France at the 1972 Winter Olympics

France at the Olympic Games

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IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sport Committee
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At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo

Competitors

40 (33 men, 7 women) in 9 sports

Flag bearer

Patrick Péra, Figure Skating

Medals
Rank: 16

Gold
0

Silver
1

Bronze
2

Total
3

Olympic history (summary)

Summer Games

Winter Games

Intercalated Games

1906

France competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists 1
Alpine skiing 2
Biathlon 3
Bobsleigh 4
Cross-country skiing 5
Figure skating 6
Luge 7
Nordic combined 8
Ski jumping 9
Speed skating 10
References 11

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
02 ! Silver	Debernard, DanièleDanièle Debernard	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
03 ! Bronze	Steurer, FlorenceFlorence Steurer	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
03 ! Bronze	Pera, PatrickPatrick Pera	Figure skating	Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bernard Charvin	Downhill					1:55.33	21
Henri Duvillard						1:55.13	19
Bernard Orcel						1:54.81	16
Roger Rossat-Mignod						1:54.72	15
Henri Duvillard	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Jean-Noël Augert		1:33.61	12	1:38.23	6	3:11.84	5
Alain Penz		1:33.36	9	1:39.06	9	3:12.42	9
Roger Rossat-Mignod		1:33.28	8	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

Men's slalom

Athlete	Classification		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Alain Penz	bye		56.72	9	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Henri Duvillard	bye		55.92	3	54.53	6	1:50.45	4
Jean-Noël Augert	bye		55.77	2	54.74	10	1:50.51	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Florence Steurer	Downhill					1:41.36	23
Michèle Jacot						1:40.73	15
Annie Famose						1:39.70	8
Isabelle Mir						1:38.62	4
Isabelle Mir	Giant Slalom					1:35.30	21
Michèle Jacot						1:33.61	16
Britt Lafforgue						1:32.80	8
Florence Steurer						1:32.59	6
Michèle Jacot	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Florence Steurer		46.57	4	46.12	3	1:32.69	03 !
Britt Lafforgue		46.23	3	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Danièle Debernard		46.08	2	45.18	1	1:31.26	02 !

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Paul Chassagne	DNF	–	DNF	–
	Aimé Gruet-Masson	1'18:44.41	15	1'33:44.41	51
	René Arpin	1'19:52.64	8	1'27:52.64	37
	Daniel Claudon	1'18:14.67	1	1'19:14.67	10

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

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
René Arpin Noël Turrell Daniel Claudon Aimé Gruet-Masson	4	2'03:08.90	13

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Pierre Parisot Alain Roy	Two-man	1:16.66	8	1:17.17	14	1:14.53	10	1:15.10	12	5:03.46	9
FRA-2	Gérard Christaud-Pipola Jacques Christaud-Pipola	Two-man	1:17.08	11	1:17.25	17	1:14.81	12	1:15.05	11	5:04.19	11

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Pierre Parisot Yves Bonsang Alain Roy Gilles Morda	Four-man	1:11.79	9	1:12.18	6	1:11.27	11	1:11.51	11	4:46.75	9

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Gérard Granclement	50:07.11	48
	Daniel Cerisey	50:05.88	46
	Jean-Paul Vandel	49:22.89	39
	Roland Jeannerod	48:32.42	31
30 km	Roland Jeannerod	DNF	–
	Gilbert Faure	1'48:12.19	49
	Daniel Cerisey	1'47:03.01	45
	Jean-Paul Vandel	1'42:45.88	25
50 km	Jean Jobez	DNF	–

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Jean-Paul Vandel Roland Jeannerod Gilbert Faure Jean Jobez	2'14:35.98	11

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Jacques Mrozek	13	14	2401.3	126	14
Didier Gailhaguet	11	13	2440.9	114	13
Patrick Péra	2	8	2653.1	28	03 !

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Florence Cahn Jean Roland Racle	13	12	364.5	116	13

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pierre Larchier	55.86	37	56.28	42	54.68	37	54.94	37	3:41.76	36

Nordic combined

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jacques Gaillard	Individual	67.5	67.0	155.4	29	53:59.5	169.810	35	325.210	35

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Alain Macle	Normal hill	67.5	87.2	62.5	78.7	165.9	53
Yvan Richard		68.0	88.0	63.5	76.3	164.3	54
Gilbert Poirot		69.5	93.4	71.0	95.3	188.7	43
Jacques Gaillard	Large hill	72.0	60.8	73.5	61.9	122.7	51
Alain Macle		76.0	65.9	71.0	56.9	122.8	50
Yvan Richard		77.0	68.8	78.5	73.4	142.2	49

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Richard Tourne	43.06	33
1500 m	Richard Tourne	2:16.37	33
5000 m	Richard Tourne	8:11.52	24
10,000 m	Richard Tourne	16:48.70	22

References

Official Olympic Reports
International Olympic Committee results database
Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com

Nations at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan

Africa	none

America	Argentina Canada United States

Asia	Republic of China Iran Japan North Korea South Korea Lebanon Mongolia Philippines

Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

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France at the 1972 Winter Olympics