France at the 2010 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	FRA
Nocname:	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2010
Website:
Location:	Vancouver
Competitors:	108^[1]
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Vincent Defrasne^[2] (opening) Sandrine Bailly (closing)
Rank:	12
Gold:	2
Silver:	3
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

France participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's sprint
			Individual normal hill/10 km
			Women's snowboard cross
			Men's mass start
			Women's relay
			Men's pursuit
			Women's sprint
			Women's pursuit
			Men's snowboard cross
			Women's ski cross
			Men's parallel giant slalom

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics. France qualified 22 skiers, most of any nation at the Games.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Johan Clarey		align=center colspan=4	DNF
				1:56.29	27
Guillermo Fayed				1:56.20	26
				1:32.03	22
Julien Lizeroux		1:57.18	51.18	2:48.36	18
		48.82	51.90	1:40.72	9
Thomas Mermillod-Blondin		1:56.50	52.12	2:48.62	19
		align=center colspan=4	DNF
		49.90	52.58	1:42.48	21
Steve Missillier		1:18.20	1:21.23	2:39.43	13
		49.49	align=center colspan=3	DNS
David Poisson				1:54.82	7
				align=center colspan=2	DNF
Cyprien Richard		1:17.86	align=center colspan=4	DNF
Gauthier de Tessières		1:19.50	align=center colspan=4	DNS
				1:33.17	31
Adrien Theaux		1:55.05	52.92	2:47.97	12
				1:55.40	16
				1:31.24	13
Maxime Tissot		49.52	52.02	1:41.54	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Sandrine Aubert		1:29.50	44.46	2:13.96	20
		51.68	52.78	1:44.46	5
Taïna Barioz		1:15.14	1:12.65	2:27.79	9
Anne-Sophie Barthet		53.82	54.01	1:47.83	26
Olivia Bertrand		1:16.32	1:11.81	2:28.13	12
Claire Dautherives		align=center colspan=4	DNF
Ingrid Jacquemod				1:48.85	23
				1:21.77	10
Marie Marchand-Arvier		1:25.41	46.41	2:11.82	10
				1:46.22	7
				align=center colspan=2	DNF
Anemone Marmottan		1:16.55	1:11.45	2:28.00	11
Nastasia Noens		54.49	54.08	1:48.57	29
Aurélie Revillet				1:47.92	17
				1:24.08	22
Marion Rolland				align=center colspan=4	DNF
Tessa Worley		1:15.80	1:12.74	2:28.54	16

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Vincent Defrasne	Men's individual	52:14.9	0+1+2+0	26
	Men's sprint	27:14.6	2+1	53
	Men's pursuit	35:35.6	0+0+0+0	22
Martin Fourcade	Men's individual	50:55.4	1+0+2+0	14
	Men's sprint	26:25.6	3+0	35
	Men's pursuit	36:28.4	1+0+2+2	34
	Men's mass start	35:46.2	2+0+0+1
Simon Fourcade	Men's individual	53:06.2	3+0+0+1	40
	Men's sprint	27:53.0	1+3	71
	Men's mass start	36:28.1	0+1+0+0	14
Vincent Jay	Men's individual	54:37.5	1+1+0+2	60
	Men's sprint	24:07.8	0+0
	Men's pursuit	34:06.6	0+0+1+1
	Men's mass start	36:10.3	0+0+0+1	8
Vincent Jay Martin Fourcade Simon Fourcade Vincent Defrasne	Men's relay	1:24:50.7	1+9	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Sandrine Bailly	Women's individual	46:28.8	1+0+3+1	52
	Women's sprint	20:45.3	2+1	15
	Women's pursuit	33:15.0	1+0+1+2	27
	Women's mass start	36:02.0	0+0+2+0	7
Marie-Laure Brunet	Women's individual	42:44.4	0+1+0+1	12
	Women's sprint	20:23.3	0+0	6
	Women's pursuit	30:44.3	0+0+0+0
	Women's mass start	36:39.5	0+0+1+2	15
Marie Dorin	Women's individual	46:17.7	2+1+0+1	51
	Women's sprint	20:06.5	0+0
	Women's pursuit	32:03.2	0+1+0+1	17
	Women's mass start	36:40.9	1+0+0+0	16
Sylvie Becaert	Women's individual	44:13.2	1+1+1+0	30
	Women's sprint	21:21.6	1+1	29
	Women's pursuit	33:34.8	1+0+2+0	29
Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Marie Dorin Sandrine Bailly	Women's relay	1:10:09.1	2+8

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roddy Darragon	Sprint	3:41.88	31	did not qualify					31
Robin Duvillard	30 km pursuit							1:23:57.6	50
Jean-Marc Gaillard	15 km freestyle							35:20.5	32
	30 km pursuit							1:19:48.1	30
	50 km classic							2:06:38.0	19
Emmanuel Jonnier	15 km freestyle							34:55.1	20
Maurice Manificat	15 km freestyle							34:27.4	6
	30 km pursuit							1:17:58.2	26
Cyril Miranda	Sprint	3:38.83	17 Q	3:37.3	3	did not advance
	50 km classic							2:11:56.9	38
Vincent Vittoz	15 km freestyle							34:16.2	5
	30 km pursuit							1:16:23.4	15
	50 km classic							2:05:49.6	13
Cyril Miranda, Vincent Vittoz	Team sprint					18:43.8	2	19:18.7	7
Jean-Marc Gaillard, Vincent Vittoz, Maurice Manificat, Emmanuel Jonnier	4 x 10 km relay							1:45:26.3	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Laure Barthélémy	10 km freestyle							28:43.9	62
Celia Bourgeois	10 km freestyle							27:31.4	48
Aurore Cuinet	Sprint	3:48.52	23 Q	3:48.7	5	did not qualify			23
	10 km freestyle							27:30.2	47
	15 km pursuit							21:59.8	32
	30 km classic							1:33:58.3	15
Karine Laurent Philippot	10 km freestyle							26:27.9	26
	15 km pursuit							22:11.5	19
	30 km classic							1:33:11.4	10
Cécile Storti	15 km pursuit							23:41.7	45
	30 km classic							did not finish
Emilie Vina	15 km pursuit							23:01.1	49
Karine Laurent Philippot, Laure Barthélémy	Team sprint					18:42.2	1 Q	19:04.2	10
Aurore Cuinet, Karine Laurent Philippot, Celia Bourgeois, Cécile Storti	4 x 5 km relay							56:30.6	6

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Men's team:

• Thomas Dufour
• Tony Angiboust
• Jan Ducroz
• Richard Ducroz
• Raphael Mathieu

Standings

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete(s)	Event			/		/		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Florent Amodio	Men			75.35	11	134.95	15	210.30	12
Brian Joubert	Men			68.00	18	132.22	16	200.22	16
Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur	Pairs			51.16	15	93.94	14	145.10	14
Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	Ice dancing	37.99	6	58.68	7	97.06	6	193.73	6
Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat	Ice dancing	36.13	9	59.99	6	94.37	7	190.49	7

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Men's moguls	25.93	1 Q	25.74	6
	Men's moguls	align=center colspan=2	RNS	align=center colspan=2	DNQ
	Men's moguls	22.58	22	DNQ	22
	Men's moguls	23.19	17 Q	23.62	12

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Enak Gavaggio	Men's ski cross	1:13.90	1 Q	1 Q	2 Q	4	Small Final 1	5
Xavier Kuhn	Men's ski cross	1:12.91	3 Q	4	DNQ	29
Ted Piccard	Men's ski cross	1:14.10	16 Q	4	DNQ	30
Sylvain Miaillier	Men's ski cross	1:13.91	14 Q	1 Q	3	DNQ	11
Ophélie David	Women's ski cross	1:18.14	6 Q	1 Q	4	DNQ	16
Chloe Georges	Women's ski cross	1:22.03	28 Q	4	DNQ	25
Marion Josserand	Women's ski cross	1:19.42	13 Q	2 Q	2 Q	1 Q	3

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Final
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Ski Time	Total Time	Rank
Jason Lamy-Chappuis	Normal hill/10 km	124.0	5	0:46	25:01.1	25:47.1
	Large hill/10 km	91.5	29	2:22	25:22.6	27:34.1	18
François Braud	Normal hill/10 km	122.0	8	0:54	26:58.3	27:52.3	34
	Large hill/10 km	116.3	5	0:43	26:16.6	26:59.6	14
Maxime Laheurte	Large hill/10 km	80.0	39	3:08	26:24.2	29:33.0	38
Jonathan Felisaz	Normal hill/10 km	112.0	30	1:34	26:03.7	27:37.7	30
Sébastien Lacroix	Normal hill/10 km	113.0	29	1:30	25:26.3	26:56:3	19
	Large hill/10 km	101.2	21	1:43	26:02.2	26:45.2	19
Maxime Laheurte François Braud Sébastien Lacroix Jason Lamy-Chappuis	Team large hill/4 x 5 km	474.7	5	0:43	48:35.4	49:28.4	4

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maxime Chataignier	1000 m	DQ	did not advance	T34
	1500 m	DQ	did not advance	T34
Thibaut Fauconnet	500 m	41.730	1 Q	51.339	4	did not advance	16
	1000 m	1:27.080	2 Q	1:26.213	4	did not advance	15
Benjamin Macé	1500 m	2:12.875	4	did not advance
Jean Charles Mattei	1500 m	2:33.989	5 ADV	2:36.291	7	did not advance	21
Jean Charles Mattei Benjamin Macé Thibaut Fauconnet Maxime Chataignier Jeremy Masson	5000 m relay		6:51.071	3 ADV	6:51.566	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stéphanie Bouvier	500 m	44.376	3	did not advance
	1000 m	1:36.199	2 Q	1:30.420	4	did not advance	9
	1500 m	2:24.966	4 Q	did not advance
Veronique Pierron	500 m	45.218	2	1:10.899	4	did not advance

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Emmanuel Chedal	Normal hill	127.0	13	120.0	24	114.5	27	24
	Large hill	135.1	10	99.8	25	125.7	7	13
Vincent Descombes Sevoie	Normal hill	123.5	18	113.5	29	116.5	24	28
	Large hill	117.9	26	101.0	23	110.6	19	21
David Lazzaroni	Normal hill	117.9	26	101.0	47	DNQ	47
	Large hill	105.0	35	85.6	34	DNQ	34
Alexandre Mabboux	Normal hill	103.0	50	DNQ	60
	Large hill	76.1	48	DNQ	58
Emmanuel Chedal Vincent Descombes Sevoie David Lazzaroni Alexandre Mabboux	Team		419.8	9	DNQ	9

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

• Déborah Anthonioz
• Mathieu Bozzetto
• Mathieu Crepel
• Paul-Henri de Le Rue
• Camile De Foucompre
• Xavier de Le Rue
• Natalie Desmares
• Sylvain Dufour
• Nelly Moenne Loccoz
• Tony Ramoin
• Claire Chapotot
• Pierre Vaultier

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Mathieu Crépel	Men's halfpipe	32.6	2.5	6 QS	37.2	22.6	4 QF	16.7	18.6	10
Arthur Longo	Men's halfpipe	34.5	32.4	10	did not advance
Aluan Ricciardi	Men's halfpipe	25.4	37.9	4	33.2	12.8	9	did not advance
Gary Zebrowski	Men's halfpipe	31.6	18.7	8	20.1	36.1	7	did not advance
Sophie Rodriguez	Women's halfpipe	30.1	34.5	11 QS	36.9	9.5	5 QF	34.4	8.3	5
Mirabelle Thovex	Women's halfpipe	14.6	24.0	20	did not advance

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Pascal Briand	1500 m	1:50.71	33
Alexis Contin	5000 m	6:19.58	6
	10000 m	13:12.11	4

See also

• France at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Notes and References

1. http://vancouver2010.lequipe.fr/Aussi/breves2010/20100201_190314_108-francais-a-vancouver.html 108 Français à Vancouver
2. http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-videos/(afp)---france's-sole-olympic-gold-medallist-back-for-more-in-vancouver_268308g110288-Ve.html France's sole Olympic gold medallist back for more in Vancouver
3. http://www.fis-ski.com/data/document/olympic-winter-games-2010-vancouver-quota-list-18th-jan-2010.pdf FIS 18 January 2010 Quota for the 2010 Winter Olympics.