France's Olympic athletes used the home games in Paris to achieve a historic success in the medal tally. France came 5th behind the USA, China, Japan and Australia.
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France won a total of 64 medals, 16 gold, 26 silver and 22 bronze. The last time the "Grande Nation" collected more was 124 years ago.
In 1900, also in Paris, there were 102 medals, including 27 golds - albeit under completely different conditions. At the second Games of the modern era in Paris, only French athletes competed in numerous sports.
After that, the best French performance dates back to Beijing 2008, when they collected 43 podium places but only won gold seven times. There were also 15 golds in Atlanta 1996, with a total of 37 medals.
