France at the 1948 Winter Olympics
# France at the 1948 Winter Olympics

France competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Henri Oreiller | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Gold | Henri Oreiller | Alpine skiing | Men's combined |
| Silver | James Couttet | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| Bronze | Henri Oreiller | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| Bronze | James Couttet | Alpine skiing | Men's combined |

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Claude Penz | Downhill | | | | | 3:19.2 | 34 |
| Jean Pazzi | Downhill | | | | | 3:16.1 | 33 |
| Georges Panisset | Downhill | | | | | 3:12.0 | 23 |
| Guy de Huertas | Downhill | | | | | 3:12.0 | 23 |
| James Couttet | Downhill | | | | | 3:07.3 | 13 |
| Henri Oreiller | Downhill | | | | | 2:55.0 | |
| Claude Penz | Slalom | 1:29.2 (+0:05) | 38 | 1:10.9 | 25 | 2:40.1 | 38 |
| Désiré Lacroix | Slalom | 1:09.9 | 5 | 1:10.0 | 23 | 2:19.9 | 15 |
| Henri Oreiller | Slalom | 1:08.0 | 4 | 1:04.8 | 6 | 2:12.8 | |
| James Couttet | Slalom | 1:07.5 | 2 | 1:03.3 | 4 | 2:10.8 | |

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

| Athlete | Slalom | Slalom | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | Total (downhill + slalom) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Georges Panisset | 1:19.8 | 1:15.5 | 18 | 18.38 | 18 |
| Claude Penz | 1:14.7 | 1:21.8 | 22 | 22.98 | 24 |
| Henri Oreiller | 1:12.3 | 1:10.0 | 5 | 3.27 | |
| James Couttet | 1:08.7 | 1:06.2 | 1 | 6.95 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Georgette Miller-Thiollière | Downhill | | | | | 2:52.4 | 31 |
| Micheline Desmazières | Downhill | | | | | 2:50.2 | 29 |
| Fernande Bayetto | Downhill | | | | | 2:43.1 | 21 |
| Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet | Downhill | | | | | 2:35.2 | 10 |
| Françoise Gignoux | Downhill | | | | | 2:32.4 | 7 |
| Suzanne Thiollière | Downhill | | | | | 2:31.4 | 6 |
| Françoise Gignoux | Slalom | 1:05.0 | 10 | 1:05.3 | 16 | 2:10.3 | 12 |
| Suzanne Thiollière | Slalom | 1:01.1 | 6 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Georgette Miller-Thiollière | Slalom | 1:00.8 | 5 | 58.0 | 4 | 1:58.8 | 4 |
| Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet | Slalom | 1:00.1 | 3 | 1:20.5 | 23 | 2:20.6 | 20 |

Women's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

| Athlete | Slalom | Slalom | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | Total (downhill + slalom) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Suzanne Thiollière | 1:15.0 (+0:05) | 1:02.0 | 13 | 10.50 | 11 |
| Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet | 1:04.0 | 1:08.4 | 10 | 10.50 | 11 |
| Georgette Miller-Thiollière | 1:03.9 | 1:14.8 (+0:05) | 16 | 25.79 | 20 |
| Françoise Gignoux | 1:03.8 | 1:05.2 | 5 | 8.14 | 5 |

## Bobsleigh

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| FRA-1 | Achille Fould Henri Evrot | Two-man | 1:25.8 | 10 | 1:25.3 | 12 | 1:24.7 | 11 | 1:24.6 | 10 | 5:40.4 | 11 |
| FRA-2 | William Hirigoyen Louis Saint-Calbre | Two-man | 1:25.8 | 10 | 1:25.0 | 8 | 1:24.9 | 12 | 1:24.8 | 11 | 5:40.5 | 12 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| FRA-1 | René Charlet Jean Morin Jacques Descatoire Amédée Ronzel | Four-man | 1:18.9 | 9 | 1:22.2 | 9 | 1:23.8 | 11 | 1:24.5 | 10 | 5:29.4 | 9 |
| FRA-2 | Gilbert Achard-Picard Félix Bonnat Louis Saint-Calbre Henri Evrot | Four-man | 1:20.7 | 14 | 1:24.7 | 15 | 1:24.7 | 13 | 1:25.3 | 13 | 5:35.4 | 13 |

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 18 km | Walter Jeandel | 1'34:19 | 71 |
| 18 km | Paul Bouveret | 1'28:07 | 48 |
| 18 km | André Buffard | 1'27:18 | 44 |
| 18 km | René Jeandel | 1'25:57 | 42 |
| 18 km | Marius Mora | 1'25:06 | 37 |
| 18 km | Benoît Carrara | 1'20:03 | 11 |

### Men's 4 x 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| René Jeandel Gérard Perrier Marius Mora Benoît Carrara | 2'51:53 | 7 |

## Figure skating

### Women

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jacqueline du Bief | 16 | 21 | 139.022 | 147.5 | 16 |

### Pairs

| Athletes | Points | Places | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Denise Favart Jacques Favart | 8.700 | 139 | 14 |

## Nordic combined

Events:

* 18 km cross-country skiing
* normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.

| Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Distance 3 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Walter Jeandel | Individual | 147.00 | 31 | 60.5 | 59.0 | 59.5 | 192.6 | 21 | 339.60 | 30 |
| René Jeandel | Individual | 189.00 | 19 | 52.0 | 54.0 | 56.5 | 182.1 | 28 | 371.10 | 19 |

## Skeleton

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Run 5 | Run 5 | Run 6 | Run 6 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| William Gayraud-Hirigoyen | 52.7 | 13 | 49.9 | 12 | 51.0 | 13 | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Couttet | Normal hill | 54.5 | 58.0 | 194.3 | 25 |
| Jean Monnier | Normal hill | 56.0 | 60.0 | 188.5 | 31 |
| Régis Charlet | Normal hill | 58.0 | 59.5 | 193.7 | 26 |
| Arsène Lucchini | Normal hill | 62.5 | 65.5 | 198.0 | 22 |
