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Latest France Medals
| Medal | Sport | Event | Athlete |
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| Gold | Handball | Men's Team Handball | |
| Silver | Taekwondo | Women's Heavyweight (Over 67 kg) | Anne-Caroline Graffe |
| Silver | Basketball | Women | |
| Gold | Track & Field | Men's Pole Vault | Renaud Lavillenie |
| Bronze | Taekwondo | Women's Featherweight (49-57 kg) | Marlene Harnois |
| Bronze | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg | Steeve Guenot |
| Bronze | Gymnastics | Men's Parallel Bars | Hamilton Sabot |
| Silver | Cycling | Men's Sprint | Gregory Bauge |
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| Event Type | Sport | Event | Stage | Match |
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| Modern Pentathlon | Women's Modern Pentathlon | Final | See Results | |
| Medal/Final | Modern Pentathlon | Women's Modern Pentathlon | Combined Event | See Results |
| Medal/Final | Handball | Men's Team Handball | Final | France 22 - 21 Sweden |
| Modern Pentathlon | Women's Modern Pentathlon | Riding | See Results | |
| Medal/Final | Cycling | Men's Cross-Country | Final | See Results |
| Modern Pentathlon | Women's Modern Pentathlon | Swimming | See Results |
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Schedule
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- Medals
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- Rank 7
- Gold 11
- Silver 11
- Bronze 12
- Total 34
- Capital City
- Paris
- Official Languages
- French (official)
- National Languages
- French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
- Total Area
- 248,429 miles² (643,427 km²)
- Population
- 64,057,790 people
Overall Medal Count
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United States | 46 | 29 | 29 | 104 |
| 2 | China | 38 | 27 | 23 | 88 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 |
| 4 | Russia | 24 | 26 | 32 | 82 |
| 5 | South Korea | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Germany | 11 | 19 | 14 | 44 |
| 7 | France | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 10 | Australia | 7 | 16 | 12 | 35 |
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