- France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics France
games=1912 Summer
competitors=
sports=
gold=7
silver=4
bronze=3
total=14
rank=5France competed at the1912 Summer Olympics inStockholm ,Sweden .Medalists
Gold
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Jean Cariou — Equestrian, Individual jumping
*Gaston Thube ,Jacques Thube andAmédé Thube — Sailing, Men's 6m class
*Paul Colas — Shooting, Men's 300m free rifle, three positions
*Paul Colas — Shooting, Men's 600m free rifle
*André Gobert andMaurice Germot — Tennis, Men's doubles indoor
*André Gobert — Tennis, Men's singles indoor
*Marguerite Broquedis — Tennis, Women's singles outdoorSilver
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Charles Poulenard ,Pierre Failliot ,Charles Lelong andRobert Schurrer — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay
*Jean Bouin — Athletics, Men's 5000m
*Louis Segura — Gymnastics, Men's all-around
*Michel Dufourt ,Jean Cariou ,Bernard Meyer andAlbert Seigner — Equestrian, Team jumpingBronze
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Jean Cariou — Equestrian, Individual eventing
*Albert Canet andEduard Meny De Marangue — Tennis, Men's doubles outdoor
*Marguerite Broquedis andAlbert Canet — Tennis, Mixed doubles outdoorAthletics
32 athletes represented France. It was the fourth appearance of the nation in athletics, which France appeared in each time the nation appeared at the Olympics.
Jean Bouin set a new Olympic record in the 5000 metres in the semifinals, holding it only until the final. Despite dropping another nearly 30 seconds off his time in the final, he came in second a mere .1 seconds behindHannes Kolehmainen of Finland. The French 4x400 metre relay also took a silver medal to bring the nation's total in athletics to 2 silver medals.Ranks given are within that athlete's heat for running events.
; Eventing(The maximum score in each of the five events was 10.00 points. Ranks given are for the cumulative score after each event. Team score is the sum of the top three individual scores.)
Modern pentathlon
France had two competitors in the first Olympic pentathlon competition. The French pentathletes placed 15th and 19th among the 22 finishers.
(The scoring system was point-for-place in each of the five events, with the smallest point total winning.)
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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