| France at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | FRA |
| NOC | French National Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| in St. Moritz. Switzerland 30 January–9 February | |
| Competitors | 36 (28 men, 8 women) in 7 sports |
| Flag bearers | James Couttet (alpine skiing, ski jumping) |
| Medals Ranked 5th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
France competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Henri Oreiller | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Gold | Henri Oreiller | Alpine skiing | Men's combined |
 Silver | James Couttet | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
 Bronze | Henri Oreiller | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| Bronze | James Couttet | Alpine skiing | Men's combined |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Claude Penz | Downhill | 3:19.2 | 34 | ||||
| Jean Pazzi | 3:16.1 | 33 | |||||
| Georges Panisset | 3:12.0 | 23 | |||||
| Guy de Huertas | 3:12.0 | 23 | |||||
| James Couttet | 3:07.3 | 13 | |||||
| Henri Oreiller | 2:55.0 | | |||||
| Claude Penz | Slalom | 1:29.2 (+0:05) | 38 | 1:10.9 | 25 | 2:40.1 | 38 |
| Désiré Lacroix | 1:09.9 | 5 | 1:10.0 | 23 | 2:19.9 | 15 | |
| Henri Oreiller | 1:08.0 | 4 | 1:04.8 | 6 | 2:12.8 | | |
| James Couttet | 1:07.5 | 2 | 1:03.3 | 4 | 2:10.8 | | |
Men's combined
The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).
| Athlete | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| Georges Panisset | 1:19.8 | 1:15.5 | 18 | 18.38 | 18 |
| Claude Penz | 1:14.7 | 1:21.8 | 22 | 22.98 | 24 |
| Henri Oreiller | 1:12.3 | 1:10.0 | 5 | 3.27 | |
| James Couttet | 1:08.7 | 1:06.2 | 1 | 6.95 | |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Georgette Miller-Thiollière | Downhill | 2:52.4 | 31 | ||||
| Micheline Desmazières | 2:50.2 | 29 | |||||
| Fernande Bayetto | 2:43.1 | 21 | |||||
| Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet | 2:35.2 | 10 | |||||
| Françoise Gignoux | 2:32.4 | 7 | |||||
| Suzanne Thiollière | 2:31.4 | 6 | |||||
| Françoise Gignoux | Slalom | 1:05.0 | 10 | 1:05.3 | 16 | 2:10.3 | 12 |
| Suzanne Thiollière | 1:01.1 | 6 | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
| Georgette Miller-Thiollière | 1:00.8 | 5 | 58.0 | 4 | 1:58.8 | 4 | |
| Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet | 1:00.1 | 3 | 1:20.5 | 23 | 2:20.6 | 20 | |
Women's combined
The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).
| Athlete | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| Suzanne Thiollière | 1:15.0 (+0:05) | 1:02.0 | 13 | 10.50 | 11 |
| Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet | 1:04.0 | 1:08.4 | 10 | 10.50 | 11 |
| Georgette Miller-Thiollière | 1:03.9 | 1:14.8 (+0:05) | 16 | 25.79 | 20 |
| Françoise Gignoux | 1:03.8 | 1:05.2 | 5 | 8.14 | 5 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| FRA-1 | Achille Fould Henri Evrot | Two-man | 1:25.8 | 10 | 1:25.3 | 12 | 1:24.7 | 11 | 1:24.6 | 10 | 5:40.4 | 11 |
| FRA-2 | William Hirigoyen Louis Saint-Calbre | Two-man | 1:25.8 | 10 | 1:25.0 | 8 | 1:24.9 | 12 | 1:24.8 | 11 | 5:40.5 | 12 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| FRA-1 | René Charlet Jean Morin Jacques Descatoire Amédée Ronzel | Four-man | 1:18.9 | 9 | 1:22.2 | 9 | 1:23.8 | 11 | 1:24.5 | 10 | 5:29.4 | 9 |
| FRA-2 | Gilbert Achard-Picard Félix Bonnat Louis Saint-Calbre Henri Evrot | Four-man | 1:20.7 | 14 | 1:24.7 | 15 | 1:24.7 | 13 | 1:25.3 | 13 | 5:35.4 | 13 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 18 km | Walter Jeandel | 1'34:19 | 71 |
| Paul Bouveret | 1'28:07 | 48 | |
| André Buffard | 1'27:18 | 44 | |
| René Jeandel | 1'25:57 | 42 | |
| Marius Mora | 1'25:06 | 37 | |
| Benoît Carrara | 1'20:03 | 11 | |
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| René Jeandel Gérard Perrier Marius Mora Benoît Carrara | 2'51:53 | 7 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacqueline du Bief | 16 | 21 | 139.022 | 147.5 | 16 |
| Athletes | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denise Favart Jacques Favart | 8.700 | 139 | 14 |
Events:
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.
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. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.
| Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Distance 3 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Walter Jeandel | Individual | 147.00 | 31 | 60.5 | 59.0 | 59.5 | 192.6 | 21 | 339.60 | 30 |
| René Jeandel | 189.00 | 19 | 52.0 | 54.0 | 56.5 | 182.1 | 28 | 371.10 | 19 | |
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 5 | Run 6 | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| William Gayraud-Hirigoyen | 52.7 | 13 | 49.9 | 12 | 51.0 | 13 | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Couttet | Normal hill | 54.5 | 58.0 | 194.3 | 25 |
| Jean Monnier | 56.0 | 60.0 | 188.5 | 31 | |
| Régis Charlet | 58.0 | 59.5 | 193.7 | 26 | |
| Arsène Lucchini | 62.5 | 65.5 | 198.0 | 22 |
Canada competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
Sweden competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The United States competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Norway competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Austria competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Italy competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Nino Bibbia won the nation's first medal at the Winter Games.
Switzerland was the host nation for the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. It was the second time that Switzerland had hosted the Winter Games, after the 1928 Winter Olympics, also in St. Moritz.
Hungary competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Finland competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The country's only medal was a silver in ice hockey.
Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Poland competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Belgium competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Greece competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Romania competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Argentina competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. It was only the second time that Argentinian athletes had competed at the Winter Games, after missing the 1932 Winter Olympics and the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Spain competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Bulgaria competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Turkey competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
| Africa | No representation |  |
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| America | ||
| Asia | ||
| Europe | ||
| Oceania | No representation | |
