France at the 1908 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:FRA
Nocname:French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1908
Website: 
Location:London
Competitors:363
Rank:4
Gold:5
Silver:5
Bronze:9
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England.

Medalists

France finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings, with five gold medals and 19 medals overall.

MedalNameSportEventDate
ArcheryMen's Continental style
CyclingMen's tandem
FencingMen's épée
FencingMen's team épée
Water motorsportsClass A
ArcheryMen's Continental style
AthleticsMen's high jump
CyclingMen's 660 yd
CyclingMen's 5000 m
FencingMen's épée
ArcheryMen's Continental style
AthleticsMen's 3 miles team race
CyclingMen's 5000 m
CyclingMen's 100 km
FencingMen's épée
GymnasticsMen's all-around
Sailing6 m class
ShootingMen's team small-bore rifle
ShootingMen's 300 m free rifle, team

Results by event

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

The French team was one of three to take part in the archery competitions in 1908. They dominated the Continental style of archery, with the 15 French archers taking the top 11 places, as well as 13th, 14th, 16th, and 17th. The two non-French archers in the event, a Briton and an American, took 12th and 15th, respectively. The team did not do as well in the York rounds, with none of the 10 French archers who also competed in it placing better than 16th.

Event Place Archer Score
16th 425
17th 418
19th 410
20th 385
22nd 347
23rd Albert Dauchez 280
24th 241
25th 215
26th 191
27th Did not finish
bgcolor=gold align=center1st Eugène Grisot 263
bgcolor=silver align=center2nd Louis Vernet 256
bgcolor=cc9966 align=center3rd Gustave Cabaret 255
4th 231
5th Charles Quervel 223
6th Albert Dauchez 222
7th Louis Salingre 215
8th Henri Berton 212
9th Eugène Richez 210
10th Edouard Beaudoin 206
11th 193
13th 185
14th 177
16th Alfred Poupart 155
17th 134

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

France's best athletics result was Géo André's silver medal in the high jump.

Event Place Athlete Heats Semifinals Final
Heats 11.2 seconds
2nd, heat 3 		Did not advance
Unknown
3rd, heat 6
Unknown
3rd, heat 11
Unknown
3rd, heat 13
Semi-
finalist 		Georges Malfait 22.6 seconds
1st, heat 5 		Unknown
3rd, semifinal 4 		bgcolor=lightgrayDid not advance
Heats Henri Meslot Unknown
2nd, heat 15 		Did not advance
Semi-
finalist 		Georges Malfait 50.0 seconds
1st, heat 6 		Unknown
4th, semifinal 3 		bgcolor=lightgrayDid not advance
Semi-
finalist 		None held Unknown
2nd, semifinal 7 		Did not advance
Unknown
5th, semifinal 4
Unknown
6th, semifinal 1
— Did not finish
—, semifinal 5
Heats Henri Meslot Unknown
2nd, heat 12 		Did not advance
— Did not finish
—, heat 6
— Gaston Ragueneau None held Did not finish
—, semifinal 1 		Did not advance
Louis Bonniot de Fleurac Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
3rd Louis Bonniot de Fleurac None held 14:56.0
4 points, team=15 		15:08.4
8 points, team=32
Joseph Dreher 15:37.2
10 points, team=15 		15:40.0
11 points, team=32
15:56.6
No score, team=15 		16:03.0
13 points, team=32
No place Jean Bouin 14:53.0
1 point, team=15 		Did not start
No score, team=32
15:52.2
No score, team=15 		Did not start
No score, team=32
Semi-
finalist 		Paul Lizandier None held Unknown
4th, semifinal 4 		Did not advance
— Gaston Ragueneau Did not finish
—, semifinal 1
Event Place Athlete Height/
Distance
bgcolor=silver2nd 1.88 metres
21-32 Unknown
10th 3.20 metres
12th 3.05 metres
5th Géo André 1.47 metres
1.47 metres
19-23 Unknown
8-25 Henri Jardin Unknown
Alfred Motté Unknown
9-25 Unknown
Unknown
8th André Tison 38.30 metres
12-42 Charles Lagarde Unknown

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

France competed in 4 of the 5 boxing events, not winning any bouts.

Weight
class 		Place Boxer Round
of 16 		Quarter-
finals 		Semi-
finals 		Final
Bantamweight
Up to 116 pounds 		4th bgcolor=lightgrayNot held Lost to Condon
KO, 3rd round 		Did not advance
Featherweight
Up to 126 pounds 		5th Not held Lost to Ringer
2-0 decision 		Did not advance
Lost to Gunn
KO, 2nd round
Lightweight
Up to 140 pounds 		7th Lost to Holmes
KO, 2nd round 		Did not advance
Middleweight
Up to 158 pounds 		6th Lost to William Childs
KO, 2nd round 		Did not advance
Lost to Douglas
KO, 1st round
Lost to Warnes
KO, 2nd round
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
0 7 .000
Total 0 7 .000

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

France took one of the gold medals in cycling with a win in the men's tandem. Schilles also finished first in the men's sprint, but the final was voided due to the time limit having been exceeded.

