France at the 1948 Summer Olympics

France at the
1948 Summer Olympics
France at the; 1948 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in London
Competitors	316 (279 men and 37 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Jean Séphériadès
Medals ; Ranked 3rd	Gold11Silver6Bronze15Total32
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Last updated August 26, 2025

France competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 316 competitors, 279 men and 37 women, took part in 135 events in 20 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Micheline Ostermeyer	Athletics	Women's discus throw	30 July
Gold	André Bonin René Bougnol Jehan Buhan Christian d'Oriola Jacques Lataste Adrien Rommel	Fencing	Men's team foil	31 July
Gold	Micheline Ostermeyer	Athletics	Women's shot put	4 August
Gold	Jehan Buhan	Fencing	Men's foil	4 August
Gold	Édouard Artigas Marcel Desprets Henri Guérin Maurice Huet Henri Lepage Michel Pécheux	Fencing	Men's team épée	6 August
Gold	Pierre Adam Serge Blusson Charles Coste Fernand Decanali	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	9 August
Gold	Maurice Buret André Jousseaume Jean Saint-Fort Paillard	Equestrian	Team dressage	9 August
Gold	Jacques Dupont	Cycling	Men's track time trial	11 August
Gold	José Beyaert	Cycling	Men's individual road race	13 August
Gold	Bernard Chevallier	Equestrian	Individual eventing	13 August
Silver	Alain Mimoun	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres	30 July
Silver	Christian d'Oriola	Fencing	Men's foil	4 August
Silver	Ignace Heinrich	Athletics	Men's decathlon	6 August
Silver	Robert Chef d'Hôtel Jean Kerebel Jacques Lunis Francis Schewetta	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	7 August
Silver	André Jousseaume	Equestrian	Individual dressage	10 August
Silver	France men's national basketball team André Barrais Michel Bonnevie André Buffière René Chocat René Dérency Maurice Desaymonnet André Even Maurice Girardot Fernand Guillou Raymond Offner Jacques Perrier Yvan Quénin Lucien Rebuffic Pierre Thiolon	Basketball	Men's tournament	14 August
Bronze	Jacqueline Mazéas	Athletics	Women's discus throw	30 July
Bronze	Jacqueline Mazéas	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight	31 July
Bronze	Marcel Hansenne	Athletics	Men's 800 metres	2 August
Bronze	Joseph Bernardo René Cornu Alexandre Jany Henri Padou Jr.	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	3 August
Bronze	Georges Vallerey	Swimming	Men's 100 metre backstroke	6 August
Bronze	Micheline Ostermeyer	Athletics	Women's high jump	7 August
Bronze	Georges Dransart Georges Gandil	Canoeing	Men's C-2 10,000 metres	11 August
Bronze	Gaston Dron René Faye	Cycling	Men's tandem	11 August
Bronze	Robert Boutigny	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 metres	12 August
Bronze	Georges Dransart Georges Gandil	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 metres	12 August
Bronze	Henri Eberhardt	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 metres	12 August
Bronze	José Beyaert Jacques Dupont Alain Moineau	Cycling	Men's team road race	13 August
Bronze	Jean-François d'Orgeix	Equestrian	Individual jumping	14 August

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jean-Claude Arifon	400 m hurdles	56.9	2 Q	—		52.3	4	Did not advance
Jacques André	400 m hurdles	54.5	2 Q	—		56.3	6	Did not advance
Étienne Bally	100 m	DNF		Did not advance
Étienne Bally	200 m	NT	4	Did not advance
Robert Chef d'Hôtel	800 m	1:56.2	2 Q	—		1:52.0	2 Q	1:53.0	7
Roger Chesneau	3000 m steeplechase	9:27.6	4 Q	—				9:30.2	11
Raymond Crapet	400 m	49.4	3	Did not advance
Yves Cros	400 m hurdles	55.7	2 Q	—		52.5	2 Q	53.3	5
Hugues Frayer	110 m hurdles	15.5	2 Q	—		NT	6	Did not advance
Alexandre Guyodo	3000 m steeplechase	9:17.2	2 Q	—				9:13.6	4
Marcel Hansenne	800 m	1:54.6	1 Q	—		1:50.5	1 Q	1:49.8
Marcel Hansenne	1500 m	3:52.8	2 Q	—				4:02.0	11^[2]
Henri Klein	1500 m	3:59.8	6	Did not advance
Julien Lebas	200 m	22.0	1 Q	NT	5	Did not advance
Jacques Lunis	400 m	49.3	1 Q	48.9	6	Did not advance
André-Jacques Marie	110 m hurdles	14.4	1 Q	—		DNF		Did not advance
Gaston Mayordomo	800 m	1:55.7	4 Q	—		1:54.3	4	Did not advance
Alain Mimoun	10,000 m	—						30:47.4
Alain Mimoun	5000 m	15:11.2	6	Did not advance
Gilbert Omnès	110 m hurdles	15.2	3	Did not advance
André Paris	10,000 m	—						NT	NP
Maurice Pouzieux	5000 m	15:09.8	5	Did not advance
Raphaël Pujazon	3000 m steeplechase	9:20.8	1 Q	—				DNF
Ben Saïd Abdallah	10,000 m	—						31:07.8	6
Francis Schewetta	400 m	48.9	2 Q	49.9	5	Did not advance
Joseph Stéphan	200 m	NT	5	Did not advance
René Valmy	100 m	10.8	2	NT	4	Did not advance
Jacques Vernier	1500 m	3:57.6	4	Did not advance
Jacques Vernier	5000 m	15:29.8	5	Did not advance
Julien Lebas Marc Litaudon Alain Porthault René Valmy	4 × 100 m relay	DNF		Did not advance
Robert Chef d'Hôtel Jean Kerebel Jacques Lunis Francis Schewetta	4 × 400 m relay	3:17.0	2 Q	—				3:14.8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Claude Bénard	High jump	1.84	21	Did not advance
Robert Bobin	Triple jump	14.130	18	Did not advance
Georges Breitman	Pole vault	3.90	13	Did not advance
Georges Damitio	Long jump	6.980	12 q	7.070	6
Georges Damitio	High jump	1.87	1 Q	1.95	5
Charles Épalle	Triple jump	14.020	20	Did not advance
Pierre Legrain	Hammer throw	47.60	18	Did not advance
Victor Sillon	Pole vault	4.00	1 Q	3.95	9
Pierre Sprécher	Javelin throw	52.30	23	Did not advance
Raymond Tissot	Javelin throw	58.19	14	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rosine Faugouin	200 m	25.9	2 Q	—		25.3	5	Did not advance
Jeanine Moussier	100 m	12.9	3	Did not advance
Yvette Monginou	80 m hurdles	11.7	1 Q	—		11.8	2 Q	11.8	4
Liliane Sprécher	200 m	26.0	2 Q	—		25.1	6	Did not advance
Jeanine Toulouse	80 m hurdles	12.0	3 Q	—		NT	5	Did not advance
Rosine Faugouin Jeanine Moussier Liliane Sprécher Jeanine Toulouse	4 × 100 m relay	48.1	3	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yvonne Chabot-Curtet	Long jump	5.640 OR	1 Q	5.350	8
Anne-Marie Colchen	High jump	—		1.40	14
Paulette Laurent	Shot put	?	11 Q	12.030	10
Marguerite Martel	Long jump	4.950	24	Did not advance
Jacqueline Mazéas	Discus throw	—		40.47
Micheline Ostermeyer	High jump	—		1.61
	Shot put	13.140 OR	1 Q	13.750 OR
	Discus throw	—		41.92
Simone Ruas	High jump	—		1.50	9
Paulette Veste	Discus throw	—		36.84	10

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Eleven cyclists, all men, represented France in 1948.

Individual road race

Team road race

Sprint

Jacques Bellenger

Time trial

Jacques Dupont

Tandem

Team pursuit

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Roger Heinkelé	3 m springboard	110.78	14
Guy Hernandez		102.89	20
Raymond Mulinghausen		126.55	5
Guy Hernandez	10 m platform	87.46	20
Raymond Mulinghausen	10 m platform	103.01	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Jeannette Aubert	3 m springboard	86.96	10
Mady Moreau		89.43	7
Nicole Péllissard		100.38	4
Nicole Péllissard	10 m platform	61.07	6

Equestrian

Football

Gymnastics

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented France in 1948.

Rowing

France had 22 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[3]

Men's single sculls

Jean Séphériadès

Men's double sculls

Men's coxless pair

Men's coxed pair

Ampelio Sartor
Aristide Sartor
Roger Crezen (cox)

Men's coxed four

Men's eight

Sailing

Shooting

Twelve shooters represented France in 1948.

25 metre pistol

Charles des Jammonières
R. Bouillet
Didier Hesse

50 metre pistol

300 metre rifle

50 metre rifle

Georges Gauthier-Lafond
Lucien Genot
M. Bouchez

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alex Jany	100 m freestyle	58.1	1 Q*	57.9	2 Q*	58.3	5
Fernand Martinaux		1:04.2	5*	Did not advance
Henri Padou Jr.		1:01.5	3*	Did not advance
Jo Bernardo	400 m freestyle	5:03.8	19	Did not advance
René Cornu		5:05.2	21	Did not advance
Alex Jany		4:53.3	5 Q	4:51.3	6 q	4:51.4	6
Jo Bernardo	1500 m freestyle	20:34.8	14 Q	20:25.5	9	Did not advance
René Cornu	1500 m freestyle	21:01.6	22	Did not advance
René Pirolley	100 m backstroke	1:11.4	2 Q*	1:12.9	8*	Did not advance
Georges Vallerey		1:07.4	1 Q*	1:08.3	2*	1:07.8
Lucien Zins		1:10.9	4 q*	1:11.5	6	Did not advance
Maurice Lusien	200 m breaststroke	2:49.5	11 Q	2:51.4	12	Did not advance
Artem Nakache	200 m breaststroke	2:50.4	12 Q	2:59.1	16	Did not advance
René Cornu Henri Padou Jr. Jo Bernardo Alex Jany	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	9:08.8	1 Q*	—		9:08.0

*Ranks given are within the heat.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Josette Arène	100 m freestyle	1:09.7	17	Did not advance
Ginette Jany-Sendral		1:12.1	23	Did not advance
Gisèle Vallerey		1:14.0	29	Did not advance
Colette Thomas	400 m freestyle	5:32.9	9 Q	5:35.3	9	Did not advance
Monique Berlioux	100 m backstroke	1:18.8	10 Q	1:20.2	13	Did not advance
Ginette Jany-Sendral	100 m backstroke	1:22.7	20	Did not advance
Jacqueline Bertrand	200 m breaststroke	3:10.7	4 Q*	3:13.1	5*	Did not advance
Josette Arène Gisèle Vallerey Colette Thomas Ginette Jany-Sendral Marie Foucher-Creteau	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:50.0	4 Q*	—		4:49.8	7