France at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 206 in 18 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Daniel Morelon | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 15 |
Gold 2 |
Silver 3 |
Bronze 4 |
Total 9 |
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France competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 206 competitors, 177 men and 29 women, took part in 128 events in 18 sports.[1]
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[edit] Medalists
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Gold
- Guy Drut — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
- Hubert Parot, Michel Roche, Marc Roguet and Marcel Rozier — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
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Silver
- Daniel Morelon — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
- Brigitte Dumont, Brigitte Gaudin-Latrille, Claudie Josland, Christine Muzio, and Véronique Trinquet — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
- Daniel Senet — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
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Bronze
- Bernard Talvard — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Competition
- Daniel Revenu, Frédéric Pietruszka, Christian Noël, Didier Flament, and Bernard Talvard — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
- Henry Boërio — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Patrick Vial — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (70 kg)
[edit] Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics
In France's second appearance in modern Olympic archery, one woman and one man represented the nation. Albert Le Tyrant posted France's best placing since 1920.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Christine Ventrillon – 2298 points (→ 17th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Albert Le Tyrant – 2408 points (→ 12th place)
[edit] Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's 800 metres
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- Heat — 1:49.60 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 1:50.81 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
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- Heat — 13:36.94 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 13:34.39 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
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- Heat — 28:10.52
- Final — 28:24.07 (→ 9th place)
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- Heat — 29:40.76 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 32:07.84 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
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- Heats — 50.78s
- Semi Final — 50.82s (→ did not advance)
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- Heats — 50.77s
- Semi Final — 50.82s (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
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- Final — 2:22:56 (→ 34th place)
Men's 4x100 metres Relay
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- Heat — 39.71s
- Semi Final — 39.33s
- Final — 39.16s (→ 7th place)
Men's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 7.82m
- Final — 8.00m (→ 4th place)
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- Qualification — 7.38m (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
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- Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)
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- Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)
Men's Pole Vault
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- Qualifying Round — 5.10m
- Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's 20 km Race Walk
- Gérard Lelièvre — 1:29:53 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200 metres
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- Round 1 — 23.54
- Round 2 — 23.22
- Semifinals — 23.00
- Final — 23.09 (→ 8th place)
[edit] Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- José Leroy
- First Round — Lost to Said Mohamed Abdelwahab (EGY), KO-1
[edit] Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
[edit] Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's Individual Road Race
- Jean-René Bernaudeau — 4:47:23.0 (→ 7th place)
- Christi Jourdain — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Francis Duteil — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- René Bittinger — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
- Eric Vermeulen — 1:07.846 (→ 5th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint
- Daniel Morelon —
Silver Medal
Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit
- Jean-Jacques Rebière — 12th place
[edit] Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics
[edit] Equestrianism
Main article: Equestrianism at the 1976 Summer Olympics
[edit] Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented France in 1976.
- Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Brigitte Gapais-Dumont, Christine Muzio, Véronique Trinquet, Claudie Herbster-Josland
[edit] Football
Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics
[edit] Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
[edit] Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics
[edit] Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics
[edit] Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
[edit] Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
[edit] Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
[edit] Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
[edit] Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
[edit] Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
[edit] References
- ^ "France at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1976/. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
