France at the 1972 Winter Olympics

France competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

France at the 1972 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Sapporo
Competitors	40 (33 men, 7 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Patrick Péra, Figure Skating
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Danièle Debernard	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Florence Steurer	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Patrick Pera	Figure skating	Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bernard Charvin	Downhill					1:55.33	21
Henri Duvillard						1:55.13	19
Bernard Orcel						1:54.81	16
Roger Rossat-Mignod						1:54.72	15
Henri Duvillard	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Jean-Noël Augert		1:33.61	12	1:38.23	6	3:11.84	5
Alain Penz		1:33.36	9	1:39.06	9	3:12.42	9
Roger Rossat-Mignod		1:33.28	8	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

Men's slalom

Athlete	Classification		Final
	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Alain Penz	bye		56.72	9	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Henri Duvillard	bye		55.92	3	54.53	6	1:50.45	4
Jean-Noël Augert	bye		55.77	2	54.74	10	1:50.51	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Florence Steurer	Downhill					1:41.36	23
Michèle Jacot						1:40.73	15
Annie Famose						1:39.70	8
Isabelle Mir						1:38.62	4
Isabelle Mir	Giant Slalom					1:35.30	21
Michèle Jacot						1:33.61	16
Britt Lafforgue						1:32.80	8
Florence Steurer						1:32.59	6
Michèle Jacot	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Florence Steurer		46.57	4	46.12	3	1:32.69
Britt Lafforgue		46.23	3	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Danièle Debernard		46.08	2	45.18	1	1:31.26

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ^1	Rank
20 km	Paul Chassagne	DNF	–	DNF	–
	Aimé Gruet-Masson	1'18:44.41	15	1'33:44.41	51
	René Arpin	1'19:52.64	8	1'27:52.64	37
	Daniel Claudon	1'18:14.67	1	1'19:14.67	10

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
René Arpin Noël Turrell Daniel Claudon Aimé Gruet-Masson	4	2'03:08.90	13

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

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Patrick Parisot Alain Roy	Two-man	1:16.66	8	1:17.17	14	1:14.53	10	1:15.10	12	5:03.46	9
FRA-2	Gérard Christaud-Pipola Jacques Christaud-Pipola	Two-man	1:17.08	11	1:17.25	17	1:14.81	12	1:15.05	11	5:04.19	11

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Patrick Parisot Yves Bonsang Alain Roy Gilles Morda	Four-man	1:11.79	9	1:12.18	6	1:11.27	11	1:11.51	11	4:46.75	9

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Gérard Granclement	50:07.11	48
	Daniel Cerisey	50:05.88	46
	Jean-Paul Vandel	49:22.89	39
	Roland Jeannerod	48:32.42	31
30 km	Roland Jeannerod	DNF	–
	Gilbert Faure	1'48:12.19	49
	Daniel Cerisey	1'47:03.01	45
	Jean-Paul Vandel	1'42:45.88	25
50 km	Jean Jobez	DNF	–

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Jean-Paul Vandel Roland Jeannerod Gilbert Faure Jean Jobez	2'14:35.98	11

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Jacques Mrozek	13	14	2401.3	126	14
Didier Gailhaguet	11	13	2440.9	114	13
Patrick Péra	2	8	2653.1	28

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Florence Cahn Jean Roland Racle	13	12	364.5	116	13

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pierre Larchier	55.86	37	56.28	42	54.68	37	54.94	37	3:41.76	36

Nordic combined

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jacques Gaillard	Individual	67.5	67.0	155.4	29	53:59.5	169.810	35	325.210	35

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Alain Macle	Normal hill	67.5	87.2	62.5	78.7	165.9	53
Yvan Richard		68.0	88.0	63.5	76.3	164.3	54
Gilbert Poirot		69.5	93.4	71.0	95.3	188.7	43
Jacques Gaillard	Large hill	72.0	60.8	73.5	61.9	122.7	51
Alain Macle		76.0	65.9	71.0	56.9	122.8	50
Yvan Richard		77.0	68.8	78.5	73.4	142.2	49

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Richard Tourne	43.06	33
1500 m	Richard Tourne	2:16.37	33
5000 m	Richard Tourne	8:11.52	24
10,000 m	Richard Tourne	16:48.70	22

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com