France at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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France competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
| France at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | FRA |
| NOC | French National Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Nagano | |
| Competitors | 106 (75 men, 31 women) in 12 sports |
| Flag bearer | Philippe Candeloro (figure skating) |
| Medals Ranked 13th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Karine Ruby | Snowboarding | Women's giant slalom | 10 February |
| Gold | Jean-Luc Crétier | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill | 13 February |
 Silver | Sébastien Foucras | Freestyle skiing | Men's aerials | 18 February |
 Bronze | Philippe Candeloro | Figure skating | Men's singles | 14 February |
| Bronze | Florence Masnada | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill | 16 February |
| Bronze | Marina Anissina Gwendal Peizerat | Figure skating | Ice dance | 16 February |
| Bronze | Sylvain Guillaume Nicolas Bal Ludovic Roux Fabrice Guy | Nordic combined | Team | 20 February |
| Bronze | Bruno Mingeon Emanuel Hostache Éric Le Chanony Max Robert | Bobsleigh | Four-man | 21 February |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Biathlon | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Bobsleigh | 5 | – | 5 |
| Cross-country skiing | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Figure skating | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Freestyle skiing | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Ice hockey | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
| Short track speed skating | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ski jumping | 2 | – | 2 |
| Snowboarding | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 75 | 31 | 106 |
Alpine skiing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Adrien Duvillard | Downhill | DNF | – | ||
| Nicolas Burtin | DNF | – | |||
| Jean-Luc Crétier | 1:50.11 | | |||
| Nicolas Burtin | Super-G | DSQ | – | ||
| Frédéric Marin-Cudraz | DNF | – | |||
| Jean-Luc Crétier | 1:37.95 | 25 | |||
| Ian Piccard | Giant Slalom | 1:22.08 | 1:19.02 | 2:41.10 | 11 |
| Joël Chenal | 1:22.05 | DSQ | DSQ | – | |
| Christophe Saioni | 1:21.84 | 1:19.40 | 2:41.24 | 13 | |
| François Simond | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Sébastien Amiez | 56.96 | 55.23 | 1:52.19 | 14 | |
| Joël Chenal | 56.68 | 54.83 | 1:51.51 | 8 | |
| Pierrick Bourgeat | 56.28 | 55.54 | 1:51.82 | 10 | |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Carole Montillet-Carles | Downhill | 1:30.65 | 14 | ||
| Régine Cavagnoud | 1:29.72 | 7 | |||
| Mélanie Suchet | 1:29.48 | 4 | |||
| Florence Masnada | 1:29.37 | | |||
| Florence Masnada | Super-G | 1:19.03 | 18 | ||
| Régine Cavagnoud | 1:18.91 | 16 | |||
| Carole Montillet-Carles | 1:18.88 | 14 | |||
| Mélanie Suchet | 1:18.51 | 8 | |||
| Leila Piccard | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Sophie Lefranc | 1:19.88 | 1:33.39 | 2:53.27 | 5 | |
| Patricia Chauvet-Blanc | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Laure Pequegnot | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
| Leila Piccard | 46.25 | DNF | DNF | – | |
Women's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank | |
| Florence Masnada | 1:29.87 | 37.21 | 35.76 | 2:42.84 | 6 |
Biathlon
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km Sprint | Raphaël Poirée | DNF | DNF | – |
| Andreas Heymann | 2 | 33:06.9 | 69 | |
| Julien Robert | 0 | 32:52.4 | 67 | |
| Thierry Dusserre | 1 | 30:43.6 | 50 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Andreas Heymann | 58:42.7 | 6 | 1'04:42.7 | 57 |
| Thierry Dusserre | 1'01:26.6 | 1 | 1'02:26.6 | 46 | |
| Julien Robert | 1'01:01.6 | 1 | 1'02:01.6 | 40 | |
| Raphaël Poirée | 58:08.4 | 2 | 1'00:08.4 | 22 |
- Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
| Athletes | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
| Andreas Heymann Raphaël Poirée Thierry Dusserre Patrice Bailly-Salins |
2 | 1'24:53.0 | 7 |
- Women
| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 km Sprint | Anne Briand-Bouthiaux | 5 | 26:16.1 | 54 |
| Florence Baverel-Robert | 1 | 25:39.6 | 43 | |
| Corinne Niogret | 2 | 24:54.7 | 25 | |
| Emmanuelle Claret | 1 | 24:08.7 | 14 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km | Florence Baverel-Robert | 1'05:42.8 | 4 | 1'09:42.8 | 63 |
| Christelle Gros | 59:33.8 | 7 | 1'06:33.8 | 59 | |
| Anne Briand-Bouthiaux | 55:13.1 | 3 | 58:13.1 | 20 | |
| Corinne Niogret | 56:51.1 | 1 | 57:51.1 | 16 |
- Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
| Athletes | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
| Christelle Gros Emmanuelle Claret Florence Baverel-Robert Corinne Niogret |
0 | 1'43:54.6 | 8 |
- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per missed target.
Bobsleigh
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| FRA-1 | Bruno Mingeon Emmanuel Hostache |
Two-man | 54.80 | 6 | 54.65 | 7 | 54.55 | 10 | 54.62 | 10 | 3:38.62 | 9 |
| FRA-2 | Éric Alard Éric Le Chanony |
Two-man | 55.25 | 15 | 54.75 | 11 | 54.73 | 13 | 54.58 | 9 | 3:39.31 | 13 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| FRA-1 | Bruno Mingeon Emmanuel Hostache Éric Le Chanony Max Robert |
Four-man | 53.13 | 8 | 53.30 | 3 | 53.63 | 1 | 2:40.06 | |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 10 km C |
Philippe Sanchez | 31:03.5 | 59 |
| Vincent Vittoz | 29:03.5 | 24 | |
| Patrick Rémy | 28:55.2 | 20 | |
| 15 km pursuit1 F |
Patrick Rémy | 43:56.8 | 30 |
| Vincent Vittoz | 42:31.9 | 19 | |
| 30 km C |
Patrick Rémy | DNF | – |
| 50 km F |
Vincent Vittoz | 2'14:16.2 | 21 |
| Hervé Balland | 2'11:55.9 | 14 | |
- 1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Vincent Vittoz Patrick Rémy Hervé Balland Philippe Sanchez |
1'45:00.2 | 13 |
- Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 5 km C |
Anne-Laure Condevaux | 20:21.2 | 64 |
| Karine Philippot | 19:38.6 | 52 | |
| Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel | 19:33.4 | 49 | |
| Sophie Villeneuve | 19:05.5 | 32 | |
| 10 km pursuit2 F |
Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel | 32:20.0 | 37 |
| Karine Philippot | 32:00.3 | 33 | |
| Sophie Villeneuve | 31:31.5 | 27 | |
| 15 km C |
Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel | 52:30.1 | 45 |
| 30 km F |
Karine Philippot | 1'29:51.6 | 22 |
| Sophie Villeneuve | 1'28:57.8 | 17 | |
- 2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Women's 4 × 5 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Sophie Villeneuve Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel Anne-Laure Condevaux Karine Philippot |
58:27.7 | 11 |
Figure skating
- Men
| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippe Candeloro | 5 | 2 | 4.5 | |
- Women
| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laëtitia Hubert | 12 | 21 | 27.0 | 20 |
| Surya Bonaly | 6 | 11 | 14.0 | 10 |
| Vanessa Gusmeroli | 8 | 6 | 10.0 | 6 |
- Pairs
| Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabrina Lefrançois Nicolas Osseland |
17 | 17 | 25.5 | 17 |
| Sarah Abitbol Stéphane Bernadis |
7 | 6 | 9.5 | 6 |
- Ice Dancing
| Athletes | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominique Deniaud Martial Jaffredo |
20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 40.8 | 20 |
| Sophie Moniotte Pascal Lavanchy |
10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 22.2 | 11 |
| Marina Anissina Gwendal Peizerat |
3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7.0 | |
Freestyle skiing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
| Olivier Cotte | Moguls | 28.66 | 23.46 | 20 | did not advance | ||
| Julien Regnier-Lafforgue | 28.20 | 24.20 | 12 Q | 25.93 | 24.64 | 11 | |
| Fabrice Ougier | 27.72 | 24.26 | 11 Q | 25.88 | 24.22 | 12 | |
| Thony Hemery | 26.18 | 25.06 | 6 Q | DNF | DNF | – | |
| Jean-Damien Climonet | Aerials | 186.81 | 16 | did not advance | |||
| Sébastien Foucras | 200.27 | 12 Q | 248.79 | | |||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
| Candice Gilg | Moguls | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
Ice hockey
Men's tournament
Preliminary round - Group B
Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.
