1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (France)

FRA

7th	3	5

France took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 200 athletes (169 men and 31 women) in 107 competitions in 16 sports. The most successful athlete was the cyclist Pierre Trentin , he won three medals, including two golds. His tandem partner Daniel Morelon also won two gold medals. With a total of 15 medal successes, the nation took sixth place in the medal table. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the swimmer Kiki Caron .

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men

• Jean-Paul Anton
• Dominique Azzaro
• Aldo Cosentino
• Bernard Malherbe
• Yvon Mariolle
• Albert Menduni

fencing

Men Jean-Pierre Allemand Claude Arabo Gilles Berolatti Gold Foil Team Yves Boissier Claude Bourquard Jacques Dimont Gold Foil Team François Jeanne Jacques Ladègaillerie Jean-Claude Magnan Gold Foil Team Christian Noël Gold Foil Team Serge Panizza Marcel Parent Jean-Ernest Ramez Daniel Revenu Bronze foil single Gold Foil Team Bernard Vallée

Women Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille Brigitte Gapais-Dumont Claudette Herbster-Josland Annick level Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti

Soccer

Men

• Quarter finals

  • goal

  1 Guy Delhumeau

  19 Henri Ribul

  • Defense

  2 Dario Grava

  3 Bernard Goueffic

  4 Jean Lempereur

  6 Michel Verhoeve

  7 Gilbert Planté

  11 Jean-Louis Hodoul

  • midfield

  5 Freddy Zix

  8 Michel Delafosse

  9 Jean-Michel Larqué

  10 Alain Laurier

  12 Daniel Perrigaud

  14 Daniel Horlaville

  18 Gérard Hallet

  • Storm

  13 Yves Triantafyllos

  15 Marc-Kanyan Case

  16 Charles Tamboueon

  17 Michel Parmentier

Weightlifting

Men

• Jean-Paul Fouletier
• Pierre Gourrier
• Roger Levecq
• Rolf Maier
• Alfred Steiner

hockey

Men

• 10th place

• Bernard Arlin
• Patrick Burtschell
• Jean-Paul Capelle
• Marc Chapon
• Georges Corbel
• Richard Dodrieux
• Georges Grain
• Stéphane Joinau
• Jean-Claude Merkes
• Alain Pascarel
• Jean-Paul Petit
• Charles Pous
• Jean-Paul Sauthier
• Albert Vanpoulle
• Gilles Verrier
• Philippe Vignon
• Claude Windal
• Michel Windal

canoe

Men

• Jean Boudehen
• Bernard Bouffinier
• Jean-Pierre Cordebois
• Albert Mayer
• Jean-François Millot
• Claude Picard

athletics

Men Charlemagne Anyamah Roger Bambuck Bronze 4 x 100 m Arnjolt Beer Gilles Bertould Jean-Pierre Boccardo Jacky Boxberger Jacques Carette Jean Cochard Pierre Colnard René Combes Hervé d'Encausse Jocelyn Delecour Bronze 4 x 100 m Henri Delerue Jean-Pierre Dufresne Marcel Duriez Henry Elliott Gérard Fenouil Bronze 4 x 100 m Jean-Claude Nallet Claude Nicolas Christian Nicolau Jack Pani Claude Piquemal Bronze 4 x 100 m Robert Poirier Robert Sainte-Rose Pierre Schoebel Gilles Sibon Guy Texereau Gérard Ugolini Jean-Paul Villain Jean Wadoux

Women Michèle Alayrangues Monique Bantégny Ghislaine Barnay Colette Besson Gold 400 m Nicole Denise Maryvonne Dupureur Gabrielle Meyer Nicole Montandon Monique Noirot Sylviane Telliez

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Bronze team

• Jean-Pierre Giudicelli
• Raoul Gueguen
• Lucien Guiguet

Cycling

Men

• Stéphan Abrahamian
• Jean-Pierre Boulard
• Robert Bouloux
• Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
• Bernard Darmet
• Daniel Ducreux
• Claude le Chatellier
• Daniel Morelon

  Gold sprint

  Gold tandem sprint 2000 m

• Jack Mourioux
• Jean-Pierre Paranteau
• Daniel Rébillard

  Gold single pursuit 4000 m

• Pierre Trentin

  Bronze sprint

  Gold 1000 m time trial

  Gold tandem sprint 2000 m

• Alain Van Lancker
• Alain Vasseur

horse riding

• Jean-Jacques Guyon

  Gold eventing individual

• Janou Lefebvre

  Silver jumping team

• André le Goupil
• Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola

  Silver jumping team

• Jean-Louis Martin
• Marcel Rozier

  Silver jumping team

• Jean Sarrazin

Wrestling

Men

• André Gaudinot
• Guy Marchand
• Daniel Robin

  Silver welterweight Greco-Roman

  Silver Welterweight Freestyle

• Raymond Uytterhaeghe

rowing

Men

• Michel Beissière
• Roger Chatelain
• Jean-Pierre Drivet
• Yannick Fave
• Yves Fraisse
• Jean Freslon
• Jean-Pierre Grimaud
• Roger Jouy
• Jean le Goff
• Richard Lippi
• Yvon Petit
• Jean-Marc Porte
• Patrick Sellier
• André Sloth
• Joseph Szostak
• Gilbert Vallanchon
• Patrick van den Brouck

shoot

• Pierre Candelo
• Michel Carrega
• Jean-Paul Faber
• Jean-Luc Loret
• Paul Musso
• André Noël
• Alain Plante
• Louis Vignaud

swim

Men Bernard Gruener Gérard Letast Francis Luyce Gilles Moreau Alain Mosconi Bronze 400 m freestyle Jean-François Ravelinghien Michel Rousseau

Women Sylvie Canet Kiki Caron Danièle Dorléans Bénédicte Duprez Catherine Grosjean Simone Hanner Marie-José Kersaudy Claude Mandonnaud Dominique Mollier

sailing

• Michel Alexandre
• Pierre Blanchard
• Pierre Brétéché
• Michel Briand
• Gilles Buck
• Bertrand Cheret
• Philippe Soria
• Roger Tiriau
• Bruno Trouble

do gymnastics

Men Michel Bouchonnet Christian Deuza Christian Guiffroy

Women Nicole Bourdiau Jacqueline Brisepierre Mireille Cayre Dominique Lauvard Evelyne Letourneur Françoise Nourry

Web links

• French Olympic team from 1968 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )