France at the 1964 Summer Olympics explained
France competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 138 competitors, 118 men and 20 women, took part in 89 events in 14 sports.[1]
Medalists
Gold
Silver
- Maryvonne Dupureur — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
- Joseph Gonzales — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
- Jean Boudehen and Michel Chapuis — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs
- Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Janou Lefebvre, and Guy Lefrant — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
- Jean-Claude Magnan — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
- Claude Arabo — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
- Jean-Claude Darouy, Georges Morel, and Jacques Morel — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
- Kiki Caron — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
Bronze
- Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal, and Jocelyn Delecour — Athletics, Men's 4x100 metres Relay
- Daniel Morelon — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
- Pierre Trentin — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Time Trial
- Daniel Revenu — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
- Jacky Courtillat, Jean-Claude Magnan, Christian Noël, Daniel Revenu, and Pierre Rodocanachi — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
- Claude Bourquard, Claude Brodin, Jacques Brodin, Yves Dreyfus, and Jack Guittet — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
Athletics
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Men's 4x100 metres Relay
Boxing
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Canoeing
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Cycling
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14 cyclists represented France in 1964.
- Individual road race
- Team time trial
- Sprint
- 1000m time trial
- Tandem
- Individual pursuit
- Team pursuit
Equestrian
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Fencing
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20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented France in 1964.
- Men's foil
- Men's team foil
- Men's épée
- Men's team épée
- Men's sabre
- Men's team sabre
- Women's foil
- Women's team foil
Gymnastics
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Judo
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Rowing
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France had 22 male rowers participate in five rowing events in 1960.[2]
- Men's double sculls – 6th place
René Duhamel, Bernard Monnereau
- Men's coxed pair – 2nd place (Silver medal)
Jacques Morel, Georges Morel, Jean-Claude Darouy
- Men's coxless four – 10th place
Jean-Pierre Drivet, Roger Chatelain, Philippe Malivoire, Émile Clerc
- Men's coxed four – 4th place
Yves Fraisse, Claude Pache, Gérard Jacquesson, Michel Dumas, Jean-Claude Darouy
- Men's eight – 7th place
André Fevret, Pierre Maddaloni, André Sloth, Joseph Moroni, Robert Dumontois, Jean-Pierre Grimaud, Bernard Meynadier, Michel Viaud, Alain BouffardSailing
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Shooting
See main article: article and Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Four shooters represented France in 1964.
- 25 m pistol
- 50 m pistol
- 50 m rifle, prone
- Trap
Swimming
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Weightlifting
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Wrestling
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External links
Notes and References
- France at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041130/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1964/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2014-08-01.
- France Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417063839/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1964/ROW/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2015-06-27.
