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

  André Barrais

  Michel Bonnevie

  André Buffière

  René Chocat

  René Dérency

  Maurice Desaymonet

  André Even

  Maurice Girardot

  Fernand Guillou

  Raymond Offner

  Jacques Perrier

  Yvan Quénin

  Lucien Rebuffic

  Pierre Thiolon

Boxing

• Maxim Cochin

  Flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Jean-Marie Grenot

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Mohamed Ammi

  Featherweight: eliminated in the second round

• Auguste Caulet

  Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Pierre Hernandez

  Welterweight: eliminated in the second round

• Aimé-Joseph Escudie

  Light Heavyweight: Eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Joseph Roude

  Light heavyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• James Galli

  Heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

fencing

Men

• Jéhan Buhan

  Foil: gold

  Foil team: gold

• Christian d'Oriola

  Foil: silver

  Foil team: gold

• René Bougnol

  Foil: 5th place

  Foil team: gold

• André Bonin

  Foil team: gold

• Jacques Lataste

  Foil team: gold

• Adrien Rommel

  Foil team: gold

• Henri Guérin

  Epee: 4th place

  Epee team: gold

• Henri Lepage

  Epee: 6th place

  Epee team: gold

• Marcel Desprets

  Epee: eliminated in the semifinals

  Epee team: gold

• Maurice Huet

  Epee team: gold

• Michel Pécheux

  Epee team: gold

• Edouard Artigas

  Epee team: gold

• Jacques Lefèvre

  Saber: 4th place

  Saber team: 5th place

• Jean Levavasseur

  Saber: eliminated in the semifinals

  Saber team: 5th place

• Maurice Gramain

  Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Saber team: 5th place

• Georges Lévêcque

  Saber team: 5th place

• Jacques Parent

  Saber team: 5th place

• Jean-François Tournon

  Saber team: 5th place

Women

• Renée Garilhe

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Louisette Malherbaud

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Françoise Gouny

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

Soccer

• Eliminated in the quarterfinals

  André Strappe

  Bernard Bienvenu

  Charles Rouelle

  Gaston Rouxel

  Gabriel Robert

  Jean Palluch

  Joseph Heckel

  Marcel Colau

  René Courbin

  René Hebinger

  René Persillon

  Raymond pitcher

Weightlifting

• Marcel Thévenet

  Bantamweight: 6th place

• Eugène Wattier

  Bantamweight: 16th place

• Max Heral

  Featherweight: 8th place

• André Le Guillerm

  Featherweight: 10th place

• René Aleman

  Lightweight: 11th place

• Pierre Bouladou

  Middleweight: 6th place

• Georges Firmin

  Middleweight: 9th place

• Jean Debuf

  Light Heavyweight: 4th place

• Raymond Herbaux

  Light Heavyweight: 11th place

hockey

• 10th place

  Bernard Boone

  Jacques Butin

  Guy Chevalier

  Jean-François Dubessay

  Claude Hauet

  Jean Hauet

  Michel Lacroix

  Robert Lucas

  Diran Manoukian

  André Meyer

  Philippe Reynaud

  Jean Rouget

  Jacques Thieffry

  Pierre Vandame

canoe

Men

• Henri Eberhardt

  Single kayak 1000 m: bronze

  Single kayak 10,000 m: 5th place

• Fernand Donna

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in advance

• René Richez

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in advance

• Maurice Graffen

  Two-person kayak 10,000 m: 12th place

• Richard Flèche

  Two-person kayak 10,000 m: 12th place

• Robert Boutigny

  Single Canoe 1000 m: bronze

• Raymond Argentin

  Single Canoe 10,000 m: 4th place

• Georges Dransart

  Two-man canoe 1000 m: bronze

  Two-man canoe 10,000 m: bronze

• Georges Gandil

  Two-man canoe 1000 m: bronze

  Two-man canoe 10,000 m: bronze

Women

• 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
• Hubert Yencesse

  Round sculptures: bronze

• Gilbert Prouteau

  Lyric works: bronze

• 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

• Étienne Bally

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Julien Lebas

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Joseph Stéphan

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Francis Schewetta

  400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 400 meter relay: silver

• Jacques Lunis

  400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 400 meter relay: silver

• Raymond Crapet

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Marcel Hansenne

  800 m: bronze

  1500 m: 11th place

• Robert Chef d'Hôtel

  800 m: 7th place

  4 x 400 meter relay: silver

• Gaston Mayordome

  800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Jean Vernier

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Henri Klein

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Jacques Vernier

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Maurice Pouzieux

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Alain Mimoun

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  10,000 m: silver

• Ben Said Abdallah

  10,000 m: 6th place

• André Paris

