1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (France)

FRA

2	4th	7th

France took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a total of 227 athletes, 197 men and 30 women, in eighteen sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the fencer Jean-Claude Magnan .

Participants by sport

Archery

Men Alain Convard Individual: 44th place Jacques Doyen Singles: 21st place Louis-Henri Lemirre Singles: 42nd place

Women Pierrette lady Singles: 31st place Herrad Frey Individual: 27th place

Boxing

Men

• Maurice Apeang

  Featherweight: 1st round

• Guitry bananier

  Lightweight: 2nd round

• Michel Belliard

  Light middleweight: 2nd round

• Aldo Cosentino

  Bantamweight: 2nd round

• Rabah Khaloufi

  Flyweight: 1st round

• Henri Moreau

  Light Heavyweight: 1st round

fencing

Men Jean-Pierre Allemand Epee, team: 4th place Philippe Bena Saber, Singles: Quarterfinals Saber, team: 7th place Gilles Berolatti Foil, team: bronze Régis Bonissent Saber, singles: 5th place Saber, team: 7th place Jacques Brodin Epee, singles: 6th place Epee, team: 4th place Bernard Dumont Saber, team: 7th place François Jeanne Epee, singles: quarter-finals Epee, team: 4th place Jacques Ladègaillerie Epee, single: silver Epee, team: 4th place Jean-Claude Magnan Foil, team: bronze Pierre Marchand Epee, team: 4th place Christian Noël Foil, single: bronze Foil, team: bronze Serge Panizza Saber, team: 7th place Daniel Revenu Foil, singles: semi-finals Foil, team: bronze Bernard Talvard Foil, singles: semi-finals Foil, team: bronze Bernard Vallée Saber, singles: semi-finals Saber, team: 7th place

Women Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille Foil, singles: 4th place Foil, team: 6th place Brigitte Gapais-Dumont Foil, singles: semi-finals Foil, team: 6th place Claudette Herbster-Josland Foil, team: 6th place Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti Foil, singles: semi-finals Foil, team: 6th place

Weightlifting

Men

• Jean-Paul Fouletier

  Heavyweight: 14th place

• Pierre Gourrier

  Middle heavyweight: 10th place

• Aimé Terme

  Middleweight: 15th place

hockey

Men

• 12th place

• Squad

  Patrick Burtschell

  Gilles Capelle

  Marc Chapon

  Georges Corbel

  Francis Coutou

  Jean-Luc Darfeuille

  Georges Grain

  Thierry Havet

  Christian Honneger

  Yves Langlois

  Olivier Moreau

  Eric Pitau

  Charles Pous

  Marc Remise

  Pierre Roussel

  Jean-Paul Sauthier

  Alain Tétard

Judo

Men

• Pierre Albertini

  Light Heavyweight: 7th place

• Jean-Claude Brondani

  Heavyweight: 5th place

  Open class: bronze

• Jean-Paul Coche

  Middleweight: bronze

• Jean-Jacques Mounier

  Lightweight: bronze

• Patrick Vial

  Light middleweight: 10th place

canoe

Men Jean-Pierre Cordebois & Didier Niquet Two kayaks, 1000 meters: 6th place Patrick Maccari Kayak single, slalom: 11th place Eric Koechlin Kayak single, slalom: 16th place Alain Colombe Kayak single, slalom: 21st place Jean-François Millot Canoe single, 1000 meters: hope run Alain Acard & Gérald Delacroix Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: hope run Michel Trenchant Canoe single, slalom: 12th place Claude Baux Canoe single, slalom: 15th place François Bonnet Canoe single, slalom: 18th place Jean-Claude Olry & Jean-Louis Olry Canoe two-man, slalom: bronze

Women Françoise Gaud Kayak single, 500 meters: semi-finals

athletics

Men Jacques Accambray Hammer throw: 19th place Arnjolt Beer Shot put: 21st place in qualification Gilles Bertould 400 meters: quarter-finals 4 × 400 meters: bronze Patrick Bourbeillon 4 × 100 meters: 7th place Jacky Boxberger 1500 meters: semi-finals Yves Brouzet Shot put: 12th place Gérard Buchheit 3000 meter obstacle: prelims André Byrame 100 meters: heats Jacques Carette 4 × 400 meters: bronze Dominique Chauvelot 100 meters: quarter-finals Bruno Cherrier 200 meters: semi-finals 4 × 100 meters: 7th place Jean-Pierre Corval 400 meter hurdles: semi-finals Jean-Claude Decosse 50 kilometers of walking: DNF Guy Drut 110 meter hurdles: silver Jean-Pierre Dufresne 1500 meters: semi-finals Henry Elliott High jump: 15th place Hervé d'Encausse Pole vault: no valid attempt in the final Gérard Fenouil 4 × 100 meters: 7th place Bernard Gauthier High jump: 14th place Francis Gonzalez 800 meters: heats Jean-Pierre Grès 4 × 100 meters: 7th place Francis Kerbiriou 400 meters: quarter-finals 4 × 400 meters: bronze Fernand Kolbeck Marathon: 28th place Bernard Lamitié Triple jump: 10th place René Metz 200 meters: quarter-finals 4 × 100 meters: 7th place (only used in the preliminary run) Jean-Pierre Perrinelle 400 meter hurdles: prelims Vladimir Prichodko Hammer throw: 29th place in qualification Jacques Rousseau Long jump: 10th place Yves Le Roy Dental fight: 12th place Lucien Sainte-Rose 200 meters: semi-finals Roqui Sanchez 800 meters: heats Alain Sans 800 Merer: semi-finals Alain Sarteur 100 meters: semi-finals Jean-Pierre Schoebel Decathlon: 18th place Noël Tijou 10,000 meters: heats Christian Tourret Long jump: 24th place in qualification François Tracanelli Pole vault: 8th place Lolésio Tuita Javelin throw: 11th place Roger Velasquez 400 meters: quarter-finals 4 × 400 meters: bronze Jean-Paul Villain 3000 meter obstacle: 11th place Raymond Zembri 5000 meters: heats

