# France at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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 French segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

## Medalists

| 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

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| 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
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Philippe Verneret | Downhill | | | DSQ | – |
| Luc Alphand | Downhill | | | DNF | – |
| Christophe Plé | Downhill | | | 2:04.78 | 25 |
| Franck Piccard | Downhill | | | 2:01.24 | |
| Philippe Verneret | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
| Yves Tavernier | Super-G | | | 1:44.88 | 20 |
| Luc Alphand | Super-G | | | 1:42.27 | 7 |
| Franck Piccard | Super-G | | | 1:39.66 | |
| Alain Feutrier | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Christian Gaidet | Giant Slalom | 1:07.59 | 1:04.08 | 2:11.67 | 18 |
| Yves Tavernier | Giant Slalom | 1:07.44 | 1:04.77 | 2:12.21 | 24 |
| Jean-Luc Crétier | Slalom | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Yves Tavernier | Slalom | 55.39 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Christian Gaidet | Slalom | 54.23 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Didier Bouvet | Slalom | 53.34 | DNF | DNF | – |
Men's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | 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 | 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 | Super-G | | | 1:22.05 | 22 |
| Catherine Quittet | Super-G | | | 1:21.48 | 16 |
| Carole Merle | Super-G | | | 1:21.01 | 12 |
| Małgorzata Tłalka-Mogore | Giant Slalom | 1:03.01 | 1:11.38 | 2:14.39 | 19 |
| Carole Merle | Giant Slalom | 1:01.30 | 1:08.06 | 2:09.36 | 9 |
| Catherine Quittet | Giant Slalom | 1:01.11 | 1:07.73 | 2:08.84 | 8 |
| Christelle Guignard | Giant Slalom | 1:00.90 | 1:08.56 | 2:09.46 | 10 |
| Christelle Guignard | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Patricia Chauvet-Blanc | Slalom | 51.48 | 51.31 | 1:42.79 | 14 |
| Pascaline Freiher | Slalom | 51.37 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Dorota Tłalka-Mogore | Slalom | 50.28 | 49.58 | 1:39.86 | 8 |
Women's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | 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
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Xavier Blond | 3 | 28:36.6 | 56 |
| 10 km Sprint | Hervé Flandin | 4 | 28:21.4 | 52 |
| 10 km Sprint | Christian Dumont | 2 | 28:20.3 | 51 |
| 10 km Sprint | 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 |
| 20 km | Éric Claudon | 58:16.8 | 6 | 1'04:16.8 | 45 |
| 20 km | Thierry Gerbier | 57:51.7 | 6 | 1'03:51.7 | 41 |
| 20 km | Jean-Paul Giachino | 57:43.7 | 3 | 1'00:43.7 | 18 |

### Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | 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
### Men

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

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

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

## Figure skating
### 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
### Group A

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

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| France | 7–6 SO | Norway |
Team roster
   * Jean-Marc Djian
   * Patrick Foliot
   * Daniel Maric
   * Stéphane Botteri
   * Michel Leblanc
   * Jean-Philippe Lemoine
   * Jean-Christophe Lerondeau
   * François Ouimet
   * Denis Perez
   * Pierre Schmitt
   * Steven Woodburn
   * Peter Almasy
   * Paulin Bordeleau
   * Philippe Bozon
   * Guy Dupuis
   * Derek Haas
   * Stéphane Lessard
   * Franck Pajonkowski
   * André Peloffy
   * Christian Pouget
   * Pierre Pousse
   * Antoine Richer
   * Christophe Ville
* Head coach: Unknown

## Luge
### Women

| 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 |
| Laurence Bonici | 48.436 | 22 | 48.790 | 22 | 48.692 | 21 | 48.488 | 22 | 3:14.406 | 22 |

## 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 | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Points | Rank |
| Francis Reppelin | Individual | 159.9 | 42 | 7:37.4 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Jean-Pierre Bohard | Individual | 183.2 | 35 | 5:02.0 | 46:35.9 | 367.965 | 39 |
| Fabrice Guy | Individual | 192.1 | 29 | 4:02.7 | 43:22.4 | 396.995 | 20 |
| Xavier Girard | Individual | 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 | Ski jumping | Cross-country | 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

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | 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
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | 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 | 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
### Curling

* Catherine Lefebvre
* Annick Mercier
* Agnès Mercier
* Andrée Dupont-Roc