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
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Jacques Cotot
- Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Joseph Gonzales
- Light middleweight: silver
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Jacques Marty
- Middleweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Bernard Thébault
- Light heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
fencing
- Men
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Jean-Claude Magnan
- Foil: silver
- Foil team: bronze
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Daniel Revenu
- Foil: bronze
- Foil team: bronze
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Jacky Courtillat
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Foil team: bronze
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Christian Noël
- Foil team: bronze
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Pierre Rodocanachi
- Foil team: bronze
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Claude Bourquard
- Epee: 6th place
- Epee team:
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Jacques Guittet
- Epee: 9th place
- Epee team: bronze
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Yves Dreyfus
- Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Epee team: bronze
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Claude Brodin
- Epee team: bronze
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Jacques Brodin
- Epee team: bronze
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Claude Arabo
- Saber: silver
- Saber team: 4th place
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Marcel Parent
- Saber: 6th place
- Saber team: 4th place
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Jacques Lefèvre
- Saber: 9th place
- Saber team: 4th place
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Jean-Ernest Ramez
- Saber team: 4th place
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Robert Fraisse
- Saber team: 4th place
- Women
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Catherine Rousselet-Ceretti
- Foil: 7th place
- Foil team: 6th place
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Brigitte Gapais-Dumont
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Foil team: 6th place
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Annick level
- Foil: eliminated in the 1st round
- Foil team: 6th place
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Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille
- Foil team: 6th place
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Colette Revenu
- Foil team: 6th place
Weightlifting
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Rolf Maier
- Middleweight: 7th place
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Marcel Paterni
- Light heavyweight: competition not finished
Judo
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Gaston Lesturgeon
- Lightweight: 9th place
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André Bourreau
- Lightweight: 9th place
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Lionel Grossain
- Middleweight: 5th place
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Jacques le Berré
- Middleweight: 9th place
canoe
- Men
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Jean Boudehen
- Two-man canoe 1000 m: silver
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Michel Chapuis
- Two-man canoe 1000 m: silver
athletics
- Men
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Claude Piquemal
- 100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: bronze
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Roger Bambuck
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Bernard Laidebeur
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: bronze
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Paul Genevay
- 200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: bronze
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Jocelyn Delecour
- 200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: bronze
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Jean-Pierre Boccardo
- 400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 400 meter relay: 8th place
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Maurice Lurot
- 800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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François Châtelet
- 800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Michel Bernard
- 1500 m: 7th place
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Jean Wadoux
- 1500 m: 9th place
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Michel Jazy
- 5000 m: 4th place
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Jean Vaillant
- 5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 10,000 m: 13th place
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Jean Fayolle
- 5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 10,000 m: 15th place
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Marcel Duriez
- 110 m hurdles: 6th place
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Bernard Fournet
- 110 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Jean-Jacques Behm
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Robert Poirier
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Guy Texereau
- 3000 m obstacle: 6th place
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Michel Hiblot
- 4 x 400 meter relay: 8th place
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Bernard Martin
- 4 x 400 meter relay: 8th place
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Germain Nelzy
- 4 x 400 meter relay: 8th place
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Henri Delerue
- 20 km walking: 13th place
- 50 km walking: 15th place
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Robert Sainte-Rose
- High jump: 22nd place
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Hervé d'Encausse
- Pole vault: 15th place
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Maurice Houvion
- Pole vault: without a valid attempt
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Jean Cochard
- Long jump: 5th place
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Alain Lefèvre
- Long jump: 24th place
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Eric Battista
- Triple jump: 25th place
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Guy Husson
- Hammer throw: 22nd place
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Michel Macquet
- Javelin throw: 18th place
- Women
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Danielle Guéneau
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: 8th place
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Christiane Cadic
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Michèle Lurot
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter relay: 8th place
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Évelyne Lebret
- 400 m: 8th place
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Maryvonne Dupureur
- 800 m: silver
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Marlène Canguio
- 80 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter relay: 8th place
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Michèle Demys
- Javelin throw: 10th place
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Denise Guénard
- Pentathlon: 12th place
- 4 x 100 meter relay: 8th place
Cycling
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Francis Bazire
- Road race: 53rd place
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Lucien Aimar
- Road race: 80th place
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Bernard Guyot
- Road race: 94th place
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Christian Raymond
- Road race: 95th place
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Marcel-Ernest Bidault
- Road team time trial: 6th place
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Georges Chappe
- Road team time trial: 6th place
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André Desvages
- Road team time trial: 6th place
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Jean-Claude Wuillemin
- Road team time trial: 6th place
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Daniel Morelon
- Track Sprint: Bronze
- Track Tandem Sprint 2000 m: 9th place
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Pierre Trentin
- Rail sprint: 4th place
- Track 1000 m time trial: bronze
- Track Tandem Sprint 2000 m: 9th place
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Robert Varga
- Track 4000 m single pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round
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Christian Cuch
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round
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Joseph Pare
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round
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Jacques Suire
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round
horse riding
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Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola
- Show jumping: gold
- Show jumping team: silver
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Janou Lefebvre
- Show jumping: 14th place
- Show jumping team: silver
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Guy Lefrant
- Show jumping: 20th place
- Show jumping team: silver
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Jack Le Goff
- Versatility: 23rd place
- Versatility team: 8th place
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Jean de Croutte de Saint Martin
- Versatility: 24th place
- Versatility team: 8th place
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Hugues Landon
- Versatility: 27th place
- Versatility team: 8th place
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Jéhan Le Roy
- Versatility: Eliminated
- Versatility team: 8th place
Wrestling
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Georges Ballery
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round
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René Schiermeyer
- Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round
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André Zoete
- Flyweight, freestyle: 4th place
rowing
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René Duhamel
- Double-twos: 6th place
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Bernard Monnereau
- Double-twos: 6th place
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Jacques Morel
- Two with helmsman: silver
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Georges Morel
- Two with helmsman: silver
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Jean-Claude Darouy
- Two with helmsman: silver
- Four with helmsman: 4th place
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Jean-Pierre Drivet
- Four without a helmsman: 10th place
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Roger Chatelain
- Four without a helmsman: 10th place
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Philippe Malivoire
- Four without a helmsman: 10th place
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Émile Clerc
- Four without a helmsman: 10th place
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Yves Fraisse
- Four with helmsman: 4th place
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Claude Pache
- Four with helmsman: 4th place
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Gérard Jacquesson
- Four with helmsman: 4th place
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Michel Dumas
- Four with helmsman: 4th place
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André Fevret
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Pierre Maddaloni
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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André Sloth
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Joseph Moroni
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Robert Dumontois
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Jean-Pierre Grimaud
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Bernard Meynadier
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Michel Viaud
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Alain Bouffard
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
shoot
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Jean Renaux
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 14th place
- Free pistol 50 m: 14th place
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Pierre Guy
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 56th place
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Claude Foussier
- Trap: 24th place
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Michel Prévost
- Trap: 29th place
swim
- Men
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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
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Gérard Gropaiz
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: disqualified in the final
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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
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Francis Luyce
- 400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 6th place
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Pierre Canavèse
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: disqualified in the final
- 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 6th place
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Robert Christophe
- 200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: disqualified in the final
- Women
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Monique Piétri
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Christine Caron
- 1500 m back: silver
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Françoise Borie
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
sailing
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Gérard Devillard
- Finn dinghy: 9th place
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Marcel-André Buffet
- Flying Dutchman: 7th place
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Alain-François Lehoerff
- Flying Dutchman: 7th place
do gymnastics
- Men
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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
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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
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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
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Evelyne Letourneur
- Individual all-around: 47th place
- Floor: 42nd place
- Horse jump: 63rd place
- Uneven bars: 32nd place
- Balance beam: 64th place
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Monique Baelden
- Individual all-around: 49th place
- Floor: 52nd place
- Horse jump: 60th place
- Uneven bars: 47th place
- Balance beam: 44th place
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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 )