1976 Summer Olympics / Participant (France)

FRA

2	3	4th

France took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a delegation of 206 athletes (177 men and 29 women) in 128 competitions in 18 sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the cyclist Daniel Morelon .

Participants by sport

Archery

Men Albert Le Tyrant

Women Marie-Christine Ventrillon

Boxing

Men

• Aldo Cosentino
• José Leroy
• Jean-Pierre Malavasi
• Jean-Claude Ruiz
• Hocine Tafer
• Serge Thomas

fencing

Men Philippe Bena Philippe Boisse Régis Bonissent Bernard Dumont Didier Flament Bronze foil team François Jeanne Jacques Ladègaillerie Christian Noël Bronze foil team Frédéric Pietruszka Bronze foil team Patrick Quivrin Daniel Revenu Bronze foil team Philippe Riboud Bernard Talvard Bronze foil single Bronze foil team

Women Brigitte Gapais-Dumont Silver foil team Claudette Herbster-Josland Silver foil team Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin Silver foil team Christine Muzio Silver foil team Véronique Trinquet Silver foil team

Soccer

• Quarter finals

  • goal

  1 Jean-Claude Larrieu

  2 Henri Orlandini

  • Defense

  3 Patrick Battiston

  4 Claude Chazottes

  5 Francis Meynieu

  6 Michel Pottier

  7 Alexandre Stassievitch

  8 Henri Zambelli

  • midfield

  9 Michel Cougé

  10 Jean Fernandez

  11 Michel Platini

  12 Francisco Rubio

  • Storm

  13 Loïc Amisse

  14 Bruno Baronchelli

  15 Eric Pécout

  16 Olivier Rouyer

  17 Jean-Marc Schaer

Weightlifting

Men

• Dominique Bidard
• Jean-Claude Chavigny
• Roland Chavigny
• Yvon Coussin
• Pierre Gourrier
• Christian Kinck
• Daniel Senet

  Silver lightweight

• Serge Stresser

Judo

Men

• Rémi Berthet
• Jean-Paul Coche
• Yves Delvingt
• Jean-Luc Rougé
• Patrick Vial

  Bronze light middleweight

canoe

Men Alain Acart Bruno Bicocchi Jean-Paul Cézard Antoine Cipriani Gérald Delacroix Patrick Genestier Jean-Paul Hanquier Roland I. Alain Lebas Jean-François Millot

Women Françoise Bonetat Sylvaine Delta Tour Anne-Marie Loriot

athletics

Men Patrick Abada Jacques Accambray Jacques Aletti Jean-Claude Amoureux Joseph Arame Jean-Michel Bellot Philippe Bobin Jacky Boxberger Yves Brouzet Dominique Chauvelot Jean Conrath Jean-Pierre Corval Philippe Deroche Guy Drut Gold 110 m hurdles Gilles Échevin Gilles Gémise-Fareau Jean-Paul Gomez Francis Gonzalez Francis Kerbiriou Fernand Kolbeck Bernard Lamitié Gérard Lelièvre Pierre Lévisse Hector Llatser José Marajo Jean Mayer Jean-Claude Nallet Jean-Pierre Perrinelle Marcel Philippe Paul Poaniéwa Lucien Rault Hugues Roger Jacques Rousseau Lucien Sainte-Rose Roqui Sanchez François Tracanelli Roger Velasquez Jean-Paul Villain

Women Chantal Corbrejaud Marie-Christine Debourse Catherine Delachanal Nadine Prévost Chantal Rega Sylviane Telliez

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Alain Cortes
• Michel Gueguen
• Claude Guiguet

Cycling

Men

• Jean-René Bernaudeau
• René Bittinger
• Paul Bonno
• Jean-Marcel Brouzes
• Claude Buchon
• Francis Duteil
• Loic Gautier
• Christian Jourdain
• Jean-Paul Maho
• Daniel Morelon

  Silver sprint

• Jean-Jacques Rebière
• Jean-Michel Richeux
• Pierre Trentin
• Eric Vermeulen

horse riding

• Dominique Bentejac
• Dominique d'Esmé
• Hubert Parot

  Gold jumping team

• Michel Roche

  Gold jumping team

• Marc Roguet

  Gold jumping team

• Marcel Rozier

  Gold jumping team

• Jean-Yves Touzaint
• Thierry Touzaint
• Jean Valat

Wrestling

Men

• André Bouchoule
• Michel Grangier
• Lionel Lacaze
• Diego Lo gross
• Théodule Toulotte

rowing

Men Bernard Bruand Jean-Claude Coucardon Serge Fornara Yves Fraisse Antoine Gambert Lionel Girard Jean-Pierre Huguet-Balent Charles Imbert Jean-Michel Izart Patrick Morineau Jean-Jacques Mulot Jean-Noël Ribot Roland Thibaut Roland Weill

Women Annick Anthoine Josiane Rabiller Françoise Wittington

shoot

• Jean Baumann
• Bernard Blondeau
• Michel Carrega
• Yves Delnord
• Gilbert Emptaz
• Jean Faggion
• Élie Penot
• Jean-François Petitpied
• Jacques Pichon
• André Porthault

swim

Men Pierre Andraca Lionel Beylot-Bourcelot Serge Buttet René Écuyer Benôit Laffineur Marc Lazzaro Fabien Noël Colin Ress Michel Rousseau

Women Guylaine Berger Caroline Carpentier Pascale Ducongé Sylvie Le Noach Chantal Schertz Annick de Susini Sylvie Testuz

sailing

• Bruno de Cazenove
• Chris de Cazenove
• Patrick Haegeli
• Marc Laurent
• Serge Maury
• Patrick Oeuvrard
• Marc Pajot
• Yves Pajot
• Roger Surmin
• Bruno Trouble

do gymnastics

Men Henri Boerio Bronze horizontal bar Michel Boutard Patrick Boutet Bernard Decoux Eric Koloko Willi Moy

Women Martine Audin Nadine Audin Chantal Seggiaro

Diving

Men

• Alain Goosen
• Joël Suty

Web links

• French Olympic team from 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )