France at the 2002 Winter Olympics

France at the
2002 Winter Olympics
IOC codeFRA
NOCFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors114 (87 men, 27 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Carole Montillet (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
4
Silver
5
Bronze
2
Total
11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

France competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Jean-Pierre Vidal Alpine skiing Men's slalom
 Gold Carole Montillet Alpine skiing Women's downhill
 Gold Marina Anissina
Gwendal Peizerat		 Figure skating Ice dancing
 Gold Isabelle Blanc Snowboarding Women's parallel giant slalom
 Silver Sébastien Amiez Alpine skiing Men's slalom
 Silver Laure Pequegnot Alpine skiing Women's slalom
 Silver Raphaël Poirée Biathlon Men's 12.5 km pursuit
 Silver Karine Ruby Snowboarding Women's parallel giant slalom
 Silver Doriane Vidal Snowboarding Women's halfpipe
 Bronze Vincent Defrasne
Gilles Marguet
Raphaël Poirée
Julien Robert		 Biathlon Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
 Bronze Richard Gay Freestyle skiing Men's moguls

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Antoine Dénériaz Downhill 1:40.74 12
Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin 1:40.58 11
Sébastien Fournier-Bidoz 1:40.39 10
Claude Crétier 1:39.96 5
Claude Crétier Super-G DNF –
Christophe Saioni 1:24.28 20
Sébastien Fournier-Bidoz 1:23.82 15
Vincent Millet Giant Slalom 1:14.03 DNF DNF –
Joël Chenal 1:13.76 1:13.32 2:27.08 21
Frédéric Covili 1:13.70 1:11.95 2:25.65 15
Pierrick Bourgeat Slalom 50.54 DNF DNF –
Sébastien Amiez 50.16 51.66 1:41.82 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jean-Pierre Vidal 48.01 53.05 1:41.06 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men's combined

Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Total time Rank
Antoine Dénériaz 1:41.91 51.82 58.24 3:31.97 21
Gaëtan Llorach 1:40.56 DNF – DNF –
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Ingrid Jacquemod Downhill 1:42.70 23
Mélanie Suchet 1:41.15 15
Carole Montillet-Carles 1:39.56 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ingrid Jacquemod Super-G 1:16.17 22
Mélanie Suchet 1:14.83 10
Carole Montillet-Carles 1:14.28 7
Laure Pequegnot Giant Slalom 1:19.99 1:19.26 2:39.25 33
Christel Pascal-Saioni 1:18.92 1:17.48 2:36.40 25
Carole Montillet-Carles 1:18.14 1:16.39 2:34.53 18
Christel Pascal-Saioni Slalom DNF – DNF –
Vanessa Vidal 53.70 54.41 1:48.11 7
Laure Pequegnot 52.32 53.85 1:46.17 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km sprint Gilles Marguet 4 28:20.1 66
Julien Robert 2 27:05.1 35
Vincent Defrasne 2 26:36.7 21
Raphaël Poirée 2 25:56.9 9
12.5 km
pursuit 2 		Julien Robert 4 36:55.4 39
Vincent Defrasne 3 34:33.6 18
Raphaël Poirée 1 33:17.6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 3 Rank
20 km Ferréol Cannard 56:32.9 5 1'01:32.9 77
Julien Robert 54:54.0 3 57:54.0 54
Vincent Defrasne 53:20.3 3 56:20.3 37
Raphaël Poirée 50:52.9 2 52:52.9 10
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Gilles Marguet
Vincent Defrasne
Julien Robert
Raphaël Poirée 		0 1'24:36.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km sprint Delphyne Heymann-Burlet 1 22:37.7 23
Corinne Niogret 0 21:50.3 9
Sandrine Bailly 1 21:35.7 7
Florence Baverel-Robert 0 21:27.9 5
10 km
pursuit 4 		Delphyne Heymann-Burlet 3 34:48.4 33
Corinne Niogret 3 34:35.3 27
Sandrine Bailly 4 32:57.2 17
Florence Baverel-Robert 3 32:39.8 14
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 3 Rank
15 km Delphyne Heymann-Burlet 49:19.2 2 51:19.2 26
Corinne Niogret 49:49.6 1 50:49.6 21
Sylvie Becaert 48:09.0 2 50:09.0 16
Florence Baverel-Robert 47:10.2 2 49:10.2 11
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Delphyne Heymann-Burlet
Florence Baverel-Robert
Sandrine Bailly
Corinne Niogret 		0 1'31:09.3 9
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.
3 One minute added per missed target.
4 Starting delay based on 7.5 km sprint results.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
FRA-1 Emmanuel Hostache
Bruno Mingeon 		Two-man 48.23 17 48.03 10 48.27 17 48.15 12 3:12.68 13
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
FRA-1 Bruno Mingeon
Éric Le Chanony
Christophe Fouquet
Alexandre Arbez 		Four-man 46.92 8 46.86 7 47.25 5 47.53 5 3:08.56 5
FRA-2 Bruno Thomas
Michel André
Thibault Giroud
Philippe Paviot 		Four-man 46.88 6 47.03 12 47.47 11 47.82 13 3:09.20 10

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men

Pursuit

Athlete 10 km C 10 km F pursuit1
Time Rank Time Final rank
Emmanuel Jonnier 29:21.2 60 did not advance
Christophe Perrillat-Collomb 28:13.5 46 Q 28:11.9 56
Alexandre Rousselet 27:28.1 29 Q 25:33.9 35
Vincent Vittoz 27:05.2 21 Q 24:19.8 13
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
30 km
F 		Christophe Perrillat-Collomb DNF –
Alexandre Rousselet 1'18:01.3 47
Vincent Vittoz 1'13:21.7 11
Emmanuel Jonnier 1'13:15.1 10
1 Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

4 × 10 km relay

Athletes Race
Time Rank
Alexandre Rousselet
Christophe Perrillat-Collomb
Vincent Vittoz
Emmanuel Jonnier 		1'35:50.8 8
Women

Pursuit

Athlete 5 km C 5 km F pursuit2
Time Rank Time Final rank
Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel 14:18.6 40 Q 13:35.9 37
Karine Philippot 14:12.9 35 Q 13:12.8 19
Aurélie Perrillat-Collomb Storti 14:06.0 30 Q 13:29.7 31
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C 		Aurélie Perrillat-Collomb Storti 30:00.2 17
15 km
F 		Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel 42:26.7 24
Karine Philippot 40:38.6 8
2 Starting delay based on 5 km C. results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's competition

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country Skip W L
Canada Canada Kevin Martin 8 1
Norway Norway Pål Trulsen 7 2
Switzerland Switzerland Andreas Schwaller 6 3
Sweden Sweden Peja Lindholm 6 3
Finland Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi 5 4
Germany Germany Sebastian Stock 4 5
Denmark Denmark Ulrik Schmidt 3 6
United Kingdom Great Britain Hammy McMillan 3 6
United States United States Tim Somerville 3 6
France France 10th Dominique Dupont-Roc 0 9
Team 1  Score  Team 2
 France 5–9  Germany
 Denmark 8–7  France
 France 2–9  Norway
 Canada 8–1  France
 Finland 6–5  France
 France 3–8  United States
 France 6–9  Sweden
 France 3–7  Switzerland
 France 3–7  United Kingdom

Contestants

 France
Chamonix CC, Chamonix

Skip: Dominique Dupont-Roc
Third: Jan Ducroz
Second: Thomas Dufour
Lead: Spencer Mugnier
Alternate: Philippe Caux

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Points SP FS Rank
Brian Joubert 20.5 17 12 14
Frédéric Dambier 16.5 11 11 11
Women
Athlete Points SP FS Rank
Vanessa Gusmeroli 22.0 10 17 16
Laëtitia Hubert 22.0 14 15 15
Ice Dancing
Athletes Points CD1 CD2 OD FD Rank
Isabelle Delobel
Olivier Schoenfelder 		31.2 14 14 16 16 16
Marina Anissina
Gwendal Peizerat 		2.0 1 1 1 1 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Laurent Niol Moguls 29.94 24.46 16 Q 27.87 25.00 12
Cédric Regnier-Lafforgue 30.05 24.87 13 Q 29.95 25.63 11
Johann Grégoire 28.36 24.97 12 Q 28.06 22.77 14
Richard Gay 29.42 25.86 5 Q 28.11 26.91 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Kathleen Allais Moguls 39.48 20.54 24 did not advance
Sandra Laoura 37.13 23.54 7 Q 34.82 24.12 8

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

Preliminary round - Group B

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team GP W L T GF GA GD Pts
 Belarus 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 4
 Ukraine 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 4
  Switzerland 3 1 1 1 7 9 −2 3
 France 3 0 2 1 6 10 −4 1

All times are local (UTC-7).

