France at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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)
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Sprint
Michel Rousseau — Gold Medal
Time trial
Renzo Colzi — 1:15.1 (→ 16th place)
Tandem
André GruchetRobert Vidal — 5th place
Team pursuit
Jean GraczykJean-Claude LecanteMichel VermeulinRené Bianchi — 4:39.4 (→ Silver Medal)
Team time trial
Arnaud GeyreMaurice MoucheraudMichel 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
Gymnastics
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
Sailing
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
Swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links
Official Olympic Reports
International Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics
1956
Summer Olympics