France at the 1956 Summer Olympics explained

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.^[1]

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

See main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

• Michel Rousseau - Gold Medal

Time trial

• Renzo Colzi - 1:15.1 (→ 16th place)

Tandem

• André Gruchet
  Robert Vidal - 5th place

Team pursuit

• Jean Graczyk
  Jean-Claude Lecante
  Michel Vermeulin
  René Bianchi - 4:39.4 (→ Silver Medal)

Team time trial

• Arnaud Geyre
  Maurice Moucheraud
  Michel 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

See main article: Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Women's 10m Platform

• • • Nicole Péllissard-Darrigrand Preliminary Round - 50.02
  • Final - 78.80 (→ 4th place)

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics. One male pentathlete represented France in 1956.

Individual

• Jean-Claude Hamel

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

France had 13 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1956.^[2]

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

See main article: Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: France at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games . 2010-10-16 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728010733/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1956/ . 2011-07-28 .
2. France Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417065214/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1956/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 28 February 2018.