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France at the
1960 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFRA
NOC French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Squaw Valley, United States
18–28 February 1960
Competitors26 (18 men, 8 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers Benoît Carrara, cross-country skiing
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
3
Winter Olympics appearances ( overview)

France competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Jean Vuarnet Alpine skiing Men's downhill
 Bronze Guy Périllat Alpine skiing Men's downhill
 Bronze Charles Bozon Alpine skiing Men's slalom

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Adrien Duvillard Downhill DSQ –
Charles Bozon 2:09.6 8
Guy Périllat 2:06.9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jean Vuarnet 2:06.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
François Bonlieu Giant Slalom 1:51.2 11
Adrien Duvillard 1:51.1 10
Charles Bozon 1:51.0 9
Guy Périllat 1:50.7 6
Adrien Duvillard Slalom 1:21.9 31 DSQ – DSQ –
Guy Périllat 1:11.0 8 1:00.8 6 2:11.8 6
Charles Bozon 1:09.8 2 1:00.6 5 2:10.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
François Bonlieu 1:09.8 2 DSQ – DSQ –
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Janine Monterrain Downhill 2:03.0 38
Marguerite Leduc 1:45.6 18
Arlette Grosso 1:44.2 14
Thérèse Leduc 1:44.2 14
Arlette Grosso Giant Slalom 1:43.9 18
Janine Monterrain 1:42.4 13
Anne-Marie Leduc 1:41.5 8
Thérèse Leduc 1:40.8 7
Arlette Grosso Slalom 1:07.5 33 59.3 8 2:06.8 22
Marguerite Leduc 1:02.2 23 1:02.4 20 2:04.6 19
Thérèse Leduc 59.2 16 58.2 4 1:57.4 4
Anne-Marie Leduc 58.6 11 1:04.9 26 2:03.5 17

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Missed targets Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Paul Romand 1'28:48.4 18 2'04:48.4 28
Gilbert Mercier 1'29:16.6 17 2'03:16.6 27
Victor Arbez 1'25:58.4 18 2'01:58.4 25
René Mercier 1'26:13.2 15 1'56:13.2 22
1 Two minutes added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km René Mandrillon 56:01.5 29
Victor Arbez 55:41.1 26
Benoît Carrara 55:38.5 25
Jean Mermet 54:44.5 21
30 km René Mandrillon 2'02:05.3 25
Jean Mermet 1'58:57.9 19
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Victor Arbez
René Mandrillon
Benoît Carrara
Jean Mermet 		2'26:30.8 7

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Alain Calmat 8 6 1340.3 54 6
Alain Giletti 3 3 1399.2 31 4
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Danielle Rigoulot 11 13 1253.8 107 13
Nicole Hassler 12 12 1272.6 97 11

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Régis Robert Rey Normal hill 78.0 87.7 38 72.0 91.6 38 179.3 38
Claude Jean-Prost 84.5 99.9 21 75.5 96.9 30 196.8 26

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Raymond Gilloz 42.0 18
André Kouprianoff 41.5 15
1500 m Raymond Gilloz 2:14.2 10
André Kouprianoff 2:13.3 8
5000 m Raymond Gilloz 8:11.5 10
André Kouprianoff 8:10.4 9
10,000 m André Kouprianoff 16:39.1 11
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Françoise Lucas 48.3 13
1000 m Françoise Lucas 1:38.4 14
1500 m Françoise Lucas 2:36.6 17
3000 m Françoise Lucas 5:42.5 15

References

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