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France at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
FRA

6
  
10

Competitors
  
255 in 17 sports

France at the 1928 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
French National Olympic and Sports Committee

Website
  
www.franceolympique.com (French)

Medals Ranked 7th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 6 10 5 21

France competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 255 competitors, 219 men and 36 women, took part in 112 events in 17 sports. At the beginning of the games there was an incident where a French coach was physically assaulted by a Stadium gatekeeper who refused him entry. It boiled over to a point where the entire French team did not participate in the Parade of Nations, and conversations were made to pull out of the games completely. However, the issue was resolved and France went on to compete.

Contents

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

  • Armand Apell → Silver Medal
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Frankie Martin (CAN), points
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Cuthbert Taylor (GBR), points
  • Semifinals — Defeated Baddie Lebanon (RSA), points
  • Final — Lost to Antal Kocsis (HUN), points


    • Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

  • Geo Gardebois
  • First Round — Bye
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Michael Michaelsen (DEN), points

    • Cycling

    Eight cyclists, all men, represented France in 1928.

    Individual road race
  • André Aumerle
  • Louis Bessière
  • Octave Dayen
  • René Brossy
    • Team road race
  • André Aumerle
  • Louis Bessière
  • Octave Dayen
  • René Brossy
    • Sprint
  • Roger Beaufrand
    • Time trial
  • Octave Dayen
    • Tandem
  • Hubert Guyard
  • Henri Lemoine
    • Team pursuit
  • André Aumerle
  • Octave Dayen
  • René Brossy
  • André Trantoul

    • Fencing

    20 fencers, 17 men and 3 women, represented France in 1928.

    Men's foil
  • Lucien Gaudin
  • Philippe Cattiau
  • Roger Ducret
    • Men's team foil
  • Philippe Cattiau, Roger Ducret, André Labatut, Lucien Gaudin, Raymond Flacher, André Gaboriaud
    • Men's épée
  • Lucien Gaudin
  • Géo Buchard
    • Men's team épée
  • Géo Buchard, Gaston Amson, Émile Cornic, Bernard Schmetz, René Barbier
    • Men's sabre
  • Roger Ducret
  • Jean Lacroix
  • Raoul Fristeau
    • Men's team sabre
  • Raoul Fristeau, Roger Ducret, Jean Lacroix, Maurice Taillandier, Jean Piot, Paul Oziol de Pignol
    • Women's foil
  • Lucienne Prost
  • Marguerite Reuche
  • Olive Mahaut

    • Modern pentathlon

    Three pentathletes, all men, represented France in 1928.

  • Charles-Jean LeVavasseur
  • Pierre Coche
  • André Crémon

    • References

    France at the 1928 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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