France at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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.[1]
| France at the 1948 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | FRA |
| NOC | French National Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| in London | |
| Competitors | 316 (279 men and 37 women) in 20 sports |
| Flag bearer | Jean Séphériadès |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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 Gold | Micheline Ostermeyer | Athletics | Women's discus throw | 30 July |
| Gold | André Bonin René Bougnol Jehan Buhan Christian d'Oriola Jacques Lataste Adrien Rommel |
Fencing | Men's team foil | 31 July |
| Gold | Micheline Ostermeyer | Athletics | Women's shot put | 4 August |
| Gold | Jehan Buhan | Fencing | Men's foil | 4 August |
| Gold | Édouard Artigas Marcel Desprets Henri Guérin Maurice Huet Henri Lepage Michel Pécheux |
Fencing | Men's team épée | 6 August |
| Gold | Pierre Adam Serge Blusson Charles Coste Fernand Decanali |
Cycling | Men's team pursuit | 9 August |
| Gold | Maurice Buret André Jousseaume Jean Saint-Fort Paillard |
Equestrian | Team dressage | 9 August |
| Gold | Jacques Dupont | Cycling | Men's track time trial | 11 August |
| Gold | José Beyaert | Cycling | Men's individual road race | 13 August |
| Gold | Bernard Chevallier | Equestrian | Individual eventing | 13 August |
 Silver | Alain Mimoun | Athletics | Men's 10,000 metres | 30 July |
| Silver | Christian d'Oriola | Fencing | Men's foil | 4 August |
| Silver | Ignace Heinrich | Athletics | Men's decathlon | 6 August |
| Silver | Robert Chef d'Hôtel Jean Kerebel Jacques Lunis Francis Schewetta |
Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | 7 August |
| Silver | André Jousseaume | Equestrian | Individual dressage | 10 August |
| Silver |
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Basketball | Men's tournament | 14 August |
 Bronze | Jacqueline Mazéas | Athletics | Women's discus throw | 30 July |
| Bronze | Jacqueline Mazéas | Wrestling | Men's freestyle bantamweight | 31 July |
| Bronze | Marcel Hansenne | Athletics | Men's 800 metres | 2 August |
| Bronze | Joseph Bernardo René Cornu Alexandre Jany Henri Padou Jr. |
Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | 3 August |
| Bronze | Georges Vallerey | Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke | 6 August |
| Bronze | Micheline Ostermeyer | Athletics | Women's high jump | 7 August |
| Bronze | Georges Dransart Georges Gandil |
Canoeing | Men's C-2 10,000 metres | 11 August |
| Bronze | Gaston Dron René Faye |
Cycling | Men's tandem | 11 August |
| Bronze | Robert Boutigny | Canoeing | Men's C-1 1000 metres | 12 August |
| Bronze | Georges Dransart Georges Gandil |
Canoeing | Men's C-2 1000 metres | 12 August |
| Bronze | Henri Eberhardt | Canoeing | Men's K-1 1000 metres | 12 August |
| Bronze | José Beyaert Jacques Dupont Alain Moineau |
Cycling | Men's team road race | 13 August |
| Bronze | Jean-François d'Orgeix | Equestrian | Individual jumping | 14 August |
Athletics
- Men
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jean-Claude Arifon | 400 m hurdles | 56.9 | 2 Q | — | 52.3 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
| Jacques André | 54.5 | 2 Q | — | 56.3 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| Étienne Bally | 100 m | DNF | Did not advance | ||||||
| 200 m | NT | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Robert Chef d'Hôtel | 800 m | 1:56.2 | 2 Q | — | 1:52.0 | 2 Q | 1:53.0 | 7 | |
| Roger Chesneau | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:27.6 | 4 Q | — | 9:30.2 | 11 | |||
| Raymond Crapet | 400 m | 49.4 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
| Yves Cros | 400 m hurdles | 55.7 | 2 Q | — | 52.5 | 2 Q | 53.3 | 5 | |
| Hugues Frayer | 110 m hurdles | 15.5 | 2 Q | — | NT | 6 | Did not advance | ||
| Alexandre Guyodo | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:17.2 | 2 Q | — | 9:13.6 | 4 | |||
| Marcel Hansenne | 800 m | 1:54.6 | 1 Q | — | 1:50.5 | 1 Q | 1:49.8 |  | |
| 1500 m | 3:52.8 | 2 Q | — | 4:02.0 | 11[2] | ||||
| Henri Klein | 3:59.8 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Julien Lebas | 200 m | 22.0 | 1 Q | NT | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Jacques Lunis | 400 m | 49.3 | 1 Q | 48.9 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| André-Jacques Marie | 110 m hurdles | 14.4 | 1 Q | — | DNF | Did not advance | |||
| Gaston Mayordomo | 800 m | 1:55.7 | 4 Q | — | 1:54.3 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
| Alain Mimoun | 10,000 m | — | 30:47.4 |  | |||||
| 5000 m | 15:11.2 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Gilbert Omnès | 110 m hurdles | 15.2 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
| André Paris | 10,000 m | — | NT | NP | |||||
| Maurice Pouzieux | 5000 m | 15:09.8 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
| Raphaël Pujazon | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:20.8 | 1 Q | — | DNF | ||||
| Ben Saïd Abdallah | 10,000 m | — | 31:07.8 | 6 | |||||
| Francis Schewetta | 400 m | 48.9 | 2 Q | 49.9 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Joseph Stéphan | 200 m | NT | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
| René Valmy | 100 m | 10.8 | 2 | NT | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Jacques Vernier | 1500 m | 3:57.6 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| 5000 m | 15:29.8 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Julien Lebas Marc Litaudon Alain Porthault René Valmy |
4 × 100 m relay | DNF | Did not advance | ||||||
| Robert Chef d'Hôtel Jean Kerebel Jacques Lunis Francis Schewetta |
4 × 400 m relay | 3:17.0 | 2 Q | — | 3:14.8 | | |||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Claude Bénard | High jump | 1.84 | 21 | Did not advance | |
| Robert Bobin | Triple jump | 14.130 | 18 | Did not advance | |
| Georges Breitman | Pole vault | 3.90 | 13 | Did not advance | |
| Georges Damitio | Long jump | 6.980 | 12 q | 7.070 | 6 |
| High jump | 1.87 | 1 Q | 1.95 | 5 | |
| Charles Épalle | Triple jump | 14.020 | 20 | Did not advance | |
| Pierre Legrain | Hammer throw | 47.60 | 18 | Did not advance | |
| Victor Sillon | Pole vault | 4.00 | 1 Q | 3.95 | 9 |
| Pierre Sprécher | Javelin throw | 52.30 | 23 | Did not advance | |
| Raymond Tissot | 58.19 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
- Women
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Rosine Faugouin | 200 m | 25.9 | 2 Q | — | 25.3 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Jeanine Moussier | 100 m | 12.9 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
| Yvette Monginou | 80 m hurdles | 11.7 | 1 Q | — | 11.8 | 2 Q | 11.8 | 4 | |
| Liliane Sprécher | 200 m | 26.0 | 2 Q | — | 25.1 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
| Jeanine Toulouse | 80 m hurdles | 12.0 | 3 Q | — | NT | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Rosine Faugouin Jeanine Moussier Liliane Sprécher Jeanine Toulouse |
4 × 100 m relay | 48.1 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Yvonne Chabot-Curtet | Long jump | 5.640 OR | 1 Q | 5.350 | 8 |
| Anne-Marie Colchen | High jump | — | 1.40 | 14 | |
| Paulette Laurent | Shot put | ? | 11 Q | 12.030 | 10 |
| Marguerite Martel | Long jump | 4.950 | 24 | Did not advance | |
| Jacqueline Mazéas | Discus throw | — | 40.47 | | |
| Micheline Ostermeyer | High jump | — | 1.61 | | |
| Shot put | 13.140 OR | 1 Q | 13.750 OR |  | |
| Discus throw | — | 41.92 | | ||
| Simone Ruas | High jump | — | 1.50 | 9 | |
| Paulette Veste | Discus throw | — | 36.84 | 10 | |
Basketball
Boxing
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
Equestrian
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
- Louisette Malherbaud
- Françoise Gouny
Football
Gymnastics
Hockey
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented France in 1948.
- André Lacroix
- Louis Pichon
- Christian Palant
Rowing
France had 22 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1948.[3]
- Men's single sculls
- Jean Séphériadès
- Men's double sculls
- Jacques Maillet
- Christian Guilbert
- Men's coxless pair
- Paul Rothley
- Paul Heitz
- Men's coxed pair
- Ampelio Sartor
- Aristide Sartor
- Roger Crezen (cox)
- Men's coxed four
- Jean-Paul Pieddeloup
- René Lotti
- Gaston Maquat
- Jean-Pierre Souche
- Marcel Boigegrain (cox)
- Men's eight
- Pierre Fauveau
- Pierre Sauvestre
- Alphonse Bouton
- Erik Aschehoug
- Jean Bocahut
- René Boucher
- Pierre Clergerie
- Roger Lebranchu
- Robert Léon (cox)
Sailing
Shooting
Twelve shooters represented France in 1948.
- 25 metre pistol
- Charles des Jammonières
- R. Bouillet
- Didier Hesse
- 50 metre pistol
- Jacques Mazoyer
- Marcel Bonin
- R. Stéphan
- 300 metre rifle
- Jean Fournier
- Édouard Rouland
- Stéphane Lesceux
- 50 metre rifle
- Georges Gauthier-Lafond
- Lucien Genot
- M. Bouchez
Swimming
Water polo
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
- "France at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- The results of the 1500 metres final are disputed. Hansenneis listed by most sources as 11th. "1500 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "France Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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