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France At The 1972 Summer Olympics




France competed at the ''' 1972 Summer Olympics ''' in Munich under the IOC Country Code FRA. It was the sixteenth appearance of the Europe an nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics .


MEDALS

France finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings


Gold



Silver



Bronze





RESULTS BY EVENT


Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, France entered three men and two women. Their highest placing competitor was Jacques Doyen , at 21st place in the men's competition.

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Individual Competition:


Diving

Men's 3m Springboard:

Men's 10m Platform:

Women's 3m Springboard:


Hockey


Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)

  • Lost to Pakistan (0-3)

  • Defeated Uganda (3-1)

  • Lost to Belgium (0-1)

  • Lost to Malaysia (0-1)

  • Lost to Spain (2-3)

  • Defeated Argentina (1-0)

  • Lost to West Germany (0-4)

  • Classification Match

  • 11th/12th place: Lost to Poland (4-7) after extra time → '''12th place'''




Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:
  • Giudicelli, M.Gueguen, and R.Gueguen – 14559 points (7th place)



Water Skiing (demostration Sports)

Men's Slalom:

Men's Figure Skiing:

Men's Jump:
  • Jean-Yves Parpette – 34.75 points (8th place)


Women's Slalom:

Women's Figure Skiing:
  • Sylvie Maurial – 2560 points (→ Bronze Medal)


Women's Jump:
  • Sylvie Maurial – 27.40 points (→ Gold Medal)