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.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Athletics Women's discus throw René BougnolJehan BuhanChristian d'OriolaJacques LatasteAdrien Rommel Fencing Men's team foil Athletics Women's shot put Fencing Men's foil Marcel DespretsHenri GuérinMaurice HuetHenri LepageMichel Pécheux Fencing Men's team épée Serge BlussonCharles CosteFernand Decanali Cycling Men's team pursuit André JousseaumeJean Saint-Fort Paillard Equestrian Team dressage Cycling Men's track time trial Cycling Men's individual road race Equestrian Individual eventing Athletics Men's 10,000 metres Fencing Men's foil Athletics Men's decathlon Jean KerebelJacques LunisFrancis Schewetta Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Equestrian Individual dressage Basketball Men's tournament Athletics Women's discus throw Wrestling Men's freestyle bantamweight Athletics Men's 800 metres René CornuAlexandre JanyHenri Padou Jr. Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke Athletics Women's high jump Georges Gandil Canoeing Men's C-2 10,000 metres René Faye Cycling Men's tandem Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres Georges Gandil Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres Jacques DupontAlain Moineau Cycling Men's team road race Equestrian Individual jumping
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankJean-Claude Arifon400 m hurdles56.92 Qcolspan=2 52.34Did not advanceJacques André54.52 Qcolspan=2 56.36Did not advanceÉtienne Bally100 mDNFDid not advance200 mNT4Did not advanceRobert Chef d'Hôtel800 m1:56.22 Q colspan=2 1:52.02 Q 1:53.07Roger Chesneau3000 m steeplechase9:27.64 Qcolspan=4 9:30.211Raymond Crapet400 m49.43Did not advanceYves Cros400 m hurdles55.72 Qcolspan=2 52.52 Q53.35Hugues Frayer110 m hurdles15.5 2 Qcolspan=2 NT6Did not advanceAlexandre Guyodo3000 m steeplechase9:17.22 Qcolspan=4 9:13.64Marcel Hansenne800 m1:54.61 Qcolspan=2 1:50.51 Q1:49.81500 m3:52.82 Q colspan=4 4:02.011The results of the 1500 metres final are disputed. Hansenneis listed by most sources as 11th. Henri Klein3:59.8 6 Did not advanceJulien Lebas200 m22.01 QNT5Did not advanceJacques Lunis400 m49.31 Q48.9 6Did not advanceAndré-Jacques Marie110 m hurdles14.41 Qcolspan=2 DNFDid not advanceGaston Mayordomo800 m1:55.74 Qcolspan=2 1:54.34Did not advanceAlain Mimoun10,000 mcolspan=6 30:47.45000 m15:11.26Did not advanceGilbert Omnès110 m hurdles15.23 Did not advanceAndré Paris10,000 mcolspan=6 NTNPMaurice Pouzieux5000 m15:09.85 Did not advanceRaphaël Pujazon3000 m steeplechase9:20.81 Qcolspan=4 DNFBen Saïd Abdallah10,000 mcolspan=6 31:07.86 Francis Schewetta400 m48.92 Q49.95 Did not advanceJoseph Stéphan200 mNT5Did not advanceRené Valmy100 m10.82 NT4 Did not advanceJacques Vernier1500 m3:57.64 Did not advance5000 m15:29.85 Did not advanceJulien LebasMarc LitaudonAlain PorthaultRené Valmy4 × 100 m relayDNFDid not advanceRobert Chef d'HôtelJean KerebelJacques LunisFrancis Schewetta4 × 400 m relay3:17.02 Qcolspan="4" 3:14.8
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionClaude BénardHigh jump1.84 21 Did not advanceRobert BobinTriple jump14.13018 Did not advanceGeorges BreitmanPole vault3.90 13Did not advanceGeorges DamitioLong jump6.98012 q7.0706High jump1.871 Q1.955Charles ÉpalleTriple jump14.02020 Did not advancePierre LegrainHammer throw47.6018Did not advanceVictor SillonPole vault4.001 Q3.959Pierre SprécherJavelin throw52.30 23 Did not advanceRaymond Tissot58.19 14 Did not advance Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankRosine Faugouin200 m25.92 Qcolspan=2 25.35Did not advanceJeanine Moussier 100 m12.93 Did not advanceYvette Monginou80 m hurdles11.7 1 Qcolspan=2 11.82 Q11.84Liliane Sprécher200 m26.02 Qcolspan=2 25.16Did not advanceJeanine Toulouse80 m hurdles12.03 Qcolspan=2 NT5Did not advanceRosine FaugouinJeanine MoussierLiliane SprécherJeanine Toulouse4 × 100 m relay48.13Did not advance Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionYvonne Chabot-CurtetLong jump5.640 OR1 Q5.3508Anne-Marie ColchenHigh jumpcolspan="2" 1.4014Paulette LaurentShot put?11 Q12.03010Marguerite MartelLong jump4.95024 Did not advanceJacqueline MazéasDiscus throwcolspan="2" 40.47Micheline OstermeyerHigh jumpcolspan="2" 1.61Shot put13.140 OR1 Q13.750 ORDiscus throwcolspan="2" 41.92Simone RuasHigh jumpcolspan="2" 1.509Paulette VesteDiscus throwcolspan="2" 36.8410
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
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
Men AthleteEventFinalPointsRankRoger Heinkelé3 m springboard110.7814Guy Hernandez102.8920Raymond Mulinghausen126.555Guy Hernandez10 m platform87.4620Raymond Mulinghausen103.017
Women AthleteEventFinalPointsRankJeannette Aubert3 m springboard86.9610Mady Moreau89.437Nicole Péllissard100.38410 m platform61.076
Equestrian
Fencing
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
Gymnastics
Hockey
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented France in 1948.
André Lacroix Louis Pichon Christian Palant
Rowing
France had 22 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1948.
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
Shooting
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
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlex Jany100 m freestyle 58.1 1 Q* 57.9 2 Q* 58.3 5Fernand Martinaux 1:04.2 5* Did not advanceHenri Padou Jr. 1:01.5 3* Did not advanceJo Bernardo400 m freestyle 5:03.8 19 Did not advanceRené Cornu 5:05.2 21 Did not advanceAlex Jany 4:53.3 5 Q 4:51.3 6 q 4:51.4 6Jo Bernardo1500 m freestyle 20:34.8 14 Q 20:25.5 9 Did not advanceRené Cornu 21:01.6 22 Did not advanceRené Pirolley100 m backstroke 1:11.4 2 Q* 1:12.9 8* Did not advanceGeorges Vallerey 1:07.4 1 Q* 1:08.3 2* 1:07.8 Lucien Zins 1:10.9 4 q* 1:11.5 6 Did not advanceMaurice Lusien200 m breaststroke 2:49.5 11 Q 2:51.4 12 Did not advanceArtem Nakache 2:50.4 12 Q 2:59.1 16 Did not advanceRené CornuHenri Padou Jr.Jo BernardoAlex Jany4 × 200 m freestyle relay 9:08.8 1 Q* colspan=2 9:08.0 *Ranks given are within the heat.
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJosette Arène100 m freestyle 1:09.7 17 Did not advanceGinette Jany-Sendral 1:12.1 23 Did not advanceGisèle Vallerey 1:14.0 29 Did not advanceColette Thomas400 m freestyle 5:32.9 9 Q 5:35.3 9 Did not advanceMonique Berlioux100 m backstroke 1:18.8 10 Q 1:20.2 13 Did not advanceGinette Jany-Sendral 1:22.7 20 Did not advanceJacqueline Bertrand200 m breaststroke 3:10.7 4 Q* 3:13.1 5* Did not advanceJosette ArèneGisèle VallereyColette ThomasGinette Jany-SendralMarie Foucher-Creteau4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:50.0 4 Q* colspan=2 4:49.8 7 *Ranks given are within the heat.
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database