France at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck
Competitors	35 (29 men, 6 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Danièle Debernard, Alpine Skiing
Medals Rank: 16	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
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France competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
3 Bronze	Debernard, DanièleDanièle Debernard	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Patrice Pellat-Finet	Downhill					1:48.34	16
Philippe Hardy	Giant Slalom	1:51.20	34	1:49.23	26	3:40.43	27
Philippe Barroso		1:50.23	31	1:48.26	22	3:38.49	25
Claude Perrot		1:49.48	28	1:53.36	31	3:42.84	29
Alain Navillod		1:47.15	11	1:47.18	17	3:34.33	15
Claude Perrot	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Philippe Hardy		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Roland Roche		1:03.53	19	1:06.78	15	2:10.31	15
Gérard Bonnevie		1:03.51	18	DNF	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fabienne Serrat	Downhill					1:51.34	21
Michèle Jacot						1:49.98	17
Jacqueline Rouvier						1:48.58	6
Danièle Debernard						1:48.48	5
Michèle Jacot	Giant Slalom					1:31.44	13
Patricia Emonet						1:31.21	11
Jacqueline Rouvier						1:30.79	10
Danièle Debernard						1:29.95	03 !
Fabienne Serrat	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Michèle Jacot		50.00	18	DNF	–	DNF	–
Patricia Emonet		47.47	5	DNF	–	DNF	–
Danièle Debernard		46.86	3	45.38	5	1:32.24	4

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 1	Rank
20 km	Aimé Gruet-Masson	1'18:35.81	9	1'27:35.81	42
	Jean-Claude Viry	1'18:09.51	7	1'25:09.51	33
	René Arpin	1'13:50.92	9	1'22:50.92	22

¹One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 2	Time	Rank
René Arpin Yvon Mougel Marius Falguy Jean-Claude Viry	5	2'07:34.42	7

²A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Gérard Christaud-Pipola Michel Lemarchand	Two-man	57.43	12	57.73	16	57.78	14	58.08	18	3:51.02	15
FRA-2	Alain Roy Serge Hissung	Two-man	57.58	14	57.43	11	57.58	11	57.95	15	3:50.54	13

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Gérard Christaud-Pipola Alain Roy André Belle Serge Hissung	Four-man	55.75	11	55.66	9	56.43	10	57.06	10	3:44.90	10

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Gérard Verguet	50:29.28	62
	Roland Jeannerod	50:18.27	61
	Daniel Drezet	48:56.97	51
	Jean-Paul Pierrat	46:35.64	18
30 km	Michel Thierry	1'44:25.33	61
	Pierre Salvi	1'41:06.69	54
	Yves Blondeau	1'38:20.86	43
	Jean-Paul Vandel	1'37:11.67	37
50 km	Roland Jeannerod	DNF	–
	Pierre Salvi	DNF	–
	Jean-Paul Vandel	2'47:45.20	29
	Jean-Paul Pierrat	2'44:03.31	11

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Daniel Drezet Jean-Paul Vandel Yves Blondeau Jean-Paul Pierrat	2'13:05.26	11

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Jean-Christophe Simond	18	16	15	159.44	137	15

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marie-Thérèse Bonnet	44.947	17	44.966	17	44.888	19	45.009	18	2:59.810	17

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jacques Gaillard	Individual	71.0	72.0	181.0	27	52:08.87	182.90	24	363.90	25

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Emmanuel Michon	40.91	19
1000 m	Richard Tourne	1:26.75	27
	Emmanuel Michon	1:22.99	17
1500 m	Richard Tourne	2:06.43	20

See also

• France at the 1976 Winter Paralympics

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com