France_at_the_1968_Winter_Olympics
France at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
France was the host nation for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. It was the second time that France had hosted the Winter Olympic Games (after the 1924 Games in Chamonix), and the fourth time overall (after the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics, both in Paris).
Quick Facts France at the 1968 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
| France at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | FRA |
| NOC | French National Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Grenoble | |
| Competitors | 75 (64 men, 11 women) in 10 sports |
| Flag bearer | Gilbert Poirot (ski jumping) |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Jean-Claude Killy | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Gold | Jean-Claude Killy | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
| Gold | Jean-Claude Killy | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| Gold | Marielle Goitschel | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
 Silver | Guy Périllat | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Silver | Isabelle Mir | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
| Silver | Annie Famose | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
 Bronze | Annie Famose | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
| Bronze | Patrick Pera | Figure skating | Men's singles |
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Léo Lacroix | Downhill | 2:03.86 | 20 | ||||
| Bernard Orcel | 2:02.22 | 8 | |||||
| Guy Périllat | 1:59.93 | | |||||
| Jean-Claude Killy | 1:59.85 | | |||||
| Bernard Orcel | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Georges Mauduit | 1:44.86 | 4 | 1:48.92 | 12 | 3:33.78 | 9 | |
| Guy Périllat | 1:44.78 | 3 | 1:47.28 | 5 | 3:32.06 | 4 | |
| Jean-Claude Killy | 1:42.74 | 1 | 1:46.54 | 2 | 3:29.28 | | |
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- Men's slalom
More information Athlete, Heat 1 ...
| Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
| Jean-Pierre Augert | 52.10 | 3 | 54.91 | 1 QF | 51.32 | 17 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Guy Périllat | 57.71 | 3 | 55.37 | 1 QF | 49.89 | 6 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Alain Penz | 54.63 | 2 QF | – | – | 49.89 | 6 | 51.25 | 11 | 1:41.14 | 8 |
| Jean-Claude Killy | 49.89 | 1 QF | – | – | 49.37 | 1 | 50.36 | 4 | 1:39.73 | |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Florence Steurer | Downhill | 1:43.00 | 9 | ||||
| Marielle Goitschel | 1:42.95 | 8 | |||||
| Annie Famose | 1:42.15 | 5 | |||||
| Isabelle Mir | 1:41.33 | | |||||
| Marielle Goitschel | Giant Slalom | 1:56.09 | 7 | ||||
| Isabelle Mir | 1:56.07 | 6 | |||||
| Florence Steurer | 1:54.75 | 4 | |||||
| Annie Famose | 1:54.61 | | |||||
| Florence Steurer | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Annie Famose | 42.21 | 7 | 45.68 | 3 | 1:27.89 | | |
| Isabelle Mir | 42.14 | 6 | 46.08 | 4 | 1:28.22 | 5 | |
| Marielle Goitschel | 40.27 | 2 | 45.59 | 2 | 1:25.86 | | |
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Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Guy Daraffourg | 1'23:51.4 | 18 | 1'41:51.4 | 58 |
| Louis Romand | 1'25:55.2 | 12 | 1'37:55.2 | 57 | |
| Aimé Gruet-Masson | 1'20:50.4 | 11 | 1'31:50.4 | 42 | |
| Jean-Claude Viry | 1'19:16.2 | 10 | 1'29:16.2 | 35 |
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- 1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Misses 2 | Time | Rank | |
| Daniel Claudon Serge Legrand Aimé Gruet-Masson Jean-Claude Viry |
10 | 2'31:12.9 | 10 |
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- 2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics
More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| FRA-1 | Bertrand Croset Henri Sirvain |
Two-man | 1:12.36 | 15 | 1:12.79 | 16 | 1:12.35 | 11 | 1:13.78 | 20 | 4:51.28 | 16 |
| FRA-2 | Gérard Christaud-Pipola Jacques Christaud-Pipola |
Two-man | 1:11.24 | 6 | 1:34.47 | 20 | 1:12.49 | 13 | 1:13.47 | 18 | 5:11.67 | 20 |
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More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| FRA-1 | Francis Luiggi André Patey Gérard Monrazel Maurice Grether |
Four-man | 1:10.65 | 7 | 1:08.19 | 7 | 2:18.84 | 7 |
| FRA-2 | Bertrand Croset Claude Roussel Louis Courtois Henri Sirvain |
Four-man | 1:11.11 | 12 | 1:08.61 | 11 | 2:19.72 | 11 |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Jean Jobez | 53:22.1 | 46 |
| Félix Mathieu | 52:58.8 | 44 | |
| Victor Arbez | 51:20.5 | 28 | |
| Roger Pires | 50:52.6 | 24 | |
| 30 km | Roger Pires | 1'45:54.6 | 43 |
| Luc Colin | 1'45:40.7 | 42 | |
| Philippe Baradel | 1'45:33.3 | 41 | |
| Jean Jobez | 1'45:08.8 | 39 | |
| 50 km | Luc Colin | 2'48:57.9 | 44 |
| Claude Legrand | 2'45:36.9 | 41 | |
| Fernand Borrel | 2'45:10.6 | 40 | |
| Roger Pires | 2'36:48.8 | 24 | |
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- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Félix Mathieu Victor Arbez Philippe Baradel Roger Pires |
2'21:23.0 | 11 |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, CF ...
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Mrozek | 18 | 20 | 1601.0 | 179 | 20 |
| Philippe Pélissier | 14 | 12 | 1706.0 | 114 | 13 |
| Patrick Péra | 3 | 7 | 1864.5 | 31 | |
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- Women
More information Athlete, CF ...
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvaine Duban | 19 | 29 | 1551.4 | 219 | 27 |
| Micheline Joubert | 28 | 15 | 1594.8 | 182 | 20 |
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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Consolation round
Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places. France entered in this round, from the start, they did not play for a medal.
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 |  Yugoslavia |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 |  Japan |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 8 |
| 11 |  Norway |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 6 |
| 12 |  Romania |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 4 |
| 13 |  Austria |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 2 |
| 14 |  France |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 0 |
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Norway – France 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0)
Goalscorers: Hagensen, Smefjell, Dalsören, Mikkelsen – Liberman.
France – 
Romania 3:7 (0:2, 0:2, 3:3)
Goalscorers: Itzicsohn, Mazza, Lacarriere – Iuliu Szabo 2, Florescu 2, Pana, Geza Szabo, Stefan.
France – Austria 2:5 (0:1, 2:3, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Faucomprez, Caux – Puschnig 2, Kirchbaumer, St. John, Schupp.
France – Yugoslavia 1:10 (0:6, 0:1, 1:3)
Goalscorers: Itzicsohn – Tisler 3, Ivo Jan 2, Felc 2, Beravs, Roman Smolej, Hiti.
France – Japan 2:6 (0:0, 0:4, 2:2)
Goalscorers: Mazza, Faucomprez – Ebina 2, Hikigi, Itoh, Okajima, Araki.
Contestants
14. FRANCE
Goaltenders: Jean-Claude Sozzi, Bernard Deschamps
Defence: Joel Godeau, Claude Blanchard, Philippe Lacarriere, René Blanchard, Joel Gauvin
Forwards: Bernard Cabanis, Gerard Faucomprez, Alain Mazza, Olivier Prechac, Gilbert Lepre, Patrick Pourtanel, Michel Caux, Gilbert Itzicsohn, Daniel Grando, Patrick Francheterre, Charles Liberman.
Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Run 1 ...
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Ion Pervilhac | 1:01.98 | 38 | 1:02.99 | 40 | 1:01.45 | 37 | 3:06.42 | 38 |
| Jean-Pierre De Petro | 1:01.03 | 36 | 1:01.24 | 34 | 1:01.26 | 35 | 3:03.53 | 35 |
| Georges Tresallet | 59.75 | 28 | 1:00.41 | 31 | 1:00.21 | 30 | 3:00.37 | 29 |
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(Men's) Doubles
More information Athletes, Run 1 ...
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Georges Tresallet Ion Pervilhac |
49.97 | 11 | 49.29 | 9 | 1:39.26 | 11 |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Run 1 ...
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Jacqueline Barasinski | 51.96 | 20 | 52.39 | 21 | 52.44 | 20 | 2:36.79 | 20 |
| Sylvette Grassi | 51.85 | 17 | 52.08 | 20 | 52.55 | 21 | 2:36.48 | 19 |
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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Jean-Marie Bourgeois | Individual | 53.5 | 52.5 | 111.4 | 40 | 50:18.0 | 214.50 | 9 | 325.90 | 38 |
| Émile Salvi | 63.0 | 63.0 | 158.6 | 39 | 53:44.3 | 173.78 | 32 | 332.38 | 37 | |
| Gervais Poirot | 53.0 | 53.0 | 102.4 | 41 | 50:22.2 | 213.58 | 10 | 315.98 | 41 | |
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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Michel Saint Lezer | Normal hill | 67.0 | 85.0 | 64.0 | 79.7 | 164.7 | 50 |
| Maurice Arbez | 70.0 | 91.3 | 68.5 | 87.4 | 178.7 | 41 | |
| Alain Macle | 74.0 | 104.2 | 72.5 | 99.8 | 204.0 | 18 | |
| Gilbert Poirot | 76.5 | 106.7 | 73.5 | 100.4 | 207.1 | 10 | |
| Michel Saint Lezer | Large hill | 85.5 | 80.6 | 76.0 | 62.3 | 142.9 | 54 |
| Maurice Arbez | 87.0 | 83.2 | 79.0 | 66.0 | 149.2 | 50 | |
| Alain Macle | 89.5 | 93.7 | 93.5 | 100.3 | 194.0 | 17 | |
| Gilbert Poirot | 97.0 | 103.7 | 94.0 | 100.0 | 203.7 | 10 | |
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Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | François Perrenoud | 44.1 | 46 |
| Michel Thépénier | 43.8 | 45 | |
| 1500 m | François Perrenoud | 2:14.0 | 37 |
| Michel Thépénier | 2:13.7 | 36 | |
| 5000 m | François Perrenoud | 8:07.5 | 31 |
| Michel Thépénier | 8:06.2 | 30 | |
| 10,000 m | François Perrenoud | 17:10.2 | 26 |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Martine Ivangine | 48.5 | 22 |
| Marie-Louise Perrenoud | 48.2 | 19 | |
| 1000 m | Patricia Demartini | 1:44.6 | 28 |
| Marie-Louise Perrenoud | 1:39.3 | 24 | |
| Martine Ivangine | 1:37.4 | 17 | |
| 1500 m | Patricia Demartini | 2:40.6 | 29 |
| Marie-Louise Perrenoud | 2:39.2 | 28 | |
| Martine Ivangine | 2:29.9 | 14 | |
| 3000 m | Marie-Louise Perrenoud | 5:41.7 | 25 |
| Martine Ivangine | 5:19.3 | 15 | |
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