# France at the 1972 Winter Olympics

France competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Danièle Debernard | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
| Bronze | Florence Steurer | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
| Bronze | Patrick Pera | Figure skating | Men's singles |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Bernard Charvin | Downhill | | | | | 1:55.33 | 21 |
| Henri Duvillard | Downhill | | | | | 1:55.13 | 19 |
| Bernard Orcel | Downhill | | | | | 1:54.81 | 16 |
| Roger Rossat-Mignod | Downhill | | | | | 1:54.72 | 15 |
| Henri Duvillard | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Jean-Noël Augert | Giant Slalom | 1:33.61 | 12 | 1:38.23 | 6 | 3:11.84 | 5 |
| Alain Penz | Giant Slalom | 1:33.36 | 9 | 1:39.06 | 9 | 3:12.42 | 9 |
| Roger Rossat-Mignod | Giant Slalom | 1:33.28 | 8 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |

### Men's slalom

| Athlete | Classification | Classification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Alain Penz | bye | bye | 56.72 | 9 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Henri Duvillard | bye | bye | 55.92 | 3 | 54.53 | 6 | 1:50.45 | 4 |
| Jean-Noël Augert | bye | bye | 55.77 | 2 | 54.74 | 10 | 1:50.51 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Florence Steurer | Downhill | | | | | 1:41.36 | 23 |
| Michèle Jacot | Downhill | | | | | 1:40.73 | 15 |
| Annie Famose | Downhill | | | | | 1:39.70 | 8 |
| Isabelle Mir | Downhill | | | | | 1:38.62 | 4 |
| Isabelle Mir | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:35.30 | 21 |
| Michèle Jacot | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:33.61 | 16 |
| Britt Lafforgue | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:32.80 | 8 |
| Florence Steurer | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:32.59 | 6 |
| Michèle Jacot | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Florence Steurer | Slalom | 46.57 | 4 | 46.12 | 3 | 1:32.69 | |
| Britt Lafforgue | Slalom | 46.23 | 3 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Danièle Debernard | Slalom | 46.08 | 2 | 45.18 | 1 | 1:31.26 | |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Paul Chassagne | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| 20 km | Aimé Gruet-Masson | 1'18:44.41 | 15 | 1'33:44.41 | 51 |
| 20 km | René Arpin | 1'19:52.64 | 8 | 1'27:52.64 | 37 |
| 20 km | Daniel Claudon | 1'18:14.67 | 1 | 1'19:14.67 | 10 |
    $^1$ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

### Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^2$ | Time | Rank |
| René Arpin Noël Turrell Daniel Claudon Aimé Gruet-Masson | 4 | 2'03:08.90 | 13 |
    $^2$ A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied 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 | Patrick Parisot Alain Roy | Two-man | 1:16.66 | 8 | 1:17.17 | 14 | 1:14.53 | 10 | 1:15.10 | 12 | 5:03.46 | 9 |
| FRA-2 | Gérard Christaud-Pipola Jacques Christaud-Pipola | Two-man | 1:17.08 | 11 | 1:17.25 | 17 | 1:14.81 | 12 | 1:15.05 | 11 | 5:04.19 | 11 |
| 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 | Patrick Parisot Yves Bonsang Alain Roy Gilles Morda | Four-man | 1:11.79 | 9 | 1:12.18 | 6 | 1:11.27 | 11 | 1:11.51 | 11 | 4:46.75 | 9 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Gérard Granclement | 50:07.11 | 48 |
| 15 km | Daniel Cerisey | 50:05.88 | 46 |
| 15 km | Jean-Paul Vandel | 49:22.89 | 39 |
| 15 km | Roland Jeannerod | 48:32.42 | 31 |
| 30 km | Roland Jeannerod | DNF | – |
| 30 km | Gilbert Faure | 1'48:12.19 | 49 |
| 30 km | Daniel Cerisey | 1'47:03.01 | 45 |
| 30 km | Jean-Paul Vandel | 1'42:45.88 | 25 |
| 50 km | Jean Jobez | DNF | – |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Jean-Paul Vandel Roland Jeannerod Gilbert Faure Jean Jobez | 2'14:35.98 | 11 |

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Jacques Mrozek | 13 | 14 | 2401.3 | 126 | 14 |
| Didier Gailhaguet | 11 | 13 | 2440.9 | 114 | 13 |
| Patrick Péra | 2 | 8 | 2653.1 | 28 | |

### Pairs

| Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Florence Cahn Jean Roland Racle | 13 | 12 | 364.5 | 116 | 13 |

## 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 |
| Pierre Larchier | 55.86 | 37 | 56.28 | 42 | 54.68 | 37 | 54.94 | 37 | 3:41.76 | 36 |

## Nordic combined

Events:
* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jacques Gaillard | Individual | 67.5 | 67.0 | 155.4 | 29 | 53:59.5 | 169.810 | 35 | 325.210 | 35 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Alain Macle | Normal hill | 67.5 | 87.2 | 62.5 | 78.7 | 165.9 | 53 |
| Yvan Richard | Normal hill | 68.0 | 88.0 | 63.5 | 76.3 | 164.3 | 54 |
| Gilbert Poirot | Normal hill | 69.5 | 93.4 | 71.0 | 95.3 | 188.7 | 43 |
| Jacques Gaillard | Large hill | 72.0 | 60.8 | 73.5 | 61.9 | 122.7 | 51 |
| Alain Macle | Large hill | 76.0 | 65.9 | 71.0 | 56.9 | 122.8 | 50 |
| Yvan Richard | Large hill | 77.0 | 68.8 | 78.5 | 73.4 | 142.2 | 49 |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Richard Tourne | 43.06 | 33 |
| 1500 m | Richard Tourne | 2:16.37 | 33 |
| 5000 m | Richard Tourne | 8:11.52 | 24 |
| 10,000 m | Richard Tourne | 16:48.70 | 22 |