Stéphan Caron is a swimmer who has competed for France. He competed at the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympic Games.
Caron was widely regarded as one of France's top swimmers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His major Olympic success transpired at Seoul 1988 when he beat the Soviet duo of Gennadi Prigoda and Iouri Bachkatov near the wall to claim the bronze in the men's 100 metres freestyle. Four years later in Barcelona, he managed to repeat the bronze-medal feat from Seoul in the same event, outlasting the American favorite Jon Olsen by a hundredth of a second (0.01).
Olympic Results[]
| Year | Event | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Men's 100m freestyle | 6th |
| Men's 4x100m freestyle relay | 6th | |
| Men's 4x200m freestyle relay | 8th | |
| Men's 4x100m medley relay | 10th | |
| 1988 | Men's 50m freestyle | 17th |
| Men's 100m freestyle | 
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| Men's 200m freestyle | 17th | |
| Men's 4x100m freestyle relay | 4th | |
| Men's 4x200m freestyle relay | 7th | |
| 1992 | Men's 50m freestyle | 17th |
| Men's 100m freestyle |
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| Men's 4x100m freestyle relay | 4th | |
| Men's 4x100m medley relay | 5th |
1984[]
| Discipline | Round | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres freestyle | Heats | 51.13 | |
| A Final | 50.70 | NR | |
| 4x100 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 3:24.68 (50.83 split) |
NR |
| Final | 3:24.63 (51.03 split) |
NR | |
| 4x200 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 7:27.40 (1:50.11 split) |
NR |
| Final | 7:30.16 (1:50.99 split, NR) |
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| 4x100 metres medley relay | Heats | 3:50.75 (50.75 split) |
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| Final | Did not advance | ||
1988[]
| Discipline | Round | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 metres freestyle | Heats | 23.22 | |
| B Final | Withdrew | ||
| 100 metres freestyle | Heats | 49.37 | |
| A Final | 49.62 | ||
| 200 metres freestyle | Heats | 1:49.66 | |
| B Final | Withdrew | ||
| 4x100 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 3:21.77 (50.68 split) |
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| Final | 3:20.02 (49.97 split) |
NR | |
| 4x200 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 7:23.03 (1:49.41 split) |
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| Final | 7:24.69 (Reserve) |
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1992[]
| Discipline | Round | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 metres freestyle | Heats | 23.01 | |
| B Final | Withdrew | ||
| 100 metres freestyle | Heats | 49.82 | |
| A Final | 49.50 | ||
| 4x100 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 3:22.01 (50.33 split) |
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| Final | 3:19.16 (48.65 split) |
NR | |
| 4x100 metres medley relay | Heats | 3:43.13 (Reserve) |
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| Final | 3:40.51 (48.96 split) |
NR | |