France at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley
Competitors	26 (18 men, 8 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Benoît Carrara, Cross-Country Skiing
Medals Rank: 10	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 2	Total 3
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France competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Vuarnet, JeanJean Vuarnet	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
3 Bronze	Périllat, GuyGuy Périllat	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
3 Bronze	Bozon, CharlesCharles 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	03 !
Jean Vuarnet						2:06.0	01 !
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	03 !
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

¹Two 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 x 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

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1960, full results by sports-reference.com