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.
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
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
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
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)
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)
Women's 10m Platform
Nicolle Darrigrand-Pellissard
Preliminary Round — 50.02
Final — 78.80 (→ 4th place)
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
One male pentathlete represented France in 1956.
Individual
Jean-Claude Hamel
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
