France competed at the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...

in Sapporo,

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Medalists

Alpine skiing

;Men ;Men's slalom ;Women

Biathlon

;Men : ¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss. ;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay : ² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

;Men ;Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Figure skating

;Men ;Pairs

Luge

;Men

Nordic combined

Events: * normal hill ski jumping * 15 km cross-country skiing

Ski jumping

Speed skating

;Men

References

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database

Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com
{{Nations at the 1972 Winter Olympics Nations at the 1972 Winter Olympics

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

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