France at the 1928 Summer Olympics

France at the
1928 Summer Olympics
France at the; 1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.franceolympique.com (in French)
in Amsterdam
Competitors	255 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Jean Thorailler
Medals; Ranked 7th	Gold 6 Silver 10 Bronze 5 Total 21
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

France competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 255 competitors, 219 men and 36 women, took part in 112 events in 17 sports.^[1] At the beginning of the games there was an incident where a French coach was physically assaulted by a Stadium gatekeeper who refused him entry. It boiled over to a point where the entire French team did not participate in the Parade of Nations, and conversations were made to pull out of the games completely. However, the issue was resolved and France went on to compete.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Boughera El Ouafi	Athletics	Men's marathon	August 5
Gold	Roger Beaufrand	Cycling	Men's sprint	August 6
Gold	Lucien Gaudin	Fencing	Men's épée	August 7
Gold	Lucien Gaudin	Fencing	Men's foil	August 1
Gold	Donatien Bouché, Carl de la Sablière, André Derrien, Virginie Hériot, André Lesauvage, Jean Lesieur	Sailing	8 m class	August 9
Gold	Roger François	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg	July 29
Silver	Jules Ladoumègue	Athletics	Men's 1500 m	August 2
Silver	Armand Apell	Boxing	Men's flyweight	August 11
Silver	Charles Marion	Equestrian	Individual dressage	August 11
Silver	Pierre Bertran de Balanda	Equestrian	Individual jumping	August 12
Silver	Georges Buchard	Fencing	Men's épée	August 7
Silver	Gaston Amson, René Barbier, Georges Buchard, Émile Cornic, Bernard Schmetz	Fencing	Men's team épée	August 5
Silver	Philippe Cattiau, Roger Ducret, André Gaboriaud, Lucien Gaudin, Raymond Flacher, André Labatut	Fencing	Men's team foil	July 30
Silver	Armand Marcelle, Edouard Marcelle, Henri Préaux	Rowing	Men's coxed pair	August 10
Silver	Louis Hostin	Weightlifting	Men's 82.5 kg	July 29
Silver	Charles Pacôme	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight	August 1
Bronze	Claude Ménard	Athletics	Men's high jump	July 29
Bronze	France men's national water polo team Émile Bulteel Henri Cuvelier Paul Dujardin Jules Keignaert Henri Padou Ernest Rogez Albert Thévenon Achille Tribouillet Albert Vandeplancke	Water polo		August 11
Bronze	Fernand Arnout	Weightlifting	Men's 67.5 kg	July 28
Bronze	Henri Lefèbvre	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight	August 1
Bronze	Edmond Dame	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight	August 1

Aquatics

Diving

Four divers, 3 men and 1 woman, represented France in 1928. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. None of the French divers placed in the top 3 in their preliminary round groups to advance to the final; 3 out of the 5 opportunities, they came in 4th to just miss qualification.

Diver	Event	Semifinals			Final
Diver	Event	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank
Armand Billard	Men's 3 metre springboard	37	101.44	7	did not advance
Maurice Lepage	Men's 3 metre springboard	21	132.52	4	did not advance
Armand Billard	Men's 10 metre platform	25	67.96	5	did not advance
Eugène Lenormand	Men's 10 metre platform	24	74.12	4	did not advance
Renée Cretet-Flavier	Women's 10 metre platform	17.5	27.60	4	did not advance

Swimming

13 swimmers, 7 women and 6 men, represented France in 1928. It was the nation's 6th appearance in the sport (having not competed in swimming in 1896 or 1904). The women's relay was the only swimmer or team to advance to an event final, placing 5th in a repeat of their 1924 performance. Pélégry had been a member of the 1924 relay as well. Stoffel, Klein, and Zeibig were other swimmers who had competed in 1924.

Swimmer	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Swimmer	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gustave Klein	Men's 100 m freestyle	1:05.8	3	did not advance
Anne Dupire	Women's 100 m freestyle	Unknown	5	did not advance
Claire Horrent		Unknown	6	did not advance
Marguerite Ledoux		Unknown	5	did not advance
Albert Vandeplancke	Men's 400 m freestyle	5:20.0	3 q	Unknown	6	did not advance
Marguerite Ledoux	Women's 400 m freestyle	Unknown	4	did not advance
Georgina Roty	Women's 400 m freestyle	Unknown	6	did not advance
Jean Taris	Men's 1500 m freestyle	Unknown	5	did not advance
Émile Zeibig	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:20.0	3	did not advance
William Rozier	Men's 200 m breaststroke	Unknown	4	did not advance
Léon Tallon	Men's 200 m breaststroke	3:05.0	3	did not advance
Alice Stoffel	Women's 200 m breaststroke	Unknown	4	did not advance
Anne Dupire (F)	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	—		5:42.4	3 Q	5:32.0	5
Claire Horrent (SF, F)
Marguerite Ledoux (SF, F)
Bienna Pélégry (SF, F)
Georgina Roty (SF)
Gustave Klein	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	—		10:31.4	3	did not advance
Jean Taris
Philippe Tisson
Albert Vandeplancke

Water polo

France, the defending gold medalist, competed in the men's water polo tournament for the fifth time. The French squad won its first two matches before being defeated by Hungary in the semifinals. Due to misunderstanding of the Bergvall system under which the tournament was meant to be played, France then faced Great Britain, the United States, and Argentina (winning all three games). The match against Great Britain is treated as the bronze medal match here.

Summary

Key:

FT – After full time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France men's	Men's tournament	Spain W 4–0	Malta W 16–0	Hungary L 3–5	Great Britain W 8–1

Men's tournament

Team roster

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	Émile Bulteel	3 August 1906	22	?	EN Tourcoing	5	0
	Henri Cuvelier			?	EN Tourcoing	6	2
GK	Paul Dujardin	10 May 1894	34	?	EN Tourcoing	6	0
	Jules Keignaert	15 June 1907	21	?	EN Tourcoing	3	0
	Henri Padou	15 May 1898	30	?	EN Tourcoing	6	3
	Ernest Rogez			?	EN Tourcoing	1	0
	Albert Thévenon	16 September 1901	26	?	Libellule	4	0
	Achille Tribouillet			?	EN Tourcoing	6	1
	Albert Vandeplancke	1912		?	EN Tourcoing	5	0

Round of 16

4 August 1928	OR p. 810	Spain	0–4	France	Amsterdam Referees: E. Speisegger (HUN)
		Scoring by half: 0–2, 0–2

Quarterfinals

6 August 1928	OR p. 812	Malta	0–16	France	Amsterdam Referees: A. Delahaye (BEL)
		Scoring by half: 0–8, 0–8

Semifinals

7 August 1928	OR p. 813	Hungary	5–3	France	Amsterdam Referees: A. Delahaye (BEL)
		Scoring by half: 1–1, 4–2

Bronze medal match

11 August 1928	OR p. 814	France	8–1	Great Britain	Amsterdam Referees: A. Delahaye (BEL)
		Scoring by half: 4–1, 4–0

Athletics

50 athletes, 41 men and 9 women, represented France in 1928. It was the nation's 7th appearance in the sport as well as the Games. The French athletics team won 3 medals, one of each color. Boughera El Ouafi won the gold medal in the men's marathon, France's first gold medal in the sport since 1920. Jules Ladoumègue took silver in the men's 1500 metres. Claude Ménard earned bronze in the men's high jump.

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gilbert Auvergne	Men's 100 metres	11.1	2 Q	Unknown	3	did not advance
André Cerbonney		Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	6	did not advance
André Dufau		Unknown	3	did not advance
André Mourlon		11.3	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
Georgette Gagneux	Women's 100 metres	—		13.0	1 Q	Unknown	3	did not advance
Yolande Plancke				Unknown	3	did not advance
Marguerite Radideau				Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	6	did not advance
Lucienne Velu				13.5	4	did not advance
André Cerbonney	Men's 200 metres	22.1	1 Q	Unknown	3	did not advance
Maurice Degrelle		Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
Jérôme Mannaert		Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
André Mourlon		Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	5	did not advance
Georges Dupont	Men's 400 metres	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
Joseph Jackson		50.6	2 Q	Unknown	3	did not advance
René Féger		51.4	1 Q	Unknown	2 Q	49.6	5	did not advance
Georges Krotoff		50.5	2 Q	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	6	did not advance
Georges Baraton	Men's 800 metres	—		2:03.4	1 Q	DNS	–	did not advance
René Féger				Unknown	4	did not advance
Jean Keller				1:59.0	1 Q	1:56.0	3 Q	1:57.0	8
Séra Martin				1:58.8	1 Q	1:53.0	3 Q	1:54.6	6
Sébastienne Guyot	Women's 800 metres	—				Unknown	7	did not advance
Marcelle Neveu	Women's 800 metres	—				Unknown	6	did not advance
Jean Keller	Men's 1500 metres	—				4:02.7	2 Q	Unknown	11
Jules Ladoumègue						Unknown	2 Q	3:53.8
Séra Martin						Unknown	8	did not advance
Seghir Beddari	Men's 5000 metres	—				Unknown	9	did not advance
Lucien Duquesne						Unknown	8	did not advance
Roger Pelé						Unknown	6	did not advance
Seghir Beddari	Men's 10,000 metres	—						Unknown	16
Henri Lauvaux								DNF	–
Robert Marchal								Unknown	11
Robert Marchand	Men's 110 metres hurdles	—		Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	5	did not advance
Gabriel Sempé	Men's 110 metres hurdles	—		15.0	1 Q	Unknown	5	did not advance
André Adelheim	Men's 400 metres hurdles	—		59.2	4	did not advance
Pierre Arnaudin				DNF	–	did not advance
Édouard Max-Robert				Unknown	5	did not advance
Roger Viel				56.2	1 Q	57.6	4	did not advance
Henri Dartigues	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase	—				Unknown	3 Q	9:40.0	5
Lucien Duquesne	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase	—				9:58.9	2 Q	9:40.5	6
Gilbert Auvergne	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	—				41.8	1 Q	42.0	4
André Cerbonney
André Dufau
André Mourlon
Georgette Gagneux	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	—				51.0	3 Q	49.6	4
Yolande Plancke
Marguerite Radideau
Lucienne Velu
Georges Dupont	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	—				3:23.0	2 Q	3:19.4	6
René Féger
Joseph Jackson
Georges Krotoff
Marcel Denis	Men's marathon	—						2:51:15	28
Boughera El Ouafi								2:32:57
Jean Gérault								2:46:08	23
Guillaume Tell								2:51:18	29

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Charles Alzieu	Men's long jump	6.70	27	did not advance
Jacques Flouret	Men's long jump	6.64	28	did not advance
André Cherrier	Men's high jump	1.83	1	1.88	7
Pierre Lewden		1.83	1	1.88	7
Claude Ménard		1.83	1	1.91
Hélène Bons	Women's high jump	1.40	1	1.45	11
Évelyne Cloupet		1.40	1	1.40	14
Lucienne Laudré		1.40	1	1.45	11
Pierre Ramadier	Men's pole vault	NM	–	did not advance
Robert Vintousky	Men's pole vault	NM	–	did not advance
Édouard Duhour	Men's shot put	13.72	11	did not advance
Raoul Paoli	Men's shot put	12.68	18	did not advance
Jules Noël	Men's discus throw	40.23	22	did not advance
Raoul Paoli	Men's discus throw	36.82	29	did not advance
Lucienne Velu	Women's discus throw	31.29	10	did not advance
Emmanuel Degland	Men's javelin throw	52.82	24	did not advance

Boxing

Eight boxers, all men, represented France in 1928. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. France was one of 7 nations to have the maximum numbers of boxers, one per weight class. Apell won the French boxing team's only medal, a silver in the flyweight. Galataud also advanced to the semifinals, but lost there and in the bronze medal bout to finish 4th.

Boxer	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
Boxer	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Armand Apell	Men's flyweight	Bye	Frankie Martin (CAN) W points	Cuthbert Taylor (GBR) W points	Baddie Lebanon (RSA) W points	Antal Kocsis (HUN) L points
Ernest Mignard	Men's bantamweight	Bye	John Garland (GBR) L points	did not advance			9
Georges Boireau	Men's featherweight	Rolf Gustafsson (SWE) W points	Ricardt Madsen (DEN) W points	Víctor Peralta (ARG) L points	did not advance		5
Georges Carcagne	Men's lightweight	Kazys Markevičius (LTU) W points	Jorge Díaz (CHI) L points	did not advance			9
Robert Galataud	Men's welterweight	Bye	František Nekolný (TCH) W points	Johan Hellström (FIN) W points	Ted Morgan (NZL) L points	Raymond Smillie (CAN) L points	4
Robert Galataud	Men's middleweight	Bye	Michel Langlet (ARG) L points	did not advance			9
Robert Fouquet	Men's light heavyweight	—	Juozas Vinča (LTU) L points	did not advance			9
Georges Gardebois	Men's heavyweight	—	Bye	Michael Michaelsen (DEN) L points	did not advance		5

Cycling

Eight cyclists, all men, represented France in 1928. It was the nation's seventh appearance in the sport. Roger Beaufrand won France's only cycling medal in 1928, the gold medal in the sprint.

Road cycling

Cyclist	Event	Time	Rank
André Aumerle	Men's road race	5:07:12	8
Louis Bessière		5:15:14	22
René Brossy		5:46:06	52
Octave Dayen		5:15:54	23
André Aumerle	Men's team road race	15:38:20	7
Louis Bessière
René Brossy
Octave Dayen

Track cycling

Time trial

Cyclist	Event	Time	Rank
Octave Dayen	Men's time trial	1:16.0	4

Match races

Cyclist	Event	1st Round		Repechage 1		Repechage Final		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final / Bronze match
Cyclist	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roger Beaufrand	Men's sprint	Unknown	1 Q	Bye				13.4	1 Q	13.2	1 Q	13.2
Hubert Guyard	Men's tandem	Unknown	2	—						did not advance
Henri Lemoine	Men's tandem	Unknown	2	—						did not advance
André Aumerle	Men's team pursuit	Unknown	1 Q	—				Unknown	1 Q	Unknown	2	Unknown	2 (4th)
René Brossy
Octave Dayen
André Trantoul

Equestrian

Nine equestrians, the maximum possible, represented France in 1928. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport. Charles Marion (dressage) and Pierre Bertran de Balanda (jumping) won individual silver medals.

Dressage

Equestrian	Horse	Event	Final
Equestrian	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Pierre Danloux	Rempart	Dressage	187.10	23
Charles Marion	Linon		231.00
Robert Wallon	Clough-banck		224.08	7
Pierre Danloux	Rempart	Team dressage	642.18	4
Charles Marion	Linon
Robert Wallon	Clough-banck

Eventing

Equestrian	Horse	Event	Final
Equestrian	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Henri Pernot du Breuil	Titania	Eventing	1511.70	28
François Denis de Rivoyre	Nistos		1831.32	18
E. M. Longin Spindler	Poupée		DNF	–
Henri Pernot du Breuil	Titania	Team eventing	3343.02	9
François Denis de Rivoyre	Nistos
E. M. Longin Spindler	Poupée

Jumping

Equestrian	Horse	Event	Final		Re-Ride 1		Re-Ride 2
Equestrian	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Pierre Bertran de Balanda	Papillon	Jumping	0	1	0	1	2
Pierre Clavé	Le Trouvère		8	26	did not advance
Jacques Couderc de Fonlongue	Valangerville		4	17	did not advance
Pierre Bertran de Balanda	Papillon	Team jumping	12	5	—
Pierre Clavé	Le Trouvère
Jacques Couderc de Fonlongue	Valangerville

Fencing

20 fencers, 17 men and 3 women, represented France in 1928. It was the nation's sixth appearance in the sport. French fencers won two gold medals and three silvers, the most successful nation in the sport for the second consecutive Games. Lucien Gaudin and Georges Buchard took the top two places in the men's individual épée, with Buchard also part of the silver-medal winning men's épée team. Roger Ducret, the star of 1924 with five medals, was part of that épée team for his only medal in 1928. Gaudin won another gold medal in the men's individual foil, as well as competing on the silver-medal men's foil team. The French women, just as in 1924, all failed to reach the final.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Fencer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Georges Buchard	Men's épée	7 wins	1 Q	6 wins	3 Q	6 wins	1 Q	7 wins
Lucien Gaudin		9 wins	1 Q	9 wins	1 Q	6 wins	1 Q	8 wins
Armand Massard		6 wins	2 Q	7 wins	4 Q	4 wins	6	did not advance
Gaston Amson	Men's team épée	2–0	1 Q	2–0	1 Q	3–0	1 Q	2–1
René Barbier
Georges Buchard
Émile Cornic
Bernard Schmetz
Philippe Cattiau	Men's foil	—		6 wins	1 Q	4 wins	3 Q	7 wins	5
Roger Ducret				7 wins	1 Q	5 wins	2 Q	3 wins	9
Lucien Gaudin				5 wins	1 Q	7 wins	1 Q	9 wins
Oda Mahaut	Women's foil	—		1 win	7	did not advance
Lucie Prost				4 wins	2 Q	2 wins	7	did not advance
Marguerite Reuche				1 win	7	did not advance
Philippe Cattiau	Men's team foil	3–0	1 Q	3–0	1 Q	1–0	1 Q	1–1–1
Roger Ducret
Raymond Flacher
André Gaboriaud
Lucien Gaudin
André Labatut
Roger Ducret	Men's sabre	—		3 wins	2 Q	5 wins	4 Q	5 wins	8
Raoul Fristeau				3 wins	3 Q	3 wins	6	did not advance
Jean Lacroix				2 wins	3 Q	3 wins	4 Q	2 wins	10
Roger Ducret	Men's team sabre	—		1–0	1 Q	1–2	3	did not advance
Raoul Fristeau
Jean Lacroix
Paul Oziol de Pignol
Jean Piot
Maurice Taillandier

Football

Summary

Team	Event	Prelim.	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France men's	Men's tournament	Bye	Italy L 4–3	did not advance			9

Men's tournament

France competed in men's football for the fifth time in 1928. The team lost its first match against Italy, 4–3, and were eliminated from the single-elimination tournament.

Team roster

Head coach: Peter Farmer

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
-	3MF	Maurice Banide	(1905-05-19)19 May 1905 (aged 23)	RC Strasbourg
-	4FW	Charles Bardot	(1904-04-07)7 April 1904 (aged 24)	AS Cannes
-	2DF	Marcel Bertrand	1899	Club Français
-	3MF	Juste Brouzes	(1894-01-18)18 January 1894 (aged 34)	Red Star
-	2DF	Jacques Canthelou	(1904-03-29)29 March 1904 (aged 24)	FC Rouen
-	3MF	Augustin Chantrel	(1906-11-11)11 November 1906 (aged 21)	Red Star
-	3MF	Robert Dauphin	(1905-02-05)5 February 1905 (aged 23)	Stade Français
-	4FW	Jules Dewaquez	(1899-03-09)9 March 1899 (aged 29)	Marseille
-	3MF	Marcel Domergue	(1901-11-16)16 November 1901 (aged 26)	Red Star
-	2DF	Maurice Gourdon		Stade Français
-	1GK	Laurent Henric	(1905-03-20)20 March 1905 (aged 23)	FC Sète
-	4FW	Marcel Langiller	(1908-06-02)2 June 1908 (aged 19)	CA Paris
-	3MF	Lucien Laurent	(1907-12-10)10 December 1907 (aged 20)	CA Paris
-	3MF	Jacques Mairesse	(1905-02-27)27 February 1905 (aged 23)	FC Sète
-	3MF	Hervé Marc		Stade Rennais FC
-	4FW	Jules Monsallier	(1907-01-23)23 January 1907 (aged 21)	Red Star Olympique
-	4FW	Paul Nicolas	(1899-11-04)4 November 1899 (aged 28)	Red Star
-	3MF	Henri Pavillard	(1905-08-15)15 August 1905 (aged 22)	Stade Français
-	1GK	Alex Thépot	(1906-07-30)30 July 1906 (aged 21)	FEC Levallois
-	3MF	Alexandre Villaplane	(1905-09-12)12 September 1905 (aged 22)	SC Nîmes
-	3MF	Jacques Wild	1905	Stade Français
-	2DF	Urbain Wallet	(1899-07-04)4 July 1899 (aged 28)	Amiens AC

Round of 16

29 May 1928

14:00

Italy	4–3	France
Rosetti 19' Levratto 39' Banchero 43' Baloncieri 60'	Report	Brouzes 15', 17' Dauphin 61'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 2,509

Referee: Henri Christophe (BEL)

Gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics

Twenty gymnasts, 8 men and 12 women, competed for France in 1928. It was the nation's seventh appearance in the sport, having not competed in gymnastics only in 1904. France was one of 5 nation's to send women to the first Olympic women's gymnastics competition. The French men's team placed 4th of 11, while the women's team finished 5th of 5. None of the individual gymnasts won any medals; it was the first time since 1896 that France had competed in gymnastics but not won any medals. André Lemoine came closest, with a fourth-place finish in the parallel bars.

Gymnast	Event	Score	Rank
André Chatelain	Men's all-around	202.375	54
Jean Gounot		216.750	39
Alfred Krauss		DNF	–
Jean Larrouy		226.500	29
André Lemoine		232.000	22
Georges Leroux		235.750	17
Étienne Schmitt		219.125	35
Armand Solbach		241.625	11
André Chatelain	Men's team all-around	1620.750	4
Jean Gounot
Alfred Krauss
Jean Larrouy
André Lemoine
Georges Leroux
Étienne Schmitt
Armand Solbach
Mathilde Bataille	Women's team all-around	247.50	5
Honorine Delescluse
Louise Delescluse
Galuëlle Dhont
Valentine Héméryck
Paulette Houtéer
Georgette Meulebroeck
Renée Oger
Antonie Straeteman
Jeanne Vanoverloop
Berthe Verstraete
Geneviève Vankiersbilck
André Chatelain	Men's horizontal bar	49.25	41
Jean Gounot		54.25	14
Alfred Krauss		DNF	–
Jean Larrouy		50.75	37
André Lemoine		54.00	16
Georges Leroux		53.25	25
Étienne Schmitt		47.50	45
Armand Solbach		55.50	9
André Chatelain	Men's parallel bars	42.00	55
Jean Gounot		42.75	51
Jean Larrouy		48.25	36
André Lemoine		53.75	4
Georges Leroux		52.25	15
Étienne Schmitt		46.50	41
Armand Solbach		53.00	12
André Chatelain	Men's pommel horse	38.00	68
Jean Gounot		50.75	24
Alfred Krauss		49.00	33
Jean Larrouy		52.50	15
André Lemoine		47.75	41
Georges Leroux		54.75	6
Étienne Schmitt		48.75	34
Armand Solbach		53.00	14
André Chatelain	Men's rings	49.75	33
Jean Gounot		47.75	47
Alfred Krauss		51.25	25
Jean Larrouy		48.00	46
André Lemoine		50.75	26
Georges Leroux		47.50	49
Étienne Schmitt		48.75	41
Armand Solbach		54.25	8
André Chatelain	Men's vault	23.375	63
Jean Gounot		21.250	75
Alfred Krauss		DNF	–
Jean Larrouy		27.000	21
André Lemoine		25.750	37
Georges Leroux		28.000	6
Étienne Schmitt		27.625	10
Armand Solbach		25.875	36

Hockey

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage					Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
France men's	Men's tournament	Netherlands L 5–0	Spain W 2–1	Germany L 2–0	—	3	Did not advance	5

Men's tournament

France competed in men's field hockey in 1928, the only nation to have competed in all 3 tournaments to that point. The team went 1–2 in its group, finishing 3rd in pool play and not advancing the gold or bronze medal finals.

Team roster

The following is the France roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	5	Gold medal match
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	4	Bronze medal match
3	France	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	2
4	Spain	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Source: 1928 Official Report, p. 689
(H) Hosts

17 May 1928
15:15

Netherlands	5–0	France
Van de Rovaart 20' Tresling 23' Jannink 35', 37' Van der Veen 65'	Report

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 5,500
Umpires:
R. Liégeois (BEL)
E. de Cindric (HUN)

19 May 1928
19:00

France	2–1	Spain
Rivière 38' Grimonprez 68'	Report	B. de Chávarri 29'

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 500
Umpires:
C. Terrier (SUI)
C. Ch. Geyl (NED)

22 May 1928
16:30

Germany	2–0	France
Haag 10', 28'	Report

Old Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 300
Umpires:
R. Liégeois (BEL)
E. de Cindric (HUN)

Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes, all men, represented France in 1928. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. France was one of five nations to have competed in each edition of the Olympic modern pentathlon to that time.

Pentathlete	Event	Shooting	Swimming	Fencing	Running	Equestrian	Total
Pentathlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Score	Rank
Paul Coche	Men's individual	23	33	7	35	21	119	29
André Crémon		33	35	32	24	17	141	33
Charles-Jean LeVavasseur		14	21	17	26	35	113	28

Rowing

26 rowers, all men, represented France in 1928. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the event. Along with Italy and the United States, France was one of three nations to have a boat in each event (and the maximum number of rowers). French rowers won a single medal, the silver in the coxed pair event.

Rower	Event	Round 1		Repechage 1		Round 2		Repechage 2		Round 3		Semifinals		Final
Rower	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vincent Saurin	Men's single sculls	8:09.2	1 Q	Bye		8:38.2	1 Q	Bye		8:11.8	2	did not advance
Robert Guelpa	Men's coxless pair	8:31.0	2 R	9:01.8	2	did not advance
André Pactat	Men's coxless pair	8:31.0	2 R	9:01.8	2	did not advance
Maurice Caplain	Men's double sculls	8:03.6	1 Q	Bye		7:01.4	2 R	7:30.8	2	did not advance
Paul Robineau	Men's double sculls	8:03.6	1 Q	Bye		7:01.4	2 R	7:30.8	2	did not advance
Armand Marcelle	Men's coxed pair	8:41.4	2 R	8:37.2	1 Q	7:53.4	1 Q	Bye		—		7:48.2	1 Q	7:48.4
Édouard Marcelle
Henri Préaux (cox)
Albert Bonzano	Men's coxless four	7:58.2	2 R	7:52.0	1 Q	DNS	–	—				did not advance
Henri Bonzano
Louis Devillié
Émile Lecuirot
Jean Ruffier des Aimés	Men's coxed four	7:42.0	2 R	7:48.8	1 Q	7:50.8	2	did not advance
Léon le Cornu
André Decours (cox)
Henri Gatineau
Georges Piot
Joseph Berthet	Men's eight	6:44.8	2 R	6:50.8	2	did not advance
Marius Berthet
Marius Gervasoni
Édouard Jeandet
Louis Jeandet
Alphonse Margailland (cox)
Charles Massonnat
François Thonin
Joseph Vuillard

Sailing

13 sailors, 12 men and 1 woman, represented France in 1928. It was the nation's sixth appearance in the sport; France was the only country to have competed in each edition of the Olympic sailing contests to that point. France had the maximum of 1 boat in each event. The French boat L'Aile VI won the 8 metre class event, claiming first place in 3 of the 7 races (despite not starting one race altogether). In the 6 metre event, Cupidon Viking was unable to finish better than 4th in any of the 4 preliminary races and did not qualify for the final 3 races. Similarly, the French dinghy sailors were unable to qualify for the final series.

Dinghy

Sailor	Event	Preliminary series				Net points	Prelim rank	Final series				Results	Rank
Sailor	Event	1	2	3	4	Net points	Prelim rank	1	2	3	4	Results	Rank
Charles Laverne	12' Dinghy	10 RET	7	7 RET	6	30	16	did not advance
Louis Pauly	12' Dinghy	10 RET	7	7 RET	6	30	16	did not advance

6 metre and 8 metre classes

Sailor	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Results	Rank
Philippe de Rothschild (helm)	6 Metre	4th	9th	4th	11th	did not advance			2 × 4th	8
Henry Allard
Robert Gufflet
Pierre Moussié
Jean Pierre Rouanet
Donatien Bouché (helm)	8 Metre	7th	1st	DNS	2nd	4th	1st	1st	3 × 1st
André Derrien
Virginie Hériot
André Lesauvage
Jean Lesieur
Carl de la Sablière

Weightlifting

Ten weightlifters, all men, represented France in 1928. France was one of five nations to have the maximum number of weightlifters, with two in each weight class. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. French weightlifters won a total of three medals, one of each color. Roger François set a new world record in the combined total for the 75 kg weight class, winning the event with 335 kg. Louis Hostin, the silver medalist in the 82.5 kg class, shared new Olympic records with champion El Sayed Nosseir of Egypt in two lifts, the press and the clean & jerk. Jules Meese was one of four men to share the new Olympic record in the press for the 67.5 kg class.

