1932 Summer Olympics / Participant (France)
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France took part in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with a delegation of 103 athletes (97 men and 6 women) in 57 competitions in 13 competitions.
The French athletes won ten gold, five silver and four bronze medals, with France taking third place in the medal table. Three gold medals were won in weightlifting, two gold medals each in horse riding and two in fencing. The remaining Olympic victories are in sailing, cycling and wrestling. In the art competitions that did not count towards the medal table, three French artists secured another gold medal.
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Gaston Fayaud
- Flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16
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Paul Nicolas
- Bantamweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Henri Walter
- Featherweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Gaston Mayor
- Lightweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Lucien Laplace
- Welterweight: Eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Roger Michelot
- Middleweight: 4th place
fencing
- Men
-
René Bougnol
- Foil: 8th place
- Foil team: gold
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Philippe Cattiau
- Foil: 9th place
- Epee: 6th place
- Foil team: gold
- Epee team: gold
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Edward Gardère
- Foil: eliminated in the semi-finals
- Saber: eliminated in the semifinals
- Foil team: gold
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René Lemoine
- Foil team: gold
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René Bondoux
- Foil team: gold
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Jean Piot
- Saber: eliminated in the semifinals
- Foil team: gold
- Epee team: gold
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Georges Buchard
- Epee: silver
- Epee team: gold
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Bernard Schmetz
- Epee: 5th place
- Epee team: gold
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Fernand Jourdant
- Epee team: gold
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Georges Tainturier
- Epee team: gold
- Women
-
Jeanne Vical
- Foil: eliminated in the preliminary round
Weightlifting
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Raymond Suvigny
- Featherweight: gold
-
René Duverger
- Lightweight: gold
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Roger François
- Middleweight: 4th place
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Louis hostess
- Light Heavyweight: Gold
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Marcel Dumoulin
- Heavyweight: 4th place
Art competitions
- Henri Zo
- Jean-Elie Vézien
- Kees Van Dongen
- Pierre Toulgouat
- Henri Royer
- René Xavier Prinet
- Henri Pinguenet
- Eugène Pechaubes
- Roger Nivelt
- Suzanne Muzanne
- Paul Moreau-Vauthier
- Paul Morchain
- Pierre Montezin
- Henri Raphaël Moncassin
- Marcel Mérignargues
- Albert Matignon
- Georges Malissard
- Louis Malespina
- Philippe Le Molt
- Abel Lafleur
- Feliks Łabuński
- Adrienne Jouclard
- Lucien Jonas
- Édouard Fraisse
- Robert Fernier
- Maurice Ehlinger
- André Dunoyer de Segonzac
- Héléne Dufau
- Raoul du Gardier
- Louis Denis-Valverane
- Hermione David
- Georges Dantu
- Gaston D'Illiers
- François Clémencin
- Louis Botinelly
- Gustave Saacké
- Architectural designs: gold
- Pierre Montenot
- Architectural designs: gold
- Pierre Bailly
- Architectural designs: gold
athletics
- Men
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Séra Martin
- 800 m: 8th place
-
René Morel
- 800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Jean Keller
- 800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Roger Rochard
- 5000 m: race not finished
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François Bégeot
- Marathon: 16th place
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André Adelheim
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Roger Vigneron
- 3000 m obstacle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Henri Quintric
- 50 km walking: 7th place
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Claude Ménard
- High jump: 9th place
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Jules Noël
- Shot put: 10th place
- Discus throw: 4th place
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Clement Duhour
- Shot put: 12th place
- Discus throw: 16th place
-
Paul Winter
- Shot put: 13th place
- Discus throw: bronze
Modern pentathlon
-
Ivan Duranthon
- Singles: 10th place
Cycling
-
Paul Chocque
- Road race: 10th place
- Road team classification: 5th place
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: silver
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Amédée Fournier
- Road race: 13th place
- Road team classification: 5th place
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: silver
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Henri Mouillefarine
- Road race: 14th place
- Road team classification: 5th place
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: silver
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Georges Conan
- Road race: 24th place
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Louis Chaillot
- Track Sprint: Silver
- Rail tandem: gold
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Charles Rampelberg
- Track 1000 m time trial: bronze
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Maurice Perrin
- Rail tandem: gold
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René Le Grevès
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: silver
horse riding
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Xavier Lesage
- Dressage: gold
- Dressage team: gold
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Charles Marion
- Dressage: silver
- Dressage team: gold
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André Jousseaume
- Dressage: 5th place
- Dressage team: gold
Wrestling
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Louis François
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: bronze
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Émile Poilvé
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place
- Middleweight, freestyle: 5th place
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Julien Depuychaffray
- Bantamweight, freestyle: 5th place
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Jean Chasson
- Featherweight, freestyle: 6th place
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Charles Pacôme
- Lightweight, freestyle: gold
rowing
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Marcel Vandernotte
- Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Fernand Vandernotte
- Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Pierre Brunet
- Two with helmsman: bronze
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André Giriat
- Two with helmsman: bronze
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Anselme Brusa
- Two with helmsman: bronze
swim
- Men
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Jean Taris
- 400 m freestyle: silver
- 1500 m freestyle: 6th place
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Marcel Noual
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Ulysse Cartonnet
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals
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Alfred Schoebel
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
- Women
-
Yvonne Godard
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 400 m freestyle: 5th place
sailing
-
Jacques Lebrun
- Snowbird: gold
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Jean Peytel
- Star: 5th place
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Jean-Jacques Herbulot
- Star: 5th place
Diving
-
Émile Poussard
- 3 m jumping: 7th place
Web links
- French Olympic team from 1932 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )