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France at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
FRA

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France at the 1956 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
French National Olympic and Sports Committee

Website
  
www.franceolympique.com (French)

Competitors
  
137 (119 men and 18 women) in 15 sports

MedalsRanked 11th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal44614

France competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 137 competitors, 119 men and 18 women, took part in 95 events in 15 sports.

Contents

Gold

  • Alain Mimoun — Athletics, Men's Marathon
  • Michel Rousseau — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
  • Arnaud Geyre, Maurice Moucheraud, and Michel Vermeulin — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
  • Christian d'Oriola — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

    • Silver

  • Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud — Canoeing, Men's C2 10,000m Canadian Pairs
  • René Bianchi, Jean Graczyk, Jean-Claude Lecante, and Michel Vermeulin — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
  • Arnaud Geyre — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
  • Bernard Baudoux, Roger Closset, René Coicaud, Christian d'Oriola, Jacques Lataste, and Claude Netter — Fencing, Men's Foil Team

    • Bronze

  • René Libeer — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
  • Gilbert Chapron — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
  • Daniel Dagallier, Yves Dreyfus, Armand Mouyal, Claude Nigon, and René Queyroux — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
  • Renée Garilhe — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
  • Yves Delacour, Guy Guillabert, René Guissart, and Gaston Mercier — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
  • Jean Debuf — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight

    • Athletics

    Men's 110m Hurdles

  • Jean-Claude Bernard
  • Heat — 14.7s
  • Semifinals — 14.6s (→ did not advance)
  • Edmond Roudnitska
  • Heat — 14.3s
  • Semifinals — 14.9s (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Marathon

  • Alain Mimoun — 2:25:00 (→ Gold Medal)

    • Cycling

    Sprint
  • Michel Rousseau — Gold Medal
    • Time trial
  • Renzo Colzi — 1:15.1 (→ 16th place)
    • Tandem
  • André Gruchet
    Robert Vidal — 5th place
    • Team pursuit
  • Jean Graczyk
    Jean-Claude Lecante
    Michel Vermeulin
    René Bianchi — 4:39.4 (→ Silver Medal)
    • Team time trial
  • Arnaud Geyre
    Maurice Moucheraud
    Michel Vermeulin — 22 points (→ Gold Medal)
    • Individual time trial
  • Arnaud Geyre — 5:23:16 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Maurice Moucheraud — 5:23:40 (→ 8th place)
  • Michel Vermeulin — 5:23:40 (→ 12th place)
  • René Abadie — 5:27:28 (→ 27th place)

    • Diving

    Women's 10m Platform

  • Nicolle Darrigrand-Pellissard
  • Preliminary Round — 50.02
  • Final — 78.80 (→ 4th place)

    • Fencing

    18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented France in 1956.

    Men's foil
  • Christian d'Oriola
  • Claude Netter
  • Jacques Lataste
    • Men's team foil
  • Claude Netter, Bernard Baudoux, Jacques Lataste, Roger Closset, Christian d'Oriola, René Coicaud
    • Men's épée
  • René Queyroux
  • Armand Mouyal
  • Daniel Dagallier
    • Men's team épée
  • Armand Mouyal, Claude Nigon, Daniel Dagallier, Yves Dreyfus, René Queyroux
    • Men's sabre
  • Jacques Lefèvre
  • Jacques Roulot
  • Claude Gamot
    • Men's team sabre
  • Claude Gamot, Jacques Lefèvre, Bernard Morel, Jacques Roulot
    • Women's foil
  • Renée Garilhe
  • Catherine Delbarre
  • Régine Veronnet

    • Modern pentathlon

    One male pentathlete represented France in 1956.

    Individual
  • Jean-Claude Hamel

    • Shooting

    Five shooters represented France in 1956.

    25 m pistol
  • Charles des Jammonières
    • 50 m pistol
  • Charles des Jammonières
    • 50 m rifle, three positions
  • Jacques Mazoyer
  • Maurice Racca
    • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Jacques Mazoyer
  • Maurice Racca
    • Trap
  • Robert Pignard
  • Michel Prévost

    • References

    France at the 1956 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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