France at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	FRA
Nocname:	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Website:
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	245 (214 men and 31 women)
Sports:	18
Flagbearer:	Ignace Heinrich
Rank:	7
Gold:	6
Silver:	6
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 245 competitors, 214 men and 31 women, took part in 131 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Jean Laudet and Georges Turlier - Canoeing, Men's C2 10.000m Canadian Pairs
• Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola - Equestrian, Jumping Individual
• Christian d'Oriola - Foil, Men's Individual
• Jehan Buhan, Christian d'Oriola, Jacques Lataste, Claude Netter, Jacques Noël, and Adrien Rommel - Fencing, Men's Foil Team
• Bernard Malivoire, Gaston Mercier, and Raymond Salles - Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
• Jean Boiteux - Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle

Silver

• Alain Mimoun - Athletics, Men's 5.000 metres
• Alain Mimoun - Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres
• Madeleine Moreau - Diving, Women's Springboard
• Guy Lefrant - Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
• Pierre Blondiaux, Marc Bouissou, Roger Gautier, and Jean-Jacques Guissart - Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
• Gilbert Bozon - Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke

Bronze

• Joseph Ventaja - Boxing, Men's Featherweight
• Louis Gantois - Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
• Jacques Anquetil, Claude Rouer, Alfred Tonello and Roland Bezamat - Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
• André Jousseaume - Equestrian, Dressage Individual
• Jean Laroyenne, Jacques Lefèvre, Jean Levavasseur, Bernard Morel, Maurice Piot, and Jean-François Tournon - Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
• Joseph Bernardo, Jean Boiteux, Aldo Eminente, and Alexandre Jany - Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Main Round (Group D)
  • Defeated Egypt (92-64)
  • Defeated Cuba (58-42)
  • Defeated Chile (52-43)
• Final Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Uruguay (58-56)
  • Lost to Argentina (52-61)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (58-67)
• Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (44-59)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Bulgaria (44-58) → 8th place
• Team Roster
  • • • • • Roger Haudegand Bernard Planque Robert Monclar
  • René Chocat
  • Jean Perniceni
    • • • • Louis Devoti Robert Guillin Robert Crost
      • Jacques Dessemme André Buffière
  • André Vacheresse
  • Jean-Paul Beugnot

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Road CompetitionMen's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Jacques Anquetil - 5:11:19.0 (→ 12th place)
• Alfred Tonello - 5:11:20.0 (→ 13th place)
• Claude Rouer - 5:16:19.1 (→ 23rd place)
• Roland Bezamat - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track CompetitionMen's 1.000m Time Trial

• Henri Andrieux
  • Final - 1:14.7 (→ 9th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Franck Le Normand - 11th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

• • • Claude Brugerolles, Henri Andrieux, Jean-Marie Joubert, and Pierre Michel Bronze Medal Match - Lost to Great Britain (→ 4th place)

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Men's 3m Springboard

• Raymond Mulinghausen
  • Preliminary Round - 59.52 points (→ 26th place)
• Henri Goosen
  • Preliminary Round - 57.79 points (→ 30th place)

Women's 10m Platform

• Nicolle Pellissard
  • Preliminary Round - 43.59 points
  • Final - 69.08 points (→ 4th place)

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. 21 fencers, 18 men and 3 women, represented France in 1952.

Men's foil

• Christian d'Oriola
• Jacques Lataste
• Jéhan Buhan

Men's team foil

• Claude Netter, Jéhan Buhan, Jacques Lataste, Jacques Noël, Christian d'Oriola, Adrien Rommel

Men's épée

• René Bougnol
• Claude Nigon
• Armand Mouyal

Men's team épée

• Jean-Pierre Muller, Armand Mouyal, Daniel Dagallier, René Bougnol, Gérard Rousset, Claude Nigon

Men's sabre

• Jacques Lefèvre
• Jean Levavasseur
• Jean-François Tournon

Men's team sabre

• Jacques Lefèvre, Jean Laroyenne, Maurice Piot, Jean Levavasseur, Bernard Morel, Jean-François Tournon

Women's foil

• Renée Garilhe
• Lylian Lecomte-Guyonneau
• Odette Drand

Football

See main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented France in 1952.

Individual

• André Lacroix
• Bertrand de Montaudoin
• Christian Palant

Team

• André Lacroix
• Bertrand de Montaudoin
• Christian Palant

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

France had 17 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1952.^[2]

Men's single sculls

• Henri Butel

Men's double sculls

• Jacques Maillet
• Achille Giovannoni

Men's coxless pair

• Jean-Pierre Souche
• René Guissart

Men's coxed pair

• Raymond Salles
• Gaston Mercier
• Bernard Malivoire (cox)

Men's coxless four

• Pierre Blondiaux
• Jean-Jacques Guissart
• Marc Bouissou
• Roger Gautier

Men's coxed four

• André Goursolle
• Robert Texier
• Guy Nosbaum
• Claude Martin
• Didier Moureau (cox)

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Nine shooters represented France in 1952.

25 m pistol

• Ludovic Heraud
• André Martin

50 m pistol

• André Martin
• Roger Tauvel

50 m rifle, three positions

• Jacques Mazoyer
• Paul Konsler

50 m rifle, prone

• Jacques Mazoyer
• Paul Konsler

100m running deer

• Jean-Albin Régis
• Albert Planchon

Trap

• André Taupin
• Claude Lagarde

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: France at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . 15 February 2015 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141113091431/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1952/ . 13 November 2014 . dmy .
2. France Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417065149/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1952/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 March 2018.