France at the 1928 Summer Olympics

France at the Olympic Games
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
Competitors
Medals Rank: 7	Gold 6	Silver 10	Bronze 5	Total 21
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France competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Medalists

Gold

• Boughera El Ouafi — Athletics, Men's Marathon
• Roger Beaufrand — Cycling, Men's Sprint
• Lucien Gaudin — Fencing, Men's Individual Epee
• Lucien Gaudin — Fencing, Men's Individual Foil
• Donatien Bouché, Carl de la Sablière, André Derrien, Virginie Hériot, André Lesauvage and Jean Lesieur — Sailing, Men's 8 metre class
• Roger François — Weightlifting, Middleweight

Silver

• Jules Ladoumegue — Athletics, Men's 1500m
• Armand Apell — Boxing, Flyweight
• Charles Marion — Equestrian, Individual dressage
• Pierre Bertran de Balanda — Equestrian, Individual jumping
• Georges Buchard — Fencing, Men's Individual Epee
• Men's Team Epee — Fencing
• Philippe Cattiau, Roger Ducret, André Labattut, Lucien Gaudin, Raymond Flacher and André Gaboriaud — Fencing, Men's Team Foil
• Armand Marcelle, Edouard Marcelle and Henri Préaux — Rowing, Coxed pair
• Louis Hostin — Weightlifting, Light Heavyweight
• Charles Pacôme — Wrestling, Freestyle Lightweight

Bronze

• Claude Ménard — Athletics, Men's High Jump
• Men's Team — Water polo
• Fernand Arnout — Weightlifting, Lightweight
• Edmond Dame — Wrestling, Freestyle Heavyweight
• Henri Lefèbre — Wrestling, Freestyle Light Heavyweight

Results by event

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

• Armand Apell → Silver Medal

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Frankie Martin (CAN), points
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Cuthbert Taylor (GBR), points
• Semifinals — Defeated Baddie Lebanon (RSA), points
• Final — Lost to Antal Kocsis (HUN), points

Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

• Geo Gardebois

• First Round — Bye
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Michael Michaelsen (DEN), points

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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