# France at the 1956 Summer Olympics

France competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 137 competitors, 119 men and 18 women, took part in 95 events in 15 sports.

## Medalists
### Gold

* Alain Mimoun — Athletics, Men's Marathon
* Michel Rousseau — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
* Arnaud Geyre, Maurice Moucheraud, and Michel Vermeulin — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
* Christian d'Oriola — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

### Silver

* Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud — Canoeing, Men's C2 10,000m Canadian Pairs
* René Bianchi, Jean Graczyk, Jean-Claude Lecante, and Michel Vermeulin — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
* Arnaud Geyre — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
* Bernard Baudoux, Roger Closset, René Coicaud, Christian d'Oriola, Jacques Lataste, and Claude Netter — Fencing, Men's Foil Team

### Bronze

* René Libeer — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
* Gilbert Chapron — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
* Daniel Dagallier, Yves Dreyfus, Armand Mouyal, Claude Nigon, and René Queyroux — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
* Renée Garilhe — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
* Yves Delacour, Guy Guillabert, René Guissart, and Gaston Mercier — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
* Jean Debuf — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight

## Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles
* Jean-Claude Bernard
** Heat — 14.7s
** Semifinals — 14.6s (→ did not advance)
* Edmond Roudnitska
** Heat — 14.3s
** Semifinals — 14.9s (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
* Alain Mimoun — 2:25:00 (→ Gold Medal)

## Cycling
### Sprint

* Michel Rousseau — Gold Medal

### Time trial

* Renzo Colzi — 1:15.1 (→ 16th place)

### Tandem

* André Gruchet Robert Vidal — 5th place

### Team pursuit

* Jean Graczyk Jean-Claude Lecante Michel Vermeulin René Bianchi — 4:39.4 (→ Silver Medal)

### Team time trial

* Arnaud Geyre Maurice Moucheraud Michel Vermeulin — 22 points (→ Gold Medal)

### Individual time trial

* Arnaud Geyre — 5:23:16 (→ Silver Medal)
* Maurice Moucheraud — 5:23:40 (→ 8th place)
* Michel Vermeulin — 5:23:40 (→ 12th place)
* René Abadie — 5:27:28 (→ 27th place)

## Diving

Women's 10m Platform
* Nicole Péllissard-Darrigrand
** Preliminary Round — 50.02
** Final — 78.80 (→ 4th place)

## Fencing

18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented France in 1956.

### Men's foil

* Christian d'Oriola
* Claude Netter
* Jacques Lataste

### Men's team foil

* Claude Netter, Bernard Baudoux, Jacques Lataste, Roger Closset, Christian d'Oriola, René Coicaud

### Men's épée

* René Queyroux
* Armand Mouyal
* Daniel Dagallier

### Men's team épée

* Armand Mouyal, Claude Nigon, Daniel Dagallier, Yves Dreyfus, René Queyroux

### Men's sabre

* Jacques Lefèvre
* Jacques Roulot
* Claude Gamot

### Men's team sabre

* Claude Gamot, Jacques Lefèvre, Bernard Morel, Jacques Roulot

### Women's foil

* Renée Garilhe
* Catherine Delbarre
* Régine Veronnet

## Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented France in 1956.

### Individual

* Jean-Claude Hamel

## Rowing

France had 13 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1956.

### Men's coxless four

* René Guissart
* Yves Delacour
* Gaston Mercier
* Guy Guillabert

### Men's eight

* Santé Marcuzzi
* Émile Clerc
* Richard Duc
* Maurice Bas
* Édouard Leguery
* Jean-Jacques Vignon
* Maurice Houdayer
* René Massiasse
* Jacques Vilcoq

## Shooting

Five shooters represented France in 1956.

### 25 m pistol

* Charles des Jammonières

### 50 m pistol

* Charles des Jammonières

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Jacques Mazoyer
* Maurice Racca

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Jacques Mazoyer
* Maurice Racca

### Trap

* Robert Pignard
* Michel Prévost