France at the 1998 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:FRA
Nocname:French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:1998
Website: 
Location:Nagano
Competitors:106 (75 men, 31 women)
Sports:12
Flagbearer:Philippe Candeloro (figure skating)
Rank:13
Gold:2
Silver:1
Bronze:5
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
10 February
13 February
18 February
14 February
16 February

16 February



20 February



21 February

Competitors

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

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Alpine skiing10 8 18
Biathlon5 5 10
Bobsleigh5 5
Cross-country skiing4 4 8
Figure skating6 8 14
Freestyle skiing6 1 7
Ice hockey22 0 22
Nordic combined4 4
Short track speed skating2 0 2
Ski jumping2 2
Snowboarding8 5 13
Speed skating1 0 1
Total 75 31 106

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Adrien DuvillardDownhillDNF -
Nicolas BurtinDNF -
Jean-Luc Crétier1:50.11
Nicolas BurtinSuper-GDSQ -
Frédéric Marin-CudrazDNF -
Jean-Luc Crétier1:37.9525
Ian PiccardGiant Slalom1:22.081:19.022:41.1011
Joël Chenal1:22.05DSQDSQ -
Christophe Saioni1:21.841:19.402:41.2413
François SimondSlalomDNF - DNF -
Sébastien Amiez56.9655.231:52.1914
Joël Chenal56.6854.831:51.518
Pierrick Bourgeat56.2855.541:51.8210
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Carole Montillet-CarlesDownhill1:30.6514
Régine Cavagnoud1:29.727
Mélanie Suchet1:29.484
Florence Masnada1:29.37
Florence MasnadaSuper-G1:19.0318
Régine Cavagnoud1:18.9116
Carole Montillet-Carles1:18.8814
Mélanie Suchet1:18.518
Leila PiccardGiant SlalomDNF - DNF -
Sophie Lefranc1:19.881:33.392:53.275
Patricia Chauvet-BlancSlalomDNF - DNF -
Laure PequegnotDNF - DNF -
Leila Piccard46.25DNFDNF -

Women's combined

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km SprintRaphaël PoiréeDNFDNF -
Andreas Heymann233:06.969
Julien Robert032:52.467
Thierry Dusserre130:43.650
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 kmAndreas Heymann58:42.761'04:42.757
Thierry Dusserre1'01:26.611'02:26.646
Julien Robert1'01:01.611'02:01.640
Raphaël Poirée58:08.421'00:08.422
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Women
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
7.5 km SprintAnne Briand-Bouthiaux526:16.154
Florence Baverel-Robert125:39.643
Corinne Niogret224:54.725
Emmanuelle Claret124:08.714
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
15 kmFlorence Baverel-Robert1'05:42.841'09:42.863
Christelle Gros59:33.871'06:33.859
Anne Briand-Bouthiaux55:13.1358:13.120
Corinne Niogret56:51.1157:51.116
Women's 4 × 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 1998 Winter Olympics.

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
FRA-1Bruno Mingeon
Emmanuel Hostache
Two-man54.80654.65754.551054.62103:38.629
FRA-2Éric Alard
Éric Le Chanony
Two-man55.251554.751154.731354.5893:39.3113

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 km
C
Philippe Sanchez31:03.559
Vincent Vittoz29:03.524
Patrick Rémy28:55.220
15 km
pursuit1
F
Patrick Rémy43:56.830
Vincent Vittoz42:31.919
30 km
C
Patrick RémyDNF -
50 km
F
Vincent Vittoz2'14:16.221
Hervé Balland2'11:55.914

1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km
C
Anne-Laure Condevaux20:21.264
Karine Philippot19:38.652
Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel19:33.449
Sophie Villeneuve19:05.532
10 km
pursuit2
F
Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel32:20.037
Karine Philippot32:00.333
Sophie Villeneuve31:31.527
15 km
C
Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel52:30.145
30 km
F
Karine Philippot1'29:51.622
Sophie Villeneuve1'28:57.817

2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
Women
AthleteSPFSTFPRank
Laëtitia Hubert122127.020
Surya Bonaly61114.010
Vanessa Gusmeroli8610.06
Pairs
AthletesSPFSTFPRank
Sabrina Lefrançois
Nicolas Osseland
171725.517
Sarah Abitbol
Stéphane Bernadis
769.56
Ice Dancing
AthletesCD1CD2ODFDTFPRank
Dominique Deniaud
Martial Jaffredo
2021212040.820
Sophie Moniotte
Pascal Lavanchy
1010121122.211
Marina Anissina
Gwendal Peizerat
33347.0

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Olivier CotteMoguls28.6623.4620did not advance
Julien Regnier-Lafforgue28.2024.2012 Q25.9324.6411
Fabrice Ougier27.7224.2611 Q25.8824.2212
Thony Hemery26.1825.066 QDNFDNF -
Jean-Damien ClimonetAerials186.8116did not advance
Sébastien Foucras200.2712 Q248.79
Women

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

Preliminary round - Group B

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

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Leading scorers

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-country
time
Total
rank
PointsRank
Fabrice GuyIndividual201.52846:43.329
Ludovic Roux202.52746:52.231
Sylvain Guillaume212.51643:42.59
Nicolas Bal218.51142:46.87

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rank
Ludovic Mathieu500 m43.7674did not advance
Bruno Loscos43.7253did not advance
Ludovic Mathieu1000 m1:36.0764did not advance
Bruno Loscos1:30.8053did not advance

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsPointsRank
Jérôme GayNormal hill74.082.037did not advance
Nicolas Dessum83.0101.515 Q82.5100.5202.016
Jérôme GayLarge hill115.5107.917 Q118.0111.4219.321
Nicolas Dessum118.5113.310 Q119.0115.2228.516

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's giant slalom
AthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Maxence Idesheim1:00.751:04.772:05.528
Mathieu Bozzetto59.831:04.742:04.575
Nicolas Conte59.69DNFDNF -
Christophe Ségura59.591:09.272:08.8612
Men's halfpipe
AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2Final
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Jean Baptiste Charlet31.32939.65 QF73.412
Tony Vannucci Roos36.21435.817did not advance
Jonathan Collomb-Patton38.28 QF75.510
Guillaume Chastagnol40.22 QF78.35
Women's giant slalom
AthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Nathalie Desmares1:21.431:08.422:29.8517
Charlotte Bernard1:14.431:14.302:28.7316
Isabelle Blanc1:11.28DSQDSQ -
Karine Ruby1:09.331:08.012:17.34
Women's halfpipe

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
1500 mCédric Kuentz1:54.7837
5000 mCédric Kuentz6:45.9019

References

Notes and References

  1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/FRA/editions/46 France at the 1998 Winter Olympics