France at the 1924 Winter Olympics

France at the
1924 Winter Olympics
France at the; 1924 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Chamonix
Competitors	43 (41 men, 2 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Camille Mandrillon
Medals ; Ranked 9th	Gold0Silver0Bronze3Total3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated December 20, 2025

France was the host nation for the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix. For the first time in modern Olympics history, the host nation did not win a gold medal.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Henri Cournollet Georges André Armand Bénédic Pierre Canivet	Curling	Men's event
Bronze	Andrée Joly Pierre Brunet	Figure skating	Pairs
Bronze	Adrien Vandelle Camille Mandrillon Georges Berthet Maurice Mandrillon	Military patrol	Men's event

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	Antony Berg Henri Aldebert Georges André Jean de Suarez d'Aulan	Four/five-man	1:39.35	4	1:34.99	4	1:36.68	4	1:31.93	4	6:22.95	4
FRA-2	Émile Legrand Gabriel Izard Jacques Jany Fernand Legrand	Four/five-man	4:29:01	8	DNF	–	2:00.79	7	1:56.58	7	DNF	–

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
18 km	Denis Couttet	DNF	–
	Martial Payot	DNF	–
	Adrien "André" Vandelle	1'43:58.0	29
	Gilbert Ravanel	1'35:33.4	20
50 km	André Blusset	DNF	–
	Camille Médy	5'10:44	18
	Auguste Perrin	5'04:16	16
	Édouard Pouteil-Noble	4'58:27	15

Curling

Team

Pos.	Player
Skip	Henri Cournollet
	Georges André
	Armand Bénédic
	Pierre Canivet
Alternate	H. Aldebert
Alternate	R. Planque

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	PTS
Great Britain	2	2	0	84	11	4
Sweden	2	1	1	25	48	2
France	2	0	2	14	64	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sweden (II)	18-10	France
Great Britain	46-4	France

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
André Malinet	Men's singles	11	10	202.46	77	11
Pierre Brunet	Men's singles	9	6	268.61	54	8

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Andrée Joly	Women's singles	7	2	231.92	38	5

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Score	Final rank
Simone Sabouret Charles Sabouret	61	7.15	9
Andrée Joly Pierre Brunet	22	9.89

Ice hockey

Group B

The top two teams (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA
United States	3	3	0	52	0
Great Britain	3	2	1	34	16
France	3	1	2	9	42
Belgium	3	0	3	8	45

29 Jan	France	2:15 (1:5,1:3,0:7)	Great Britain
30 Jan	France	0:22 (0:12,0:1,0:9)	United States
31 Jan	France	7:5 (3:3,3:1,1:1)	Belgium

—	France
	André Charlet Pierre Charpentier Jacques Chaudron Raoul Couvert Maurice del Valle Alfréd de Rauch Albert Hassler Charles Lavaivre Jean-Joseph Monnard Calixte Payot Philippe Payot Léonhard Quaglia Henri Couttet

Military patrol

Athletes	Time	Shots on target	Final Time (-30s./hit)	Rank
Adrien "André" Vandelle Camille Mandrillon Georges Berthet Maurice Mandrillon	4'19:53	2	4'18:53

Nordic combined

Events:

18 km cross-country skiing
normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes (here: 4) could represent a country per event.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Adrien "André" Vandelle	Individual	26.0	28.0	10.958	22	1'43:58	5.375	21	8.167	20
Gilbert Ravanel		31.0	33.0	12.625	19	1'35:33	9.500	13	11.063	18
Kléber Balmat		35.0	35.0	14.291	13	1'33:49	10.375	9	12.333	10
Martial Payot		–	–	–	–	DNF	–	–	DNF	–

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Total	Rank
Louis Albert	Normal hill	fall	–	–	fall	–	DNF	–
Martial Payot		fall	3.500	24	32.5	11.210	7.355	25
Gilbert Ravanel		32.5	12.960	20	32.0	11.833	12.397	22
Kléber Balmat		36.0	15.167	17	39.0	15.833	15.500	15

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Léon Quaglia	48.4	15
	Albert Hassler	50.6	18
	André Gegout	53.2	20
	Georges de Wilde	54.8	21
1500 m	Léon Quaglia	2:37.0	14
	André Gegout	2:54.4	16
	Georges de Wilde	2:55.0	18
5000 m	Léon Quaglia	9:08.6	9
	André Gegout	10:15.2	18
	Georges de Wilde	10:39.8	19
10,000 m	Léon Quaglia	18:25.0	7
	André Gegout	21:03.4	15
	Georges de Wilde	DNF	–

All-round
Distances: 500m; 5000m; 1500m & 10,000m.

Athlete	Until distance 1			Until distance 2			Until distance 3			Total
Athlete	Points	Score	rank	Points	Score	rank	Points	Score	rank	Points	Score	rank
Léon Quaglia	10	48.40	10	15	103.26	8	21	155.59	8	25	210.84	6
André Gegout	15	53.20	15	25	114.72	12	31	172.85	10	36	236.02	9
Georges de Wilde	16	54.80	16	27	118.78	14	35	177.11	12	DNF
Albert Hassler	13	50.60	13	DNF

References

M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français (ed.). Les Jeux de la VIII^e Olympiade Paris 1924 - Rapport Officiel (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2008-06-10.
Olympic Winter Games 1924, full results by sports-reference.com

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