France at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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France at the
2010 Winter Olympics
Flag of France.svg
IOC code FRA
NOC French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website www.franceolympique.com  (in French)
in Vancouver
Competitors108 [1] in 13 sports
Flag bearers Vincent Defrasne [2] (opening)
Sandrine Bailly (closing)
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
6
Total
11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies. 2010 Opening Ceremony - France entering.jpg
The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

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

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Vincent Jay Biathlon Men's sprint
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jason Lamy-Chappuis Nordic combined Individual normal hill/10 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Déborah Anthonioz Snowboarding Women's snowboard cross
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Martin Fourcade Biathlon Men's mass start
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Marie Dorin
Sandrine Bailly
Biathlon Women's relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Vincent Jay Biathlon Men's pursuit
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Marie Dorin Biathlon Women's sprint
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Marie-Laure Brunet Biathlon Women's pursuit
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tony Ramoin Snowboarding Men's snowboard cross
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Marion Josserand Freestyle skiing Women's ski cross
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mathieu Bozzetto Snowboarding Men's parallel giant slalom

Alpine skiing

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

Men
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRank
Johan Clarey Men's combined DNF
Men's downhill 1:56.2927
Guillermo Fayed Men's downhill 1:56.2026
Men's super-G 1:32.0322
Julien Lizeroux Men's combined 1:57.1851.182:48.3618
Men's slalom 48.8251.901:40.729
Thomas Mermillod-Blondin Men's combined 1:56.5052.122:48.6219
Men's giant slalom DNF
Men's slalom 49.9052.581:42.4821
Steve Missillier Men's giant slalom 1:18.201:21.232:39.4313
Men's slalom 49.49DNS
David Poisson Men's downhill 1:54.827
Men's super-G DNF
Cyprien Richard Men's giant slalom 1:17.86DNF
Gauthier de Tessières Men's giant slalom 1:19.50DNS
Men's super-G 1:33.1731
Adrien Theaux Men's combined 1:55.0552.922:47.9712
Men's downhill 1:55.4016
Men's super-G 1:31.2413
Maxime Tissot Men's slalom 49.5252.021:41.5416
Women
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRank
Sandrine Aubert Women's combined 1:29.5044.462:13.9620
Women's slalom 51.6852.781:44.465
Taïna Barioz Women's giant slalom 1:15.141:12.652:27.799
Anne-Sophie Barthet Women's slalom 53.8254.011:47.8326
Olivia Bertrand Women's giant slalom 1:16.321:11.812:28.1312
Claire Dautherives Women's slalom DNF
Ingrid Jacquemod Women's downhill 1:48.8523
Women's super-G 1:21.7710
Marie Marchand-Arvier Women's combined 1:25.4146.412:11.8210
Women's downhill 1:46.227
Women's super-G DNF
Anemone Marmottan Women's giant slalom 1:16.551:11.452:28.0011
Nastasia Noens Women's slalom 54.4954.081:48.5729
Aurélie Revillet Women's downhill 1:47.9217
Women's super-G 1:24.0822
Marion Rolland Women's downhill DNF
Tessa Worley Women's giant slalom 1:15.801:12.742:28.5416

Biathlon

Vincent Jay (right) bronze medalist in the Men's pursuit. 2010 Winter Olympics - Medalists for the Mens Pursuit Biathlon.jpg
Vincent Jay (right) bronze medalist in the Men's pursuit.
Men
AthleteEventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Vincent Defrasne Men's individual 52:14.90+1+2+026
Men's sprint 27:14.62+153
Men's pursuit 35:35.60+0+0+022
Martin Fourcade Men's individual 50:55.41+0+2+014
Men's sprint 26:25.63+035
Men's pursuit 36:28.41+0+2+234
Men's mass start 35:46.22+0+0+1Silver medal icon.svg
Simon Fourcade Men's individual 53:06.23+0+0+140
Men's sprint 27:53.01+371
Men's mass start 36:28.10+1+0+014
Vincent Jay Men's individual 54:37.51+1+0+260
Men's sprint 24:07.80+0Gold medal icon.svg
Men's pursuit 34:06.60+0+1+1Bronze medal icon.svg
Men's mass start 36:10.30+0+0+18
Vincent Jay
Martin Fourcade
Simon Fourcade
Vincent Defrasne
Men's relay 1:24:50.71+96
Women
AthleteEventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Sandrine Bailly Women's individual 46:28.81+0+3+152
Women's sprint 20:45.32+115
Women's pursuit 33:15.01+0+1+227
Women's mass start 36:02.00+0+2+07
Marie-Laure Brunet Women's individual 42:44.40+1+0+112
Women's sprint 20:23.30+06
Women's pursuit 30:44.30+0+0+0Bronze medal icon.svg
Women's mass start 36:39.50+0+1+215
Marie Dorin Women's individual 46:17.72+1+0+151
Women's sprint 20:06.50+0Bronze medal icon.svg
Women's pursuit 32:03.20+1+0+117
Women's mass start 36:40.91+0+0+016
Sylvie Becaert Women's individual 44:13.21+1+1+030
Women's sprint 21:21.61+129
Women's pursuit 33:34.81+0+2+029
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Marie Dorin
Sandrine Bailly
Women's relay 1:10:09.12+8Silver medal icon.svg

Cross-country skiing

Men
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Roddy Darragon Sprint 3:41.8831did not qualify31
Robin Duvillard 30 km pursuit 1:23:57.650
Jean-Marc Gaillard 15 km freestyle 35:20.532
30 km pursuit 1:19:48.130
50 km classic 2:06:38.019
Emmanuel Jonnier 15 km freestyle 34:55.120
Maurice Manificat 15 km freestyle 34:27.46
30 km pursuit 1:17:58.226
Cyril Miranda Sprint 3:38.8317 Q3:37.33did not advance
50 km classic 2:11:56.938
Vincent Vittoz 15 km freestyle 34:16.25
30 km pursuit 1:16:23.415
50 km classic 2:05:49.613
Cyril Miranda,
Vincent Vittoz
Team sprint 18:43.8219:18.77
Jean-Marc Gaillard,
Vincent Vittoz,
Maurice Manificat,
Emmanuel Jonnier
4 x 10 km relay 1:45:26.34
Women
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Laure Barthélémy 10 km freestyle 28:43.962
Celia Bourgeois 10 km freestyle 27:31.448
Aurore Cuinet Sprint 3:48.5223 Q3:48.75did not qualify23
10 km freestyle 27:30.247
15 km pursuit 21:59.832
30 km classic 1:33:58.315
Karine Laurent Philippot 10 km freestyle 26:27.926
15 km pursuit 22:11.519
30 km classic 1:33:11.410
Cécile Storti 15 km pursuit 23:41.745
30 km classic did not finish
Emilie Vina 15 km pursuit 23:01.149
Karine Laurent Philippot,
Laure Barthélémy
Team sprint 18:42.21 Q19:04.210
Aurore Cuinet,
Karine Laurent Philippot,
Celia Bourgeois,
Cécile Storti
4 x 5 km relay 56:30.66

Curling

Men's tournament

Men's team
Standings
Final round robin standings
TeamSkipPldWLPFPAEWELBESES%Qualification
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Kevin Martin 9907536362814285%Playoffs
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Thomas Ulsrud 9726443403215784%
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Ralph Stöckli 9635344353320881%
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Niklas Edin 9545052343620682%Tiebreaker
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain David Murdoch 9545744352920981%
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Andy Kapp 9454860353811975%
Flag of France.svg  France Thomas Dufour 9363763223416773%
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wang Fengchun 927526037379777%
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Ulrik Schmidt 9274563312912678%
Flag of the United States.svg  United States John Shuster 9274359324118976%
Source: [ citation needed ]

Figure skating

Athlete(s)EventCDSP/ODFS/FDTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Florent Amodio Men 75.3511134.9515210.3012
Brian Joubert Men 68.0018132.2216200.2216
Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur Pairs 51.161593.9414145.1014
Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder Ice dancing 37.99658.68797.066193.736
Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Ice dancing 36.13959.99694.377190.497

