France at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

France at the
1998 Winter Olympics

IOC code| FRA
NOC| French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website| www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Nagano
Competitors| 106 (75 men, 31 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer | Philippe Candeloro (figure skating)
Medals
Ranked 13th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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France competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Karine Ruby | Snowboarding | Women's giant slalom | 10 February
Gold | Jean-Luc Crétier | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill | 13 February
Silver | Sébastien Foucras | Freestyle skiing | Men's aerials | 18 February
Bronze | Philippe Candeloro | Figure skating | Men's singles | 14 February
Bronze | Florence Masnada | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill | 16 February
Bronze | Marina Anissina
Gwendal Peizerat | Figure skating | Ice dance | 16 February
Bronze | Sylvain Guillaume
Nicolas Bal
Ludovic Roux
Fabrice Guy | Nordic combined | Team | 20 February
Bronze | Bruno Mingeon
Emanuel Hostache
Éric Le Chanony
Max Robert | Bobsleigh | Four-man | 21 February

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Alpine skiing | 10 | 8 | 18
Biathlon | 5 | 5 | 10
Bobsleigh | 5 | – | 5
Cross-country skiing | 4 | 4 | 8
Figure skating | 6 | 8 | 14
Freestyle skiing | 6 | 1 | 7
Ice hockey | 22 | 0 | 22
Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4
Short track speed skating | 2 | 0 | 2
Ski jumping | 2 | – | 2
Snowboarding | 8 | 5 | 13
Speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1
Total | 75 | 31 | 106

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Time  | Time  | Rank
Adrien Duvillard | Downhill  |  | DNF  | -
Nicolas Burtin |  | DNF  | -
Jean-Luc Crétier |  | 1:50.11  |
Nicolas Burtin | Super-G  |  | DSQ  | -
Frédéric Marin-Cudraz |  | DNF  | -
Jean-Luc Crétier |  | 1:37.95  | 25
Ian Piccard | Giant Slalom  | 1:22.08  | 1:19.02  | 2:41.10  | 11
Joël Chenal | 1:22.05  | DSQ  | DSQ  | -
Christophe Saioni | 1:21.84  | 1:19.40  | 2:41.24  | 13
François Simond | Slalom  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Sébastien Amiez | 56.96  | 55.23  | 1:52.19  | 14
Joël Chenal | 56.68  | 54.83  | 1:51.51  | 8
Pierrick Bourgeat | 56.28  | 55.54  | 1:51.82  | 10

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Time  | Time  | Rank
Carole Montillet-Carles | Downhill  |  | 1:30.65  | 14
Régine Cavagnoud |  | 1:29.72  | 7
Mélanie Suchet |  | 1:29.48  | 4
Florence Masnada |  | 1:29.37  |
Florence Masnada | Super-G  |  | 1:19.03  | 18
Régine Cavagnoud |  | 1:18.91  | 16
Carole Montillet-Carles |  | 1:18.88  | 14
Mélanie Suchet |  | 1:18.51  | 8
Leila Piccard | Giant Slalom  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Sophie Lefranc | 1:19.88  | 1:33.39  | 2:53.27  | 5
Patricia Chauvet-Blanc | Slalom  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Laure Pequegnot | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Leila Piccard | 46.25  | DNF  | DNF  | -

Women's combined

Athlete  | Downhill  | Slalom  | Total

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Time  | Time 1  | Time 2  | Total time  | Rank
Florence Masnada | 1:29.87  | 37.21  | 35.76  | 2:42.84  | 6

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Misses 1 | Time  | Rank

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10 km Sprint  | Raphaël Poirée | DNF  | DNF  | -
Andreas Heymann | 2  | 33:06.9  | 69
Julien Robert | 0  | 32:52.4  | 67
Thierry Dusserre | 1  | 30:43.6  | 50
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Misses  | Adjusted time 2 | Rank

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20 km  | Andreas Heymann | 58:42.7  | 6  | 1'04:42.7  | 57
Thierry Dusserre | 1'01:26.6  | 1  | 1'02:26.6  | 46
Julien Robert | 1'01:01.6  | 1  | 1'02:01.6  | 40
Raphaël Poirée | 58:08.4  | 2  | 1'00:08.4  | 22

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Misses 1 | Time  | Rank
Andreas Heymann
Raphaël Poirée
Thierry Dusserre
Patrice Bailly-Salins | 2  | 1'24:53.0  | 7

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Misses 1 | Time  | Rank

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7.5 km Sprint  | Anne Briand-Bouthiaux | 5  | 26:16.1  | 54
Florence Baverel-Robert | 1  | 25:39.6  | 43
Corinne Niogret | 2  | 24:54.7  | 25
Emmanuelle Claret | 1  | 24:08.7  | 14
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Misses  | Adjusted time 2 | Rank

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15 km  | Florence Baverel-Robert | 1'05:42.8  | 4  | 1'09:42.8  | 63
Christelle Gros | 59:33.8  | 7  | 1'06:33.8  | 59
Anne Briand-Bouthiaux | 55:13.1  | 3  | 58:13.1  | 20
Corinne Niogret | 56:51.1  | 1  | 57:51.1  | 16

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Misses 1 | Time  | Rank
Christelle Gros
Emmanuelle Claret
Florence Baverel-Robert
Corinne Niogret | 0  | 1'43:54.6  | 8

1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

## Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
FRA-1  | Bruno Mingeon
Emmanuel Hostache | Two-man  | 54.80  | 6  | 54.65  | 7  | 54.55  | 10  | 54.62  | 10  | 3:38.62  | 9
FRA-2  | Éric Alard
Éric Le Chanony | Two-man  | 55.25  | 15  | 54.75  | 11  | 54.73  | 13  | 54.58  | 9  | 3:39.31  | 13
Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
FRA-1  | Bruno Mingeon
Emmanuel Hostache
Éric Le Chanony
Max Robert | Four-man  | 53.13  | 8  | 53.30  | 3  | 53.63  | 1  | 2:40.06  |

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
10 km
C  | Philippe Sanchez | 31:03.5  | 59
Vincent Vittoz | 29:03.5  | 24
Patrick Rémy | 28:55.2  | 20
15 km
pursuit1
F  | Patrick Rémy | 43:56.8  | 30
Vincent Vittoz | 42:31.9  | 19
30 km
C  | Patrick Rémy | DNF  | -
50 km
F  | Vincent Vittoz | 2'14:16.2  | 21
Hervé Balland | 2'11:55.9  | 14

1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Vincent Vittoz
Patrick Rémy
Hervé Balland
Philippe Sanchez | 1'45:00.2  | 13

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
5 km
C  | Anne-Laure Condevaux | 20:21.2  | 64
Karine Philippot | 19:38.6  | 52
Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel | 19:33.4  | 49
Sophie Villeneuve | 19:05.5  | 32
10 km
pursuit2
F  | Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel | 32:20.0  | 37
Karine Philippot | 32:00.3  | 33
Sophie Villeneuve | 31:31.5  | 27
15 km
C  | Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel | 52:30.1  | 45
30 km
F  | Karine Philippot | 1'29:51.6  | 22
Sophie Villeneuve | 1'28:57.8  | 17

2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Sophie Villeneuve
Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel
Anne-Laure Condevaux
Karine Philippot | 58:27.7  | 11

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | SP  | FS  | TFP  | Rank

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Philippe Candeloro | 5  | 2  | 4.5  |

Women
Athlete  | SP  | FS  | TFP  | Rank

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Laëtitia Hubert | 12  | 21  | 27.0  | 20
Surya Bonaly | 6  | 11  | 14.0  | 10
Vanessa Gusmeroli | 8  | 6  | 10.0  | 6

Pairs
Athletes  | SP  | FS  | TFP  | Rank

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Sabrina Lefrançois
Nicolas Osseland | 17  | 17  | 25.5  | 17
Sarah Abitbol
Stéphane Bernadis | 7  | 6  | 9.5  | 6

Ice Dancing
Athletes  | CD1  | CD2  | OD  | FD  | TFP  | Rank

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Dominique Deniaud
Martial Jaffredo | 20  | 21  | 21  | 20  | 40.8  | 20
Sophie Moniotte
Pascal Lavanchy | 10  | 10  | 12  | 11  | 22.2  | 11
Marina Anissina
Gwendal Peizerat | 3  | 3  | 3  | 4  | 7.0  |

## Freestyle skiing

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Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Time  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank
Olivier Cotte | Moguls  | 28.66  | 23.46  | 20  | did not advance
Julien Regnier-Lafforgue | 28.20  | 24.20  | 12 Q | 25.93  | 24.64  | 11
Fabrice Ougier | 27.72  | 24.26  | 11 Q | 25.88  | 24.22  | 12
Thony Hemery | 26.18  | 25.06  | 6 Q | DNF  | DNF  | -
Jean-Damien Climonet | Aerials  |  | 186.81  | 16  | did not advance
Sébastien Foucras |  | 200.27  | 12 Q |  | 248.79  |

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Time  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank
Candice Gilg | Moguls  | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics

### Men's tournament

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#### Preliminary round - Group B

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Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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Belarus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 5
Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 4
France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 2
Japan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 1

All times are local (UTC-7).

7 February 1998| France | 0 – 4
(0-1, 0-1, 0-2)|  Belarus| The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,419

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9 February 1998| Japan | 2 – 5
(2-1, 0-1, 0-3)|  France| The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,930

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10 February 1998| France | 0 – 2
(0-0, 0-1, 0-1)|  Germany| The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,916

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#### Consolation round - 11th place match

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All times are local (UTC-7).

12 February 1998| France 11th| 5 – 1
(1-0, 0-0, 4-1)|  Italy| The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,854

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#### Leading scorers

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Rank  | Player  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts  | PIM

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5th  | Philippe Bozon | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4

* Team roster
* François Gravel
* Cristobal Huet
* Fabrice Lhenry
* Serge Poudrier
* Denis Perez
* Jean-Philippe Lemoine
* Serge Djelloul
* Karl Dewolf
* Jean-Christophe Filippin
* Grégory Dubois
* Philippe Bozon
* Christian Pouget
* Stéphane Barin
* Bob Ouellet
* Jonathan Zwikel
* Anthony Mortas
* Arnaud Briand
* Richard Aimonetto
* Pierre Allard
* Maurice Rozenthal
* François Rozenthal
* Laurent Gras
* Roger Dubé
* Head coach: Jimmy Tibbets

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping
* 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete  | Event  | Ski Jumping  | Cross-country
time  | Total
rank

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Points  | Rank
Fabrice Guy | Individual  | 201.5  | 28  | 46:43.3  | 29
Ludovic Roux | 202.5  | 27  | 46:52.2  | 31
Sylvain Guillaume | 212.5  | 16  | 43:42.5  | 9
Nicolas Bal | 218.5  | 11  | 42:46.8  | 7

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping
* 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes  | Ski jumping  | Cross-country
time  | Total
rank

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Points  | Rank
Sylvain Guillaume
Nicolas Bal
Ludovic Roux
Fabrice Guy | 863.0  | 6  | 55:53.4  |

## Short track speed skating

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Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Round one  | Quarter finals  | Semi finals  | Finals

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Final rank
Ludovic Mathieu | 500 m  | 43.767  | 4  | did not advance
Bruno Loscos | 43.725  | 3  | did not advance
Ludovic Mathieu | 1000 m  | 1:36.076  | 4  | did not advance
Bruno Loscos | 1:30.805  | 3  | did not advance

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Rank  | Distance  | Points  | Points  | Rank
Jérôme Gay | Normal hill  | 74.0  | 82.0  | 37  | did not advance
Nicolas Dessum | 83.0  | 101.5  | 15 Q | 82.5  | 100.5  | 202.0  | 16
Jérôme Gay | Large hill  | 115.5  | 107.9  | 17 Q | 118.0  | 111.4  | 219.3  | 21
Nicolas Dessum | 118.5  | 113.3  | 10 Q | 119.0  | 115.2  | 228.5  | 16

## Snowboarding

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Main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's giant slalom
Athlete  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Time  | Time  | Rank
Maxence Idesheim | 1:00.75  | 1:04.77  | 2:05.52  | 8
Mathieu Bozzetto | 59.83  | 1:04.74  | 2:04.57  | 5
Nicolas Conte | 59.69  | DNF  | DNF  | -
Christophe Ségura | 59.59  | 1:09.27  | 2:08.86  | 12

Men's halfpipe
Athlete  | Qualifying round 1  | Qualifying round 2  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Jean Baptiste Charlet | 31.3  | 29  | 39.6  | 5 QF | 73.4  | 12
Tony Vannucci Roos  | 36.2  | 14  | 35.8  | 17  | did not advance
Jonathan Collomb-Patton | 38.2  | 8 QF |  | 75.5  | 10
Guillaume Chastagnol | 40.2  | 2 QF |  | 78.3  | 5

Women's giant slalom
Athlete  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Time  | Time  | Rank
Nathalie Desmares | 1:21.43  | 1:08.42  | 2:29.85  | 17
Charlotte Bernard | 1:14.43  | 1:14.30  | 2:28.73  | 16
Isabelle Blanc | 1:11.28  | DSQ  | DSQ  | -
Karine Ruby | 1:09.33  | 1:08.01  | 2:17.34  |

Women's halfpipe
Athlete  | Qualifying round 1  | Qualifying round 2  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Doriane Vidal | 27.2  | 17  | 32.1  | 8  | did not advance

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
1500 m  | Cédric Kuentz | 1:54.78  | 37
5000 m  | Cédric Kuentz | 6:45.90  | 19

## References

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1. ^ France at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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* International Olympic Committee results database
* Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com

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