JO of Tokyo 2020: the complete summary of the 33 medals won by France

By editorial staff published on update on August 8, 21 to 18:24 ACTUST MY NEWS

End clap.After 16 days of intense competitions, strong emotions, pretty victories but also beautiful disappointments, the Tokyo 2020 games ended on Sunday, August 8, 2021.But meeting is already given in Paris in 2024!

For this 32nd edition of the Olympic Games, the United States won first place in the podium with 113 medals, ahead of China (88 medals) and Japan (58 medals).With 33 medals, including a golden handball golden charm back on the last day, France ranks in 8th place.

In total, tricolor athletes have garnered 10 gold, 12 silver and 11 bronze medals.Relive the French record day after day with the complete summary of our medals.

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Sunday August 8: gold for French handball players

It was still a story of revenge.After the men in basketball against the United States, in volleyball against the Russians and the handballers against Denmark, the players of the French Hand team found the same opponent in the Olympic final as in Rio.

It’s the most beautiful page in the history of French volleyball.After playing with the nerves of tricolor supporters throughout the competition, the French male team is crowned Olympic champion!Its first title internationally.

It was the revenge of the Rio final, five years earlier.The French took the best on Denmark to win a third Olympic title in four Olympiads by beating Denmark (25-23), Saturday August 7, 2021.

This is the second bronze medal in the morning: the French cycling team, composed of Benjamin Thomas and Donovan Rondin, rose in third place in the podium on the Madison test.

In the aftermath of their defeat against Japan in the semi-finals, the Bleues resumed the hair of the beast!They torn off the bronze basketball medal against the Serbs (91-76).

Despite the defeat, this French basketball team is great.She won the third Olympic silver medal in her story, this Saturday, August 7, 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics.

Fifth after the first day of the decathlon, Kévin Mayer had come to Tokyo with better ambitions.The Rio Olympic vice-champion in 2016, reduced by a back injury, won second place in the podium in decathlon after the last test, 1,500m.

With 8,726 points, the Frenchman finished behind the Canadian Damian Warner and his 9,018 points.

Forever the first: this Thursday, August 5, the French Steven Da Costa won the gold medal in karate, in the category of less than 67 kg.

They left second at the start of the Medal Race, and finished third in the podium.This Wednesday, August 4, 2021, the French Camille Lecointre and Aloïse Retornaz won bronze in veil, in the 470 event.

Finally !While France had not frankly illustrated in cycling so far, the French male team has finally won an Olympic medal this Tuesday, August 3, 2021.

The French horse riding team also distinguished itself this Monday, August 2, by winning the bronze medal, in full competition.

New gold medal this Monday, August 2 with the excellent performance of Jean Quiquampoix, crowned Olympic champion of fast shooting at the 25 m pistol.

World n ° 3, the French, also a gendarme, largely dominated the final.A great victory, five years after his second place at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016.

Florent Manaudou succeeded in his incredible bet on 50 m free by tearing the silver behind the boss of the Caeleb Dressel basins.

He thus offered himself a third individual Olympic medal in three Olympics by completing his final in 21 sec 55.

On the fencing side, French Flowers have also won gold thanks to a large victory against the Russians (45-28)

July 31:, gold for judo, bronze for triathlon, and silver for windsurfing and rugby at 7

The triathletes of the French mixed relay, Léonie Périault, Dorian Coninx, Cassandre Beaugrand and Vincent Luis, won the bronze medal, behind the United Kingdom and the United States.

Charline Picon, on the other hand, won the silver medal in windsurfing, five years after his Olympic title in Rio in 2016 in 2016.A few hours later, it was Thomas Goyard who also wins the silver medal for windsurfing.And this, despite his disqualification during the final regatta for a false departure.

A little later in the morning, a new silver medal thanks to the French rugby at 7.They bow to New Zealanders (26-12).

Then, the French judo team, led by their captain Teddy Riner won gold in the final of the mixed event against Japan.

Then, the French bowed in the final against the Russians, but still won the Silver Silver Medal by Team Team.

July 30: no gold but bronze for Teddy Riner in judo

A champion reaction.Released in the quarterfinals at the surprise general, Teddy Riner was able to bounce back by winning, after a draft fight, the bronze medal against Japanese Harasawa.

The Frenchman had to go to the Golden Score to obtain his fourth Olympic medal after bronze in Beijing and Gold in London and Rio.

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July 30: bronze medal for Romane Dicko in judo

She dreamed of gold.But for his first Olympic Games, at only 21, Romane Dicko has something to be proud with a beautiful bronze medal in the category of more than 78 kg.

Beaten by in the semi-finals by the powerful Cuban Idalys Ortiz, the Parisian re-mobilized to get third place against Turkish Kayra Sayit.

July 29: Silver medal for the Women's Flower Team

Ysaora Thibus, Anita Blaze, Pauline Ranvier and Astrid Guyart offered France his eleventh medal.They would have preferred gold, of course, but faced with dominating Russians throughout the final, they however obtain a well -deserved silver medal.Especially after a very disputed semi-final against Italy, during which they managed to reverse a well-compromised situation at the start of the game.

World number 1, Madeleine Malonga was aimed at Olympic gold in Tokyo, the only title that is missing from his record.But in the final of the under 78 kg, the Frenchwoman was surprised by the Japanese Shori Hamada, who won over immobilization.

Madeleine Malonga still offers the fifth medal to French judo, waiting for Teddy Riner, Friday July 30.

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July 29: Claire Bové and Laura Tarantola Sacred Olympic Vice-Championes

Parties with the status of outsiders after having finished second in their semi-final the day before, Claire Bové and Laura Tarantola did not make any complex against the Italians, Dutch and British British.

At the end of an indecisive final until the end, they won their silver medals thanks to breathtaking packaging, but had to wait a few seconds to find out if they were on the podium.

And three gold medals for France with the Olympic title won by the French duo Hugo Boucheron and Matthieu Androdias, in two of Aviron couple, Wednesday July 28.

The French have ahead of the Netherlands and China, world champion, after a breathtaking race.The duo even offers the Olympic record, while they paradoxically consider that their race is the "worse weekend".

The Blues had no longer imposed themselves in this way in this category since 2004 in Athens.

Just 19 years old and already medalist at the Olympic Games!After Clarisse Agbégnénou's gold, it's Althéa Laurin's turn to bring a new medal back to France.The young woman in fact wins a bronze medal in Taekwondo, in category + 67 kg, against the Ivorian Aminata Charlène Traoré.

He only lacked this title to his (impressive) awards: in the category of under 63 kg, the judokate Clarisse Agbégnénou, 30, torn the gold medal against the Slovenian Tina Trsenjak this Tuesday, July 27, 2021, takingHis revenge on the 2016 Rio Olympics.

At the end of a hard fight and lying down by a Golden Score, the French ultra-favority and world champion in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 became Olympic champion.

It is one of the best French fencers, and can tag to rub shoulders with the older ones!This Monday, Manon Brunet rose to third place in the podium in his discipline, the saber.

It is the fourth French medal and the third in judo at the Tokyo Olympic Games.Monday, July 26, Sarah-Léonie Cysique won a silver medal in judo in the category less than 57 kg.

During this final, who opposed it to Kosovare Nora Gjakova, the 23 -year -old woman made a mistake, collecting a red card.An elimination that offered the coronation to his opponent.

He created the surprise.At the age of 24, and when he was a last -minute replacement, the Roman fencer Cannone swept his opponents one after the other, in individual sword.Until the world number one he met in the final, the Hungarian Gergely Siklosi, while the French is classified ... 47th in the world.

Romain Cannone won 15 keys at 10 and offers France its first gold medal at Tokyo Games.And by the way the first Olympic title in fencing, individually, since 1992 (with Erick Srecki, titled at the Barcelona Games).

Amandine Buchard, she went very ready for gold, Sunday July 25.Despite a very beautiful fight, judoka (-52 kg) bowed in the final against Japanese Uta Abe, reigning world champion and favorite of competition.Amandine Buchard thus wins the silver medal in judo, the second tricolor medal.

Despite a nice silver medal, judoka confided its disappointment after her match, she who wanted to win the Olympic title in tribute to her father, who died a few years ago.

This is the first to have launched the French medals counter.Saturday, July 24, the judoka Luka Mkheidze won the bronze medal, in category less than 60 kg, opposite the South Korean Kim Won-Jin.

A beautiful revenge for this original Georgian, to whom the practice of judo had been refused in his country because of his small size and arrived in the Paris region at the age of 12, as a political refugee.

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With AFP

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