1952 Winter Olympics / Participant (France)

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France participated in the VI. 1952 Winter Olympics in the Norwegian capital Oslo with a delegation of 26 athletes in five disciplines, including 20 men and 6 women. The figure skater Jacqueline du Bief won the only bronze medal in France at these games.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the figure skater Alain Giletti .

Participants by sport

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Men, twos

• Robert Guillard , Joseph Chatelus (FRA-1)

  17th place (5: 55.31 min)

• André Robin , Henri Rivière (FRA-2)

  5th place (5: 31.98 min)

Men, foursome

• André Robin , Joseph Chatelus , Louis Saint-Calbre , Henri Rivière

  11th place (5: 20.74 min)

figure skating

Men

• Alain Giletti

  7th place (163,233)

Women

• Jacqueline du Bief

  Bronze (158,000)

Alpine skiing

Men

• James Couttet

  Downhill: 11th place (2: 38.7 min)

  Giant Slalom: 14th place (2: 34.9 min)

  Slalom: 6th place (2: 02.8 min)

• Guy de Huertas

  Downhill: 35th place (2: 54.4 min)

  Giant Slalom: 15th place (2: 35.1 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Firmin Mattis

  Slalom: 12th place (2: 06.0 min)

• Henri Oreiller

  Downhill: 14th place (2: 41.5 min)

  Giant Slalom: 16th place (2: 35.3 min)

• Maurice Sanglard

  Downhill: 25th place (2: 45.4 min)

  Giant Slalom: 23rd place (2: 38.0 min)

  Slalom: 20th place (2: 10.0 min)

Women

• Marysette Agnel

  Downhill: 22nd place (1: 56.8 min)

  Giant Slalom: 19th place (2: 18.0 min)

  Slalom: 7th place (2: 15.6 min)

• Andrée Bermond

  Departure: 30th place (2: 03.1 min)

  Giant Slalom: 13th place (2: 15.2 min)

  Slalom: disqualified in the preliminary run

• Jacqueline Martel

  Departure: disqualified

  Giant slalom: 11th place (2: 14.3 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Benoît Carrara

  18 km: race not finished

  50 km: 11th place (3:55:16 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 4th place (2:31:11 h)

• René Mandrillon

  18 km: 18th place (1:06:48 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 4th place (2:31:11 h)

• Gerard Perrier

  18 km: 24th place (1:09:17 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 4th place (2:31:11 h)

• Jacques Perrier

  18 km: 18th place (1:10:33 h)

• Gervais Gindre

  18 km: 28th place (4:39:31 h)

• Jean Mermet

  4 × 10 km relay: 4th place (2:31:11 h)

Women

• Michèle Angirany

  10 km: 18th place (54:56 min)

• Josette Bear

  10 km: 15th place (51:43 min)

Ski jumping

• André Monnier

  Normal hill: 36th place (182.5)

• Robert Rey

  Normal hill: 38th place (181.5)

• Henri Thiollière

  Normal hill: 43rd place (142.5)

Web links

• France at the 1952 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )