France at the 1968 Summer Paralympics France at the 1968 Summer Paralympics France competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968. The French team contained fifty-five athletes; forty-one men and fourteen women . The team finished fifth in the medal table and won a total of thirty-two medals; thirteen gold, ten silver and nine bronze. Twelve French archers, ten men and two women, competed at the Games winning seven medals; two gold, one silver and four bronze. In the men's St. Nicholas round event for paraplegics France won two medals; Nadal won silver and Guesnon bronze, the gold
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly these Games, tying Mark Spitz's record for most gold medals won at a single Olympic Games. For being able to emulate Spitz's record, Speedo, a sponsor of Michael Phelps, awarded him a US$1 million bonus, which had already been offered to him at the 2004 Summer Olympics, under the same conditions. After the final, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) arranged a joint interview with Phelps and Spitz, where Spitz praised Phelps' effort, telling him that "what you did tonight was epic" and even though at one point, Phelps was more than half a second behind Čavić, Spitz "never thought for