France at the 1968 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	FRA
Nocname:	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1968
Website:
Location:	Grenoble
Competitors:	75 (64 men, 11 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Gilbert Poirot (ski jumping)
Rank:	3
Gold:	4
Silver:	3
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's downhill
			Men's giant slalom
			Men's slalom
			Women's slalom
			Men's downhill
			Women's downhill
			Women's giant slalom
			Women's slalom
			Men's singles

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Léo Lacroix	Downhill					2:03.86	20
Bernard Orcel						2:02.22	8
Guy Périllat						1:59.93
Jean-Claude Killy						1:59.85
Bernard Orcel	Giant Slalom	DSQ	-	-	-	DSQ	-
Georges Mauduit		1:44.86	4	1:48.92	12	3:33.78	9
Guy Périllat		1:44.78	3	1:47.28	5	3:32.06	4
Jean-Claude Killy		1:42.74	1	1:46.54	2	3:29.28

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Jean-Pierre Augert	52.10	3	54.91	1 QF	51.32	17	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Guy Périllat	57.71	3	55.37	1 QF	49.89	6	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Alain Penz	54.63	2 QF	-	-	49.89	6	51.25	11	1:41.14	8
Jean-Claude Killy	49.89	1 QF	-	-	49.37	1	50.36	4	1:39.73

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Florence Steurer	Downhill					1:43.00	9
Marielle Goitschel						1:42.95	8
Annie Famose						1:42.15	5
Isabelle Mir						1:41.33
Marielle Goitschel	Giant Slalom					1:56.09	7
Isabelle Mir						1:56.07	6
Florence Steurer						1:54.75	4
Annie Famose						1:54.61
Florence Steurer	Slalom	DSQ	-	-	-	DSQ	-
Annie Famose		42.21	7	45.68	3	1:27.89
Isabelle Mir		42.14	6	46.08	4	1:28.22	5
Marielle Goitschel		40.27	2	45.59	2	1:25.86

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ^1	Rank
20 km	Guy Daraffourg	1'23:51.4	18	1'41:51.4	58
	Louis Romand	1'25:55.2	12	1'37:55.2	57
	Aimé Gruet-Masson	1'20:50.4	11	1'31:50.4	42
	Jean-Claude Viry	1'19:16.2	10	1'29:16.2	35

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Bertrand Croset Henri Sirvain	Two-man	1:12.36	15	1:12.79	16	1:12.35	11	1:13.78	20	4:51.28	16
FRA-2	Gérard Christaud-Pipola Jacques Christaud-Pipola	Two-man	1:11.24	6	1:34.47	20	1:12.49	13	1:13.47	18	5:11.67	20

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Francis Luiggi André Patey Gérard Monrazel Maurice Grether	Four-man	1:10.65	7	1:08.19	7	2:18.84	7
FRA-2	Bertrand Croset Claude Roussel Louis Courtois Henri Sirvain	Four-man	1:11.11	12	1:08.61	11	2:19.72	11

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Jean Jobez	53:22.1	46
	Félix Mathieu	52:58.8	44
	Victor Arbez	51:20.5	28
	Roger Pires	50:52.6	24
30 km	Roger Pires	1'45:54.6	43
	Luc Colin	1'45:40.7	42
	Philippe Baradel	1'45:33.3	41
	Jean Jobez	1'45:08.8	39
50 km	Luc Colin	2'48:57.9	44
	Claude Legrand	2'45:36.9	41
	Fernand Borrel	2'45:10.6	40
	Roger Pires	2'36:48.8	24

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Jacques Mrozek	18	20	1601.0	179	20
Philippe Pélissier	14	12	1706.0	114	13
Patrick Péra	3	7	1864.5	31

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Sylvaine Duban	19	29	1551.4	219	27
Micheline Joubert	28	15	1594.8	182	20

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Consolation round

Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places. France entered in this round, from the start, they did not play for a medal.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
9		5	5	0	0	33	9	10
10		5	4	1	0	27	12	8
11		5	3	2	0	15	15	6
12		5	2	3	0	22	23	4
13		5	1	4	0	12	27	2
14		5	0	5	0	9	32	0

Norway – France 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0)
Goalscorers: Hagensen, Smefjell, Dalsören, Mikkelsen – Liberman.

France – Romania 3:7 (0:2, 0:2, 3:3)
Goalscorers: Itzicsohn, Mazza, Lacarriere – Iuliu Szabo 2, Florescu 2, Pana, Geza Szabo, Stefan.

France – Austria 2:5 (0:1, 2:3, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Faucomprez, Caux – Puschnig 2, Kirchbaumer, St. John, Schupp.

France – Yugoslavia 1:10 (0:6, 0:1, 1:3)
Goalscorers: Itzicsohn – Tisler 3, Ivo Jan 2, Felc 2, Beravs, Roman Smolej, Hiti.

France – Japan 2:6 (0:0, 0:4, 2:2)
Goalscorers: Mazza, Faucomprez – Ebina 2, Hikigi, Itoh, Okajima, Araki.

Contestants

14. FRANCE
Goaltenders: Jean-Claude Sozzi, Bernard Deschamps
Defence: Joel Godeau, Claude Blanchard, Philippe Lacarriere, René Blanchard, Joel Gauvin
Forwards: Bernard Cabanis, Gerard Faucomprez, Alain Mazza, Olivier Prechac, Gilbert Lepre, Patrick Pourtanel, Michel Caux, Gilbert Itzicsohn, Daniel Grando, Patrick Francheterre, Charles Liberman.

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ion Pervilhac	1:01.98	38	1:02.99	40	1:01.45	37	3:06.42	38
Jean-Pierre De Petro	1:01.03	36	1:01.24	34	1:01.26	35	3:03.53	35
Georges Tresallet	59.75	28	1:00.41	31	1:00.21	30	3:00.37	29

(Men's) Doubles

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jacqueline Barasinski	51.96	20	52.39	21	52.44	20	2:36.79	20
Sylvette Grassi	51.85	17	52.08	20	52.55	21	2:36.48	19

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jean-Marie Bourgeois	Individual	53.5	52.5	111.4	40	50:18.0	214.50	9	325.90	38
Émile Salvi		63.0	63.0	158.6	39	53:44.3	173.78	32	332.38	37
Gervais Poirot		53.0	53.0	102.4	41	50:22.2	213.58	10	315.98	41

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Michel Saint Lezer	Normal hill	67.0	85.0	64.0	79.7	164.7	50
Maurice Arbez		70.0	91.3	68.5	87.4	178.7	41
Alain Macle		74.0	104.2	72.5	99.8	204.0	18
Gilbert Poirot		76.5	106.7	73.5	100.4	207.1	10
Michel Saint Lezer	Large hill	85.5	80.6	76.0	62.3	142.9	54
Maurice Arbez		87.0	83.2	79.0	66.0	149.2	50
Alain Macle		89.5	93.7	93.5	100.3	194.0	17
Gilbert Poirot		97.0	103.7	94.0	100.0	203.7	10

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	François Perrenoud	44.1	46
	Michel Thépénier	43.8	45
1500 m	François Perrenoud	2:14.0	37
	Michel Thépénier	2:13.7	36
5000 m	François Perrenoud	8:07.5	31
	Michel Thépénier	8:06.2	30
10,000 m	François Perrenoud	17:10.2	26

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Martine Ivangine	48.5	22
	Marie-Louise Perrenoud	48.2	19
1000 m	Patricia Demartini	1:44.6	28
	Marie-Louise Perrenoud	1:39.3	24
	Martine Ivangine	1:37.4	17
1500 m	Patricia Demartini	2:40.6	29
	Marie-Louise Perrenoud	2:39.2	28
	Martine Ivangine	2:29.9	14
3000 m	Marie-Louise Perrenoud	5:41.7	25
	Martine Ivangine	5:19.3	15

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com