1964 Summer Olympics / Participant (France)

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France took part in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with a delegation of 138 athletes (118 men and 20 women) in 89 competitions in 14 sports.

The French athletes won one gold, eight silver and six bronze medals, placing France in 21st place in the medal table. Olympic champion was the show jumper Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola . The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Michel Macquet .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Jacques Cotot

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Joseph Gonzales

  Light middleweight: silver

• Jacques Marty

  Middleweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Bernard Thébault

  Light heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

fencing

Men

• Jean-Claude Magnan

  Foil: silver

  Foil team: bronze

• Daniel Revenu

  Foil: bronze

  Foil team: bronze

• Jacky Courtillat

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Foil team: bronze

• Christian Noël

  Foil team: bronze

• Pierre Rodocanachi

  Foil team: bronze

• Claude Bourquard

  Epee: 6th place

  Epee team:

• Jacques Guittet

  Epee: 9th place

  Epee team: bronze

• Yves Dreyfus

  Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Epee team: bronze

• Claude Brodin

  Epee team: bronze

• Jacques Brodin

  Epee team: bronze

• Claude Arabo

  Saber: silver

  Saber team: 4th place

• Marcel Parent

  Saber: 6th place

  Saber team: 4th place

• Jacques Lefèvre

  Saber: 9th place

  Saber team: 4th place

• Jean-Ernest Ramez

  Saber team: 4th place

• Robert Fraisse

  Saber team: 4th place

Women

• Catherine Rousselet-Ceretti

  Foil: 7th place

  Foil team: 6th place

• Brigitte Gapais-Dumont

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Foil team: 6th place

• Annick level

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Foil team: 6th place

• Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille

  Foil team: 6th place

• Colette Revenu

  Foil team: 6th place

Weightlifting

• Rolf Maier

  Middleweight: 7th place

• Marcel Paterni

  Light heavyweight: competition not finished

Judo

• Gaston Lesturgeon

  Lightweight: 9th place

• André Bourreau

  Lightweight: 9th place

• Lionel Grossain

  Middleweight: 5th place

• Jacques le Berré

  Middleweight: 9th place

canoe

Men

• Jean Boudehen

  Two-man canoe 1000 m: silver

• Michel Chapuis

  Two-man canoe 1000 m: silver

athletics

Men

• Claude Piquemal

  100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Roger Bambuck

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Bernard Laidebeur

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Paul Genevay

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Jocelyn Delecour

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Jean-Pierre Boccardo

  400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 400 meter relay: 8th place

