- France at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics France
games=1956 Summer
competitors=
sports=
gold=4
silver=4
bronze=6
total=14
rank=11France competed at the1956 Summer Olympics inMelbourne ,Australia andStockholm ,Sweden (equestrian events).Medalists
Gold
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Alain Mimoun — Athletics, Men's Marathon
*Michel Rousseau — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
*Arnaud Geyre ,Maurice Moucheraud , andMichel Vermeulin — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
*Christian d'Oriola — Fencing, Men's Foil IndividualSilver
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Georges Dransart andMarcel Renaud — Canoeing, Men's C2 10,000m Canadian Pairs
*René Bianchi ,Jean Graczyk ,Jean-Claude Lecante , andMichel Vermeulin — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
*Arnaud Geyre — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
*Bernard Baudoux ,Roger Closset ,René Coicaud ,Christian d'Oriola ,Jacques Lataste , andClaude Netter — Fencing, Men's Foil TeamBronze
*
René Libeer — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
*Gilbert Chapron — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
*Daniel Dagallier ,Yves Dreyfus ,Armand Mouyal ,Claude Nigon , andRené Queyroux — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
*Renée Garilhe — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
*Yves Delacour ,Guy Guillabert ,René Guissart , andGaston Mercier — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
*Jean Debuf — Weightlifting, Men's Middle HeavyweightResults by event
Results by event
Men's 110m Hurdles
*Jean-Claude Bernard :* Heat — 14.7s:* Semifinals — 14.6s (→ did not advance)*Edmond Roudnitska:* Heat — 14.3s:* Semifinals — 14.9s (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
* Gold Medal)
=Cycling=Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint
*Michel Rousseau — Gold MedalMen's 1.000m Time Trial
*Renzo Colzi — 1:15.1 (→ 16th place)Men's 2.000m Tandem
*André Gruchet Robert Vidal — 5th placeMen's 4.000m Team Pursuit
*Jean Graczyk Jean-Claude Lecante Michel Vermeulin Silver Medal)Men's Team Time Trial
*Arnaud Geyre Maurice Moucheraud Michel Vermeulin — 22 points (→ Gold Medal)Men's Individual Road Race
* Silver Medal)
*Maurice Moucheraud — 5:23:40 (→ 8th place)
*Michel Vermeulin — 5:23:40 (→ 12th place)
*René Abadie — 5:27:28 (→ 27th place)
=Diving=Women's 10m Platform
*Nicolle Darrigrand-Pellissard :* Preliminary Round — 50.02 :* Final — 78.80 (→ 4th place)References
* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
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