France at the 1960 Summer Olympics

• Michel Jazy — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
• Robert Dumontois, Jean Klein, Claude Martin, Jacques Morel, and Guy Nosbaum — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

• Abdoulaye Seye — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
• Guy Lefrant, Jack Le Goff, and Jehan Le Roy — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
• René Schiermeyer — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

France had 36 competitors, 7 women and 29 men, in 25 athletics events.^[2]

Women's 100 metres

Catherine Capdevielle

Women's 200 metres

Catherine Capdevielle

Women's 800 metres

Maryvonne Dupureur

Nicole Goullieux

Women's 80 metres hurdles

Denise Laborie-Guénard

Simone Brièrre

Women's high jump

Florence Pétry-Amiel

Women's long jump

Madeleine Thétu

Men's 100 metres

Jocelyn Delecour

Abdoulaye Sèye

Claude Piquemal

Men's 200 metres

Abdoulaye Sèye – Bronze

Paul Genevay

Jocelyn Delecour

Men's 800 metres

Pierre-Yvon Lenoir

Men's 1500 metres

Michel Jazy – Silver

Michel Bernard

Men's 5000 metres

Michel Bernard

Hamoud Ameur

Men's 10,000 metres

Robert Bogey

Hamoud Ameur

Hamida Addèche

Men's marathon

Alain Mimoun

Paul Genève

Men's 110 metres hurdles

Edmond Roudnitska

Marcel Duriez

Jacques Déprez

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Guy Texereau

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Jocelyn Delecour, Paul Genevay, Claude Piquemal, Abdoulaye Sèye

Men's 20 kilometres walk

Henri Delerue

Men's 50 kilometres walk

Jacques Arnoux

Men's high jump

Mahamat Idriss

Maurice Fournier

Men's pole vault

Victor Sillon

Men's long jump

Christian Collardot

Ali Brakchi

Men's triple jump

Éric Battista

Pierre William

Men's discus throw

Pierre Alard

Men's hammer throw

Guy Husson

Men's javelin throw

Michel Macquet

Léon Syrovatski

The French men's basketball team had 12 players.^[3]

Team

Roger Antoine, Philippe Baillet, Christian Baltzer, Louis Bertorelle, Jean-Paul Beugnot, Jérôme Christ, Jean Degros, Max Dorigo, Henri Grange, Bernard Mayeur, Robert Monclar, Henri Villecourt

France had eight male competitors in eight boxing events.^[4]

Flyweight (51 kg)

Antoine Porcel

Bantamweight (54 kg)

Jean Parra

Featherweight

André Iuncker

Lightweight (60 kg)

Jacques Cotot

Welterweight (67 kg)

Jean Josselin

Light middleweight (71 kg)

Souleymane Diallo

Middleweight (75 kg)

Yoland Levèque

Heavyweight (+81 kg)

Joseph Syoz

France had 9 competitors, 1 woman and 8 men, in 4 canoeing and kayaking events.^[5]

Women's K-1 500 metres

Gabrielle Lutz

Men's K-1 1000 metres

Michel Meyer

Men's K-1 4 × 500 metres

Henri Amazouze, Jean Houde, Pierre Derivery, Jean Friquet, Fredy Grosheny

Men's C-2 1000 metres

Georges Turlier, Michel Picard

France had 14 men compete in six cycling events.

Individual road race

Jacques Gestraut

Roland Lacombe

François Hamon

Raymond Reaux

Team time trial

Henri Duez, François Hamon, Roland Lacombe, Jacques Simon

Sprint

Antoine Pellegrina

André Gruchet

1000m time trial

Michel Scob

Tandem

Roland Surrugue, Michel Scob

Team pursuit

Marcel Delattre, Jacques Suire, Guy Claud, Michel Nédélec

France had 4 competitors, 1 woman and 3 men, in 4 diving events.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semi-final				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Christian Pire	3 m springboard	50.49	18	Did not advance
Georges Senecot		53.93	7 Q	38.54	14	92.47	9	Did not advance
Henri Rouquet	10 m platform	50.74	16 Q	32.81	16	83.55	16	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semi-final				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Nicole Péllissard-Darrigrand	3 m springboard	48.96	10 Q	36.76	9	85.72	9	Did not advance
	10 m platform	49.68	12 Q	—N/a				31.50	=5	81.18	7

France had 7 male competitors in 4 equestrianism events.^[7]

Men's three-day events, Individual and Team

Jack Le Goff

Guy Lefrant

Jéhan Le Roy

Pierre Durand Sr.

Mixed jumping events, Individual and Team

Bernard de Fombelle

Max Fresson

Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola

France had 21 competitors, 16 men and 5 women, in 8 fencing events.

