1928 Summer Olympics / Participant (France)

FRA

6th	10	5

France took part in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , Netherlands , with a delegation of 231 athletes (199 men and 32 women).

Medalist

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Lucien Gaudin	fencing	Foil, single & epee, single
Roger François	Weightlifting	medium weight
Boughera El-Ouafi	athletics	marathon
Roger Beaufrand	Cycling	sprint
Donatien Bouché , André Derrien , Virginie Hériot , André Lesauvage , Jean Lesieur & Carl de la Sablière	sailing	8 meter class

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Armand Apell	Boxing	Flyweight
Philippe Cattiau , Roger Ducret , André Gaboriaud , Raymond Flacher , Lucien Gaudin & André Labatut	fencing	Foil, team
Georges Buchard	fencing	Rapier, single
Gaston Amson , René Barbier , Georges Buchard, Émile Cornic , Armand Massard & Bernard Schmetz	fencing	Sword, team
Louis hostess	Weightlifting	Lightweight
Jules Ladoumègue	athletics	1,500 meters
Charles Marion	horse riding	Dressage, singles
Pierre Bertran de Balanda	horse riding	Show jumping, singles
Charles Pacôme	Wrestling	Lightweight, freestyle
Armand Marcelle , Édouard Marcelle & Henri Préaux	rowing	Two with a helmsman

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Fernand Arnout	Weightlifting	lightweight
Claude Ménard	athletics	high jump
Henri Lefèbre	Wrestling	Light heavyweight, freestyle
Edmond lady	Wrestling	Heavyweight, freestyle
Henri Cuvelier , Paul Dujardin , Henri Padou , Jules Keignaert , Émile Bulteel , Achille Tribouillet , Ernest Roget , Albert Thévenon & Albert Vandeplancke	Water polo	Men's competition

