France at the 1984 Summer Olympics 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 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)
Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics was the first time in Olympic competition that eight gymnasts were allowed to move onto an apparatus final, instead of the previous six. Due to the boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics by the USSR and other allied countries, there was an 'Alternate Olympics' held where the USSR, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and other nations competed against each other. The Artistic gymnastics segment of the competition was held in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, and the Rhythmic gymnastics segment was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The artistic gymnastics competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics was carried out in three stages: Each country was limited