France at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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).

France at the 1968 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Grenoble
Competitors	75 (64 men, 11 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Gilbert Poirot (ski jumping)
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 9
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

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
Jean-Claude Killy						1:59.85
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

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

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
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
Florence Steurer	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Annie Famose		42.21	7	45.68	3	1:27.89
Isabelle Mir		42.14	6	46.08	4	1:28.22	5
Marielle Goitschel		40.27	2	45.59	2	1:25.86

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

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

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

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

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

  France –   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:

• 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
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

References

• International Olympic Committee results database