France at the 2022 Winter Olympics

NOCFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee

Websitewww.franceolympique.com (in French)

Competitors86 (50 men and 36 women) in 10 sports

France at the 2022 Winter Olympics
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IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Beijing, China 4–20 February 2022
Competitors	86 (50 men and 36 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Tessa Worley Kevin Rolland
Flag bearer (closing)	Quentin Fillon Maillet
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 5 Silver 7 Bronze 2 Total 14
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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France competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.^[1]

On January 26, 2022, freestyle skier Kevin Rolland and alpine skier Tessa Worley were announced as the French flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[2] Biathlete Quentin Fillon Maillet was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.^[3]

The following French competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Biathlon	Individual	8 February
Gold	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Biathlon	Pursuit	13 February
Gold	Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron	Figure skating	Ice dance	14 February
Gold	Clément Noël	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	16 February
Gold	Justine Braisaz-Bouchet	Biathlon	Mass start	18 February
Silver	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Quentin Fillon Maillet Émilien Jacquelin Julia Simon	Biathlon	Mixed relay	5 February
Silver	Johan Clarey	Alpine skiing	Downhill	7 February
Silver	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	Biathlon	Individual	7 February
Silver	Tess Ledeux	Freestyle skiing	Big air	8 February
Silver	Chloé Trespeuch	Snowboarding	Women's snowboard cross	9 February
Silver	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Biathlon	Sprint	12 February
Silver	Fabien Claude Émilien Jacquelin Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet	Biathlon	Relay	15 February
Bronze	Mathieu Faivre	Alpine skiing	Giant slalom	13 February
Bronze	Richard Jouve Hugo Lapalus Clément Parisse Maurice Manificat	Cross-country skiing	4 × 10 kilometre relay	13 February

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	1	3
Biathlon	3	4	0	7
Cross-country skiing	0	0	1	1
Figure Skating	1	0	0	1
Freestyle Skiing	0	1	0	1
Snowboarding	0	1	0	1
Total	5	7	2	14

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	February 5	0	1	0	1
Day 2	February 6	0	0	0	0
Day 3	February 7	0	2	0	2
Day 4	February 8	1	1	0	2
Day 5	February 9	0	1	0	1
Day 6	February 10	0	0	0	0
Day 7	February 11	0	0	0	0
Day 8	February 12	0	1	0	1
Day 9	February 13	1	0	2	3
Day 10	February 14	1	0	0	1
Day 11	February 15	0	1	0	1
Day 12	February 16	1	0	0	1
Day 13	February 17	0	0	0	0
Day 14	February 18	1	0	0	1
Day 15	February 19	0	0	0	0
Day 16	February 20	0	0	0	0
	Total	5	7	2	14

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Quentin Fillon Maillet	Biathlon	2	3	0	5
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	Biathlon	0	2	0	2

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	10	8	18
Biathlon	6	6	12
Bobsleigh	4	2	6
Cross-country skiing	8	5	13
Figure skating	3	1	4
Freestyle skiing	8	5	13
Nordic combined	5	N/a	5
Short track speed skating	2	2	4
Ski jumping	0	2	2
Snowboarding	4	5	9
Total	50	36	86

Alpine skiing

By meeting the basic qualification standards, France has qualified at least one male and one female alpine skier.^[4]