Women Jacqueline André 100 meter hurdles: prelims Colette Besson 400 meters: quarter-finals 4 × 400 meters: 4th place Marie-Christine Debourse Pentathlon: 17th place Odette Ducas Long jump: 20th place in qualification Pentathlon: 22nd place Nicole Duclos 400 meters: semi-finals 4 × 400 meters: 4th place Martine Duvivier 800 meters: heats 4 × 400 meters: 4th place Bernadette Martin 4 × 400 meters: 4th place Sylviane Telliez 100 meters: quarter-finals 200 meters: semi-finals

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Jean-Pierre Giudicelli

  Individual: 22nd place

  Team: 7th place

• Michel Gueguen

  Singles: 10th place

  Team: 7th place

• Raoul Gueguen

  Singles: 30th place

  Team: 7th place

Cycling

Men

• Bernard Bocquet

  4000 meters team pursuit: 15th place in qualification

• Jacques Bossis

  4000 meters team pursuit: 15th place in qualification

• Bernard Bourreau

  Road race: 39th place

• Marcel Duchemin

  Road race: 65th place

• Henri Fin

  1000 km team time trial: 18th place

• Jean-Jacques Fussien

  4000 meters team pursuit: 15th place in qualification

• Claude Magni

  1000 km team time trial: 18th place

• Raymond Martin

  Road race: DNF

• Jean-Claude Meunier

  1000 km team time trial: 18th place

• Daniel Morelon

  Sprint: gold

  Tandem sprint: 4th place

• Regis Ovion

  Road race: 15th place

• Gérard Quintyn

  Sprint: 6th lap

• Guy Sibille

  1000 km team time trial: 18th place

• Pierre Trentin

  1000 meter time trial: 10th place

  Tandem sprint: 4th place

• Michel Zucarelli

  4000 meters single pursuit: 20th place in qualification

  4000 meters team pursuit: 15th place in qualification

horse riding

• Dominique Bentejac

  Eventing, individual: 42nd place

  Eventing, team: 11th place

• Armand Bigot

  Eventing, individual: 34th place

  Eventing, team: 11th place

• Marc Deuquet

  Jumping, team: 10th place

• Pierre Durand

  Jumping, team: 10th place

• François Fabius

  Eventing, individual: 43rd place

  Eventing, team: 11th place

• Janou Lefebvre

  Jumping, singles: 37th place

• Hubert Parot

  Jumping, singles: 31st place

  Jumping, team: 10th place

• Michel Robert

  Eventing, individual: 17th place

  Eventing, team: 11th place

• Patrick le Rolland

  Dressage, individual: 23rd place

• Marcel Rozier

  Jumping, singles: 7th place

  Jumping, team: 10th place

Wrestling

Men

• André Bouchoule

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

  Middleweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Georges Carbasse

  Lightweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Michel Grangier

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Daniel Robin

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

  Welterweight, freestyle: 5th place

• Théodule Toulotte

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

  Featherweight, freestyle: 4th round

rowing

Men

• Jean-Noël Ribot & Roland Thibaut

  Double scull: 11th place

• Jean-Claude Coucardon , Christian Durniak & Alain Lacoste

  Two with a helmsman: hope run

• Gérard Chenuet , Yves Fraisse , Roger Rouyer & Patrick Sellier

  Foursome without a helmsman: hope run

• Gérard Boyer , Bernard Bruand , Philippe Cabut , Jean-Luc Correia , Jacques Filippini , Jean-Jacques Mulot , Yves Oger , Jean Perrot & Yves Rebelle

  Eighth: Hope run

shoot

• Jean-Jacques Baud

  Trap: 28th place

• Jean Baumann

  Rapid fire pistol: 26th place

• Michel Carrega

  Trap: silver

• Gérard Denecheau

  Free pistol: 9th place

• Gilbert Emptaz

  Small caliber, three-position fight. 24th place

• Jean Faggion

  Free pistol: 18th place

• Michel Fontaine

  Small bore, lying: 45th place

• Jean-Richard Germont

  Rapid fire pistol: 35th place

• Roger Mangin

  Skeet: 37th place

• Patrice de Mullenheim

  Small caliber, three-position fight. 38th place

• André Noël

  Small caliber, lying: 84th place

• Élie Penot

  Skeet: 7th place

• Roger Renaux

  Running target: 16th place

swim

Men Pierre Baehr 100 meters back: heats 200 meters back: heats Jean-Paul Berjeau 100 meters back: semi-finals 200 meters back: 8th place 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Pierre Caland 200 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims Bernard Combet 100 meters chest: semi-finals Pierre-Yves Copin 4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims Alain Hermitte 100 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 7th place Roger-Philippe Menu 100 meters chest: semi-finals 200 meters chest: heats 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Jean-Jacques Moine 4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims Alain Mosconi 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 7th place 100 meter butterfly: prelims 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Michel Rousseau 100 meter freestyle: 7th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 7th place 4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Gilles Vigne 100 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 7th place

Women Guylaine Berger 100 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims Josiane Castiau 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Martine Claret 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Claude Mandonnaud 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Sylvie Le Noach 100 meter chest: heats 200 meters chest: heats 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Christine Petit 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims Chantal Schertz 100 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

sailing

• Serge Maury

  Finn dinghy: gold

• Marc Pajot & Yves Pajot

  Flying Dutchman: silver

• Yves Devillers & Marcel Troupel

  Tempest: 9th place

• Bernard Drubay , Jean-Marie le Guillou & Jean-Yves Pellerin

  Soling: 4th place

• François Girard , Patrick Rieupeyrout & René Sence

  Dragons: 18th place

do gymnastics

Men Henri Boërio Individual all-around: 76th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 13th place Floor: 41st place in qualification Horse: 95th place in qualification Bars: 81st place in qualification Horizontal bar: 21st place in qualification Rings: 69th place in qualification Pommel horse: 95th place in qualification Christian Deuza Individual all-around: 72nd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 13th place Floor: 90th place in qualification Horse: 87th place in qualification Bars: 68th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 60th place in qualification Rings: 75th place in qualification Pommel horse: 68th place in qualification Bernard Farjat Individual all-around: 82nd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 13th place Floor: 95th place in qualification Horse: 64th place in qualification Bars: Bars: 81st place in qualification Horizontal bar: 86th place in qualification Rings: 77th place in qualification Pommel horse: 75th place in qualification Georges Guelzec Individual all-around: 95th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 13th place Floor: 88th place in qualification Horse: 38th place in qualification Bars: 68th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 91st place in qualification Rings: 102nd place in qualification Pommel horse: 97th place in qualification Christian Guiffroy Individual all-around: 65th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 13th place Floor: 65th place in qualification Horse: 41st place in qualification Bars: 52nd place in qualification Horizontal bar: 32nd place in qualification Rings: 85th place in qualification Pommel horse: 82nd place in qualification Jean-Pierre Miens Individual all-around: 59th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 13th place Floor: 72nd place in qualification Horse: 64th place in qualification Bars: 60th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 50th place in qualification Rings: 69th place in qualification Pommel horse: 55th place in qualification

Women Nadine Audin Individual all-around: 88th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 15th place Floor: 95th place in qualification Horse: 78th place in qualification Uneven bars: 92nd place in qualification Balance beam: 85th place in qualification Mireille Cayre Individual all-around: 53rd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 15th place Floor: 28th place in qualification Horse: 61st place in qualification Uneven bars: 58th place in qualification Balance beam: 54th place in qualification Catherine Daugé Individual all-around: 88th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 15th place Floor: 96th place in qualification Horse: 105th place in qualification Uneven bars: 77th place in qualification Balance beam: 85th place in qualification Elvire Gertosio Individual all-around: 118th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 15th place Floor: 118th place in qualification Horse: 118th place in qualification Uneven bars: 99th place in qualification Balance beam: 108th place in qualification Pascale Hermant Individual all-around: 78th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 15th place Floor: 74th place in qualification Horse: 84th place in qualification Uneven bars: 82nd place in qualification Balance beam: 79th place in qualification Véronique Tilmont Individual all-around: 57th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 15th place Floor: 47th place in qualification Horse: 69th place in qualification Uneven bars: 60th place in qualification Balance beam: 64th place in qualification

Diving

Men Jacques Deschouwer High diving: 13th place in qualification Alain Goosen Artistic jumping: 22nd place in the qualification

Women Christiane Wiles Art jumping: 28th place in the qualification

Remarks

1. ↑ Bertrand Cheret initially took part in the first two races , Jean-Marie le Guillou was only used from the third run.

Web links

• French Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )