France at the 1968 Summer Olympics
# France at the 1968 Summer Olympics

France competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 200 competitors, 169 men and 31 women, took part in 107 events in 16 sports.

## Medalists

### Gold

* Colette Besson — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
* Daniel Morelon — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
* Pierre Trentin — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
* Daniel Rebillard — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
* Daniel Morelon and Pierre Trentin — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem
* Jean-Jacques Guyon — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
* Gilles Berolatti, Jacques Dimont, Jean-Claude Magnan, Christian Noël, and Daniel Revenu — Fencing, Men's Foil Team

### Silver

* Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Janou Lefebvre and Marcel Rozier — Equestrian, Jumping Team
* Daniel Robin — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
* Daniel Robin — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight

### Bronze

* Roger Bambuck, Jocelyn Delecour, Gérard Fenouil, and Claude Piquemal — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
* Pierre Trentin — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
* Daniel Revenu — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
* Raoul Gueguen, Jean-Pierre Guidicelli, and Lucien Guiguet — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
* Alain Mosconi — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle

## Cycling

Fourteen cyclists represented France in 1968.

### Individual road race

* Stéphan Abrahamian
* Alain Vasseur
* Daniel Ducreux
* Jean-Pierre Paranteau

### Team time trial

* Jean-Pierre Boulard
* Robert Bouloux
* Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
* Claude le Chatellier

### Sprint

* Daniel Morelon
* Pierre Trentin

### 1000m time trial

* Pierre Trentin

### Tandem

* Daniel Morelon
* Pierre Trentin

### Individual pursuit

* Daniel Rébillard

### Team pursuit

* Bernard Darmet
* Daniel Rébillard
* Jack Mourioux
* Alain van Lancker

## Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented France in 1968.

### Men's foil

* Daniel Revenu
* Christian Noël
* Jean-Claude Magnan

### Men's team foil

* Jean-Claude Magnan, Daniel Revenu, Christian Noël, Gilles Berolatti, Jacques Dimont

### Men's épée

* Jean-Pierre Allemand
* Jacques La Degaillerie
* Claude Bourquard

### Men's team épée

* François Jeanne, Claude Bourquard, Yves Boissier, Jacques La Degaillerie, Jean-Pierre Allemand

### Men's sabre

* Serge Panizza
* Marcel Parent
* Claude Arabo

### Men's team sabre

* Marcel Parent, Claude Arabo, Bernard Vallée, Serge Panizza, Jean-Ernest Ramez

### Women's foil

* Brigitte Gapais-Dumont
* Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille
* Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti

### Women's team foil

* Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti, Brigitte Gapais-Dumont, Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille, Claudette Herbster-Josland, Annick Level

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented France in 1968. The team won the bronze medal.

### Individual

* Raoul Gueguen
* Lucien Guiguet
* Jean-Pierre Giudicelli

### Team

* Raoul Gueguen
* Lucien Guiguet
* Jean-Pierre Giudicelli

## Shooting

Eight shooters, all men, represented France in 1968.

### 50 m pistol

* Louis Vignaud
* Paul Musso

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Jean-Luc Loret
* André Noël

### Trap

* Pierre Candelo
* Michel Carrega

### Skeet

* Alain Plante
* Jean-Paul Faber