• Maurice Lurot

  800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• François Châtelet

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Michel Bernard

  1500 m: 7th place

• Jean Wadoux

  1500 m: 9th place

• Michel Jazy

  5000 m: 4th place

• Jean Vaillant

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  10,000 m: 13th place

• Jean Fayolle

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  10,000 m: 15th place

• Marcel Duriez

  110 m hurdles: 6th place

• Bernard Fournet

  110 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Jean-Jacques Behm

  400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Robert Poirier

  400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Guy Texereau

  3000 m obstacle: 6th place

• Michel Hiblot

  4 x 400 meter relay: 8th place

• Bernard Martin

  4 x 400 meter relay: 8th place

• Germain Nelzy

  4 x 400 meter relay: 8th place

• Henri Delerue

  20 km walking: 13th place

  50 km walking: 15th place

• Robert Sainte-Rose

  High jump: 22nd place

• Hervé d'Encausse

  Pole vault: 15th place

• Maurice Houvion

  Pole vault: without a valid attempt

• Jean Cochard

  Long jump: 5th place

• Alain Lefèvre

  Long jump: 24th place

• Eric Battista

  Triple jump: 25th place

• Guy Husson

  Hammer throw: 22nd place

• Michel Macquet

  Javelin throw: 18th place

Women

• Danielle Guéneau

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 8th place

• Christiane Cadic

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Michèle Lurot

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: 8th place

• Évelyne Lebret

  400 m: 8th place

• Maryvonne Dupureur

  800 m: silver

• Marlène Canguio

  80 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: 8th place

• Michèle Demys

  Javelin throw: 10th place

• Denise Guénard

  Pentathlon: 12th place

  4 x 100 meter relay: 8th place

Cycling

• Francis Bazire

  Road race: 53rd place

• Lucien Aimar

  Road race: 80th place

• Bernard Guyot

  Road race: 94th place

• Christian Raymond

  Road race: 95th place

• Marcel-Ernest Bidault

  Road team time trial: 6th place

• Georges Chappe

  Road team time trial: 6th place

• André Desvages

  Road team time trial: 6th place

• Jean-Claude Wuillemin

  Road team time trial: 6th place

• Daniel Morelon

  Track Sprint: Bronze

  Track Tandem Sprint 2000 m: 9th place

• Pierre Trentin

  Rail sprint: 4th place

  Track 1000 m time trial: bronze

  Track Tandem Sprint 2000 m: 9th place

• Robert Varga

  Track 4000 m single pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round

• Christian Cuch

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round

• Joseph Pare

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round

• Jacques Suire

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round

horse riding

• Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola

  Show jumping: gold

  Show jumping team: silver

• Janou Lefebvre

  Show jumping: 14th place

  Show jumping team: silver

• Guy Lefrant

  Show jumping: 20th place

  Show jumping team: silver

• Jack Le Goff

  Versatility: 23rd place

  Versatility team: 8th place

• Jean de Croutte de Saint Martin

  Versatility: 24th place

  Versatility team: 8th place

• Hugues Landon

  Versatility: 27th place

  Versatility team: 8th place

• Jéhan Le Roy

  Versatility: Eliminated

  Versatility team: 8th place

Wrestling

• Georges Ballery

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round

• René Schiermeyer

  Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round

• André Zoete

  Flyweight, freestyle: 4th place

rowing

• René Duhamel

  Double-twos: 6th place

• Bernard Monnereau

  Double-twos: 6th place

• Jacques Morel

  Two with helmsman: silver

• Georges Morel

  Two with helmsman: silver

• Jean-Claude Darouy

  Two with helmsman: silver

  Four with helmsman: 4th place

• Jean-Pierre Drivet

  Four without a helmsman: 10th place

• Roger Chatelain

  Four without a helmsman: 10th place

• Philippe Malivoire

  Four without a helmsman: 10th place

• Émile Clerc

  Four without a helmsman: 10th place

• Yves Fraisse

  Four with helmsman: 4th place

• Claude Pache

  Four with helmsman: 4th place

• Gérard Jacquesson

  Four with helmsman: 4th place

• Michel Dumas

  Four with helmsman: 4th place

• André Fevret

  Eighth with helmsman: 7th place

• Pierre Maddaloni

  Eighth with helmsman: 7th place

• André Sloth

  Eighth with helmsman: 7th place

• Joseph Moroni

  Eighth with helmsman: 7th place

• Robert Dumontois

  Eighth with helmsman: 7th place

• Jean-Pierre Grimaud

  Eighth with helmsman: 7th place

• Bernard Meynadier

  Eighth with helmsman: 7th place

• Michel Viaud

  Eighth with helmsman: 7th place

• Alain Bouffard

  Eighth with helmsman: 7th place

shoot

• Jean Renaux

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 14th place

  Free pistol 50 m: 14th place

• Pierre Guy

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 56th place

• Claude Foussier

  Trap: 24th place

• Michel Prévost

  Trap: 29th place

swim

Men

• Alain Gottvallès

  100 m freestyle: 5th place

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: disqualified in the final

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 6th place

• Gérard Gropaiz

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: disqualified in the final

• Jean-Pascal Curtillet

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: disqualified in the final

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 6th place

• Francis Luyce

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 6th place

• Pierre Canavèse

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: disqualified in the final

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 6th place

• Robert Christophe

  200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: disqualified in the final

Women

• Monique Piétri

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Christine Caron

  1500 m back: silver

• Françoise Borie

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

• Gérard Devillard

  Finn dinghy: 9th place

• Marcel-André Buffet

  Flying Dutchman: 7th place

• Alain-François Lehoerff

  Flying Dutchman: 7th place

do gymnastics

Men

• Christian Guiffroy

  Individual all-around: 48th place

  Floor: 74th place

  Horse jump: 86th place

  Bars: 10th place

  Horizontal bar: 37th place

  Rings: 81st place

  Pommel horse: 28th place

• Bernard Fauqueux

  Individual all-around: 73rd place

  Floor: 84th place

  Horse jump: 69th place

  Bars: 72nd place

  Horizontal bar: 31st place

  Rings: 97th place

  Pommel horse: 54th place

• Michel Bouchonnet

  Individual all-around: 83rd place

  Floor: 84th place

  Horse jump: 54th place

  Bars: 66th place

  Horizontal bar: 77th place

  Rings: 103rd place

  Pommel horse: 54th place

Women

• Evelyne Letourneur

  Individual all-around: 47th place

  Floor: 42nd place

  Horse jump: 63rd place

  Uneven bars: 32nd place

  Balance beam: 64th place

• Monique Baelden

  Individual all-around: 49th place

  Floor: 52nd place

  Horse jump: 60th place

  Uneven bars: 47th place

  Balance beam: 44th place

• Jacqueline Brisepierre

  Individual all-around: 64th place

  Floor: 57th place

  Horse jump: 66th place

  Uneven bars: 68th place

  Balance beam: 55th place

Web links

• French Olympic team from 1964 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )