France at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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France at the Olympic Games
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors
Medals Rank: 11	Gold 4	Silver 4	Bronze 6	Total 14
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France competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events).

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 3 Results by event 3.1 Athletics 3.2 Cycling 3.3 Diving 4 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Alain Mimoun — Athletics, Men's Marathon
• Michel Rousseau — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
• Arnaud Geyre, Maurice Moucheraud, and Michel Vermeulin — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
• Christian d'Oriola — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

[edit] Silver

• Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud — Canoeing, Men's C2 10,000m Canadian Pairs
• René Bianchi, Jean Graczyk, Jean-Claude Lecante, and Michel Vermeulin — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
• Arnaud Geyre — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
• Bernard Baudoux, Roger Closset, René Coicaud, Christian d'Oriola, Jacques Lataste, and Claude Netter — Fencing, Men's Foil Team

[edit] Bronze

• René Libeer — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Gilbert Chapron — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
• Daniel Dagallier, Yves Dreyfus, Armand Mouyal, Claude Nigon, and René Queyroux — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
• Renée Garilhe — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
• Yves Delacour, Guy Guillabert, René Guissart, and Gaston Mercier — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
• Jean Debuf — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles

• Jean-Claude Bernard

• Heat — 14.7s
• Semifinals — 14.6s (→ did not advance)

• Edmond Roudnitska

• Heat — 14.3s
• Semifinals — 14.9s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Alain Mimoun — 2:25:00 (→ Gold Medal)

[edit] Cycling

Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint

• Michel Rousseau — Gold Medal

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Renzo Colzi — 1:15.1 (→ 16th place)

Men's 2.000m Tandem

• André Gruchet
  Robert Vidal — 5th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

• Jean Graczyk
  Jean-Claude Lecante
  Michel Vermeulin
  René Bianchi — 4:39.4 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Team Time Trial

• Arnaud Geyre
  Maurice Moucheraud
  Michel Vermeulin — 22 points (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Individual Road Race

• Arnaud Geyre — 5:23:16 (→ Silver Medal)
• Maurice Moucheraud — 5:23:40 (→ 8th place)
• Michel Vermeulin — 5:23:40 (→ 12th place)
• René Abadie — 5:27:28 (→ 27th place)

[edit] Diving

Women's 10m Platform

• Nicolle Darrigrand-Pellissard

• Preliminary Round — 50.02
• Final — 78.80 (→ 4th place)

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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