# France at the 2006 Winter Olympics

France competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. France is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France (French: Comité national olympique et sportif français).

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Antoine Dénériaz | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill | 12 February |
| Gold | Florence Baverel-Robert | Biathlon | Women's sprint | 16 February |
| Gold | Vincent Defrasne | Biathlon | Men's pursuit | 18 February |
| Silver | Joël Chenal | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom | 20 February |
| Silver | Roddy Darragon | Cross-country skiing | Men's sprint | 22 February |
| Bronze | Sandra Laoura | Freestyle skiing | Women's moguls | 11 February |
| Bronze | Paul-Henri de Le Rue | Snowboarding | Men's snowboard cross | 16 February |
| Bronze | Julien Robert Vincent Defrasne Ferréol Cannard Raphaël Poirée | Biathlon | Men's relay | 21 February |
| Bronze | Delphyne Peretto Florence Baverel-Robert Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly | Biathlon | Women's relay | 23 February |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank |
| Yannick Bertrand | Downhill | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:51.37 | 24 |
| Yannick Bertrand | Super-G | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:32.21 | 24 |
| Pierrick Bourgeat | Slalom | 54.45 | 51.03 | n/a | 1:45.48 | 11 |
| Pierrick Bourgeat | Combined | 1:41.35 | 45.56 | 44.38 | 3:11.29 | 8 |
| Raphaël Burtin | Giant slalom | 1:20.70 | 1:20.29 | n/a | 2:40.99 | 21 |
| Joël Chenal | Giant slalom | 1:16.80 | 1:18.27 | n/a | 2:35.07 | |
| Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin | Downhill | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:50.35 | 11 |
| Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin | Super-G | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |
| Antoine Dénériaz | Downhill | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:48.80 | |
| Antoine Dénériaz | Super-G | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:31.49 | 11 |
| Thomas Fanara | Giant slalom | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |
| Jean-Baptiste Grange | Slalom | 54.84 | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |
| Jean-Baptiste Grange | Combined | 1:44.05 | 44.63 | 43.83 | 3:12.51 | 13 |
| Gauthier de Tessières | Super-G | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:34.94 | 39 |
| Gauthier de Tessières | Giant slalom | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |
| Stéphane Tissot | Slalom | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |
| Jean-Pierre Vidal | Slalom | did not start | did not start | did not start | did not start | did not start |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank |
| Anne-Sophie Barthet | Slalom | 46.28 | 50.38 | n/a | 1:36.66 | 24 |
| Anne-Sophie Barthet | Combined | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |
| Ingrid Jacquemod | Downhill | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:58.46 | 16 |
| Ingrid Jacquemod | Super-G | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:35.28 | 32 |
| Ingrid Jacquemod | Giant slalom | 1:02.56 | 1:11.49 | n/a | 2:14.05 | 21 |
| Florine de Leymarie | Slalom | 43.40 | 47.99 | n/a | 1:31.39 | 11 |
| Marie Marchand-Arvier | Downhill | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:31.45 | 15 |
| Marie Marchand-Arvier | Super-G | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:34.82 | 25 |
| Marie Marchand-Arvier | Combined | 41.04 | 44.62 | n/a | 1:31.45 | 15 |
| Carole Montillet-Carles | Downhill | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2:01.03 | 28 |
| Carole Montillet-Carles | Super-G | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:33.31 | 5 |
| Laure Pequegnot | Slalom | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified |
| Vanessa Vidal | Slalom | 44.49 | 48.48 | n/a | 1:32.97 | 26 |
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

## Biathlon
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Ferréol Cannard | Sprint | 28:19.7 | 1 | 32 |
| Ferréol Cannard | Pursuit | 40:07.71 | 6 | 40 |
| Vincent Defrasne | Sprint | 26:54.2 | 1 | 4 |
| Vincent Defrasne | Pursuit | 35:20.2 | 3 | |
| Vincent Defrasne | Mass start | 48:20.7 | 4 | 11 |
| Vincent Defrasne | Individual | 59:16.1 | 6 | 34 |
| Simon Fourcade | Individual | 59:01.7 | 3 | 31 |
| Raphaël Poirée | Sprint | 27:19.0 | 1 | 8 |
| Raphaël Poirée | Pursuit | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |
| Raphaël Poirée | Mass start | 48:24.9 | 2 | 12 |
| Raphaël Poirée | Individual | 57:21.1 | 3 | 20 |
| Julien Robert | Sprint | 27:54.1 | 0 | 18 |
| Julien Robert | Pursuit | 37:15.95 | 1 | 10 |
| Julien Robert | Mass start | 48:51.8 | 2 | 16 |
| Julien Robert | Individual | 55:59.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Julien Robert Ferréol Cannard Vincent Defrasne Raphaël Poirée | Relay | 1:22:35.1 | 6 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Sandrine Bailly | Sprint | 22:43.0 | 2 | 6 |
| Sandrine Bailly | Pursuit | 39:39.47 | 3 | 12 |
| Sandrine Bailly | Mass start | 42:21.5 | 4 | 10 |
| Sandrine Bailly | Individual | 51:58.2 | 3 | 6 |
| Florence Baverel-Robert | Sprint | 22:31.4 | 0 | |
| Florence Baverel-Robert | Pursuit | 39:57.62 | 4 | 13 |
| Florence Baverel-Robert | Mass start | 41:40.5 | 2 | 5 |
| Florence Baverel-Robert | Individual | 54:14.1 | 5 | 26 |
| Sylvie Becaert | Sprint | 24:12.9 | 0 | 30 |
| Sylvie Becaert | Pursuit | 43:17.10 | 3 | 34 |
| Sylvie Becaert | Mass start | 45:38.4 | 6 | 26 |
| Sylvie Becaert | Individual | 53:59.0 | 2 | 24 |
| Delphyne Peretto | Sprint | 23:31.2 | 0 | 14 |
| Delphyne Peretto | Pursuit | 41:52.85 | 3 | 26 |
| Delphyne Peretto | Mass start | 45:39.9 | 5 | 27 |
| Delphyne Peretto | Individual | 55:40.5 | 3 | 40 |
| Delphyne Peretto Florence Baverel-Robert Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly | Relay | 1:18:38.7 | 8 | |

## Bobsleigh

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank |
| Bruno Mingeon Stéphane Galbert | Two-man | 56.49 | 56.75 | 57.11 | did not advance | did not advance | 21 |
| Bruno Mingeon Christophe Fouquet Pierre-Alain Menneron Alexandre Vanhoutte | Four-man | 56.09 | 56.08 | 55.87 | 55.71 | 3:43.75 | 18 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Distance

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank |
| Elodie Bourgeois Pin | Women's 10 km classical | 29:40.6 | 22 |
| Elodie Bourgeois Pin | Women's 30 km freestyle | 1:29:37.6 | 36 |
| Jean-Marc Gaillard | Men's 15 km classical | 40:09.2 | 23 |
| Jean-Marc Gaillard | Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:06:19.9 | 11 |
| Emmanuel Jonnier | Men's 30 km pursuit | did not finish | did not finish |
| Emmanuel Jonnier | Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:06:13.5 | 4 |
| Aurelie Perrillat Storti | Women's 10 km classical | 30:35.9 | 37 |
| Christophe Perrillat | Men's 15 km classical | 40:12.0 | 24 |
| Christophe Perrillat | Men's 30 km pursuit | 1:20:12.0 | 35 |
| Karine Philippot | Women's 15 km pursuit | 45:06.5 | 20 |
| Karine Philippot | Women's 30 km freestyle | 1:24:06.1 | 11 |
| Alexandre Rousselet | Men's 15 km classical | 39:48.4 | 18 |
| Alexandre Rousselet | Men's 30 km pursuit | 1:19:17.0 | 27 |
| Alexandre Rousselet | Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:07:01.5 | 26 |
| Vincent Vittoz | Men's 15 km classical | 39:27.3 | 14 |
| Vincent Vittoz | Men's 30 km pursuit | 1:17:07.5 | 6 |
| Vincent Vittoz | Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:06:16.4 | 9 |
| Christophe Perrillat Alexandre Rousselet Emmanuel Jonnier Vincent Vittoz | Men's 4 x 10 km relay | 1:44:22.8 | 4 |
| Aurelie Perrillat Storti Karine Philippot Cécile Storti Emilie Vina | Women's 4 x 5 km relay | 56:41.4 | 9 |

### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Elodie Bourgeois Pin | Women's sprint | 2:24.77 | 55 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 55 |
| Roddy Darragon | Men's sprint | 2:16.76 | 10 Q | 2:21.9 | 2 Q | 2:19.9 | 2 Q | 2:27.1 | |
| Aurelie Perrillat Storti | Women's sprint | 2:19.28 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 34 |
| Emilie Vina | Women's sprint | 2:22.42 | 47 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 47 |
| Elodie Bourgeois Pin Aurelie Perrillat Storti | Women's team sprint | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 17:54.5 | 6 | Did not advance | 11 |
Jean-Marc Gaillard was suspended for health reasons for the first five days of competition after recording too high values of haemoglobin in his blood.

## Figure skating

| Athlete | Event | CD | CD | SP/OD | SP/OD | FS/FD | FS/FD | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Frédéric Dambier | Men's | n/a | n/a | 61.17 | 19 Q | 116.42 | 19 | 177.59 | 19 |
| Brian Joubert | Men's | n/a | n/a | 77.77 | 4 Q | 135.12 | 7 | 212.89 | 6 |
| Marylin Pla Yannick Bonheur | Pairs | n/a | n/a | 44.24 | 14 | 88.60 | 14 | 132.84 | 14 |
| Isabelle Delobel Olivier Schoenfelder | Ice dance | 36.44 | 7 | 58.34 | 4 | 99.50 | 2 | 194.28 | 4 |
| Nathalie Péchalat Fabian Bourzat | Ice dance | 28.59 | 16 | 44.07 | 17 | 76.65 | 19 | 149.31 | 18 |
Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

## Freestyle skiing

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Guilbaut Colas | Men's moguls | 24.33 | 5 Q | 23.60 | 10 |
| Sandra Laoura | Women's moguls | 25.45 | 2 Q | 25.37 | |
| Aurélien Lohrer | Men's aerials | 188.27 | 22 | did not advance | 22 |
| Pierre Ochs | Men's moguls | 23.19 | 14 Q | 21.37 | 17 |
| Silvan Palazot | Men's moguls | 21.29 | 26 | did not advance | 26 |

## Nordic combined

| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank |
| Nicolas Bal | Sprint | 95.4 | 39 | 2:01 | 20:06.7 +1:37.7 | 27 |
| Nicolas Bal | Individual Gundersen | 188.5 | 42 | 4:56 | 44:28.9 +4:44.3 | 31 |
| François Braud | Individual Gundersen | 194.0 | 37 | 4:34 | 47:02.3 +7:17.7 | 42 |
| Jason Lamy-Chappuis | Sprint | 124.4 | 2 | 0:05 | 18:51.5 +0:22.5 | 4 |
| Jason Lamy-Chappuis | Individual Gundersen | 257.0 | 3 | 0:22 | 41:34.0 +1:49.4 | 31 |
| Ludovic Roux | Sprint | did not start | did not start | did not start | did not start | did not start |
| Ludovic Roux | Individual Gundersen | 211.5 | 29 | 3:24 | 43:42.6 +3:58.0 | 26 |
| François Braud Nicolas Bal Ludovic Roux Jason Lamy-Chappuis | Team | 848.2 | 6 | 1:05 | 51:24.6 +1:32.0 | 5 |
Note: "Deficit" refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

## Short track speed skating

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Stéphanie Bouvier | Women's 500 m | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified |
| Stéphanie Bouvier | Women's 1000 m | 1:33.197 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 20 |
| Stéphanie Bouvier | Women's 1500 m | 2:35.410 | 1 Q | n/a | n/a | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified |
| Maxime Chataignier | Men's 1000 m | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified |
| Maxime Chataignier | Men's 1500 m | 2:23.966 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 18 |
| Min Kyung Choi | Women's 1000 m | 1:36.745 | 2 Q | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified |
| Myrtille Gollin | Women's 1500 m | 2:38.442 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 19 |
| Jean-Charles Mattei | Men's 1000 m | 1:28.009 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 16 |
| Jean-Charles Mattei | Men's 1500 m | 2:43.543 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 24 |
| Stéphanie Bouvier Min Kyung Choi Myrtille Gollin Céline Lecompére | Women's 3000 m relay | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4:21.898 | 3 | Final B 4:18.971 | 5 |

## Skeleton

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank |
| Philippe Cavoret | Men's | 59.79 | 59.08 | 1:58.87 | 14 |

## Snowboarding
### Halfpipe

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying run 1 | Qualifying run 1 | Qualifying run 2 | Qualifying run 2 | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank |
| Cecile Alzina | Women's halfpipe | 25.7 | 17 | 28.0 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | 19 |
| Mathieu Crépel | Men's halfpipe | 37.4 | 8 | 34.2 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |
| Sophie Rodriguez | Women's halfpipe | 33.9 | 7 | 33.8 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | 13 |
| Doriane Vidal | Women's halfpipe | 34.5 | 6 Q | n/a | n/a | (26.1) | 35.7 | 8 |
| Gary Zebrowski | Men's halfpipe | 30.7 | 17 | 43.3 | 2 Q | 38.6 | (29.5) | 6 |
Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A score in parentheses indicates a run that was not counted.

### Parallel GS

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Isabelle Blanc | Women's parallel giant slalom | 1:22.67 | 14 | Pomagalski (FRA) (3) L +1.77 (-0.32 +2.09) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 14 |
| Mathieu Bozzetto | Men's parallel giant slalom | 1:12.02 | 13 Q | Prommegger (AUT) (4) W -0.54 (-0.48 -0.06) | Jaquet (SUI) (5) W -1.54 (-0.86 -0.68) | Schoch (SUI) (1) L +0.38 (-0.31 +0.69) | Bronze final Grabner (AUT) (9) L DNF | 4 |
| Nicolas Huet | Men's parallel giant slalom | 1:10.72 | 7 | Flander (SLO) (10) L +0.53 (+1.35 -0.82) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 10 |
| Julie Pomagalski | Women's parallel giant slalom | 1:21.02 | 3 Q | Blanc (FRA) (14) W -1.77 (+0.32 -2.09) | Meuli (SUI) (6) L -1.43 (-1.50 +0.07) | Classification 5–8 Bruhin (SUI) (7) W -4.76 (+1.50 -6.26) | 5th place final Tudigescheva (RUS) (1) L +1.04 (+1.32 -0.28) | 6 |
Key: "+ [time]" represents a deficit; the parentheses indicate the results of each run.

### Snowboard cross

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank |
| Déborah Anthonioz | Women's snowboard cross | 1:30.89 | 9 Q | n/a | 3 | did not advance | Classification 9–12 2 | 10 |
| Paul-Henri de Le Rue | Men's snowboard cross | 1:21.21 | 10 Q | 2 Q | 2 Q | 1 Q | 3 | |
| Xavier de Le Rue | Men's snowboard cross | 1:20.97 | 5 Q | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 18 |
| Sylvain Duclos | Men's snowboard cross | 1:22.55 | 25 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 29 |
| Marie Laissus | Women's snowboard cross | 1:30.46 | 8 Q | n/a | 2 Q | 3 | Classification 5–8 4 | 8 |
| Julie Pomagalski | Women's snowboard cross | 1:36.32 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 23 |
| Karine Ruby | Women's snowboard cross | 1:31.03 | 11 Q | n/a | 4 | did not advance | Classification 13–16 4 | 16 |
| Pierre Vaultier | Men's snowboard cross | 1:23.75 | 35 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 35 |

## References and notes

* ↑ "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 22 February 2009.
* ↑ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2009.