1908 Summer Olympics / Participant (France)

FRA

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France participated in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London , Great Britain , with 215 athletes. The athletes were able to win five gold, one silver and three bronze medals.

Medalist

Olympic champion

Surname	sport	competition
Eugène Grisot	Archery	Continental Round
Gaston Alibert	fencing	Epee single
Gaston Alibert Bernard Gravier Alexandre Lippmann Jean Stern Eugène Olivier Herman Georges Berger Charles Collignon	fencing	Epee team
Émile Thubron 3 other unknown athletes	motorboat	A class 40 miles
Maurice Schilles André Auffray	Cycling	2000 m tandem

Second

Surname	sport	competition
Louis Vernet	Archery	Continental Round
Alexandre Lippmann	fencing	Epee single
Géo André	athletics	high jump
Émile Demangel	Cycling	660 yards (603.491 m)
Maurice Schilles	Cycling	5 km

Third

Surname	sport	competition
Gustave Cabaret	Archery	Continental Round
Eugène Olivier	fencing	Epee single
Louis Bonniot de Fleurac Joseph Dreher Paul Lizandier	athletics	3-mile team run (4828 m)
André Auffray	Cycling	5 km
Octave Lapize	Cycling	100 km
Léon Johnson Eugène Balme André Parmentier Albert Courquin Maurice Lecoq Raoul de Boigne	shoot	Free rifle three position team
Paul Colas André Regaud Léon Lécuyer Henri Bonnéfoy	shoot	Small bore rifle crew
Henri Arthus Louis Potheau Pierre Rabot	sailing	6 meter class
Louis Ségura	do gymnastics	Individual all-around

Participants by sport

Archery

discipline	space	athlete	Points
Men
York Round	16.	Henri Berton	425
	17th	Eugène Richez	418
	19th	Eugène Grisot	410
	20th	Louis Vernet	385
	22nd	Louis Salingre	347
	23.	Albert Dauchez	280
	24.	Charles Quervel	241
	25th	Edouard Beaudoin	215
	26th	Gustave Cabaret	191
	27.	Alfred Poupart	DNF
Continental Round	Olympic champion	Eugène Grisot	263
	Second	Louis Vernet	256
	Third	Gustave Cabaret	255
	4th	Charles Aubras	231
	5.	Charles Quervel	223
	6th	Albert Dauchez	222
	7th	Louis Salingre	215
	8th.	Henri Berton	212
	9.	Eugène Richez	210
	10.	Edouard Beaudoin	206
	11.	Charles Vallée	193
	13.	Émile Fisseux	185
	14th	Jean Louis de la Croix	177
	16.	Alfred Poupart	155
	17th	Oscar Jay	134

Boxing

discipline	space	boxer	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final
Men
Bantam weight (up to 52.62 kg)	Fourth	Pierre Mazior	not carried out	Lost to Condon knockout, third round	not reached
Feather weight (up to 57.15 kg)	fifth	Louis Constant	not carried out	Lost to wrestlers 2-0	not reached
		Etienne Poillot		Lost to Gunn knockout, second round
Lightweight (up to 63.50 kg)	seventh	André Bouvier	Lost to Holmes knockout, second round	not reached
Middle weight (up to 71.67 kg)	Sixth	Gaston Aspa	Knocked out to William Childs , second round	not reached
		René Doudelle	Lost to Douglas knockout, first round
		Charles Morard	Lost to Warnes knockout, second round

fencing

Olivier , Gravier , Berger , Collignon and Alibert became Olympic champions with the French epee team

discipline	space	athlete	First round	Second round	Semifinals	final
Men
Epee single	Olympic champion	Gaston Alibert	7-1 (first in group E)	4-0 (first in group 3)	7-2 (first in group 1)	7-2
	Second	Alexandre Lippmann	4-1 (first in group L)	4-1 (first in group 5)	5-4 (third in group 2)	5-3
	Third	Eugène Olivier	3-2 (third in group J)	2-1 (first in group 8)	5-4 (third in group 2)	4-3
	Semi-finalist	Herman Georges Berger	7-0 (first in group D)	3-2 (second in group 3)	4-5 (fifth in group 1)	not reached
		Jean Stern	4-1 (first in group M)	4-2 (second in Group 1)	3-4 (fifth in group 2)
	Second round	Jacques Rodocanachi	3-3 (third in group H)	2-2 (third in group 2)	not reached
		Bernard Gravier	4-2 (second in Group A)	2-2 (third in group 4)
		Charles Collignon	5-2 (second in Group B)	1-3 (third in group 6)
		René Quenessen	5-3 (second in Group I)	1-2 (third in group 8)
		Joseph Marais	5-0 (first in group C)	1-3 (third in group 4)
	First round	Frédéric Dubordieu	4-3 (fourth in group G)	not reached
Saber single	seventh	Georges de la Falaise	3-1 (first in group F)	2-1 (first in group 8)	4-3 (third in group 1)	1-6
	Semi-finalist	Bertrand Marie de Lesseps	4-1 (first in group H)	3-0 (first in group 4)	1-6 (eighth in group 1)	not reached
	Second round	René Lateux	2-2 (second in Group D)	1-3 (fifth in group 1)	not reached
	First round	Jean de Mas Latrie	2-3 (fourth in group A)	not reached
		Jean-Joseph Renaud	3-2 (fourth in Group C)
		Georges Langevin	0-3 (fourth in Group E)
		Louis Chapuis	3-2 (fourth in Group L)
		Marc Perrodon	3-2 (fourth in Group M)
		Ismaël de Lesseps	1-4 (fifth in group G)
		Jacques de Saint-Brisson	0-5 (sixth in Group I)
		Jean Mikorski	2-5 (eighth in group J)

discipline	space	Athletes	qualification	First round	Semifinals	final	Round of hope	Fencing for 2nd place
Men
Epee team	Olympic champion	Gaston Alibert Herman Georges Berger Charles Collignon Eugène Olivier Bernard Gravier Alexandre Lippmann Jean Stern	bye	Defeated Denmark 10-6 → semi-finals	Defeated Great Britain 12-5 → final	Defeated Belgium 9-7 → Olympic champion	not qualified
Saber crew	Fourth	Georges de la Falaise Bertrand Marie de Lesseps Marc Perrodon Jean-Joseph Renaud	not carried out	Defeated Belgium 10-6 → semi-finals	Lost against Bohemia 9-7 → Eliminated fourth	not reached	not qualified

Soccer

discipline	space	Athletes	First round	Semifinals	final	3rd place match
Men
Men	Fourth	Yves Albert , Georges Bayrou , Gaston Cypres , Jean Dubly , Jean Fenouillere , Albert François (captain) , Charles Renaux , Émile Sartorius , Roland Schubart , Maurice Tillette , Ursule Wibaut	bye	Lost to Denmark 17-1	not reached	not qualified
	Sixth	Charles Bilot , Serge Dastarac , Victor Denis , François Desrousseaux , Marcel Eucher , Adrien Filez , Henri Holgart , Fernand Jenicot , Paul Mathaux , E. Morillon , Jules Verlet (captain)	Lost to Denmark 9-0	not reached		not qualified

hockey

discipline	space	Athletes	First round	Semifinals	final	Play for 5th place
Men
Men	Sixth	RP Aublin , David Baidet , Raoul Benoît , André Bonnal , Louis Gautier , Daniel Girard , Charles Pattin , Louis Poupon , Frédéric Roux , René Salarnier , Louis Saulnier	Lost to Great Britain 10-1	not reached		Lost against the German Reich 1-0

athletics

discipline	space	Athlete (s)	leader	Semifinals	final
Men
100 m	Prelims	Georges Malfait	11.2 s second, third forerun	not reached
		L. Lescat	k. A. Third, sixth forerun
		G. Lamotte	Unknown third, eleventh forerun
		Henri Meslot	Unknown third, 13th lead
200 m	Semi-finalist	Georges Malfait	22.6 s first, fifth preroll	k. A. Third, fourth semifinals	not reached
	Prelims	Henri Meslot	k. A. Second, 15th lead	not reached
400 m	Semi-finalist	Georges Malfait	50.0 s first, sixth forerun	k. A. Fourth, third semifinals	not reached
1500 m	Semi-finalist	Jean Bouin	not carried out	k. A. Second, Seventh Semi-Finals	not reached
		Joseph Dreher		k. A. Fifth, Fourth Semifinals
		Louis Bonniot de Fleurac		k. A. Sixth, First Semifinals
	-	Gaston Ragueneau		DNF -, Fifth Semi-Final
400 m hurdles	Prelims	Henri Meslot	k. A. Second, twelfth semifinals	not reached
	-	Georges Dubois	DNF -, Sixth forerun
3200 m obstacle	-	Gaston Ragueneau	not carried out	DNF -, first semifinals	not reached
		Louis Bonniot de Fleurac		DNF -, Second Semi-Final
3-mile team run (4828 m)	Third	Louis Bonniot de Fleurac	not carried out	14: 56.0 4 points, second prelim	15: 08.4 8 points
		Joseph Dreher		15: 37.2 10 points, second heat	15: 40.0 11 points
		Paul Lizandier		15: 56.6 no points, second prelim	16: 03.0 13 points
	-	Jean Bouin		14: 53.0 1 points, second prelim	DNS no dots
		Alexandre Fayollat		15: 52.2 no points, second prelim	DNS no dots
5 miles (8047 m)	Semi-finalist	Paul Lizandier	not carried out	k. A. Fourth, fourth semifinals	not reached
	-	Gaston Ragueneau		DNF -, first semifinals
discipline	space	Athlete (s)			Height / width
Men
high jump	Second	Géo André	not carried out		1.88 m
Long jump	21.-32.	Henri Guttierez	not carried out		k. A.
Pole vault	Tenth	Robert Pascarel	not carried out		3.20 m
	Twelfth	Gaston Koëger			3.05 m
Standing vault	fifth	Géo André	not carried out		1.47 m
		Alfred Motté			1.47 m
	19.-23.	Henri Jardin			k. A.
Stand long jump	Eighth-25th	Henri Jardin	not carried out		k. A.
		Alfred Motté			k. A.
Shot put	Ninth-25th	Charles Lagarde	not carried out		k. A.
		André Tison			k. A.
Discus throw (free style)	Eighth	André Tison	not carried out		38.30 m
	Twelfth-42nd	Charles Lagarde			k. A.

motorboat

discipline	space	Athletes
Men
A class 40 miles	Olympic champion	Camille Émile Thubron 3 other unknown athletes

Cycling

The French Maurice Schilles and André Auffray became Olympic champions in the tandem race over 2000 meters

discipline	space	Athlete (s)	Prelims	Semifinals	final
Men
660 yards (603.491 m)	Second	Émile Demangel	59.8 s first, sixth forerun	51.6s first, second semifinals	k. A.
	Semi-finalist	André Auffray	58.4 s first, 16th forerun	k. A. Second, third semifinals	not reached
		Pierre Texier	1: 01.6 first, ninth forward	k. A. Third, First Semi-Final
	Prelims	Georges Perrin	k. A. Second, tenth forerun	not reached
		André Poulain	k. A. Second, twelfth preroll
		Gaston Dreyfus	k. A. Second, 14th preroll
		Pierre Seginaud	k. A. Third, Second Prerun
		Richard Villepontoux	k. A. Third, fourth forerun
		Gaston Delaplane	k. A. Third, eighth forerun
		Émile Marechal	k. A. Third, eleventh forerun
	-	Maurice Schilles	Time limit exceeded -, Fifth preroll
5 km	Second	Maurice Schilles	not carried out	7: 55.4 first, seventh semifinals	k. A.
	Third	André Auffray		k. A.
	Fourth	Émile Marechal		9: 01.4 first, second semifinals	k. A.
	Semi-finalist	Pierre Texier		k. A. Third, fourth semifinals	not reached
		Pierre Seginaud		k. A. Fourth, first semifinals
		Gaston Dreyfus		k. A. Fourth, sixth semifinals
		Georges Perrin		k. A. Fourth-seventh, seventh semifinals
		Gaston Delaplane		k. A. Fourth-ninth, fifth semifinals
		Richard Villepontoux		k. A. Fourth-ninth, fifth semifinals
	-	André Poulain		DNF -, fourth semifinals
		Émile Demangel		DSQ -, Second Semi-Final
20 km	Fifth-ninth	François Bonnet	not carried out	k. A. Sixth, Second Semi-Finals	k. A.
		Octave Lapize		k. A. Fourth, fourth semifinals	k. A.
	Semi-finalist	Charles Avrillon		33: 40.8 second, sixth semifinals	not reached
		André Lapize		k. A. Fourth, first semifinals
		Georges Lutz		k. A. Fourth, second semifinals
		Henri Baumler		k. A. Fifth, Fourth Semifinals
		Henri Cunault		k. A. Sixth-seventh, third semifinals
		Pierre Hostein		k. A. Seventh-Eighth, First Semi-Finals
	-	Pierre Texier		DNF -, Fifth Semi-Final
100 km	Third	Octave Lapize	not carried out	k. A. Fourth, second semifinals	k. A.
	fifth	Pierre Texier		k. A. Fourth, first semifinals	k. A.
	Ninth-17th	François Bonnet		k. A. Seventh-14th, First Semifinals	DNF
		Georges Lutz		k. A. Second, first semifinals	DNF
	Semi-finalist	André Lepère		k. A. Seventh-14th, First Semifinals	not reached
	-	Charles Avrillon		DNF -, Second Semi-Final
		Henri Cunault		DNF -, Second Semi-Final
		Pierre Hostein		DNF -, Second Semi-Final
		Jean Madelaine		DNF -, Second Semi-Final
2000 m tandem	Olympic champion	André Auffray Maurice Schilles	3: 11.4 first, fifth forerunners	2: 46.2 first, second semifinals	3: 07.6
	Semi-finalist	François Bonnet Octave Lapize	3: 06.8 first, sixth heat	k. A. Fourth, second semifinals	not reached
	Prelims	Maurice Texier Pierre Texier	k. A. Second, second preroll	not reached
		Charles Avrillon Joseph Guyader	k. A. Second, third preroll
		Gaston Dreyfus André Poulain	k. A. Second, seventh forerun
1980 yards team pursuit	Prelims	André Auffray Émile Demangel Émile Marechal Maurice Schilles	2: 32.0 second, fourth heat	not reached

shoot

discipline	space	Athet	Points
Men
Army rifle	19th	Raoul de Boigne	86
	23.	André Angelini	85
	28.	Paul Colas	82
	35.	Léon Hecht	75
	38.	Daniel Merillon	69
	39.	Léon Moreaux	67
	48.	Léon Tétart	21st
Free rifle three position fight	8th.	Léon Johnson	835
	25th	Paul Colas	759
	31.	Maurice Lecoq	730
	34.	André Angelini	706
Free rifle three position team	Third	Léon Johnson Eugène Balme André Parmentier Albert Courquin Maurice Lecoq Raoul de Boigne	4652
Army rifle crew	Fourth	Raoul de Boigne Albert Courquin Eugène Balme Daniel Mérillon Léon Hecht André Parmentier	2227
Small caliber rifle lying	13.	André Mercier	366
	17th	Léon Tétart	350
	19th	Henri Bonnéfoy	304
Small bore rifle moving target	10.	Léon Johnson	13
	14th	André Mercier	10
	15th	Léon Tétart	9
Small bore rifle disappearing target	19th	André Mercier	30th
	21st	Léon Johnson	24
	22nd	Léon Tétart	21st
Small bore rifle crew	Third	Paul Colas André Regaud Léon Lécuyer Henri Bonnéfoy	710
Running deer single shot	13.	Léon Tétart	11
	14th	Maurice Robion du Pont	6th
	15th	André Barbillat	3
Running stag double shot	12.	Léon Tétart	21st
	14th	Maurice Robion du Pont	18th
Revolver and pistol	Sixth	André Barbillat	466
	Tenth	André Regaud	451
	17th	Léon Moreaux	438
	22nd	Jean Depassis	427
	30th	Léon Lécuyer	401
	34.	Maurice Robion du Pont	391
Rapid fire gun crew	Fourth	André Barbillat André Regaud Léon Moreaux Jean Depassis	1750
Target shooting	23.	Emile Béjot	28

swim

discipline	space	athlete	Preliminary round	Semifinals	final
Men
100 m freestyle	Prelims	Gérard Meister	k. A. Third-fifth, second heat	not reached
		René André	k. A. Fourth-fifth, fifth forerun
400 m freestyle	-	Henri Decoin	DNF -, first forerun	not reached
1500 m freestyle	Prelims	André Theuriet	32: 37.0 third, fourth forerun	not reached

sailing

discipline	space	Athletes
Men
6 meter class	Third	Guyoni Henri Arthus , Louis Potheau , Pierre Rabot

tennis

discipline	space	athlete	First round	Second round	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final
Men
singles	fifth	Maurice Germot	bye	Defeated Schomburgk	bye	Lost to Ritchie	not reached

do gymnastics

discipline	space	athlete	Points
Men
Individual all-around	Third	Louis Ségura	297
	seventh	Marcel Lalu	258.75
	Eighth	Robert Diaz	258.5
	Tenth	Jules Rolland	249.5
	Eleventh	François Nidal	249
	14th	Antoine Costa	241.75
	18th	Georges Gymnastics Army	232
	19th	Jean Castigliano	227
	k. A.	Edouard Boislevé	k. A.
		Alfred Castille	k. A.
		Ferdinand Castille	k. A.
		Georges Charmoille	k. A.
		Victor Dubois	k. A.
		Dominique Follacci	k. A.
		E. Gauthier	k. A.
		Félicien Lekim	k. A.
		Justinien Lux	k. A.
		G. Mounier	k. A.
		Georges Ratelot	k. A.

discipline	space	athlete	Points
Men
Team all-around	fifth	Lucien Bogart , Albert Borizée , Henri de Breyne , Nicolas Constant , Charles Courtois , Louis Delattre , Antoine Delescluse , Louis Delescluse , Georges Demarle , Joseph Derov , Charles Desmarcheliers , Claude Desmarcheliers , Étienne Dharaney , Gérard Donnet , Émile Duhamel , A. Duponcheel , Paul Durin , Alphonse Eggremont , G. Guiot , L. Hennebicq , Henri Hubert , Daniel Hudels , E. Labitte , L. Léstienne , Raimond Lis , Victor Magnier , G. Nys , Joseph Parent , Louis Pappe , Vicotr Polidori , Gustave Pottier , Antoine Pinoy , Louis Sandray , Édouard Schmoll , Édouard Steffe , E. Vercruysse , Hugo Vergin , Ernest Vicogne , Jules Walmée , G. Warlouzer	319

Web links

• Olympic team of Finland 1908 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).