Lifter	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total
Lifter	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Henri Baudrand	Men's −60 kg	77.5	7	80	7	107.5	5	265	7
Henri Rivière	Men's −60 kg	70	17	85	3	107.5	5	260	10
Fernand Arnout	Men's −67.5 kg	85	6	97.5	2	120	3	302.5
Jules Meese	Men's −67.5 kg	90 OR	1	87.5	7	115	7	292.5	6
Roger François	Men's −75 kg	102.5	2	102.5	2	130	2	335 WR
Gaston le Pût	Men's −75 kg	92.5	4	95	5	125	4	312.5	5
Louis Hostin	Men's −82.5 kg	100 OR	1	110	2	142.5 OR	1	352.5
Pierre Vibert	Men's −82.5 kg	95	4	95	7	125	10	315	7
Marcel Dumoulin	Men's +82.5 kg	92.5	14	100	8	135	7	327.5	10
Claudius Dutriève	Men's +82.5 kg	97.5	11	100	8	132.5	9	330	9

Wrestling

Thirteen wrestlers, all men, represented France in 1928. France was one of three nations (along with Belgium and Finland) to have a wrestler in each weight class. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. French wrestlers won three medals, all in freestyle: one silver and two bronze. They were France's first medals in freestyle wrestling; the nation's only previous medal was in Greco-Roman.

Freestyle wrestling

Wrestler	Event	Gold medal rounds				Silver medal rounds		Bronze medal rounds		Rank
		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Semifinals	Final	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Michel Rozan	Men's bantamweight	—	Hewitt (USA) L	did not advance		Not qualified		Not qualified		7
René Rottenfluc	Men's featherweight	Bye	Pihlajamäki (FIN) L	did not advance		Not qualified		—	Minder (FIN) L	4
Charles Pacôme	Men's lightweight	Bye	Leino (FIN) W	Käpp (EST) L	Did not advance	Nilsen (NOR) W	Jørgensen (DEN) W	Already ranked
Jean Jourlin	Men's welterweight	Bye	Käsermann (SUI) W	Haavisto (FIN) L	Did not advance	Appleton (USA) L	Did not advance	Morris (AUS) W	Letchford (CAN) L	4
Henri Deniel	Men's middleweight	Bye	Pekkala (FIN) L	did not advance		Not qualified		Not qualified		8
Henri Lefèbre	Men's light heavyweight	—	Bögli (SUI) L	did not advance		Not qualified		—	Edwards (USA) W
Edmond Dame	Men's heavyweight	—	Bye	Richthoff (SWE) L	Did not advance	Bye	Sihvola (FIN) L	—	George (USA) W

Greco-Roman wrestling

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alphonse Aria	Men's bantamweight	Kamel (EGY) W Decision 1pt	Gozzi (ITA) L Fall 4pts	Ahlfors (FIN) L Decision 7pts	did not advance			—	11
Roger Mollet	Men's featherweight	Malmberg (SWE) L Fall 3pts	Toivola (FIN) L Fall 6pts	did not advance					14
Paul Parisel	Men's lightweight	Janssens (BEL) L Fall 3pts	DNS	did not advance					18
Émile Poilvé	Men's middleweight	Saenen (BEL) L Decision 3pts	Papp (HUN) L Fall 6pts	did not advance				—	13
Émile Clody	Men's light heavyweight	Şefik (TUR) W Decision 1pt	Appels (BEL) L Fall 4pts	Szalay (HUN) W Decision 5pts	did not advance			—	8
S. de Lanfranchi	Men's heavyweight	Donati (ITA) L Fall 3pts	Gehring (GER) L Fall 6pts	did not advance				—	11