France at the 2010 Winter Olympics

France participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

France at the 2010 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Vancouver
Competitors	108[1] in 13 sports
Flag bearers	Vincent Defrasne[2] (opening) Sandrine Bailly (closing)
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 6 Total 11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Vincent Jay	Biathlon	Men's sprint
Gold	Jason Lamy-Chappuis	Nordic combined	Individual normal hill/10 km
Silver	Déborah Anthonioz	Snowboarding	Women's snowboard cross
Silver	Martin Fourcade	Biathlon	Men's mass start
Silver	Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Marie Dorin Sandrine Bailly	Biathlon	Women's relay
Bronze	Vincent Jay	Biathlon	Men's pursuit
Bronze	Marie Dorin	Biathlon	Women's sprint
Bronze	Marie-Laure Brunet	Biathlon	Women's pursuit
Bronze	Tony Ramoin	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross
Bronze	Marion Josserand	Freestyle skiing	Women's ski cross
Bronze	Mathieu Bozzetto	Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

France qualified 22 skiers, most of any nation at the Games.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Johan Clarey	Men's combined	DNF
	Men's downhill			1:56.29	27
Guillermo Fayed	Men's downhill			1:56.20	26
	Men's super-G			1:32.03	22
Julien Lizeroux	Men's combined	1:57.18	51.18	2:48.36	18
	Men's slalom	48.82	51.90	1:40.72	9
Thomas Mermillod-Blondin	Men's combined	1:56.50	52.12	2:48.62	19
	Men's giant slalom	DNF
	Men's slalom	49.90	52.58	1:42.48	21
Steve Missillier	Men's giant slalom	1:18.20	1:21.23	2:39.43	13
	Men's slalom	49.49	DNS
David Poisson	Men's downhill			1:54.82	7
	Men's super-G			DNF
Cyprien Richard	Men's giant slalom	1:17.86	DNF
Gauthier de Tessières	Men's giant slalom	1:19.50	DNS
	Men's super-G			1:33.17	31
Adrien Theaux	Men's combined	1:55.05	52.92	2:47.97	12
	Men's downhill			1:55.40	16
	Men's super-G			1:31.24	13
Maxime Tissot	Men's slalom	49.52	52.02	1:41.54	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Sandrine Aubert	Women's combined	1:29.50	44.46	2:13.96	20
	Women's slalom	51.68	52.78	1:44.46	5
Taïna Barioz	Women's giant slalom	1:15.14	1:12.65	2:27.79	9
Anne-Sophie Barthet	Women's slalom	53.82	54.01	1:47.83	26
Olivia Bertrand	Women's giant slalom	1:16.32	1:11.81	2:28.13	12
Claire Dautherives	Women's slalom	DNF
Ingrid Jacquemod	Women's downhill			1:48.85	23
	Women's super-G			1:21.77	10
Marie Marchand-Arvier	Women's combined	1:25.41	46.41	2:11.82	10
	Women's downhill			1:46.22	7
	Women's super-G			DNF
Anemone Marmottan	Women's giant slalom	1:16.55	1:11.45	2:28.00	11
Nastasia Noens	Women's slalom	54.49	54.08	1:48.57	29
Aurélie Revillet	Women's downhill			1:47.92	17
	Women's super-G			1:24.08	22
Marion Rolland	Women's downhill			DNF
Tessa Worley	Women's giant slalom	1:15.80	1:12.74	2:28.54	16

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Vincent Jay (right) bronze medalist in the Men's pursuit.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Vincent Defrasne	Men's individual	52:14.9	0+1+2+0	26
	Men's sprint	27:14.6	2+1	53
	Men's pursuit	35:35.6	0+0+0+0	22
Martin Fourcade	Men's individual	50:55.4	1+0+2+0	14
	Men's sprint	26:25.6	3+0	35
	Men's pursuit	36:28.4	1+0+2+2	34
	Men's mass start	35:46.2	2+0+0+1
Simon Fourcade	Men's individual	53:06.2	3+0+0+1	40
	Men's sprint	27:53.0	1+3	71
	Men's mass start	36:28.1	0+1+0+0	14
Vincent Jay	Men's individual	54:37.5	1+1+0+2	60
	Men's sprint	24:07.8	0+0
	Men's pursuit	34:06.6	0+0+1+1
	Men's mass start	36:10.3	0+0+0+1	8
Vincent Jay Martin Fourcade Simon Fourcade Vincent Defrasne	Men's relay	1:24:50.7	1+9	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Sandrine Bailly	Women's individual	46:28.8	1+0+3+1	52
	Women's sprint	20:45.3	2+1	15
	Women's pursuit	33:15.0	1+0+1+2	27
	Women's mass start	36:02.0	0+0+2+0	7
Marie-Laure Brunet	Women's individual	42:44.4	0+1+0+1	12
	Women's sprint	20:23.3	0+0	6
	Women's pursuit	30:44.3	0+0+0+0
	Women's mass start	36:39.5	0+0+1+2	15
Marie Dorin	Women's individual	46:17.7	2+1+0+1	51
	Women's sprint	20:06.5	0+0
	Women's pursuit	32:03.2	0+1+0+1	17
	Women's mass start	36:40.9	1+0+0+0	16
Sylvie Becaert	Women's individual	44:13.2	1+1+1+0	30
	Women's sprint	21:21.6	1+1	29
	Women's pursuit	33:34.8	1+0+2+0	29
Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Marie Dorin Sandrine Bailly	Women's relay	1:10:09.1	2+8

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roddy Darragon	Sprint	3:41.88	31	did not qualify					31
Robin Duvillard	30 km pursuit							1:23:57.6	50
Jean-Marc Gaillard	15 km freestyle							35:20.5	32
	30 km pursuit							1:19:48.1	30
	50 km classic							2:06:38.0	19
Emmanuel Jonnier	15 km freestyle							34:55.1	20
Maurice Manificat	15 km freestyle							34:27.4	6
	30 km pursuit							1:17:58.2	26
Cyril Miranda	Sprint	3:38.83	17 Q	3:37.3	3	did not advance
	50 km classic							2:11:56.9	38
Vincent Vittoz	15 km freestyle							34:16.2	5
	30 km pursuit							1:16:23.4	15
	50 km classic							2:05:49.6	13
Cyril Miranda, Vincent Vittoz	Team sprint					18:43.8	2	19:18.7	7
Jean-Marc Gaillard, Vincent Vittoz, Maurice Manificat, Emmanuel Jonnier	4 x 10 km relay							1:45:26.3	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Laure Barthélémy	10 km freestyle							28:43.9	62
Celia Bourgeois	10 km freestyle							27:31.4	48
Aurore Cuinet	Sprint	3:48.52	23 Q	3:48.7	5	did not qualify			23
	10 km freestyle							27:30.2	47
	15 km pursuit							21:59.8	32
	30 km classic							1:33:58.3	15
Karine Laurent Philippot	10 km freestyle							26:27.9	26
	15 km pursuit							22:11.5	19
	30 km classic							1:33:11.4	10
Cécile Storti	15 km pursuit							23:41.7	45
	30 km classic							did not finish
Emilie Vina	15 km pursuit							23:01.1	49
Karine Laurent Philippot, Laure Barthélémy	Team sprint					18:42.2	1 Q	19:04.2	10
Aurore Cuinet, Karine Laurent Philippot, Celia Bourgeois, Cécile Storti	4 x 5 km relay							56:30.6	6

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's team

• Thomas Dufour
• Tony Angiboust
• Jan Ducroz
• Richard Ducroz
• Raphael Mathieu

Standings

Final round robin standings

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	Qualification
Canada	Kevin Martin	9	9	0	75	36	36	28	14	2	85%	Playoffs
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	9	7	2	64	43	40	32	15	7	84%
Switzerland	Ralph Stöckli	9	6	3	53	44	35	33	20	8	81%
Sweden	Niklas Edin	9	5	4	50	52	34	36	20	6	82%	Tiebreaker
Great Britain	David Murdoch	9	5	4	57	44	35	29	20	9	81%
Germany	Andy Kapp	9	4	5	48	60	35	38	11	9	75%
France	Thomas Dufour	9	3	6	37	63	22	34	16	7	73%
China	Wang Fengchun	9	2	7	52	60	37	37	9	7	77%
Denmark	Ulrik Schmidt	9	2	7	45	63	31	29	12	6	78%
United States	John Shuster	9	2	7	43	59	32	41	18	9	76%

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete(s)	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Florent Amodio	Men			75.35	11	134.95	15	210.30	12
Brian Joubert	Men			68.00	18	132.22	16	200.22	16
Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur	Pairs			51.16	15	93.94	14	145.10	14
Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	Ice dancing	37.99	6	58.68	7	97.06	6	193.73	6
Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat	Ice dancing	36.13	9	59.99	6	94.37	7	190.49	7

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Guilbaut Colas	Men's moguls	25.93	1 Q	25.74	6
Anthony Benna	Men's moguls	RNS'		DNQ'
Arnaud Burille	Men's moguls	22.58	22	DNQ	22
Pierre Ochs	Men's moguls	23.19	17 Q	23.62	12

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Enak Gavaggio	Men's ski cross	1:13.90	1 Q	1 Q	2 Q	4	Small Final 1	5
Xavier Kuhn	Men's ski cross	1:12.91	3 Q	4	DNQ			29
Ted Piccard	Men's ski cross	1:14.10	16 Q	4	DNQ			30
Sylvain Miaillier	Men's ski cross	1:13.91	14 Q	1 Q	3	DNQ		11
Ophélie David	Women's ski cross	1:18.14	6 Q	1 Q	4	DNQ		16
Chloe Georges	Women's ski cross	1:22.03	28 Q	4	DNQ			25
Marion Josserand	Women's ski cross	1:19.42	13 Q	2 Q	2 Q	1 Q	3

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Thomas Girod	Men's	49.077	49.192	49.294	49.157	3:16.850	22

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Final
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Ski Time	Total Time	Rank
Jason Lamy-Chappuis	Normal hill/10 km	124.0	5	0:46	25:01.1	25:47.1
	Large hill/10 km	91.5	29	2:22	25:22.6	27:34.1	18
François Braud	Normal hill/10 km	122.0	8	0:54	26:58.3	27:52.3	34
	Large hill/10 km	116.3	5	0:43	26:16.6	26:59.6	14
Maxime Laheurte	Large hill/10 km	80.0	39	3:08	26:24.2	29:33.0	38
Jonathan Felisaz	Normal hill/10 km	112.0	30	1:34	26:03.7	27:37.7	30
Sébastien Lacroix	Normal hill/10 km	113.0	29	1:30	25:26.3	26:56:3	19
	Large hill/10 km	101.2	21	1:43	26:02.2	26:45.2	19
France Maxime Laheurte François Braud Sébastien Lacroix Jason Lamy-Chappuis	Team large hill/4 x 5 km	474.7	5	0:43	48:35.4	49:28.4	4

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maxime Chataignier	1000 m	DQ		did not advance					T34
	1500 m	DQ		did not advance					T34
Thibaut Fauconnet	500 m	41.730	1 Q	51.339	4	did not advance			16
	1000 m	1:27.080	2 Q	1:26.213	4	did not advance			15
Benjamin Macé	1500 m	2:12.875	4	did not advance
Jean Charles Mattei	1500 m	2:33.989	5 ADV	2:36.291	7	did not advance			21
Jean Charles Mattei Benjamin Macé Thibaut Fauconnet Maxime Chataignier Jeremy Masson	5000 m relay					6:51.071	3 ADV	6:51.566	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stéphanie Bouvier	500 m	44.376	3	did not advance
	1000 m	1:36.199	2 Q	1:30.420	4	did not advance			9
	1500 m	2:24.966	4 Q	did not advance
Veronique Pierron	500 m	45.218	2	1:10.899	4	did not advance

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gregory Saint Genies	Men's	53.40	15	53.16	8	53.32	16	53.43	20	3:33.31	15

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Emmanuel Chedal	Normal hill	127.0	13	120.0	24	114.5	27	24
	Large hill	135.1	10	99.8	25	125.7	7	13
Vincent Descombes Sevoie	Normal hill	123.5	18	113.5	29	116.5	24	28
	Large hill	117.9	26	101.0	23	110.6	19	21
David Lazzaroni	Normal hill	117.9	26	101.0	47	DNQ		47
	Large hill	105.0	35	85.6	34	DNQ		34
Alexandre Mabboux	Normal hill	103.0	50	DNQ				60
	Large hill	76.1	48	DNQ				58
Emmanuel Chedal Vincent Descombes Sevoie David Lazzaroni Alexandre Mabboux	Team			419.8	9	DNQ		9

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics

• Déborah Anthonioz
• Mathieu Bozzetto
• Mathieu Crepel
• Paul-Henri de Le Rue
• Camile De Foucompre
• Xavier de Le Rue
• Natalie Desmares
• Sylvain Dufour
• Nelly Moenne Loccoz
• Tony Ramoin
• Claire Chapotot
• Pierre Vaultier

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Mathieu Crépel	Men's halfpipe	32.6	2.5	6 QS	37.2	22.6	4 QF	16.7	18.6	10
Arthur Longo	Men's halfpipe	34.5	32.4	10	did not advance
Aluan Ricciardi	Men's halfpipe	25.4	37.9	4	33.2	12.8	9	did not advance
Gary Zebrowski	Men's halfpipe	31.6	18.7	8	20.1	36.1	7	did not advance
Sophie Rodriguez	Women's halfpipe	30.1	34.5	11 QS	36.9	9.5	5 QF	34.4	8.3	5
Mirabelle Thovex	Women's halfpipe	14.6	24.0	20	did not advance

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Pascal Briand	1500 m	1:50.71	33
Alexis Contin	5000 m	6:19.58	6
	10000 m	13:12.11	4

See also

• France at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

References

1. 108 Français à Vancouver Archived 2010-02-05 at the Wayback Machine L'Équipe.fr (in French).
2. France's sole Olympic gold medallist back for more in Vancouver AFP (in French) - accessed 9 February 2010.
3. FIS 18 January 2010 Quota for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine