Olympic Summer Games 1896 / Participant (France)

FRA

		3.
5	4th	2

France participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece , with a delegation of twelve athletes in six sports.

Medalist

Olympic champion

Surname	sport	competition
Eugène-Henri Gravelotte	fencing	foil
Léon Flameng	Cycling	100 kilometers
Paul Masson	Cycling	333 ⅓ m time trial
		2000 meters
		10 kilometer

Second

Surname	sport	competition
Henri Callot	fencing	foil
Jean Perronet	fencing	Foil for fencing masters
Alexandre Tuffèri	athletics	Triple jump
Léon Flameng	Cycling	10 kilometer

third

Surname	sport	competition
Albin Lermusiaux	athletics	1500 meters
Léon Flameng	Cycling	2000 meters

Participants by sport

fencing

• Eugène-Henri Gravelotte

  Foil: Olympic champion

• Henri Callot

  Foil: Second

• Henri Delaborde

  Foil: 5th place

• Jean Perronet

  Foil for fencing master: second

athletics

Athletes	competition	leader		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Men
Alphonse Grisel	100 m	unknown	4th	eliminated
	400 m	unknown	3-4	eliminated
	Long jump	/	/	5.83 m	5	5
	Discus throw
Frantz Reichel	400 m	unknown	4th	eliminated
	110 m hurdles			eliminated

• Albin Lermusiaux

  800 meters: heats

  1500 meters: 3rd place

  Marathon: DNF

• Georges de la Nézière

  800 meters: heats

• Alexandre Tuffèri

  Long jump: 4th place

  Triple jump: second

Cycling

Paul Masson

• Paul Masson

  Sprint: Olympic champion

  333 ⅓ m time trial: Olympic champion

  10 kilometers: Olympic champion

• Léon Flameng

  Sprint: 3rd place

  333 ⅓ m time trial: 5th place

  10 kilometers: second

  100 kilometers: Olympic champion

shoot

• Albin Lermusiaux

  Military rifle (200 m): ??

tennis

• J. Defert

  Singles: 8th place

do gymnastics

• Alphonse Grisel

  Bars: ??

Web links

• French Olympic team from 1896 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results long jump
2. ↑ Results of the marathon
3. ↑ Results long jump