France at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Gold

• Daniel Morelon — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint
• Serge Maury — Sailing, Men's Finn

  Silver

• Guy Drut — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
• Jacques Ladegaillerie — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
• Michel Carrega — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
• Marc Pajot and Yves Pajot — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman

  Bronze

• Gilles Bertould, Jacques Carette, Francis Kerbiriou, and Roger Vélasquez — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
• Jean-Claude Olry and Jean-Louis Olry — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs
• Christian Noël — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
• Gilles Berolatti, Jean-Claude Magnan, Christian Noël, Daniel Revenu, and Bernard Talvard — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
• Jean-Jacques Mounier — Judo, Men's Lightweight
• Jean-Paul Coché — Judo, Men's Middleweight
• Jean-Claude Brondani — Judo, Men's Open Class

  Archery

• Jacques Doyen - 2369 points
• Louis Lemirre - 2266 points
• Alain Convard - 2251 points

• Herrad Frey - 2230 points
• Pierrette Dame - 2196 points

  Athletics

• André Byrame
• * First Heat — 10.64s

• Alain Sans
• * Heat — 1:49.2
• * Semifinals — 1:49.6
• Roqui Sanchez
• * Heat — 1:47.9
• Francis Gonzales
• * Heat — 1:48.8

• Jean-Pierre Dufrasne
• * Heat — 3:40.8
• * Semifinals — 3:41.6
• Jacques Boxberger
• * Heat — 3:42.6
• * Semifinals — 3:42.4
• Robert Leborgne
• * Heat — DNS

• Raymond Zembri
• * Heat — 14:34.4

• Patrick Bourbeillon, Jean-Pierre Gros, Gérard Fenouil, and Bruno Cherrier
• * Heat — 39.01s
• * Semifinals — 39.00s
• * Final — 39.14s

• Bernard Gauthier
• * Qualifying Round — 2.15m
• * Final — 2.15m
• Henry Elliott
• * Qualifying Round — 2.15m
• * Final — 2.10m

• François Tracanelli
• * Qualifying Round — 5.10m
• * Final — 5.10m

  Boxing

• Rabah Kaloufi
• * First Round — Lost to Maurice O'Sullivan, 2:3

• Michel Belliard
• * First Round — Bye
• * Second Round — Lost to Alan Jenkinson, 1:4

  Canoeing

Cycling

• Régis Ovion — 15th place
• Bernard Bourreau — 39th place
• Marcel Duchemin — 65th place
• Raymond Martin — did not finish

• Henri Fin
• Claude Magni
• Jean-Claude Meunier
• Guy Sibille

• Daniel Morelon
• Gérard Quintyn

• Pierre Trentin
• * Final — 1:07.85

• Daniel Morelon and Pierre Trentin → 4th place

• Michel Zucarelli

• Bernard Bocquet
• Jacques Bossis
• Michel Zucarelli
• Jean-Jacques Fussien

  Diving

• Alain Goosen - 322.41 points

• Jacques de Schouver - 287.04 points

• Christiane Wiles - 229.56 points

  Equestrian

Fencing

• Christian Noël
• Daniel Revenu
• Bernard Talvard

• Jean-Claude Magnan, Daniel Revenu, Christian Noël, Gilles Berolatti, Bernard Talvard

• Jacques La Degaillerie
• Jacques Brodin
• François Jeanne

• François Jeanne, Jacques Brodin, Pierre Marchand, Jean-Pierre Allemand, Jacques La Degaillerie

• Régis Bonissent
• Bernard Vallée
• Philippe Bena

• Régis Bonissent, Bernard Dumont, Bernard Vallée, Philippe Bena, Serge Panizza

• Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille
• Catherine Rousselet-Ceretti
• Brigitte Gapais-Dumont

• Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille, Catherine Rousselet-Ceretti, Claudie Herbster-Josland, Brigitte Gapais-Dumont

  Gymnastics

Hockey

• Preliminary Round
• * Lost to Pakistan
• * Defeated Uganda
• * Lost to Belgium
• * Lost to Malaysia
• * Lost to Spain
• * Defeated Argentina
• * Lost to West Germany
• Classification Match
• * 11th/12th place: Lost to Poland after extra time → 12th place
• Team Roster
• * Jean–Paul Sauthier
• * Patrick Burtschell
• * Pierre Roussel
• * Charles Pous
• * Christian Honegger
• * Marc Remise
• * Olivier Moreau
• * Georges Grain
• * Francis Coutou
• * Eric Pitau
• * Alain Tetard
• * Gilles Capelle
• * Marc Chapon
• * Georges Corbel
• * Jean–Luc Darfeuille
• * Yves Langlois

  Judo

Modern pentathlon

• Michel Gueguen - 5072 points
• Jean-Pierre Giudicelli - 4807 points
• Raoul Gueguen - 4638 points

• Giudicelli, M.Gueguen, and R.Gueguen - 14559 points

  Rowing

• Jean-Claude Coucardon, Christian Durniak and Alain Lacoste
• *Heat — 8:09.62
• *Repechage — 8:15.25

  Sailing

Shooting

• Jean Baumann
• Jean-Richard Germont

• Gérard Denecheau
• Jean Faggion

• Gilbert Emptaz
• Patrice de Mullenheim

• Michel Fontaine
• André Noël

• Roger Renaux

• Michel Carrega
• Jean-Jacques Baud

• Élie Pénot
• Roger Mangin

  Swimming

• Michel Rousseau
• * Heat — 52.93s
• * Semifinals — 52.82s
• * Final — 52.90s
• Gilles Vigne
• * Heat — 54.34s
• Alain Hermitte
• * Heat — 54.57s

• Pierre Caland
• * Heat — 2:00.75

• Gilles Vigne, Alain Mosconi, Alain Hermitte, and Michel Rousseau
• * Heat — 3:35.84
• * Final — 3:34.13

• Pierre Caland, Pierre-Yves Copin, Jean-Jacques Moine, and Michel Rousseau
• * Heat — 8:00.79

  Weightlifting

Wrestling

Water Skiing (demonstration sports)

• Jean-Michel Jamin - 38.0 points

• Jean-Yves Parpette - 2740 points

• Jean-Yves Parpette - 34.75 points

• Sylvie Maurial - 28.0 points

• Sylvie Maurial - 2560 points

• Sylvie Maurial - 27.40 points