  10,000 m: race not finished

• Pierre cousin

  Marathon: race not finished

• René Josset

  Marathon: race not finished

• Arsène Piesset

  Marathon: race not finished

• Hugues Frayer

  110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• André Marie

  110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• Gilbert Omnes

  110 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Yves Cros

  400 m hurdles: 5th place

• Jean-Claude Arifon

  400 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• Jacques André

  400 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• Alexandre Guyodo

  3000 m obstacle: 4th place

• Roger Chesneau

  3000 m obstacle: 11th place

• Raphaël Pujazon

  3000 m obstacle: race not finished

• Alain Porthault

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Marc Litaudon

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Jean Kérébel

  4 x 400 meter relay: silver

• Émile Maggi

  10 km walking: 6th place

• Louis Courron

  10 km walking: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Louis Chevalier

  10 km walking: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Pierre Mazille

  50 km walking: 7th place

• Claude Hubert

  50 km walking: 8th place

• Henri Caron

  50 km walking: 11th place

• Georges Mitio

  High jump: 5th place

  Long jump: 6th place

• Pierre Lacaze

  High jump: 9th place

• Claude Bénard

  High jump: 21st place

• Victor Sillon

  Pole vault: 9th place

• Georges Breitman

  Pole vault: 13th place

• Charles Bouvet

  Pole vault: 17th place

• Robert Bobin

  Triple jump: 18th place

• Charles Épalle

  Triple jump: 20th place

• Pierre Legrain

  Hammer throw: 18th place

• Raymond Tissot

  Javelin throw: 14th place

• Pierre spokesman

  Javelin throw: 23rd place

  Decathlon: 14th place

• Ignace Heinrich

  Decathlon: silver

• 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

• Raisin Faugouin

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Liliane Sprécher

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Yvette Monginou

  80 m hurdles: 4th place

• Jeanine Toulouse

  80 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Janine Magnin-Lamouche

  80 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Micheline Ostermeyer

  High jump: bronze

  Shot put: gold

  Discus throw: gold

• Simone Ruas

  High jump: 9th place

• Anne-Marie Colchen

  High jump: 14th place

• Yvonne Curtet

  Long jump: 8th place

• Marguerite Martel

  Long jump: 24th place

• Paulette Veste

  Shot put: 4th place

  Discus throw: 10th place

• Paulette Laurent

  Shot put: 10th place

• Jacqueline Mazéas

  Discus throw: bronze

Modern pentathlon

• André Lacroix

  Individual: 14th place

• Louis Pichon

  Individual: 16th place

• Christian Palant

  Singles: 28th place

Cycling

• José Beyaert

  Road race: gold

  Road race team standings: bronze

• Alain Moineau

  Road race: 11th place

  Road race team standings: bronze

• Jacques Dupont

  Road race: 17th place

  Road race team standings: bronze

  Track 1000 m time trial: gold

• René Rouffeteau

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Road race team standings: bronze

• Jacques Bellenger

  Rail sprint: gold

• René Faye

  Track tandem sprint 2000 m: bronze

• Gaston Dron

  Track tandem sprint 2000 m: bronze

• Charles Coste

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: gold

• Serge Blusson

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: gold

• 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

• Jean Saint-Fort Paillard

  Dressage: 6th place

  Dressage team: gold

• Maurice Buret

  Dressage: 15th place

  Dressage team: gold

• Jean d'Orgeix

  Show jumping: bronze

  Show jumping team: eliminated

• Max Fresson

  Show jumping: 7th place

  Show jumping team: eliminated

• Pierre de Maupeou d'Ableiges

  Show jumping: eliminated

  Show jumping team: eliminated

• Bernard Chevallier

  Versatility: gold

  Versatility team: eliminated

• René Emanuelli

  Versatility: 33rd place

  Versatility team: eliminated

Wrestling

• Edmond Faure

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Jésus Arenzana

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Antoine Merle

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Albert Falaux

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• René Chesneau

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

• Pierre Baudric

  Flyweight, freestyle: 5th place

• Charles Kouyos

  Bantamweight, freestyle: bronze

• Robert Jouaville

  Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Jean-Baptiste Leclerc

  Welterweight, freestyle: 4th place

• André Brunaud

  Middleweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Robert Landesmann

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

rowing

• Jean Séphériadès

  One: eliminated in the semifinals

• Jacques Maillet

  Doubles-twos: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Christian Guilbert

