Olympic Winter Games 2018 / Participant (France)

FRA

5	4th	6th

France participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics with 106 athletes in eleven disciplines, of which 63 were men and 43 women. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony on February 9th was the biathlete Martin Fourcade .

With five gold, four silver and six bronze medals, France was the ninth most successful nation at the Games. French athletes won five of the 15 medals in biathlon , including three gold medals. Martin Fourcade won two of them in the pursuit and in the mass start as well as the third with the mixed relay, making him the most successful French athlete.

Medals

Medal table

rank	sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	biathlon	3	-	2	5
2	Snowboard	1	1	-	2
	Freestyle skiing	1	1	-	2
4th	Alpine skiing	-	1	2	3
5	figure skating	-	1	-	1
6th	Cross-country skiing	-	-	2	2
total		5	4th	6th	15th

Medalist

Name / s	sport	competition
gold
Marie Dorin-Habert , Anaïs Bescond , Simon Desthieux , Martin Fourcade	biathlon	Mixed relay
Martin Fourcade	biathlon	Pursuit (12.5 km)
		Mass start (15 km)
Perrine Laffont	Freestyle skiing	Moguls (women)
Pierre Vaultier	Snowboard	Snowboard cross (men)
silver
Marie Martinod	Freestyle skiing	Halfpipe (women)
Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau	Snowboard	Snowboard cross (women)
Alexis Pinturault	Alpine skiing	Combination (men)
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron	figure skating	Ice dance
bronze
Anaïs Bescond	biathlon	Pursuit (10 km)
Anaïs Chevalier , Marie Dorin-Habert, Justine Braisaz , Anaïs Bescond	biathlon	Relay (4 × 6 km)
Jean-Marc Gaillard , Maurice Manificat , Clément Parisse , Adrien Backscheider	Cross-country skiing	Relay (4 × 10 km)
Maurice Manificat, Richard Jouve	Cross-country skiing	Team sprint (men)
Victor Muffat-Jeandet	Alpine skiing	Combination (men)
Alexis Pinturault	Alpine skiing	Giant slalom (men)

Participants by sport

biathlon

Surname	competition	time	error	rank
Women
Celia Aymonier	15 km individual	46: 40.3 min	5 (2 + 1 + 0 + 2)	48
Anaïs Bescond	7.5 km sprint	22: 20.8 min	2 (0 + 2)	19th
	10 km pursuit	31: 04.9 min	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)	bronze
	12.5 km mass start	37: 23.5 min	4 (1 + 0 + 2 + 1)	17th
	15 km individual	45: 10.9 min	3 (2 + 0 + 1 + 0)	31
Justine Braisaz	7.5 km sprint	21: 54.1 min	2 (1 + 1)	10
	10 km pursuit	34: 08.0 min	7 (0 + 2 + 1 + 4)	34
	12.5 km mass start	37: 49.6 min	5 (0 + 1 + 3 + 1)	20th
	15 km individual	46: 57.2 min	5 (1 + 2 + 2 + 0)	55
Anaïs Chevalier	7.5 km sprint	22: 15.6 min	2 (1 + 1)	16
	10 km pursuit	33: 28.0 min	5 (3 + 0 + 0 + 2)	24
	12.5 km mass start	40: 39.7 min	6 (2 + 3 + 1 + 0)	29
	15 km individual	45: 01.9 min	3 (3 + 1 + 1 + 0)	28
Marie Dorin-Habert	7.5 km sprint	21: 39.3 min	1 (1 + 0)	04th
	10 km pursuit	33: 37.8 min	7 (2 + 0 + 2 + 3)	27
	12.5 km mass start	36: 20.9 min	2 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1)	09
Anaïs Chevalier Marie Dorin-Habert Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond	4 × 6 km relay	1:12: 21.0 h	0 + 14 (0 + 6 0 + 8)	bronze
Men
Simon Desthieux	10 km sprint	24: 11.1 min	2 (2 + 0)	12
	12.5 km pursuit	33: 55.4 min	3 (1 + 0 + 1 + 1)	07th
	15 km mass start	37: 45.9 min	5 (1 + 2 + 2 + 0)	22nd
	20 km individual	51: 03.6 min	4 (0 + 2 + 1 + 1)	27
Quentin Fillon Maillet	10 km sprint	25: 28.1 min	4 (3 + 1)	48
	12.5 km pursuit	37: 57.2 min	7 (3 + 0 + 2 + 2)	44
	15 km mass start	38: 57.5 min	7 (3 + 2 + 2 + 1)	29
Martin Fourcade	10 km sprint	24: 00.9 min	3 (3 + 0)	08th
	12.5 km pursuit	32: 51.7 min	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	gold
	15 km mass start	35: 47.3 min	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	gold
	20 km individual	48: 46.2 min	2 (0 + 0 + 0 + 2)	05
Antonin Guigonnat	10 km sprint	24: 37.5 min	3 (1 + 2)	27
	12.5 km pursuit	35: 27.9 min	5 (2 + 1 + 0 + 2)	19th
	15 km mass start	37: 15.3 min	5 (1 + 0 + 2 + 2)	19th
	20 km individual	50: 33.5 min	2 (0 + 2 + 0 + 0)	23
Émilien Jacquelin	20 km individual	55: 26.1 min	7 (2 + 2 + 2 + 1)	77
Simon Desthieux Émilien Jacquelin Martin Fourcade Antonin Guigonnat	4 × 7.5 km relay	1: 18: 43.1 h	3 + 12 (0 + 4 3 + 8)	5
Mixed
Marie Dorin-Habert Anaïs Bescond Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade	2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km relay	1:08:34.3 h	0 + 4 (0 + 1 0 + 3)	gold

Julia Simon and Simon Fourcade were on the squad, but were not used.

bob

Surname	competition	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Romain Heinrich Dorian Hauterville	Two-man bobsleigh	49.74 s	18th	49.73 s	18th	49.55 s	12	49.46 s	07th	3: 18.48 min	13
Loïc Costerg Vincent Ricard Dorian Hauterville Vincent Castell	Four-man bobsleigh	49.09 s	12	49.36 s	11	49.19 s	10	49.92 s	20th	3: 17.56 min	11

figure skating

Surname	competition	Short program / dance		Freestyle / freestyle dance		total
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Maé-Bérénice Méité	singles	53.67	22nd	106.25	18th	159.92	19th
Men
Chafik Besseg here	singles	72.10	26th	Freestyle not achieved		72.10	26th
Mixed
Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron	Ice dance	81.93	2	123.35	1	205.28	silver
Marie-Jade Lauriault Romain Le Gac	Ice dance	59.97	18th	89.62	17th	149.59	17th
Vanessa James Morgan Cipres	Pair skating	75.34	6th	143.19	5	218.53	5
Chafik Besseghier Maé-Bérénice Méité Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès	team	13	10	Freestyle not achieved		13	10

Speed ​​skating

Surname	competition	time	rank
Men
Alexis Contin	1500 m	1: 47.33 min	22nd
	5000 m	6: 18.13 min	11

Athletes	Competitions	Semifinals		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Alexis Contin	Mass start	3	8th	0	10	10

Freestyle skiing

Surname	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Camille Cabrol	Mogul slope	68.89	12	eliminated		22nd
Perrine Laffont	Mogul slope	79.72	1	78.65	1	gold
Anaïs Caradeux	halfpipe	72.80	12	DNS	12	12
Marie Martinod	halfpipe	92.00	2	92.60	2	silver
Lou Barin	Slopestyle	50.60	19th	eliminated		19th
Tess Ledeux	Slopestyle	69.40	15th	eliminated		15th
Men
Benjamin Cavet	Mogul slope	72.74	15th	eliminated		25th
Anthony Benna	Mogul slope	76.28	6th	76.43	13	13
Sacha Theocharis	Mogul slope	76.55	10	34.49	9	9
Thomas Krief	halfpipe	74.40	10	9.80	10	10
Kévin Rolland	halfpipe	87.80	6th	6.40	11	11
Antoine Adelisse	Slopestyle	17.60	30th	eliminated		30th
Benoit Buratti	Slopestyle	67.00	21st	eliminated		21st

Surname	competition	qualification		Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	Final A / B	rank
		time	rank	rank	rank	rank	rank
Women
Alizée Baron	Ski cross	1: 14.11 min	6th	1	2	DNF	1	5
Marielle Berger Sabbath	Ski cross	1: 15.60 min	12	2	3	eliminated		10
Men
Arnaud Bovolenta	Ski cross	1: 10.12 min	14th	2	2	3	2	6th
Jean-Frédéric Chapuis	Ski cross	1: 09.84 min	7th	2	4th	eliminated		13
François Place	Ski cross	1: 10.26 min	18th	1	3	eliminated		10
Terence Tchiknavorian	Ski cross	1: 10.41 min	24	DNF	eliminated			28

Nordic combination

Laurent Muhlethaler was on the line-up as a replacement, but was not used.

Surname	competition	Ski jumping			Cross-country skiing		rank
		Expanse	Points	rank	time	rank
Men
François Braud	Gundersen competition normal hill	101.5 m	108.6	12	25: 12.5 min	30th	15th
	Gundersen competition large hill	121.0 m	112.6	17th	23: 39.6 min	12	15th
Antoine Gerard	Gundersen competition normal hill	096.5 m	092.9	24	25: 05.8 min	26th	26th
	Gundersen competition large hill	108.0 m	085.5	36	23: 46.3 min	14th	32
Maxime Laheurte	Gundersen competition normal hill	104.5 m	110.7	10	24: 54.5 min	21st	11
	Gundersen competition large hill	128.5 m	122.6	11	24: 17.8 min	27	14th
Jason Lamy Chappuis	Gundersen competition normal hill	096.0 m	097.7	19th	25: 36.9 min	35	31
	Gundersen competition large hill	118.5 m	094.9	31	24: 21.5 min	28	30th
François Braud Antoine Gérard Jason Lamy Chappuis Maxime Laheurte	Team competition	517.0 m	417.9	5	47: 28.0 min	6th	5

Short track

Surname	competition	leader		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	rank
Women
Tifany Huot-Marchand	500 m	44.659 s	3	eliminated						22nd
	1500 m	2: 29.996 min	5	-		eliminated				23
Véronique Pierron	500 m	43.148 s	4th	eliminated						25th
	1000 m	1: 35.299 min	2	1: 30.323 min	4th	eliminated				15th
	1500 m	2: 22.119 min	3	-		2: 28.023 min	5	eliminated		13
Men
Thibaut Fauconnet	500 m	1: 04.756 min	4th	eliminated						27
	1000 m	1: 24.381 min	2	1: 24.344 min	3	eliminated				12
	1500 m	2: 15.768 min	2	-		2: 12.049 min	2	2: 53.150 min	7th	7th
Sébastien Lepape	500 m	40,900 s	3	eliminated						22nd
	1000 m	1: 23.489 min	3	eliminated						19th
	1500 m	2: 13.965 min	2	-		2: 11.967 min	5	eliminated		15th

