France at the 1972 Winter Olympics

France at the; 1972 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Sapporo
Competitors	40 (33 men, 7 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Patrick Péra, Figure Skating
Medals ; Ranked 16th	Gold0Silver1Bronze2Total3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924 ; 1928 ; 1932 ; 1936 ; 1948 ; 1952 ; 1956 ; 1960 ; 1964 ; 1968 ; 1972 ; 1976 ; 1980 ; 1984 ; 1988 ; 1992 ; 1994 ; 1998 ; 2002 ; 2006 ; 2010 ; 2014 ; 2018 ;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Last updated January 01, 2020

France competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Danièle Debernard	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Florence Steurer	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Patrick Pera	Figure skating	Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bernard Charvin	Downhill					1:55.33	21
Henri Duvillard						1:55.13	19
Bernard Orcel						1:54.81	16
Roger Rossat-Mignod						1:54.72	15
Henri Duvillard	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Jean-Noël Augert		1:33.61	12	1:38.23	6	3:11.84	5
Alain Penz		1:33.36	9	1:39.06	9	3:12.42	9
Roger Rossat-Mignod		1:33.28	8	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

Men's slalom

Athlete	Classification		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Alain Penz	bye		56.72	9	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Henri Duvillard	bye		55.92	3	54.53	6	1:50.45	4
Jean-Noël Augert	bye		55.77	2	54.74	10	1:50.51	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Florence Steurer	Downhill					1:41.36	23
Michèle Jacot						1:40.73	15
Annie Famose						1:39.70	8
Isabelle Mir						1:38.62	4
Isabelle Mir	Giant Slalom					1:35.30	21
Michèle Jacot						1:33.61	16
Britt Lafforgue						1:32.80	8
Florence Steurer						1:32.59	6
Michèle Jacot	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Florence Steurer		46.57	4	46.12	3	1:32.69
Britt Lafforgue		46.23	3	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Danièle Debernard		46.08	2	45.18	1	1:31.26

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Paul Chassagne	DNF	–	DNF	–
	Aimé Gruet-Masson	1'18:44.41	15	1'33:44.41	51
	René Arpin	1'19:52.64	8	1'27:52.64	37
	Daniel Claudon	1'18:14.67	1	1'19:14.67	10

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
René Arpin Noël Turrell Daniel Claudon Aimé Gruet-Masson	4	2'03:08.90	13

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Patrick Parisot Alain Roy	Two-man	1:16.66	8	1:17.17	14	1:14.53	10	1:15.10	12	5:03.46	9
FRA-2	Gérard Christaud-Pipola Jacques Christaud-Pipola	Two-man	1:17.08	11	1:17.25	17	1:14.81	12	1:15.05	11	5:04.19	11

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Patrick Parisot Yves Bonsang Alain Roy Gilles Morda	Four-man	1:11.79	9	1:12.18	6	1:11.27	11	1:11.51	11	4:46.75	9

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Gérard Granclement	50:07.11	48
	Daniel Cerisey	50:05.88	46
	Jean-Paul Vandel	49:22.89	39
	Roland Jeannerod	48:32.42	31
30 km	Roland Jeannerod	DNF	–
	Gilbert Faure	1'48:12.19	49
	Daniel Cerisey	1'47:03.01	45
	Jean-Paul Vandel	1'42:45.88	25
50 km	Jean Jobez	DNF	–

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Jean-Paul Vandel Roland Jeannerod Gilbert Faure Jean Jobez	2'14:35.98	11

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Jacques Mrozek	13	14	2401.3	126	14
Didier Gailhaguet	11	13	2440.9	114	13
Patrick Péra	2	8	2653.1	28

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Florence Cahn Jean Roland Racle	13	12	364.5	116	13

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pierre Larchier	55.86	37	56.28	42	54.68	37	54.94	37	3:41.76	36

Nordic combined

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jacques Gaillard	Individual	67.5	67.0	155.4	29	53:59.5	169.810	35	325.210	35

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Alain Macle	Normal hill	67.5	87.2	62.5	78.7	165.9	53
Yvan Richard		68.0	88.0	63.5	76.3	164.3	54
Gilbert Poirot		69.5	93.4	71.0	95.3	188.7	43
Jacques Gaillard	Large hill	72.0	60.8	73.5	61.9	122.7	51
Alain Macle		76.0	65.9	71.0	56.9	122.8	50
Yvan Richard		77.0	68.8	78.5	73.4	142.2	49

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Richard Tourne	43.06	33
1500 m	Richard Tourne	2:16.37	33
5000 m	Richard Tourne	8:11.52	24
10,000 m	Richard Tourne	16:48.70	22

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