France at the 1960 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	FRA
Nocname:	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1960
Website:
Location:	Rome
Competitors:	238 (210 men and 28 women)
Sports:	19
Flagbearer:	Christian d'Oriola
Rank:	25
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, and failed to win a single gold medal for the second time only (and, to date, the last) in the history of the modern Olympic Games. 238 competitors, 210 men and 28 women, took part in 120 events in 19 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Silver

Michel Jazy — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
Robert Dumontois, Jean Klein, Claude Martin, Jacques Morel, and Guy Nosbaum — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

Bronze

Abdoulaye Seye — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Guy Lefrant, Jack Le Goff, and Jehan Le Roy — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
René Schiermeyer — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

France had 36 competitors, 7 women and 29 men, in 25 athletics events.^[2]

Women's athletics

Women's 100 metres

Catherine Capdevielle

Women's 200 metres

Catherine Capdevielle

Women's 800 metres

Maryvonne Dupureur

Nicole Goullieux

Women's 80 metres hurdles

Denise Laborie-Guénard

Simone Brièrre

Women's high jump

Florence Pétry-Amiel

Women's long jump

Madeleine Thétu

Men's athletics

Men's 100 metres

Jocelyn Delecour

Abdoulaye Sèye

Claude Piquemal

Men's 200 metres

Abdoulaye Sèye – Bronze

Jocelyn Delecour

Men's 800 metres

Pierre-Yvon Lenoir

Men's 1500 metres

Michel Jazy – Silver

Men's 5000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres

Hamida Addèche

Men's marathon

Men's 110 metres hurdles

Edmond Roudnitska

Jacques Déprez

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Jocelyn Delecour, Paul Genevay, Claude Piquemal, Abdoulaye Sèye

Men's 20 kilometres walk

Men's 50 kilometres walk

Men's high jump

Maurice Fournier

Men's pole vault

Men's long jump

Christian Collardot

Men's triple jump

Men's discus throw

Men's hammer throw

Men's javelin throw

Léon Syrovatski

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

The French men's basketball team had 12 players.^[3]

Team

Roger Antoine, Philippe Baillet, Christian Baltzer, Louis Bertorelle, Jean-Paul Beugnot, Jérôme Christ, Jean Degros, Max Dorigo, Henri Grange, Bernard Mayeur, Robert Monclar, Henri Villecourt

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

France had eight male competitors in eight boxing events.^[4]

Flyweight (51 kg)

Bantamweight (54 kg)

Featherweight

Lightweight (60 kg)

Welterweight (67 kg)

Light middleweight (71 kg)

Souleymane Diallo

Middleweight (75 kg)

Yoland Levèque

Heavyweight (+81 kg)

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

France had 9 competitors, 1 woman and 8 men, in 4 canoeing and kayaking events.^[5]

Women's K-1 500 metres

Men's K-1 1000 metres

Men's K-1 4 × 500 metres

Henri Amazouze, Jean Houde, Pierre Derivery, Jean Friquet, Fredy Grosheny

Men's C-2 1000 metres

Georges Turlier, Michel Picard

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

France had 14 men compete in six cycling events.

Individual road race

Jacques Gestraut

François Hamon

Team time trial

Henri Duez, François Hamon, Roland Lacombe, Jacques Simon

Sprint

Antoine Pellegrina

1000m time trial

Tandem

Roland Surrugue, Michel Scob

Team pursuit

Marcel Delattre, Jacques Suire, Guy Claud, Michel Nédélec

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

France had 4 competitors, 1 woman and 3 men, in 4 diving events.^[6]

Women's 3 metre springboard

Nicole Péllissard

Women's 10 metre platform

Nicole Péllissard

Men's 3 metre springboard

Georges Senecot

Men's 10 metre platform

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

France had 7 male competitors in 4 equestrianism events.^[7]

Men's three-day events, Individual and Team

Pierre Durand Sr.

Mixed jumping events, Individual and Team

Bernard de Fombelle

Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

France had 21 competitors, 16 men and 5 women, in 8 fencing events.

Men's foil

Christian d'Oriola

Jean-Claude Magnan

Men's team foil

Jacky Courtillat, Jean-Claude Magnan, Guy Barrabino, Claude Netter, Christian d'Oriola

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Armand Mouyal, Yves Dreyfus, Claude Brodin, Christian d'Oriola, Jack Guittet, Gérard Lefranc

Men's sabre

Jacques Lefèvre

Men's team sabre

Marcel Parent, Claude Gamot, Jacques Lefèvre, Jacques Roulot, Claude Arabo

Women's foil

Catherine Delbarre

Régine Veronnet

Women's team foil

Monique Leroux, Régine Veronnet, Françoise Mailliard, Renée Garilhe, Catherine Delbarre

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

The French men's football team had 17 players.^[8]

Team

Ahmed Arab, Marcel Artélésa, Raymond Baratto, Pierre Bodin, Jean-Baptiste Bordas, Claude Dubaële, Gérard Coinçon, André Giamarchi, Gines Gonzales, Marcel Loncle, François Philippe, Louis Polonia, Yvon Quédec, Charles Samoy, Max Samper, Jacques Stamm, Jean Wettstein

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

France had 12 competitors, 6 women and 6 men, in 14 gymnastics events.^[9]

Women's events – Team all-around, Individual all-around, Floor, Vault, Uneven bars, Balance beam

Jacqueline Dieudonné

Anne-Marie Demortière

Paulette le Raer

Danièle Sicot-Coulon

Men's events – Team all-around, Individual all-around, Floor, Vault, Parallel bars, Horizontal bar, Rings, Pommel horse

Robert Caymaris

Bernard Fauqueux

Mohamed Lazhari

Hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

The French men's hockey team had 16 players.^[10]

Team

Yvan Bia, Roger Bignon, Jacques Bonnet, Pierre Court, Jean Desmasures, Maurice Dobigny, Claude Dugardin, Claude Leroy, Diran Manoukian, Ido Marang, Jacques Mauchien, Gérard Poulain, Philippe Reynaud, Albert Vanpoulle, Claude Windal, Jean-Pierre Windal

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

France had three male competitors in two modern pentathlon events.

Individual

Christian Beauvalet

Étienne Jalenques

Team

André Bernard, Christian Beauvalet, Étienne Jalenques

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

France had 16 male competitors in three rowing events.^[11]

Men's double sculls – 4th place

René Duhamel, Bernard Monnereau

Men's coxed four – 2nd place (Silver medal)

Robert Dumontois, Claude Martin, Jacques Morel, Guy Nosbaum, Jean Klein

Men's eight – 4th place

Christian Puibaraud, Jean-Pierre Bellet, Émile Clerc, Jean Ledoux, Gaston Mercier, Bernard Meynadier, Joseph Moroni, Michel Viaud, Alain Bouffard

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

France had 11 male competitors in five sailing events.^[12]

Finn – 1-person Finn (dinghy)

Yves-Louis Pinaud

Flying Dutchman – 2-person Flying Dutchman (dinghy)

Jean-Claude Cornu (helmsman), Daniel Gouffier

Star – 2-person Star (keelboat)

Georges Pisani (helmsman), Noël Desaubliaux

Dragon – 3-person Dragon (keelboat)

Jean Peytel (helmsman), Philippe Reinhart, François Thierry-Mieg

5.5 Metre – 3-person 5.5 Metre (keelboat)

Jacques Baptiste Lebrun (helmsman), Pierre Buret, Louis Chauvot

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

France had seven men participate in five shooting events.

25 m pistol

50 m pistol

50 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, prone

Trap

Claude Foussier

Marcel Otto-Bruc

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

See also

France at the 1960 Summer Paralympics

External links

Notes and References

France at the 1960 Rome Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041118/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1960/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2014-08-01.
France Athletics at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062754/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1960/ATH/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2017-08-04.
France Basketball at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062736/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1960/BAS/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2017-08-04.
France Equestrianism at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062749/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1960/BOX/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2017-08-04.
France Canoeing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062800/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1960/CAN/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2017-08-04.
France Diving at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062723/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1960/DIV/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2017-08-04.
France Equestrianism at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062720/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1960/EQU/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2017-08-04.
France Football at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062711/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1960/FTB/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2017-08-04.
France Gymnastics at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062732/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1960/GYM/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2017-08-04.
France Hockey at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062740/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1960/HOK/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2017-08-04.
France Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062739/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1960/ROW/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2015-06-27.
France Sailing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062713/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1960/SAI/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2015-06-27.