title: Monaco at the 2012 Summer Olympics
text: # Monaco at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  
  Monaco competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's nineteenth consecutive Olympiad since its debut in 1920.
  
  Comité Olympique Monégasque sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games, since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. A total of 6 athletes, 5 men and 1 woman, competed. Single sculls rower Mathias Raymond and judoka Yann Siccardi made their second consecutive Olympic appearance. Backstroke swimmer Angelique Trinquier, the youngest and only female athlete of the team, at age 21, was honored as the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Monaco continued its medal-less streak started after the 1924 Games.
  
  ## Athletics
  
  ### Key
  
  * Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  * Q = Qualified for the next round
  * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  * NR = National record
  * N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Brice Etès | 800 m | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Judo
  
  Monaco has had 1 judoka invited.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Yann Siccardi | Men's −60 kg | Bye | Khousrof (YEM) W 0101–0012 | Galstyan (RUS) L 0000–0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Rowing
  
  Monaco has received one wild card.
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Mathias Raymond | Single sculls | 6:58.60 | 3 QF | Bye | Bye | 7:20.16 | 5 SC/D | 7:38.17 | 3 FC | 7:36.35 | 18 |
  
  Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
  
  ## Sailing
  
  Monaco has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events.
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
  | Damien Desprat | Laser | 44 | 45 | 45 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 42 | 32 | 41 | 25 | EL | 351 | 45 |
  
  M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;
  
  ## Swimming
  
  Monaco has been given a wild card.
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Angélique Trinquier | 100 m backstroke | 1:10.79 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Triathlon
  
  Monaco has been given a wild card.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Hervé Banti | Men's | 18:55 | 0:40 | 58:51 | 0:32 | 33:44 | 1:52:42 | 49 |
  