France at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics France
games=1956 Summer
competitors=
sports=
gold=4
silver=4
bronze=6
total=14
rank=11

France competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events).

Medalists

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

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

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

Results by event

Results by event

=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
* Gold Medal)

=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
Silver Medal)

Men's Team Time Trial
*Arnaud Geyre
Maurice Moucheraud
Michel Vermeulin — 22 points (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Individual Road Race
* Silver Medal)
*Maurice Moucheraud — 5:23:40 (→ 8th place)
*Michel Vermeulin — 5:23:40 (→ 12th place)
*René Abadie — 5:27:28 (→ 27th place)

=Diving=

Women's 10m Platform
*Nicolle Darrigrand-Pellissard :* Preliminary Round — 50.02 :* Final — 78.80 (→ 4th place)

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]