France at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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.[1]

France at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC codeFRA
NOCFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors137 (119 men and 18 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearerJean Debuf
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
4
Silver
4
Bronze
6
Total
14
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

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
Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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

  • Nicole Péllissard-Darrigrand
    • Preliminary Round — 50.02
    • Final — 78.80 (→ 4th place)

Fencing

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

Men's foil
Men's team foil
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

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented France in 1956.

Individual
  • Jean-Claude Hamel

Rowing

France had 13 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1956.[2]

Men's coxless four
  • René Guissart
  • Yves Delacour
  • Gaston Mercier
  • Guy Guillabert
Men's eight
  • Santé Marcuzzi
  • Émile Clerc
  • Richard Duc
  • Maurice Bas
  • Édouard Leguery
  • Jean-Jacques Vignon
  • Maurice Houdayer
  • René Massiasse
  • Jacques Vilcoq

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics

References
  1. "France at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "France Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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