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France at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  FRA
NOC Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français
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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors
Medals Gold
2		 Silver
4		 Bronze
7		 Total
13
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France competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The National flag of France (known in French as drapeau tricolore, drapeau français,and in military parlance les couleurs The International Olympic Committee ( IOC) uses Three letter acronym country codes to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic National Olympic Committees (or NOCs) are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. France has competed at every celebration of the modern Olympic Games, although the participation at the 1904 Games is questionable with The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an International Multi-sport event, usually quadrennial organised by the International Thirteen athletes from France competed in six sports at the 1896 Summer Olympics. France was the host of the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. France was one of many nations that had competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics France did not send any athletes to compete at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St France competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. France competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. France competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. France was the host nation for the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. France competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. France competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. France competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. France competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. France competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. France competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden ( equestrian France competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, and failed to win a single gold medal for the second time only (and France competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Gold Pierre France competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. France competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. France competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 France competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. France competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Medalists Gold Pierre France competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. France competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. France competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, France was represented by the National Olympic Committee of France (Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français France sent a team of 323 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years France was the host nation for the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix. France competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St Moritz, Switzerland. France competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. France competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. France competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St Moritz, Switzerland. France competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Medalists Bronze Jacqueline France competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. France competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States. France competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. France was the host nation for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. France competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. France competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. France competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. France competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. France competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. France was the host nation for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. France competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. France competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. France competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Utah. France competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. France is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (

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Medals

France finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and 13 medals overall.

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Image:Med_2.png Silver

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Results by event

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, France entered three men and two women. Daniel Morelon (born 24 July 1944 in Bourg en Bresse) is a French former Racing cyclist, eight times world champion and triple Serge Maury (born July 24, 1946) is a French Sailor and olympic champion Guy Drut (born December 6, 1950) is an Olympic champion and politician who won gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in Gilles Bertould (born 16 May, 1949) is a French former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres Jacques Carette (born 1 March 1947) is a former athlete from France who competed mainly in the 400 metres Francis Kerbiriou (born 11 May 1951) is a former athlete from France who competed mainly in the 400 metres Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics consisted of two medal events one for men and one for women Their highest placing competitor was Jacques Doyen, at 21st place in the men's competition.

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • First Heat — 10. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested 24 for men and 14 for women 64s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:49. 2
  • Semifinals — 1:49. 6 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 1:47. 9 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 1:48. 8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Heat — 3:40. 8
  • Semifinals — 3:41. 6 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 3:42. 6
  • Semifinals — 3:42. 4 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Heat — 14:34. 4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

  • Heat — 39. Gerard Fenouil (born 23 June 1945) is a former athlete from France who mainly competed in the 100 metres 01s
  • Semifinals — 39. 00s
  • Final — 39. 14s (→ 7th place)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualifying Round — 2. 15m
  • Final — 2. 15m (→ 14th place)
  • Qualifying Round — 2. 15m
  • Final — 2. 10m (→ 15th place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to Maurice O'Sullivan (GBR), 2:3

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Alan Jenkinson (AUS), 1:4

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

Track Competition

Men's 1. Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1972 Summer OlympicsIt was held August 27 to September 10, with the participation of 357 fighters from 81 countries The Cycling competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich consisted of two road cycling events and five Track cycling Raymond Martin (born May 22, 1949 in Saint-Pierre-du-Regard) is a French former Road bicycle racer. 000m Time Trial

  • Final — 1:07. Pierre Trentin (born 15 May 1944 in Créteil) was a French professional Racing cyclist and double Olympic champion 85 (→ 10th place)

Men's Tandem

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

Men's 10m Platform

Women's 3m Springboard

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

  • Lost to Pakistan (0-3)
  • Defeated Uganda (3-1)
  • Lost to Belgium (0-1)
  • Lost to Malaysia (0-1)
  • Lost to Spain (2-3)
  • Defeated Argentina (1-0)
  • Lost to West Germany (0-4)
  • 11th/12th place: Lost to Poland (4-7) after extra time → 12th place
  • Jean–Paul Sauthier
  • Patrick Burtschell
  • Pierre Roussel
  • Charles Pous
  • Christian Honegger
  • Marc Remise
  • Olivier Moreau
  • Georges Grain
  • Francis Coutou
  • Eric Pitau
  • Alain Tetard
  • Gilles Capelle
  • Marc Chapon
  • Georges Corbel
  • Jean–Luc Darfeuille
  • Yves Langlois

Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Rowing

Men's Coxed Pairs

  • Heat — 8:09. Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics featured 7 events all for men 62
  • Repechage — 8:15. 25 (→ did not advance)

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 52. The 1972 Olympics were held in Munich Germany. Perhaps the most spectacular athletic events were in Swimming. 93s
  • Semifinals — 52. 82s
  • Final — 52. 90s (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 54. 34s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 54. 57s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:00. 75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:35. 84
  • Final — 3:34. 13 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 8:00. 79 (→ did not advance)

Water Skiing (demonstration sports)

Men's Slalom:

Men's Figure Skiing:

Men's Jump:

Women's Slalom:

Women's Figure Skiing:

Women's Jump:



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