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France at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
FRA

10
  
6

France at the 1948 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
French National Olympic and Sports Committee

Website
  
www.franceolympique.com (French)

Competitors
  
316 (279 men and 37 women) in 20 sports

Medals Ranked 3rd
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 10 6 13 29

France competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 316 competitors, 279 men and 37 women, took part in 135 events in 20 sports.

Contents

Gold

  • Maurice Huet, Michel Pécheux, Marcel Desprets, Edouard Artigas, Henri Guerin, and Henri Lepage — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
  • Jehan Buhan — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
  • Adrian Rommel, Christian d'Oriola, Andre Bonin, Jacques Lataste, Jehan Buhan, and René Bougnol — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
  • Micheline Ostermeyer - Women's Shot Put
  • Micheline Ostermeyer - Women's Discus
  • Jose Beyaert - Cycling Road Race
  • Jacques Dupont - Cycling 1 km Time Trial
  • Fernand Decanali, Pierre Adam, Serge Blusson, Charles Coste — Cycling, Team Pursuit
  • Bernard Chevalier - Equestrian, Individual 3-Day Event
  • André Jousseaume, Jean Saint-Fort Paillard, Maurice Buret — Equestrian, Team Dressage
  • Silver

  • Alain Mimoun — Athletics, Men's 10,000m
  • Jean Kerebel, Francis Scewetta, Robert Chef D'Hotel, Jacques Lunis — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
  • Ignace Heinrich — Men's Decathlon
  • Basketball, Men's Competition
  • André Jousseaume — Equestrian, Individual Dressage
  • Christian d'Oriola — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
  • Bronze

  • Marcel Hansenne — Athletics, Men's 800m
  • Micheline Ostermeyer — Athletics, Women's High Jump
  • Jacqueline Mazeas — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
  • Robert Boutigny — Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000m
  • Georges Dransart, Georges Gandil — Canoeing, Men's C-2 1000m
  • Georges Dransart, Georges Gandil — Canoeing, Men's C-2 10,000m
  • Henri Eberhardt — Canoeing, Men's K-1 1000m
  • José Beyaert, Jacques Dupont, Alain Moineau - Cycling Team Road Race
  • Gaston Dron, René Faye — Cycling Men's Tandem Sprint
  • Jean-François d'Orgeix — Equestrian, Individual Jumping
  • Georges Vallerrey — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke
  • Joseph Bernardo, René Cornu, Henri Padou, Jr., Alexandre Jany — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
  • Charles Kouyos — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (-62 kg)
  • Cycling

    Eleven cyclists, all men, represented France in 1948.

    Individual road race
  • José Beyaert
  • Alain Moineau
  • Jacques Dupont
  • René Rouffeteau
  • Team road race
  • José Beyaert
  • Alain Moineau
  • Jacques Dupont
  • René Rouffeteau
  • Sprint
  • Jacques Bellenger
  • Time trial
  • Jacques Dupont
  • Tandem
  • René Faye
  • Gaston Dron
  • Team pursuit
  • Charles Coste
  • Serge Blusson
  • Fernand Decanali
  • Pierre Adam
  • Fencing

    21 fencers, 18 men and 3 women, represented France in 1948.

    Men's foil
  • Jéhan Buhan
  • Christian d'Oriola
  • René Bougnol
  • Men's team foil
  • André Bonin, Jéhan Buhan, Jacques Lataste, René Bougnol, Christian d'Oriola, Adrien Rommel
  • Men's épée
  • Henri Guérin
  • Henri Lepage
  • Marcel Desprets
  • Men's team épée
  • Henri Guérin, Henri Lepage, Marcel Desprets, Michel Pécheux, Édouard Artigas, Maurice Huet
  • Men's sabre
  • Jacques Lefèvre
  • Jean Levavasseur
  • Maurice Gramain
  • Men's team sabre
  • Jean-François Tournon, Jacques Parent, Maurice Gramain, Jacques Lefèvre, Jean Levavasseur, Georges Lévêcque
  • Women's foil
  • Renée Garilhe
  • Lylian Malherbaud-Lecomte-Guyonneau
  • Françoise Gouny
  • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented France in 1948.

  • André Lacroix
  • Louis Pichon
  • Christian Palant
  • Shooting

    Twelve shooters represented France in 1948.

    25 metre pistol
  • Charles des Jammonières
  • R. Bouillet
  • D. Hesse
  • 50 metre pistol
  • Jacques Mazoyer
  • Marcel Bonin
  • R. Stéphan
  • 300 metre rifle
  • Jean Fournier
  • Édouard Rouland
  • S. Lesceux
  • 50 metre rifle
  • R. Gauthier-Lafond
  • Lucien Genot
  • M. Bouchez
  • References

    France at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wikipedia