France at the 1952 Summer Olympics
# France at the 1952 Summer Olympics

France competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 245 competitors, 214 men and 31 women, took part in 131 events in 18 sports.

## Medalists

### Gold

* Jean Laudet and Georges Turlier — Canoeing, Men's C2 10.000m Canadian Pairs
* Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
* Christian d'Oriola — Foil, Men's Individual
* Jehan Buhan, Christian d'Oriola, Jacques Lataste, Claude Netter, Jacques Noël, and Adrien Rommel — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
* Bernard Malivoire, Gaston Mercier, and Raymond Salles — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
* Jean Boiteux — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle

### Silver

* Alain Mimoun — Athletics, Men's 5.000 metres
* Alain Mimoun — Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres
* Madeleine Moreau — Diving, Women's Springboard
* Guy Lefrant — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
* Pierre Blondiaux, Marc Bouissou, Roger Gautier, and Jean-Jacques Guissart — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
* Gilbert Bozon — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke

### Bronze

* Joseph Ventaja — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
* Louis Gantois — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
* Jacques Anquetil, Claude Rouer, Alfred Tonello and Roland Bezamat — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
* André Jousseaume — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
* Jean Laroyenne, Jacques Lefèvre, Jean Levavasseur, Bernard Morel, Maurice Piot, and Jean-François Tournon — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
* Joseph Bernardo, Jean Boiteux, Aldo Eminente, and Alexandre Jany — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

## Basketball

### Men's Team Competition

* Main Round (Group D)
   * Defeated Egypt (92-64)
   * Defeated Cuba (58-42)
   * Defeated Chile (52-43)
* Final Round (Group A)
   * Defeated Uruguay (58-56)
   * Lost to Argentina (52-61)
   * Lost to Bulgaria (58-67)
* Classification Matches
   * 5th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (44-59)
   * 7th/8th place: Lost to Bulgaria (44-58) → 8th place
* Team Roster
   * Roger Haudegand
   * Bernard Planque
   * Robert Monclar
   * René Chocat
   * Jean Perniceni
   * Louis Devoti
   * Robert Guillin
   * Robert Crost
   * Jacques Dessemme
   * André Buffière
   * André Vacheresse
   * Jean-Paul Beugnot

## Cycling

### Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

* Jacques Anquetil — 5:11:19.0 (→ 12th place)
* Alfred Tonello — 5:11:20.0 (→ 13th place)
* Claude Rouer — 5:16:19.1 (→ 23rd place)
* Roland Bezamat — did not finish (→ no ranking)

### Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

* Henri Andrieux
   * Final — 1:14.7 (→ 9th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

* Franck Le Normand — 11th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

* Claude Brugerolles, Henri Andrieux, Jean-Marie Joubert, and Pierre Michel
   * Bronze Medal Match — Lost to Great Britain (→ 4th place)

## Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

* Raymond Mulinghausen
   * Preliminary Round — 59.52 points (→ 26th place)
* Henri Goosen
   * Preliminary Round — 57.79 points (→ 30th place)

Women's 10m Platform

* Nicolle Pellissard
   * Preliminary Round — 43.59 points
   * Final — 69.08 points (→ 4th place)

## Fencing

21 fencers, 18 men and 3 women, represented France in 1952.

### Men's foil

* Christian d'Oriola
* Jacques Lataste
* Jéhan Buhan

### Men's team foil

* Claude Netter, Jéhan Buhan, Jacques Lataste, Jacques Noël, Christian d'Oriola, Adrien Rommel

### Men's épée

* René Bougnol
* Claude Nigon
* Armand Mouyal

### Men's team épée

* Jean-Pierre Muller, Armand Mouyal, Daniel Dagallier, René Bougnol, Gérard Rousset, Claude Nigon

### Men's sabre

* Jacques Lefèvre
* Jean Levavasseur
* Jean-François Tournon

### Men's team sabre

* Jacques Lefèvre, Jean Laroyenne, Maurice Piot, Jean Levavasseur, Bernard Morel, Jean-François Tournon

### Women's foil

* Renée Garilhe
* Lylian Lecomte-Guyonneau
* Odette Drand

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented France in 1952.

### Individual

* André Lacroix
* Bertrand de Montaudoin
* Christian Palant

### Team

* André Lacroix
* Bertrand de Montaudoin
* Christian Palant

## Rowing

France had 17 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1952.

### Men's single sculls

* Henri Butel

### Men's double sculls

* Jacques Maillet
* Achille Giovannoni

### Men's coxless pair

* Jean-Pierre Souche
* René Guissart

### Men's coxed pair

* Raymond Salles
* Gaston Mercier
* Bernard Malivoire (cox)

### Men's coxless four

* Pierre Blondiaux
* Jean-Jacques Guissart
* Marc Bouissou
* Roger Gautier

### Men's coxed four

* André Goursolle
* Robert Texier
* Guy Nosbaum
* Claude Martin
* Didier Moureau (cox)

## Shooting

Nine shooters represented France in 1952.

### 25 m pistol

* Ludovic Heraud
* André Martin

### 50 m pistol

* André Martin
* Roger Tauvel

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Jacques Mazoyer
* Paul Konsler

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Jacques Mazoyer
* Paul Konsler

### 100m running deer

* Jean-Albin Régis
* Albert Planchon

### Trap

* André Taupin
* Claude Lagarde
