France at the
1968 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFRA
NOCFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Grenoble
Competitors75 (64 men, 11 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearerGilbert Poirot (ski jumping)
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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
 Gold Jean-Claude Killy Alpine skiing Men's downhill
 Gold Jean-Claude Killy Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
 Gold Jean-Claude Killy Alpine skiing Men's slalom
 Gold Marielle Goitschel Alpine skiing Women's slalom
 Silver Guy Périllat Alpine skiing Men's downhill
 Silver Isabelle Mir Alpine skiing Women's downhill
 Silver Annie Famose Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom
 Bronze Annie Famose Alpine skiing Women's slalom
 Bronze Patrick Pera Figure skating Men's singles

Alpine skiing

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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jean-Claude Killy 1:59.85 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Florence Steurer Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ –
Annie Famose 42.21 7 45.68 3 1:27.89 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Isabelle Mir 42.14 6 46.08 4 1:28.22 5
Marielle Goitschel 40.27 2 45.59 2 1:25.86 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Biathlon

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
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Daniel Claudon
Serge Legrand
Aimé Gruet-Masson
Jean-Claude Viry 		10 2'31:12.9 10
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

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

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
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Félix Mathieu
Victor Arbez
Philippe Baradel
Roger Pires 		2'21:23.0 11

Figure skating

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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

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  Yugoslavia 5 5 0 0 33 9 10
10  Japan 5 4 1 0 27 12 8
11  Norway 5 3 2 0 15 15 6
12  Romania 5 2 3 0 22 23 4
13  Austria 5 1 4 0 12 27 2
14  France 5 0 5 0 9 32 0

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

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

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

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

France France – Japan 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

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

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Georges Tresallet
Ion Pervilhac 		49.97 11 49.29 9 1:39.26 11
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

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Events:

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

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

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

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