Swimming
France sent a total of 35 swimmers to these Games, including Alain Bernard and Laure Manaudou.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Alain Bernard | 50 m freestyle | 21.78 | 2 Q | 21.54 | 1 Q | 21.49 | 03 ! |
| 100 m freestyle | 47.85 | 1 Q | 47.20 WR | 1 Q | 47.21 | 01 ! | |
| Frédérick Bousquet | 100 m butterfly | 51.83 | 11 Q | 52.94 | 16 | Did not advance | |
| Hugues Duboscq | 100 m breaststroke | 59.67 | 3 Q | 59.83 | 4 Q | 59.37 | 03 ! |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:09.42 | 4 Q | 2:09.97 | 8 Q | 2:08.94 | 03 ! | |
| Simon Dufour | 200 m backstroke | 2:02.00 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
| Fabien Gilot | 100 m freestyle | 48.42 | 13 Q | 49.00 | 15 | Did not advance | |
| Pierre Henri | 400 m individual medley | 4:22.41 | 22 | Did not advance | |||
| Christophe Lebon | 100 m butterfly | 52.56 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m butterfly | 1:56.63 | 17 | Did not advance | ||||
| Amaury Leveaux | 50 m freestyle | 21.46 | 1 Q | 21.76 | 4 Q | 21.45 | 02 ! |
| 200 m freestyle | 1:47.44 | 13 Q | Withdrew | ||||
| Julien Nicolardot | 200 m breaststroke | 2:12.76 | 28 | Did not advance | |||
| Pierre Roger | 200 m backstroke | 1:59.01 | 17 | Did not advance | |||
| Gilles Rondy | 10 km open water | 1:52:16.7 | 15 | ||||
| Nicolas Rostoucher | 400 m freestyle | 3:47.15 | 14 | Did not advance | |||
| 1500 m freestyle | 15:00.58 | 13 | Did not advance | ||||
| Sébastien Rouault | 400 m freestyle | 3:48.84 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
| 1500 m freestyle | 15:21.14 | 27 | Did not advance | ||||
| Benjamin Stasiulis | 100 m backstroke | 55.08 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
| Alain Bernard Frédérick Bousquet Fabien Gilot Amaury Leveaux Grégory Mallet* Boris Steimetz* |
4×100 m freestyle relay | 3:12.36 | 2 Q | 3:08.32 | 02 ! | ||
| Sébastien Bodet Clément Lefert Amaury Leveaux Matthieu Madelaine |
4×200 m freestyle relay | 7:13.57 | 10 | Did not advance | |||
| Hugues Duboscq Fabien Gilot Christophe Lebon Benjamin Stasiulis |
4×100 m medley relay | 3:34.78 | 9 | Did not advance | |||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Joanne Andraca | 400 m individual medley | 4:43.88 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
| Coralie Balmy | 400 m freestyle | 4:04.25 | 6 Q | 4:03.60 | 4 | ||
| 800 m freestyle | 8:28.34 | 12 | Did not advance | ||||
| Alexianne Castel | 100 m backstroke | 1:01.44 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:09.37 | 9 Q | 2:10.04 | 13 | Did not advance | ||
| Céline Couderc | 50 m freestyle | 25.22 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
| Sophie de Ronchi | 200 m breaststroke | 2:30.93 | 30 | Did not advance | |||
| Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne | 200 m freestyle | 1:57.93 | 11 Q | 1:58.00 | 8 Q | 1:57.83 | 8 |
| Sophie Huber | 800 m freestyle | 8:33.76 | 19 | Did not advance | |||
| Laure Manaudou | 400 m freestyle | 4:04.93 | 8 Q | 4:11.26 | 8 | ||
| 100 m backstroke | 1:00.09 | 5 Q | 1:00.19 | 8 Q | 1:00.10 | 7 | |
| 200 m backstroke | 2:09.39 | 8 Q | 2:12.04 | 15 | Did not advance | ||
| Malia Metella | 50 m freestyle | 24.95 | 10 Q | 24.89 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m freestyle | 54.12 | 11 Q | 54.20 | 9 | Did not advance | ||
| Aurore Mongel | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.11 | 15 Q | 1:58.08 | 10 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m butterfly | 58.30 | 10 Q | 58.46 | 9 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 m butterfly | 2:06.49 | 2 Q | 2:07.21 | 7 Q | 2:07.36 | 6 | |
| Camille Muffat | 200 m individual medley | 2:12.16 | 7 Q | 2:12.36 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| 400 m individual medley | 4:40.29 | 19 | Did not advance | ||||
| Aurélie Muller | 10 km open water | 2:02:04.1 | 21 | ||||
| Alena Popchanka | 100 m freestyle | 54.86 | 18 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m butterfly | 58.40 | 14 Q | 58.55 | =10 | Did not advance | ||
| Magali Rousseau | 200 m butterfly | 2:13.12 | 28 | Did not advance | |||
| Cylia Vabre | 200 m individual medley | 2:14.34 | 21 | Did not advance | |||
| Céline Couderc Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne Malia Metella* Alena Popchanka Hanna Shcherba-Lorgeril |
4×100 m freestyle relay | 3:37.76 | 5 Q | 3:37.68 | 6 | ||
| Coralie Balmy Céline Couderc* Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne Aurore Mongel Camille Muffat Alena Popchanka* |
4×200 m freestyle relay | 7:50.37 OR | 1 Q | 7:50.66 | 5 | ||
| Alexianne Castel Sophie de Ronchi Aurore Mongel Alena Popchanka |
4×100 m medley relay | 4:02.95 | 11 | Did not advance | |||
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