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France at the 2010 Winter Olympics

France at the Olympic Games

Flag of France
IOC code  FRA
NOC French National Olympic and Sport Committee
Website www.franceolympique.com (French)
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Competitors 108[1] in 13 sports
Flag bearer Vincent Defrasne[2] (opening)
Sandrine Bailly (closing)
Medals
Rank: 12 		Gold
2 		Silver
3 		Bronze
6 		Total
11
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games
Intercalated Games
1906
The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

France participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Contents

  • Medalists 1
  • Alpine skiing 2
  • Biathlon 3
  • Cross-country skiing 4
  • Curling 5
    • Men's tournament 5.1
  • Figure skating 6
  • Freestyle skiing 7
  • Luge 8
  • Nordic combined 9
  • Short track speed skating 10
  • Skeleton 11
  • Ski jumping 12
  • Snowboarding 13
  • Speed skating 14
  • See also 15
  • References 16

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Jay, VincentVincent Jay Biathlon Men's sprint
 Gold Lamy-Chappuis, JasonJason Lamy-Chappuis Nordic combined Individual normal hill/10 km
 Silver Anthonioz, DéborahDéborah Anthonioz Snowboarding Women's snowboard cross
 Silver Fourcade, MartinMartin Fourcade Biathlon Men's mass start
 Silver Brunet, Marie-LaureMarie-Laure Brunet
Becaert, SylvieSylvie Becaert
Dorin, MarieMarie Dorin
Bailly, SandrineSandrine Bailly 		Biathlon Women's relay
 Bronze Jay, VincentVincent Jay Biathlon Men's pursuit
 Bronze Dorin, MarieMarie Dorin Biathlon Women's sprint
 Bronze Brunet, Marie-LaureMarie-Laure Brunet Biathlon Women's pursuit
 Bronze Ramoin, TonyTony Ramoin Snowboarding Men's snowboard cross
 Bronze Josserand, MarionMarion Josserand Freestyle skiing Women's ski cross
 Bronze Bozzetto, MathieuMathieu Bozzetto Snowboarding Men's parallel giant slalom

Alpine skiing

France qualified 22 skiers, most of any nation at the Games.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Johan Clarey Men's combined DNF
Men's downhill 1:56.29 27
Guillermo Fayed Men's downhill 1:56.20 26
Men's super-G 1:32.03 22
Julien Lizeroux Men's combined 1:57.18 51.18 2:48.36 18
Men's slalom 48.82 51.90 1:40.72 9
Thomas Mermillod-Blondin Men's combined 1:56.50 52.12 2:48.62 19
Men's giant slalom DNF
Men's slalom 49.90 52.58 1:42.48 21
Steve Missillier Men's giant slalom 1:18.20 1:21.23 2:39.43 13
Men's slalom 49.49 DNS
David Poisson Men's downhill 1:54.82 7
Men's super-G DNF
Cyprien Richard Men's giant slalom 1:17.86 DNF
Gauthier de Tessières Men's giant slalom 1:19.50 DNS
Men's super-G 1:33.17 31
Adrien Theaux Men's combined 1:55.05 52.92 2:47.97 12
Men's downhill 1:55.40 16
Men's super-G 1:31.24 13
Maxime Tissot Men's slalom 49.52 52.02 1:41.54 16
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Sandrine Aubert Women's combined 1:29.50 44.46 2:13.96 20
Women's slalom 51.68 52.78 1:44.46 5
Taïna Barioz Women's giant slalom 1:15.14 1:12.65 2:27.79 9
Anne-Sophie Barthet Women's slalom 53.82 54.01 1:47.83 26
Olivia Bertrand Women's giant slalom 1:16.32 1:11.81 2:28.13 12
Claire Dautherives Women's slalom DNF
Ingrid Jacquemod Women's downhill 1:48.85 23
Women's super-G 1:21.77 10
Marie Marchand-Arvier Women's combined 1:25.41 46.41 2:11.82 10
Women's downhill 1:46.22 7
Women's super-G DNF
Anemone Marmottan Women's giant slalom 1:16.55 1:11.45 2:28.00 11
Nastasia Noens Women's slalom 54.49 54.08 1:48.57 29
Aurélie Revillet Women's downhill 1:47.92 17
Women's super-G 1:24.08 22
Marion Rolland Women's downhill DNF
Tessa Worley Women's giant slalom 1:15.80 1:12.74 2:28.54 16

Biathlon

Vincent Jay (right) bronze medalist in the Men's pursuit.
Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Vincent Defrasne Men's individual 52:14.9 0+1+2+0 26
Men's sprint 27:14.6 2+1 53
Men's pursuit 35:35.6 0+0+0+0 22
Martin Fourcade Men's individual 50:55.4 1+0+2+0 14
Men's sprint 26:25.6 3+0 35
Men's pursuit 36:28.4 1+0+2+2 34
Men's mass start 35:46.2 2+0+0+1 2nd
Simon Fourcade Men's individual 53:06.2 3+0+0+1 40
Men's sprint 27:53.0 1+3 71
Men's mass start 36:28.1 0+1+0+0 14
Vincent Jay Men's individual 54:37.5 1+1+0+2 60
Men's sprint 24:07.8 0+0 1st
Men's pursuit 34:06.6 0+0+1+1 3rd
Men's mass start 36:10.3 0+0+0+1 8
Vincent Jay
Martin Fourcade
Simon Fourcade
Vincent Defrasne 		Men's relay 1:24:50.7 1+9 6
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Sandrine Bailly Women's individual 46:28.8 1+0+3+1 52
Women's sprint 20:45.3 2+1 15
Women's pursuit 33:15.0 1+0+1+2 27
Women's mass start 36:02.0 0+0+2+0 7
Marie-Laure Brunet Women's individual 42:44.4 0+1+0+1 12
Women's sprint 20:23.3 0+0 6
Women's pursuit 30:44.3 0+0+0+0 3rd
Women's mass start 36:39.5 0+0+1+2 15
Marie Dorin Women's individual 46:17.7 2+1+0+1 51
Women's sprint 20:06.5 0+0 3rd
Women's pursuit 32:03.2 0+1+0+1 17
Women's mass start 36:40.9 1+0+0+0 16
Sylvie Becaert Women's individual 44:13.2 1+1+1+0 30
Women's sprint 21:21.6 1+1 29
Women's pursuit 33:34.8 1+0+2+0 29
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Marie Dorin
Sandrine Bailly 		Women's relay 1:10:09.1 2+8 2nd

Cross-country skiing

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Roddy Darragon Sprint 3:41.88 31 Did not qualify 31
Robin Duvillard 30 km pursuit 1:23:57.6 50
Jean-Marc Gaillard 15 km freestyle 35:20.5 32
30 km pursuit 1:19:48.1 30
50 km classic 2:06:38.0 19
Emmanuel Jonnier 15 km freestyle 34:55.1 20
Maurice Manificat 15 km freestyle 34:27.4 6
30 km pursuit 1:17:58.2 26
Cyril Miranda Sprint 3:38.83 17 Q 3:37.3 3 Did not advance
50 km classic 2:11:56.9 38
Vincent Vittoz 15 km freestyle 34:16.2 5
30 km pursuit 1:16:23.4 15
50 km classic 2:05:49.6 13
Cyril Miranda,
Vincent Vittoz 		Team sprint 18:43.8 2 19:18.7 7
Jean-Marc Gaillard,
Vincent Vittoz,
Maurice Manificat,
Emmanuel Jonnier 		4 x 10 km relay 1:45:26.3 4
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Laure Barthélémy 10 km freestyle 28:43.9 62
Celia Bourgeois 10 km freestyle 27:31.4 48
Aurore Cuinet Sprint 3:48.52 23 Q 3:48.7 5 Did not qualify 23
10 km freestyle 27:30.2 47
15 km pursuit 21:59.8 32
30 km classic 1:33:58.3 15
Karine Laurent Philippot 10 km freestyle 26:27.9 26
15 km pursuit 22:11.5 19
30 km classic 1:33:11.4 10
Cecile Storti 15 km pursuit 23:41.7 45
30 km classic Did not finish
Emilie Vina 15 km pursuit 23:01.1 49
Karine Laurent Philippot,
Laure Barthélémy 		Team sprint 18:42.2 1 Q 19:04.2 10
Aurore Cuinet,
Karine Laurent Philippot,
Celia Bourgeois,
Cecile Storti 		4 x 5 km relay 56:30.6 6

Curling

Men's tournament

Men's team
Standings
Country
Skip W L P PA Ends
won 		Ends
lost 		Blank
ends 		Stolen
ends for 		Stolen ends
against 		Shot %
Canada Martin, KevinKevin Martin 9 0 75 36 36 28 14 2 4 85
Norway Ulsrud, ThomasThomas Ulsrud 7 2 64 43 40 32 15 7 1 84
Switzerland Stockli, RalphRalph Stöckli 6 3 53 45 35 33 20 8 9 81
Sweden Edin, NiklasNiklas Edin 5 4 50 52 34 36 20 6 8 82
Great Britain Murdoch, DavidDavid Murdoch 5 4 57 44 35 29 20 9 4 81
Germany Kapp, AndyAndy Kapp 4 5 48 60 35 38 11 9 8 75
France Dufour, ThomasThomas Dufour 3 6 31 58 22 34 16 7 13 73
China Wang, FengchunWang Fengchun 2 7 52 60 37 37 9 7 5 77
Denmark Schmidt, UlrikUlrik Schmidt 2 7 40 57 31 29 12 6 6 78
United States Shuster, JohnJohn Shuster 2 7 43 59 32 41 18 9 12 76

Figure skating

Athlete(s) Event CD SP/OD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Florent Amodio Men
75.35
11
134.95
15
210.30
12
Brian Joubert Men
68.00
18
132.22
16
200.22
16
Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur Pairs
51.16
15
93.94
14
145.10
14
Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder Ice dancing
37.99
6
58.68
7
97.06
6
193.73
6
Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Ice dancing
36.13
9
59.99
6
94.37
7
190.49
7

Freestyle skiing

Moguls
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Guilbaut Colas Men's moguls 25.93 1 Q 25.74 6
Anthony Benna Men's moguls RNS DNQ
Arnaud Burille Men's moguls 22.58 22 DNQ 22
Pierre Ochs Men's moguls 23.19 17 Q 23.62 12
Ski cross
Athlete Event Qualifying 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Enak Gavaggio Men's ski cross 1:13.90 1 Q 1 Q 2 Q 4 Small Final
1 		5
Xavier Kuhn Men's ski cross 1:12.91 3 Q 4 DNQ 29
Ted Piccard Men's ski cross 1:14.10 16 Q 4 DNQ 30
Sylvain Miaillier Men's ski cross 1:13.91 14 Q 1 Q 3 DNQ 11
Ophélie David Women's ski cross 1:18.14 6 Q 1 Q 4 DNQ 16
Chloe Georges Women's ski cross 1:22.03 28 Q 4 DNQ 25
Marion Josserand Women's ski cross 1:19.42 13 Q 2 Q 2 Q 1 Q 3 3rd

Luge

Athlete(s) Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Time Time Time Time Rank
Thomas Girod Men's 49.077 49.192 49.294 49.157 3:16.850 22

Nordic combined

Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Final
Points Rank Deficit Ski Time Total Time Rank
Jason Lamy-Chappuis Normal hill/10 km 124.0 5 0:46 25:01.1 25:47.1 1st
Large hill/10 km 91.5 29 2:22 25:22.6 27:34.1 18
François Braud Normal hill/10 km 122.0 8 0:54 26:58.3 27:52.3 34
Large hill/10 km 116.3 5 0:43 26:16.6 26:59.6 14
Maxime Laheurte Large hill/10 km 80.0 39 3:08 26:24.2 29:33.0 38
Jonathan Felisaz Normal hill/10 km 112.0 30 1:34 26:03.7 27:37.7 30
Sébastien Lacroix Normal hill/10 km 113.0 29 1:30 25:26.3 26:56:3 19
Large hill/10 km 101.2 21 1:43 26:02.2 26:45.2 19
France
Maxime Laheurte
François Braud
Sébastien Lacroix
Jason Lamy-Chappuis 		Team large hill/4 x 5 km 474.7 5 0:43 48:35.4 49:28.4 4

Short track speed skating

Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maxime Chataignier 1000 m DQ Did not advance T34
1500 m DQ Did not advance T34
Thibaut Fauconnet 500 m 41.730 1 Q 51.339 4 Did not advance 16
1000 m 1:27.080 2 Q 1:26.213 4 Did not advance 15
Benjamin Macé 1500 m 2:12.875 4 Did not advance
Jean Charles Mattei 1500 m 2:33.989 5 ADV 2:36.291 7 Did not advance 21
Jean Charles Mattei
Benjamin Macé
Thibaut Fauconnet
Maxime Chataignier
Jeremy Masson 		5000 m relay 6:51.071 3 ADV 6:51.566 5
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Stéphanie Bouvier 500 m 44.376 3 Did not advance
1000 m 1:36.199 2 Q 1:30.420 4 Did not advance 9
1500 m 2:24.966 4 Q Did not advance
Veronique Pierron 500 m 45.218 2 1:10.899 4 Did not advance

Skeleton

Men
Athlete(s) Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gregory Saint Genies Men's 53.40 15 53.16 8 53.32 16 53.43 20 3:33.31 15

Ski jumping

Men
Athlete Event Qualifying First round Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Total Rank
Emmanuel Chedal Normal hill 127.0 13 120.0 24 114.5 27 24
Large hill 135.1 10 99.8 25 125.7 7 13
Vincent Descombes Sevoie Normal hill 123.5 18 113.5 29 116.5 24 28
Large hill 117.9 26 101.0 23 110.6 19 21
David Lazzaroni Normal hill 117.9 26 101.0 47 DNQ 47
Large hill 105.0 35 85.6 34 DNQ 34
Alexandre Mabboux Normal hill 103.0 50 DNQ 60
Large hill 76.1 48 DNQ 58
Emmanuel Chedal
Vincent Descombes Sevoie
David Lazzaroni
Alexandre Mabboux 		Team 419.8 9 DNQ 9

Snowboarding

Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualifying Semifinal Final
Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Mathieu Crépel Men's halfpipe 32.6 2.5 6 QS 37.2 22.6 4 QF 16.7 18.6 10
Arthur Longo Men's halfpipe 34.5 32.4 10 Did not advance
Aluan Ricciardi Men's halfpipe 25.4 37.9 4 33.2 12.8 9 Did not advance
Gary Zebrowski Men's halfpipe 31.6 18.7 8 20.1 36.1 7 Did not advance
Sophie Rodriguez Women's halfpipe 30.1 34.5 11 QS 36.9 9.5 5 QF 34.4 8.3 5
Mirabelle Thovex Women's halfpipe 14.6 24.0 20 Did not advance

Speed skating

Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Pascal Briand 1500 m 1:50.71 33
Alexis Contin 5000 m 6:19.58 6
10000 m 13:12.11 4

See also

References

  1. ^ 108 Français à Vancouver L'Équipe.fr (French).
  2. ^ France's sole Olympic gold medallist back for more in Vancouver AFP (French) - accessed 9 February 2010.
  3. ^ FIS 18 January 2010 Quota for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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