France at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Sporting event delegation

France at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	FRA
National federation	French Swimming Federation
in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors	55 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 2 Silver 7 Bronze 2 Total 11
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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France competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 18 June to 3 July.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Léon Marchand	Swimming	Men's 400 metre individual medley	18 June
Gold	Léon Marchand	Swimming	Men's 200 metre individual medley	22 June
Silver	Marie Wattel	Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly	19 June
Silver	Léon Marchand	Swimming	Men's 200 metre butterfly	21 June
Silver	Maxime Grousset	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle	22 June
Silver	Mélanie Henique	Swimming	Women's 50 metre butterfly	24 June
Silver	Aurélie Muller	Open water swimming	Women's 5 km	27 June
Silver	Jade Gillet Alexis Jandard	Diving	Team event	29 June
Silver	Axel Reymond	Open water swimming	Men's 25 km	30 June
Bronze	Analia Pigrée	Swimming	Women's 50 metre backstroke	22 June
Bronze	Maxime Grousset	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle	24 June

Artistic swimming

France entered 10 artistic swimmers.^[2]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Oriane Jaillardon	Solo technical routine	83.6928	8 Q	83.6865	9
Eve Planeix	Solo free routine	87.1667	8 Q	87.4667	8
Ambre Esnault Laura González Mayssa Guermoud Oriane Jaillardon Maureen Jenkins Romane Lune Eve Planeix Charlotte Tremble	Team technical routine	86.4984	4 Q	88.3558	4
Camille Bravard Ambre Esnault Laura González Mayssa Guermoud Maureen Jenkins Eve Planeix Charlotte Tremble Mathilde Vigneres	Team free routine	89.1000	6 Q	90.2667	6

Diving

France entered 5 divers.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jules Bouyer	1 m springboard	364.50	8 Q	—		381.30	4
Jules Bouyer	3 m springboard	384.75	12 Q	406.90	6 Q	421.70	7
Alexis Jandard	1 m springboard	352.05	14	—		did not advance
Alexis Jandard	3 m springboard	401.60	6 Q	394.40	8 Q	427.50	5
Jules Bouyer Alexis Jandard	Synchronized 3 m springboard	387.27	3 Q	—		375.54	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nais Gilles	1 m springboard	213.40	30	—		did not advance
Jade Gillet	10 m platform	231.15	25	did not advance
Jade Gillet Nais Gilles	Synchronized 3 m springboard	198.30	12 Q	—		228.45	12

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jade Gillet Alexis Jandard	Team event	—		358.50
Jules Bouyer Nais Gilles	Synchronized 3 m springboard	—		243.51	11
Gary Hunt Jade Gillet	Synchronized 10 m platform	—		246.39	8

Open water swimming

France entered 7 open water swimmers ( 4 male^[4] and 3 female^[5])

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Logan Fontaine	5 km	53:43.2	6
Marc-Antoine Olivier	5 km	53:26.0	5
Marc-Antoine Olivier	10 km	1:51:11.5	4
Axel Reymond	25 km	5:02:22.7
Sacha Velly	10 km	1:54:34.0	19
Sacha Velly	25 km	5:20:42.3	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Caroline Jouisse	10 km	2:07:07.0	31
Caroline Jouisse	25 km	5:25:32.1	5
Aurélie Muller	5 km	57:53.8
Aurélie Muller	10 km	2:02:36.1	4
Lisa Pou	25 km	Did not start

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Caroline Jouisse Aurélie Muller Sacha Velly Marc-Antoine Olivier	Team	1:04:56.4	4

Swimming

France entered 21 swimmers.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carl Aitkaci	100 m breaststroke	1:01.51	26	did not advance
Maxime Grousset	50 m freestyle	21.97	10 Q	21.83 S/off 21.59	8 QSO S/off Q	21.57
	100 m freestyle	48.17	5 Q	47.54	2 Q	47.64
	50 m butterfly	23.07	6 Q	23.10	9	did not advance
Damien Joly	800 m freestyle	7:47.46	8 Q	—		7:48.10	7
Damien Joly	1500 m freestyle	14:53.47	5 Q	—		15:09.15	8
Florent Manaudou	50 m freestyle	22.04	13 Q	21.95	11	did not advance
Florent Manaudou	50 m butterfly	23.31	10 Q	23.23	12	did not advance
Léon Marchand	200 m butterfly	1:56.38	11 Q	1:54.32 NR	4 Q	1:53.37 NR
	200 m individual medley	1:58.70	8 Q	1:55.75 NR	1 Q	1:55.22 NR
	400 m individual medley	4:09.09 NR	1 Q	—		4:04.28 CR, ER
Émilien Mattenet	100 m breaststroke	4:19.74	17	did not advance
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	50 m backstroke	25.16	16 Q	24.79	9	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	53.22	4 Q	52.72	5 Q	52.50	4
	200 m backstroke	1:58.10	10 Q	1:57.38	10	did not advance
Jordan Pothain	200 m freestyle	1:47.51	16 Q	1:47.66	15	did not advance
Hadrien Salvan	100 m freestyle	49.01	27	did not advance
Hadrien Salvan	200 m freestyle	1:47.71	19	did not advance
Clément Secchi	100 m butterfly	52.76	23	did not advance
Enzo Tesic	200 m individual medley	1:59.71	19	did not advance
Mewen Tomac	50 m backstroke	25.01	10 Q	24.91	13	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	53.60	8 Q	53.41	9	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:57.21	5 Q	1:56.52	4 Q	1:56.35	5
Antoine Viquerat	50 m breaststroke	27.68	17	did not advance
Antoine Viquerat	200 m breaststroke	2:12.27	18	did not advance
Jordan Pothain Léon Marchand Roman Fuchs Hadrien Salvan Enzo Tesic*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:09.95	7 Q	—		7:08.78	7
Yohann Ndoye Brouard Antoine Viquerat Léon Marchand Maxime Grousset	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:32.98	2 Q	—		3:32.37	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adèle Blanchetière	100 m breaststroke	1:09.68	30	did not advance
Charlotte Bonnet	100 m freestyle	54.37	13 Q	54.73	16	did not advance
Charlotte Bonnet	200 m freestyle	1:58.14	10 Q	1:56.54	4 Q	1:57.24	6
Cyrielle Duhamel	200 m individual medley	2:13.39	18	did not advance
Cyrielle Duhamel	400 m individual medley	4:52.24	13	—		did not advance
Mélanie Henique	50 m butterfly	25.61	3 Q	25.41	3 Q	25.31
Analia Pigrée	50 m backstroke	27.75	5 Q	27.29 NR	2 Q	27.40
Analia Pigrée	100 m backstroke	1:01.13	16 Q	1:01.59	16	did not advance
Emma Terebo	100 m backstroke	59.87	6 Q	1:00.06	8 Q	59.98	5
Emma Terebo	200 m backstroke	2:11.17	8 Q	2:11.77	12	did not advance
Marie Wattel	50 m freestyle	25.34	16 Q	25.04	12	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.25	9 Q	53.82	8 Q	53.60	7
	50 m butterfly	26.01	8 Q	25.56	6 Q	25.79	7
	100 m butterfly	57.21	2 Q	56.80	2 Q	56.14 NR
Emma Terebo Adèle Blanchetière Marie Wattel Charlotte Bonnet	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:01.45	8 Q	—		3:59.94	8

Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heat only.

Water polo

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France	Women's tournament	Spain L 8–18	Thailand W 24–8	Greece L 4–15	3	New Zealand W 14–13	Italy L 7–17	Spain L 5–18	Greece L 7–16	8

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is French roster in the Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament.^[7]

Head coach: Émilien Bugeaud

1 Chloé Vidal GK
2 Estelle Millot D
3 Gabrielle Fitaire CB
4 Camelia Bouloukbachi FP
5 Louise Guillet D
6 Kahena Benlekbir D
7 Juliette Dhalluin D
8 Aurelie Battu CF
9 Ema Vernoux FP
10 Viviane Bahia FP
11 Camille Radosavljevic FP
12 Audrey Daule D
13 Anne Collas GK

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	2	1	0	53	15	+38	5^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	58	20	+38	5^[a]	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	0	2	36	41	−5	2	Playoffs
4	Thailand	3	0	0	3	11	82	−71	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Spain 10–10 Greece

20 June 2022 19:30	Report	France	8–18	Spain	Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–3, 2–5, 2–6
		Vernoux 4	Goals	Forca 5

22 June 2022 19:30	Report	Thailand	8–24	France	Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 2–7, 0–7, 4–4
		Puangtong 4	Goals	Guillet 6

24 June 2022 19:30	Report	France	4–15	Greece	Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–4, 1–3, 1–4
		Bouloukbachi 2	Goals	three players 3

Playoffs

26 June 2022 15:30	Report	New Zealand	13–14	France	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 2–3, 2–2 PSO: 4–5
		McDowall 5	Goals	Dhalluin 4

Quarterfinals

28 June 2022 13:00	Report	Italy	17–7	France	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Helene Painchaud (CAN), Maro Savinović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–1, 6–1, 4–3
		Giustini 6	Goals	Guillet 4

5–8th place semifinals

30 June 2022 14:30	Report	France	5–18	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 1–5, 1–7
		five players 1	Goals	four players 3

Seventh place game

2 July 2022 13:00	Report	France	7–16	Greece	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–3, 2–5, 2–3
		Millot 3	Goals	Myriokefalitaki 5

References

^ "19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022 - Hungary｜FINA Official". FINA. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
^ "19th FINA World Championships Artistic swimming Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "19th FINA World Championships Diving Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "19th FINA World Championships Open water Men Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "19th FINA World Championships Open water Women Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "Swimming Entry List" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ waterpolo.sportresult.com. "France" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

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