All times are local (UTC-7).
| 7 February 1998 | France  | 0 – 4 (0-1, 0-1, 0-2) |  Belarus | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,419 |
| 9 February 1998 | Japan  | 2 – 5 (2-1, 0-1, 0-3) | France | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,930 |
| 10 February 1998 | France | 0 – 2 (0-0, 0-1, 0-1) |  Germany | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,916 |
Consolation round - 11th place match
All times are local (UTC-7).
| 12 February 1998 | France 11th | 5 – 1 (1-0, 0-0, 4-1) |  Italy | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 8,854 |
Leading scorers
| Rank | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | Philippe Bozon | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
- Team roster
- François Gravel
- Cristobal Huet
- Fabrice Lhenry
- Serge Poudrier
- Denis Perez
- Jean-Philippe Lemoine
- Serge Djelloul
- Karl Dewolf
- Jean-Christophe Filippin
- Grégory Dubois
- Philippe Bozon
- Christian Pouget
- Stéphane Barin
- Bob Ouellet
- Jonathan Zwikel
- Anthony Mortas
- Arnaud Briand
- Richard Aimonetto
- Pierre Allard
- Maurice Rozenthal
- François Rozenthal
- Laurent Gras
- Roger Dubé
- Head coach: Jimmy Tibbets
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping
- 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country time |
Total rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | ||||
| Fabrice Guy | Individual | 201.5 | 28 | 46:43.3 | 29 |
| Ludovic Roux | 202.5 | 27 | 46:52.2 | 31 | |
| Sylvain Guillaume | 212.5 | 16 | 43:42.5 | 9 | |
| Nicolas Bal | 218.5 | 11 | 42:46.8 | 7 | |
Men's Team
Four participants per team.
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping
- 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country time |
Total rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | |||
| Sylvain Guillaume Nicolas Bal Ludovic Roux Fabrice Guy |
863.0 | 6 | 55:53.4 | |
Short track speed skating
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Round one | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Finals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank | ||
| Ludovic Mathieu | 500 m | 43.767 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
| Bruno Loscos | 43.725 | 3 | did not advance | ||||||
| Ludovic Mathieu | 1000 m | 1:36.076 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
| Bruno Loscos | 1:30.805 | 3 | did not advance | ||||||
Ski jumping
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Jérôme Gay | Normal hill | 74.0 | 82.0 | 37 | did not advance | |||
| Nicolas Dessum | 83.0 | 101.5 | 15 Q | 82.5 | 100.5 | 202.0 | 16 | |
| Jérôme Gay | Large hill | 115.5 | 107.9 | 17 Q | 118.0 | 111.4 | 219.3 | 21 |
| Nicolas Dessum | 118.5 | 113.3 | 10 Q | 119.0 | 115.2 | 228.5 | 16 | |
Snowboarding
- Men's giant slalom
| Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | |
| Maxence Idesheim | 1:00.75 | 1:04.77 | 2:05.52 | 8 |
| Mathieu Bozzetto | 59.83 | 1:04.74 | 2:04.57 | 5 |
| Nicolas Conte | 59.69 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Christophe Ségura | 59.59 | 1:09.27 | 2:08.86 | 12 |
- Men's halfpipe
| Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| Jean Baptiste Charlet | 31.3 | 29 | 39.6 | 5 QF | 73.4 | 12 |
| Tony Vannucci Roos | 36.2 | 14 | 35.8 | 17 | did not advance | |
| Jonathan Collomb-Patton | 38.2 | 8 QF | 75.5 | 10 | ||
| Guillaume Chastagnol | 40.2 | 2 QF | 78.3 | 5 | ||
- Women's giant slalom
| Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | |
| Nathalie Desmares | 1:21.43 | 1:08.42 | 2:29.85 | 17 |
| Charlotte Bernard | 1:14.43 | 1:14.30 | 2:28.73 | 16 |
| Isabelle Blanc | 1:11.28 | DSQ | DSQ | – |
| Karine Ruby | 1:09.33 | 1:08.01 | 2:17.34 | |
- Women's halfpipe
| Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| Doriane Vidal | 27.2 | 17 | 32.1 | 8 | did not advance | |
Speed skating
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 1500 m | Cédric Kuentz | 1:54.78 | 37 |
| 5000 m | Cédric Kuentz | 6:45.90 | 19 |