France at the 1992 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	FRA
Nocname:	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1992
Website:
Location:	Albertville
Competitors:	109 (79 men, 30 women)
Sports:	12
Flagbearer:	Fabrice Guy, Nordic Combined
Rank:	7
Gold:	3
Silver:	5
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

France was the host nation for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. It was the third time that France had hosted the Winter Olympic Games (after the 1924 Games in Chamonix and the 1968 Games in Grenoble), and the fifth time overall (after the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics, both in Paris).

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				12 February
				13 February
				14 February
				9 February
				12 February
				13 February
				17 February
				18 February
				13 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	10	9	19
Biathlon	6	4	10
Bobsleigh	9	–	9
Cross-country skiing	6	5	11
Figure skating	6	6	12
Freestyle skiing	4	2	6
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Luge	3	0	3
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Short track speed skating	4	4	8
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Speed skating	1	0	1
Total	79	30	109

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Adrien Duvillard	Downhill			DNF	-
Denis Rey				1:54.28	27
Luc Alphand				1:52.34	12
Franck Piccard				1:50.42
Armand Schiele	Super-G			DNF	-
Franck Piccard				DNF	-
Jean-Luc Crétier				1:16.36	24
Luc Alphand				1:15.39	16
Franck Piccard	Giant Slalom	1:07.14	1:04.79	2:11.93	18
Alain Feutrier		1:07.11	1:04.89	2:12.00	19
Stéphane Exartier		1:06.87	1:03.80	2:10.67	13
Patrice Bianchi	Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Stéphane Exartier		58.31	55.59	1:53.90	30
Alain Feutrier		54.50	DNF	DNF	-
François Simond		53.88	53.61	1:47.49	12

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Adrien Duvillard	DSQ	-	-	DSQ	-
Denis Rey	DSQ	-	-	DSQ	-
Jean-Luc Crétier	1:46.25	49.67	52.42	18.97	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Marie-Pierre Gatel	Downhill			1:56.25	23
Cathy Chedal				1:55.91	22
Régine Cavagnoud				1:54.94	17
Carole Merle				1:54.73	13
Régine Cavagnoud	Super-G			1:26.69	26
Cathy Chedal				1:25.66	22
Florence Masnada				1:25.42	19
Carole Merle				1:22.63
Cathy Chedal	Giant Slalom	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Sophie Lefranc		1:09.54	1:09.13	2:18.67	19
Christelle Guignard		1:08.08	DNF	DNF	-
Carole Merle		1:06.67	1:07.57	2:14.24	6
Béatrice Filliol	Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Florence Masnada		DNF	-	DNF	-
Christelle Guignard		50.20	46.11	1:36.31	14
Patricia Chauvet-Blanc		48.98	44.74	1:33.72	6

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Béatrice Filliol	1:30.03	34.23	DNF	DNF	-
Régine Cavagnoud	1:28.16	35.96	36.03	51.13	10
Florence Masnada	1:27.08	35.19	34.82	21.38

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Xavier Blond	3	28:32.8	45
	Christian Dumont	4	28:30.7	42
	Patrice Bailly-Salins	3	27:49.7	30
	Hervé Flandin	1	26:56.6	10

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Lionel Laurent	59:10.6	4	1'03:10.6	47
	Thierry Gerbier	1'00:24.8	2	1'02:24.8	39
	Patrice Bailly-Salins	56:28.3	4	1'00:28.3	22
	Christian Dumont	57:27.0	2	59:27.0	13

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Véronique Claudel	4	27:04.5	24
	Corinne Niogret	3	26:32.3	17
	Delphyne Heymann-Burlet	4	25:50.5	9
	Anne Briand-Schaaf	2	25:29.8	7

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Anne Briand-Bouthiaux	49:05.1	7	56:05.1	19
	Corinne Niogret	51:06.6	2	53:06.6	7
	Delphyne Heymann-Burlet	50:00.8	3	53:00.8	6
	Véronique Claudel	50:21.2	2	52:21.2	4

Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Christophe Flacher Claude Dasse	Two-man	1:01.13	16	1:01.52	15	1:01.47	11	1:01.44	12	4:05.56	14
FRA-2	Gabriel Fourmigué Philippe Tanchon	Two-man	1:01.19	18	1:01.72	19	1:01.77	16	1:01.70	14	4:06.38	17

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Christophe Flacher Claude Dasse Thierry Tribondeau Gabriel Fourmigué	Four-man	58.45	7	58.79	7	58.78	11	58.89	8	3:54.91	8
FRA-2	Bruno Mingeon Stéphane Poirot Didier Stil Dominique Klinnik	Four-man	59.03	17	59.33	19	59.52	20	59.53	20	3:57.41	18

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Cédric Vallet	34:35.1	79
	Philippe Sanchez	31:42.3	51
	Stéphane Azambre	31:22.2	43
	Patrick Rémy	30:45.1	36
15 km pursuit¹ F	Cédric Vallet	48:10.2	68
	Stéphane Azambre	43:26.9	38
	Philippe Sanchez	42:34.3	30
	Patrick Rémy	42:08.5	22
30 km C	Guy Balland	1'30:19.6	37
30 km C	Patrick Rémy	1'27:54.0	23
50 km F	Stéphane Azambre	2'13:49.8	26
	Guy Balland	2'10:40.8	14
	Hervé Balland	2'07:17.7	5

