France at the 1964 Winter Olympics

France at the 1964 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Innsbruck, Austria 29 January–9 February 1964
Competitors	24 (15 men, 9 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearers	Alain Calmat, Figure Skating
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 0 Total 7
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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France competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

As Grenoble would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, the flag of France was raised at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	François Bonlieu	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Gold	Marielle Goitschel	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Gold	Christine Goitschel	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Silver	Léo Lacroix	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Silver	Christine Goitschel	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Silver	Marielle Goitschel	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Silver	Alain Calmat	Figure skating	Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Jean-Claude Killy	Downhill	2:32.96	42
François Bonlieu		2:21.71	15
Guy Périllat		2:19.79	6
Léo Lacroix		2:18.90
Léo Lacroix	Giant Slalom	1:51.26	11
Guy Périllat		1:50.75	10
Jean-Claude Killy		1:48.92	5
François Bonlieu		1:46.71

Men's slalom

Athlete	Qualifying				Final
	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Jean-Claude Killy	55.79	29	53.79	1 QF	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Michel Arpin	54.07	13 QF	–	–	1:11.16	7	1:01.75	4	2:12.91	4
Guy Périllat	52.33	3 QF	–	–	1:17.00	28	59.33	1	2:16.33	12
François Bonlieu	51.23	1 QF	–	–	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marielle Goitschel	Downhill					2:00.77	10
Annie Famose						1:59.86	9
Christine Terraillon						1:59.66	8
Madeleine Bochatay						1:59.11	6
Madeleine Bochatay	Giant Slalom					DNF	–
Annie Famose						1:53.89	5
Christine Goitschel						1:53.11
Marielle Goitschel						1:52.24
Annie Famose	Slalom	45.13	7	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Cécile Prince		44.76	5	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Christine Goitschel		43.85	2	46.01	1	1:29.86
Marielle Goitschel		43.09	1	47.68	3	1:30.77

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^1	Rank
20 km	Paul Romand	1'22:51.2	8	1'38:51.2	32

¹ Two minutes added per miss.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Claude Legrand	56:05.8	37
	Roger Pires	54:38.5	23
	Victor Arbez	54:04.0	20
	Félix Mathieu	54:02.2	19
30 km	Claude Legrand	1'38:40.5	25
	Félix Mathieu	1'38:24.5	23
	Roger Pires	1'37:45.5	21
	Victor Arbez	1'36:50.5	20

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Victor Arbez Félix Mathieu Roger Pires Paul Romand	2'26:31.4	6

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Philippe Pélissier	21	21	1573.8	189	23
Robert Dureville	14	19	1660.0	148	17
Alain Calmat	3	5	1876.5	22

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Geneviève Burdel	29	27	1542.0	255	29
Nicole Hassler	5	4	1887.7	38	4

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	André Kouprianoff	42.5	26
	Raymond Fonvieille	41.4	10
1500 m	Raymond Fonvieille	2:22.6	43
	André Kouprianoff	2:15.8	22
10,000 m	André Kouprianoff	17:17.4	27

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Françoise Lucas	48.9	18
1000 m	Françoise Lucas	1:41.3	19
1500 m	Françoise Lucas	2:36.4	22

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1964, full results by sports-reference.com