France competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Frank Piccard won France's first Winter Olympic gold medal for 20 years.
As Albertville would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, a French segment was performed at the closing ceremony.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Alpine skiing Men's super-G 21 February Alpine skiing Men's downhill 15 February
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.France at the 1988 Winter Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 9 8 17Biathlon 7 – 7Cross-country skiing 5 0 5Figure skating 3 3 6Ice hockey 22 – 22Luge 0 1 1Nordic combined 4 – 4Ski jumping 2 – 2Speed skating 2 2 4 Total 54 14 68
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankPhilippe VerneretDownhillDSQ–Luc AlphandDNF–Christophe Plé2:04.7825Franck Piccard2:01.24Philippe VerneretSuper-GDNF–Yves Tavernier1:44.8820Luc Alphand1:42.277Franck Piccard1:39.66Alain FeutrierGiant SlalomDNF–DNF–Christian Gaidet1:07.591:04.082:11.6718Yves Tavernier1:07.441:04.772:12.2124Jean-Luc CrétierSlalomDSQ–DSQ–Yves Tavernier55.39DNFDNF–Christian Gaidet54.23DNFDNF–Didier Bouvet53.34DNFDNF–
Men's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2PointsRankJean-Luc Crétier1:50.0444.6243.9062.986Luc Alphand1:49.6045.2743.2057.734Christophe Plé1:49.0647.6847.30103.1212Franck Piccard1:47.38DNF–DNF–
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankClaudine EmonetDownhill1:28.3617Carole Merle1:27.5312Cathy ChedalSuper-GDNF–Claudine Emonet1:22.0522Catherine Quittet1:21.4816Carole Merle1:21.0112Małgorzata Tłalka-MogoreGiant Slalom1:03.011:11.382:14.3919Carole Merle1:01.301:08.062:09.369Catherine Quittet1:01.111:07.732:08.848Christelle Guignard1:00.901:08.562:09.4610Christelle GuignardSlalomDNF–DNF–Patricia Chauvet-Blanc51.4851.311:42.7914Pascaline Freiher51.37DNFDNF–Dorota Tłalka-Mogore50.2849.581:39.868
Women's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2PointsRankClaudine EmonetDNF––DNF–Pascaline Freiher1:24.1842.1642.50151.9322Carole Merle1:16.46DSQ–DSQ–
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintXavier Blond328:36.656Hervé Flandin428:21.452Christian Dumont228:20.351Francis Mougel327:34.932
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmHervé Flandin59:50.971'06:50.956Éric Claudon58:16.861'04:16.845Thierry Gerbier57:51.761'03:51.741Jean-Paul Giachino57:43.731'00:43.718
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankÉric ClaudonJean-Paul GiachinoHervé FlandinFrancis Mougel61'30:22.810
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 km CClaude Pierrat47:54.356Guy Balland46:39.948Patrick Rémy45:45.337Jean-Luc Thomas44:26.52630 km CPatrick Rémy1'40:24.568Dominique Locatelli1'35:40.050Claude Pierrat1'34:15.643Guy Balland1'30:20.42450 km FJean-Luc ThomasDNF–Dominique Locatelli2'13:56.837Guy Balland2'11:58.724Claude Pierrat2'09:54.917
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankPatrick RémyJean-Luc ThomasDominique LocatelliGuy Balland1'49:15.911
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank Axel Médéric13141730.415
Women AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank Agnès Gosselin12211834.216
Ice Dancing AthletesCDODFDTFPRank Corinne PaliardDidier Courtois15141428.414 Isabelle DuchesnayPaul Duchesnay88816.08
Ice hockey
Group A Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round. PldWLTGFGAPts5311228752032310753111712753201910651319133505010470
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 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
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLaurence Bonici48.4362248.7902248.6922148.488223:14.40622
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimePointsRankFrancis ReppelinIndividual159.9427:37.4DNFDNF–Jean-Pierre Bohard183.2355:02.046:35.9367.96539Fabrice Guy192.1294:02.743:22.4396.99520Xavier Girard193.9273:50.744:50.9383.72032
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events: normal hill ski jumping 10 km cross-country skiing
AthletesSki jumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimeRankJean-Pierre BohardXavier GirardFabrice Guy541.087:24.01'27:09.48
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankFrédéric BergerNormal hill75.080.675.583.9164.549Didier Mollard79.089.577.084.8174.334Didier MollardLarge hill108.0101.194.076.5177.625
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mHans van Helden39.0533Claude Nicouleau38.63311000 mClaude Nicouleau1:17.9133Hans van Helden1:16.32291500 mHans van Helden1:55.61195000 mHans van Helden6:57.692210,000 mHans van Helden14:34.8423
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mStéphanie Dumont43.3029Marie-France van Helden42.49271500 mStéphanie Dumont2:13.01273000 mStéphanie Dumont4:38.0327Marie-France van Helden4:32.34245000 mStéphanie Dumont8:00.4025
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