9 February 2002
21:00		Switzerland 3 – 3
(1–1, 0–1, 2–1)		 FranceE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,504
11 February 2002
19:00		Belarus 3 – 1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 FrancePeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,214
12 February 2002
19:00		France 2 – 4
(0–2, 2–2, 0–0)		 UkrainePeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,019

Consolation round

13th place match

14 February 2002
21:00		Slovakia 7 – 1
(1–0, 2–0, 4–1)		 France 14thPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,956

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yann Fricheteau 45.240 21 45.009 12 44.869 20 45.060 13 3:00.178 18
Johan Rousseau 44.999 13 45.025 14 44.766 16 45.243 21 3:00.033 15
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mélanie Ougier 44.228 21 44.055 21 44.161 25 44.043 22 2:56.487 24

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's sprint

Events:

  • large hill ski jumping
  • 7.5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Ski Jumping Cross-country
time 		Total
rank
Points Rank
Frédéric Baud 93.1 35 18:33.5 27
Nicolas Bal 96.5 32 18:04.8 18
Kevin Arnould 101.1 24 19:00.9 34
Ludovic Roux 103.5 20 17:45.7 10

Men's individual

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Ski Jumping Cross-country
time 		Total
rank
Points Rank
Ludovic Roux 202.0 37 44:22.3 26
Frédéric Baud 206.0 36 45:35.9 37
Nicolas Bal 216.5 27 41:43.3 10
Kevin Arnould 236.5 9 43:12.1 17

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country
time 		Total
rank
Points Rank
Ludovic Roux
Frédéric Baud
Nicolas Bal
Kevin Arnould 		846.5 8 51:35.5 6

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Bruno Loscos 500 m 43.864 2 Q 1:39.879 4 did not advance
Ludovic Mathieu 43.790 3 ADV 1:13.328 4 did not advance
Gregory Durand 1000 m DSQ – did not advance
Bruno Loscos 1:28.532 3 did not advance
Bruno Loscos 1500 m 2:23.517 2 Q 2:15.981 2 QF 2:19.587 5
Gregory Durand 2:20.496 3 Q 2:49.994 5 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Stéphanie Bouvier 500 m 45.723 3 did not advance
Stéphanie Bouvier 1000 m 1:37.684 2 Q 1:35.409 3 did not advance
Stéphanie Bouvier 1500 m 2:30.075 2 Q 2:31.570 3 QB 2:32.673 11

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Philippe Cavoret 51.92 14 51.96 17 1:43.88 17

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Qualifying jump Final jump 1 Final jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Points Rank
Nicolas Dessum Normal hill 91.5 117.5 7 Q 90.0 114.0 24 Q 91.5 117.5 231.5 22
Florentin Durand Large hill 96.5 66.7 44 did not advance
Rémi Santiago 105.0 84.0 33 Q 117.0 106.1 33 did not advance
Emmanuel Chedal 111.0 97.3 21 Q 118.5 111.3 24 Q 109.5 93.6 204.9 28
Nicolas Dessum 115.5 104.4 10 Q 118.5 110.3 27 Q 118.5 109.8 220.1 23
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Emmanuel Chedal
Rémi Santiago
Florentin Durand
Nicolas Dessum 		755.1 10
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men's parallel giant slalom
Athlete Qualifying Round one Quarter final Semi final Final Rank
Time Rank
Charlie Cosnier 38.41 23 did not advance
Christophe Ségura 38.06 21 did not advance
Nicolas Huet 37.49 16 Q Switzerland Nicolas Het W Austria Sigi Grabner W Sweden Richard Richardsson L (DSQ) United States Chris Klug L 4
Mathieu Bozzetto 36.90 7 Q Austria Dieter Krassnig W Switzerland Philipp Schoch L did not advance 6
Men's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Sébastien Vassoney 13.5 32 32.1 15 did not advance
Mathieu Justafre 16.0 30 12.2 27 did not advance
Jonathan Collomb-Patton 23.9 22 28.5 22 did not advance
Women's parallel giant slalom
Athlete Qualifying Round one Quarter final Semi final Final Rank
Time Rank
Florine Valdenaire 44.96 25 did not advance
Julie Pomagalski 42.25 5 Q Italy Marion Posch W France Isabelle Blanc L did not advance 6
Isabelle Blanc 42.20 4 Q Switzerland Steffi von Siebenthal W France Julie Pomagalski W Poland Jagna Marczułajtis W France Karine Ruby W 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Karine Ruby 41.45 2 Q Russia Mariya Tikhvinskaya W United States Lisa Kosglow W Italy Lidia Trettel W France Isabelle Blanc L 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Doriane Vidal 38.3 3 QF 43.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
1000 m Cédric Kuentz 1:11.26 38
1500 m Cédric Kuentz 1:48.20 29
5000 m Cédric Kuentz 6:35.05 24

References