France at the 1988 Winter Olympics

France competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Frank Piccard won France's first Winter Olympic gold medal for 20 years.

France at the
1988 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFRA
NOCFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Calgary
Competitors68 (53 men, 15 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearers Catherine Quittet, Alpine Skiing
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

As Albertville would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, a French segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Franck Piccard Alpine skiing Men's super-G 21 February
  Bronze Franck Piccard Alpine skiing Men's downhill 15 February

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 9 8 17
Biathlon 7 7
Cross-country skiing 5 0 5
Figure skating 3 3 6
Ice hockey 22 22
Luge 0 1 1
Nordic combined 4 4
Ski jumping 2 2
Speed skating 2 2 4
Total 54 14 68

Alpine skiing

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Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Philippe Verneret Downhill DSQ
Luc Alphand DNF
Christophe Plé 2:04.78 25
Franck Piccard 2:01.24  
Philippe Verneret Super-G DNF
Yves Tavernier 1:44.88 20
Luc Alphand 1:42.27 7
Franck Piccard 1:39.66  
Alain Feutrier Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Christian Gaidet 1:07.59 1:04.08 2:11.67 18
Yves Tavernier 1:07.44 1:04.77 2:12.21 24
Jean-Luc Crétier Slalom DSQ DSQ
Yves Tavernier 55.39 DNF DNF
Christian Gaidet 54.23 DNF DNF
Didier Bouvet 53.34 DNF DNF

Men's combined

Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Points Rank
Jean-Luc Crétier 1:50.04 44.62 43.90 62.98 6
Luc Alphand 1:49.60 45.27 43.20 57.73 4
Christophe Plé 1:49.06 47.68 47.30 103.12 12
Franck Piccard 1:47.38 DNF DNF
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Claudine Emonet Downhill 1:28.36 17
Carole Merle 1:27.53 12
Cathy Chedal Super-G DNF
Claudine Emonet 1:22.05 22
Catherine Quittet 1:21.48 16
Carole Merle 1:21.01 12
Małgorzata Tłalka-Mogore Giant Slalom 1:03.01 1:11.38 2:14.39 19
Carole Merle 1:01.30 1:08.06 2:09.36 9
Catherine Quittet 1:01.11 1:07.73 2:08.84 8
Christelle Guignard 1:00.90 1:08.56 2:09.46 10
Christelle Guignard Slalom DNF DNF
Patricia Chauvet-Blanc 51.48 51.31 1:42.79 14
Pascaline Freiher 51.37 DNF DNF
Dorota Tłalka-Mogore 50.28 49.58 1:39.86 8

Women's combined

Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Points Rank
Claudine Emonet DNF DNF
Pascaline Freiher 1:24.18 42.16 42.50 151.93 22
Carole Merle 1:16.46 DSQ DSQ

Biathlon

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Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Xavier Blond 3 28:36.6 56
Hervé Flandin 4 28:21.4 52
Christian Dumont 2 28:20.3 51
Francis Mougel 3 27:34.9 32
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Hervé Flandin 59:50.9 7 1'06:50.9 56
Éric Claudon 58:16.8 6 1'04:16.8 45
Thierry Gerbier 57:51.7 6 1'03:51.7 41
Jean-Paul Giachino 57:43.7 3 1'00:43.7 18
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Éric Claudon
Jean-Paul Giachino
Hervé Flandin
Francis Mougel
6 1'30:22.8 10
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km
C
Claude Pierrat 47:54.3 56
Guy Balland 46:39.9 48
Patrick Rémy 45:45.3 37
Jean-Luc Thomas 44:26.5 26
30 km
C
Patrick Rémy 1'40:24.5 68
Dominique Locatelli 1'35:40.0 50
Claude Pierrat 1'34:15.6 43
Guy Balland 1'30:20.4 24
50 km
F
Jean-Luc Thomas DNF
Dominique Locatelli 2'13:56.8 37
Guy Balland 2'11:58.7 24
Claude Pierrat 2'09:54.9 17
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Patrick Rémy
Jean-Luc Thomas
Dominique Locatelli
Guy Balland
1'49:15.9 11

Figure skating

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Men
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Axel Médéric 13 14 17 30.4 15
Women
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Agnès Gosselin 12 21 18 34.2 16
Ice Dancing
Athletes CD OD FD TFP Rank
Corinne Paliard
Didier Courtois
15 14 14 28.4 14
Isabelle Duchesnay
Paul Duchesnay
8 8 8 16.0 8

Ice hockey

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Group A

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Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
  Finland 5 3 1 1 22 8 7
  Sweden 5 2 0 3 23 10 7
  Canada 5 3 1 1 17 12 7
   Switzerland 5 3 2 0 19 10 6
  Poland 5 1 3 1 9 13 3
  France 5 0 5 0 10 47 0
  • Sweden 13-2 France
  • Finland 10-1 France
  • Poland 6-2 France*
  • Canada 9-5 France
  • Switzerland 9-0 France

* The Polish team was stripped of its victory after Jarosław Morawiecki tested positive for testosterone. France was recorded as having a 2-nil win, but received no points in the standings.

Game for 11th place

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
  France 7–6 SO   Norway

Team roster

  • Head coach: Unknown

Luge

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Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Laurence Bonici 48.436 22 48.790 22 48.692 21 48.488 22 3:14.406 22

Nordic combined

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Men's individual

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Points Rank
Francis Reppelin Individual 159.9 42 7:37.4 DNF DNF
Jean-Pierre Bohard 183.2 35 5:02.0 46:35.9 367.965 39
Fabrice Guy 192.1 29 4:02.7 43:22.4 396.995 20
Xavier Girard 193.9 27 3:50.7 44:50.9 383.720 32

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
  • 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Rank
Jean-Pierre Bohard
Xavier Girard
Fabrice Guy
541.0 8 7:24.0 1'27:09.4 8

Ski jumping

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Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Frédéric Berger Normal hill 75.0 80.6 75.5 83.9 164.5 49
Didier Mollard 79.0 89.5 77.0 84.8 174.3 34
Didier Mollard Large hill 108.0 101.1 94.0 76.5 177.6 25

Speed skating

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Hans van Helden 39.05 33
Claude Nicouleau 38.63 31
1000 m Claude Nicouleau 1:17.91 33
Hans van Helden 1:16.32 29
1500 m Hans van Helden 1:55.61 19
5000 m Hans van Helden 6:57.69 22
10,000 m Hans van Helden 14:34.84 23
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Stéphanie Dumont 43.30 29
Marie-France van Helden 42.49 27
1500 m Stéphanie Dumont 2:13.01 27
3000 m Stéphanie Dumont 4:38.03 27
Marie-France van Helden 4:32.34 24
5000 m Stéphanie Dumont 8:00.40 25

Demonstration sports

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References

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