France at the 1984 Winter Olympics

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At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo
Competitors	32 (22 men, 10 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Yvon Mougel (Biathlon)
Medals Rank: 13	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 3
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France competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Pelen, PerrinePerrine Pelen	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
3 Bronze	Bouvet, DidierDidier Bouvet	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
3 Bronze	Pelen, PerrinePerrine Pelen	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Philippe Verneret	Downhill					1:49.30	29
Michel Vion						1:48.68	25
Franck Piccard						1:48.06	20
Franck Piccard	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Michel Vion		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Yves Tavernier		1:23.32	17	1:22.05	14	2:45.37	16
Didier Bouvet		1:22.16	11	1:22.09	15	2:44.25	14
Michel Vion	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Michel Canac		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Yves Tavernier		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Didier Bouvet		51.99	5	48.21	3	1:40.20	03 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Élisabeth Chaud	Downhill					DNF	–
Marie-Luce Waldmeier						1:15.56	20
Caroline Attia						1:15.04	15
Fabienne Serrat	Giant Slalom	1:11.52	21	DNF	–	DNF	–
Carole Merle		1:10.73	13	1:12.54	8	2:23.27	11
Anne-Flore Rey		1:10.09	7	1:12.86	13	2:22.95	10
Perrine Pelen		1:09.64	4	1:11.76	2	2:21.40	03 !
Anne-Flore Rey	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Carole Merle		51.68	20	52.62	16	1:44.30	16
Perrine Pelen		48.85	4	48.53	4	1:37.38	02 !
Christelle Guignard		48.71	1	DNF	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Éric Claudon	2	34:05.1	28
	Francis Mougel	4	33:50.4	27
	Yvon Mougel	2	31:32.9	6

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 2	Rank
20 km	Christian Poirot	1'14:54.2	6	1'20:54.2	23
	Francis Mougel	1'13:20.5	7	1'20:20.5	21
	Yvon Mougel	1'10:53.1	4	1'14:53.1	4

Men's 4 x 7.5km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Francis Mougel Éric Claudon Yvon Mougel Christian Poirot	3	1'43:57.6	9

¹A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
²One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1984 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 Patrick Lachaud	Two-man	n/a	?	n/a	?	n/a	?	DNF	–	DNF	–

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 Philippe Aurox Philippe Stott Patrick Lachaud	Four-man	50.77	10	51.51	17	51.50	15	51.48	13	3:25.26	13

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Jean-Denis Jaussaud	45:44.4	44
	Dominique Locatelli	44:07.5	31
30 km	Jean-Denis Jaussaud	1'38:48.1	42
	Dominique Locatelli	1'33:25.3	18
50 km	Dominique Locatelli	2'26:21.3	28

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Laurent Depouilly	14	13	16	29.6	15
Jean-Christophe Simond	2	4	9	11.8	6

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Agnès Gosselin	18	19	17	35.4	18

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Nathalie Herve Pierre Bechu	13	14	15	28.6	14

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Gérard Colin	Normal hill	84.5	98.7	83.0	93.8	192.5	15
Gérard Colin	Large hill	90.0	71.2	101.0	92.6	163.8	32

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Hans van Helden	39.71	24
1000 m	Hans van Helden	1:18.77	18
1500 m	Hans van Helden	1:59.39	4
5000 m	Jean-Noël Fagot	7:44.60	31
	Hans van Helden	7:24.59	11
10,000 m	Jean-Noël Fagot	15:59.65	31
	Hans van Helden	15:26.10	25

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1984, full results by sports-reference.com