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France at the
2018 Winter Olympics
France at the; 2018 Winter Olympics
	Flag of France
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea; 9–25 February 2018
Competitors	106 (63 men and 44 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Martin Fourcade
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 5 Silver 4 Bronze 6 Total 15
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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France competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 106 competitors in 11 sports. They won 15 medals in total, five gold, four silver and six bronze, ranking 9th in the medal table.

Biathlete Martin Fourcade was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony,^[2] and its most successful athlete with three gold medals. Biathletes Anais Bescond and Marie Dorin-Habert, alpine skier Alexis Pinturault and ski racer Maurice Manificat also won multiple medals on the games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Perrine Laffont	Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls	11 February
Gold	Martin Fourcade	Biathlon	Men's pursuit	12 February
Gold	Pierre Vaultier	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross	15 February
Gold	Martin Fourcade	Biathlon	Men's mass start	18 February
Gold	Marie Dorin-Habert Anais Bescond Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade	Biathlon	Mixed relay	20 February
Silver	Alexis Pinturault	Alpine skiing	Men’s combined	13 February
Silver	Julia Pereira de Sousa-Mabileau	Snowboarding	Women's snowboard cross	16 February
Silver	Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron	Figure skating	Ice dancing	20 February
Silver	Marie Martinod	Freestyle skiing	Women's halfpipe	20 February
Bronze	Anais Bescond	Biathlon	Women's pursuit	12 February
Bronze	Victor Muffat-Jeandet	Alpine skiing	Men’s combined	13 February
Bronze	Alexis Pinturault	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	18 February
Bronze	Adrien Backscheider Jean-Marc Gaillard Maurice Manificat Clément Parisse	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4×10 km relay	18 February
Bronze	Maurice Manificat Richard Jouve	Cross-country skiing	Men's team sprint	21 February
Bronze	Anais Chevalier Marie Dorin-Habert Justine Braisaz Anais Bescond	Biathlon	Women's relay	22 February

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Biathlon	3	0	2	5
Snowboarding	1	1	0	2
Freestyle skiing	1	1	0	2
Alpine skiing	0	1	2	3
Figure skating	0	1	0	1
Cross-country skiing	0	0	2	2
Total	5	4	6	15

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	February 10	0	0	0	0
Day 2	February 11	1	0	0	1
Day 3	February 12	1	0	1	2
Day 4	February 13	0	1	1	2
Day 5	February 14	0	0	0	0
Day 6	February 15	1	0	0	1
Day 7	February 16	0	1	0	1
Day 8	February 17	0	0	0	0
Day 9	February 18	1	0	2	3
Day 10	February 19	0	0	0	0
Day 11	February 20	1	2	0	3
Day 12	February 21	0	0	1	1
Day 13	February 22	0	0	1	1
Day 14	February 23	0	0	0	0
Day 15	February 24	0	0	0	0
Day 16	February 25	0	0	0	0

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	3	1	4	8
Female	1	2	2	5
Mixed	1	1	0	2
Total	5	4	6	15

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Martin Fourcade	Biathlon	3	0	0	3
Anais Bescond	Biathlon	1	0	2	3
Marie Dorin-Habert	Biathlon	1	0	1	2
Alexis Pinturault	Alpine skiing	0	1	1	2
Maurice Manificat	Cross-country skiing	0	0	2	2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	13	9	22
Biathlon	6	6	12
Bobsleigh	5	0	5
Cross-country skiing	9	4	13
Figure skating	4	4	8
Freestyle skiing	11	8	20
Nordic combined	5	0	5
Short track speed skating	2	2	4
Ski jumping	2	2	4
Snowboarding	5	8	13
Speed skating	1	0	1
Total	63	43	106

The list of competitors: ^[3]

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Johan Clarey	Downhill	—				1:42.39	18
Mathieu Faivre	Giant slalom	1:09.06	5	1:10.93	20	2:19.99	7
Thomas Fanara	Giant slalom	1:09.22	6	1:10.61	16	2:19.83	5
Blaise Giezendanner	Super-G	—				1:24.82	4
Jean-Baptiste Grange	Slalom	DNF
Thomas Mermillod-Blondin	Combined	1:20.89	17	47.13	6	2:08.02	6
Victor Muffat-Jeandet	Combined	1:21.57	29	45.97	2	2:07.54
	Giant slalom	1:09.44	8	1:10.41	10	2:19.85	6
	Slalom	48.54	6	51.18	11	1:39.72	5
Maxence Muzaton	Downhill	—				1:42.96	=23
	Super-G	—				1:26.08	18
	Combined	1:20.58	14	DNF
Clément Noël	Slalom	48.58	7	51.12	10	1:39.70	4
Alexis Pinturault	Combined	1:20.28	10	46.47	3	2:06.75
	Giant slalom	1:08.90	2	1:10.45	12	2:19.35
	Slalom	48.34	3	51.41	14	1:39.75	6
Brice Roger	Downhill	—				1:41.39	8
Brice Roger	Super-G	—				1:26.10	19
Adrien Théaux	Downhill	—				1:42.99	26
Adrien Théaux	Super-G	—				1:25.76	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adeline Baud-Mugnier	Giant slalom	1:12.89	17	1:11.04	26	2:23.93	20
Adeline Baud-Mugnier	Slalom	52.65	31	DNF
Taïna Barioz	Giant slalom	1:13.54	23	1:10.06	15	2:23.60	19
Anne Sophie Barthet	Combined	DNS
Laura Gauché	Downhill	—				1:42.29	22
Laura Gauché	Combined	1:42.15	11	42.64	12	2:24.79	12
Tiffany Gauthier	Downhill	—				1:41.04	13
Tiffany Gauthier	Super-G	—				1:22.56	22
Romane Miradoli	Downhill	—				1:41.64	18
	Super-G	—				1:22.36	19
	Combined	1:41.83	9	DNF
Nastasia Noens	Slalom	51.84	23	50.44	13	1:42.28	20
Jennifer Piot	Downhill	—				1:41.17	16
Jennifer Piot	Super-G	—				1:22.38	20
Tessa Worley	Super-G	—				1:23.54	28
Tessa Worley	Giant slalom	1:12.06	14	1:09.00	2	2:21.06	7

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Julien Lizeroux Clément Noël Alexis Pinturault Adeline Baud Mugnier Nastasia Noens Tessa Worley	Team	Canada (CAN) W 2*–2	Italy (ITA) W 3–1	Switzerland (SUI) L 1–3	Norway (NOR) L 2–2*	4

Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, France has qualified a full team of 6 men and 6 women.^[4]^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Simon Desthieux	Sprint	24:11.1	2 (2+0)	12
	Pursuit	33:55.4	3 (1+0+1+1)	7
	Individual	51:03.6	4 (0+2+1+1)	27
	Mass start	37:45.9	5 (1+2+2+0)	22
Quentin Fillon Maillet	Sprint	25:28.1	4 (3+1)	48
	Pursuit	37:57.2	7 (3+0+2+2)	44
	Mass start	38:57.5	7 (3+2+2+0)	29
Martin Fourcade	Sprint	24:00.9	3 (3+0)	8
	Pursuit	32:51.7	1 (1+0+0+0)
	Individual	48:46.2	2 (0+0+0+2)	5
	Mass start	35:47.3	2 (1+0+0+1)
Antonin Guigonnat	Sprint	24:37.5	3 (1+2)	27
	Pursuit	35:27.9	5 (2+1+0+2)	19
	Individual	50:33.5	2 (0+2+0+0)	23
	Mass start	37:15.3	5 (1+0+2+2)	19
Émilien Jacquelin	Individual	55:26.1	7 (2+2+2+1)	77
Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade Antonin Guigonnat Émilien Jacquelin	Team relay	1:18:43.1	3+12	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Célia Aymonier	Individual	46:40.3	5 (2+1+0+2)	48
Anaïs Bescond	Sprint	22:20.8	2 (0+2)	19
	Pursuit	31:04.9	1 (0+0+1+0)
	Individual	45:10.9	3 (2+0+1+0)	31
	Mass start	37:23.5	4 (1+0+2+1)	17
Justine Braisaz	Sprint	21:54.1	2 (1+1)	10
	Pursuit	34:08.0	7 (0+2+1+4)	34
	Individual	46:57.2	5 (1+2+2+0)	55
	Mass start	37:49.6	5 (0+1+3+1)	20
Anaïs Chevalier	Sprint	22:15.6	2 (1+1)	16
	Pursuit	33:28.0	5 (3+0+0+2)	24
	Individual	45:01.9	3 (1+1+1+0)	28
	Mass start	40:39.7	6 (2+3+1+0)	29
Marie Dorin-Habert	Sprint	21:39.3	1 (1+0)	4
	Pursuit	33:37.8	7 (2+0+2+3)	27
	Mass start	36:20.9	2 (0+1+0+1)	9
Anaïs Bescond Justine Braisaz Anaïs Chevalier Marie Dorin Habert	Team relay	1:12:21.0	0+14

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Anaïs Bescond Simon Desthieux Marie Dorin Habert Martin Fourcade	Team relay	1:08:34.3	0+4

Bobsleigh

Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, France has qualified 2 sleds.^[6]^[7]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dorian Hauterville Romain Heinrich	Two-man	49.74	18	49.73	18	49.55	12	49.46	7	3:18.48	13
Vincent Castell Loïc Costerg Dorian Hauterville Vincent Ricard	Four-man	49.09	=12	49.36	11	49.19	10	49.92	20	3:17.56	11

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

Distance
Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Adrien Backscheider	15 km freestyle	—				35:12.0	+1:28.1	17
Jean-Marc Gaillard	15 km freestyle	—				35:35.2	+1:51.3	23
	30 km skiathlon	40:32.6	6	37:49.1	38	1:18:48.5	+2:28.5	28
	50 km classical	—				2:14:31.4	+6:09.3	18
Jules Lapierre	30 km skiathlon	41:13.0	24	35:33.2	8	1:17:19.1	+59.1	15
Maurice Manificat	15 km freestyle	—				34:10.9	+27.0	5
Maurice Manificat	30 km skiathlon	40:33.6	8	35:30.6	6	1:16:34.2	+14.2	5
Clément Parisse	15 km freestyle	—				35:39.0	+1:55.1	26
	30 km skiathlon	40:48.9	17	35:51.7	13	1:17:08.6	+48.6	13
	50 km classical	—				2:17:25.4	+9:03.3	24
Adrien Backscheider Jean-Marc Gaillard Maurice Manificat Clément Parisse	4×10 km relay	—				1:33:41.8	+36.9

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Delphine Claudel	10 km freestyle	—				28:58.9	+3:58.4	57
Anouk Faivre-Picon	10 km freestyle	—				27:42.8	+2:42.3	35
Anouk Faivre-Picon	15 km skiathlon	21:45.5	20	19:47.3	13	42:03.8	+1:18.9	13
Coraline Hugue	10 km freestyle	—				26:37.9	+1:37.4	14
Coraline Hugue	15 km skiathlon	23:43.8	49	19:41.2	11	43:56.2	+3:11.3	29
Aurore Jéan	10 km freestyle	—				27:12.6	+2:12.1	22
Aurore Jéan	15 km skiathlon	22:20.6	26	20:05.6	19	43:00.8	+2:15.9	23
Delphine Claudel Anouk Faivre-Picon Coraline Hugue Aurore Jéan	4×5 km relay	—				55:50.2	+4:25.9	12

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lucas Chanavat	Men's sprint	3:18.46	33	did not advance
Baptiste Gros		3:16.27	20 Q	3:18.62	2 Q	3:27.44	6	did not advance
Richard Jouve		3:17.69	29 Q	3:12.40	3	did not advance
Richard Jouve Maurice Manificat	Men's team sprint	—				16:04.45	2 Q	15:58.28
Aurore Jéan	Women's sprint	3:32.45	46	did not advance
Coraline Hugue Aurore Jéan	Women's team sprint	—				16:40.40	6 q	16:32.49	8

Figure skating

France qualified eight figure skates (four men and four female), based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.^[8] They announced part of their team on December 18 2017.^[9]

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chafik Besseghier	Men's singles	72.10	26	Did not advance
Maé-Bérénice Méité	Ladies' singles	53.67	22 Q	106.25	18	159.92	19
Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès	Pairs	75.34	6 Q	143.19	5	218.53	5
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron	Ice dancing	81.93	2 Q	123.35	1	205.28
Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac	Ice dancing	59.97	18 Q	89.62	17	149.59	17

Team event

Athlete	Event	Short program/Short dance						Free skate/Free dance
		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Chafik Besseghier (M) Maé-Bérénice Méité (L) Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès (P) Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac (ID)	Team event	61.06 1	46.62 2	68.49 5	57.94 5	13	10	Did not advance

Freestyle skiing

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Thomas Krief	Men's halfpipe	74.40	25.80	74.40	10 Q	9.80	DNS		9.80	10
Kevin Rolland	Men's halfpipe	87.80	37.80	87.80	6 Q	6.40	6.40	5.60	6.40	11
Anais Caradeux	Women's halfpipe	25.00	72.80	72.80	12 Q	Did not start
Marie Martinod	Women's halfpipe	91.60	92.00	92.00	2 Q	92.20	92.60	23.20	92.60

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Anthony Benna	Men's moguls	25.48	61.88	76.28	12	25.45	45.86	60.30	6 Q	24.85	51.20	76.43	13	Did not advance
Benjamin Cavet		26.40	59.55	72.74	21	25.42	56.55	71.03	15	Did not advance
Sacha Theocharis		24.89	61.37	76.55	10 QF	Bye				23.97	60.70	77.09	12 Q	25.40	19.98	34.49	9	Did not advance
Camille Cabrol	Women's moguls	31.96	56.91	68.89	16	DNF		68.89	12	Did not advance
Perrine Laffont	Women's moguls	28.87	64.25	79.72	1 QF	Bye				29.33	60.81	75.76	6 Q	29.78	63.42	77.86	3 Q	29.36	63.74	78.65

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Arnaud Bovolenta	Men's ski cross	1:10.12	14	2 Q	2 Q	3 FB	2	6
Jean-Frédéric Chapuis		1:09.84	7	2 Q	4	Did not advance
François Place		1:10.26	18	1 Q	3	Did not advance
Térence Tchiknavorian		1:10.41	24	DNF	Did not advance
Alizée Baron	Women's ski cross	1:14.11	6	1 Q	2 Q	DNF FB	1	5
Marielle Berger Sabbatel	Women's ski cross	1:15.60	12	2 Q	3	Did not advance

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Antoine Adelisse	Men's slopestyle	10.00	17.60	17.60	30	Did not advance
Benoit Buratti	Men's slopestyle	67.00	62.00	67.00	21	Did not advance
Lou Barin	Women's slopestyle	50.60	38.40	50.60	19	Did not advance
Tess Ledeux	Women's slopestyle	69.40	28.40	69.40	15	Did not advance

Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
François Braud	Normal hill/10 km	101.5	108.6	12	25:12.5	30	26:40.5	15
François Braud	Large hill/10 km	121.0	112.6	17	23:39.6	12	25:24.6	15
Antoine Gérard	Normal hill/10 km	96.5	92.9	24	25:05.8	26	27:36.8	26
Antoine Gérard	Large hill/10 km	108.0	85.5	36	23:46.3	14	27:20.3	32
Maxime Laheurte	Normal hill/10 km	104.5	110.7	10	24:54.5	21	26:14.5	11
Maxime Laheurte	Large hill/10 km	128.5	122.6	11	24:17.8	27	25:22.8	14
Jason Lamy-Chappuis	Normal hill/10 km	96.0	97.7	19	25:36.9	35	27:48.9	31
Jason Lamy-Chappuis	Large hill/10 km	118.5	94.9	31	24:21.5	28	27:17.5	30
François Braud Antoine Gérard Maxime Laheurte Jason Lamy-Chappuis Laurent Muhlethaler	Team large hill/4×5 km	517.0	417.9	5	47:28.0	6	48:37.0	5

Short track speed skating

According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, France has qualified 2 men and 2 women each.^[10]^[11]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thibaut Fauconnet	Men's 500 m	1:04.756	4	Did not advance
	Men's 1000 m	1:24.381	2 Q	1:24.344	3	Did not advance
	Men's 1500 m	2:15.768	2 Q	—		2:12.049	2 FA	2:53.150	7
Sébastien Lepape	Men's 500 m	40.900	3	Did not advance
	Men's 1000 m	1:23.489	3	Did not advance
	Men's 1500 m	2:13.965	2 Q	—		2:11.967	5	Did not advance
Tifany Huot-Marchand	Women's 500 m	44.659	3	Did not advance
Tifany Huot-Marchand	Women's 1500 m	2:29.996	4	—		Did not advance
Véronique Pierron	Women's 500 m	43.148	4	Did not advance
	Women's 1000 m	1:35.299	2 Q	1:30.323	4	Did not advance
	Women's 1500 m	2:22.119	3 Q	—		2:28.023	5	Did not advance

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jonathan Learoyd	Men's normal hill	94.5	106.7	30 Q	98.5	104.1	25 Q	100.5	103.8	21	207.9	27
Jonathan Learoyd	Men's large hill	124.0	92.1	34 Q	119.5	100.1	41	did not advance
Vincent Descombes Sevoie	Men's normal hill	86.5	92.1	44 Q	90.0	82.4	43	Did not advance
Vincent Descombes Sevoie	Men's large hill	114.0	69.9	48 Q	105.0	75.9	50	did not advance
Léa Lemare	Women's normal hill	—			74.5	62.3	29 Q	93.5	84.5	19	146.8	28
Lucile Morat	Women's normal hill	—			86.5	79.7	19 Q	86.5	75.1	27	154.8	21

Snowboarding

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Lucile Lefevre	Women's slopestyle	Canceled^[12]				28.35	17.31	CAN	28.35	25
Clémence Grimal	Women's halfpipe	14.25	13.00	14.25	24	Did not advance
Sophie Rodriguez		65.00	13.50	65.00	9 Q	50.50	14.75	13.75	50.50	10
Mirabelle Thovex		62.25	64.25	64.25	10 Q	59.50	30.25	63.00	63.00	9

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Sylvain Dufour	Men's giant slalom	1:25.27	4 Q	Kwiatkowski (POL) W –0.10	Coratti (ITA) W –0.19	Galmarini (SUI) L DNF	Košir (SLO) L +1.49	4

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding						1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Run 1		Run 2		Best	Seed	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Best	Seed	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Loan Bozzolo	Men's snowboard cross	1:16.15	31	1:16.11	=8	1:16.11	35	3 Q	DNF	Did not advance
Merlin Surget		1:13.82	5	Bye		1:13.82	5	3 Q	DNF	Did not advance
Pierre Vaultier		1:13.14	1	Bye		1:13.14	1	2 Q	1 Q	3 FA	1
Ken Vuagnoux		1:14.29	10	Bye		1:14.29	10	2 Q	DNF	Did not advance
Charlotte Bankes	Women's snowboard cross	1:18.18	5	Bye		1:18.18	5	—	3 Q	DNF FB	1	7
Nelly Moenne-Loccoz		1:20.23	8	Bye		1:20.23	8	—	3 Q	5 FB	4	10
Julia Pereira		1:21.72	18	1:20.17	3	1:20.17	15	—	2 Q	2 FA	2
Chloé Trespeuch		1:18.51	6	Bye		1:18.51	6	—	1 Q	2 FA	5	5