Men's foil

Roger Closset

Christian d'Oriola

Jean-Claude Magnan

Men's team foil

Jacky Courtillat, Jean-Claude Magnan, Guy Barrabino, Claude Netter, Christian d'Oriola

Men's épée

Yves Dreyfus

Armand Mouyal

Jack Guittet

Men's team épée

Armand Mouyal, Yves Dreyfus, Claude Brodin, Christian d'Oriola, Jack Guittet, Gérard Lefranc

Men's sabre

Claude Arabo

Jacques Roulot

Jacques Lefèvre

Men's team sabre

Marcel Parent, Claude Gamot, Jacques Lefèvre, Jacques Roulot, Claude Arabo

Women's foil

Catherine Delbarre

Régine Veronnet

Monique Leroux

Women's team foil

Monique Leroux, Régine Veronnet, Françoise Mailliard, Renée Garilhe, Catherine Delbarre

The French men's football team had 17 players.^[8]

Team

Ahmed Arab, Marcel Artélésa, Raymond Baratto, Pierre Bodin, Jean-Baptiste Bordas, Claude Dubaële, Gérard Coinçon, André Giamarchi, Gines Gonzales, Marcel Loncle, François Philippe, Louis Polonia, Yvon Quédec, Charles Samoy, Max Samper, Jacques Stamm, Jean Wettstein

France had 12 competitors, 6 women and 6 men, in 14 gymnastics events.^[9]

Women's events – Team all-around, Individual all-around, Floor, Vault, Uneven bars, Balance beam

Jacqueline Dieudonné

Anne-Marie Demortière

Renée Hugon

Paulette le Raer

Monique Rossi

Danièle Sicot-Coulon

Men's events – Team all-around, Individual all-around, Floor, Vault, Parallel bars, Horizontal bar, Rings, Pommel horse

Robert Caymaris

Bernard Fauqueux

Jean Jaillard

Mohamed Lazhari

Michel Mathiot

Daniel Touche

The French men's hockey team had 16 players.^[10]

Team

Yvan Bia, Roger Bignon, Jacques Bonnet, Pierre Court, Jean Desmasures, Maurice Dobigny, Claude Dugardin, Claude Leroy, Diran Manoukian, Ido Marang, Jacques Mauchien, Gérard Poulain, Philippe Reynaud, Albert Vanpoulle, Claude Windal, Jean-Pierre Windal

France had three male competitors in two modern pentathlon events.

Individual

André Bernard

Christian Beauvalet

Étienne Jalenques

Team

André Bernard, Christian Beauvalet, Étienne Jalenques

France had 16 male competitors in three rowing events.^[11]

Men's double sculls – 4th place

René Duhamel, Bernard Monnereau

Men's coxed four – 2nd place ( Silver medal)

Robert Dumontois, Claude Martin, Jacques Morel, Guy Nosbaum, Jean Klein

Men's eight – 4th place

Christian Puibaraud, Jean-Louis Bellet, Émile Clerc, Jean Ledoux, Gaston Mercier, Bernard Meynadier, Joseph Moroni, Michel Viaud, Alain Bouffard

France had 11 male competitors in five sailing events.^[12]

Finn – 1-person Finn (dinghy)

Yves-Louis Pinaud

Flying Dutchman – 2-person Flying Dutchman (dinghy)

Jean-Claude Cornu (helmsman), Daniel Gouffier

Star – 2-person Star (keelboat)

Georges Pisani (helmsman), Noël Desaubliaux

Dragon – 3-person Dragon (keelboat)

Jean Peytel (helmsman), Philippe Reinhart, François Thierry-Mieg

5.5 Metre – 3-person 5.5 Metre (keelboat)

Jacques Baptiste Lebrun (helmsman), Pierre Buret, Louis Chauvot

France had seven men participate in five shooting events.

25 m pistol

Jacques Decaux

Jean Renaux

50 m pistol

Serge Hubert

50 m rifle, three positions

Pierre Guy

Georges Wahler

50 m rifle, prone

Pierre Guy

Georges Wahler

Trap

Claude Foussier

Marcel Otto-Bruc

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alain Gottvallès	100 m freestyle	56.3	=3 Q	58.5	22	Did not advance
Gérard Gropaiz		59.3	34	Did not advance
Jean-Pascal Curtillet	400 m freestyle	4:36.5	16	—N/a		Did not advance
Jean Pommat		4:46.5	30	—N/a		Did not advance
Robert Christophe	100 m backstroke	1:04.0	=5 Q	1:03.7	=2 Q	1:03.2	4
Claude Raffy		1:05.8	=18	Did not advance
Richard Audoly	200 m breaststroke	2:46.5	24	Did not advance
Roland Boullanger		2:54.4	35	Did not advance
Henri Vidil	200 m butterfly	2:36.0	28	Did not advance
Jean-Pascal Curtillet Gérard Gropaiz Marc Kamoun Jean Boiteux	4 × 200 m freestyle	8:41.2	12	—N/a		Did not advance
Robert Christophe Roland Boullanger Jean Pommat Alain Gottvallès	4 × 100 m medley	4:21.7	11	—N/a		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Héda Frost	100 m freestyle	1:05.8	13 Q	1:05.4	=11	Did not advance
Marie-Laure Gaillot		1:08.0	27	Did not advance
Héda Frost	400 m freestyle	5:00.6	9	—N/a		Did not advance
Nadine Delache	100 m backstroke	1:12.5	8 Q	—N/a		1:12.4	8
Rosy Piacentini		1:12.2	=6 Q	—N/a		1:11.4	5
Amélie Mirkowitch	200 m breaststroke	3:01.5	17	—N/a		Did not advance
Michèle Pialat		3:02.2	19	—N/a		Did not advance
Annie Caron	100 m butterfly	1:17.1	18	—N/a		Did not advance
Colette Libourel		1:20.4	24	—N/a		Did not advance
Héda Frost Annie Caron Colette Libourel Marie-Laure Gaillot	4 × 100 m freestyle	4:35.2	9	—N/a		Did not advance
Rosy Piacentini Michèle Pialat Annie Caron Héda Frost	4 × 100 m medley	4:59.7	10	—N/a		Did not advance