| France at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | FRA |
| NOC | French National Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
| Competitors | 32 (25 men, 7 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | James Couttet [ citation needed ] |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
France competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from January 26 to February 5
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| André Simond | Downhill | DSQ | – | ||||
| Adrien Duvillard | DSQ | – | |||||
| René Collet | DSQ | – | |||||
| Charles Bozon | 3:01.9 | 8 | |||||
| Gérard Pasquier | Giant Slalom | 3:25.6 | 30 | ||||
| François Bonlieu | 3:11.8 | 9 | |||||
| Charles Bozon | 3:08.4 | 5 | |||||
| Adrien Duvillard | 3:07.9 | 4 | |||||
| Charles Bozon | Slalom | 1:32.3 | 10 | 1:53.9 | 7 | 3:26.2 | 7 |
| Bernard Perret | 1:31.7 | 8 | 1:54.6 | 9 | 3:26.3 | 8 | |
| Gérard Pasquier | 1:31.0 | 7 | 1:53.6 | 4 | 3:24.6 | 6 | |
| Adrien Duvillard | 1:27.5 | 2 | 2:51.4 (+0:10) | 54 | 4:18.9 | 38 | |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Edith Bonlieu | Downhill | DNF | – | ||||
| Madeleine Front | 1:53.6 | 24 | |||||
| Marysette Agnel | 1:52.4 | 21 | |||||
| Josette Nevière | 1:49.2 | 8 | |||||
| Paule Moris | Giant Slalom | 2:02.5 | 18 | ||||
| Madeleine Front | 2:02.3 | 14 | |||||
| Josette Nevière | 2:00.8 | 10 | |||||
| Marysette Agnel | 1:59.4 | 8 | |||||
| Muriel Lip | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Paule Moris | 1:13.9 | 28 | 1:01.7 | 16 | 2:15.6 | 18 | |
| Josette Nevière | 1:00.3 | 13 | 58.0 | 3 | 1:58.3 | 8 | |
| Marysette Agnel | 58.2 | 6 | 1:00.6 | 13 | 1:58.8 | 9 | |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| FRA-1 | André Robin Lucien Grosso | Two-man | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| FRA-2 | André Donnert Serge Giacchini | Two-man | 1:27.41 | 19 | 1:26.83 | 17 | 1:27.41 | 18 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| FRA-1 | André Robin Pierre Bouvier Jacques Panciroli Lucien Grosso | Four-man | 1:20.00 | 13 | 1:21.25 | 19 | 1:20.95 | 13 | 1:21.63 | 17 | 5:23.83 | 18 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Victor Arbez | 57:38 | 52 |
| Paul Romand | 57:11 | 50 | |
| Benoît Carrara | 53:41 | 22 | |
| Jean Mermet | 53:40 | 20 | |
| 30 km | Charles Binaux | DSQ | – |
| Paul Romand | 1'59:02 | 35 | |
| René Mandrillon | 1'52:18 | 22 | |
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Victor Arbez René Mandrillon Benoît Carrara Jean Mermet | 2'24:06 | 6 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alain Calmat | 8 | 9 | 148.35 | 77 | 9 |
| Alain Giletti | 4 | 4 | 159.63 | 37 | 4 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryvonne Huet | 17 | 19 | 138.30 | 194 | 17 |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Régis Robert Rey | Normal hill | 65.0 | 82.0 | 49 | 65.0 | 82.0 | 46 | 164.0 | 48 |
| André Monnier | 67.5 | 82.5 | 48 | 66.0 | 85.0 | 43 | 167.5 | 46 | |
| Richard Rabasa | 66.0 | 84.5 | 45 | 66.0 | 83.0 | 44 | 167.5 | 46 | |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Raymond Gilloz | 43.2 | 25 |
| 1500 m | Raymond Gilloz | 2:17.7 | 34 |
| 5000 m | Raymond Gilloz | 8:32.5 | 35 |
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