  Doubles-twos: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Paul Rothley

  Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Paul Heitz

  Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Ampelio Sartor

  Two with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Aristide Sartor

  Two with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• René Crezen

  Two with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Jean Pieddeloup

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• René Lotti

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Gaston Maquat

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Jean-Pierre Souche

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Marcel Boigegrain

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Pierre Fauveau

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Pierre Sauvestre

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Alphonse Bouton

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Edouard Aschehoug

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Jean Bocahut

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• René Boucher

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Pierre Clergerie

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Roger Lebranchu

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Robert Léon

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

shoot

• Charles Juchault des Jamonières

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 10th place

• R. Bouillet

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 32nd place

• D. Hesse

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 33rd place

• Jacques Mazoyer

  Free pistol 50 m: 24th place

• Marcel Bonin

  Free pistol 50 m: 29th place

• R. Stéphan

  Free pistol 50 m: 48th place

• Jean Fournier

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 23rd place

• Edouard Rouland

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 24th place

• S. Lesceux

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 27th place

• R. Gauthier-Lafond

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 20th place

• Lucien Genot

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 24th place

• M. Bouchez

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 27th place

swim

Men

• Alex Jany

  100 m freestyle: 5th place

  400 m freestyle: 6th place

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: bronze

• Henri Padou junior

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: bronze

• Fernand Martinaux

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• 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

• 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

• Georges Vallerey junior

  100 m back: bronze

• Lucien Zins

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• René Pirolley

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Maurice Lusien

  200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals

• Alfred Nakache

  200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals

Women

• Josette Arène

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place

• 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

• Gisèle Vallerey

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place

• Colette Thomas

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place

• Marie Foucher-Creteau

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place

• Monique Berlioux

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Jacqueline Bertrand

  200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals

sailing

• Jean-Jacques Herbulot

  Firefly: 7th place

• Jacques Lebrun

  Swallow: 9th place

• Henri Perrissol

  Swallow: 9th place

• Yves Lorion

  Star: 11th place

• Jean Peytel

  Star: 11th place

• Marcel de Kerviler

  Dragons: 10th place

• Philippe Chancerel

  Dragons: 10th place

• Jean Frain de la Gaulayrie

  Dragons: 10th place

• Albert Cadot

  6-meter class: 11th place

• Jean Castel

  6-meter class: 11th place

• Claude Desouches

  6-meter class: 11th place

• Robert Lacarriere

  6-meter class: 11th place

• François Laverne

  6-meter class: 11th place

do gymnastics

Men

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• F. Vailee

  Team all-around competition: 10th place

• Jeanine Touchard

  Team all-around competition: 10th place

• Christine Palau

  Team all-around competition: 10th place

• G. Guibert

  Team all-around competition: 10th place

• Colette Hué

  Team all-around competition: 10th place

• Martine Yvinou

  Team all-around competition: 10th place

• Irène Pittelioen

  Team all-around competition: 10th place

• Jeanette Vogelbacher

  Team all-around competition: 10th place

Water polo

• 11th place

  François Débonnet

  Maurice Lefebvre

  Roger Le Bras

  Marco servant

  Robert Himgi

  Roger Dewasch

  Jacques Berthe

  René Massol

  Jacques Viaene

  Émile Bermyn

  Marcel Spilliaert

Diving

Men

• Raymond Mulinghausen

  3 m jumping: 5th place

  10 m high diving: 7th place

• Roger Heinkelé

  3 m jumping: 14th place

• 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

• Mady Moreau

  3 m jumping: 7th place

• Jeannette Aubert

  3 m jumping: 10th place

Web links

• French Olympic team from 1948 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )