1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (France)
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France took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of 316 athletes (279 men and 37 women) in 134 competitions in 20 competitions.
The French athletes won 10 gold, 6 silver and 13 bronze medals. With this, France took third place in the medal table . The most successful participants were the fencer Jéhan Buhan with the foil in the individual and with the team and the athlete Micheline Ostermeyer in the shot put and discus, both of whom were twice Olympic champions . Three more medals were won by three of the 33 participants in the art competitions for France, but these are not included in the official medal table. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the rower Jean Séphériadès .
Participants by sport
basketball
- silver
Boxing
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Maxim Cochin
- Flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16
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Jean-Marie Grenot
- Bantamweight: eliminated in the round of 16
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Mohamed Ammi
- Featherweight: eliminated in the second round
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Auguste Caulet
- Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
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Pierre Hernandez
- Welterweight: eliminated in the second round
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Aimé-Joseph Escudie
- Light Heavyweight: Eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Joseph Roude
- Light heavyweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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James Galli
- Heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
fencing
- Men
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Jéhan Buhan
- Foil: gold
- Foil team: gold
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Christian d'Oriola
- Foil: silver
- Foil team: gold
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René Bougnol
- Foil: 5th place
- Foil team: gold
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André Bonin
- Foil team: gold
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Jacques Lataste
- Foil team: gold
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Adrien Rommel
- Foil team: gold
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Henri Guérin
- Epee: 4th place
- Epee team: gold
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Henri Lepage
- Epee: 6th place
- Epee team: gold
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Marcel Desprets
- Epee: eliminated in the semifinals
- Epee team: gold
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Maurice Huet
- Epee team: gold
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Michel Pécheux
- Epee team: gold
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Edouard Artigas
- Epee team: gold
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Jacques Lefèvre
- Saber: 4th place
- Saber team: 5th place
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Jean Levavasseur
- Saber: eliminated in the semifinals
- Saber team: 5th place
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Maurice Gramain
- Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Saber team: 5th place
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Georges Lévêcque
- Saber team: 5th place
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Jacques Parent
- Saber team: 5th place
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Jean-François Tournon
- Saber team: 5th place
- Women
-
Renée Garilhe
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Louisette Malherbaud
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Françoise Gouny
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
Soccer
- Eliminated in the quarterfinals
Weightlifting
-
Marcel Thévenet
- Bantamweight: 6th place
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Eugène Wattier
- Bantamweight: 16th place
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Max Heral
- Featherweight: 8th place
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André Le Guillerm
- Featherweight: 10th place
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René Aleman
- Lightweight: 11th place
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Pierre Bouladou
- Middleweight: 6th place
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Georges Firmin
- Middleweight: 9th place
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Jean Debuf
- Light Heavyweight: 4th place
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Raymond Herbaux
- Light Heavyweight: 11th place
hockey
- 10th place
canoe
- Men
-
Henri Eberhardt
- Single kayak 1000 m: bronze
- Single kayak 10,000 m: 5th place
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Fernand Donna
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in advance
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René Richez
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in advance
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Maurice Graffen
- Two-person kayak 10,000 m: 12th place
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Richard Flèche
- Two-person kayak 10,000 m: 12th place
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Robert Boutigny
- Single Canoe 1000 m: bronze
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Raymond Argentin
- Single Canoe 10,000 m: 4th place
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Georges Dransart
- Two-man canoe 1000 m: bronze
- Two-man canoe 10,000 m: bronze
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Georges Gandil
- Two-man canoe 1000 m: bronze
- Two-man canoe 10,000 m: bronze
- Women
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Catherine Vautrin
- Single kayak 500 m: 8th place
Art competitions
- Othello Zavaroni
- Pierre Vago
- Georges Tourry
- Maurice Thiriet
- Aimé Thevenet
- Lucien Seignol
- Guy Sabrou
- Joseph Rivière
- Auguste Perret
- J. Neel
- Hervé Morvan
- Luc Albert Moreau
- Joël Martel
- Jan Martel
- Jacques Maloubier
- Henri Lagriffoul
- Adrienne Jouclard
- René Iché
- Paul Fromentier
- Lucien Fontanarosa
- Alfred Ferraz
- André Dunoyer de Segonzac
- Edgard Derouet
- Jean Démaret
- Louis De Marquevic
- Raymond Coulon
- Paul Colin
- Marcel Chauvenet
- Yves Baudrier
- Guy Ardilouze
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Hubert Yencesse
- Round sculptures: bronze
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Gilbert Prouteau
- Lyric works: bronze
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Albert Decaris
- Engravings and etchings: gold
athletics
- Men
-
René Valmy
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Étienne Bally
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Julien Lebas
- 200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Joseph Stéphan
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Francis Schewetta
- 400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 400 meter relay: silver
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Jacques Lunis
- 400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 400 meter relay: silver
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Raymond Crapet
- 400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Marcel Hansenne
- 800 m: bronze
- 1500 m: 11th place
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Robert Chef d'Hôtel
- 800 m: 7th place
- 4 x 400 meter relay: silver
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Gaston Mayordome
- 800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Jean Vernier
- 1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Henri Klein
- 1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Jacques Vernier
- 5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Maurice Pouzieux
- 5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Alain Mimoun
- 5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 10,000 m: silver
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Ben Said Abdallah
- 10,000 m: 6th place
-
André Paris
- 10,000 m: race not finished
-
Pierre cousin
- Marathon: race not finished
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René Josset
- Marathon: race not finished
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Arsène Piesset
- Marathon: race not finished
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Hugues Frayer
- 110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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André Marie
- 110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Gilbert Omnes
- 110 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Yves Cros
- 400 m hurdles: 5th place
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Jean-Claude Arifon
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Jacques André
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Alexandre Guyodo
- 3000 m obstacle: 4th place
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Roger Chesneau
- 3000 m obstacle: 11th place
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Raphaël Pujazon
- 3000 m obstacle: race not finished
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Alain Porthault
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Marc Litaudon
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Jean Kérébel
- 4 x 400 meter relay: silver
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Émile Maggi
- 10 km walking: 6th place
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Louis Courron
- 10 km walking: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Louis Chevalier
- 10 km walking: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Pierre Mazille
- 50 km walking: 7th place
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Claude Hubert
- 50 km walking: 8th place
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Henri Caron
- 50 km walking: 11th place
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Georges Mitio
- High jump: 5th place
- Long jump: 6th place
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Pierre Lacaze
- High jump: 9th place
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Claude Bénard
- High jump: 21st place
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Victor Sillon
- Pole vault: 9th place
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Georges Breitman
- Pole vault: 13th place
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Charles Bouvet
- Pole vault: 17th place
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Robert Bobin
- Triple jump: 18th place
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Charles Épalle
- Triple jump: 20th place
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Pierre Legrain
- Hammer throw: 18th place
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Raymond Tissot
- Javelin throw: 14th place
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Pierre spokesman
- Javelin throw: 23rd place
- Decathlon: 14th place
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Ignace Heinrich
- Decathlon: silver
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Jacques Cretaine
- Decathlon: 22nd place
- Women
-
Jeanine Moussier
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Raisin Faugouin
- 200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Liliane Sprécher
- 200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Yvette Monginou
- 80 m hurdles: 4th place
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Jeanine Toulouse
- 80 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Janine Magnin-Lamouche
- 80 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Micheline Ostermeyer
- High jump: bronze
- Shot put: gold
- Discus throw: gold
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Simone Ruas
- High jump: 9th place
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Anne-Marie Colchen
- High jump: 14th place
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Yvonne Curtet
- Long jump: 8th place
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Marguerite Martel
- Long jump: 24th place
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Paulette Veste
- Shot put: 4th place
- Discus throw: 10th place
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Paulette Laurent
- Shot put: 10th place
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Jacqueline Mazéas
- Discus throw: bronze
Modern pentathlon
-
André Lacroix
- Individual: 14th place
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Louis Pichon
- Individual: 16th place
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Christian Palant
- Singles: 28th place
Cycling
-
José Beyaert
- Road race: gold
- Road race team standings: bronze
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Alain Moineau
- Road race: 11th place
- Road race team standings: bronze
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Jacques Dupont
- Road race: 17th place
- Road race team standings: bronze
- Track 1000 m time trial: gold
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René Rouffeteau
- Road Race: Race not finished
- Road race team standings: bronze
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Jacques Bellenger
- Rail sprint: gold
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René Faye
- Track tandem sprint 2000 m: bronze
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Gaston Dron
- Track tandem sprint 2000 m: bronze
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Charles Coste
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: gold
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Serge Blusson
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: gold
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Fernand Decanali
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: gold
-
Pierre Adam
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: gold
horse riding
-
André Jousseaume
- Dressage: silver
- Versatility: Eliminated
- Dressage team: gold
- Versatility team: eliminated
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Jean Saint-Fort Paillard
- Dressage: 6th place
- Dressage team: gold
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Maurice Buret
- Dressage: 15th place
- Dressage team: gold
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Jean d'Orgeix
- Show jumping: bronze
- Show jumping team: eliminated
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Max Fresson
- Show jumping: 7th place
- Show jumping team: eliminated
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Pierre de Maupeou d'Ableiges
- Show jumping: eliminated
- Show jumping team: eliminated
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Bernard Chevallier
- Versatility: gold
- Versatility team: eliminated
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René Emanuelli
- Versatility: 33rd place
- Versatility team: eliminated
Wrestling
-
Edmond Faure
- Flyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Jésus Arenzana
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Antoine Merle
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Albert Falaux
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
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René Chesneau
- Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place
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Pierre Baudric
- Flyweight, freestyle: 5th place
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Charles Kouyos
- Bantamweight, freestyle: bronze
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Robert Jouaville
- Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Jean-Baptiste Leclerc
- Welterweight, freestyle: 4th place
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André Brunaud
- Middleweight, freestyle: 6th place
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Robert Landesmann
- Light heavyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round
rowing
-
Jean Séphériadès
- One: eliminated in the semifinals
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Jacques Maillet
- Doubles-twos: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Christian Guilbert
- Doubles-twos: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Paul Rothley
- Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals
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Paul Heitz
- Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals
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Ampelio Sartor
- Two with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Aristide Sartor
- Two with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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René Crezen
- Two with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Jean Pieddeloup
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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René Lotti
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Gaston Maquat
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Jean-Pierre Souche
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Marcel Boigegrain
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Pierre Fauveau
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Pierre Sauvestre
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Alphonse Bouton
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Edouard Aschehoug
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Jean Bocahut
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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René Boucher
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Pierre Clergerie
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Roger Lebranchu
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Robert Léon
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
shoot
-
Charles Juchault des Jamonières
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 10th place
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R. Bouillet
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 32nd place
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D. Hesse
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 33rd place
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Jacques Mazoyer
- Free pistol 50 m: 24th place
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Marcel Bonin
- Free pistol 50 m: 29th place
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R. Stéphan
- Free pistol 50 m: 48th place
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Jean Fournier
- Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 23rd place
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Edouard Rouland
- Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 24th place
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S. Lesceux
- Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 27th place
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R. Gauthier-Lafond
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 20th place
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Lucien Genot
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 24th place
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M. Bouchez
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 27th place
swim
- Men
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Alex Jany
- 100 m freestyle: 5th place
- 400 m freestyle: 6th place
- 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: bronze
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Henri Padou junior
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: bronze
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Fernand Martinaux
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Jo Bernardo
- 400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: bronze
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René Cornu
- 400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: bronze
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Georges Vallerey junior
- 100 m back: bronze
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Lucien Zins
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
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René Pirolley
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Maurice Lusien
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals
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Alfred Nakache
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals
- Women
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Josette Arène
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place
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Ginette Jany-Sendral
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place
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Gisèle Vallerey
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place
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Colette Thomas
- 400 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place
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Marie Foucher-Creteau
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place
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Monique Berlioux
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Jacqueline Bertrand
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals
sailing
-
Jean-Jacques Herbulot
- Firefly: 7th place
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Jacques Lebrun
- Swallow: 9th place
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Henri Perrissol
- Swallow: 9th place
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Yves Lorion
- Star: 11th place
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Jean Peytel
- Star: 11th place
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Marcel de Kerviler
- Dragons: 10th place
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Philippe Chancerel
- Dragons: 10th place
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Jean Frain de la Gaulayrie
- Dragons: 10th place
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Albert Cadot
- 6-meter class: 11th place
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Jean Castel
- 6-meter class: 11th place
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Claude Desouches
- 6-meter class: 11th place
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Robert Lacarriere
- 6-meter class: 11th place
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François Laverne
- 6-meter class: 11th place
do gymnastics
- Men
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Raymond Dot
- Individual all-around: 20th place
- Floor: 4th place
- Horse jump: 26th place
- Bars: 18th place
- Horizontal bar: 4th place
- Rings: 32nd place
- Pommel horse: 69th place
- Team all-around competition: 4th place
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Michel Mathiot
- Individual all-around: 22nd place
- Floor: 10th place
- Horse jump: 60th place
- Bars: 14th place
- Horizontal bar: 19th place
- Rings: 47th place
- Pommel horse: 36th place
- Team all-around competition: 4th place
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Lucien Masset
- Individual all-around: 24th place
- Floor: 20th place
- Horse jump: 40th place
- Bars: 61st place
- Horizontal bar: 11th place
- Rings: 38th place
- Pommel horse: 14th place
- Team all-around competition: 4th place
-
André Weingand
- Individual all-around: 25th place
- Floor: 29th place
- Horse jump: 67th place
- Bars: 29th place
- Horizontal bar: 20th place
- Rings: 14th place
- Pommel horse: 40th place
- Team all-around competition: 4th place
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Antoine Schildwein
- Individual all-around: 34th place
- Floor: 24th place
- Horse jump: 50th place
- Bars: 49th place
- Horizontal bar: 42nd place
- Rings: 23rd place
- Pommel horse: 50th place
- Team all-around competition: 4th place
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Alphonse Anger
- Individual all-around: 35th place
- Floor: 41st place
- Horse jump: 75th place
- Bars: 31st place
- Horizontal bar: 20th place
- Rings: 29th place
- Pommel horse: 48th place
- Team all-around competition: 4th place
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Marcel de Wolf
- Individual all-around: 36th place
- Floor: 41st place
- Horse jump: 68th place
- Bars: 44th place
- Horizontal bar: 53rd place
- Rings: 32nd place
- Pommel horse: 35th place
- Team all-around competition: 4th place
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Auguste Sirot
- Individual all-around: 40th place
- Floor: 53rd place
- Horse jump: 70th place
- Bars: 48th place
- Horizontal bar: 17th place
- Rings: 66th place
- Pommel horse: 30th place
- Team all-around competition: 4th place
- Women
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F. Vailee
- Team all-around competition: 10th place
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Jeanine Touchard
- Team all-around competition: 10th place
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Christine Palau
- Team all-around competition: 10th place
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G. Guibert
- Team all-around competition: 10th place
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Colette Hué
- Team all-around competition: 10th place
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Martine Yvinou
- Team all-around competition: 10th place
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Irène Pittelioen
- Team all-around competition: 10th place
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Jeanette Vogelbacher
- Team all-around competition: 10th place
Water polo
- 11th place
Diving
- Men
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Raymond Mulinghausen
- 3 m jumping: 5th place
- 10 m high diving: 7th place
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Roger Heinkelé
- 3 m jumping: 14th place
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Guy Hernandez
- 3 m jumping: 20th place
- 10 m high diving: 20th place
- Women
-
Nicole Péllissard-Darrigrand
- 3 m jumping: 4th place
- 10 m high diving: 6th place
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Mady Moreau
- 3 m jumping: 7th place
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Jeannette Aubert
- 3 m jumping: 10th place
Web links
- French Olympic team from 1948 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )