France at the World Athletics Championships

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France at the World Athletics Championships
WA code	FRA
National federation	French Athletics Federation
Website	www.athle.fr
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 14 Silver 19 Bronze 23 Total 56
World Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
1976 1980 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023

France is the 15th most medal-winning country in the history of the World Athletics Championships with 56 medals, including 14 gold, 19 silver and 23 bronze collected from the 1987 World Athletics Championships in Rome to the last 2022 world athletics championships in Eugene.^[1]

The best rank on the medal table was third and was achieved during the 2003 World Athletics Championships held on home soil, in Paris.

Marie-José Pérec became the first French athlete world champion in the 1991 world athletics championships on the 400 m.

Marie-José Pérec, Eunice Barber, Stéphane Diagana, Ladji Doucouré and Kevin Mayer are the only French athletes who have been two times world champion.

The French athletes with the most medals since the creation of the competition in 1983 are Eunice Barber (3 medals including a title in heptathlon, 2 in long jump including a title), Christine Arron (5 medals in sprint including a title) and Renaud Lavillenie (5 medals in pole vaulting).