France at the 1984 Summer Olympics France at the 1984 Summer Olympics France competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 238 competitors, 189 men and 49 women, took part in 139 events in 21 sports. After not competing in archery in 1980, France returned to the sport in 1984 with two male competitors. Men's Individual Competition: Men's 400 metres Men's Marathon Men's High Jump Men's Javelin Throw Men's Pole Vault Men's Hammer Throw Men's Decathlon Men's 20 km Walk Men's 50 km Walk Women's 3.000 metres Women's High Jump Women's Heptathlon Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Seventeen
Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics For the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, a total of forty-three sports venues were used. Barcelona's first bid for the Summer Olympics was the 1924 Games, losing to Paris. The city tried again in 1936, losing to Berlin. The city subsequently planned to host the People's Olympiad in that year, as a protest against holding the Olympics in Nazi Germany, but were forced to cancel the event because of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Following their success of hosting the Mediterranean Games in 1955, Barcelona would try again to host the Summer