Freestyle skiing

Moguls
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Guilbaut Colas Men's moguls 25.931 Q25.746
Anthony Benna Men's moguls RNS'DNQ'
Arnaud Burille Men's moguls 22.5822DNQ22
Pierre Ochs Men's moguls 23.1917 Q23.6212
Ski cross
AthleteEventQualifying1/8 finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRank
Enak Gavaggio Men's ski cross 1:13.901 Q1 Q2 Q4Small Final
1
5
Xavier Kuhn Men's ski cross 1:12.913 Q4DNQ29
Ted Piccard Men's ski cross 1:14.1016 Q4DNQ30
Sylvain Miaillier Men's ski cross 1:13.9114 Q1 Q3DNQ11
Ophélie David Women's ski cross 1:18.146 Q1 Q4DNQ16
Chloe Georges Women's ski cross 1:22.0328 Q4DNQ25
Marion Josserand Women's ski cross 1:19.4213 Q2 Q2 Q1 Q3Bronze medal icon.svg

Luge

Athlete(s)EventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeTimeTimeTimeTimeRank
Thomas Girod Men's 49.07749.19249.29449.1573:16.85022

Nordic combined

AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryFinal
PointsRankDeficitSki TimeTotal TimeRank
Jason Lamy-Chappuis Normal hill/10 km 124.050:4625:01.125:47.1Gold medal icon.svg
Large hill/10 km 91.5292:2225:22.627:34.118
François Braud Normal hill/10 km 122.080:5426:58.327:52.334
Large hill/10 km 116.350:4326:16.626:59.614
Maxime Laheurte Large hill/10 km 80.0393:0826:24.229:33.038
Jonathan Felisaz Normal hill/10 km 112.0301:3426:03.727:37.730
Sébastien Lacroix Normal hill/10 km 113.0291:3025:26.326:56:319
Large hill/10 km 101.2211:4326:02.226:45.219
Flag of France.svg  France
Maxime Laheurte
François Braud
Sébastien Lacroix
Jason Lamy-Chappuis
Team large hill/4 x 5 km 474.750:4348:35.449:28.44

Short track speed skating

Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Maxime Chataignier 1000 m DQdid not advanceT34
1500 m DQdid not advanceT34
Thibaut Fauconnet 500 m 41.7301 Q51.3394did not advance16
1000 m 1:27.0802 Q1:26.2134did not advance15
Benjamin Macé 1500 m 2:12.8754did not advance
Jean Charles Mattei 1500 m 2:33.9895 ADV2:36.2917did not advance21
Jean Charles Mattei
Benjamin Macé
Thibaut Fauconnet
Maxime Chataignier
Jeremy Masson
5000 m relay 6:51.0713 ADV6:51.5665
Women
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Stéphanie Bouvier 500 m 44.3763did not advance
1000 m 1:36.1992 Q1:30.4204did not advance9
1500 m 2:24.9664 Qdid not advance
Veronique Pierron 500 m 45.21821:10.8994did not advance

Skeleton

Men
Athlete(s)EventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Gregory Saint Genies Men's 53.401553.16853.321653.43203:33.3115

Ski jumping

Men
AthleteEventQualifyingFirst roundFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsTotalRank
Emmanuel Chedal Normal hill 127.013120.024114.52724
Large hill 135.11099.825125.7713
Vincent Descombes Sevoie Normal hill 123.518113.529116.52428
Large hill 117.926101.023110.61921
David Lazzaroni Normal hill 117.926101.047DNQ47
Large hill 105.03585.634DNQ34
Alexandre Mabboux Normal hill 103.050DNQ60
Large hill 76.148DNQ58
Emmanuel Chedal
Vincent Descombes Sevoie
David Lazzaroni
Alexandre Mabboux
Team 419.89DNQ9

Snowboarding

Halfpipe
AthleteEventQualifyingSemifinalFinal
Run 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2Rank
Mathieu Crépel Men's halfpipe 32.62.56 QS37.222.64 QF16.718.610
Arthur Longo Men's halfpipe 34.532.410did not advance
Aluan Ricciardi Men's halfpipe 25.437.9433.212.89did not advance
Gary Zebrowski Men's halfpipe 31.618.7820.136.17did not advance
Sophie Rodriguez Women's halfpipe 30.134.511 QS36.99.55 QF34.48.35
Mirabelle Thovex Women's halfpipe 14.624.020did not advance

Speed skating

Men
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Pascal Briand 1500 m 1:50.7133
Alexis Contin 5000 m 6:19.586
10000 m 13:12.114

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