France at the
1992 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFRA
NOCFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Albertville
Competitors109 (79 men, 30 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearers Fabrice Guy, Nordic Combined
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
3
Silver
5
Bronze
1
Total
9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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
 Gold Fabrice Guy Nordic combined Individual 12 February
 Gold Edgar Grospiron Freestyle skiing Men's moguls 13 February
 Gold Corinne Niogret
Véronique Claudel
Anne Briand-Bouthiaux		 Biathlon Women's relay 14 February
 Silver Franck Piccard Alpine skiing Men's downhill 9 February
 Silver Sylvain Guillaume Nordic combined Individual 12 February
 Silver Olivier Allamand Freestyle skiing Men's moguls 13 February
 Silver Isabelle Duchesnay
Paul Duchesnay		 Figure skating Ice dance 17 February
 Silver Carole Merle Alpine skiing Women's super-G 18 February
 Bronze Florence Masnada Alpine skiing Women's combined 13 February

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women 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

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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
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
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Biathlon

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
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Xavier Blond
Thierry Gerbier
Christian Dumont
Hervé Flandin 		0 1'27:13.3 6
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
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Corinne Niogret
Véronique Claudel
Anne Briand-Bouthiaux 		0 1'15:55.6 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1992 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 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
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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
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
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
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Patrick Rémy
Philippe Sanchez
Stéphane Azambre
Hervé Balland 		1'44:51.1 8
Women
Event Athlete Race
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
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
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Carole Stanisière
Sylvie Giry-Rousset
Sophie Villeneuve
Isabelle Mancini 		1'01:30.7 5

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

 France
Megève CC, Megève

Skip: Dominique Dupont-Roc
Third: Claude Feige
Second: Patrick Philippe
Lead: Thierry Mercier
Alternate: Daniel Moratelli

Figure skating

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
Athletes SP FS TFP Rank
Line Haddad
Sylvain Prive 		16 16 24.0 16
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Edgar Grospiron 31.80 25.23 1 Q 31.23 25.81 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Candice Gilg Moguls 54.94 8.74 24 did not advance
Raphaëlle Monod 38.78 24.09 1 Q 43.72 15.57 8

Ice hockey

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
Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS
 Canada 5 4 1 0 28 9 19 8
Unified Team 5 4 1 0 32 10 22 8
 Czechoslovakia 5 4 1 0 25 15 10 8
 France 5 2 3 0 14 22 -8 4
  Switzerland 5 1 4 0 13 25 -12 2
 Norway 5 0 5 0 7 38 -31 0
 France 2:3  Canada
 France 4:6  Czechoslovakia
 France 4:3   Switzerland
 France 0:8 Unified Team
 France 4:2  Norway

Final round

Quarter-finals

 France 1:4  United States

Consolation round 5th-8th places

 France 4:5  Germany

7th-place match

 France 8th 1:4  Finland

Contestants

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yves Boyer
Frédéric Bertrand 		48.847 20 48.060 19 1:36.907 19

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Fabrice Guy 222.1 3 +42.7 44:28.1 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Rank
Francis Repellin
Sylvain Guillaume
Fabrice Guy 		578.4 5 +5:33.0 1'25:52.0 4

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
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
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

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Jérôme Gay
Didier Mollard
Nicolas Jean-Prost
Steve Delaup 		510.9 10
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
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

  1. ^ France at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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