Event Place Cyclist Heats Semifinals Final
bgcolor=silver2nd 59.8 seconds
1st, heat 6 		51.6 seconds
1st, semifinal 2 		Unknown
Semi-
finalist 		58.4 seconds
1st, heat 16 		Unknown
2nd, semifinal 3 		Did not advance
1:01.6
1st, heat 9 		Unknown
3rd, semifinal 1
Heats Unknown
2nd, heat 10 		Did not advance
Unknown
2nd, heat 12
Unknown
2nd, heat 14
Unknown
3rd, heat 2
Unknown
3rd, heat 4
Unknown
3rd, heat 8
Unknown
3rd, heat 11
— Time limit exceeded
—, heat 5
bgcolor=silver2nd Maurice Schilles None held 7:55.4
1st, semifinal 7 		Unknown
3rd André Auffray 8:56.8
1st, semifinal 3 		Unknown
4th Émile Marechal 9:01.4
1st, semifinal 2 		Unknown
Semi-
finalist 		Pierre Texier Unknown
3rd, semifinal 4 		Did not advance
Pierre Seginaud Unknown
4th, semifinal 1
Gaston Dreyfus Unknown
4th, semifinal 6
Georges Perrin Unknown
4-7, semifinal 7
Unknown
4-9, semifinal 5
Richard Villepontoux Unknown
4-9, semifinal 5
— André Poulain Did not finish
—, semifinal 4
Émile Demangel Disqualified
—, semifinal 2
5-9 None held Unknown
6th, semifinal 2 		Unknown
Unknown
4th, semifinal 4 		Unknown
Semi-
finalist 		33:40.8
2nd, semifinal 6 		Did not advance
Unknown
4th, semifinal 1
Unknown
4th, semifinal 2
Unknown
5th, semifinal 4
Unknown
6-7, semifinal 3
Unknown
7-8, semifinal 1
— Pierre Texier Did not finish
—, semifinal 5
3rd Octave Lapize None held Unknown
4th, semifinal 2 		Unknown
5th Pierre Texier Unknown
4th, semifinal 1 		Unknown
9-17 François Bonnet Unknown
7-14, semifinal 1 		Did not finish
G. C. Lutz Unknown
2nd, semifinal 1 		Did not finish
Semi-
finalist 		Unknown
7-14, semifinal 1 		Did not advance
— Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
H. Cunault Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
Pierre Hostein Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
Finalist Maurice Schilles 1:38.4
1st, heat 3 		1:38.8
1st, semifinal 2 		Time limit exceeded
Semi-
finalist 		Émile Demangel 1:35.2
1st, heat 9 		Unknown
2nd, semifinal 3 		Did not advance
André Auffray 1:23.6
1st, heat 10 		Unknown
3rd, semifinal 4
Pierre Texier 1:31.0
1st, heat 13 		Unknown
4th, semifinal 1
Heats André Poulain Unknown
2nd, heat 2 		Did not advance
Pierre Seginaud Unknown
2nd, heat 4
Richard Villepontoux Unknown
2nd, heat 7
Émile Marechal Unknown
2nd, heat 12
Gaston Delaplane Unknown
2nd, heat 15
Gaston Dreyfus Unknown
4th, heat 8
— Georges Perrin Time limit exceeded
—, heat 16
bgcolor=gold1st André Auffray
Maurice Schilles 		3:11.4
1st, heat 5 		2:46.2
1st, semifinal 2 		3:07.6
Semi-
finalist 		François Bonnet
Octave Lapize 		3:06.8
1st, heat 6 		Unknown
4th, semifinal 2 		bgcolor=lightgrayDid not advance
Heats Maurice Texier
Pierre Texier 		Unknown
2nd, heat 2 		Did not advance
Unknown
2nd, heat 3
Gaston Dreyfus
André Poulain 		Unknown
2nd, heat 7
Heats André Auffray
Émile Demangel
Émile Marechal
Maurice Schilles 		2:32.0
2nd, heat 4 		Did not advance

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

France swept the épée competitions, taking all three individual medals and the team gold.

Event Place Fencer First
round 		Second
round 		Semi-
final 		Final
bgcolor=gold1st 7-1 (1st in E) 4-0 (1st in 3) 7-2 (1st in 1) 7-2
bgcolor=silver2nd 4-1 (1st in L) 4-1 (1st in 5) 5-4 (3rd in 2) 5-3
3rd 3-2 (3rd in J) 2-1 (1st in 8) 5-4 (3rd in 2) 4-3
Semi-
finalist 		7-0 (1st in D) 3-2 (2nd in 3) 4-5 (5th in 1) Did not advance
4-1 (1st in M) 4-2 (2nd in 1) 3-4 (5th in 2)
Second
round 		3-3 (3rd in H) 2-2 (3rd in 2) Did not advance
4-2 (2nd in A) 2-2 (3rd in 4)
5-2 (2nd in B) 1-3 (3rd in 6)
5-3 (2nd in I) 1-2 (3rd in 8)
5-0 (1st in C) 1-3 (5th in 4)
First
round 		4-3 (4th in G) Did not advance
7th 3-1 (1st in F) 2-1 (1st in 8) 4-3 (3rd in 1) 1-6
Semi-
finalist 		4-1 (1st in H) 3-0 (1st in 4) 1-6 (8th in 1) bgcolor=lightgrayDid not advance
Second
round 		2-2 (2nd in D) 1-3 (5th in 1) Did not advance
First
round 		2-3 (4th in A) Did not advance
3-2 (4th in C)
0-3 (4th in E)
3-2 (4th in L)
3-2 (4th in M)
1-4 (5th in G)
0-5 (6th in I)
2-5 (8th in J)
Event Place Fencers Play-in
match 		First
round 		Semi-
finals 		Final Repechage Silver
medal match
bgcolor=gold1st Gaston Alibert (1st, sf, f)
Henri-Georges Berger (sf)
Charles Collignon (sf)
Eugène Olivier (sf, f)
Bernard Gravier (1st, f)[1]
Alexandre Lippmann (1st, f)
Jean Stern (1st) 		Bye Defeated Denmark
10-6
Advanced to
semifinals 		Defeated Great Britain
12-5
Advanced to
final 		Defeated Belgium
9-7
Won
gold medal 		Not relegated
4th Georges de la Falaise
Bertrand Marie de Lesseps
Marc Perrodon
Louis Renaud 		bgcolor=lightgrayNot held Defeated Belgium
10-6
Advanced to
semifinals 		Lost to Bohemia
9-7
Out
4th place 		bgcolor=lightgrayDid not advance Not relegated

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

France was represented by the two national squads of France national football team & France B national football team. Each faced Denmark in its first match, with France coming off the loser both times.

Event Place Players First round Semifinals Final Bronze match
Men's football 4th Bye Lost vs.
Denmark
17-1 		bgcolor=lightgrayDid not advance bgcolor=lightgrayNot relegated
6th Pierre Six, Raoul Gressier, Justin Vialaret, Charles Bilot, Serge Dastarac, Victor Denis, François Desrousseaux,
Marcel Eucher, Adrien Filez, Henri Holgard, Albert Jenicot,
Paul Mathaux, E. Morillon, Jules Verlet (captain) 		Lost vs.
Denmark
9-0 		bgcolor=lightgray colspan=2did not advance bgcolor=lightgrayNot relegated

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Gymnast Event Score Rank
Louis Ségura 297
258.75 7
258.5 8
249.5 10
249 11
241.75 14
232 18
227 20
226 22
222 26
222 26
220 28
218 30
212.5 32
207.25 35
204.5 38
E. Gauthier 195 43
180.5 53
172.75 57
120 89
319 5

Hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event Place Players First round Semifinals Final 5th/6th
Men's hockey 6th Lost vs.
GBR England
10-1 		Did not advance Lost vs.
Germany
1-0
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
0 1 .000
0 1 .000
Total 0 2 .000

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Class Place Boat Sailors
bgcolor=cc9966 align=center3rd Guyoni Henri Arthus, Louis Potheau, Pierre Rabot

Shooting

Event Place Shooter Score
19th 86
23rd 85
28th 82
35th 75
38th 69
39th 67
48th 21
8th 835
25th Paul Colas 759
31st 730
34th André Angelini 706
bgcolor=cc9966 align=center3rd 4652
4th Raoul de Boigne
Albert Courquin
Eugène Balme
Daniel Mérillon
Léon Hecht
André Parmentier 		2227
13th 366
17th Léon Tétart 350
19th 304
10th Léon Johnson 13
14th André Mercier 10
15th Léon Tétart 9
19th André Mercier 30
21st Léon Johnson 24
22nd Léon Tétart 21
bgcolor=cc9966 align=center3rd Paul Colas
André Regaud
Léon Lécuyer
Henri Bonnefoy 		710
13th Léon Tétart 11
14th 6
15th 3
12th Léon Tétart 21
14th Maurice Robion du Pont 18
6th André Barbillat 466
10th André Regaud 451
17th Léon Moreaux 438
22nd 427
30th Léon Lécuyer 401
34th Maurice Robion du Pont 391
4th André Barbillat
André Regaud
Léon Moreaux
Jean Depassis 		1750
23rd 28

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event Place Swimmer Heats Semifinals Final
Heats Unknown
3-5, heat 2 		Did not advance
Unknown
4-5, heat 5
— Did not finish
—, heat 1 		Did not advance
Heats 32:37.0
3rd, heat 4 		Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event Place Name Round
of 64 		Round
of 32 		Round
of 16 		Quarter-
finals 		Semi-
finals 		Final
5th Bye Bye Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
1 0 1.000
0 1 .000
Total 1 1 .500

Water motorsports

See main article: article and Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

France had one boat enter competition in the motorboating events, winning a gold medal when that boat ended up being the only finisher in the open class.

Event Place Boat Sailors Result
Class A — Open class align=center bgcolor=gold1st Camille Emile Thubron
3 other crew members 		Did not start (first race)
Finished (second race)

References

Notes and References

  1. This fencer competed in the team event, but is not listed in the IOC medallist database.

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