1998 Winter Olympics / Participant (France)

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France took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Japanese Nagano with 106 athletes participate, 75 men and 31 women, in part.

Since 1924 it was France's eighteenth participation in the Winter Olympics .

Flag bearer

The figure skater Philippe Candeloro wore the tricolore , the flag of France , during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medals

With two won gold, one silver and five bronze medals, the French team finished 13th in the medals table .

gold

• Alpine skiing
  • Jean-Luc Crétier : Men, departure
• Snowboard
  • Karine Ruby : women, giant slalom

silver

• Freestyle skiing
  • Sébastien Foucras : Jump

bronze

• Four-man bobsleigh
  • Bruno Mingeon , Emanuel Hostache , Éric Le Chanony and Max Robert : four-man bobsleigh
• figure skating
  • Philippe Candeloro : men, singles
  • Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat : couples, ice dance
• Alpine skiing
  • Florence Masnada : women, departure
• Nordic skiing
  • Sylvain Guillaume , Nicolas Bal , Ludovic Roux and Fabrice Guy : Team, Nordic Combined

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Patrice Bailly-Salins

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 7th place

• Florence Baverel-Robert

  7.5 km sprint: 43rd place

  15 km individual: 63rd place

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place

• Anne Briand-Bouthiaux

  7.5 km sprint: 54th place

  15 km individual: 20th place

• Emmanuelle Claret

  7.5 km sprint: 14th place

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place

• Thierry Dusserre

  10 km sprint: 50th place

  20 km individual: 46th place

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 7th place

• Christelle Gros

  15 km individual: 59th place

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place

• Andreas Heymann

  10 km sprint: 69th place

  20 km individual: 57th place

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 7th place

• Corinne Niogret

  7.5 km sprint: 25th place

  15 km individual: 16th place

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place

• Raphaël Poirée

  10 km sprint: DNF

  20 km individual: 22nd place

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 7th place

• Julien Robert

  10 km sprint: 67th place

  20 km individual: 40th place

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Two-man bobsleigh

• Emmanuel Hostache
• Bruno Mingeon

  9th place

• Eric Alard
• Eric Le Chanony

  13th place

Four-man bobsleigh

• Emmanuel Hostache
• Eric Le Chanony
• Bruno Mingeon
• Max Robert

  Bronze medal

ice Hockey

Men, 11th place:

• Richard Aimonetto
• Pierre Allard
• Stéphane Barin
• Philippe Bozon
• Arnaud Briand
• Karl DeWolf
• Serge Djelloul
• Roger Dubé
• Grégory Dubois
• Jean-Christophe Filippin
• Laurent grass
• François Gravel
• Cristobal Huet
• Jean-Philippe Lemoine
• Anthony Mortas
• Robert Ouellet
• Denis Perez
• Serge Poudrier
• Christian Pouget
• François Rozenthal
• Maurice Rozenthal
• Jonathan Zwikel

figure skating

• Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis

  Couple dance: 6th place

• Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat

  Ice dance: bronze medal

• Surya Bonaly

  Singles, women: 10th place

• Philippe Candeloro

  Individual, men: bronze medal

• Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo

  Ice dance: 20th place

• Vanessa Gusmeroli

  Singles, women: 6th place

• Laetitia Hubert

  Singles, women: 20th place

• Pascal Lavanchy / Sophie Moniotte

  Ice dance: 11th place

• Sabrina Lefrançois / Nicolas Osseland

  Couple dance: 17th place

Speed ​​skating

• Cédric Kuentz

  Men, 1500 meters: 37th place

  Men, 5000 meters: 19th place

Freestyle

Mogul slope

• Olivier Cotte

  Men: 20th place

• Candice Gilg

  Women: DNF

• Thony Hemery

  Men: 16th place

• Fabrice Ougier

  Men: 12th place

• Julien Regnier-Lafforgue

  Men: 11th place

Leap

• Jean-Damien Climonet

  Men: 16th place

• Sébastien Foucras

  Men: silver medal

Short track

Gentlemen :

• Bruno Loscos

  500 m: 18th place

  1000 m: 17th place

• Ludovic Mathieu

  500 m: 25th place

  1000 m: 28th place

Alpine skiing

• Sébastien Amiez

  Men, slalom: 14th place

• Pierrick Bourgeat

  Slalom, men: 10th place

• Nicolas Burtin

  Downhill, men: DNF

  Super-G, men: disqualified

• Régine Cavagnoud

  Downhill, women: 7th place

  Super-G, women: 16th place

• Patricia Chauvet-Blanc

  Slalom, women: DNF

• Joël Chenal

  Slalom, men: 8th place

  Giant slalom, men: disqualified

• Jean-Luc Crétier

  Downhill, men: gold medal

  Super-G, men: 25th place

• Adrien Duvillard

  Downhill, men: DNF

• Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard

  Giant slalom, women: 5th place

• Frédéric Marin-Cudraz

  Super-G, men: DNF

• Florence Masnada

  Downhill, women: bronze medal

  Super-G, women: 18th place

  Alpine Combination, women: 6th place

• Carole Montillet-Carles

  Downhill, women: gold medal - 1: 39.56 min.

  Super-G, women: 7th place - 1: 14.28 min.

• Laure Pequegnot

  Slalom, women: DNF

• Ian Piccard

  Giant slalom, men: 11th place

• Leila Piccard

  Slalom, women: DNF

  Giant slalom, women: DNF

• Christophe Saioni

  Super-G, men: 13th place

• François Simond

  Slalom, men: DNF

• Mélanie Suchet

  Downhill, women: 14th place

  Super-G, women: 14th place

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

• Hervé Balland

  50 km classic: 14th place

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place

• Anne-Laure Condevaux

  5 km classic: 17th place - 30: 00.22 min.

  4 × 5 km relay: 11th place

• Karine Philippot

  5 km classic: 52nd place

  15 km pursuit: 22nd place

  30 km classic: 33rd place

  4 × 5 km relay: 11th place

• Patrick Remy

  5 km classic: 20th place

  15 km pursuit: 30th place

  30 km classic: DNF

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place

• Philippe Sanchez

  10 km classic: 59th place

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place

• Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel

  5 km classic: 49th place

  15 km classic: 45th place

  15 km pursuit: 37th place

  4 × 5 km relay: 11th place

• Sophie Villeneuve

  5 km classic: 32nd place

  15 km pursuit: 27th place

  30 km classic: 17th place

  4 × 5 km relay: 11th place

• Vincent Vittoz

  10 km classic: 24th place

  25 km pursuit: 21st place

  50 km classic: 19th place

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place

Nordic combination

• Nicolas Bal

  Singles: 7th place

  Team: bronze medal

• Sylvain Guillaume

  Singles: 9th place

  Team: bronze medal

• Fabrice Guy

  Individual: 29th place

  Team: bronze medal

• Ludovic Roux

  Singles: 31st place

  Team: bronze medal

Ski jumping

• Nicolas Dessum

  Men, normal hill, singles: 16th place

  Men, large hill, singles: 16th place

• Jérôme Gay

  Men, normal hill, singles: 37th place

  Men, large hill, singles: 21st place

Snowboard

halfpipe

• Jean Baptiste Charlet

  Men: 12th place

• Guillaume Chastagnol

  Men: 5th place

• Jonathan Collomb-Patton

  Men: 10th place

• Tony Vannucci Roos

  Men: 25th place

• Doriane Vidal

  Women: 12th place

Giant slalom

• Charlotte Bernard

  Women: 16th place

• Isabelle Blanc

  Women: DNF

• Mathieu Bozzetto

  Men: 5th place

• Nicolas Conte

  Gentlemen: DNF

• Nathalie Desmares

  Women: 17th place

• Maxence Idesheim

  Men: 8th place

• Karine Ruby

  Women: gold medal

• Christophe Ségura

  Men: 12th place

Web links

• French Olympic team 1998 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )