France at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation
France at the
1976 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFRA
NOCFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Innsbruck
Competitors35 (29 men, 6 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearersDanièle Debernard, Alpine Skiing
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

France had athletes compete in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Bronze Danièle Debernard Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Patrice Pellat-Finet Downhill 1:48.34 16
Philippe Hardy Giant Slalom 1:51.20 34 1:49.23 26 3:40.43 27
Philippe Barroso 1:50.23 31 1:48.26 22 3:38.49 25
Claude Perrot 1:49.48 28 1:53.36 31 3:42.84 29
Alain Navillod 1:47.15 11 1:47.18 17 3:34.33 15
Claude Perrot Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Philippe Hardy DNF – – – DNF –
Roland Roche 1:03.53 19 1:06.78 15 2:10.31 15
Gérard Bonnevie 1:03.51 18 DNF – DNF –
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Fabienne Serrat Downhill 1:51.34 21
Michèle Jacot 1:49.98 17
Jacqueline Rouvier 1:48.58 6
Danièle Debernard 1:48.48 5
Michèle Jacot Giant Slalom 1:31.44 13
Patricia Emonet 1:31.21 11
Jacqueline Rouvier 1:30.79 10
Danièle Debernard 1:29.95 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Fabienne Serrat Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Michèle Jacot 50.00 18 DNF – DNF –
Patricia Emonet 47.47 5 DNF – DNF –
Danièle Debernard 46.86 3 45.38 5 1:32.24 4

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Aimé Gruet-Masson 1'18:35.81 9 1'27:35.81 42
Jean-Claude Viry 1'18:09.51 7 1'25:09.51 33
René Arpin 1'13:50.92 9 1'22:50.92 22
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
Yvon Mougel
Marius Falguy
Jean-Claude Viry 		5 2'07:34.42 7
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 Gérard Christaud-Pipola
Michel Lemarchand 		Two-man 57.43 12 57.73 16 57.78 14 58.08 18 3:51.02 15
FRA-2 Alain Roy
Serge Hissung 		Two-man 57.58 14 57.43 11 57.58 11 57.95 15 3:50.54 13
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
FRA-1 Gérard Christaud-Pipola
Alain Roy
André Belle
Serge Hissung 		Four-man 55.75 11 55.66 9 56.43 10 57.06 10 3:44.90 10

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Gérard Verguet 50:29.28 62
Roland Jeannerod 50:18.27 61
Daniel Drezet 48:56.97 51
Jean-Paul Pierrat 46:35.64 18
30 km Michel Thierry 1'44:25.33 61
Pierre Salvi 1'41:06.69 54
Yves Blondeau 1'38:20.86 43
Jean-Paul Vandel 1'37:11.67 37
50 km Roland Jeannerod DNF –
Pierre Salvi DNF –
Jean-Paul Vandel 2'47:45.20 29
Jean-Paul Pierrat 2'44:03.31 11
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Daniel Drezet
Jean-Paul Vandel
Yves Blondeau
Jean-Paul Pierrat 		2'13:05.26 11

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Jean-Christophe Simond 18 16 15 159.44 137 15

Luge

Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marie-Thérèse Bonnet 44.947 17 44.966 17 44.888 19 45.009 18 2:59.810 17

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 71.0 72.0 181.0 27 52:08.87 182.90 24 363.90 25

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Emmanuel Michon 40.91 19
1000 m Richard Tourne 1:26.75 27
Emmanuel Michon 1:22.99 17
1500 m Richard Tourne 2:06.43 20

See also

References

  • Official Olympic Reports
  • International Olympic Committee results database
  • Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com