France at the 1948 Summer Olympics

France competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 316 competitors, 279 men and 37 women, took part in 135 events in 20 sports.^[1]

France at the 1948 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in London
Competitors	316 (279 men and 37 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Jean Séphériadès
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 11 Silver 6 Bronze 15 Total 32
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Micheline Ostermeyer	Athletics	Women's discus throw	30 July
Gold	André Bonin René Bougnol Jehan Buhan Christian d'Oriola Jacques Lataste Adrien Rommel	Fencing	Men's team foil	31 July
Gold	Micheline Ostermeyer	Athletics	Women's shot put	4 August
Gold	Jehan Buhan	Fencing	Men's foil	4 August
Gold	Édouard Artigas Marcel Desprets Henri Guérin Maurice Huet Henri Lepage Michel Pécheux	Fencing	Men's team épée	6 August
Gold	Pierre Adam Serge Blusson Charles Coste Fernand Decanali	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	9 August
Gold	Maurice Buret André Jousseaume Jean Saint-Fort Paillard	Equestrian	Team dressage	9 August
Gold	Jacques Dupont	Cycling	Men's track time trial	11 August
Gold	José Beyaert	Cycling	Men's individual road race	13 August
Gold	Bernard Chevallier	Equestrian	Individual eventing	13 August
Silver	Alain Mimoun	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres	30 July
Silver	Christian d'Oriola	Fencing	Men's foil	4 August
Silver	Ignace Heinrich	Athletics	Men's decathlon	6 August
Silver	Robert Chef d'Hôtel Jean Kerebel Jacques Lunis Francis Schewetta	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	7 August
Silver	André Jousseaume	Equestrian	Individual dressage	10 August
Silver	France men's national basketball team André Barrais Michel Bonnevie André Buffière René Chocat René Dérency Maurice Desaymonnet André Even Maurice Girardot Fernand Guillou Raymond Offner Jacques Perrier Yvan Quénin Lucien Rebuffic Pierre Thiolon	Basketball	Men's tournament	14 August
Bronze	Jacqueline Mazéas	Athletics	Women's discus throw	30 July
Bronze	Jacqueline Mazéas	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight	31 July
Bronze	Marcel Hansenne	Athletics	Men's 800 metres	2 August
Bronze	Joseph Bernardo René Cornu Alexandre Jany Henri Padou Jr.	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	3 August
Bronze	Georges Vallerey	Swimming	Men's 100 metre backstroke	6 August
Bronze	Micheline Ostermeyer	Athletics	Women's high jump	7 August
Bronze	Georges Dransart Georges Gandil	Canoeing	Men's C-2 10,000 metres	11 August
Bronze	Gaston Dron René Faye	Cycling	Men's tandem	11 August
Bronze	Robert Boutigny	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 metres	12 August
Bronze	Georges Dransart Georges Gandil	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 metres	12 August
Bronze	Henri Eberhardt	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 metres	12 August
Bronze	José Beyaert Jacques Dupont Alain Moineau	Cycling	Men's team road race	13 August
Bronze	Jean-François d'Orgeix	Equestrian	Individual jumping	14 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jean-Claude Arifon	400 m hurdles	56.9	2 Q	—		52.3	4	Did not advance
Jacques André		54.5	2 Q	—		56.3	6	Did not advance
Étienne Bally	100 m	DNF		Did not advance
	200 m	NT	4	Did not advance
Robert Chef d'Hôtel	800 m	1:56.2	2 Q	—		1:52.0	2 Q	1:53.0	7
Roger Chesneau	3000 m steeplechase	9:27.6	4 Q	—				9:30.2	11
Raymond Crapet	400 m	49.4	3	Did not advance
Yves Cros	400 m hurdles	55.7	2 Q	—		52.5	2 Q	53.3	5
Hugues Frayer	110 m hurdles	15.5	2 Q	—		NT	6	Did not advance
Alexandre Guyodo	3000 m steeplechase	9:17.2	2 Q	—				9:13.6	4
Marcel Hansenne	800 m	1:54.6	1 Q	—		1:50.5	1 Q	1:49.8
	1500 m	3:52.8	2 Q	—				4:02.0	11[2]
Henri Klein		3:59.8	6	Did not advance
Julien Lebas	200 m	22.0	1 Q	NT	5	Did not advance
Jacques Lunis	400 m	49.3	1 Q	48.9	6	Did not advance
André-Jacques Marie	110 m hurdles	14.4	1 Q	—		DNF		Did not advance
Gaston Mayordomo	800 m	1:55.7	4 Q	—		1:54.3	4	Did not advance
Alain Mimoun	10,000 m	—						30:47.4
	5000 m	15:11.2	6	Did not advance
Gilbert Omnès	110 m hurdles	15.2	3	Did not advance
André Paris	10,000 m	—						NT	NP
Maurice Pouzieux	5000 m	15:09.8	5	Did not advance
Raphaël Pujazon	3000 m steeplechase	9:20.8	1 Q	—				DNF
Ben Saïd Abdallah	10,000 m	—						31:07.8	6
Francis Schewetta	400 m	48.9	2 Q	49.9	5	Did not advance
Joseph Stéphan	200 m	NT	5	Did not advance
René Valmy	100 m	10.8	2	NT	4	Did not advance
Jacques Vernier	1500 m	3:57.6	4	Did not advance
	5000 m	15:29.8	5	Did not advance
Julien Lebas Marc Litaudon Alain Porthault René Valmy	4 × 100 m relay	DNF		Did not advance
Robert Chef d'Hôtel Jean Kerebel Jacques Lunis Francis Schewetta	4 × 400 m relay	3:17.0	2 Q	—				3:14.8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Claude Bénard	High jump	1.84	21	Did not advance
Robert Bobin	Triple jump	14.130	18	Did not advance
Georges Breitman	Pole vault	3.90	13	Did not advance
Georges Damitio	Long jump	6.980	12 q	7.070	6
	High jump	1.87	1 Q	1.95	5
Charles Épalle	Triple jump	14.020	20	Did not advance
Pierre Legrain	Hammer throw	47.60	18	Did not advance
Victor Sillon	Pole vault	4.00	1 Q	3.95	9
Pierre Sprécher	Javelin throw	52.30	23	Did not advance
Raymond Tissot		58.19	14	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rosine Faugouin	200 m	25.9	2 Q	—		25.3	5	Did not advance
Jeanine Moussier	100 m	12.9	3	Did not advance
Yvette Monginou	80 m hurdles	11.7	1 Q	—		11.8	2 Q	11.8	4
Liliane Sprécher	200 m	26.0	2 Q	—		25.1	6	Did not advance
Jeanine Toulouse	80 m hurdles	12.0	3 Q	—		NT	5	Did not advance
Rosine Faugouin Jeanine Moussier Liliane Sprécher Jeanine Toulouse	4 × 100 m relay	48.1	3	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yvonne Chabot-Curtet	Long jump	5.640 OR	1 Q	5.350	8
Anne-Marie Colchen	High jump	—		1.40	14
Paulette Laurent	Shot put	?	11 Q	12.030	10
Marguerite Martel	Long jump	4.950	24	Did not advance
Jacqueline Mazéas	Discus throw	—		40.47
Micheline Ostermeyer	High jump	—		1.61
	Shot put	13.140 OR	1 Q	13.750 OR
	Discus throw	—		41.92
Simone Ruas	High jump	—		1.50	9
Paulette Veste	Discus throw	—		36.84	10

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Eleven cyclists, all men, represented France in 1948.

Individual road race

• José Beyaert
• Alain Moineau
• Jacques Dupont
• René Rouffeteau

Team road race

• José Beyaert
• Alain Moineau
• Jacques Dupont
• René Rouffeteau

Sprint

• Jacques Bellenger

Time trial

• Jacques Dupont

Tandem

• René Faye
• Gaston Dron

Team pursuit

• Charles Coste
• Serge Blusson
• Fernand Decanali
• Pierre Adam

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

21 fencers, 18 men and 3 women, represented France in 1948.

Men's foil

• Jéhan Buhan
• Christian d'Oriola
• René Bougnol

Men's team foil

• André Bonin, Jéhan Buhan, Jacques Lataste, René Bougnol, Christian d'Oriola, Adrien Rommel

Men's épée

• Henri Guérin
• Henri Lepage
• Marcel Desprets

Men's team épée

• Henri Guérin, Henri Lepage, Marcel Desprets, Michel Pécheux, Édouard Artigas, Maurice Huet

Men's sabre

• Jacques Lefèvre
• Jean Levavasseur
• Maurice Gramain

Men's team sabre

• Jean-François Tournon, Jacques Parent, Maurice Gramain, Jacques Lefèvre, Jean Levavasseur, Georges Lévêcque

Women's foil

• Renée Garilhe
• Louisette Malherbaud
• Françoise Gouny

Football

Main article: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented France in 1948.

• André Lacroix
• Louis Pichon
• Christian Palant

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

France had 22 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[3]

Men's single sculls

• Jean Séphériadès

Men's double sculls

• Jacques Maillet
• Christian Guilbert

Men's coxless pair

• Paul Rothley
• Paul Heitz

Men's coxed pair

• Ampelio Sartor
• Aristide Sartor
• Roger Crezen (cox)

Men's coxed four

• Jean-Paul Pieddeloup
• René Lotti
• Gaston Maquat
• Jean-Pierre Souche
• Marcel Boigegrain (cox)

Men's eight

• Pierre Fauveau
• Pierre Sauvestre
• Alphonse Bouton
• Erik Aschehoug
• Jean Bocahut
• René Boucher
• Pierre Clergerie
• Roger Lebranchu
• Robert Léon (cox)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Twelve shooters represented France in 1948.

25 metre pistol

• Charles des Jammonières
• R. Bouillet
• Didier Hesse

50 metre pistol

• Jacques Mazoyer
• Marcel Bonin
• R. Stéphan

300 metre rifle

• Jean Fournier
• Édouard Rouland
• Stéphane Lesceux

50 metre rifle

• Georges Gauthier-Lafond
• Lucien Genot
• M. Bouchez

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics