France competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 137 competitors, 119 men and 18 women, took part in 95 events in 15 sports.
Medalists
Gold Alain Mimoun — Athletics, Men's Marathon Michel Rousseau — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch) Arnaud Geyre, Maurice Moucheraud, and Michel Vermeulin — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race Christian d'Oriola — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
Silver Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud — Canoeing, Men's C2 10,000m Canadian Pairs René Bianchi, Jean Graczyk, Jean-Claude Lecante, and Michel Vermeulin — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit Arnaud Geyre — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race Bernard Baudoux, Roger Closset, René Coicaud, Christian d'Oriola, Jacques Lataste, and Claude Netter — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
Bronze René Libeer — Boxing, Men's Flyweight Gilbert Chapron — Boxing, Men's Middleweight Daniel Dagallier, Yves Dreyfus, Armand Mouyal, Claude Nigon, and René Queyroux — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Renée Garilhe — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Yves Delacour, Guy Guillabert, René Guissart, and Gaston Mercier — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours Jean Debuf — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
Athletics
Men's 110m Hurdles Jean-Claude Bernard Heat — 14.7s Semifinals — 14.6s (→ did not advance) Edmond Roudnitska Heat — 14.3s Semifinals — 14.9s (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon Alain Mimoun — 2:25:00 (→ Gold Medal)
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Sprint Michel Rousseau — Gold Medal
Time trial Renzo Colzi — 1:15.1 (→ 16th place)
Tandem André GruchetRobert Vidal — 5th place
Team pursuit Jean GraczykJean-Claude LecanteMichel VermeulinRené Bianchi — 4:39.4 (→ Silver Medal)
Team time trial Arnaud GeyreMaurice MoucheraudMichel Vermeulin — 22 points (→ Gold Medal)
Individual time trial Arnaud Geyre — 5:23:16 (→ Silver Medal) Maurice Moucheraud — 5:23:40 (→ 8th place) Michel Vermeulin — 5:23:40 (→ 12th place) René Abadie — 5:27:28 (→ 27th place)
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankChristian Pire3 m springboard74.3314Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankNicole Péllissard-Darrigrand3 m springboard60.4811 Q45.846106.32710 m platform50.027 Q28.78378.804
Fencing
18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented France in 1956.
Men's foil Christian d'Oriola Claude Netter Jacques Lataste
Men's team foil Claude Netter, Bernard Baudoux, Jacques Lataste, Roger Closset, Christian d'Oriola, René Coicaud
Men's épée René Queyroux Armand Mouyal Daniel Dagallier
Men's team épée Armand Mouyal, Claude Nigon, Daniel Dagallier, Yves Dreyfus, René Queyroux
Men's sabre Jacques Lefèvre Jacques Roulot Claude Gamot
Men's team sabre Claude Gamot, Jacques Lefèvre, Bernard Morel, Jacques Roulot
Women's foil Renée Garilhe Catherine Delbarre Régine Veronnet
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
One male pentathlete represented France in 1956.
Individual Jean-Claude Hamel
Rowing
France had 13 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1956.
Men's coxless four René Guissart Yves Delacour Gaston Mercier Guy Guillabert
Men's eight Santé Marcuzzi Émile Clerc Richard Duc Maurice Bas Édouard Leguery Jean-Jacques Vignon Maurice Houdayer René Massiasse Jacques Vilcoq
Sailing
Shooting
Five shooters represented France in 1956.
25 m pistol Charles des Jammonières
50 m pistol Charles des Jammonières
50 m rifle, three positions Jacques Mazoyer Maurice Racca
50 m rifle, prone Jacques Mazoyer Maurice Racca
Trap Robert Pignard Michel Prévost
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAldo Eminente100 m freestyle 58.0 8 Q 58.0 =7 Q 58.1 8Alex Jany 1:00.2 =28 Did not advanceJean Boiteux400 m freestyle 4:37.9 9 colspan=2 Did not advanceJacques Collignon 4:49.3 25 colspan=2 Did not advanceGuy Montserret 4:52.6 29 colspan=2 Did not advanceJean Boiteux1500 m freestyle 18:46.6 7 Q colspan=2 18:38.3 6Jacques Collignon 19:10.8 12 colspan=2 Did not advanceGuy Montserret 19:17.4 15 colspan=2 Did not advanceGilbert Bozon100 m backstroke 1:06.4 12 Q 1:06.5 10 Did not advanceRobert Christophe 1:04.2 2 Q 1:04.6 2 Q 1:04.9 4Gérard Coignot 1:07.5 =17 Did not advanceHugues Broussard200 m breaststroke 2:43.0 8 Q colspan=2 René Pirolley200 m butterfly 2:30.1 9 colspan=2 Did not advanceAldo EminenteJacques CollignonAlex JanyJean Boiteux4 × 200 m freestyle 8:56.5 9 colspan=2 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHéda Frost100 m freestyle 1:08.8 =23 Did not advanceGinette Sendral 1:09.9 29 Did not advanceOdile Vouaux 1:08.6 22 Did not advanceHéda Frost400 m freestyle 5:14.4 8 Q colspan=2 5:15.4 7Viviane Gouverneur 5:29.7 24 colspan=2 Did not advanceColette Thomas 5:23.9 17 colspan=2 Did not advanceGinette Sendral100 m backstroke 1:19.1 21 colspan=2 Did not advanceOdette Lusien100 m butterfly 1:19.8 12 colspan=2 Did not advanceOdile VouauxViviane GouverneurGinette SendralHéda Frost4 × 100 m freestyle 4:36.6 5 colspan=2 Did not advance
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database