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Armand Apell

  Flyweight: silver

• Ernest Mignard

  Bantamweight: 9th place

• Georges Boireau

  Featherweight: 5th place

• Georges Carcagne

  Lightweight: 9th place

• Robert Galataud

  Welterweight: 4th place

• Michel Langlet

  Middleweight: 9th place

• Robert Foquet

  Light heavyweight: 9th place

• Georges Gardebois

  Heavyweight: 5th place

fencing

• Lucien Gaudin

  Foil, single: gold

  Foil, team: silver

  Epee, single: gold

• Philippe Cattiau

  Foil, singles: 5th place

  Foil, team: silver

• Roger Ducret

  Foil, singles: 9th place

  Foil, team: silver

  Saber, singles: 8th place

  Saber, team: 5th place

• André Labatut

  Foil, team: silver

• Raymond Flat

  Foil, team: silver

• André Gaboriaud

  Foil, team: silver

• Georges Buchard

  Epee, single: silver

  Epee, team: silver

• Armand Massard

  Epee, singles: semi-finals

  Epee, team: silver

• Gaston Amson

  Epee, team: silver

• Émile Cornic

  Epee, team: silver

• Bernard Schmetz

  Epee, team: silver

• René Barbier

  Epee, team: silver

• Jean Lacroix

  Saber, singles: 10th place

  Saber, team: 5th place

• René Fristeau

  Saber, singles: semi-finals

  Saber, team: 5th place

• Maurice Taillandier

  Saber, team: 5th place

• Jean Piot

  Saber, team: 5th place

• Paul Oziol de Pignol

  Saber, team: 5th place

• Lucienne cheers

  Women, foil, singles: semi-finals

• Marguerite Reuche

  Women, foil, singles: preliminary round

• Olive Mahaut

  Women, foil, singles: preliminary round

Soccer

• Men's team

  9th place

• Squad

  Alex Thépot

  Alexandre Villaplane

  Henri Pavillard

  Augustin Chantrel

  Jules Dewaquez

  Juste Brouzes

  Marcel Domergue

  Marcel Langiller

  Paul Nicolas

  Robert Dauphin

  Urbain Wallet

Weightlifting

• Henri Baudrand

  Featherweight: 7th place

• Henri Rivère

  Featherweight: 11th place

• Fernand Arnout

  Lightweight: bronze

• Jules Meese

  Lightweight: 6th place

• Roger François

  Middleweight: gold

• Gaston le Pût

  Middleweight: 5th place

• Louis hostess

  Lightweight: silver

• Pierre Vibert

  Lightweight: 7th place

• Claudius Dutriève

  Heavyweight: 9th place

• Marcel Dumoulin

  Heavyweight: 10th place

hockey

• Men's team

  5th place

• Squad

  Charles Six

  Bernard Poussineau

  Félix Grimonprez

  Marcel Lachmann

  Gaston Arlin

  Guy Chevalier

  Henri Peuchot

  Jacques Rivière

  Jacques Simon

  Jean Robin

  Maurice Lanet

  Michel Petitdidier

  Pierre de Lévaque

  Pierre Prieur

  Robert Salarnier

athletics

• Gilbert Auvergne

  100 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 meters: 4th place

• André Mourlon

  100 meters: quarter-finals

  200 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 meters: 4th place

• André Cerbonney

  100 meters: quarter-finals

  200 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 meters: 4th place

• André Dufau

  100 meters: heats

  4 × 100 meters: 4th place

• Maurice Degrelle

  200 meters: quarter-finals

• Jérôme Mannaert

  200 meters: quarter-finals

• René Féger

  400 meters: semi-finals

  800 meters: heats

  4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Georges Krotoff

  400 meters: semi-finals

  4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Joseph Jackson

  400 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Georges Dupont

  400 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Séra Martin

  800 meters: 6th place

  1,500 meters: heats

• Jean Keller

  800 meters: 8th place

  1,500 meters: 11th place

• Georges Baraton

  800 meters: heats

• Jules Ladoumègue

  1,500 meters: silver

• Roger Pelé

  5,000 meters: heats

• Lucien Duquesne

  5,000 meters: heats

  3,000 meter obstacle: 6th place

• Seghir Beddari

  5,000 meters: heats

  10,000 meters: 16th place

• Robert Marchal

  10,000 meters: 11th place

• Henri Lauvaux

  10,000 meters: DNF

• Boughera El-Ouafi

  Marathon: gold

• Jean Gérault

  Marathon: 23rd place

• Marcel Denis

  Marathon: 28th place

• Guillaume Tell

  Marathon: 29th place

• Robert Marchand

  110 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Gabriel Sempé

  110 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Roger Much

  400 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• André Adelheim

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Edouard Max-Robert

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Pierre Arnaudin

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Henri Dartigues

  3,000 meter obstacle: 5th place

• Claude Ménard

  High jump: bronze

• André Cherrier

  High jump: 7th place

• Pierre Lewden

  High jump: 7th place

• Pierre Ramadier

  High jump: no height

• Robert Vintousky

  High jump: no height

• Charles Alzieu

  Long jump: 27th place in qualification

• Jacques Flouret

  Long jump: 28th place in qualification

• Edouard Duhour

  Shot put: 11th place in qualification

• Raoul Paoli

  Shot put: 18th place in qualification

  Discus throwing: 29th place in qualification

• Jules Noël

  Discus throwing: 22nd place in qualification

• Emmanuel Degland

  Javelin: 24th place in qualification

• Georgette Gagneux

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 4th place

• Marguerite Radideau

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 4th place

• Yolande Plancke

  Women, 100 meters: heats

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 4th place

• Lucienne Velu

  Women, 100 meters: heats

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 4th place

  Women, discus throwing: 10th place

• Marcelle Neveu

  Women, 800 meters: heats

• Sébastienne Guyot

  Women, 800 meters: heats

• Hélène Bons

  Women, high jump: 11th place

• Lucienne Laudré

  Women, high jump: 12th place

• Évelyne Cloupet

  Women, high jump: 14th place

Modern pentathlon

• Charles-Jean Levavasseur

  Singles: 28th place

• Pierre Coche

  Individual: 29th place

• André Crémon

  Singles: 33rd place

Cycling

• André Aumerle

  Road race, individual: 8th place

  Road race, team: 7th place

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Louis Bessière

  Road race, individual: 22nd place

  Road race, team: 7th place

• Octave Dayen

  Road race, individual: 23rd place

  Road race, team: 7th place

  1,000 meter time trial: 4th place

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• René Brossy

  Road race, individual: 52nd place

  Road race, team: 7th place

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Roger Beaufrand

  Sprint: gold

• Hubert Guyard

  Tandam: 5th place

• Henri Lemoine

  Tandam: 5th place

• André Trantoul

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

horse riding

• Charles Marion

  Dressage, individual: silver

  Dressage, team: 4th place

• Robert Wallon

  Dressage, individual: 7th place

  Dressage, team: 4th place

• Pierre Danloux

  Dressage, individual: 23rd place

  Dressage, team: 4th place

• Pierre Bertran de Balanda

  Show jumping, singles: silver

  Show jumping, team: 4th place

• Jacques Couderc de Fonlongue

  Show jumping, singles: 17th place

  Show jumping, team: 4th place

• Pierre Clavé

  Show jumping, singles: 26th place

  Show jumping, team: 4th place

• François Denis de Rivoyre

  Versatility, singles: 18th place

  Versatility, team: no result

• Henri Pernot du Breuil

  Versatility, singles: 28th place

  Versatility, team: no result

• Emmanuel-Marie Longin Spindler

  Eventing, Individual: Disqualified

  Versatility, team: no result

Wrestling

• Alphonse Aria

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place

• Roger Mollet

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 14th place

• Paul Parisel

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 18th place

• Émile Poilvé

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 13th place

• Émile Clody

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

• S. de Lanfranchi

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 11th place

• Michel Rozan

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 7th place

• René Rottenfluc

  Featherweight, freestyle: 4th place

• Charles Pacôme

  Lightweight, freestyle: silver

• Jean Jourlin

  Welterweight, freestyle: 4th place

• Henri Deniel

  Middleweight, freestyle: 8th place

• Henri Lefèbre

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: bronze

• Edmond lady

  Heavyweight, freestyle: bronze

rowing

• Victor Saurin

  One: quarter finals

• Paul Robineau

  Double sculls: 4th round

• Maurice Caplain

  Double sculls: 4th round

• André Pactat

  Two without a helmsman: 2nd round

• Robert Guelpa

  Two without a helmsman: 2nd round

• Edouard Marcelle

  Two with helmsman: silver

• Armand Marcelle

  Two with helmsman: silver

• Henri Préaux

  Two with helmsman: silver

• Émile Lecuirot

  Four without a helmsman: DNS in the quarter-finals

• Louis Devillié

  Four without a helmsman: DNS in the quarter-finals

• Albert Bonzano

  Four without a helmsman: DNS in the quarter-finals

• Henri Bonzano

  Four without a helmsman: DNS in the quarter-finals

• Jean Ruffier des Aimés

  Foursome with helmsman: 3rd round

• Henri Gatineau

  Foursome with helmsman: 3rd round

• L. le Cornu

  Foursome with helmsman: 3rd round

• Georges Piot

  Foursome with helmsman: 3rd round

• Antoine Decours

  Foursome with helmsman: 3rd round

• Joseph Vuillard

  Eighth: 2nd round

• Georges Berthet

  Eighth: 2nd round

• Louis Jeandet

  Eighth: 2nd round

• Édouard Jeandet

  Eighth: 2nd round

• Charles Massonat

  Eighth: 2nd round

• Frédéric Thonin

  Eighth: 2nd round

• Joseph Berthet

  Eighth: 2nd round

• Marius Gervasoni

  Eighth: 2nd round

• Alphonse Margailland

  Eighth: 2nd round

swim

• Gustave Klein

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims

• Albert Vandeplancke

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims

• Jean Taris

  1,500 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims

• Philippe Tisson

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims

• Emil Zeibig

  100 meters back: heats

• Léon Tallon

  200 meters chest: heats

• William Rozier

  200 meters chest: heats

• Marguerite Ledoux

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 5th place

• Anne Dupire

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 5th place

• Claire Horrent

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 5th place

• Georgina Roty

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 5th place

• Bienna Pellegry

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 5th place

• Alice Stoffel

  Women, 200 meters chest: prelims

sailing

• Charles Laverne

  12-foot dinghy: 14th place

• Louis Pauly

  12-foot dinghy: 14th place

• Henri Allard

  6-meter class: 8th place

• Jean Pierre Rouanet

  6-meter class: 8th place

• Philippe de Rothschild

  6-meter class: 8th place

• Édouard Moussié

  6-meter class: 8th place

• Robert Gufflet

  6-meter class: 8th place

• Virginie Hériot

  8 meter class: gold

• André Derrien

  8 meter class: gold

• André Lesauvage

  8 meter class: gold

• Carl de la Sablière

  8 meter class: gold

• Donatien Bouché

  8 meter class: gold

• Jean Lesieur

  8 meter class: gold

do gymnastics

• Armand Solbach

  Individual all-around: 11th place

  Team all-around competition: 4th place

  Bars: 12th place

  Horse jump: 36th place

  Horizontal bar: 9th place

  Rings: 8th place

  Pommel horse: 14th place

• Georges Leroux

  Individual all-around: 17th place

  Team all-around competition: 4th place

  Bars: 15th place

  Horse jump: 6th place

  Horizontal bar: 25th place

  Rings: 49th place

  Pommel horse: 6th place

• André Lemoine

  Individual all-around: 23rd place

  Team all-around competition: 4th place

  Bars: 4th place

  Horse jump: 37th place

  Horizontal bar: 16th place

  Rings: 26th place

  Pommel horse: 41st place

• Jean Larrouy

  Individual all-around: 29th place

  Team all-around competition: 4th place

  Bars: 36th place

  Horse jump: 21st place

  Horizontal bar: 37th place

  Rings: 46th place

  Pommel horse: 15th place

• Étienne Schmitt

  Individual all-around: 35th place

  Team all-around competition: 4th place

  Bars: 41st place

  Horse jump: 10th place

  Horizontal bar: 45th place

  Rings: 41st place

  Pommel horse: 34th place

• Jean Gounot

  Individual all-around: 39th place

  Team all-around competition: 4th place

  Bars: 51st place

  Horse jump: 75th place

  Horizontal bar: 14th place

  Rings: 47th place

  Pommel horse: 24th place

• Antoine Chatelaine

  Individual all-around: 54th place

  Team all-around competition: 4th place

  Bars: 55th place

  Horse jump: 63rd place

  Horizontal bar: 41st place

  Rings: 33rd place

  Pommel horse: 68th place

• Fredy Krauss

  Individual all-around: DNF

  Team all-around competition: 4th place

  Rings: 25th place

  Pommel horse: 33rd place

• Mathilde Bataille

  Women, team all-around competition: 5th place

• Honorine Delescluse

  Women, team all-around competition: 5th place

• Louise Delescluse

  Women, team all-around competition: 5th place

• Galuëlle Dhont

  Women, team all-around competition: 5th place

• Valentine Héméryck

  Women, team all-around competition: 5th place

• Paulette Houtéer

  Women, team all-around competition: 5th place

• Georgette Meulebroeck

  Women, team all-around competition: 5th place

• Renée Oger

  Women, team all-around competition: 5th place

• Antonie Straeteman

  Women, team all-around competition: 5th place

• Jeanne Vanoverloop

  Women, team all-around competition: 5th place

• Berthe Verstraete

  Women, team all-around competition: 5th place

• Geneviève Vankiersbilck

  Women, team all-around competition: 5th place

Water polo

• Men's team

  bronze

• Squad

  Paul Dujardin

  Jules Keignaert

  Henri Padou

  Émile Bulteel

  Achille Tribouillet

  Henri Cuvelier

  Albert Vandeplancke

  Ernest Roget

  Albert Thévenon

Diving

• Maurice Lepage

  Art jumping: preliminary fights

• Armand billiards

  Art jumping: preliminary fights

  High diving: prelims

• Eugène Lenormand

  High diving: prelims

• Renée Cretet-Flavier

  Women, high diving: prelims

Web links

• French Olympic team from 1928 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )