Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
- René Ecuyer
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- Heats — 52,09
- Semi-Finals — 51,62
- Final — 52,01 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Mark Lazzaro
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- Heats — DNS
- Paskal Laget
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- Heats — 1.56,01 (→ did not advance)
- Fabien Noël
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- Heats — 1.53,25 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Xavier Savin
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- Final — 55,66 (→ 7th place)
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Fabien Noël, Mark Lazzaro, Dominique Petit, and Paskal Laget
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- Final — 7.36,08 (→ 8th place)
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
- Frédéric Delcourt, Olivier Borios, Xavier Savin, and René Ecuyer
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- Final — 3.49,19 (→ 5th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
- Guylaine Berger
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- Final — 57,88 (→ 7th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
- Catherine Poirot
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- Heats — 1:12.94 (→ did not advance)
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