Round — Lost to Maurice O'Sullivan (GBR), 2:3 Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Michel Belliard First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Alan Jenkinson (AUS), 1:4 Canoeing Cycling Fifteen cyclists represented France in 1972. Individual road race Régis Ovion — 15th place Bernard Bourreau — 39th place Marcel Duchemin — 65th place Raymond Martin — did not finish (→ no ranking) Team time trial Henri Fin Claude Magni Jean-Claude Meunier Guy Sibille Sprint Daniel Morelon Gérard Quintyn Sprint Pierre Trentin Final — 1:07.85 (→ 10th place) Tandem Daniel Morelon and Pierre Trentin → 4th place Individual pursuit Michel Zucarelli Team pursuit Bernard Bocquet Jacques Bossis Michel Zucarelli Jean-Jacques Fussien Diving Men's 3m Springboard Alain Goosen – 322.41 points (→ 22nd place) Men's 10m Platform Jacques de Schouver – 287.04 points (→ 13th place) Women's 3m Springboard Christiane Wiles – 229.56 points (→ 28th place) Equestrian Fencing 19 fencers, 15 men and 4 women represented France in 1972. Men's foil Christian Noël Daniel Revenu Bernard Talvard Men's team foil Jean-Claude Magnan, Daniel Revenu, Christian Noël, Gilles Berolatti, Bernard Talvard Men's épée Jacques La Degaillerie Jacques Brodin François Jeanne Men's team épée François Jeanne, Jacques Brodin, Pierre Marchand, Jean-Pierre Allemand, Jacques La Degaillerie Men's sabre Régis Bonissent Bernard Vallée Philippe Bena Men's team sabre Régis Bonissent, Bernard Dumont, Bernard Vallée, Philippe Bena, Serge Panizza Women's foil Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille Catherine Rousselet-Ceretti Brigitte Gapais-Dumont Women's team foil Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille, Catherine Rousselet-Ceretti, Claudie Herbster-Josland, Brigitte Gapais-Dumont Gymnastics Hockey Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group A) Lost to Pakistan (0-3) Defeated Uganda (3-1) Lost to Belgium (0-1) Lost to Malaysia (0-1) Lost to Spain (2-3) Defeated Argentina (1-0) Lost to West Germany (0-4) Classification Match 11th/12th place: Lost to Poland (4-7) after extra time → 12th place Team Roster Jean–Paul Sauthier Patrick Burtschell Pierre Roussel Charles Pous Christian Honegger Marc Remise Olivier Moreau Georges Grain Francis Coutou Eric Pitau Alain Tetard Gilles Capelle Marc Chapon Georges Corbel Jean–Luc Darfeuille Yves Langlois Judo Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented France in 1972. Men's Individual Competition: Michel Gueguen – 5072 points (→ 10th place) Jean-Pierre Giudicelli – 4807 points (→ 22nd place) Raoul Gueguen – 4638 points (→ 30th place) Men's Team Competition: Giudicelli, M.Gueguen, and R.Gueguen – 14559 points (→ 7th place) Rowing Men's Coxed Pairs Jean-Claude Coucardon, Christian Durniak and Alain Lacoste Heat — 8:09.62 Repechage — 8:15.25 (→ did not advance) Sailing