Sailing
France competed in six of the Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics.
Men's Mistral
- Alexandre Guyader
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- Race 1 — 22
- Race 2 — 4
- Race 3 — (28)
- Race 4 — 6
- Race 5 — 4
- Race 6 — 15
- Race 7 — 5
- Race 8 — 11
- Race 9 — 9
- Race 10 — (26)
- Race 11 — 24
- Final — 100 (12th place)
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
- Xavier Rohart
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- Race 1 — 11
- Race 2 — 11
- Race 3 — 4
- Race 4 — 3
- Race 5 — 1
- Race 6 — 9
- Race 7 — 6
- Race 8 — (13)
- Race 9 — (17)
- Race 10 — 5
- Race 11 — 5
- Final — 55 (5th place)
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
- Gildas Philippe and Tanguy Cariou
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- Race 1 — 10
- Race 2 — 2
- Race 3 — 5
- Race 4 — 16
- Race 5 — (30) OCS
- Race 6 — (23)
- Race 7 — 2
- Race 8 — 22
- Race 9 — 17
- Race 10 — 18
- Race 11 — 19
- Final — 111 (14th place)
Men's Tornado
- Pierre Pennec and Yann Guichard
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- Race 1 — 4
- Race 2 — 8
- Race 3 — (13)
- Race 4 — 2
- Race 5 — 5
- Race 6 — 3
- Race 7 — 3
- Race 8 — (9)
- Race 9 — 4
- Race 10 — 6
- Race 11 — 8
- Final — 43 (4th place)
Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)
- Jean-Marie Dauris, Philippe Presti and Pascal Rambeau
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- Round Robin Group 1(2-3) — 2 Points — Did not advance
Women's Mistral
- Lise Vidal
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- Race 1 — 7
- Race 2 — 6
- Race 3 — 9
- Race 4 — (25)
- Race 5 — 3
- Race 6 — (30) DSQ
- Race 7 — 10
- Race 8 — 8
- Race 9 — 21
- Race 10 — 6
- Race 11 — 5
- Final — 75 (9th place)
Read more about this topic: France At The 2000 Summer Olympics
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