# France at the 1998 Winter Olympics

France competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Karine Ruby | Snowboarding | Women's giant slalom | 10 February |
| Gold | Jean-Luc Crétier | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill | 13 February |
| Silver | Sébastien Foucras | Freestyle skiing | Men's aerials | 18 February |
| Bronze | Philippe Candeloro | Figure skating | Men's singles | 14 February |
| Bronze | Florence Masnada | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill | 16 February |
| Bronze | Marina Anissina Gwendal Peizerat | Figure skating | Ice dance | 16 February |
| Bronze | Sylvain Guillaume Nicolas Bal Ludovic Roux Fabrice Guy | Nordic combined | Team | 20 February |
| Bronze | Bruno Mingeon Emanuel Hostache Éric Le Chanony Max Robert | Bobsleigh | Four-man | 21 February |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Biathlon | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Bobsleigh | 5 | – | 5 |
| Cross-country skiing | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Figure skating | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Freestyle skiing | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Ice hockey | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
| Short track speed skating | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ski jumping | 2 | – | 2 |
| Snowboarding | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 75 | 31 | 106 |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Adrien Duvillard | Downhill | | | DNF | – |
| Nicolas Burtin | Downhill | | | DNF | – |
| Jean-Luc Crétier | Downhill | | | 1:50.11 | |
| Nicolas Burtin | Super-G | | | DSQ | – |
| Frédéric Marin-Cudraz | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
| Jean-Luc Crétier | Super-G | | | 1:37.95 | 25 |
| Ian Piccard | Giant Slalom | 1:22.08 | 1:19.02 | 2:41.10 | 11 |
| Joël Chenal | Giant Slalom | 1:22.05 | DSQ | DSQ | – |
| Christophe Saioni | Giant Slalom | 1:21.84 | 1:19.40 | 2:41.24 | 13 |
| François Simond | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Sébastien Amiez | Slalom | 56.96 | 55.23 | 1:52.19 | 14 |
| Joël Chenal | Slalom | 56.68 | 54.83 | 1:51.51 | 8 |
| Pierrick Bourgeat | Slalom | 56.28 | 55.54 | 1:51.82 | 10 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Carole Montillet-Carles | Downhill | | | 1:30.65 | 14 |
| Régine Cavagnoud | Downhill | | | 1:29.72 | 7 |
| Mélanie Suchet | Downhill | | | 1:29.48 | 4 |
| Florence Masnada | Downhill | | | 1:29.37 | |
| Florence Masnada | Super-G | | | 1:19.03 | 18 |
| Régine Cavagnoud | Super-G | | | 1:18.91 | 16 |
| Carole Montillet-Carles | Super-G | | | 1:18.88 | 14 |
| Mélanie Suchet | Super-G | | | 1:18.51 | 8 |
| Leila Piccard | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Sophie Lefranc | Giant Slalom | 1:19.88 | 1:33.39 | 2:53.27 | 5 |
| Patricia Chauvet-Blanc | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Laure Pequegnot | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Leila Piccard | Slalom | 46.25 | DNF | DNF | – |
Women's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank |
| Florence Masnada | 1:29.87 | 37.21 | 35.76 | 2:42.84 | 6 |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Raphaël Poirée | DNF | DNF | – |
| 10 km Sprint | Andreas Heymann | 2 | 33:06.9 | 69 |
| 10 km Sprint | Julien Robert | 0 | 32:52.4 | 67 |
| 10 km Sprint | Thierry Dusserre | 1 | 30:43.6 | 50 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Andreas Heymann | 58:42.7 | 6 | 1'04:42.7 | 57 |
| 20 km | Thierry Dusserre | 1'01:26.6 | 1 | 1'02:26.6 | 46 |
| 20 km | Julien Robert | 1'01:01.6 | 1 | 1'02:01.6 | 40 |
| 20 km | Raphaël Poirée | 58:08.4 | 2 | 1'00:08.4 | 22 |

### Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Andreas Heymann Raphaël Poirée Thierry Dusserre Patrice Bailly-Salins | 2 | 1'24:53.0 | 7 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Anne Briand-Bouthiaux | 5 | 26:16.1 | 54 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Florence Baverel-Robert | 1 | 25:39.6 | 43 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Corinne Niogret | 2 | 24:54.7 | 25 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Emmanuelle Claret | 1 | 24:08.7 | 14 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 15 km | Florence Baverel-Robert | 1'05:42.8 | 4 | 1'09:42.8 | 63 |
| 15 km | Christelle Gros | 59:33.8 | 7 | 1'06:33.8 | 59 |
| 15 km | Anne Briand-Bouthiaux | 55:13.1 | 3 | 58:13.1 | 20 |
| 15 km | Corinne Niogret | 56:51.1 | 1 | 57:51.1 | 16 |

### Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Christelle Gros Emmanuelle Claret Florence Baverel-Robert Corinne Niogret | 0 | 1'43:54.6 | 8 |
    $^1$ 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 | Bruno Mingeon Emmanuel Hostache | Two-man | 54.80 | 6 | 54.65 | 7 | 54.55 | 10 | 54.62 | 10 | 3:38.62 | 9 |
| FRA-2 | Éric Alard Éric Le Chanony | Two-man | 55.25 | 15 | 54.75 | 11 | 54.73 | 13 | 54.58 | 9 | 3:39.31 | 13 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| FRA-1 | Bruno Mingeon Emmanuel Hostache Éric Le Chanony Max Robert | Four-man | 53.13 | 8 | 53.30 | 3 | 53.63 | 1 | 2:40.06 | |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km C | Philippe Sanchez | 31:03.5 | 59 |
| 10 km C | Vincent Vittoz | 29:03.5 | 24 |
| 10 km C | Patrick Rémy | 28:55.2 | 20 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Patrick Rémy | 43:56.8 | 30 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Vincent Vittoz | 42:31.9 | 19 |
| 30 km C | Patrick Rémy | DNF | – |
| 50 km F | Vincent Vittoz | 2'14:16.2 | 21 |
| 50 km F | Hervé Balland | 2'11:55.9 | 14 |
    $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Vincent Vittoz Patrick Rémy Hervé Balland Philippe Sanchez | 1'45:00.2 | 13 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Anne-Laure Condevaux | 20:21.2 | 64 |
| 5 km C | Karine Philippot | 19:38.6 | 52 |
| 5 km C | Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel | 19:33.4 | 49 |
| 5 km C | Sophie Villeneuve | 19:05.5 | 32 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel | 32:20.0 | 37 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Karine Philippot | 32:00.3 | 33 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Sophie Villeneuve | 31:31.5 | 27 |
| 15 km C | Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel | 52:30.1 | 45 |
| 30 km F | Karine Philippot | 1'29:51.6 | 22 |
| 30 km F | Sophie Villeneuve | 1'28:57.8 | 17 |
    $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Women's 4 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Sophie Villeneuve Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel Anne-Laure Condevaux Karine Philippot | 58:27.7 | 11 |

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Philippe Candeloro | 5 | 2 | 4.5 | |

### Women

| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Laëtitia Hubert | 12 | 21 | 27.0 | 20 |
| Surya Bonaly | 6 | 11 | 14.0 | 10 |
| Vanessa Gusmeroli | 8 | 6 | 10.0 | 6 |

### Pairs

| Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Sabrina Lefrançois Nicolas Osseland | 17 | 17 | 25.5 | 17 |
| Sarah Abitbol Stéphane Bernadis | 7 | 6 | 9.5 | 6 |

### Ice Dancing

| Athletes | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
| Dominique Deniaud Martial Jaffredo | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 40.8 | 20 |
| Sophie Moniotte Pascal Lavanchy | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 22.2 | 11 |
| Marina Anissina Gwendal Peizerat | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7.0 | |

## Freestyle skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Olivier Cotte | Moguls | 28.66 | 23.46 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Julien Regnier-Lafforgue | Moguls | 28.20 | 24.20 | 12 Q | 25.93 | 24.64 | 11 |
| Fabrice Ougier | Moguls | 27.72 | 24.26 | 11 Q | 25.88 | 24.22 | 12 |
| Thony Hemery | Moguls | 26.18 | 25.06 | 6 Q | DNF | DNF | – |
| Jean-Damien Climonet | Aerials | | 186.81 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sébastien Foucras | Aerials | | 200.27 | 12 Q | | 248.79 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Candice Gilg | Moguls | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |

## Ice hockey
### Men's tournament
#### Preliminary round - Group B

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Belarus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 5 |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 2 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 1 |
All times are local (UTC-7).

#### Consolation round - 11th place match

All times are local (UTC-7).

#### Leading scorers

| Rank | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 5th | Philippe Bozon | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
* Team roster
** François Gravel
** Cristobal Huet
** Fabrice Lhenry
** Serge Poudrier
** Denis Perez
** Jean-Philippe Lemoine
** Serge Djelloul
** Karl Dewolf
** Jean-Christophe Filippin
** Grégory Dubois
** Philippe Bozon
** Christian Pouget
** Stéphane Barin
** Bob Ouellet
** Jonathan Zwikel
** Anthony Mortas
** Arnaud Briand
** Richard Aimonetto
** Pierre Allard
** Maurice Rozenthal
** François Rozenthal
** Laurent Gras
** Roger Dubé
* Head coach: Jimmy Tibbets

## Nordic combined

Men's individual
Events:
* normal hill ski jumping
* 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Fabrice Guy | Individual | 201.5 | 28 | 46:43.3 | 29 |
| Ludovic Roux | Individual | 202.5 | 27 | 46:52.2 | 31 |
| Sylvain Guillaume | Individual | 212.5 | 16 | 43:42.5 | 9 |
| Nicolas Bal | Individual | 218.5 | 11 | 42:46.8 | 7 |
Men's Team
Four participants per team.
Events:
* normal hill ski jumping
* 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athletes | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Athletes | Points | Rank | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Sylvain Guillaume Nicolas Bal Ludovic Roux Fabrice Guy | 863.0 | 6 | 55:53.4 | |

## 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 |
| Ludovic Mathieu | 500 m | 43.767 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bruno Loscos | 500 m | 43.725 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ludovic Mathieu | 1000 m | 1:36.076 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bruno Loscos | 1000 m | 1:30.805 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Jérôme Gay | Normal hill | 74.0 | 82.0 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nicolas Dessum | Normal hill | 83.0 | 101.5 | 15 Q | 82.5 | 100.5 | 202.0 | 16 |
| Jérôme Gay | Large hill | 115.5 | 107.9 | 17 Q | 118.0 | 111.4 | 219.3 | 21 |
| Nicolas Dessum | Large hill | 118.5 | 113.3 | 10 Q | 119.0 | 115.2 | 228.5 | 16 |

## Snowboarding
### Men's giant slalom

| Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Maxence Idesheim | 1:00.75 | 1:04.77 | 2:05.52 | 8 |
| Mathieu Bozzetto | 59.83 | 1:04.74 | 2:04.57 | 5 |
| Nicolas Conte | 59.69 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Christophe Ségura | 59.59 | 1:09.27 | 2:08.86 | 12 |

### Men's halfpipe

| Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jean Baptiste Charlet | 31.3 | 29 | 39.6 | 5 QF | 73.4 | 12 |
| Tony Vannucci Roos | 36.2 | 14 | 35.8 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jonathan Collomb-Patton | 38.2 | 8 QF | | | 75.5 | 10 |
| Guillaume Chastagnol | 40.2 | 2 QF | | | 78.3 | 5 |

### Women's giant slalom

| Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Nathalie Desmares | 1:21.43 | 1:08.42 | 2:29.85 | 17 |
| Charlotte Bernard | 1:14.43 | 1:14.30 | 2:28.73 | 16 |
| Isabelle Blanc | 1:11.28 | DSQ | DSQ | – |
| Karine Ruby | 1:09.33 | 1:08.01 | 2:17.34 | |

### Women's halfpipe

| Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Doriane Vidal | 27.2 | 17 | 32.1 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 1500 m | Cédric Kuentz | 1:54.78 | 37 |
| 5000 m | Cédric Kuentz | 6:45.90 | 19 |