1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (France)

FRA

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France took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with a delegation of 137 athletes (119 men and eighteen women) in 95 competitions in fifteen sports.

In addition, France was represented at the Equestrian Games in Stockholm , which had already taken place five months earlier. Here the nation was represented by eight male riders who could not win a medal.

Participants by sport

basketball

Men

• 4th Place

• Squad

  Roger Antoine

  Christian Baltzer

  Jean-Paul Beugnot

  Maurice Buffière

  Yves Gominon

  Henri Grange

  Roger Haudegand

  Robert Monclar

  Henri Rey

  André Schlupp

  Gérard Sturla

  Roger Veyron

Boxing

Men

• Gilbert Chapron

  Middleweight: bronze

• Eugène Legrand

  Light middleweight: 1st round

• René Libeer

  Flyweight: bronze

• Claude Saluden

  Light welterweight: quarterfinals

• André de Souza

  Featherweight: quarterfinals

• André Vairolatto

  Lightweight: quarter-finals

fencing

Men Bernard Baudoux Foil, team: silver Roger Closset Foil, team: silver René Coicaud Foil, team: silver Daniel Dagallier Epee, singles: quarter-finals Epee, team: bronze Yves Dreyfus Epee, team: bronze Claude Gamot Saber, Singles: Quarterfinals Saber, team: 4th place Jacques Lataste Foil, singles: preliminary round Foil, team: silver Jacques Lefèvre Saber, singles: 4th place Saber, team: 4th place Bernard Morel Saber, team: 4th place Armand Mouyal Epee, singles: semi-finals Epee, team: bronze Claude Netter Foil, singles: 5th place Foil, team: silver Claude Nigon Epee, team: bronze Christian d'Oriola Foil, single: gold Foil, team: silver René Queyroux Epee, singles: 6th place Epee, team: bronze Jacques Roulot Saber, singles: semi-finals Saber, team: 4th place

Women Kate Delbarre Foil, singles: 5th place Renée Garilhe Foil, single: bronze Regine Veronnet Foil, singles: preliminary round

Weightlifting

Men

• Jean Debuf

  Middle heavyweight: bronze

• Roger Gerber

  Lightweight: 15th place

• Marcel Paterni

  Lightweight: 7th place

canoe

Men Louis Gantois Kayak single, 1000 meters: 5th place Maurice Graffen & Michel Meyer Two kayaks, 1000 meters: 5th place Two kayaks, 10,000 meters: 9th place Georges Dransart & Marcel Renaud Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: 4th place Canoe twos, 10,000 meters: silver

Women Eva Marion Kayak single, 500 meters: 8th place

athletics

Men Pierre Alard Discus throw: 18th place in qualification Eric Battista Triple jump: 16th place Jean-Claude Bernard 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals René Bonino 100 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Yves Camus 200 meters: heats Guy Cury 400 meter hurdles: semi-finals Alain David 100 meters: heats 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Jacques Degats 400 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 400 meters: prelims Jocelyn Delecour 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals René Djian 800 meters: semi-finals Maurice Fournier High jump: 11th place Jean-Pierre Goudeau 200 meters: heats 4 x 400 meters: prelims Pierre Haarhoff 400 meters: semi-finals 4 x 400 meters: prelims Guy Husson Hammer throw: 13th place Michel Jazy 1500 meters: heats Konstantin Lissenko 200 meters: DNF (quarter finals) 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Michel Macquet Javelin throw: 7th place Jean-Paul Martin du Gard 400 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 400 meters: prelims Alain Mimoun 10,000 meters: 12th place Marathon: gold Edmond Roudnitska 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals Victor Sillon Pole vault: no valid attempt in qualification Léon Syrovatski Javelin throw: 18th place in qualification Raymond Thomas Shot put: 14th place Alexandre Yankoff 400 meter hurdles: prelims

Women Catherine Capdevielle 100 meters: semi-finals 4 x 100 meters: prelims Micheline Fluchot 100 meters: heats 200 meters: heats 4 x 100 meters: prelims Simone Henry 200 meters: heats 4 x 100 meters: prelims Marthe Lambert 80 meter hurdles: semi-finals Long jump: 5th place Angèle Picado 80 meter hurdles: prelims 4 x 100 meters: prelims

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Jean-Claude Hamel

  Singles: 33rd place

Cycling

Men

• René Abadie

  Road race, individual: 27. space

  Road race, team: gold

• Renzo Colzi

  1000 meter time trial: 16th place

• Arnaud Geyre

  Road race, individual: silver

  Road race, team: gold

• Maurice Moucheraud

  Road race, individual: 8. space

  Road race, team: gold

• Michel Rousseau

  Sprint: gold

• Michel Vermeulin

  Road race, individual: 12. space

  Road race, team: gold

• André Gruchet & Robert Vidal

  Tandem sprint: 5th place

• René Bianchi , Jean Graczyk , Jean-Claude Lecante & Michel Vermeulin

  4000 meters team pursuit: silver

horse riding

• Alain Bouchet

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Jean-Albert Brasu

  Dressage, individual: 22nd place

  Dressage, team: 6th place

• Georges Calmon

  Jumping, singles: 44th place

  Jumping, team: 8th place

• Bernard de Fombelle

  Jumping, singles: 29th place

  Jumping, team: 8th place

• Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola

  Jumping, singles: 6th place

  Jumping, team: 8th place

• André Jousseaume

  Dressage, individual: 5th place

  Dressage, team: 6th place

• Jean Saint-Fort Paillard

  Eventing, individual: 25th place

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Jean Salmon

  Dressage, individual: 32nd place

  Dressage, team: 6th place

Wrestling

Men

• Roger Bielle

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

  Lightweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• André Zoete

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

  Flyweight, freestyle: 5th place

rowing

Men

• Yves Delacour , Guy Guillabert , René Guissart & Gaston Mercier

  Four without a helmsman: bronze

• Maurice Bas , Émile Clerc , Richard Duc , Maurice Houdayer , Édouard Leguery , Santé Marcuzzi , René Massiasse , Jean-Jacques Vignon & Jacques Vilcoq

  Eighth: Hope run

shoot

Men

• Charles des Jamonières

  Rapid fire pistol: 27th place

  Free pistol: 20th place

• Jacques Mazoyer

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 24th place

  Small caliber, lying: 35th place

• Robert Pignard

  Trap: 10th place

• Michel Prévost

  Trap: 14th place

• Maurice Racca

  Small bore, three-position fight: 28th place

  Small bore, lying: 39th place

swim

Men Jean Boiteux 400 meters freestyle: prelims 1500 meters freestyle: 6th place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: prelims Gilbert Bozon 100 meters back: semi-finals Hugues Broussard 200 meters chest: disqualified (final) Robert Christophe 100 meters back: 4th place Gérard Coignot 100 meters back: heats Jacques Collignon 400 meters freestyle: prelims 1500 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 200 meter freestyle: prelims Aldo Eminent 100 meters freestyle: 8th place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: prelims Alex Jany 100 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 200 meter freestyle: prelims Guy Montserret 400 meters freestyle: prelims 1500 meters freestyle: prelims René Pirolley 200 meters butterfly: heats

Women Héda Frost 100 meters freestyle: prelims 400 meters freestyle: 7th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims Viviane governor 400 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims Ginette Jany-Sendral 100 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims 100 meters back: heats Odette Lusien 100 meter butterfly: prelims Colette Thomas 400 meters freestyle: prelims Odile Vouaux 100 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims

sailing

Men

• Didier Poissant

  Finn dinghy: 13th place

• Philippe Chancerel & Michel Parent

  Star: 5th place

• Claude Flahault & Roger Tiriau

  Sharpie: 8th place

• Albert Cadot , Jean-Jacques Herbulot & Dominique Perroud

  5.5 meter class: 6th place

do gymnastics

Men Raymond Dot Individual all-around: 32nd place Floor: 47th place Horse: 36th place Bars: 28th place Horizontal bar: 10th place Rings: 36th place Pommel horse: 43rd place Jean Guillou Individual all-around: 46th place Floor: 44th place Horse: 50th place Bars: 41st place Horizontal bar: 28th place Rings: 46th place Pommel horse: 38th place Michel Mathiot Individual all-around: 40th place Floor: 33rd place Horse: 50th place Bars: 28th place Horizontal bar: 44th place Rings: 41st place Pommel horse: 28th place

Women Jacqueline Dieudonné Individual all-around: 65th place Uneven bars: 65th place Danièle Sicot-Coulon Individual all-around: 41st place Floor: 47th place Horse: 55th place Uneven bars: 35th place Balance beam: 25th place

Diving

Men Christian Pire Art jumping: 14th place

Women Nicole Péllissard-Darrigrand Artistic jumping: 7th place Diving: 4th place

Web links

• French Olympic team from 1956 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Squad of the equestrian games