| France at the 2010 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | FRA |
| NOC | French National Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Vancouver | |
| Competitors | 108 [1] in 13 sports |
| Flag bearers | Vincent Defrasne [2] (opening) Sandrine Bailly (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 12th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
France participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
France qualified 22 skiers, most of any nation at the Games. [3]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johan Clarey | Men's combined | DNF | ||||
| Men's downhill | 1:56.29 | 27 | ||||
| Guillermo Fayed | Men's downhill | 1:56.20 | 26 | |||
| Men's super-G | 1:32.03 | 22 | ||||
| Julien Lizeroux | Men's combined | 1:57.18 | 51.18 | 2:48.36 | 18 | |
| Men's slalom | 48.82 | 51.90 | 1:40.72 | 9 | ||
| Thomas Mermillod-Blondin | Men's combined | 1:56.50 | 52.12 | 2:48.62 | 19 | |
| Men's giant slalom | DNF | |||||
| Men's slalom | 49.90 | 52.58 | 1:42.48 | 21 | ||
| Steve Missillier | Men's giant slalom | 1:18.20 | 1:21.23 | 2:39.43 | 13 | |
| Men's slalom | 49.49 | DNS | ||||
| David Poisson | Men's downhill | 1:54.82 | 7 | |||
| Men's super-G | DNF | |||||
| Cyprien Richard | Men's giant slalom | 1:17.86 | DNF | |||
| Gauthier de Tessières | Men's giant slalom | 1:19.50 | DNS | |||
| Men's super-G | 1:33.17 | 31 | ||||
| Adrien Theaux | Men's combined | 1:55.05 | 52.92 | 2:47.97 | 12 | |
| Men's downhill | 1:55.40 | 16 | ||||
| Men's super-G | 1:31.24 | 13 | ||||
| Maxime Tissot | Men's slalom | 49.52 | 52.02 | 1:41.54 | 16 | |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandrine Aubert | Women's combined | 1:29.50 | 44.46 | 2:13.96 | 20 | ||
| Women's slalom | 51.68 | 52.78 | 1:44.46 | 5 | |||
| Taïna Barioz | Women's giant slalom | 1:15.14 | 1:12.65 | 2:27.79 | 9 | ||
| Anne-Sophie Barthet | Women's slalom | 53.82 | 54.01 | 1:47.83 | 26 | ||
| Olivia Bertrand | Women's giant slalom | 1:16.32 | 1:11.81 | 2:28.13 | 12 | ||
| Claire Dautherives | Women's slalom | DNF | |||||
| Ingrid Jacquemod | Women's downhill | 1:48.85 | 23 | ||||
| Women's super-G | 1:21.77 | 10 | |||||
| Marie Marchand-Arvier | Women's combined | 1:25.41 | 46.41 | 2:11.82 | 10 | ||
| Women's downhill | 1:46.22 | 7 | |||||
| Women's super-G | DNF | ||||||
| Anemone Marmottan | Women's giant slalom | 1:16.55 | 1:11.45 | 2:28.00 | 11 | ||
| Nastasia Noens | Women's slalom | 54.49 | 54.08 | 1:48.57 | 29 | ||
| Aurélie Revillet | Women's downhill | 1:47.92 | 17 | ||||
| Women's super-G | 1:24.08 | 22 | |||||
| Marion Rolland | Women's downhill | DNF | |||||
| Tessa Worley | Women's giant slalom | 1:15.80 | 1:12.74 | 2:28.54 | 16 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Vincent Defrasne | Men's individual | 52:14.9 | 0+1+2+0 | 26 |
| Men's sprint | 27:14.6 | 2+1 | 53 | |
| Men's pursuit | 35:35.6 | 0+0+0+0 | 22 | |
| Martin Fourcade | Men's individual | 50:55.4 | 1+0+2+0 | 14 |
| Men's sprint | 26:25.6 | 3+0 | 35 | |
| Men's pursuit | 36:28.4 | 1+0+2+2 | 34 | |
| Men's mass start | 35:46.2 | 2+0+0+1 |  | |
| Simon Fourcade | Men's individual | 53:06.2 | 3+0+0+1 | 40 |
| Men's sprint | 27:53.0 | 1+3 | 71 | |
| Men's mass start | 36:28.1 | 0+1+0+0 | 14 | |
| Vincent Jay | Men's individual | 54:37.5 | 1+1+0+2 | 60 |
| Men's sprint | 24:07.8 | 0+0 |  | |
| Men's pursuit | 34:06.6 | 0+0+1+1 |  | |
| Men's mass start | 36:10.3 | 0+0+0+1 | 8 | |
| Vincent Jay Martin Fourcade Simon Fourcade Vincent Defrasne | Men's relay | 1:24:50.7 | 1+9 | 6 |
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Sandrine Bailly | Women's individual | 46:28.8 | 1+0+3+1 | 52 |
| Women's sprint | 20:45.3 | 2+1 | 15 | |
| Women's pursuit | 33:15.0 | 1+0+1+2 | 27 | |
| Women's mass start | 36:02.0 | 0+0+2+0 | 7 | |
| Marie-Laure Brunet | Women's individual | 42:44.4 | 0+1+0+1 | 12 |
| Women's sprint | 20:23.3 | 0+0 | 6 | |
| Women's pursuit | 30:44.3 | 0+0+0+0 | | |
| Women's mass start | 36:39.5 | 0+0+1+2 | 15 | |
| Marie Dorin | Women's individual | 46:17.7 | 2+1+0+1 | 51 |
| Women's sprint | 20:06.5 | 0+0 | | |
| Women's pursuit | 32:03.2 | 0+1+0+1 | 17 | |
| Women's mass start | 36:40.9 | 1+0+0+0 | 16 | |
| Sylvie Becaert | Women's individual | 44:13.2 | 1+1+1+0 | 30 |
| Women's sprint | 21:21.6 | 1+1 | 29 | |
| Women's pursuit | 33:34.8 | 1+0+2+0 | 29 | |
| Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Marie Dorin Sandrine Bailly | Women's relay | 1:10:09.1 | 2+8 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Roddy Darragon | Sprint | 3:41.88 | 31 | did not qualify | 31 | |||||
| Robin Duvillard | 30 km pursuit | 1:23:57.6 | 50 | |||||||
| Jean-Marc Gaillard | 15 km freestyle | 35:20.5 | 32 | |||||||
| 30 km pursuit | 1:19:48.1 | 30 | ||||||||
| 50 km classic | 2:06:38.0 | 19 | ||||||||
| Emmanuel Jonnier | 15 km freestyle | 34:55.1 | 20 | |||||||
| Maurice Manificat | 15 km freestyle | 34:27.4 | 6 | |||||||
| 30 km pursuit | 1:17:58.2 | 26 | ||||||||
| Cyril Miranda | Sprint | 3:38.83 | 17 Q | 3:37.3 | 3 | did not advance | ||||
| 50 km classic | 2:11:56.9 | 38 | ||||||||
| Vincent Vittoz | 15 km freestyle | 34:16.2 | 5 | |||||||
| 30 km pursuit | 1:16:23.4 | 15 | ||||||||
| 50 km classic | 2:05:49.6 | 13 | ||||||||
| Cyril Miranda, Vincent Vittoz | Team sprint | 18:43.8 | 2 | 19:18.7 | 7 | |||||
| Jean-Marc Gaillard, Vincent Vittoz, Maurice Manificat, Emmanuel Jonnier | 4 x 10 km relay | 1:45:26.3 | 4 | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Laure Barthélémy | 10 km freestyle | 28:43.9 | 62 | ||||||
| Celia Bourgeois | 10 km freestyle | 27:31.4 | 48 | ||||||
| Aurore Cuinet | Sprint | 3:48.52 | 23 Q | 3:48.7 | 5 | did not qualify | 23 | ||
| 10 km freestyle | 27:30.2 | 47 | |||||||
| 15 km pursuit | 21:59.8 | 32 | |||||||
| 30 km classic | 1:33:58.3 | 15 | |||||||
| Karine Laurent Philippot | 10 km freestyle | 26:27.9 | 26 | ||||||
| 15 km pursuit | 22:11.5 | 19 | |||||||
| 30 km classic | 1:33:11.4 | 10 | |||||||
| Cécile Storti | 15 km pursuit | 23:41.7 | 45 | ||||||
| 30 km classic | did not finish | ||||||||
| Emilie Vina | 15 km pursuit | 23:01.1 | 49 | ||||||
| Karine Laurent Philippot, Laure Barthélémy | Team sprint | 18:42.2 | 1 Q | 19:04.2 | 10 | ||||
| Aurore Cuinet, Karine Laurent Philippot, Celia Bourgeois, Cécile Storti | 4 x 5 km relay | 56:30.6 | 6 | ||||||
| Team | Skip | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | EW | EL | BE | SE | S% | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada | Kevin Martin | 9 | 9 | 0 | 75 | 36 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 85% | Playoffs |
