France at the 1980 Winter Olympics

France at the Olympic Games

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IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sport Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (French)

At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid

Competitors

22 (16 men, 6 women) in 6 sports

Flag bearer

Fabienne Serrat, Alpine Skiing

Medals
Rank: 16

Gold
0

Silver
0

Bronze
1

Total
1

Olympic history (summary)

Summer Games

Winter Games

Intercalated Games

1906

France competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Medalists 1
Alpine skiing 2
Biathlon 3
Cross-country skiing 4
Figure skating 5
Ski jumping 6
Speed skating 7
References 8

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
03 ! Bronze	Pelen, PerrinePerrine Pelen	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	February 20

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Philippe Pugnat	Downhill					1:50.13	25

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Caroline Attia	Downhill					DNF	–
Marie-Luce Waldmeier	Downhill					1:41.05	16
Anne-Flore Rey	Giant Slalom	1:20.03	30	1:31.38	23	2:51.41	25
Marina Laurencon		1:18.49	23	DNF	–	DNF	–
Perrine Pelen		1:15.45	6	1:26.96	1	2:42.41	03 !
Fabienne Serrat		1:15.43	5	1:26.99	2	2:42.42	4
Marina Laurencon	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Anne-Flore Rey		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Fabienne Serrat		44.40	8	DNF	–	DNF	–
Perrine Pelen		43.46	4	DNF	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Yves Blondeau	8	37:44.87	39
	Yvon Mougel	6	36:57.43	33
	Christian Poirot	1	34:38.60	13

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Denis Sandona	1'13:21.01	2	1'15:21.01	20
	André Geourjon	1'10:53.37	2	1'12:53.37	9
	Yvon Mougel	1'08:33.60	3	1'11:33.60	6

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Yvon Mougel Denis Sandona André Geourjon Christian Poirot	0	1'38:23.36	5

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Dominique Locatelli	47:06.72	45
	Gérard Durand-Poudret	45:47.26	42
	Paul Fargeix	44:39.94	28
	Jean-Paul Pierrat	43:32.53	14
30 km	Michel Thierry	1'38:17.35	44
	Philippe Poirot	1'35:47.39	38
	Paul Fargeix	1'35:12.25	35
	Jean-Paul Pierrat	1'31:43.03	19
50 km	Philippe Poirot	DNF	–
	Paul Fargeix	2'45:39.70	35
	Michel Thierry	2'41:38.26	31
	Jean-Paul Pierrat	2'34:13.07	12

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Paul Fargeix Gérard Durand-Poudret Michel Thierry Jean-Paul Pierrat	2'08:43.61	10

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Jean-Christophe Simond	6	10	9	175.00	64	7

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Gérard Colin	Normal hill	69.5	87.9	77.0	105.9	193.8	35
Bernard Moullier	Normal hill	79.0	108.1	77.0	102.4	210.5	24
Gérard Colin	Large hill	89.0	86.8	91.5	93.8	180.6	42
Bernard Moullier	Large hill	92.0	92.5	94.0	95.8	188.3	37

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Emmanuel Michon	39.47	21
1000 m	Emmanuel Michon	1:19.43	18

References

Official Olympic Reports
International Olympic Committee results database
Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com

Nations at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States

Africa	none

America	Argentina Bolivia Canada Costa Rica United States

Asia	China Japan South Korea Lebanon Mongolia

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

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

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France at the 1980 Winter Olympics