Alpine skiing

Surname	competition	1st run		2nd run		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Taïna Barioz	Giant slalom	1: 13.54 min	23	1: 10.06 min	15th	2: 23.60 min	19th
Anne-Sophie Barthet	Alpine combination	DNS
Adeline Baud-Mugnier	Giant slalom	1: 12.89 min	17th	1: 11.04 min	26th	2: 23.93 min	20th
	slalom	52.65 s	31	DNF		eliminated
Laura Gauché	Departure	-				1: 42.29 min	22nd
	Alpine combination	1: 42.15 min	11	42.64 s	12	2: 24.79 min	12
Tiffany Gauthier	Departure	-				1: 41.04 min	13
	Super G	-				1: 22.56 min	22nd
Novels Miradoli	Departure	-				1: 41.64 min	18th
	Alpine combination	1: 41.83	9	DNF		eliminated
	Super G	-				1: 22.36 min	19th
Nastasia Noens	slalom	51.84 s	23	50.44 s	13	1: 42.28 min	20th
Jennifer Piot	Departure	-				1: 41.17 min	16
	Super G	-				1: 22.38 min	20th
Tessa Worley	Super G	-				1: 23.54 min	28
	Giant slalom	1: 12.06 min	14th	1: 09.00 min	02	2: 21.06 min	07th
Men
Johan Clarey	Departure	-				1: 42.39 min	18th
Mathieu Faivre (*)	Giant slalom	1: 09.06 min	05	1: 10.93 min	20th	2: 19.99 min	07th
Thomas Fanara	Giant slalom	1: 09.22 min	06th	1: 10.61 min	16	2: 19.83 min	05
Blaise Giezendanner	Super G	-				1: 24.82 min	04th
Jean-Baptiste Grange	slalom	DNF		eliminated
Thomas Mermillod Blondin	Alpine combination	1: 20.89 min	17th	47.13 s	06th	2: 08.02 min	06th
Victor Muffat-Jeandet	Alpine combination	1: 21.57 min	29	45.97 s	2	2: 07.54 min	bronze
	Giant slalom	1: 09.44 min	8th	1: 10.41 min	10	2: 19.85 min	6th
	slalom	48.34 s	3	51.41 s	14th	1: 39.75 min	6th
Maxence Muzaton	Departure	-				1: 42.96 min	23
	Alpine combination	1: 20.58 min	14th	DNF		eliminated
	Super G	-				1: 26.08 min	18th
Clément Noël	slalom	48.58 s	7th	51.12 s	10	1: 39.70 min	4th
Alexis Pinturault	Alpine combination	1: 20.28 min	10	46.47 s	03	2: 06.75 min	silver
	Giant slalom	1: 08.90 min	02	1: 10.45 min	12	2: 19.35 min	bronze
	slalom	48.54 s	6th	51.18 s	11	1: 39.72 min	5
Brice Roger	Departure	-				1: 41.39 min	08th
	Super G	-				1: 26.10 min	19th
Adrien Théaux	Departure	-				1: 42.99 min	26th
	Super G	-				1: 25.76 min	15th

Athletes	Competitions	Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Final / 3rd place		rank
		opponent	Points	opponent	Points	opponent	Points	opponent	Points
Mixed
Adeline Baud-Mugnier Nastasia Noens Tessa Worley Julien Lizeroux Clément Noël Alexis Pinturault	Giant slalom team	Canada	2: 2	Italy	3: 1	Switzerland	1: 3	Norway	2: 2	4th

^(*)Mathieu Faivre had to return home early for disciplinary reasons and was no longer considered for the team competition - as originally planned. Faivre had violated the code of honor of the French Olympic team with his statements after the giant slalom .

Cross-country skiing

Damien Tarantola was also nominated, but was not used.

Surname	competition	time	rank
Women
Dolphins Claudel	10 km of free style	28: 58.9 min	57
Anouk Faivre-Picon	10 km of free style	27: 42.8 min	35
	15 km skiathlon	42: 03.8 min	13
Coraline Thomas Hugue	10 km of free style	26: 37.9 min	14th
	15 km skiathlon	43: 56.2 min	29
Aurore Jéan	10 km of free style	27: 12.6 min	22nd
	15 km skiathlon	43: 00.8 min	23
Aurore Jéan Anouk Faivre-Picon Coraline Thomas Hugue Delphine Claudel	4 × 5 km relay	55: 50.2 min	12
Men
Adrien Backscheider	15 km of free style	35: 12.0 min	17th
Jean-Marc Gaillard	15 km of free style	35: 35.2 min	23
	30 km skiathlon	1: 18: 48.5 h	28
	50 km mass start	2: 14: 31.4 h	18th
Jules Lapierre	30 km skiathlon	1: 17: 19.1 h	15th
Maurice Manificat	15 km of free style	34: 10.9 min	05
	30 km skiathlon	1: 16: 34.2 h	05
Clement Parisse	15 km of free style	35: 39.0 min	26th
	30 km skiathlon	1: 17: 08.6 h	13
	50 km mass start	2: 17: 25.4 h	24
Jean-Marc Gaillard Maurice Manificat Clément Parisse Adrien Backscheider	4 × 10 km relay	1: 33: 41.8 h	bronze