CNOSF announced the 5 men and 7 women participating on 19 January 2022.^[5] One more woman and four more men were announced on 23 January 2022.^[6] One more man was announced on 24 January 2022 following a reallocation of quota by the FIS, Maxence Muzaton joins the French delegation in alpine skiing.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexis Pinturault	Combined	1:45:04	11	DNF
Matthieu Bailet	Downhill	N/a	1:45.23	27
Johan Clarey		N/a	1:42:79
Blaise Giezendanner		N/a	1:45:00	26
Maxence Muzaton		N/a	1:43:82	11
Mathieu Faivre	Giant slalom	1:03.01	3	1:07.68	13	2:10.69
Thibaut Favrot		1:03.12	5	1:07.92	14	2:11.04	=5
Cyprien Sarrazin		DNF		did not advance
Alexis Pinturault		1:03.99	11	1:07.05	4	2:11.04	=5
Clément Noël	Slalom	54.30	6	49.79	1	1:44.09
Alexis Pinturault	Slalom	55.12	15	51.03	20	1:46.15	16
Nils Allègre	Super-G	N/a	1:23.24	26
Matthieu Bailet		N/a	DNF
Blaise Giezendanner		N/a	1:21.26	9
Alexis Pinturault		N/a	1:21.36	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Laura Gauché	Combined	1:34.08	17	55.96	6	2:30.04	8
Romane Miradoli	Combined	1:32.95	4	DNF
Camille Cerutti	Downhill	N/a				DNF
Laura Gauché		N/a				1:33.47	10
Tiffany Gauthier		N/a				DNF
Romane Miradoli		N/a				1:33.93	13
Clara Direz	Giant slalom	1:00.24	23	59.09	19	1:59.33	19
Coralie Frasse-Sombet		1:00.91	26	57.69	3	1:58.60	17
Tessa Worley		58.93	7	DNF
Nastasia Noens	Slalom	54.68	24	53.18	15	1:47.86	19
Laura Gauché	Super-G	N/a				1:14.87	16
Tiffany Gauthier		N/a				1:16.20	28
Romane Miradoli		N/a				1:14.41	11
Tessa Worley		N/a				1:15.30	19

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Clara Direz Coralie Frasse Sombet Tessa Worley Mathieu Faivre Thibaut Favrot Alexis Pinturault	Team	Czech Republic W 3–1	Norway L 2–2*	Did not advance		5

Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup and 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup, France has qualified a team of 6 men and 6 women.

CNOSF announced the 6 men and 6 women participating on 19 January 2022.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Fabien Claude	Individual	50:25.5	2 (1+1+0+0)	9
Simon Desthieux		51:46.8	3 (1+2+0+0)	17
Quentin Fillon Maillet		48:47.4	2 (0+1+1+0)
Émilien Jacquelin		56:31.4	7 (0+3+2+2)	72
Fabien Claude	Mass start	42:49.8	5 (1+2+1+1)	26
Simon Desthieux		41:11.4	5 (1+2+1+1)	16
Quentin Fillon Maillet		39:40.0	5 (1+1+0+3)	4
Émilien Jacquelin		42:08.7	5 (2+1+0+2)	22
Fabien Claude	Pursuit	42:54.5	7 (3+1+1+2)	16
Simon Desthieux		41:54.7	3 (2+0+0+1)	7
Quentin Fillon Maillet		39:07.5	0 (0+0+0+0)
Émilien Jacquelin		42:13.7	6 (2+3+0+1)	9
Fabien Claude	Sprint	25:41.6	3 (1+2)	21
Simon Desthieux		25:45.0	2 (0+2)	24
Quentin Fillon Maillet		24:25.9	1 (1+0)
Émilien Jacquelin		25:06.3	2 (1+1)	9
Fabien Claude Émilien Jacquelin Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet	Team relay	1:20:17.6	0+9

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Anaïs Bescond	Individual	48:26.0	4 (2+1+0+1)	30
Justine Braisaz-Bouchet		49:10.1	5 (0+2+2+1)	40
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet		44:22.1	1 (0+0+0+1)
Julia Simon		47:09.1	4 (0+0+1+3)	21
Anaïs Bescond	Mass start	46:02.3	10 (0+2+3+5)	29
Justine Braisaz-Bouchet		40:18.0	4 (2+1+0+1)
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet		43:29.7	5 (2+0+2+1)	19
Julia Simon		41:40.6	6 (0+1+3+2)	6
Anaïs Bescond	Pursuit	38:46.4	5 (2+0+1+2)	27
Justine Braisaz-Bouchet		DNS
Julia Simon		37:05.2	2 (0+1+1+0)	8
Anaïs Bescond	Sprint	21:53.1	1 (1+0)	9
Justine Braisaz-Bouchet		23:18.4	3 (1+2)	48
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet		24:02.0	4 (1+3)	68
Julia Simon		22:40.3	3 (1+2)	29
Anaïs Bescond Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Julia Simon	Team relay	1:13:16.9	2+10	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Quentin Fillon-Maillet Émilien Jacquelin Julia Simon	Relay	1:06:46.5	3+11

Bobsleigh

Based on their rankings in the 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup, France qualified 4 sleds. CNOSF announced the competing athletes on 19 January 2022.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Romain Heinrich* Dorian Hauterville	Two-man	59.93	16	1:00.04	11	59.92	12	1:00.05	10	3:59.94	12
Romain Heinrich* Dorian Hauterville Jérôme Laporal Lionel Lefebvre Thomas Delmestre	Four-man	59.29	15	59.53	12	59.29	13	1:00.06	19	3:58.17	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Margot Boch	Monobob	1:05.77	14	1:05.51	4	1:06.01	12	1:06.53	16	4:23.82	11
Margot Boch* Carla Sénéchal Sandie Clair	Two-woman	1:01.90	12	1:02.32	17	1:02.20	15	1:01.97	10	4:08.39	13

* – Denotes the driver of each sled
Italic – Denotes a substitute athlete

Cross-country skiing

By meeting the basic qualification standards, France has qualified at least one male and one female cross-country skier.^[8]

CNOSF announced the 8 men and 5 women participating on 19 January 2022.^[5]

Distance
Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Richard Jouve	15 km classical	N/a				41:56.6	+4:01.8	49
Hugo Lapalus		N/a				39:09.6	+1:14.8	7
Maurice Manificat		N/a				39:49.7	+1:54.9	12
Hugo Lapalus	30 km skiathlon	40:25.2	9	DNF				-
Jules Lapierre		41:04.5	13	38:45.3	10	1:20:21.8	+4:12.0	14
Maurice Manificat		41:53.9	33	38:49.4	12	1:21:17.5	+5:07.7	23
Clément Parisse		41:16.0	17	38:21.7	5	1:20:07.0	+3:57.2	10
Adrien Backscheider	50 km freestyle	N/a				1:16:16.6	+4:43.9	34
Jules Lapierre		N/a				1:13:50.3	+2:17.6	15
Maurice Manificat		N/a				1:12:30.3	+57.6	10
Clément Parisse		N/a				1:12:01.5	+28.8	7
Richard Jouve Hugo Lapalus Clément Parisse Maurice Manificat	4 x 10 km relay	N/a				1:56:07.1	+1:16.4

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Coralie Bentz	10 km classical	N/a				31:17.6	+3:11.3	40
Mélissa Gal	10 km classical	N/a				31:25.7	+3:19.4	41
Coralie Bentz	15 km skiathlon	25:05.8	40	23:45.9	36	49:34.4	5:20.7	38
Delphine Claudel	15 km skiathlon	23:28.2	12	21:25.6	6	45:31.5	1:17.8	9
Coralie Bentz	Women's 30 km freestyle	N/a				1:38:08.2	+13:14.2	44
Delphine Claudel		N/a				1:27:34.0	+2:40.0	7
Flora Dolci		N/a				1:32:04.7	+7:10.7	24
Léna Quintin Delphine Claudel Flora Dolci Mélissa Gal	4 x 5 km relay	N/a				59:03.9	+5:22.9	12

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lucas Chanavat	Men's individual	2:45.03	1 Q	2:53.43	2 Q	2:52.92	5	Did not advance	9
Renaud Jay		2:51.86	16 Q	3:35.80	6	Did not advance			27
Richard Jouve		2:47.93	4 Q	2:57.92	1 Q	2:52.31	3	Did not advance	7
Richard Jouve Hugo Lapalus	Men's team	N/a				20:17.36	2 Q	19:58.37	7
Léna Quintin	Women's individual	3:24.19	31	Did not advance
Mélissa Gal Léna Quintin	Women's team	N/a				23:26.28	5 LL	24:04.92	10

Figure skating

In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, France secured one quota in both the men's and ice dance competitions.^[9] Second quota for men's was secured at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.

Individual

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kévin Aymoz	Men's singles	93.00	10 Q	161.80	15	254.80	12
Adam Siao Him Fa	Men's singles	86.74	14 Q	163.41	13	250.15	14

Mixed

Athlete	Event	RD		FD		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron	Ice dance	90.83 WR	1 Q	136.15	1	226.98 WR

Freestyle skiing

CNOSF announced the 8 men and 5 women competing on 19 January 2022.^[5]

Freeski
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best/Total	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best/Total	Rank
Antoine Adelisse	Big air	79.50	~~66.00~~	83.75	163.25	15	Did not advance
Antoine Adelisse	Slopestyle	DNS					Did not advance
Kevin Rolland	Halfpipe	~~65.25~~	75.25	N/a	75.25	10	~~54.75~~	~~77.25~~	79.25	79.25	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best/Total	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best/Total	Rank
Tess Ledeux	Big air	90.50	80.50	~~20.00~~	171.00	2	94.50	93.00	~~73.25~~	187.50
Tess Ledeux	Slopestyle	22.13	68.13	N/a	68.13	9 Q	72.91	23.08	28.81	72.91	7

Moguls
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Benjamin Cavet	Moguls	23.52	61.42	78.40	3 QF	Bye				24.26	61.79	77.80	6 Q	24.48	63.10	78.82	4 Q	24.60	63.88	79.44	4
Sacha Theocharis	Moguls	24.96	55.41	70.50	22	25.56	61.12	75.41	8 QF	24.65	61.10	76.59	11 Q	24.70	58.97	73.40	11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Camille Cabrol	Moguls	30.61	49.47	62.97	20	30.75	54.41	67.76	10 QF	30.03	56.15	70.31	18	Did not advance
Perrine Laffont	Moguls	27.81	64.45	81.11	2 QF	Bye				27.73	63.11	79.86	3 Q	27.93	61.10	77.62	5 Q	28.04	60.96	77.36	4

Ski cross
Men

Athlete	Event	Seeding		1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Jean-Frédéric Chapuis	Ski cross	1:13.20	16	3	Did not advance			20
Bastien Midol		1:12.55	9	2 Q	3	Did not advance		11
François Place		1:12.83	11	1 Q	2 Q	4 SF	4	8
Térence Tchiknavorian		1:12.85	12	3	Did not advance			18

Women

Athlete	Event	Seeding		1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Alizée Baron	Ski cross	DNS		DNS	Did not advance
Jade Grillet-Aubert	Ski cross	1:19.54	16	2 Q	4	Did not advance		14

Nordic combined

CNOSF announced the 5 athletes participating on 19 January 2022.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mattéo Baud	Large hill/10 km	127.5	103.7	16	26:54.4	20	29:18.4	21
Gaël Blondeau		103.5	59.3	41	27:20.8	26	32:42.8	40
Antoine Gérard		129.5	101.9	18	26:20.4	11	28:52.4	14
Laurent Mühlethaler		123.5	96.9	24	27:27.6	27	30:19.6	26
Mattéo Baud	Normal hill/10 km	97.5	111.3	12	25:42.0	25	27:09.0	18
Gaël Blondeau		91.0	91.3	30	25:56.3	27	28:43.3	31
Antoine Gérard		DSQ			Did not advance
Laurent Mühlethaler		94.0	102.4	21	26:24.6	31	28:26.6	28
Mattéo Baud Gaël Blondeau Antoine Gérard Laurent Mühlethaler	Team large hill/4 × 5 km	493.5	410.0	5	51:33.1	6	53:00.1	5

Short track speed skating

France has qualified two male and two female short track speed skaters as well as the mixed relay.^[10]

CNOSF announced the 4 athletes participating on 19 January 2022.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Quentin Fercoq	500 m	40.548	4	Did not advance					25
	1000 m	1:23.917	2 Q	1:24.411	3	Did not advance			11
	1500 m	N/a		2:15.347	4	Did not advance			23
Sébastien Lepape	500 m	42.081	2 Q	46.814	5	Did not advance			20
	1000 m	1:26.069	4	Did not advance					26
	1500 m	N/a		2:41.547	5	Did not advance			29

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gwendoline Daudet	500 m	45.515	4	Did not advance					29
	1000 m	1:31.734	3	Did not advance					23
	1500 m	N/a		2:23.607	6	Did not advance			30
Tifany Huot-Marchand	500 m	54.758	4	Did not advance					30
	1000 m	PEN		Did not advance
	1500 m	N/a		2:23.784	6	Did not advance			31

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Quentin Fercoq Sébastien Lepape Gwendoline Daudet Tifany Huot-Marchand	2000 m relay	2:51.221	4	Did not advance			12

Ski jumping

CNOSF announced 2 women participating on 19 January 2022.^[5]

Women

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Julia Clair	Normal hill	64.0	43.3	34	Did not advance			43.3	34
Joséphine Pagnier	Normal hill	96.0	102.1	7 Q	78.5	77.4	22	179.5	11

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