France at the 1948 Winter Olympics

France at the 1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (French)
in St. Moritz
Competitors	36 (28 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	James Couttet (alpine skiing, ski jumping)
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 1 2 5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Oreiller, HenriHenri Oreiller	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Gold	Oreiller, HenriHenri Oreiller	Alpine skiing	Men's combined
Silver	Couttet, JamesJames Couttet	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Bronze	Oreiller, HenriHenri Oreiller	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Bronze	Couttet, JamesJames Couttet	Alpine skiing	Men's combined

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Claude Penz	Downhill					3:19.2	34
Jean Pazzi						3:16.1	33
Georges Panisset						3:12.0	23
Guy de Huertas						3:12.0	23
James Couttet						3:07.3	13
Henri Oreiller						2:55.0
Claude Penz	Slalom	1:29.2 (+0:05)	38	1:10.9	25	2:40.1	38
Désiré Lacroix		1:09.9	5	1:10.0	23	2:19.9	15
Henri Oreiller		1:08.0	4	1:04.8	6	2:12.8
James Couttet		1:07.5	2	1:03.3	4	2:10.8

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Georges Panisset	1:19.8	1:15.5	18	18.38	18
Claude Penz	1:14.7	1:21.8	22	22.98	24
Henri Oreiller	1:12.3	1:10.0	5	3.27
James Couttet	1:08.7	1:06.2	1	6.95

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgette Miller-Thiollière	Downhill					2:52.4	31
Micheline Desmazières						2:50.2	29
Fernande Bayetto						2:43.1	21
Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet						2:35.2	10
Françoise Gignoux						2:32.4	7
Suzanne Thiollière						2:31.4	6
Françoise Gignoux	Slalom	1:05.0	10	1:05.3	16	2:10.3	12
Suzanne Thiollière		1:01.1	6	DNF	–	DNF	–
Georgette Miller-Thiollière		1:00.8	5	58.0	4	1:58.8	4
Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet		1:00.1	3	1:20.5	23	2:20.6	20

Women's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Suzanne Thiollière	1:15.0 (+0:05)	1:02.0	13	10.50	11
Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet	1:04.0	1:08.4	10	10.50	11
Georgette Miller-Thiollière	1:03.9	1:14.8 (+0:05)	16	25.79	20
Françoise Gignoux	1:03.8	1:05.2	5	8.14	5

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Achille Fould Henri Evrot	Two-man	1:25.8	10	1:25.3	12	1:24.7	11	1:24.6	10	5:40.4	11
FRA-2	William Hirigoyen Louis Saint-Calbre	Two-man	1:25.8	10	1:25.0	8	1:24.9	12	1:24.8	11	5:40.5	12

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	René Charlet Jean Morin Jacques Descatoire Amédée Ronzel	Four-man	1:18.9	9	1:22.2	9	1:23.8	11	1:24.5	10	5:29.4	9
FRA-2	Gilbert Achard-Picard Félix Bonnat Louis Saint-Calbre Henri Evrot	Four-man	1:20.7	14	1:24.7	15	1:24.7	13	1:25.3	13	5:35.4	13

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Walter Jeandel	1'34:19	71
	Paul Bouveret	1'28:07	48
	André Buffard	1'27:18	44
	René Jeandel	1'25:57	42
	Marius Mora	1'25:06	37
	Benoît Carrara	1'20:03	11

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
René Jeandel Gérard Perrier Marius Mora Benoît Carrara	2'51:53	7

Figure skating

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Jacqueline du Bief	16	21	139.022	147.5	16

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Final rank
Denise Favart Jacques Favart	8.700	139	14

Nordic combined

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping					Total
		Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Distance 3	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Walter Jeandel	Individual	147.00	31	60.5	59.0	59.5	192.6	21	339.60	30
René Jeandel		189.00	19	52.0	54.0	56.5	182.1	28	371.10	19

Skeleton

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Run 5		Run 6		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
William Gayraud-Hirigoyen	52.7	13	49.9	12	51.0	13	DNF	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
James Couttet	Normal hill	54.5	58.0	194.3	25
Jean Monnier		56.0	60.0	188.5	31
Régis Charlet		58.0	59.5	193.7	26
Arsène Lucchini		62.5	65.5	198.0	22

References

• Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les V^es Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com