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 code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Calgary
Competitors	68 (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)
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As Albertville would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, a French segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

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

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Group A

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

Team 1	Score	Team 2
France	7–6 SO	Norway

Team roster

• Jean-Marc Djian
• Patrick Foliot
• Daniel Maric
• Stéphane Botteri
• Michel Leblanc
• Jean-Philippe Lemoine
• Jean-Christophe Lerondeau
• François Ouimet
• Denis Perez
• Pierre Schmitt
• Steven Woodburn
• Peter Almasy
• Paulin Bordeleau
• Philippe Bozon
• Guy Dupuis
• Derek Haas
• Stéphane Lessard
• Franck Pajonkowski
• André Peloffy
• Christian Pouget
• Pierre Pousse
• Antoine Richer
• Christophe Ville

• Head coach: Unknown

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Curling

• Catherine Lefebvre
• Annick Mercier
• Agnès Mercier
• Andrée Dupont-Roc

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com