France at the 1908 Summer Olympics

France at the Olympic Games

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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London

Competitors

363

Medals
Rank: 4

Gold
5

Silver
5

Bronze
9

Total
19

Olympic history (summary)

Summer Games

Winter Games

Intercalated Games

1906

France competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England.

Medalists 1
Results by event 2
- Archery 2.1
- Athletics 2.2
- Boxing 2.3
- Cycling 2.4
- Fencing 2.5
- Football 2.6
- Gymnastics 2.7
- Hockey 2.8
- Sailing 2.9
- Shooting 2.10
- Swimming 2.11
- Tennis 2.12
- Water motorsports 2.13
Notes 3
References 4

Medalists

France finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings, with five gold medals and 19 medals overall.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Grisot, EugèneEugène Grisot	Archery	Men's Continental style	02015-07-20-0000July 20
01 ! Gold	Auffray, AndréAndré Auffray, Maurice Schilles	Cycling	Men's tandem	02015-07-15-0000July 15
01 ! Gold	Alibert, GastonGaston Alibert	Fencing	Men's épée	02015-07-24-0000July 24
01 ! Gold	Alibert, GastonHerman Georges Berger, Charles Collignon, Eugène Olivier	Fencing	Men's team épée	02015-07-24-0000July 24
01 ! Gold	Thubron, EmileEmile Thubron	Water motorsports	Class A	02015-08-29-0000August 29
02 ! Silver	Vernet, LouisLouis Vernet	Archery	Men's Continental style	02015-07-20-0000July 20
02 ! Silver	André, GéoGéo André	Athletics	Men's high jump	02015-07-21-0000July 21
02 ! Silver	Demangel, ÉmileÉmile Demangel	Cycling	Men's 660 yd	02015-07-15-0000July 15
02 ! Silver	Schilles, MauriceMaurice Schilles	Cycling	Men's 5000 m	02015-07-18-0000July 18
02 ! Silver	Lippmann, AlexandreAlexandre Lippmann	Fencing	Men's épée	02015-07-24-0000July 24
03 ! Bronze	Cabaret, GustaveGustave Cabaret	Archery	Men's Continental style	02015-07-20-0000July 20
03 ! Bronze	Dreher, JosephJoseph Dreher, Louis Bonniot de Fleurac, Paul Lizandier	Athletics	Men's 3 miles team race	02015-07-15-0000July 15
03 ! Bronze	Auffray, AndréAndré Auffray	Cycling	Men's 5000 m	02015-07-18-0000July 18
03 ! Bronze	Lapize, OctaveOctave Lapize	Cycling	Men's 100 km	02015-07-18-0000July 18
03 ! Bronze	Olivier, EugèneEugène Olivier	Fencing	Men's épée	02015-07-24-0000July 24
03 ! Bronze	Ségura, LouisLouis Ségura	Gymnastics	Men's all-around	02015-07-15-0000July 15
03 ! Bronze	Arthus, HenriHenri Arthus, Louis Potheau, Pierre Rabot	Sailing	6 m class	02015-07-29-0000July 29
03 ! Bronze	Bonnefoy, HenriHenri Bonnefoy, Paul Colas, Léon Lécuyer, André Regaud	Shooting	Men's team small-bore rifle	02015-07-11-0000July 11
03 ! Bronze	Balme, EugèneEugène Balme, Albert Courquin, Raoul de Boigne, Léon Johnson, Maurice Lecoq, André Parmentier	Shooting	Men's 300 m free rifle, team	02015-07-10-0000July 10

Results by event

Archery

The French team was one of three to take part in the archery competitions in 1908. They dominated the Continental style of archery, with the 15 French archers taking the top 11 places, as well as 13th, 14th, 16th, and 17th. The two non-French archers in the event, a Briton and an American, took 12th and 15th, respectively. The team did not do as well in the York rounds, with none of the 10 French archers who also competed in it placing better than 16th.

Event	Place	Archer	Score

Men's double York round	16th	Henri Berton	425
	17th	Eugène Richez	418
	19th	Eugène Grisot	410
	20th	Louis Vernet	385
	22nd	Louis Salingre	347
	23rd	Albert Dauchez	280
	24th	Charles Quervel	241
	25th	Edouard Beaudoin	215
	26th	Gustave Cabaret	191
	27th	Alfred Poupart	Did not finish

Men's Continental style	1st	Eugène Grisot	263
	2nd	Louis Vernet	256
	3rd	Gustave Cabaret	255
	4th	Charles Aubras	231
	5th	Charles Quervel	223
	6th	Albert Dauchez	222
	7th	Louis Salingre	215
	8th	Henri Berton	212
	9th	Eugène Richez	210
	10th	Edouard Beaudoin	206
	11th	Charles Vallée	193
	13th	Émile Fisseux	185
	14th	Jean Louis de la Croix	177
	16th	Alfred Poupart	155
	17th	Oscar Jay	134

Athletics

France's best athletics result was Géo André's silver medal in the high jump.

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final

Men's 100 metres	Heats	Georges Malfait	11.2 seconds 2nd, heat 3	Did not advance
		L. Lescat	Unknown 3rd, heat 6
		G. Lamotte	Unknown 3rd, heat 11
		Henri Meslot	Unknown 3rd, heat 13

Men's 200 metres	Semi- finalist	Georges Malfait	22.6 seconds 1st, heat 5	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 4	Did not advance
Men's 200 metres	Heats	Henri Meslot	Unknown 2nd, heat 15	Did not advance

Men's 400 metres	Semi- finalist	Georges Malfait	50.0 seconds 1st, heat 6	Unknown 4th, semifinal 3	Did not advance

Men's 1500 metres	Semi- finalist	Jean Bouin	None held	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 7	Did not advance
		Joseph Dreher		Unknown 5th, semifinal 4
		Louis Bonniot de Fleurac		Unknown 6th, semifinal 1
	—	Gaston Ragueneau		Did not finish —, semifinal 5

Men's 400 metre hurdles	Heats	Henri Meslot	Unknown 2nd, heat 12	Did not advance
Men's 400 metre hurdles	—	Georges Dubois	Did not finish —, heat 6	Did not advance

Men's 3200 metre steeplechase	—	Gaston Ragueneau	None held	Did not finish —, semifinal 1	Did not advance
Men's 3200 metre steeplechase	—	Louis Bonniot de Fleurac	None held	Did not finish —, semifinal 2	Did not advance

Men's 3 mile team race	3rd	Louis Bonniot de Fleurac	None held	14:56.0 4 points, team=15	15:08.4 8 points, team=32
		Joseph Dreher		15:37.2 10 points, team=15	15:40.0 11 points, team=32
		Paul Lizandier		15:56.6 No score, team=15	16:03.0 13 points, team=32
	No place	Jean Bouin		14:53.0 1 point, team=15	Did not start No score, team=32
	No place	Alexandre Fayollat		15:52.2 No score, team=15	Did not start No score, team=32

Men's 5 miles	Semi- finalist	Paul Lizandier	None held	Unknown 4th, semifinal 4	Did not advance
Men's 5 miles	—	Gaston Ragueneau	None held	Did not finish —, semifinal 1	Did not advance

Event	Place	Athlete	Height/ Distance

Men's high jump	2nd	Géo André	1.88 metres

Men's long jump	21-32	Henri Guttierez	Unknown

Men's pole vault	10th	Robert Pascarel	3.20 metres
Men's pole vault	12th	G. Koeger	3.05 metres

Men's standing high jump	5th	Géo André	1.47 metres
	5th	Alfred Motté	1.47 metres
	19-23	Henri Jardin	Unknown

Men's standing long jump	8-25	Henri Jardin	Unknown
Men's standing long jump	8-25	Alfred Motté	Unknown

Men's shot put	9-25	Charles Lagarde	Unknown
Men's shot put	9-25	André Tison	Unknown

Men's discus throw	8th	André Tison	38.30 metres
Men's discus throw	12-42	Charles Lagarde	Unknown

Boxing

France competed in 4 of the 5 boxing events, not winning any bouts.

Weight class	Place	Boxer	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals

Bantamweight Up to 116 pounds	4th	Pierre Mazior	Not held	Lost to Condon KO, 3rd round	Did not advance

Featherweight Up to 126 pounds	5th	Louis Constant	Not held	Lost to Ringer 2-0 decision	Did not advance
Featherweight Up to 126 pounds	5th	Etienne Poillot	Not held	Lost to Gunn KO, 2nd round	Did not advance

Lightweight Up to 140 pounds	7th	André Bouvier	Lost to Holmes KO, 2nd round	Did not advance

Middleweight Up to 158 pounds	6th	Gaston Aspa	Lost to William Childs KO, 2nd round	Did not advance
		René Doudelle	Lost to Douglas KO, 1st round
		Charles Morard	Lost to Warnes KO, 2nd round

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Great Britain	0	7	.000

Total	0	7	.000

Cycling

France took one of the gold medals in cycling with a win in the men's tandem. Schilles also finished first in the men's sprint, but the final was voided due to the time limit having been exceeded.

Event	Place	Cyclist	Heats	Semifinals	Final

Men's 660 yards	2nd	Émile Demangel	59.8 seconds 1st, heat 6	51.6 seconds 1st, semifinal 2	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	André Auffray	58.4 seconds 1st, heat 16	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3	Did not advance
	Semi- finalist	Pierre Texier	1:01.6 1st, heat 9	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
	Heats	Georges Perrin	Unknown 2nd, heat 10	Did not advance
		André Poulain	Unknown 2nd, heat 12
		G. Dreyfus	Unknown 2nd, heat 14
		Pierre Seginaud	Unknown 3rd, heat 2
		Richard Villepontoux	Unknown 3rd, heat 4
		Gaston Delaplane	Unknown 3rd, heat 8
		Émile Marechal	Unknown 3rd, heat 11
	—	Maurice Schilles	Time limit exceeded —, heat 5

Men's 5000 metres	2nd	Maurice Schilles	None held	7:55.4 1st, semifinal 7	Unknown
	3rd	André Auffray		8:56.8 1st, semifinal 3	Unknown
	4th	Émile Marechal		9:01.4 1st, semifinal 2	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	Pierre Texier		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 4	Did not advance
		Pierre Seginaud		Unknown 4th, semifinal 1
		G. Dreyfus		Unknown 4th, semifinal 6
		Georges Perrin		Unknown 4-7, semifinal 7
		Gaston Delaplane		Unknown 4-9, semifinal 5
		Richard Villepontoux		Unknown 4-9, semifinal 5
	—	André Poulain		Did not finish —, semifinal 4
	—	Émile Demangel		Disqualified —, semifinal 2

Men's 20 kilometres	5-9	François Bonnet	None held	Unknown 6th, semifinal 2	Unknown
	5-9	Octave Lapize		Unknown 4th, semifinal 4	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	C. Avrillon		33:40.8 2nd, semifinal 6	Did not advance
		André Lapize		Unknown 4th, semifinal 1
		G. C. Lutz		Unknown 4th, semifinal 2
		Henri Baumler		Unknown 5th, semifinal 4
		H. Cunault		Unknown 6-7, semifinal 3
		Pierre Hostein		Unknown 7-8, semifinal 1
	—	Pierre Texier		Did not finish —, semifinal 5

Men's 100 kilometres	3rd	Octave Lapize	None held	Unknown 4th, semifinal 2	Unknown
	5th	Pierre Texier		Unknown 4th, semifinal 1	Unknown
	9-17	François Bonnet		Unknown 7-14, semifinal 1	Did not finish
	9-17	G. C. Lutz		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not finish
	Semi- finalist	André Lepere		Unknown 7-14, semifinal 1	Did not advance
	—	Charles Avrillon		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		H. Cunault		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		Pierre Hostein		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		Jean Madelaine		Did not finish —, semifinal 2

Men's sprint	Finalist	Maurice Schilles	1:38.4 1st, heat 3	1:38.8 1st, semifinal 2	Time limit exceeded
	Semi- finalist	Émile Demangel	1:35.2 1st, heat 9	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3	Did not advance
		André Auffray	1:23.6 1st, heat 10	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 4
		Pierre Texier	1:31.0 1st, heat 13	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1
	Heats	André Poulain	Unknown 2nd, heat 2	Did not advance
		Pierre Seginaud	Unknown 2nd, heat 4
		Richard Villepontoux	Unknown 2nd, heat 7
		Émile Marechal	Unknown 2nd, heat 12
		Gaston Delaplane	Unknown 2nd, heat 15
		G. Dreyfus	Unknown 4th, heat 8
	—	Georges Perrin	Time limit exceeded —, heat 16

Men's tandem	1st	André Auffray Maurice Schilles	3:11.4 1st, heat 5	2:46.2 1st, semifinal 2	3:07.6
	Semi- finalist	François Bonnet Octave Lapize	3:06.8 1st, heat 6	Unknown 4th, semifinal 2	Did not advance
	Heats	Maurice Texier Pierre Texier	Unknown 2nd, heat 2	Did not advance
		Charles Avrillon Joseph Guyader	Unknown 2nd, heat 3
		Gaston Dreyfus André Poulain	Unknown 2nd, heat 7

Men's team pursuit	Heats	André Auffray Émile Demangel Émile Marechal Maurice Schilles	2:32.0 2nd, heat 4	Did not advance

Fencing

France swept the épée competitions, taking all three individual medals and the team gold.

Event	Place	Fencer	First round	Second round	Semi- final	Final

Men's épée	1st	Gaston Alibert	7-1 (1st in E)	4-0 (1st in 3)	7-2 (1st in 1)	7-2
	2nd	Alexandre Lippmann	4-1 (1st in L)	4-1 (1st in 5)	5-4 (3rd in 2)	5-3
	3rd	Eugène Olivier	3-2 (3rd in J)	2-1 (1st in 8)	5-4 (3rd in 2)	4-3
	Semi- finalist	Henri-Georges Berger	7-0 (1st in D)	3-2 (2nd in 3)	4-5 (5th in 1)	Did not advance
	Semi- finalist	Jean Stern	4-1 (1st in M)	4-2 (2nd in 1)	3-4 (5th in 2)	Did not advance
	Second round	Jacques Rodocanachi	3-3 (3rd in H)	2-2 (3rd in 2)	Did not advance
		Bernard Gravier	4-2 (2nd in A)	2-2 (3rd in 4)
		Charles Collignon	5-2 (2nd in B)	1-3 (3rd in 6)
		René Quenessen	5-3 (2nd in I)	1-2 (3rd in 8)
		Joseph Marais	5-0 (1st in C)	1-3 (5th in 4)
	First round	Frédéric Dubordieu	4-3 (4th in G)	Did not advance

Men's sabre	7th	Georges de la Falaise	3-1 (1st in F)	2-1 (1st in 8)	4-3 (3rd in 1)	1-6
	Semi- finalist	Bertrand Marie de Lesseps	4-1 (1st in H)	3-0 (1st in 4)	1-6 (8th in 1)	Did not advance
	Second round	René Lateux	2-2 (2nd in D)	1-3 (5th in 1)	Did not advance
	First round	Jean de Mas Latrie	2-3 (4th in A)	Did not advance
		Jean-Joseph Renaud	3-2 (4th in C)
		Georges Langevin	0-3 (4th in E)
		Louis Chapuis	3-2 (4th in L)
		Marc Perrodon	3-2 (4th in M)
		Ismaël de Lesseps	1-4 (5th in G)
		Jacques de Saint-Brisson	0-5 (6th in I)
		Jean Mikorski	2-5 (8th in J)

Event	Place	Fencers	Play-in match	First round	Semi- finals	Final	Repechage

Men's team épée	1st	Gaston Alibert (1st, sf, f) Henri-Georges Berger (sf) Charles Collignon (sf) Eugène Olivier (sf, f) Bernard Gravier (1st, f)^[1] Alexandre Lippmann (1st, f)^[1] Jean Stern (1st)^[1]	Bye	Defeated Denmark 10-6 Advanced to semifinals	Defeated Great Britain 12-5 Advanced to final	Defeated Belgium 9-7 Won gold medal	Not relegated

Men's team sabre	4th	Georges de la Falaise Bertrand Marie de Lesseps Marc Perrodon Jean-Joseph Renaud	Not held	Defeated Belgium 10-6 Advanced to semifinals	Lost to Bohemia 9-7 Out 4th place	Did not advance	Not relegated

Football

France was represented by the France national football team, split into two squads. Each faced Denmark in its first match, with France coming off the loser both times.

Event	Place	Players	First round	Semifinals	Final	Bronze match

Men's football	4th	Gaston Cypres, Jean Dubly, Jean Fenouillere, Albert François (captain), Charles Renaux, Émile Sartorius, Roland Schubart, Maurice Tillette, Ursule Wibaut	Bye	Lost vs. Denmark 17-1	Did not advance	Not relegated
Men's football	6th	Charles Bilot, Serge Dastarac, Victor Denis, François Desrousseaux, Marcel Eucher, Adrien Filez, Henri Holgart, Fernand Jenicot, Paul Mathaux, E. Morillon, Jules Verlet (captain)	Lost vs. Denmark 9-0	Did not advance		Not relegated

Gymnastics

Event	Place	Gymnast	Score

Men's all-around	3rd	Louis Ségura	297
	7th	Marcel Lalu	258.75
	8th	Robert Diaz	258.5
	10th	Jules Rolland	249.5
	11th	François Nidal	249
	14th	Antoine Costa	241.75
	18th	Georges Turnheer	232
	19th	Jean Castigliano	227
	Unknown	Edouard Boislevé	Unknown
		Alfred Castille	Unknown
		Ferdinand Castille	Unknown
		Georges Charmoille	Unknown
		Victor Dubois	Unknown
		Dominique Follacci	Unknown
		E. Gauthier	Unknown
		F. Lekim	Unknown
		Justinien Lux	Unknown
		G. Mounier	Unknown
		Georges Ratelot	Unknown

Event	Place	Gymnast	Score

Men's team	5th	Joseph Derov, Charles Desmarcheliers, Claude Desmarcheliers, Étienne Dharaney, Gérard Donnet, Émile Duhamel, A. Duponcheel, Paul Durin, A. Eggremont, G. Guiot, L. Hennebicq, Henri Hubert, Daniel Hudels, E. Labitte, L. Lestienne, R. Lis, Victor Magnier, G. Nys, Joseph Parent, Louis Pappe, V. Polidori, Gustave Pottier, Antoine Pinoy, Louis Sandray, Émile Schmoll, Edouard Steffe, E. Vercruysse, Hugo Vergin, E. Vicogne, Jules Walmée, G. Warlouzer	319

Hockey

Event	Place	Players	First round	Semifinals	5th/6th

Men's hockey	6th	R. P. Aublin, D. Baidet, R. Benoit, André Bonnal, L. Gautier, D. M. Girard, C. Pattin, L. Poupon, F. Roux, René Salarnier, L. Saulnier	Lost vs. GBR England 10-1	Did not advance	Lost vs. Germany 1-0

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Germany	0	1	.000
Great Britain	0	1	.000

Total	0	2	.000

Sailing

Class	Place	Boat	Sailors

6 metre	3rd	Guyoni	Henri Arthus, Louis Potheau, Pierre Rabot

Shooting

Event	Place	Shooter	Score

Men's 1000 yard free rifle	19th	Raoul de Boigne	86
	23rd	André Angelini	85
	28th	Paul Colas	82
	35th	Léon Hecht	75
	38th	Daniel Merillon	69
	39th	Léon Moreaux	67
	48th	Léon Tétart	21

Men's 300 metre free rifle	8th	Léon Johnson	835
	25th	Paul Colas	759
	31st	Maurice Lecoq	730
	34th	André Angelini	706

Men's team free rifle	3rd	Léon Johnson Eugène Balme André Parmentier Albert Courquin Maurice Lecoq Raoul de Boigne	4652

Men's team military rifle	4th	Raoul de Boigne Albert Courquin Eugène Balme Daniel Mérillon Léon Hecht André Parmentier	2227

Men's stationary target small-bore rifle	13th	André Mercier	366
	17th	Léon Tétart	350
	19th	Henri Bonnefoy	304

Men's moving target small-bore rifle	10th	Léon Johnson	13
	14th	André Mercier	10
	15th	Léon Tétart	9

Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle	19th	André Mercier	30
	21st	Léon Johnson	24
	22nd	Léon Tétart	21

Men's team small-bore rifle	3rd	Paul Colas André Regaud Léon Lécuyer Henri Bonnefoy	710

Men's single-shot running deer	13th	Léon Tétart	11
	14th	Maurice Robion du Pont	6
	15th	André Barbillat	3

Men's double-shot running deer	12th	Léon Tétart	21
Men's double-shot running deer	14th	Maurice Robion du Pont	18

Men's individual pistol	6th	André Barbillat	466
	10th	André Regaud	451
	17th	Léon Moreaux	438
	22nd	Jean Depassis	427
	30th	Léon Lécuyer	401
	34th	Maurice Robion du Pont	391

Men's team pistol	4th	André Barbillat André Regaud Léon Moreaux Jean Depassis	1750

Men's individual trap shooting	23rd	Emile Béjot	28

Swimming

Event	Place	Swimmer	Heats	Semifinals

Men's 100 metre freestyle	Heats	Gérard Meister	Unknown 3-5, heat 2	Did not advance
Men's 100 metre freestyle	Heats	René André	Unknown 4-5, heat 5	Did not advance

Men's 400 metre freestyle	—	Henri Decoin	Did not finish —, heat 1	Did not advance

Men's 1500 metre freestyle	Heats	André Theuriet	32:37.0 3rd, heat 4	Did not advance

Tennis

Event	Place	Name	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals

Men's singles	5th	Maurice Germot	Bye	Defeated Schomburgk	Bye	Lost to Ritchie	Did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Germany	1	0	1.000
Great Britain	0	1	.000

Total	1	1	.500

Water motorsports

France had one boat enter competition in the motorboating events, winning a gold medal when that boat ended up being the only finisher in the open class.

Event	Place	Boat	Sailors	Result

Class A — Open class	1st	Camille	Emile Thubron 3 other crew members	Did not start (first race) Finished (second race)

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c This fencer competed in the team event, but is not listed in the IOC medallist database.

References

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Reyes, Macario (2001). "IV. Olympiad London 1908 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 May 2006.

Nations at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England

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France at the 1908 Summer Olympics