France at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City

Competitors

114 (87 men, 27 women) in 15 sports

Flag bearer

Carole Montillet (alpine skiing)

Medals
Rank: 6

Gold
4

Silver
5

Bronze
2

Total
11

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Vidal, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Vidal	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
1 Gold	Montillet, CaroleCarole Montillet	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
1 Gold	Anissina, MarinaMarina Anissina Peizerat, GwendalGwendal Peizerat	Figure skating	Ice dancing
1 Gold	Blanc, IsabelleIsabelle Blanc	Snowboarding	Women's parallel giant slalom
2 Silver	Amiez, SébastienSébastien Amiez	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
2 Silver	Pequegnot, LaureLaure Pequegnot	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
2 Silver	Poirée, RaphaëlRaphaël Poirée	Biathlon	Men's 12.5 km pursuit
2 Silver	Ruby, KarineKarine Ruby	Snowboarding	Women's parallel giant slalom
2 Silver	Vidal, DorianeDoriane Vidal	Snowboarding	Women's halfpipe
3 Bronze	Dafrasne, VincentVincent Dafrasne Marquet, GillesGilles Marquet Poirée, RaphaëlRaphaël Poirée Robert, JulienJulien Robert	Biathlon	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
3 Bronze	Gay, RichardRichard 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
Athlete	Event	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	02 !
Jean-Pierre Vidal		48.01	53.05	1:41.06	01 !

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	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
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Ingrid Jacquemod	Downhill			1:42.70	23
Mélanie Suchet				1:41.15	15
Carole Montillet-Carles				1:39.56	01 !
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	02 !

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km sprint	Gilles Marquet	4	28:20.1	66
	Julien Robert	2	27:05.1	35
	Vincent Dafrasne	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 Dafrasne	3	34:33.6	18
	Raphaël Poirée	1	33:17.6	02 !

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 Dafrasne	53:20.3	3	56:20.3	37
	Raphaël Poirée	50:52.9	2	52:52.9	10

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Gilles Marquet Vincent Dafrasne Julien Robert Raphaël Poirée	0	1'24:36.6	03 !

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km sprint	Delphine 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	Delphine 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	Delphine 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 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Delphine Heymann-Burlet Florence Baverel-Robert Sandrine Bailly Corinne Niogret	0	1'31:09.3	9

¹A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
² Starting delay based om 10 km sprint results.
³One minute added per missed target.
⁴ Starting delay based om 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
Sled	Athletes	Event	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
Sled	Athletes	Event	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
Athlete	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
Event	Athlete	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 om 10 km C. results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	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
Athlete	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
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Aurélie Perrillat-Collomb Storti	30:00.2	17
15 km F	Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel	42:26.7	24
15 km F	Karine Philippot	40:38.6	8

² Starting delay based om 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	Kevin Martin	8	1
Norway	Pål Trulsen	7	2
Switzerland	Andreas Schwaller	6	3
Sweden	Peja Lindholm	6	3
Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	5	4
Germany	Sebastian Stock	4	5
Denmark	Ulrik Schmidt	3	6
Great Britain	Hammy McMillan	3	6
United States	Tim Somerville	3	6
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
Laetitia 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	01 !

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	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	03 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	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)

France

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,504

11 February 2002
19:00

Belarus

3 – 1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

France

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,214

12 February 2002
19:00

France

2 – 4
(0–2, 2–2, 0–0)

Ukraine

Peaks 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 14th

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,956

Team Roster

Cristobal Huet
Fabrice Lhenry
Patrick Rolland
Allan Carriou
Vincent Bachet
Karl Dewolf
Jean-François Bonnard
Denis Perez
Benoit Pourtanel
Baptiste Amar
Benoit Bachelet
Stéphane Barin
Arnaud Briand
Maurice Rozenthal
Laurent Meunier
Francis Rozenthal
Philippe Bozon
Yorick Treille
Guillaume Besse
Jonathan Zwikel
Anthony Mortas
Richard Aimonetto
Laurent Gras

Head Coach: Heikki Leime

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	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
Athlete	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
Athlete	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total 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
Athlete	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total 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
Athletes	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total 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
Athlete	Event	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	500 m	43.790	3 ADV	1:13.328	4	Did not advance
Gregory Durand	1000 m	DSQ	–	Did not advance
Bruno Loscos	1000 m	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	1500 m	2:20.496	3 Q			2:49.994	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Emmanuel Chedal Rémi Santiago Florentin Durand Nicolas Dessum	755.1	10

¹Four 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
Athlete	Time	Rank	Round one	Quarter final	Semi final	Final	Rank
Charlie Cosnier	38.41	23	Did not advance
Christophe Ségura	38.06	21	Did not advance
Nicolas Huet	37.49	16 Q	Nicolas Het W	Sigi Grabner W	Richard Richardsson L (DSQ)	Chris Klug L	4
Mathieu Bozzetto	36.90	7 Q	Dieter Krassnig W	Philipp Schoch L	Did not advance

Men's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	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
Athlete	Time	Rank	Round one	Quarter final	Semi final	Final	Rank
Florine Valdenaire	44.96	25	Did not advance
Julie Pomagalski	42.25	5 Q	Marion Posch W	Isabelle Blanc L	Did not advance
Isabelle Blanc	42.20	4 Q	Steffi von Siebenthal W	Julie Pomagalski W	Jagna Marczułajtis W	Karine Ruby W	01 !
Karine Ruby	41.45	2 Q	Mariya Tikhvinskaya W	Lisa Kosglow W	Lidia Trettel W	Isabelle Blanc L	02 !

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Doriane Vidal	38.3	3 QF			43.0	02 !

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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

Olympic Winter Games 2002, full results by sports-reference.com

Nations at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States

Africa	Cameroon • Kenya • South Africa

America	Argentina • Bermuda • Brazil • Canada • Chile • Costa Rica • Jamaica • Mexico • Puerto Rico • Trinidad and Tobago • United States • Venezuela • Virgin Islands

Asia	China • Chinese Taipei • Hong Kong • India • Iran • Japan • Kazakhstan • South Korea • Kyrgyzstan • Lebanon • Mongolia • Nepal • Tajikistan • Thailand • Uzbekistan

Europe	Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia‑Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Macedonia • Moldova • Monaco • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine • Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia • Fiji • New Zealand

France at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Men's competition

Group stage

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Preliminary round - Group B

Consolation round

Luge

Nordic combined

Short track speed skating

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

Speed skating

References