France at the 1998 Winter Olympics

France competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Snowboarding Women's giant slalom 10 February Alpine skiing Men's downhill 13 February Freestyle skiing Men's aerials 18 February Figure skating Men's singles 14 February Alpine skiing Women's downhill 16 February Figure skating Ice dance 16 February Nordic combined Team 20 February Bobsleigh Four-man 21 February

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.France at the 1998 Winter Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 10 8 18Biathlon 5 5 10Bobsleigh 5 – 5Cross-country skiing 4 4 8Figure skating 6 8 14Freestyle skiing 6 1 7Ice hockey 22 0 22Nordic combined 4 – 4Short track speed skating 2 0 2Ski jumping 2 – 2Snowboarding 8 5 13Speed skating 1 0 1 Total 75 31 106

Alpine skiing

Men

AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankAdrien DuvillardDownhillDNF–Nicolas BurtinDNF–Jean-Luc Crétier1:50.11Nicolas BurtinSuper-GDSQ–Frédéric Marin-CudrazDNF–Jean-Luc Crétier1:37.9525Ian PiccardGiant Slalom1:22.081:19.022:41.1011Joël Chenal1:22.05DSQDSQ–Christophe Saioni1:21.841:19.402:41.2413François SimondSlalomDNF–DNF–Sébastien Amiez56.9655.231:52.1914Joël Chenal56.6854.831:51.518Pierrick Bourgeat56.2855.541:51.8210

Women

AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankCarole Montillet-CarlesDownhill1:30.6514Régine Cavagnoud1:29.727Mélanie Suchet1:29.484Florence Masnada1:29.37Florence MasnadaSuper-G1:19.0318Régine Cavagnoud1:18.9116Carole Montillet-Carles1:18.8814Mélanie Suchet1:18.518Leila PiccardGiant SlalomDNF–DNF–Sophie Lefranc1:19.881:33.392:53.275Patricia Chauvet-BlancSlalomDNF–DNF–Laure PequegnotDNF–DNF–Leila Piccard46.25DNFDNF–

Women's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2Total timeRankFlorence Masnada1:29.8737.2135.762:42.846

Biathlon

Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintRaphaël PoiréeDNFDNF–Andreas Heymann233:06.969Julien Robert032:52.467Thierry Dusserre130:43.650

EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmAndreas Heymann58:42.761'04:42.757Thierry Dusserre1'01:26.611'02:26.646Julien Robert1'01:01.611'02:01.640Raphaël Poirée58:08.421'00:08.422

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankAndreas HeymannRaphaël PoiréeThierry DusserrePatrice Bailly-Salins21'24:53.07

Women EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank7.5 km SprintAnne Briand-Bouthiaux526:16.154Florence Baverel-Robert125:39.643Corinne Niogret224:54.725Emmanuelle Claret124:08.714

EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank15 kmFlorence Baverel-Robert1'05:42.841'09:42.863Christelle Gros59:33.871'06:33.859Anne Briand-Bouthiaux55:13.1358:13.120Corinne Niogret56:51.1157:51.116

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankChristelle GrosEmmanuelle ClaretFlorence Baverel-RobertCorinne Niogret01'43:54.68

1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFRA-1Bruno MingeonEmmanuel HostacheTwo-man54.80654.65754.551054.62103:38.629FRA-2Éric AlardÉric Le ChanonyTwo-man55.251554.751154.731354.5893:39.3113

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFRA-1Bruno MingeonEmmanuel HostacheÉric Le ChanonyMax RobertFour-man53.13853.30353.6312:40.06

Cross-country skiing

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 km CPhilippe Sanchez31:03.559Vincent Vittoz29:03.524Patrick Rémy28:55.22015 km pursuit1 FPatrick Rémy43:56.830Vincent Vittoz42:31.91930 km CPatrick RémyDNF–50 km FVincent Vittoz2'14:16.221Hervé Balland2'11:55.914

1 Starting delay based on 10 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankVincent VittozPatrick RémyHervé BallandPhilippe Sanchez1'45:00.213

Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 km CAnne-Laure Condevaux20:21.264Karine Philippot19:38.652Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel19:33.449Sophie Villeneuve19:05.53210 km pursuit2 FAnnick Vaxelaire-Pierrel32:20.037Karine Philippot32:00.333Sophie Villeneuve31:31.52715 km CAnnick Vaxelaire-Pierrel52:30.14530 km FKarine Philippot1'29:51.622Sophie Villeneuve1'28:57.817

2 Starting delay based on 5 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankSophie VilleneuveAnnick Vaxelaire-PierrelAnne-Laure CondevauxKarine Philippot58:27.711

Figure skating

Men AthleteSPFSTFPRank Philippe Candeloro524.5

Women AthleteSPFSTFPRank Laëtitia Hubert122127.020 Surya Bonaly61114.010 Vanessa Gusmeroli8610.06

Pairs AthletesSPFSTFPRank Sabrina LefrançoisNicolas Osseland171725.517 Sarah AbitbolStéphane Bernadis769.56

Ice Dancing AthletesCD1CD2ODFDTFPRank Dominique DeniaudMartial Jaffredo2021212040.820 Sophie MoniottePascal Lavanchy1010121122.211 Marina AnissinaGwendal Peizerat33347.0

Freestyle skiing

Men

AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRankOlivier CotteMoguls28.6623.4620did not advanceJulien Regnier-Lafforgue28.2024.2012 Q25.9324.6411Fabrice Ougier27.7224.2611 Q25.8824.2212Thony Hemery26.1825.066 QDNFDNF–Jean-Damien ClimonetAerials186.8116did not advanceSébastien Foucras200.2712 Q248.79

Women

AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRankCandice GilgMogulsDNF–––DNF–

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Preliminary round - Group B Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round. Team 3201144+105 321079-24 312058-32 3021510-51

Consolation round - 11th place match

Leading scorers RankPlayer 5thPhilippe Bozon45274

Team roster François Gravel Cristobal Huet Fabrice Lhenry Serge Poudrier Denis Perez Jean-Philippe Lemoine Serge Djelloul Karl Dewolf Jean-Christophe Filippin Grégory Dubois Philippe Bozon Christian Pouget Stéphane Barin Bob Ouellet Jonathan Zwikel Anthony Mortas Arnaud Briand Richard Aimonetto Pierre Allard Maurice Rozenthal François Rozenthal Laurent Gras Roger Dubé Head coach: Jimmy Tibbets

Nordic combined

Men's individual

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

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-country timeTotal rankPointsRankFabrice GuyIndividual201.52846:43.329Ludovic Roux202.52746:52.231Sylvain Guillaume212.51643:42.59Nicolas Bal218.51142:46.87

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events: normal hill ski jumping 5 km cross-country skiing

AthletesSki jumpingCross-country timeTotal rankPointsRankSylvain GuillaumeNicolas BalLudovic RouxFabrice Guy863.0655:53.4

Short track speed skating

Men

AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinalsTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rankLudovic Mathieu500 m43.7674did not advanceBruno Loscos43.7253did not advanceLudovic Mathieu1000 m1:36.0764did not advanceBruno Loscos1:30.8053did not advance

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsPointsRankJérôme GayNormal hill74.082.037did not advanceNicolas Dessum83.0101.515 Q82.5100.5202.016Jérôme GayLarge hill115.5107.917 Q118.0111.4219.321Nicolas Dessum118.5113.310 Q119.0115.2228.516

Snowboarding

Men's giant slalom

AthleteRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankMaxence Idesheim1:00.751:04.772:05.528Mathieu Bozzetto59.831:04.742:04.575Nicolas Conte59.69DNFDNF–Christophe Ségura59.591:09.272:08.8612

Men's halfpipe AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2FinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankJean Baptiste Charlet31.32939.65 QF73.412Tony Vannucci Roos36.21435.817did not advanceJonathan Collomb-Patton38.28 QF75.510Guillaume Chastagnol40.22 QF78.35

Women's giant slalom

AthleteRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankNathalie Desmares1:21.431:08.422:29.8517Charlotte Bernard1:14.431:14.302:28.7316Isabelle Blanc1:11.28DSQDSQ–Karine Ruby1:09.331:08.012:17.34

Women's halfpipe AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2FinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankDoriane Vidal27.21732.18did not advance

Speed skating

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank1500 mCédric Kuentz1:54.78375000 mCédric Kuentz6:45.9019

References

Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com