France at the 1988 Winter Olympics
France competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Frank Piccard won France's first Winter Olympic gold medal for 20 years.
| France at the 1988 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | FRA |
| NOC | French National Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Calgary | |
| Competitors | 68 (53 men, 15 women) in 9 sports |
| Flag bearers | Catherine Quittet, Alpine Skiing |
| Medals Ranked 11th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
As Albertville would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, a brief French segment was performed at the closing ceremony.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Franck Piccard | Alpine skiing | Men's super-G | 21 February |
 Bronze | Franck Piccard | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill | 15 February |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| Biathlon | 7 | – | 7 |
| Cross-country skiing | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Figure skating | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Ice hockey | 22 | – | 22 |
| Luge | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
| Ski jumping | 2 | – | 2 |
| Speed skating | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 54 | 14 | 68 |
Alpine skiing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Philippe Verneret | Downhill | DSQ | – | ||
| Luc Alphand | DNF | – | |||
| Christophe Plé | 2:04.78 | 25 | |||
| Franck Piccard | 2:01.24 | | |||
| Philippe Verneret | Super-G | DNF | – | ||
| Yves Tavernier | 1:44.88 | 20 | |||
| Luc Alphand | 1:42.27 | 7 | |||
| Franck Piccard | 1:39.66 | | |||
| Alain Feutrier | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Christian Gaidet | 1:07.59 | 1:04.08 | 2:11.67 | 18 | |
| Yves Tavernier | 1:07.44 | 1:04.77 | 2:12.21 | 24 | |
| Jean-Luc Crétier | Slalom | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Yves Tavernier | 55.39 | DNF | DNF | – | |
| Christian Gaidet | 54.23 | DNF | DNF | – | |
| Didier Bouvet | 53.34 | DNF | DNF | – | |
Men's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
| Jean-Luc Crétier | 1:50.04 | 44.62 | 43.90 | 62.98 | 6 |
| Luc Alphand | 1:49.60 | 45.27 | 43.20 | 57.73 | 4 |
| Christophe Plé | 1:49.06 | 47.68 | 47.30 | 103.12 | 12 |
| Franck Piccard | 1:47.38 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Claudine Emonet | Downhill | 1:28.36 | 17 | ||
| Carole Merle | 1:27.53 | 12 | |||
| Cathy Chedal | Super-G | DNF | – | ||
| Claudine Emonet | 1:22.05 | 22 | |||
| Catherine Quittet | 1:21.48 | 16 | |||
| Carole Merle | 1:21.01 | 12 | |||
| Małgorzata Tłalka-Mogore | Giant Slalom | 1:03.01 | 1:11.38 | 2:14.39 | 19 |
| Carole Merle | 1:01.30 | 1:08.06 | 2:09.36 | 9 | |
| Catherine Quittet | 1:01.11 | 1:07.73 | 2:08.84 | 8 | |
| Christelle Guignard | 1:00.90 | 1:08.56 | 2:09.46 | 10 | |
| Christelle Guignard | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Patricia Chauvet-Blanc | 51.48 | 51.31 | 1:42.79 | 14 | |
| Pascaline Freiher | 51.37 | DNF | DNF | – | |
| Dorota Tłalka-Mogore | 50.28 | 49.58 | 1:39.86 | 8 | |
Women's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
| Claudine Emonet | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
| Pascaline Freiher | 1:24.18 | 42.16 | 42.50 | 151.93 | 22 |
| Carole Merle | 1:16.46 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
Biathlon
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km Sprint | Xavier Blond | 3 | 28:36.6 | 56 |
| Hervé Flandin | 4 | 28:21.4 | 52 | |
| Christian Dumont | 2 | 28:20.3 | 51 | |
| Francis Mougel | 3 | 27:34.9 | 32 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Hervé Flandin | 59:50.9 | 7 | 1'06:50.9 | 56 |
| Éric Claudon | 58:16.8 | 6 | 1'04:16.8 | 45 | |
| Thierry Gerbier | 57:51.7 | 6 | 1'03:51.7 | 41 | |
| Jean-Paul Giachino | 57:43.7 | 3 | 1'00:43.7 | 18 |
- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
| Athletes | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
| Éric Claudon Jean-Paul Giachino Hervé Flandin Francis Mougel |
6 | 1'30:22.8 | 10 |
- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km C |
Claude Pierrat | 47:54.3 | 56 |
| Guy Balland | 46:39.9 | 48 | |
| Patrick Rémy | 45:45.3 | 37 | |
| Jean-Luc Thomas | 44:26.5 | 26 | |
| 30 km C |
Patrick Rémy | 1'40:24.5 | 68 |
| Dominique Locatelli | 1'35:40.0 | 50 | |
| Claude Pierrat | 1'34:15.6 | 43 | |
| Guy Balland | 1'30:20.4 | 24 | |
| 50 km F |
Jean-Luc Thomas | DNF | – |
| Dominique Locatelli | 2'13:56.8 | 37 | |
| Guy Balland | 2'11:58.7 | 24 | |
| Claude Pierrat | 2'09:54.9 | 17 | |
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Patrick Rémy Jean-Luc Thomas Dominique Locatelli Guy Balland |
1'49:15.9 | 11 |
Figure skating
- Men
| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axel Médéric | 13 | 14 | 17 | 30.4 | 15 |
- Women
| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnès Gosselin | 12 | 21 | 18 | 34.2 | 16 |
- Ice Dancing
| Athletes | CD | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corinne Paliard Didier Courtois |
15 | 14 | 14 | 28.4 | 14 |
| Isabelle Duchesnay Paul Duchesnay |
8 | 8 | 8 | 16.0 | 8 |
Ice hockey
Group A
Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.
| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Finland |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 |
 Sweden |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 7 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 6 |
 Poland |
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
| France |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 47 | 0 |
- Sweden 13-2 France
- Finland 10-1 France
- Poland 6-2 France*
- Canada 9-5 France
- Switzerland 9-0 France
* The Polish team was stripped of its victory after Jarosław Morawiecki tested positive for testosterone. France was recorded as having a 2-nil win, but received no points in the standings.
Game for 11th place
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| France |
7–6 SO |  Norway |
Team roster
- Jean-Marc Djian
- Patrick Foliot
- Daniel Maric
- Stéphane Botteri
- Michel Leblanc
- Jean-Philippe Lemoine
- Jean-Christophe Lerondeau
- François Ouimet
- Denis Perez
- Pierre Schmitt
- Steven Woodburn
- Peter Almasy
- Paulin Bordeleau
- Philippe Bozon
- Guy Dupuis
- Derek Haas
- Stéphane Lessard
- Franck Pajonkowski
- André Peloffy
- Christian Pouget
- Pierre Pousse
- Antoine Richer
- Christophe Ville
- Head coach: Unknown
Luge
- Women
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Laurence Bonici | 48.436 | 22 | 48.790 | 22 | 48.692 | 21 | 48.488 | 22 | 3:14.406 | 22 |
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Points | Rank | ||
| Francis Reppelin | Individual | 159.9 | 42 | 7:37.4 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Jean-Pierre Bohard | 183.2 | 35 | 5:02.0 | 46:35.9 | 367.965 | 39 | |
| Fabrice Guy | 192.1 | 29 | 4:02.7 | 43:22.4 | 396.995 | 20 | |
| Xavier Girard | 193.9 | 27 | 3:50.7 | 44:50.9 | 383.720 | 32 | |
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
- 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank | |
| Jean-Pierre Bohard Xavier Girard Fabrice Guy |
541.0 | 8 | 7:24.0 | 1'27:09.4 | 8 |
Ski jumping
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Frédéric Berger | Normal hill | 75.0 | 80.6 | 75.5 | 83.9 | 164.5 | 49 |
| Didier Mollard | 79.0 | 89.5 | 77.0 | 84.8 | 174.3 | 34 | |
| Didier Mollard | Large hill | 108.0 | 101.1 | 94.0 | 76.5 | 177.6 | 25 |
Speed skating
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Hans van Helden | 39.05 | 33 |
| Claude Nicouleau | 38.63 | 31 | |
| 1000 m | Claude Nicouleau | 1:17.91 | 33 |
| Hans van Helden | 1:16.32 | 29 | |
| 1500 m | Hans van Helden | 1:55.61 | 19 |
| 5000 m | Hans van Helden | 6:57.69 | 22 |
| 10,000 m | Hans van Helden | 14:34.84 | 23 |
- Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Stéphanie Dumont | 43.30 | 29 |
| Marie-France van Helden | 42.49 | 27 | |
| 1500 m | Stéphanie Dumont | 2:13.01 | 27 |
| 3000 m | Stéphanie Dumont | 4:38.03 | 27 |
| Marie-France van Helden | 4:32.34 | 24 | |
| 5000 m | Stéphanie Dumont | 8:00.40 | 25 |
Demonstration sports
References
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