France at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Medalists
Table:
Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Date

Gold
Louis Chaillot, Maurice Perrin

Cycling

Men's tandem

3 August

Gold
Xavier Lesage

Equestrian

Individual dressage

10 August

Gold
André Jousseaume, Xavier Lesage,
Charles Marion

Equestrian

Team dressage

10 August

Gold
Georges Buchard, Philippe Cattiau,
Fernand Jourdant, Jean Piot,
Bernard Schmetz, Georges Tainturier

Fencing

Men's team épée

7 August

Gold
René Bondoux, René Bougnol,
Philippe Cattiau, Edward Gardère,
René Lemoine, Jean Piot

Fencing

Men's team foil

1 August

Gold
Jacques Lebrun

Sailing

Snowbird class

12 August

Gold
Raymond Suvigny

Weightlifting

Men's 60 kg

31 July

Gold
René Duverger

Weightlifting

Men's 67.5 kg

30 July

Gold
Louis Hostin

Weightlifting

Men's 82.5 kg

30 July

Gold
Charles Pacôme

Wrestling

Men's freestyle lightweight

3 August

Silver
Louis Chaillot

Cycling

Men's sprint

3 August

Silver
Paul Chocque, Amédée Fournier,
René Le Grèves, Henri Mouillefarine

Cycling

Men's team pursuit

2 August

Silver
Charles Marion

Equestrian

Individual dressage

10 August

Silver
Georges Buchard

Fencing

Men's épée

9 August

Silver
Jean Taris

Swimming

Men's 400 m freestyle

10 August

Bronze
Paul Winter

Athletics

Men's discus throw

3 August

Bronze
Charles Rampelberg

Cycling

Men's 1000 m time trial

1 August

Bronze
Pierre Brunet, Anselme Brusa,
André Giriat

Rowing

Men's coxed pair

13 August

Bronze
Louis François

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight

7 August

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Louis Chaillot ( 2 March 1914 - 28 January 1998 ) was a cyclist from France . He was born in Chaumont , France . He competed for France in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles , United States in the tandem event where he finished in first place and in the individual sprint event where she finished in second place . He also competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin , Germany in the individual sprint event but was only able to finish in third place .
Maurice Perrin ( 26 October 1911 - 2 January 1992 ) was a French cyclist . He won a gold medal in the tandem event at the 1932 Summer Olympics .
The cycling competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events . The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games .
The men 's tandem cycling event at the 1932 Summer Olympics . The format was a sprint of 2000 metres .
François Xavier Edmond Marie Lesage ( 25 October 1885 - 3 August 1968 ) was a French horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics . He was born in Moret-sur-Loing and died in Gisors .
The equestrian events at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games included dressage ( team and individual medals ) , eventing ( team and individual medals ) , and show jumping ( individual medals while team medals were not awarded ) . The competitions were held from August 10 to 14 , 1932 . Due to the Great Depression , and the fact that the Games were held in Los Angeles ( which was considerably difficult for the European nations to travel to ) , only 35 entries from 6 nations competed - which was to be the lowest participation of any Olympic Games .
The individual dressage in equestrian at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades on August 10 . France 's Xavier Lesage won the gold medal and his countrymen Charles Marion the silver . The bronze was won by Hiram Tuttle of the United States .
André Jousseaume ( 27 July 1894 - 26 May 1960 ) was a French equestrian and Olympic champion . He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , and another gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London .
Charles Louis Pierre Marion ( 14 January 1887 - 16 November 1944 ) was a French horse rider who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics . In 1928 he and his horse Linon won the silver medal in the individual dressage competition . Four years later he and his horse Linon won the silver medal in the individual dressage competition again . They were also part of the French dressage team which won the gold medal in the team dressage event . Charles was the 5th Baron Marion , coming from a family of military officers . He was appointed general in 1942 and served as a prefect for the French Vichy government . After liberation during World War II he was imprisoned in 1944 and sentenced to death by a court martial . From there he was kidnapped and executed by fighters of the French resistance group FTP as a representative of the hated Vichy regime .
The team dressage in equestrian at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades on August 10 .
Georges Buchard ( 21 December 1893 - 22 January 1987 ) was a French fencer . He won medals in the épée competition at four Olympic Games .
Philippe Cattiau ( July 28 , 1892 - February 18 , 1962 ) was a French fencer who won a total of eight Olympic medals between 1920 and 1936 . He was born in Saint-Malo in Brittany . A stadium in the Paris suburb of Villeneuve-la-Garenne now bears his name .
Fernand Jourdant ( 3 February 1903 - 2 January 1956 ) was a French fencer . He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1932 Summer Olympics .
Jean Piot ( 10 May 1890 - 15 December 1961 ) was a French fencer . He won two gold medals at the 1932 Summer Olympics .
Bernard Schmetz ( 21 March 1904 - 11 June 1966 ) was a French fencer . He won a gold , silver and bronze medal at three different Olympic Games in the team épée .
Georges Charles Armand Tainturier ( 20 May 1890 - 7 December 1943 ) was a French fencer who won team épée gold medals at the 1924 and 1932 Olympics . In 1926 he won an unofficial world title in the individual épée . Tainturier fought in World War I , was wounded , received the Croix de Guerre and was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor . During World War II he was a prominent member of the French Resistance . He was arrested in 1942 and executed in 1943 . A fencing club is named after him in Compiègne .
At the 1932 Summer Olympics , seven fencing events were contested .
The men 's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme . It was the sixth appearance of the event . The competition was held from 5 August 1932 to 7 August 1932 . 32 fencers from 7 nations competed , with two other nations entering but not appearing . Each team could have a maximum of six fencers , with four participating in any given match . The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years , but increased the number of touches to win a bout to 3 . Each of the four fencers from one team would face each of the four from the other , for a total of 16 bouts per match . The team that won more bouts won the match . Matches were sometimes stopped when one team had won ( e.g. , Belgium against Canada was stopped at 9-2 ) , but sometimes not ( United States against Canada played all the way to 15-1 ) . Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played ( with Belgium and the United States both beating Canada , the result between those two countries would not affect qualification and thus they did not face each other .
René Bondoux ( 26 May 1905 - 6 May 2001 ) was a French fencer . He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1932 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1936 Summer Olympics .
René Bougnol ( 7 January 1911 - 20 June 1956 ) was a French fencer . He won two gold medals and a silver at three different Olympics in the team foil event .
Edward Gardère ( 25 February 1909 - 24 July 1997 ) was a French fencer . He won a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics and two silvers at the 1936 Summer Olympics .
René Alphonse Lemoine ( 29 December 1905 - 19 December 1995 ) was a French fencer . He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1932 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1936 Summer Olympics . At the world championships , official and unofficial , Lemoine won an individual gold in 1931 and a bronze in 1937 . He also won team silver medals in 1930 , 1934 , 1935 and 1937 . Lemoine was the son of a general manager of Peugeot and was trained in mathematics and law . After briefly studying in Chad , he went to Equatorial Africa in 1938 and became a coffee farmer and exporter of colonial goods . During World War II , he headed the civil and military resistance in Central African Republic and supported French forces of Charles de Gaulle . In 1940 , he was jailed by the Vichy authorities , but released after 1.5 months . He then fought in Madagascar and Northern Africa . After the war Lemoine resumed trading agricultural products . He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour and was awarded the Croix de Guerre , among other military decorations . Until 1981 he served as a French representative for the Central High Council of French Abroad .
The men 's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme . It was the fifth appearance of the event . The competition was held from 31 July 1932 to 1 August 1932 . 30 fencers from 6 nations competed . Each team could have a maximum of six fencers , with four participating in any given match . Belgium and Cuba entered , but withdrew before competition . The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years . Each of the four fencers from one team would face each of the four from the other , for a total of 16 bouts per match . The team that won more bouts won the match . Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played ( both pools resulted in one team losing both of the first two matches , so the matches between the winners were not necessary and were not played ) .
Jacques Lebrun ( 20 September 1910 - 14 January 1996 ) was a French sailor . He competed at the 1932 , 1936 , 1948 , 1952 and 1960 Olympics and won a gold medal in the snowbird event in 1932 . He missed the 1956 Games for financial reasons . Lebrun was a boat designer and eventually became technical director of the national sailing association . During World War II he helped to hide a significant part of the Louvre collection from the Germans .
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad ( 1896 Olympics in Athens Greece ) . With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics , sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule . The Sailing program of 1932 consisted of a total of four sailing classes ( disciplines ) . For each class races were scheduled from 5-12 August directly off the Los Angeles Harbor on the Pacific Ocean .
The Snowbird was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics program in Los Angeles Harbor . Eleven races were scheduled . 12 sailors , on 11 boats , from 11 nation competed .
Raymond Suvigny ( 21 January 1903 - 26 October 1945 ) was a French weightlifter . He competed at the 1924 and 1932 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1932 . Suvigny took up weightlifting in 1919 while working at the Paris Métro . In 1924 he showed world-level results , but placed only ninth at the 1924 Summer Olympics due to an injury . He came to prominence in 1926 , when he won his first national title and set two unofficial world records . He retired after winning the 1932 Olympic gold medal . During World War II he was kept as a prisoner of war and died in October 1945 .
The weightlifting events at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of five weight classes . The competitions were held on Saturday , 30 July 1932 and on Sunday , 31 July 1932 .
The men 's featherweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics . The weight class was the lightest contested , and allowed weightlifters of up to 60 kilograms ( 132 pounds ) . The competition was held on Sunday , 31 July 1932 . Six weightlifters from four nations competed .
René Duverger ( 30 January 1911 - 16 August 1983 ) was a French weightlifter who won a gold medal in the 67.5 kg category at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles .
The men 's lightweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics . The weight class was the second-lightest contested , and allowed weightlifters of up to 67.5 kilograms ( 148.8 pounds ) . The competition was held on Saturday , 30 July 1932 . Six weightlifters from four nations competed .
Louis Hostin ( 21 April 1908 - 29 June 1998 ) was a French weightlifter . He competed at the 1928 , 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won two gold and one silver medals . Hostin also won two European titles , in 1930 and 1935 , and two medals at world championships in 1937-1938 . Between 1927 and 1939 he won 13 national titles and set 10 official world records : 7 in the snatch and 3 in the clean and jerk . In 1994 he was inducted into the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame . He worked as a croupier .
The men 's light-heavyweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics . The weight class was the second-heaviest contested , and allowed weightlifters of up to 82.5 kilograms ( 181.5 pounds ) . The competition was held on Saturday , 30 July 1932 . Four weightlifters from three nations competed .
Charles Pacôme ( 5 November 1902 - 1 October 1978 ) , born in Bergues , Nord , was a French olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling .
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The men 's freestyle lightweight competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place from 1 August to 3 August at the Grand Olympic Auditorium . Nations were limited to one competitor . This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 66kg . This freestyle wrestling competition did not use the single-elimination bracket format previously used for Olympic freestyle wrestling but instead followed the format that was introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman wrestling , using an elimination system based on the accumulation of points . Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout ( with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number ) . The loser received 3 points . The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall . At the end of each round , any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated .
The men 's sprint cycling event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 1 and 3 . The format was a sprint of 1000 metres .
Paul Chocque ( 14 July 1910 - 4 September 1949 ) was a French professional road bicycle racer . He won a silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in team pursuit event . In 1934 Chocque traveled to Australia with Fernand Mithouard to compete in the Centenary 1000 , one week road bicycle race over seven stages covering 1,102 miles ( 1,773 km ) . The race was run in as part of the celebrations of the Centenary of Victoria . Nino Borsari a member of the Italian gold medal winning team pursuit at the 1932 Summer Olympics also competed . Chocque was in the lead at the Ballarat sprint in stage 3 when he was struck , causing him to crash , breaking his collarbone , forcing him to abandon .
Amédée Fournier ( 7 February 1912 - 30 March 1992 ) was a French professional road bicycle racer . He won a silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit event .
René Le Grevès ( 6 July 1910 - 25 February 1946 ) was a French professional road bicycle racer . As an amateur cyclist , he won the silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit . In 1933 Le Grevès became professional , and between 1933 and 1939 , he won sixteen stages in the Tour de France .
Henri Mouillefarine ( 1 August 1910 - 21 July 1994 ) was a French cyclist who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics . He won a silver medal in the team pursuit event .
The men 's team pursuit cycling event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place on August 2 . The format was a 4000 metres pursuit .
The men 's épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme . It was the eighth appearance of the event . The competition was held from 8 August 1932 to 9 August 1932 . 28 fencers from 12 nations competed , with three others entered but not starting . A maximum of three fencers per nation could compete . The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years , but increased the number of touches to win a bout to 3 . A point system was used , with 2 points for a win , 1 point for a tie , and 0 points for a loss . The total number of touches received was used as the first tie-breaker . Touches scored was used as the second in the final . It also was apparently used in the earlier rounds for the most part , though the official placing for 8th and 9th in round 1 pool 1 is inconsistent .
Jean Charles Émile Taris ( 6 July 1909 - 10 January 1977 ) was a French swimmer who competed at the 1928 , 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics . In 1928 , he was eliminated in the heats of the 4×200 m freestyle relay and 1500 m freestyle . In 1932 he won a silver medal in the 400 m freestyle , 0.1 seconds behind Buster Crabbe , and finished sixth in the 1500 m freestyle . In 1936 he placed fourth in the 4×200 m freestyle relay and sixth in the 400 m freestyle . Taris was the subject of Jean Vigo 's short film Jean Taris , Swimming Champion in 1930 . He won two European titles in 1934 , and finished second in the 400 m freestyle in 1931 , 0.2 seconds behind István Bárány . In 1984 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame . During his career Taris set 7 world and 49 national records , and won 34 national titles . He won the Seine river 8 km race four times .
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , eleven swimming events were contested , six for men and five for women . The competitions were held from Saturday August 6 , 1932 to Saturday August 13 , 1932 . There was a total of 128 participants from 20 countries competing .
The men 's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme . It was the sixth appearance of the event , which was established in 1908 . The competition was held from Monday August 8 , 1932 to Wednesday August 10 , 1932 . Nineteen swimmers from ten nations competed .
Paul Winter ( February 6 , 1906 - February 22 , 1992 ) was a French athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw . He was born in Ribeauvillé , Haut-Rhin . He competed for a France in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles , California , in the discus throw where he won the bronze medal .
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , 29 athletics events were contested , 23 for men and 6 for women . It was the first time the 50 kilometres race walk appeared in the athletic program at the Games . This was the second time women 's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program and the first time that women competed in the javelin throw at the Olympics . There was a total of 386 participants from 34 countries competing . The athletics events took place at Los Angeles Olympic Stadium , now the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum .
The men 's discus throw event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 3 .
Charles Rampelberg ( 11 October 1909 - 18 March 1982 ) was a French cyclist who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics . He won a bronze medal in the time trial event .
The men 's 1000m time trial cycling event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 1 .
Pierre André Brunet ( 27 February 1908 - 12 May 1979 ) was a French rowing coxswain who competed in coxed pair . Together with André Giriat and Anselme Brusa he won the national title in 1927 and 1931 , the European title in 1931 , and an Olympic bronze medal in 1932 .
Plinio Ansèlme Brusa ( 27 August 1899 - 24 July 1969 ) was an Italian-Swiss-French rower who competed for France in the coxed pair event . Together with André Giriat and coxswain Pierre Brunet he won the French championships in 1927 and 1931 , the European title in 1931 , and an Olympic bronze medal in 1932 . Brusa was Italian . He was born in Switzerland , where he won a national title in gymnastics . After World War I he immigrated to France and became a French citizen in the early 1930s .
André Giriat ( 20 August 1905 - 11 July 1967 ) was a French rower . He had his best achievements in coxed pairs , together with Anselme Brusa and coxswain Pierre Brunet , winning the national title in 1927 and 1931 , the European title in 1931 , and an Olympic bronze medal in 1932 . He then rowed double sculls with Robert Jacquet , winning a European bronze medal in 1935 and finishing fourth at the 1936 Olympics . Giriat won 10 French Championships : in the single scull ( 1925 ) , coxed pair ( 1927 , 1931 ) , double scull ( 1935-37 , 1939 and 1945 ) and eight ( 1942-43 ) .
Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics featured seven events . The competitions were held from August 9 to August 13 at the Marine Stadium in Long Beach , California .
The Men 's coxed pair competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place are at Long Beach Marine Stadium . Competition consisted of a single round .
Louis Vincent François ( 24 July 1906 - 15 November 1986 ) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from France who won a bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics . François was born in a family of miners , which later moved to Paris and became cement workers . He won seven national titles , in 1928 , 1930-33 , 1935 and 1937 . François was a policeman by profession , and in parallel worked as a wrestling coach and referee .
The men 's Greco-Roman bantamweight competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place from 4 August to 7 August at the Grand Olympic Auditorium . Nations were limited to one competitor . This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 56kg . This Greco-Roman wrestling competition followed the same format that was introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics , using an elimination system based on the accumulation of points . Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout ( with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number ) . The loser received 3 points . The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall . At the end of each round , any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated .