France at the 1988 Winter Olympics

France at the
1988 Winter Olympics
France at the; 1988 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Calgary
Competitors	68 (53 men, 15 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Catherine Quittet, Alpine Skiing
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

France competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Frank Piccard won France's first Winter Olympic gold medal for 20 years.

As Albertville would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, a brief French segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Franck Piccard	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G	21 February
Bronze	Franck Piccard	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill	15 February

Competitors[edit]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	9	8	17
Biathlon	7	–	7
Cross-country skiing	5	0	5
Figure skating	3	3	6
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Luge	0	1	1
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Ski jumping	2	–	2
Speed skating	2	2	4
Total	54	14	68

Alpine skiing[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Philippe Verneret	Downhill			DSQ	–
Luc Alphand				DNF	–
Christophe Plé				2:04.78	25
Franck Piccard				2:01.24
Philippe Verneret	Super-G			DNF	–
Yves Tavernier				1:44.88	20
Luc Alphand				1:42.27	7
Franck Piccard				1:39.66
Alain Feutrier	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Christian Gaidet		1:07.59	1:04.08	2:11.67	18
Yves Tavernier		1:07.44	1:04.77	2:12.21	24
Jean-Luc Crétier	Slalom	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Yves Tavernier		55.39	DNF	DNF	–
Christian Gaidet		54.23	DNF	DNF	–
Didier Bouvet		53.34	DNF	DNF	–

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Jean-Luc Crétier	1:50.04	44.62	43.90	62.98	6
Luc Alphand	1:49.60	45.27	43.20	57.73	4
Christophe Plé	1:49.06	47.68	47.30	103.12	12
Franck Piccard	1:47.38	DNF	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Claudine Emonet	Downhill			1:28.36	17
Carole Merle	Downhill			1:27.53	12
Cathy Chedal	Super-G			DNF	–
Claudine Emonet				1:22.05	22
Catherine Quittet				1:21.48	16
Carole Merle				1:21.01	12
Małgorzata Tłalka-Mogore	Giant Slalom	1:03.01	1:11.38	2:14.39	19
Carole Merle		1:01.30	1:08.06	2:09.36	9
Catherine Quittet		1:01.11	1:07.73	2:08.84	8
Christelle Guignard		1:00.90	1:08.56	2:09.46	10
Christelle Guignard	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Patricia Chauvet-Blanc		51.48	51.31	1:42.79	14
Pascaline Freiher		51.37	DNF	DNF	–
Dorota Tłalka-Mogore		50.28	49.58	1:39.86	8

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Claudine Emonet	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Pascaline Freiher	1:24.18	42.16	42.50	151.93	22
Carole Merle	1:16.46	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

Biathlon[edit]

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Xavier Blond	3	28:36.6	56
	Hervé Flandin	4	28:21.4	52
	Christian Dumont	2	28:20.3	51
	Francis Mougel	3	27:34.9	32

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Hervé Flandin	59:50.9	7	1'06:50.9	56
	Éric Claudon	58:16.8	6	1'04:16.8	45
	Thierry Gerbier	57:51.7	6	1'03:51.7	41
	Jean-Paul Giachino	57:43.7	3	1'00:43.7	18

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Éric Claudon Jean-Paul Giachino Hervé Flandin Francis Mougel	6	1'30:22.8	10

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing[edit]

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km C	Claude Pierrat	47:54.3	56
	Guy Balland	46:39.9	48
	Patrick Rémy	45:45.3	37
	Jean-Luc Thomas	44:26.5	26
30 km C	Patrick Rémy	1'40:24.5	68
	Dominique Locatelli	1'35:40.0	50
	Claude Pierrat	1'34:15.6	43
	Guy Balland	1'30:20.4	24
50 km F	Jean-Luc Thomas	DNF	–
	Dominique Locatelli	2'13:56.8	37
	Guy Balland	2'11:58.7	24
	Claude Pierrat	2'09:54.9	17

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Patrick Rémy Jean-Luc Thomas Dominique Locatelli Guy Balland	1'49:15.9	11

Figure skating[edit]

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Axel Médéric	13	14	17	30.4	15

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Agnès Gosselin	12	21	18	34.2	16

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Corinne Paliard Didier Courtois	15	14	14	28.4	14
Isabelle Duchesnay Paul Duchesnay	8	8	8	16.0	8

Ice hockey[edit]

Group A[edit]

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	5	3	1	1	22	8	7
Sweden	5	2	0	3	23	10	7
Canada	5	3	1	1	17	12	7
Switzerland	5	3	2	0	19	10	6
Poland	5	1	3	1	9	13	3
France	5	0	5	0	10	47	0

Sweden 13-2 France
Finland 10-1 France
Poland 6-2 France*
Canada 9-5 France
Switzerland 9-0 France

* The Polish team was stripped of its victory after Jarosław Morawiecki tested positive for testosterone. France was recorded as having a 2-nil win, but received no points in the standings.

Game for 11th place[edit]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
France	7–6 SO	Norway

Team roster

Head coach: Unknown

Luge[edit]

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Laurence Bonici	48.436	22	48.790	22	48.692	21	48.488	22	3:14.406	22

Nordic combined[edit]

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Points	Rank
Francis Reppelin	Individual	159.9	42	7:37.4	DNF	DNF	–
Jean-Pierre Bohard		183.2	35	5:02.0	46:35.9	367.965	39
Fabrice Guy		192.1	29	4:02.7	43:22.4	396.995	20
Xavier Girard		193.9	27	3:50.7	44:50.9	383.720	32

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athletes	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Jean-Pierre Bohard Xavier Girard Fabrice Guy	541.0	8	7:24.0	1'27:09.4	8

Ski jumping[edit]

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Frédéric Berger	Normal hill	75.0	80.6	75.5	83.9	164.5	49
Didier Mollard	Normal hill	79.0	89.5	77.0	84.8	174.3	34
Didier Mollard	Large hill	108.0	101.1	94.0	76.5	177.6	25

Speed skating[edit]

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Hans van Helden	39.05	33
500 m	Claude Nicouleau	38.63	31
1000 m	Claude Nicouleau	1:17.91	33
1000 m	Hans van Helden	1:16.32	29
1500 m	Hans van Helden	1:55.61	19
5000 m	Hans van Helden	6:57.69	22
10,000 m	Hans van Helden	14:34.84	23

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Stéphanie Dumont	43.30	29
500 m	Marie-France van Helden	42.49	27
1500 m	Stéphanie Dumont	2:13.01	27
3000 m	Stéphanie Dumont	4:38.03	27
3000 m	Marie-France van Helden	4:32.34	24
5000 m	Stéphanie Dumont	8:00.40	25

Demonstration sports[edit]

Curling[edit]

References[edit]

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