France at the 1984 Winter Olympics

France at the 1984 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (French)
in Sarajevo
Competitors	32 (22 men, 10 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Yvon Mougel (Biathlon)
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 2 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia and didn't do all that well.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Pelen, PerrinePerrine Pelen	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Bouvet, DidierDidier Bouvet	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Bronze	Pelen, PerrinePerrine Pelen	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Philippe Verneret	Downhill					1:49.30	29
Michel Vion						1:48.68	25
Franck Piccard						1:48.06	20
Franck Piccard	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Michel Vion		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Yves Tavernier		1:23.32	17	1:22.05	14	2:45.37	16
Didier Bouvet		1:22.16	11	1:22.09	15	2:44.25	14
Michel Vion	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Michel Canac		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Yves Tavernier		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Didier Bouvet		51.99	5	48.21	3	1:40.20

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Élisabeth Chaud	Downhill					DNF	–
Marie-Luce Waldmeier						1:15.56	20
Caroline Attia						1:15.04	15
Fabienne Serrat	Giant Slalom	1:11.52	21	DNF	–	DNF	–
Carole Merle		1:10.73	13	1:12.54	8	2:23.27	11
Anne-Flore Rey		1:10.09	7	1:12.86	13	2:22.95	10
Perrine Pelen		1:09.64	4	1:11.76	2	2:21.40
Anne-Flore Rey	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Carole Merle		51.68	20	52.62	16	1:44.30	16
Perrine Pelen		48.85	4	48.53	4	1:37.38
Christelle Guignard		48.71	1	DNF	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Éric Claudon	2	34:05.1	28
	Francis Mougel	4	33:50.4	27
	Yvon Mougel	2	31:32.9	6

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Christian Poirot	1'14:54.2	6	1'20:54.2	23
	Francis Mougel	1'13:20.5	7	1'20:20.5	21
	Yvon Mougel	1'10:53.1	4	1'14:53.1	4

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Francis Mougel Éric Claudon Yvon Mougel Christian Poirot	3	1'43:57.6	9

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Gérard Christaud-Pipola Patrick Lachaud	Two-man	n/a	?	n/a	?	n/a	?	DNF	–	DNF	–

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
FRA-1	Gérard Christaud-Pipola Philippe Aurox Philippe Stott Patrick Lachaud	Four-man	50.77	10	51.51	17	51.50	15	51.48	13	3:25.26	13

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Jean-Denis Jaussaud	45:44.4	44
	Dominique Locatelli	44:07.5	31
30 km	Jean-Denis Jaussaud	1'38:48.1	42
	Dominique Locatelli	1'33:25.3	18
50 km	Dominique Locatelli	2'26:21.3	28

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Laurent Depouilly	14	13	16	29.6	15
Jean-Christophe Simond	2	4	9	11.8	6

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Agnès Gosselin	18	19	17	35.4	18

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Nathalie Herve Pierre Bechu	13	14	15	28.6	14

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Gérard Colin	Normal hill	84.5	98.7	83.0	93.8	192.5	15
Gérard Colin	Large hill	90.0	71.2	101.0	92.6	163.8	32

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Hans van Helden	39.71	24
1000 m	Hans van Helden	1:18.77	18
1500 m	Hans van Helden	1:59.39	4
5000 m	Jean-Noël Fagot	7:44.60	31
	Hans van Helden	7:24.59	11
10,000 m	Jean-Noël Fagot	15:59.65	31
	Hans van Helden	15:26.10	25

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1984, full results by sports-reference.com