01.79	8
Kévin Campion	20 kilometres walk	—				1:21:46	24
Yohann Diniz	50 kilometres walk	—				3:33:12 CR

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Axel Chapelle	Pole vault	5.70	5 q	5.65	6
Renaud Lavillenie		5.70	1 q	5.89 SB
Valentin Lavillenie		5.60	14	Did not advance
Kévin Menaldo		5.45	22	Did not advance
Benjamin Compaoré	Triple jump	16.46	21	Did not advance
Jean-Marc Pontvianne		16.78	9 q	16.79	8
Melvin Raffin		16.18	24	Did not advance
Lolassonn Djouhan	Discus throw	63.21	13	Did not advance
Quentin Bigot	Hammer throw	76.11	3 Q	77.67	4

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Bastien Auzeil	Result	11.35 SB	6.87	15.23	1.96	50.36 SB	14.59 SB	46.86	4.80	60.80	4:39.80 SB	7922 SB	15
Bastien Auzeil	Points	784	783	804	767	798	900	805	849	750	682	7922 SB	15
Kevin Mayer	Result	10.70 PB	7.52	15.72 SB	2.08	48.26 PB	13.75 PB	47.14	5.10	66.10	4:36.73 SB	8768 WL
Kevin Mayer	Points	929	940	834	878	897	1007	811	941	830	701	8768 WL

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Orphée Neola	100 metres	11.58	33	Did not advance
Carolle Zahi	100 metres	11.41	28	Did not advance
Estelle Raffai	200 metres	23.72	33 Q	23.45	22	Did not advance
Elea-Mariama Diarra	400 metres	52.06	22	Did not advance
Déborah Sananes	400 metres	52.50	31	Did not advance
Maeva Danois	3000 metres steeplechase	9:49.21	24	—		Did not advance
Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue Ayodelé Ikuesan Maroussia Paré Carolle Zahi	4 × 100 metres relay	42.92 SB	9	—		Did not advance
Estelle Perrossier Déborah Sananes Agnès Raharolahy Elea-Mariama Diarra	4 × 400 metres relay	3:27.59 SB	8 q	—		3:26.56 SB	4

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ninon Guillon-Romarin	Pole vault	4.20	20	Did not advance
Jessica Cérival	Shot put	16.56	24	Did not advance
Jeanine Assani Issouf	Triple jump	13.87	18	Did not advance
Mélina Robert-Michon	Discus throw	63.97 SB	4 Q	66.21 SB
Alexandra Tavernier	Hammer throw	72.69 SB	6 Q	66.31	12

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Antoinette Nana Djimou	Result	13.46	1.71	14.61	25.17	6.05	44.94	2:21.14 SB	6064	16
Antoinette Nana Djimou	Points	1056	867	835	871	865	762	808	6064	16