| Noc: | FRA |
| Nocname: | French National Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Games: | Winter Olympics |
| Games Link: | 1948 Winter Olympics |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | St. Moritz. Switzerland |
| Date: | 30 January–9 February |
| Competitors: | 36 (28 men, 8 women) |
| Sports: | 7 |
| Flagbearer: | James Couttet (alpine skiing, ski jumping) |
| Rank: | 5 |
| Gold: | 2 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 2 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | 1906 Intercalated Games |
France competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's downhill | ||||
| Men's combined | ||||
| Men's slalom | ||||
| Men's slalom | ||||
| Men's combined |
See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Claude Penz | Downhill | 3:19.2 | 34 | ||||
| Jean Pazzi | 3:16.1 | 33 | |||||
| Georges Panisset | 3:12.0 | 23 | |||||
| Guy de Huertas | 3:12.0 | 23 | |||||
| James Couttet | 3:07.3 | 13 | |||||
| Henri Oreiller | 2:55.0 | ||||||
| Claude Penz | Slalom | 1:29.2 (+0:05) | 38 | 1:10.9 | 25 | 2:40.1 | 38 |
| Désiré Lacroix | 1:09.9 | 5 | 1:10.0 | 23 | 2:19.9 | 15 | |
| Henri Oreiller | 1:08.0 | 4 | 1:04.8 | 6 | 2:12.8 | ||
| James Couttet | 1:07.5 | 2 | 1:03.3 | 4 | 2:10.8 | ||
Men's combined
The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).
| Athlete | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Georges Panisset | 1:19.8 | 1:15.5 | 18 | 18.38 | 18 | |
| Claude Penz | 1:14.7 | 1:21.8 | 22 | 22.98 | 24 | |
| Henri Oreiller | 1:12.3 | 1:10.0 | 5 | 3.27 | ||
| James Couttet | 1:08.7 | 1:06.2 | 1 | 6.95 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Georgette Miller-Thiollière | Downhill | 2:52.4 | 31 | ||||
| Micheline Desmazières | 2:50.2 | 29 | |||||
| Fernande Bayetto | 2:43.1 | 21 | |||||
| Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet | 2:35.2 | 10 | |||||
| Françoise Gignoux | 2:32.4 | 7 | |||||
| Suzanne Thiollière | 2:31.4 | 6 | |||||
| Françoise Gignoux | Slalom | 1:05.0 | 10 | 1:05.3 | 16 | 2:10.3 | 12 |
| Suzanne Thiollière | 1:01.1 | 6 | DNF | - | DNF | - | |
| Georgette Miller-Thiollière | 1:00.8 | 5 | 58.0 | 4 | 1:58.8 | 4 | |
| Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet | 1:00.1 | 3 | 1:20.5 | 23 | 2:20.6 | 20 | |
Women's combined
The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).
| Athlete | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Suzanne Thiollière | 1:15.0 (+0:05) | 1:02.0 | 13 | 10.50 | 11 | |
| Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet | 1:04.0 | 1:08.4 | 10 | 10.50 | 11 | |
| Georgette Miller-Thiollière | 1:03.9 | 1:14.8 (+0:05) | 16 | 25.79 | 20 | |
| Françoise Gignoux | 1:03.8 | 1:05.2 | 5 | 8.14 | 5 | |
See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||||
| FRA-1 | Achille Fould Henri Evrot | Two-man | 1:25.8 | 10 | 1:25.3 | 12 | 1:24.7 | 11 | 1:24.6 | 10 | 5:40.4 | 11 | |
| FRA-2 | William Hirigoyen Louis Saint-Calbre | Two-man | 1:25.8 | 10 | 1:25.0 | 8 | 1:24.9 | 12 | 1:24.8 | 11 | 5:40.5 | 12 | |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||||
| FRA-1 | René Charlet Jean Morin Jacques Descatoire Amédée Ronzel | Four-man | 1:18.9 | 9 | 1:22.2 | 9 | 1:23.8 | 11 | 1:24.5 | 10 | 5:29.4 | 9 | |
| FRA-2 | Gilbert Achard-Picard Félix Bonnat Louis Saint-Calbre Henri Evrot | Four-man | 1:20.7 | 14 | 1:24.7 | 15 | 1:24.7 | 13 | 1:25.3 | 13 | 5:35.4 | 13 | |
See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 18 km | Walter Jeandel | 1'34:19 | 71 |
| Paul Bouveret | 1'28:07 | 48 | |
| André Buffard | 1'27:18 | 44 | |
| René Jeandel | 1'25:57 | 42 | |
| Marius Mora | 1'25:06 | 37 | |
| Benoît Carrara | 1'20:03 | 11 | |
See main article: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
See main article: Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
Events:
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.
The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.
| Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Distance 3 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Walter Jeandel | Individual | 147.00 | 31 | 60.5 | 59.0 | 59.5 | 192.6 | 21 | 339.60 | 30 |
| René Jeandel | 189.00 | 19 | 52.0 | 54.0 | 56.5 | 182.1 | 28 | 371.10 | 19 | |
See main article: Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
See main article: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Couttet | Normal hill | 54.5 | 58.0 | 194.3 | 25 |
| Jean Monnier | 56.0 | 60.0 | 188.5 | 31 | |
| Régis Charlet | 58.0 | 59.5 | 193.7 | 26 | |
| Arsène Lucchini | 62.5 | 65.5 | 198.0 | 22 |