 Norway | Thomas Ulsrud | 9 | 7 | 2 | 64 | 43 | 40 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 84% | |
 Switzerland | Ralph Stöckli | 9 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 44 | 35 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 81% | |
 Sweden | Niklas Edin | 9 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 52 | 34 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 82% | Tiebreaker |
 Great Britain | David Murdoch | 9 | 5 | 4 | 57 | 44 | 35 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 81% | |
 Germany | Andy Kapp | 9 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 60 | 35 | 38 | 11 | 9 | 75% | |
 France | Thomas Dufour | 9 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 63 | 22 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 73% | |
 China | Wang Fengchun | 9 | 2 | 7 | 52 | 60 | 37 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 77% | |
 Denmark | Ulrik Schmidt | 9 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 63 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 78% | |
 United States | John Shuster | 9 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 59 | 32 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 76% |
| Athlete(s) | Event | CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Florent Amodio | Men | 75.35 | 11 | 134.95 | 15 | 210.30 | 12 | ||
| Brian Joubert | Men | 68.00 | 18 | 132.22 | 16 | 200.22 | 16 | ||
| Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur | Pairs | 51.16 | 15 | 93.94 | 14 | 145.10 | 14 | ||
| Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder | Ice dancing | 37.99 | 6 | 58.68 | 7 | 97.06 | 6 | 193.73 | 6 |
| Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | Ice dancing | 36.13 | 9 | 59.99 | 6 | 94.37 | 7 | 190.49 | 7 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Guilbaut Colas | Men's moguls | 25.93 | 1 Q | 25.74 | 6 |
| Anthony Benna | Men's moguls | RNS' | DNQ' | ||
| Arnaud Burille | Men's moguls | 22.58 | 22 | DNQ | 22 |
| Pierre Ochs | Men's moguls | 23.19 | 17 Q | 23.62 | 12 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||
| Enak Gavaggio | Men's ski cross | 1:13.90 | 1 Q | 1 Q | 2 Q | 4 | Small Final 1 | 5 |
| Xavier Kuhn | Men's ski cross | 1:12.91 | 3 Q | 4 | DNQ | 29 | ||
| Ted Piccard | Men's ski cross | 1:14.10 | 16 Q | 4 | DNQ | 30 | ||
| Sylvain Miaillier | Men's ski cross | 1:13.91 | 14 Q | 1 Q | 3 | DNQ | 11 | |
| Ophélie David | Women's ski cross | 1:18.14 | 6 Q | 1 Q | 4 | DNQ | 16 | |
| Chloe Georges | Women's ski cross | 1:22.03 | 28 Q | 4 | DNQ | 25 | ||
| Marion Josserand | Women's ski cross | 1:19.42 | 13 Q | 2 Q | 2 Q | 1 Q | 3 | |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Thomas Girod | Men's | 49.077 | 49.192 | 49.294 | 49.157 | 3:16.850 | 22 |
| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Deficit | Ski Time | Total Time | Rank | ||
| Jason Lamy-Chappuis | Normal hill/10 km | 124.0 | 5 | 0:46 | 25:01.1 | 25:47.1 | |
| Large hill/10 km | 91.5 | 29 | 2:22 | 25:22.6 | 27:34.1 | 18 | |
| François Braud | Normal hill/10 km | 122.0 | 8 | 0:54 | 26:58.3 | 27:52.3 | 34 |
| Large hill/10 km | 116.3 | 5 | 0:43 | 26:16.6 | 26:59.6 | 14 | |
| Maxime Laheurte | Large hill/10 km | 80.0 | 39 | 3:08 | 26:24.2 | 29:33.0 | 38 |
| Jonathan Felisaz | Normal hill/10 km | 112.0 | 30 | 1:34 | 26:03.7 | 27:37.7 | 30 |
| Sébastien Lacroix | Normal hill/10 km | 113.0 | 29 | 1:30 | 25:26.3 | 26:56:3 | 19 |
| Large hill/10 km | 101.2 | 21 | 1:43 | 26:02.2 | 26:45.2 | 19 | |
| France Maxime Laheurte François Braud Sébastien Lacroix Jason Lamy-Chappuis | Team large hill/4 x 5 km | 474.7 | 5 | 0:43 | 48:35.4 | 49:28.4 | 4 |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Maxime Chataignier | 1000 m | DQ | did not advance | T34 | |||||
| 1500 m | DQ | did not advance | T34 | ||||||
| Thibaut Fauconnet | 500 m | 41.730 | 1 Q | 51.339 | 4 | did not advance | 16 | ||
| 1000 m | 1:27.080 | 2 Q | 1:26.213 | 4 | did not advance | 15 | |||
| Benjamin Macé | 1500 m | 2:12.875 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
| Jean Charles Mattei | 1500 m | 2:33.989 | 5 ADV | 2:36.291 | 7 | did not advance | 21 | ||
| Jean Charles Mattei Benjamin Macé Thibaut Fauconnet Maxime Chataignier Jeremy Masson | 5000 m relay | 6:51.071 | 3 ADV | 6:51.566 | 5 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Stéphanie Bouvier | 500 m | 44.376 | 3 | did not advance | |||||
| 1000 m | 1:36.199 | 2 Q | 1:30.420 | 4 | did not advance | 9 | |||
| 1500 m | 2:24.966 | 4 Q | did not advance | ||||||
| Veronique Pierron | 500 m | 45.218 | 2 | 1:10.899 | 4 | did not advance | |||
| Athlete(s) | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Gregory Saint Genies | Men's | 53.40 | 15 | 53.16 | 8 | 53.32 | 16 | 53.43 | 20 | 3:33.31 | 15 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | First round | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | ||
| Emmanuel Chedal | Normal hill | 127.0 | 13 | 120.0 | 24 | 114.5 | 27 | 24 |
| Large hill | 135.1 | 10 | 99.8 | 25 | 125.7 | 7 | 13 | |
| Vincent Descombes Sevoie | Normal hill | 123.5 | 18 | 113.5 | 29 | 116.5 | 24 | 28 |
| Large hill | 117.9 | 26 | 101.0 | 23 | 110.6 | 19 | 21 | |
| David Lazzaroni | Normal hill | 117.9 | 26 | 101.0 | 47 | DNQ | 47 | |
| Large hill | 105.0 | 35 | 85.6 | 34 | DNQ | 34 | ||
| Alexandre Mabboux | Normal hill | 103.0 | 50 | DNQ | 60 | |||
| Large hill | 76.1 | 48 | DNQ | 58 | ||||
| Emmanuel Chedal Vincent Descombes Sevoie David Lazzaroni Alexandre Mabboux | Team | 419.8 | 9 | DNQ | 9 | |||
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| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | ||
| Mathieu Crépel | Men's halfpipe | 32.6 | 2.5 | 6 QS | 37.2 | 22.6 | 4 QF | 16.7 | 18.6 | 10 |
| Arthur Longo | Men's halfpipe | 34.5 | 32.4 | 10 | did not advance | |||||
| Aluan Ricciardi | Men's halfpipe | 25.4 | 37.9 | 4 | 33.2 | 12.8 | 9 | did not advance | ||
| Gary Zebrowski | Men's halfpipe | 31.6 | 18.7 | 8 | 20.1 | 36.1 | 7 | did not advance | ||
| Sophie Rodriguez | Women's halfpipe | 30.1 | 34.5 | 11 QS | 36.9 | 9.5 | 5 QF | 34.4 | 8.3 | 5 |
| Mirabelle Thovex | Women's halfpipe | 14.6 | 24.0 | 20 | did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Pascal Briand | 1500 m | 1:50.71 | 33 |
| Alexis Contin | 5000 m | 6:19.58 | 6 |
| 10000 m | 13:12.11 | 4 | |
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