France at the 1964 Summer Olympics
# France at the 1964 Summer Olympics

France competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 138 competitors, 118 men and 20 women, took part in 89 events in 14 sports.

## Medalists

### Gold

* Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition

### Silver

* Maryvonne Dupureur — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
* Joseph Gonzales — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
* Jean Boudehen and Michel Chapuis — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs
* Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Janou Lefebvre, and Guy Lefrant — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
* Jean-Claude Magnan — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
* Claude Arabo — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
* Jean-Claude Darouy, Georges Morel, and Jacques Morel — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
* Kiki Caron — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke

### Bronze

* Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal, and Jocelyn Delecour — Athletics, Men's 4x100 metres Relay
* Daniel Morelon — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
* Pierre Trentin — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Time Trial
* Daniel Revenu — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
* Jacky Courtillat, Jean-Claude Magnan, Christian Noël, Daniel Revenu, and Pierre Rodocanachi — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
* Claude Bourquard, Claude Brodin, Jacques Brodin, Yves Dreyfus, and Jack Guittet — Fencing, Men's Épée Team

## Athletics

Men's 4x100 metres Relay

* Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal, and Jocelyn Delecour → Bronze Medal

## Cycling

14 cyclists represented France in 1964.

### Individual road race

* Francis Bazire
* Lucien Aimar
* Bernard Guyot
* Christian Raymond

### Team time trial

* Marcel-Ernest Bidault
* Georges Chappe
* André Desvages
* Jean-Claude Wuillemin

### Sprint

* Daniel Morelon
* Pierre Trentin

### 1000m time trial

* Pierre Trentin

### Tandem

* Daniel Morelon
* Pierre Trentin

### Individual pursuit

* Robert Varga

### Team pursuit

* Robert Varga
* Christian Cuch
* Joseph Pare
* Jacques Suire

## Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented France in 1964.

### Men's foil

* Jean-Claude Magnan
* Daniel Revenu
* Jacky Courtillat

### Men's team foil

* Jean-Claude Magnan, Daniel Revenu, Jacky Courtillat, Pierre Rodocanachi, Christian Noël

### Men's épée

* Claude Bourquard
* Jack Guittet
* Yves Dreyfus

### Men's team épée

* Claude Brodin, Yves Dreyfus, Claude Bourquard, Jack Guittet, Jacques Brodin

### Men's sabre

* Claude Arabo
* Marcel Parent
* Jacques Lefèvre

### Men's team sabre

* Jean-Ernest Ramez, Jacques Lefèvre, Claude Arabo, Marcel Parent, Robert Fraisse

### Women's foil

* Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti
* Brigitte Gapais-Dumont
* Annick Level

### Women's team foil

* Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti, Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille, Brigitte Gapais-Dumont, Annick Level, Colette Revenu

## Rowing

France had 22 male rowers participate in five rowing events in 1960.

### Men's double sculls – 6th place

    René Duhamel, Bernard Monnereau

### Men's coxed pair – 2nd place ( Silver medal)

    Jacques Morel, Georges Morel, Jean-Claude Darouy

### Men's coxless four – 10th place

    Jean-Pierre Drivet, Roger Chatelain, Philippe Malivoire, Émile Clerc

### Men's coxed four – 4th place

    Yves Fraisse, Claude Pache, Gérard Jacquesson, Michel Dumas, Jean-Claude Darouy

### Men's eight – 7th place

    André Fevret, Pierre Maddaloni, André Sloth, Joseph Moroni, Robert Dumontois, Jean-Pierre Grimaud, Bernard Meynadier, Michel Viaud, Alain Bouffard

## Shooting

Four shooters represented France in 1964.

### 25 m pistol

* Jean Renaux

### 50 m pistol

* Jean Renaux

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Pierre Guy

### Trap

* Claude Foussier
* Michel Prévost
