1968 Winter Olympics / Participant (France)

FRA

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France took part in the10th Olympic Winter Games in 1968 in Grenoble, France ,with a delegation of 75 athletes in ten disciplines, 64 of them men and 11 women. With four gold, three silver and two bronze medals, the host was the fourth most successful nation at the Games. Eight of the nine medals were won in alpine skiing . Jean-Claude Killy became Olympic champion in downhill, giant slalom and slalom, making him the most successful athlete at the Winter Games.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the ski jumper Gilbert Poirot .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Daniel Claudon

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 10th place (2: 31: 12.9 h)

• Guy Daraffourg

  20 km individual: 58th place (1: 41: 51.4 h)

• Aimé Gruet-Masson

  20 km individual: 42nd place (1: 31: 50.4 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 10th place (2: 31: 12.9 h)

• Serge Legrand

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 10th place (2: 31: 12.9 h)

• Louis Romand

  20 km individual: 57th place (1: 37: 55.2 h)

• Jean-Claude Viry

  20 km individual: 35th place (1: 29: 16.2 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 10th place (2: 31: 12.9 h)

bob

Men, twos

• Bertrand Croset , Henri Sirvain (FRA-1)

  16th place (4: 51.28 min)

• Gérard Christaud-Pipola , Jacques Christaud-Pipola (FRA-2)

  20th place (5: 11.67 min)

Men, foursome

• Francis Luiggi , André Patey , Gérard Monrazel , Maurice Grether (FRA-1)

  7th place (2: 18.84 min)

• Bertrand Croset , Claude Roussel , Louis Courtois , Henri Sirvain (FRA-2)

  11th place (2: 19.72 min)

ice Hockey

Men

Jean-Claude Sozzi Bernard Deschamps Joël Godeau Claude Blanchard Philippe Lacarrière René Blanchard Bernard Cabanis Joël Gauvin Gérard Faucomprez

Alain Mazza Olivier Prechac Gilbert Lèpre Patrick Pourtanel Michel Caux Gilbert Itzicsohn Daniel Grando Patrick Francheterre Charles Liberman

• 14th place

figure skating

Men

• Jacques Mrozek

  10th place (1601.0)

• Philippe Pélissier

  13th place (1706.0)

• Patrick Péra

  Bronze (1864.5)

Women

• Sylvaine Duban

  27th place (1551.4)

• Micheline Joubert

  20th place (1594.8)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• François Perrenoud

  500 m: 46th place (44.1 s)

  1500 m: 37th place (2: 14.0 min)

  5000 m: 31st place (8: 07.5 min)

  10,000 m: 26th place (17: 10.2 min)

• Michel Thépénier

  500 m: 45th place (43.8 s)

  1500 m: 36th place (2: 13.7 min)

  5000 m: 30th place (8: 06.2 min)

Women

• Patricia Demartini

  1000 m: 28th place (1: 44.6 min)

  1500 m: 29th place (2: 40.6 min)

• Martine Ivangine

  500 m: 22nd place (48.5 s)

  1000 m: 17th place (1: 37.4 min)

  1500 m: 14th place (2: 29.9 min)

  3000 m: 15th place (5: 19.3 min)

• Marie-Louise Perrenoud

  500 m: 19th place (48.2 s)

  1000 m: 24th place (1: 39.3 min)

  1500 m: 28th place (2: 39.2 min)

  3000 m: 25th place (5: 41.7 min)

Nordic combination

• Jean-Marie Bourgeois

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 38th place (325.90)

• Gervais Poirot

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 41st place (315.98)

• Émile Salvi

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 37th place (332.38)

Luge

Men, single-seaters

• Jean-Pierre De Petro

  35th place (3: 03.53 min)

• Ion Pervilhac

  38th place (3: 06.42 min)

• Georges Tresallet

  29th place (3: 00.37 min)

Men, two-seaters

• Georges Tresallet , Ion Pervilhac

  11th place (1: 39.26 min)

Women

• Jacqueline Barasinski

  20th place (2: 36.79 min)

• Sylvette Grassi

  19th place (2: 36.48 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Jean-Pierre Augert

  Slalom: disqualified in the final

• Jean-Claude Killy

  Downhill: Gold (1: 59.85 min)

  Giant Slalom: Gold (3: 29.28 min)

  Slalom: Gold (1: 39.73 min)

• Léo Lacroix

  Downhill: 20th place (2: 03.86 min)

• Georges Mauduit

  Giant Slalom: 9th place (3: 33.78 min)

• Bernard Orcel

  Downhill: 8th place (2: 02.22 min)

  Giant slalom: disqualified

• Alain Penz

  Slalom: 8th place (1: 41.14 min)

• Guy Périllat

  Downhill: Silver (1: 59.93 min)

  Giant Slalom: 4th place (3: 32.06 min)

  Slalom: disqualified in the final

Women

• Annie Famose

  Downhill: 5th place (1: 42.15 min)

  Giant Slalom: Silver (1: 54.61 min)

  Slalom: Bronze (1: 27.89 min)

• Marielle Goitschel

  Downhill: 8th place (1: 42.95 min)

  Giant Slalom: 7th place (1: 56.09 min)

  Slalom: Gold (1: 25.86 min)

• Isabelle Mir

  Downhill: Silver (1: 41.33 min)

  Giant slalom: 6th place (1: 56.07 min)

  Slalom: 5th place (1: 28.22 min)

• Florence Steurer

  Departure: 9th place (1: 43.00 min)

  Giant Slalom: 4th place (1: 54.75 min)

  Slalom: disqualified

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Victor Arbez

  15 km: 28th place (51: 20.5 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: 11th place (2: 21: 23.0 h)

• Philippe Baradel

  30 km: 41st place (1: 45: 33.3 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 11th place (2: 21: 23.0 h)

• Fernand Borrel

  50 km: 40th place (2: 45: 10.6 h)

• Luc Colin

  30 km: 42nd place (1: 45: 40.7 h)

  50 km: 44th place (2: 48: 57.9 h)

• Jean Jobez

  15 km: 46th place (53: 22.1 min)

  30 km: 39th place (1: 45: 08.8 h)

• Claude Legrand

  50 km: 41st place (2: 45: 36.9 h)

• Félix Mathieu

  15 km: 44th place (52: 58.8 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: 11th place (2: 21: 23.0 h)

• Roger Pires

  15 km: 24th place (50: 52.6 min)

  30 km: 43rd place (1: 45: 54.6 h)

  50 km: 24th place (2: 36: 48.8 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 11th place (2: 21: 23.0 h)

Ski jumping

• Maurice Arbez

  Normal hill: 41st place (178.7)

  Large hill: 50th place (149.2)

• Alain Macle

  Normal hill: 18th place (204.0)

  Large hill: 17th place (194.0)

• Gilbert Poirot

  Normal hill: 10th place (207.1)

  Large hill: 10th place (203.7)

• Michel Saint Lezer

  Normal hill: 50th place (164.7)

  Large hill: 54th place (142.9)

Web links

• France at the 1968 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )