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France at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
FRA

1
  
8

Competitors
  
138 in 14 sports

France at the 1964 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
French National Olympic and Sports Committee

Website
  
www.franceolympique.com (French)

Medals Ranked 21st
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 8 6 15

France competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 138 competitors, 118 men and 20 women, took part in 89 events in 14 sports.

Contents

Gold

  • Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
  • Silver

  • Maryvonne Dupureur — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
  • Joseph Gonzales — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
  • Jean Boudehen and Michel Chapuis — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs
  • Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Janou Lefebvre, and Guy Lefrant — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
  • Jean-Claude Magnan — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
  • Claude Arabo — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
  • Jean-Claude Darouy, Georges Morel, and Jacques Morel — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
  • Kiki Caron — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
  • Bronze

  • Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal, and Jocelyn Delecour — Athletics, Men's 4x100 metres Relay
  • Daniel Morelon — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
  • Pierre Trentin — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Time Trial
  • Daniel Revenu — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
  • Jacky Courtillat, Jean-Claude Magnan, Christian Noël, Daniel Revenu, and Pierre Rodocanachi — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
  • Claude Bourquard, Claude Brodin, Jacques Brodin, Yves Dreyfus, and Jack Guittet — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
  • Athletics

    Men's 4x100 metres Relay

  • Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal, and Jocelyn Delecour → Bronze Medal
  • Cycling

    14 cyclists represented France in 1964.

    Individual road race
  • Francis Bazire
  • Lucien Aimar
  • Bernard Guyot
  • Christian Raymond
  • Team time trial
  • Marcel-Ernest Bidault
  • Georges Chappe
  • André Desvages
  • Jean-Claude Wuillemin
  • Sprint
  • Daniel Morelon
  • Pierre Trentin
  • 1000m time trial
  • Pierre Trentin
  • Tandem
  • Daniel Morelon
  • Pierre Trentin
  • Individual pursuit
  • Robert Varga
  • Team pursuit
  • Robert Varga
  • Christian Cuch
  • Joseph Pare
  • Jacques Suire
  • Fencing

    20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented France in 1964.

    Men's foil
  • Jean-Claude Magnan
  • Daniel Revenu
  • Jacky Courtillat
  • Men's team foil
  • Jean-Claude Magnan, Daniel Revenu, Jacky Courtillat, Pierre Rodocanachi, Christian Noël
  • Men's épée
  • Claude Bourquard
  • Jack Guittet
  • Yves Dreyfus
  • Men's team épée
  • Claude Brodin, Yves Dreyfus, Claude Bourquard, Jack Guittet, Jacques Brodin
  • Men's sabre
  • Claude Arabo
  • Marcel Parent
  • Jacques Lefèvre
  • Men's team sabre
  • Jean-Ernest Ramez, Jacques Lefèvre, Claude Arabo, Marcel Parent, Robert Fraisse
  • Women's foil
  • Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti
  • Brigitte Gapais-Dumont
  • Annick Level
  • Women's team foil
  • Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti, Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille, Brigitte Gapais-Dumont, Annick Level, Colette Revenu
  • Rowing

    France had 22 male rowers participate in five rowing events in 1960.

    Men's double sculls – 6th place
    René Duhamel, Bernard Monnereau
    Men's coxed pair – 2nd place ( Silver medal)
    Jacques Morel, Georges Morel, Jean-Claude Darouy
    Men's coxless four – 10th place
    Jean-Pierre Drivet, Roger Chatelain, Philippe Malivoire, Émile Clerc
    Men's coxed fours – 4th place
    Yves Fraisse, Claude Pache, Gérard Jacquesson, Michel Dumas, Jean-Claude Darouy
    Men's coxed eight – 7th place
    André Fevret, Pierre Maddaloni, André Sloth, Joseph Moroni, Robert Dumontois, Jean-Pierre Grimaud, Bernard Meynadier, Michel Viaud, Alain Bouffard

    Shooting

    Four shooters represented France in 1964.

    25 m pistol
  • Jean Renaux
  • 50 m pistol
  • Jean Renaux
  • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Pierre Guy
  • Trap
  • Claude Foussier
  • Michel Prévost
  • References

    France at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wikipedia