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France at the
1964 Summer Olympics
France at the; 1964 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Tokyo
Competitors	138 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Michel Macquet
Medals; Ranked 21st	Gold 1 Silver 8 Bronze 6 Total 15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 138 competitors, 118 men and 20 women, took part in 89 events in 14 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition

Silver

Maryvonne Dupureur — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
Joseph Gonzales — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
Jean Boudehen and Michel Chapuis — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs
Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Janou Lefebvre, and Guy Lefrant — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
Jean-Claude Magnan — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
Claude Arabo — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
Jean-Claude Darouy, Georges Morel, and Jacques Morel — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
Kiki Caron — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke

Bronze

Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal, and Jocelyn Delecour — Athletics, Men's 4x100 metres Relay
Daniel Morelon — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
Pierre Trentin — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Time Trial
Daniel Revenu — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
Jacky Courtillat, Jean-Claude Magnan, Christian Noël, Daniel Revenu, and Pierre Rodocanachi — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
Claude Bourquard, Claude Brodin, Jacques Brodin, Yves Dreyfus, and Jack Guittet — Fencing, Men's Épée Team

Athletics

Men's 4x100 metres Relay

Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal, and Jocelyn Delecour → Bronze Medal

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

14 cyclists represented France in 1964.

Individual road race

Team time trial

Sprint

1000m time trial

Pierre Trentin

Tandem

Individual pursuit

Robert Varga

Team pursuit

Equestrian

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented France in 1964.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Jean-Claude Magnan, Daniel Revenu, Jacky Courtillat, Pierre Rodocanachi, Christian Noël

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Claude Brodin, Yves Dreyfus, Claude Bourquard, Jack Guittet, Jacques Brodin

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Jean-Ernest Ramez, Jacques Lefèvre, Claude Arabo, Marcel Parent, Robert Fraisse

Women's foil

Women's team foil

Cathérine Rousselet-Ceretti, Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille, Brigitte Gapais-Dumont, Annick Level, Colette Revenu

Gymnastics

Judo

Rowing

France had 22 male rowers participate in five rowing events in 1960.^[2]

Men's double sculls – 6th place: René Duhamel, Bernard Monnereau

Men's coxed pair – 2nd place ( Silver medal): Jacques Morel, Georges Morel, Jean-Claude Darouy

Men's coxless four – 10th place: Jean-Pierre Drivet, Roger Chatelain, Philippe Malivoire, Émile Clerc

Men's coxed four – 4th place: Yves Fraisse, Claude Pache, Gérard Jacquesson, Michel Dumas, Jean-Claude Darouy

Men's eight – 7th place: André Fevret, Pierre Maddaloni, André Sloth, Joseph Moroni, Robert Dumontois, Jean-Pierre Grimaud, Bernard Meynadier, Michel Viaud, Alain Bouffard

Sailing

Shooting

Four shooters represented France in 1964.

25 m pistol

Jean Renaux

50 m pistol

Jean Renaux

50 m rifle, prone

Pierre Guy

Trap

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "France at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "France Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

External links

[sports-reference-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "France at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "France Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

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France at the 1964 Summer Olympics