Surname	competition	qualification		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Aurore Jéan	Classic sprint	3: 32.45 min	46	eliminated						46
Aurore Jéan Coraline Thomas Hugue	Team sprint	-				16: 40.40 min	6th	16: 32.49 min	8th	08th
Men
Lucas Chanavat	Classic sprint	3: 18.25 min	34	eliminated						34
Baptiste Gros	Classic sprint	3: 16.27 min	20th	3: 18.62 min	2	3: 27.44 min	6th	eliminated		12
Richard Jouve	Classic sprint	3: 17.69 min	29	3: 12.40 min	3	eliminated				16
Maurice Manificat Richard Jouve	Team sprint	-				16:04:45 min	2	15: 58.28 min	3	bronze

Ski jumping

Surname	competition	qualification			1st round			2nd round			total
		Expanse	Points	rank	Expanse	Points	rank	Expanse	Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Léa Lemare	Normal hill individual jumping	-			074.5 m	062.3	29	093.5 m	084.4	19th	146.8	28
Lucile Morat	Normal hill individual jumping	-			086.5 m	079.7	19th	086.5 m	075.1	27	154.8	21st
Men
Vincent Descombes Sevoie	Normal hill individual jumping	086.5 m	092.1	44	090.0 m	082.4	43	eliminated			082.4	43
	Large hill individual jumping	114.0 m	069.9	48	105.0 m	075.9	50	eliminated			075.9	50
Jonathan Learoyd	Normal hill individual jumping	094.5 m	106.7	30th	098.5 m	104.1	25th	100.5 m	103.8	21st	207.9	27
	Large hill individual jumping	124.0 m	92.1	34	119.5 m	100.1	41	eliminated			100.1	41

Snowboard

Surname	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Lucile Lefevre	Slopestyle	called off		28.35	25th	25th
Clémence Grimal	halfpipe	14.25	24	eliminated		24
Sophie Rodriguez	halfpipe	65.00	9	50.50	10	10
Mirabelle Thovex	halfpipe	64.25	10	63.00	9	9

Surname	competition	qualification		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		place 3		rank
		opponent	time	opponent	time	opponent	time	opponent	time	opponent	time
Men
Sylvain Dufour	Parallel giant slalom	1: 25.27 min	4th	Kwiatkowski	−0.10 s	Coratti	−0.19 s	Galmarini	DNF	Košir	+1.49 s	bronze

Surname	competition	Round of 16			Quarter finals			Semifinals	final	rank
		rank			rank			rank	rank
Women
Charlotte Bankes	Snowboard cross	-			3			DNF	eliminated	7th
Nelly Moenne-Loccoz	Snowboard cross	-			3			5	eliminated	10
Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau	Snowboard cross	-			2			3	2	silver
Chloé Trespeuch	Snowboard cross	-			1			2	5	5
Men
Loan Bozzolo	Snowboard cross	3			DNF			eliminated		24
Merlin Surget	Snowboard cross	3			DNF			eliminated		17th
Pierre Vaultier	Snowboard cross	2			1			3	1	gold
Ken Vuagnoux	Snowboard cross	2			DNF			eliminated		21st

Web links

• France on the Pyeongchang Games Official Website
• Information about the French delegation on the official website of the French NOC (French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Martin Fourcade porte-drapeau à Pyeongchang. In: lequipe.fr. September 26, 2017, accessed February 22, 2018 (French). 
2. ↑ Mikaela Shiffrin's friend has to leave Pyeongchang. In: Stuttgarter-Zeitung.de. February 19, 2018, accessed February 19, 2018 . 
3. ↑ JO 2018: le skieur Mathieu Faivre renvoyé en France pour raisons disciplinaires. In: LeMonde.fr. February 19, 2018, accessed February 19, 2018 (French).