# France at the 1992 Winter Olympics

France was the host nation for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. It was the third time that France had hosted the Winter Olympic Games (after the 1924 Games in Chamonix and the 1968 Games in Grenoble), and the fifth time overall (after the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics, both in Paris).

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Fabrice Guy | Nordic combined | Individual | 12 February |
| Gold | Edgar Grospiron | Freestyle skiing | Men's moguls | 13 February |
| Gold | Corinne Niogret Véronique Claudel Anne Briand-Bouthiaux | Biathlon | Women's relay | 14 February |
| Silver | Franck Piccard | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill | 9 February |
| Silver | Sylvain Guillaume | Nordic combined | Individual | 12 February |
| Silver | Olivier Allamand | Freestyle skiing | Men's moguls | 13 February |
| Silver | Isabelle Duchesnay Paul Duchesnay | Figure skating | Ice dance | 17 February |
| Silver | Carole Merle | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G | 18 February |
| Bronze | Florence Masnada | Alpine skiing | Women's combined | 13 February |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| Biathlon | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Bobsleigh | 9 | – | 9 |
| Cross-country skiing | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Figure skating | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Freestyle skiing | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Ice hockey | 22 | – | 22 |
| Luge | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
| Short track speed skating | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Ski jumping | 4 | – | 4 |
| Speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 79 | 30 | 109 |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Adrien Duvillard | Downhill | | | DNF | – |
| Denis Rey | Downhill | | | 1:54.28 | 27 |
| Luc Alphand | Downhill | | | 1:52.34 | 12 |
| Franck Piccard | Downhill | | | 1:50.42 | |
| Armand Schiele | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
| Franck Piccard | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
| Jean-Luc Crétier | Super-G | | | 1:16.36 | 24 |
| Luc Alphand | Super-G | | | 1:15.39 | 16 |
| Franck Piccard | Giant Slalom | 1:07.14 | 1:04.79 | 2:11.93 | 18 |
| Alain Feutrier | Giant Slalom | 1:07.11 | 1:04.89 | 2:12.00 | 19 |
| Stéphane Exartier | Giant Slalom | 1:06.87 | 1:03.80 | 2:10.67 | 13 |
| Patrice Bianchi | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Stéphane Exartier | Slalom | 58.31 | 55.59 | 1:53.90 | 30 |
| Alain Feutrier | Slalom | 54.50 | DNF | DNF | – |
| François Simond | Slalom | 53.88 | 53.61 | 1:47.49 | 12 |
Men's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank |
| Adrien Duvillard | DSQ | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Denis Rey | DSQ | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Jean-Luc Crétier | 1:46.25 | 49.67 | 52.42 | 18.97 | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Marie-Pierre Gatel | Downhill | | | 1:56.25 | 23 |
| Cathy Chedal | Downhill | | | 1:55.91 | 22 |
| Régine Cavagnoud | Downhill | | | 1:54.94 | 17 |
| Carole Merle | Downhill | | | 1:54.73 | 13 |
| Régine Cavagnoud | Super-G | | | 1:26.69 | 26 |
| Cathy Chedal | Super-G | | | 1:25.66 | 22 |
| Florence Masnada | Super-G | | | 1:25.42 | 19 |
| Carole Merle | Super-G | | | 1:22.63 | |
| Cathy Chedal | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Sophie Lefranc | Giant Slalom | 1:09.54 | 1:09.13 | 2:18.67 | 19 |
| Christelle Guignard | Giant Slalom | 1:08.08 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Carole Merle | Giant Slalom | 1:06.67 | 1:07.57 | 2:14.24 | 6 |
| Béatrice Filliol | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Florence Masnada | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Christelle Guignard | Slalom | 50.20 | 46.11 | 1:36.31 | 14 |
| Patricia Chauvet-Blanc | Slalom | 48.98 | 44.74 | 1:33.72 | 6 |
Women's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank |
| Béatrice Filliol | 1:30.03 | 34.23 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Régine Cavagnoud | 1:28.16 | 35.96 | 36.03 | 51.13 | 10 |
| Florence Masnada | 1:27.08 | 35.19 | 34.82 | 21.38 | |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Xavier Blond | 3 | 28:32.8 | 45 |
| 10 km Sprint | Christian Dumont | 4 | 28:30.7 | 42 |
| 10 km Sprint | Patrice Bailly-Salins | 3 | 27:49.7 | 30 |
| 10 km Sprint | Hervé Flandin | 1 | 26:56.6 | 10 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Lionel Laurent | 59:10.6 | 4 | 1'03:10.6 | 47 |
| 20 km | Thierry Gerbier | 1'00:24.8 | 2 | 1'02:24.8 | 39 |
| 20 km | Patrice Bailly-Salins | 56:28.3 | 4 | 1'00:28.3 | 22 |
| 20 km | Christian Dumont | 57:27.0 | 2 | 59:27.0 | 13 |

### Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Xavier Blond Thierry Gerbier Christian Dumont Hervé Flandin | 0 | 1'27:13.3 | 6 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Véronique Claudel | 4 | 27:04.5 | 24 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Corinne Niogret | 3 | 26:32.3 | 17 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Delphyne Heymann-Burlet | 4 | 25:50.5 | 9 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Anne Briand-Schaaf | 2 | 25:29.8 | 7 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 15 km | Anne Briand-Bouthiaux | 49:05.1 | 7 | 56:05.1 | 19 |
| 15 km | Corinne Niogret | 51:06.6 | 2 | 53:06.6 | 7 |
| 15 km | Delphyne Heymann-Burlet | 50:00.8 | 3 | 53:00.8 | 6 |
| 15 km | Véronique Claudel | 50:21.2 | 2 | 52:21.2 | 4 |

### Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Corinne Niogret Véronique Claudel Anne Briand-Bouthiaux | 0 | 1'15:55.6 | |
    $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
    $^2$ One minute added per missed target.

## Bobsleigh

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| FRA-1 | Christophe Flacher Claude Dasse | Two-man | 1:01.13 | 16 | 1:01.52 | 15 | 1:01.47 | 11 | 1:01.44 | 12 | 4:05.56 | 14 |
| FRA-2 | Gabriel Fourmigué Philippe Tanchon | Two-man | 1:01.19 | 18 | 1:01.72 | 19 | 1:01.77 | 16 | 1:01.70 | 14 | 4:06.38 | 17 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| FRA-1 | Christophe Flacher Claude Dasse Thierry Tribondeau Gabriel Fourmigué | Four-man | 58.45 | 7 | 58.79 | 7 | 58.78 | 11 | 58.89 | 8 | 3:54.91 | 8 |
| FRA-2 | Bruno Mingeon Stéphane Poirot Didier Stil Dominique Klinnik | Four-man | 59.03 | 17 | 59.33 | 19 | 59.52 | 20 | 59.53 | 20 | 3:57.41 | 18 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km C | Cédric Vallet | 34:35.1 | 79 |
| 10 km C | Philippe Sanchez | 31:42.3 | 51 |
| 10 km C | Stéphane Azambre | 31:22.2 | 43 |
| 10 km C | Patrick Rémy | 30:45.1 | 36 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Cédric Vallet | 48:10.2 | 68 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Stéphane Azambre | 43:26.9 | 38 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Philippe Sanchez | 42:34.3 | 30 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Patrick Rémy | 42:08.5 | 22 |
| 30 km C | Guy Balland | 1'30:19.6 | 37 |
| 30 km C | Patrick Rémy | 1'27:54.0 | 23 |
| 50 km F | Stéphane Azambre | 2'13:49.8 | 26 |
| 50 km F | Guy Balland | 2'10:40.8 | 14 |
| 50 km F | Hervé Balland | 2'07:17.7 | 5 |
    $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Patrick Rémy Philippe Sanchez Stéphane Azambre Hervé Balland | 1'44:51.1 | 8 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Sophie Villeneuve | 16:15.0 | 49 |
| 5 km C | Sylvie Giry-Rousset | 16:06.6 | 45 |
| 5 km C | Marie-Pierre Guilbaud | 15:53.6 | 37 |
| 5 km C | Isabelle Mancini | 15:12.1 | 22 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Marie-Pierre Guilbaud | 31:41.3 | 46 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Sylvie Giry-Rousset | 29:46.3 | 32 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Sophie Villeneuve | 29:28.5 | 31 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Isabelle Mancini | 27:39.3 | 9 |
| 15 km C | Carole Stanisière | 47:20.1 | 32 |
| 15 km C | Sylvie Giry-Rousset | 46:48.5 | 28 |
| 30 km F | Marie-Pierre Guilbaud | DNF | – |
| 30 km F | Sylvie Giry-Rousset | 1'35:08.4 | 39 |
| 30 km F | Isabelle Mancini | 1'31:03.3 | 21 |
| 30 km F | Sophie Villeneuve | 1'30:14.5 | 18 |
    $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Women's 4 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Carole Stanisière Sylvie Giry-Rousset Sophie Villeneuve Isabelle Mancini | 1'01:30.7 | 5 |

## Curling

Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
* France
* Megève CC, Megève
* Skip: Dominique Dupont-Roc
* Third: Claude Feige
* Second: Patrick Philippe
* Lead: Thierry Mercier
* Alternate: Daniel Moratelli

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Éric Millot | 17 | 13 | 21.5 | 15 |
| Nicolas Pétorin | 14 | 14 | 21.0 | 14 |

### Women

| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Laëtitia Hubert | 5 | 15 | 17.5 | 12 |
| Surya Bonaly | 3 | 6 | 7.5 | 5 |

### Pairs

| Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Line Haddad Sylvain Prive | 16 | 16 | 24.0 | 16 |

### Ice Dancing

| Athletes | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
| Sophie Moniotte Pascal Lavanchy | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 17.4 | 9 |
| Doninique Yvon Frédéric Palluel | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 16.6 | 8 |
| Isabelle Duchesnay Paul Duchesnay | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4.4 | |

## Freestyle skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Éric Berthon | Moguls | 33.26 | 23.41 | 8 Q | 33.87 | 24.79 | 4 |
| Youri Gilg | Moguls | 33.39 | 23.63 | 5 Q | 33.20 | 22.85 | 9 |
| Olivier Allamand | Moguls | 31.85 | 24.96 | 2 Q | 32.91 | 24.87 | |
| Edgar Grospiron | Moguls | 31.80 | 25.23 | 1 Q | 31.23 | 25.81 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Candice Gilg | Moguls | 54.94 | 8.74 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Raphaëlle Monod | Moguls | 38.78 | 24.09 | 1 Q | 43.72 | 15.57 | 8 |

## Ice hockey
### Group B

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.
* Team advanced to the Final Round
* Team sent to compete in the Consolation round
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 8 |
| Unified Team | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 22 | 8 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 2 |
| Norway | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 38 | -31 | 0 |
| France | 2:3 | Canada |
| France | 4:6 | Czechoslovakia |
| France | 4:3 | Switzerland |
| France | 0:8 | Unified Team |
| France | 4:2 | Norway |

### Final round

Quarter-finals
| France | 1:4 | United States |
Consolation round 5th-8th places
| France | 4:5 | Germany |
7th-place match
| France 8th | 1:4 | Finland |
Contestants
   * Jean-Marc Djian
   * Fabrice Lhenry
   * Petri Ylönen
   * Stéphane Botteri
   * Gérald Guennelon
   * Michel Leblanc
   * Jean-Philippe Lemoine
   * Denis Perez
   * Serge Poudrier
   * Bruno Saunier
   * Peter Almásy
   * Mickaël Babin
   * Stéphane Barin
   * Philippe Bozon
   * Arnaud Briand
   * Yves Crettenand
   * Patrick Dunn
   * Benoît Laporte
   * Pascal Margerit
   * Christian Pouget
   * Pierre Pousse
   * Antoine Richer
   * Christophe Ville
* Head coach: Kjell Larsson

## Luge
### Men

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Frédéric Bertrand | 47.663 | 30 | 47.800 | 32 | 48.443 | 31 | 49.050 | 32 | 3:12.956 | 32 |
| Yves Boyer | 47.378 | 29 | 46.917 | 26 | 47.891 | 28 | 47.644 | 27 | 3:09.830 | 28 |
| Olivier Fraise | 46.287 | 21 | 47.278 | 30 | 46.981 | 22 | 46.814 | 20 | 3:07.360 | 22 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Yves Boyer Frédéric Bertrand | 48.847 | 20 | 48.060 | 19 | 1:36.907 | 19 |

## Nordic combined

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 | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank |
| Xavier Girard | Individual | 199.3 | 22 | +3:14.7 | 48:02.0 | 13 |
| Francis Repellin | Individual | 201.9 | 19 | +2:57.4 | 50:28.4 | 27 |
| Sylvain Guillaume | Individual | 208.1 | 13 | +2:16.0 | 45:16.5 | |
| Fabrice Guy | Individual | 222.1 | 3 | +42.7 | 44:28.1 | |
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events:
* normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps per team member were counted.)
* 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athletes | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total |
| Athletes | Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank |
| Francis Repellin Sylvain Guillaume Fabrice Guy | 578.4 | 5 | +5:33.0 | 1'25:52.0 | 4 |

## Short track speed skating
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round one | Round one | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Marc Bella | 1000 m | 1:34.22 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marc Bella Arnaud Drouet Rémi Ingres Claude Nicouleau | 5000 m relay | | | 7:38.32 | 3 q | 7:26.09 | 3 QB | 7:26.09 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round one | Round one | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Karine Rubini | 500 m | 49.25 | 2 Q | 1:08.41 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Valérie Barizza Sandrine Daudet Murielle Leyssieux Karine Rubini | 3000 m relay | | | | | 4:43.32 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Jérôme Gay | Normal hill | 79.5 | 88.7 | 79.5 | 92.2 | 180.9 | 43 |
| Steve Delaup | Normal hill | 78.5 | 92.1 | 79.5 | 94.7 | 186.8 | 32 |
| Nicolas Jean-Prost | Normal hill | 81.0 | 97.6 | 81.0 | 98.1 | 195.7 | 19 |
| Didier Mollard | Normal hill | 84.5 | 103.7 | 85.0 | 106.0 | 209.7 | 8 |
| Jérôme Gay | Large hill | 70.0 | 17.0 | 97.5 | 76.5 | 93.5 | 54 |
| Nicolas Jean-Prost | Large hill | 92.5 | 69.5 | 78.0 | 35.2 | 104.7 | 51 |
| Didier Mollard | Large hill | 104.5 | 89.8 | 81.0 | 42.4 | 132.2 | 40 |
| Steve Delaup | Large hill | 106.0 | 92.9 | 105.5 | 92.7 | 185.6 | 6 |

### Men's team large hill

| Athletes | Result | Result |
| Athletes | Points $^1$ | Rank |
| Jérôme Gay Didier Mollard Nicolas Jean-Prost Steve Delaup | 510.9 | 10 |
    $^1$ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 1000 m | Thierry Lamberton | 1:31.64 | 44 |
| 1500 m | Thierry Lamberton | 2:04.04 | 41 |
| 5000 m | Thierry Lamberton | 7:35.51 | 35 |