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Sophie Villeneuve	16:15.0	49
	Sylvie Giry-Rousset	16:06.6	45
	Marie-Pierre Guilbaud	15:53.6	37
	Isabelle Mancini	15:12.1	22
10 km pursuit² F	Marie-Pierre Guilbaud	31:41.3	46
	Sylvie Giry-Rousset	29:46.3	32
	Sophie Villeneuve	29:28.5	31
	Isabelle Mancini	27:39.3	9
15 km C	Carole Stanisière	47:20.1	32
15 km C	Sylvie Giry-Rousset	46:48.5	28
30 km F	Marie-Pierre Guilbaud	DNF	-
	Sylvie Giry-Rousset	1'35:08.4	39
	Isabelle Mancini	1'31:03.3	21
	Sophie Villeneuve	1'30:14.5	18

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Éric Millot	17	13	21.5	15
Nicolas Pétorin	14	14	21.0	14

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Laëtitia Hubert	5	15	17.5	12
Surya Bonaly	3	6	7.5	5

Pairs

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Sophie Moniotte Pascal Lavanchy	9	9	8	9	17.4	9
Doninique Yvon Frédéric Palluel	8	8	9	8	16.6	8
Isabelle Duchesnay Paul Duchesnay	3	3	2	2	4.4

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Éric Berthon	Moguls	33.26	23.41	8 Q	33.87	24.79	4
Youri Gilg		33.39	23.63	5 Q	33.20	22.85	9
Olivier Allamand		31.85	24.96	2 Q	32.91	24.87
Edgar Grospiron		31.80	25.23	1 Q	31.23	25.81

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Candice Gilg	Moguls	54.94	8.74	24	did not advance
Raphaëlle Monod	Moguls	38.78	24.09	1 Q	43.72	15.57	8

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Group B

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation round

width=165	Team	width=40	GP	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	T	width=40	GF	width=40	GA	width=40	DIF	width=40	PTS
	5	4	1	0	28	9	19	8
	5	4	1	0	32	10	22	8
	5	4	1	0	25	15	10	8
	5	2	3	0	14	22	-8	4
	5	1	4	0	13	25	-12	2
	5	0	5	0	7	38	-31	0

	2:3
	4:6
	4:3
	0:8
	4:2

Final round

Quarter-finals

1:4

Consolation round 5th-8th places

4:5

7th-place match

8th

1:4

Contestants

Jean-Marc Djian

Fabrice Lhenry

Petri Ylönen

Stéphane Botteri

Gérald Guennelon

Michel Leblanc

Jean-Philippe Lemoine

Denis Perez

Serge Poudrier

Bruno Saunier

Peter Almásy

Mickaël Babin

Stéphane Barin

Philippe Bozon

Arnaud Briand

Yves Crettenand

Patrick Dunn

Benoît Laporte

Pascal Margerit

Christian Pouget

Pierre Pousse

Antoine Richer

Christophe Ville
Head coach: Kjell Larsson

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frédéric Bertrand	47.663	30	47.800	32	48.443	31	49.050	32	3:12.956	32
Yves Boyer	47.378	29	46.917	26	47.891	28	47.644	27	3:09.830	28
Olivier Fraise	46.287	21	47.278	30	46.981	22	46.814	20	3:07.360	22

(Men's) Doubles

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Xavier Girard	Individual	199.3	22	+3:14.7	48:02.0	13
Francis Repellin		201.9	19	+2:57.4	50:28.4	27
Sylvain Guillaume		208.1	13	+2:16.0	45:16.5
Fabrice Guy		222.1	3	+42.7	44:28.1

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
10 km cross-country skiing

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Marc Bella	1000 m	1:34.22	3	did not advance
Marc Bella Arnaud Drouet Rémi Ingres Claude Nicouleau	5000 m relay		7:38.32	3 q	7:26.09	3 QB	7:26.09	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Karine Rubini	500 m	49.25	2 Q	1:08.41	4	did not advance
Valérie Barizza Sandrine Daudet Murielle Leyssieux Karine Rubini	3000 m relay		4:43.32	3	did not advance

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Jérôme Gay	Normal hill	79.5	88.7	79.5	92.2	180.9	43
Steve Delaup		78.5	92.1	79.5	94.7	186.8	32
Nicolas Jean-Prost		81.0	97.6	81.0	98.1	195.7	19
Didier Mollard		84.5	103.7	85.0	106.0	209.7	8
Jérôme Gay	Large hill	70.0	17.0	97.5	76.5	93.5	54
Nicolas Jean-Prost		92.5	69.5	78.0	35.2	104.7	51
Didier Mollard		104.5	89.8	81.0	42.4	132.2	40
Steve Delaup		106.0	92.9	105.5	92.7	185.6	6

Men's team large hill

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
1000 m	Thierry Lamberton	1:31.64	44
1500 m	Thierry Lamberton	2:04.04	41
5000 m	Thierry Lamberton	7:35.51	35

References

Notes and References

https://www.olympedia.org/countries/FRA/editions/44 France at the 1992 Winter Olympics