France at the 1932 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	FRA
Nocname:	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1932
Website:
Location:	Los Angeles
Competitors:	103 (97 men and 6 women)
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Jules Noël
Rank:	3
Gold:	10
Silver:	5
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 103 competitors, 97 men and 6 women, took part in 56 events in 13 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
			Men's tandem
			Individual dressage
	, Xavier Lesage, Charles Marion		Team dressage
	, Philippe Cattiau, Fernand Jourdant, Jean Piot, Bernard Schmetz, Georges Tainturier		Men's team épée
	, René Bougnol, Philippe Cattiau, Edward Gardère, René Lemoine, Jean Piot		Men's team foil
			Snowbird class
			Men's 60 kg
			Men's 67.5 kg
			Men's 82.5 kg
			Men's freestyle lightweight
			Men's sprint
	, Amédée Fournier, René Le Grevès, Henri Mouillefarine		Men's team pursuit
			Individual dressage
			Men's épée
			Men's 400 m freestyle
			Men's discus throw
			Men's 1000 m time trial
	, Anselme Brusa, André Giriat		Men's coxed pair
			Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Eight cyclists, all men, represented France in 1932.

Individual road race

• Paul Chocque
• Amédée Fournier
• Henri Mouillefarine
• Georges Conan

Team road race

• Paul Chocque
• Amédée Fournier
• Henri Mouillefarine

Sprint

• Louis Chaillot

Time trial

• Charles Rampelberg

Tandem

• Maurice Perrin
• Louis Chaillot

Team pursuit

• Amédée Fournier
• René Le Grevès
• Henri Mouillefarine
• Paul Chocque

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Eleven fencers, ten men and a woman, represented France in 1932.

Men's foil

• René Bougnol
• Philippe Cattiau
• Edward Gardère

Men's team foil

• Edward Gardère, René Lemoine, René Bondoux, René Bougnol, Philippe Cattiau, Jean Piot

Men's épée

• Georges Buchard
• Bernard Schmetz
• Philippe Cattiau

Men's team épée

• Fernand Jourdant, Bernard Schmetz, Georges Tainturier, Georges Buchard, Jean Piot, Philippe Cattiau

Men's sabre

• Edward Gardère
• Jean Piot

Women's foil

• Jeanne Vical

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1932 Summer Olympics. One male pentathlete represented France in 1932.

• Ivan Duranthon

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Art competitions

See main article: Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: France at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games . 2010-05-02 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090602150835/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1932/ . 2 June 2009 . dmy .