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competed at the

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. 227 competitors, 197 men and 30 women, took part in 132 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

Gold

* Daniel Morelon — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch) *

Serge Maury Serge Jean Maury (born 24 July 1946) is a French sailor. He competed in the finn class at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1972. He won the Finn Gold Cup The Finn Gold Cup is the premier competition in Finn Class sailboat r ...

— Sailing, Men's Finn

Silver

Guy Drut Guy Drut (born 6 December 1950) is an Olympic champion and politician who won gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in the 110 m hurdles. In 1996, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Biography Sports career B ...

— Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles * Jacques Ladegaillerie — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual *

Michel Carrega Michel Carrega (born 25 September 1934) is a retired French trap shooter A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research. Trap or TRAP may also refer to: ...

— Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting *

Marc Pajot Marc Pajot (born 21 September 1953, in La Baule) is a French sailor. He has been a crew member on Éric Tabarly’s boats. Noted for winning the Silver medal at the 1972 Olympics at 19 with his older brother Yves, 5 times world champion, winner ...

and Yves Pajot — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman

Bronze

* Gilles Bertould, Jacques Carette,

Francis Kerbiriou Francis Kerbiriou (born 11 May 1951) is a former athlete from France who competed mainly in the 400 meters. He won the 1973 and 1975 French Athletics Championships in the 400 meters. He competed for a France in the 1972 Summer Olympics held ...

, and Roger Vélasquez — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay * Jean-Claude Olry and Jean-Louis Olry — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs *

Christian Noël Christian Noël (born 13 March 1945) is a retired French foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * A ...

— Fencing, Men's Foil Individual *

Gilles Berolatti Gilles Berolatti (born 4 May 1944) is a French fencer and olympic champion in foil competition. He received a gold medal in the team foil at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Daniel Revenu, Christian Noël, Jean-Claude Ma ...

Jean-Claude Magnan Jean-Claude Magnan (born 4 June 1941 in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône) is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and a medalist in three successive Olympics. He received a gold medal in foil team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in M ...

Daniel Revenu Daniel Revenu (born 5 December 1942 in Issoundun, Indre, France) is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and medalists in four successive Olympics. Daniel Revenu is the son of French fencing coach Ernest Revenu, from Melun ...

, and

Bernard Talvard ≠ Bernard Talvard (born 8 October 1947) is a French fencer. He won three bronze medals in the foil events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1975 Mediterranean Games The 1975 Mediterranean Games, officially known a ...

— Fencing, Men's Foil Team * Jean-Jacques Mounier — Judo, Men's Lightweight (63 kg) * Jean-Paul Coche — Judo, Men's Middleweight (80 kg) * Jean-Claude Brondani — Judo, Men's Open Class

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, France entered three men and two women. Their highest placing competitor was Jacques Doyen, at 21st place in the men's competition. Men's Individual Competition: * Jacques Doyen – 2369 points (→ 21st place) * Louis Lemirre – 2266 points (→ 42nd place) * Alain Convard – 2251 points (→ 44th place) Women's Individual Competition: * Herrad Frey – 2230 points (→ 27th place) * Pierrette Dame – 2196 points (→ 31st place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres * André Byrame ** First Heat — 10.64s (→ did not advance) Men's 800 metres * Alain Sans ** Heat — 1:49.2 ** Semifinals — 1:49.6 (→ did not advance) * Roqui Sanchez ** Heat — 1:47.9 (→ did not advance) * Francis Gonzales ** Heat — 1:48.8 (→ did not advance) Men's 1500 metres * Jean-Pierre Dufrasne ** Heat — 3:40.8 ** Semifinals — 3:41.6 (→ did not advance) *

Jacques Boxberger Jacques "Jacky" Boxberger (16 April 1949 – 9 August 2001) was a track and field athlete from France who specialized in long-distance races. He was the great hope of French middle distance running, breaking the junior world record in the 1500 me ...

** Heat — 3:42.6 ** Semifinals — 3:42.4 (→ did not advance) * Robert Leborgne ** Heat — DNS (→ did not advance) Men's 5,000 metres * Raymond Zembri ** Heat — 14:34.4 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay * Patrick Bourbeillon, Jean-Pierre Gros,

Gérard Fenouil Gérard Fenouil (born 23 June 1945) is a former athlete from France who mainly competed in the 100 metres. Born in Paris, he competed for France in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico, where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x ...

, and Bruno Cherrier ** Heat — 39.01s ** Semifinals — 39.00s ** Final — 39.14s (→ 7th place) Men's High Jump * Bernard Gauthier ** Qualifying Round — 2.15m ** Final — 2.15m (→ 14th place) * Henry Elliott ** Qualifying Round — 2.15m ** Final — 2.10m (→ 15th place) Men's Pole Vault *

François Tracanelli François Tracanelli (born 4 February 1951) is a retired pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as ...

** Qualifying Round — 5.10m ** Final — 5.10m (→ 8th place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) * Rabah Kaloufi ** First Round — Lost to Maurice O'Sullivan (GBR), 2:3 Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) * Michel Belliard ** First Round — Bye ** Second Round — Lost to

Alan Jenkinson Alan Jenkinson (born 11 February 1952) is an Australian boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly kno ...

(AUS), 1:4

Canoeing

Cycling

Fifteen cyclists represented France in 1972. ; Individual road race * Régis Ovion — 15th place * Bernard Bourreau — 39th place * Marcel Duchemin — 65th place * Raymond Martin — did not finish (→ no ranking) ; Team time trial * Henri Fin * Claude Magni * Jean-Claude Meunier *

Guy Sibille Guy Sibille (born 25 August 1948) is a former French racing cyclist. He won the French national road race title in 1976. He also competed in the team time trial at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the ...

; Sprint * Daniel Morelon * Gérard Quintyn ; Sprint * Pierre Trentin ** Final — 1:07.85 (→ 10th place) ;

Tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...

* Daniel Morelon and Pierre Trentin → 4th place ;

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

* Michel Zucarelli ;

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Bernard Bocquet *

Jacques Bossis Jacques Bossis (born 22 December 1952) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. As an amateur he won Bordeaux-Saintes in 1973. He was professional from 1976 to 1985 and won 7 victories. He wore the yellow jersey as leader of the gene ...

* Michel Zucarelli *

Jean-Jacques Fussien Jean-Jacques Fussien (21 January 1952 – 23 August 1978) was a French cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and common ...

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard * Alain Goosen – 322.41 points (→ 22nd place) Men's 10m Platform * Jacques de Schouver – 287.04 points (→ 13th place) Women's 3m Springboard * Christiane Wiles – 229.56 points (→ 28th place)

Equestrian

Fencing

19 fencers, 15 men and 4 women represented France in 1972. ; Men's foil *

; Men's team foil *

; Men's épée * Jacques La Degaillerie *

Jacques Brodin Jacques Brodin (22 December 1946 – 1 October 2015) was a French fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1946 births 2015 deaths French male épée fencer ...

* François Jeanne ; Men's team épée * François Jeanne,

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, Jean-Pierre Allemand, Jacques La Degaillerie ; Men's sabre * Régis Bonissent *

Bernard Vallée Bernard Vallée (5 October 1945 – 2 April 2021)
was a French sabre

* Philippe Bena ; Men's team sabre * Régis Bonissent,

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Bernard Vallée Bernard Vallée (5 October 1945 – 2 April 2021)
was a French sabre

, Philippe Bena,

Serge Panizza Serge Panizza (19 November 1942 – 24 March 2016) was a French sabre fencer. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich ...

; Women's foil *

Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille (born 17 December 1941) is a French foil fencing, fencer. She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964, 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the Fencing at the 1971 Mediterra ...

* Catherine Rousselet-Ceretti * Brigitte Gapais-Dumont ; Women's team foil *

, Catherine Rousselet-Ceretti, Claudie Herbster-Josland, Brigitte Gapais-Dumont

Gymnastics

Hockey

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group A) ** Lost to Pakistan (0-3) ** Defeated Uganda (3-1) ** Lost to Belgium (0-1) ** Lost to Malaysia (0-1) ** Lost to Spain (2-3) ** Defeated Argentina (1-0) ** Lost to West Germany (0-4) *Classification Match ** 11th/12th place: Lost to Poland (4-7) after extra time → 12th place * Team Roster ** Jean–Paul Sauthier ** Patrick Burtschell ** Pierre Roussel ** Charles Pous ** Christian Honegger ** Marc Remise ** Olivier Moreau ** Georges Grain ** Francis Coutou ** Eric Pitau ** Alain Tetard ** Gilles Capelle ** Marc Chapon ** Georges Corbel ** Jean–Luc Darfeuille **

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Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented France in 1972. Men's Individual Competition: * Michel Gueguen – 5072 points (→ 10th place) *

Jean-Pierre Giudicelli Jean-Pierre Giudicelli (born 20 February 1943) is a French former modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and co ...

– 4807 points (→ 22nd place) *

Raoul Gueguen Raoul Gueguen (born 20 June 1947) is a French former modern pentathlete who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known ...

– 4638 points (→ 30th place) Men's Team Competition: * Giudicelli, M.Gueguen, and R.Gueguen – 14559 points (→ 7th place)

Rowing

Men's Coxed Pairs * Jean-Claude Coucardon, Christian Durniak and Alain Lacoste **Heat — 8:09.62 **Repechage — 8:15.25 (→ did not advance)

Sailing

Shooting

Thirteen male shooters represented France in 1972. ;

25 m pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sp ...

* Jean Baumann * Jean-Richard Germont ;

50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to t ...

* Gérard Denecheau * Jean Faggion ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Gilbert Emptaz * Patrice de Mullenheim ; 50 m rifle, prone * Michel Fontaine * André Noël ;

50 m running target 50 meter running target or 50 meter running boar is an ISSF shooting event, shot with a .22-calibre rifle at a target depicting a boar moving sideways across a 10-meter wide opening. It was devised as a replacement for 100 meter running deer in th ...

* Roger Renaux ;

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* Jean-Jacques Baud ;

Skeet Skeet may refer to: * Skeet shooting, a discipline of competitive clay pigeon shooting ** ISSF Olympic skeet, a variant used at the Olympic Games People * Skeet Childress (born 1979), American guitar player in the band Look What I Did * Skeet Qu ...

* Élie Pénot * Roger Mangin

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle * Michel Rousseau ** Heat — 52.93s ** Semifinals — 52.82s ** Final — 52.90s (→ 7th place) * Gilles Vigne ** Heat — 54.34s (→ did not advance) * Alain Hermitte ** Heat — 54.57s (→ did not advance) Men's 200m Freestyle * Pierre Caland ** Heat — 2:00.75 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Gilles Vigne, Alain Mosconi, Alain Hermitte, and Michel Rousseau ** Heat — 3:35.84 ** Final — 3:34.13 (→ 7th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Pierre Caland, Pierre-Yves Copin, Jean-Jacques Moine, and Michel Rousseau ** Heat — 8:00.79 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Water Skiing (demonstration sports)

Men's Slalom: * Jean-Michel Jamin – 38.0 points (→ Bronze Medal) Men's Figure Skiing: * Jean-Yves Parpette – 2740 points (→ 12th place) Men's Jump: * Jean-Yves Parpette – 34.75 points (→ 8th place) Women's Slalom: * Sylvie Maurial – 28.0 points (→ 4th place) Women's Figure Skiing: * Sylvie Maurial – 2560 points (→ Bronze Medal) Women's Jump: * Sylvie Maurial – 27.40 points (→ Gold Medal)

References

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