1956 Winter Olympics / Participant (France)

FRA

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France took part in the VII Winter Olympics in 1956 in the Italian municipality of Cortina d'Ampezzo with a delegation of 32 athletes in six disciplines, including 25 men and 7 women. None of the athletes managed to win a medal.

Participants by sport

bob

Men, twos

• André Robin , Lucien Grosso (FRA-1)

  1st race not finished

• André Donnert , Serge Giacchini (FRA-2)

  4. Race not finished

Men, foursome

• André Robin , Pierre Bouvier , Jacques Panciroli , Lucien Grosso (FRA-1)

  18th place (5: 23.83 min)

figure skating

Men

• Alain Calmat

  9th place (148.35)

• Alain Giletti

  4th place (159.63)

Women

• Maryvonne Huet

  17th place (138.30)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Raymond Gilloz

  500 m: 25th place (43.2 s)

  1500 m: 34th place (2: 17.7 min)

  5000 m: 35th place (8: 32.5 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Charles Bozon

  Downhill: 8th place (3: 01.9 min)

  Giant Slalom: 5th place (3: 08.4 min)

  Slalom: 7th place (3: 26.2 min)

• René Collet

  Departure: disqualified

• Adrien Duvillard

  Departure: disqualified

  Giant slalom: 4th place (3: 07.9 min)

  Slalom: 38th place (4: 18.9 min)

• André Simond

  Departure: disqualified

• François Bonlieu

  Giant Slalom: 9th place (3: 11.8 min)

• Gérard Pasquier

  Giant Slalom: 30th place (3: 25.6 min)

  Slalom: 6th place (3: 24.6 min)

• Bernard Perret

  Slalom: 8th place (3: 26.3 min)

Women

• Marysette Agnel

  Downhill: 21st place (1: 52.4 min)

  Giant Slalom: 8th place (1: 59.4 min)

  Slalom: 9th place (1: 58.8 min)

• Edith Bonlieu

  Departure: eliminated

• Madeleine Front

  Downhill: 24th place (1: 53.6 min)

  Giant slalom: 14th place (2: 02.3 min)

• Josette Nevière

  Downhill: 8th place (1: 49.2 min)

  Giant Slalom: 10th place (2: 00.8 min)

  Slalom: 8th place (1: 58.3 min)

• Paule Moris

  Giant Slalom: 18th place (2: 02.5 min)

  Slalom: 18th place (2: 15.6 min)

• Muriel Lip

  Slalom: disqualified

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Victor Arbez

  15 km: 52nd place (57:38 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place (2:24:06 h)

• Benoît Carrara

  15 km: 22nd place (53:41 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place (2:24:06 h)

• Jean Mermet

  15 km: 20th place (53:40 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place (2:24:06 h)

• Paul Romand

  15 km: 50th place (57:11 min)

  30 km: 35th place (1:59:02 h)

• Charles Binaux

  30 km: disqualified

• René Mandrillon

  30 km: 22nd place (1:52:18 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place (2:24:06 h)

Ski jumping

• André Monnier

  Normal hill: 46th place (167.5)

• Richard Rabasa

  Normal hill: 46th place (167.5)

• Robert Rey

  Normal hill: 48th place (164.0)

Web links

• France at the 1956 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )