France at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville
Competitors	109 (79 men, 30 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Fabrice Guy, Nordic Combined
Medals Rank: 7	Gold 3	Silver 5	Bronze 1	Total 9
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France was the host nation for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. It was the third time that France had hosted the Winter Olympic Games (after the 1924 Games in Chamonix and the 1968 Games in Grenoble), and the fifth time overall (after the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics, both in Paris).

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Niogret, CorinneCorinne Niogret Claudel, VéroniqueVéronique Claudel Briand-Bouthiaux, AnneAnne Briand-Bouthiaux	Biathlon	Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay
1 Gold	Grospiron, EdgarEdgar Grospiron	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls
1 Gold	Guy, FabriceFabrice Guy	Nordic combined	Men's individual
2 Silver	Piccard, FranckFranck Piccard	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
2 Silver	Merle, CaroleCarole Merle	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G
2 Silver	Duchesnay, IsabelleIsabelle Duchesnay Duchesnay, PaulPaul Duchesnay	Figure skating	Ice dancing
2 Silver	Allamand, OlivierOlivier Allamand	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls
2 Silver	Guillaume, SylvainSylvain Guillaume	Nordic combined	Men's individual
3 Bronze	Masnada, FlorenceFlorence Masnada	Alpine skiing	Women's combined

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Adrien Duvillard	Downhill			DNF	–
Denis Rey				1:54.28	27
Luc Alphand				1:52.34	12
Franck Piccard				1:50.42	02 !
Armand Schiele	Super-G			DNF	–
Franck Piccard				DNF	–
Jean-Luc Crétier				1:16.36	24
Luc Alphand				1:15.39	16
Franck Piccard	Giant Slalom	1:07.14	1:04.79	2:11.93	18
Alain Feutrier		1:07.11	1:04.89	2:12.00	19
Stéphane Exartier		1:06.87	1:03.80	2:10.67	13
Patrice Bianchi	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Stéphane Exartier		58.31	55.59	1:53.90	30
Alain Feutrier		54.50	DNF	DNF	–
François Simond		53.88	53.61	1:47.49	12

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Adrien Duvillard	DSQ	–	–	DSQ	–
Denis Rey	DSQ	–	–	DSQ	–
Jean-Luc Crétier	1:46.25	49.67	52.42	18.97	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Marie-Pierre	Downhill			1:56.25	23
Cathy Chedal				1:55.91	22
Régine Cavagnoud				1:54.94	17
Carole Merle				1:54.73	13
Régine Cavagnoud	Super-G			1:26.69	26
Cathy Chedal				1:25.66	22
Florence Masnada				1:25.42	19
Carole Merle				1:22.63	02 !
Cathy Chedal	Giant Slalom	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Sophie Lefranc		1:09.54	1:09.13	2:18.67	19
Christelle Guignard		1:08.08	DNF	DNF	–
Carole Merle		1:06.67	1:07.57	2:14.24	6
Béatrice Filliol	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Florence Masnada		DNF	–	DNF	–
Christelle Guignard		50.20	46.11	1:36.31	14
Patricia Chauvet-Blanc		48.98	44.74	1:33.72	6

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Béatrice Filliol	1:30.03	34.23	DNF	DNF	–
Régine Cavagnoud	1:28.16	35.96	36.03	51.13	10
Florence Masnada	1:27.08	35.19	34.82	21.38	03 !

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Xavier Blond	3	28:32.8	45
	Christian Dumont	4	28:30.7	42
	Patrice Bailly-Salins	3	27:49.7	30
	Hervé Flandin	1	26:56.6	10

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 2	Rank
20 km	Lionel Laurent	59:10.6	4	1'03:10.6	47
	Thierry Gerbier	1'00:24.8	2	1'02:24.8	39
	Patrice Bailly-Salins	56:28.3	4	1'00:28.3	22
	Christian Dumont	57:27.0	2	59:27.0	13

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Xavier Blond Thierry Gerbier Christian Dumont Hervé Flandin	0	1'27:13.3	6

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Véronique Claudel	4	27:04.5	24
	Corinne Niogret	3	26:32.3	17
	Delphine Heymann-Burlet	4	25:50.5	9
	Anne Briand-Schaaf	2	25:29.8	7

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 2	Rank
15 km	Anne Briand-Bouthiaux	49:05.1	7	56:05.1	19
	Corinne Niogret	51:06.6	2	53:06.6	7
	Delphine Heymann-Burlet	50:00.8	3	53:00.8	6
	Véronique Claudel	50:21.2	2	52:21.2	4

Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Corinne Niogret Véronique Claudel Anne Briand-Bouthiaux	0	1'15:55.6	01 !

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 1992 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	Christophe Flacher Claude Dasse	Two-man	1:01.13	16	1:01.52	15	1:01.47	11	1:01.44	12	4:05.56	14
FRA-2	Gabriel Fourmique Philippe Tanchon	Two-man	1:01.19	18	1:01.72	19	1:01.77	16	1:01.70	14	4:06.38	17

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Christophe Flacher Claude Dasse Thierry Tribondeau Gabriel Fourmique	Four-man	58.45	7	58.79	7	58.78	11	58.89	8	3:54.91	8
FRA-2	Bruno Mingeon Stéphane Poirot Didier Stil Dominique Klinnik	Four-man	59.03	17	59.33	19	59.52	20	59.53	20	3:57.41	18

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Cédric Vallet	34:35.1	79
	Philippe Sanchez	31:42.3	51
	Stéphane Azambre	31:22.2	43
	Patrick Remy	30:45.1	36
15 km pursuit1 F	Cédric Vallet	48:10.2	68
	Stéphane Azambre	43:26.9	38
	Philippe Sanchez	42:34.3	30
	Patrick Remy	42:08.5	22
30 km C	Guy Balland	1'30:19.6	37
	Patrick Remy	1'27:54.0	23
50 km F	Stéphane Azambre	2'13:49.8	26
	Guy Balland	2'10:40.8	14
	Hervé Balland	2'07:17.7	5

¹ Starting delay based om 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Patrick Remy Philippe Sanchez Stéphane Azambre Hervé Balland	1'44:51.1	8

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Sophie Villeneuve	16:15.0	49
	Sylvie Giry-Rousset	16:06.6	45
	Marie-Pierre Guilbaud	15:53.6	37
	Isabelle Mancini	15:12.1	22
10 km pursuit2 F	Marie-Pierre Guilbaud	31:41.3	46
	Sylvie Giry-Rousset	29:46.3	32
	Sophie Villeneuve	29:28.5	31
	Isabelle Mancini	27:39.3	9
15 km C	Carole Stanisière	47:20.1	32
	Sylvie Giry-Rousset	46:48.5	28
30 km F	Marie-Pierre Guilbaud	DNF	–
	Sylvie Giry-Rousset	1'35:08.4	39
	Isabelle Mancini	1'31:03.3	21
	Sophie Villeneuve	1'30:14.5	18

² Starting delay based om 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Carole Stanisière Sylvie Giry-Rousset Sophie Villeneuve Isabelle Mancini	1'01:30.7	5

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Éric Millot	17	13	21.5	15
Nicolas Pétorin	14	14	21.0	14

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Laetitia Hubert	5	15	17.5	12
Surya Bonaly	3	6	7.5	5

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Line Haddad Sylvain Prive	16	16	24.0	16

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Sophie Moniotte Pascal Lavanchy	9	9	8	9	17.4	9
Doninique Yvon Frédéric Palluel	8	8	9	8	16.6	8
Isabelle Duchesnay Paul Duchesnay	3	3	2	2	4.4	02 !

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Éric Berthon	Moguls	33.26	23.41	8 Q	33.87	24.79	4
Youri Gilg		33.39	23.63	5 Q	33.20	22.85	9
Olivier Allamand		31.85	24.96	2 Q	32.91	24.87	02 !
Edgar Grospiron		31.80	25.23	1 Q	31.23	25.81	01 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Candice Gilg	Moguls	54.94	8.74	24	Did not advance
Raphaëlle Monod		38.78	24.09	1 Q	43.72	15.57	8

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Group B

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Canada	5	4	1	0	28	9	19	8
Unified Team	5	4	1	0	32	10	22	8
Czechoslovakia	5	4	1	0	25	15	10	8
France	5	2	3	0	14	22	-8	4
Switzerland	5	1	4	0	13	25	-12	2
Norway	5	0	5	0	7	38	-31	0

France	2:3	Canada
France	4:6	Czechoslovakia
France	4:3	Switzerland
France	0:8	Unified Team
France	4:2	Norway

Final round

Quarter-finals

France

1:4

United States

Consolation Round 5th-8th Places

France

4:5

Germany

7th Place Match

France 8th

1:4

Finland

Contestants

• Jean Marc Djian
• Fabrice Lhenry
• Petri Ylonen
• Stéphane Botteri
• Gérald Guennelon
• Michel Leblanc
• Jean Philippe Lemoine
• Denis Perez
• Serge Poudrier
• Bruno Saunier
• Peter Almasy
• Mickaël Babin
• Stéphane Barin
• Philippe Bozon
• Arnaud Briand
• Yves Crettenand
• Patrick Dunn
• Benoit Laporte
• Pascal Margerit
• Christian Pouget
• Pierre Pousse
• Antoine Richer
• Christophe Ville

• Head Coach: Kjell Larsson

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frédéric Bertrand	47.663	30	47.800	32	48.443	31	49.050	32	3:12.956	32
Yves Boyer	47.378	29	46.917	26	47.891	28	47.644	27	3:09.830	28
Olivier Fraise	46.287	21	47.278	30	46.981	22	46.814	20	3:07.360	22

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yves Boyer Frédéric Bertrand	48.847	20	48.060	19	1:36.907	19

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
		Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Xavier Girard	Individual	199.3	22	+3:14.7	48:02.0	13
Francis Repellin		201.9	19	+2:57.4	50:28.4	27
Sylvain Guillaume		208.1	13	+2:16.0	45:16.5	02 !
Fabrice Guy		222.1	3	+42.7	44:28.1	01 !

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps per team member were counted.)
• 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Total
	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Francis Repellin Sylvain Guillaume Fabrice Guy	578.4	5	+5:33.0	1'25:52.0	4

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Marc Bella	1000 m	1:34.22	3	Did not advance
Marc Bella Arnaud Drouet Rémi Ingres Claude Nicouleau	5000 m relay			7:38.32	3 q	7:26.09	3 QB	7:26.09	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Karine Rubini	500 m	49.25	2 Q	1:08.41	4	Did not advance
Valérie Barizza Sandrine Daudet Murielle Leyssieux Karine Rubini	3000 m relay					4:43.32	3	Did not advance

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Jérôme Gay	Normal hill	79.5	88.7	79.5	92.2	180.9	43
Steve Delaup		78.5	92.1	79.5	94.7	186.8	32
Nicolas Jean-Prost		81.0	97.6	81.0	98.1	195.7	19
Didier Mollard		84.5	103.7	85.0	106.0	209.7	8
Jérôme Gay	Large hill	70.0	17.0	97.5	76.5	93.5	54
Nicolas Jean-Prost		92.5	69.5	78.0	35.2	104.7	51
Didier Mollard		104.5	89.8	81.0	42.4	132.2	40
Steve Delaup		106.0	92.9	105.5	92.7	185.6	6

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
	Points 1	Rank
Jérôme Gay Didier Mollard Nicolas Jean-Prost Steve Delaup	510.9	10

¹Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
1000 m	Thierry Lamberton	1:31.64	44
1500 m	Thierry Lamberton	2:04.04	41
5000 m	Thierry Lamberton	7:35.51	35

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com