France at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics France
games=1972 Summer
competitors=227
sports=18
flagbearer=Jean-Claude Magnan
gold=2
silver=4
bronze=7
total=13
rank=17

France competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Medalists

France finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and 13 medals overall.

Gold

* Daniel Morelon — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
* Serge Maury — Sailing, Men's Finn

Silver

* Guy Drut — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
* Jacques Ladegaillerie — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
* Michel Carrega — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
* Marc Pajot and Yves Pajot — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman

Bronze

* Gilles Bertould, Jacques Carette, Francis Kerbiriou, and Roger Vélasquez — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay
* Jean-Claude Olry and Jean-Louis Olry — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs
* Christian Nöel — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
* Gilles Berolatti, Jean-Claude Magnan, Christian Nöel Daniel Revenu, and Bernard Talvard — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
* Jean-Jacques Mounier — Judo, Men's Lightweight (63 kg)
* Jean-Paul Coché — Judo, Men's Middleweight (80 kg)
* Jean-Claude Brondani — Judo, Men's Open Class
* Angelo Parisi — Judo, Men's Open Class

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Results by event

=Archery=

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, France entered three men and two women. Their highest placing competitor was Jacques Doyen, at 21st place in the men's competition.

Men's Individual Competition:
* Jacques Doyen – 2369 points (→ 21st place)
* Louis Lemirre – 2266 points (→ 42nd place)
* Alain Convard – 2251 points (→ 44th place)

Women's Individual Competition:
* Herrad Frey – 2230 points (→ 27th place)
* Pierrette Dame – 2196 points (→ 31st place)

=Athletics=

Men's 100 metres
*André Byrame:* First Heat — 10.64s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres
*Alain Sans:* Heat — 1:49.2:* Semifinals — 1:49.6 (→ did not advance)

*Roqui Sanchez:* Heat — 1:47.9 (→ did not advance)

*Francis Gonzales:* Heat — 1:48.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres
*Jean-Pierre Dufrasne:* Heat — 3:40.8:* Semifinals — 3:41.6 (→ did not advance)

*Jacques Boxberger:* Heat — 3:42.6:* Semifinals — 3:42.4 (→ did not advance)

*Robert Leborgne:* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres
*Raymond Zembri:* Heat — 14:34.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay
*Patrick Bourbeillon, Jean-Pierre Gros, Gérard Fénouil, and Bruno Cherrier:* Heat — 39.01s :* Semifinals — 39.00s:* Final — 39.14s (→ 7th place)

Men's High Jump
*Bernard Gauthier :* Qualifying Round — 2.15m:* Final — 2.15m (→ 14th place)

*Henry Elliott:* Qualifying Round — 2.15m:* Final — 2.10m (→ 15th place)

=Boxing=

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
* Rabah Kaloufi:* First Round — Lost to Maurice O'Sullivan (GBR), 2:3

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
*Michel Belliard:* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Lost to Alan Jenkinson (AUS), 1:4

=Cycling=

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race
* Régis Ovion — 15th place
* Bernard Bourreau — 39th place
* Marcel Duchemin — 65th place
* Raymond Martin — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Pierre Trentin:* Final — 1:07.85 (→ 10th place)

Men's Tandem
* Daniel Morelon and Pierre Trentin → 4th place

=Diving=

Men's 3m Springboard
* Alain Goosen – 322.41 points (→ 22nd place)

Men's 10m Platform
* Jacques de Schouver – 287.04 points (→ 13th place)

Women's 3m Springboard
* Christiane Wiles – 229.56 points (→ 28th place)

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Lost to Pakistan (0-3):* Defeated Uganda (3-1):* Lost to Belgium (0-1):* Lost to Malaysia (0-1):* Lost to Spain (2-3):* Defeated Argentina (1-0):* Lost to West Germany (0-4)
*Classification Match:* 11th/12th place: Lost to Poland (4-7) after extra time → 12th place
* Team Roster:* Jean–Paul Sauthier:* Patrick Burtschell:* Pierre Roussel:* Charles Pous:* Christian Honegger:* Marc Remise:* Olivier Moreau:* Georges Grain:* Francis Coutou:* Eric Pitau:* Alain Tetard:* Gilles Capelle:* Marc Chapon :* Georges Corbel :* Jean–Luc Darfeuille :* Yves Langlois

=Modern Pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
* Michel Gueguen – 5072 points (→ 10th place)
* Jean-Pierre Giudicelli – 4807 points (→ 22nd place)
* Raoul Gueguen – 4638 points (→ 30th place)

Men's Team Competition:
* Giudicelli, M.Gueguen, and R.Gueguen – 14559 points (→ 7th place)

=Rowing=

Men's Coxed Pairs
*Jean-Claude Coucardon, Christian Durniak and Alain Lacoste:*Heat — 8:09.62:*Repechage — 8:15.25 (→ did not advance)

=Swimming=

Men's 100m Freestyle
*Michel Rousseau:* Heat — 52.93s:* Semifinals — 52.82s:* Final — 52.90s (→ 7th place)

*Gilles Vigne:* Heat — 54.34s (→ did not advance)

*Alain Hermitte:* Heat — 54.57s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle
*Pierre Caland:* Heat — 2:00.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
*Gilles Vigne, Alain Mosconi, Alain Hermitte, and Michel Rousseau:* Heat — 3:35.84:* Final — 3:34.13 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
*Pierre Caland, Pierre-Yves Copin, Jean-Jacques Moine, and Michel Rousseau:* Heat — 8:00.79 (→ did not advance)

=Water Skiing (demonstration sports)=

Men's Slalom:
* Jean-Michel Jamin – 38.0 points (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Figure Skiing:
* Jean-Yves Parpette – 2740 points (→ 12th place)

Men's Jump:
* Jean-Yves Parpette – 34.75 points (→ 8th place)

Women's Slalom:
* Sylvie Maurial – 28.0 points (→ 4th place)

Women's Figure Skiing:
* Sylvie Maurial – 2560 points (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Jump:
* Sylvie Maurial – 27.40 points (→ Gold Medal)