France at the 1998 Winter Olympics
France competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Biathlon | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Bobsleigh | 5 | – | 5 |
| Cross-country skiing | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Figure skating | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Freestyle skiing | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Ice hockey | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
| Short track speed skating | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ski jumping | 2 | – | 2 |
| Snowboarding | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 75 | 31 | 106 |
Alpine skiing
;Men;Women
'''Women's combined'''
Biathlon
;Men| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Raphaël Poirée | DNF | DNF | - |
| 10 km Sprint | Andreas Heymann | 2 | 33:06.9 | 69 |
| 10 km Sprint | Julien Robert | 0 | 32:52.4 | 67 |
| 10 km Sprint | Thierry Dusserre | 1 | 30:43.6 | 50 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
| 20 km | Andreas Heymann | 58:42.7 | 6 | 1'04:42.7 | 57 |
| 20 km | Thierry Dusserre | 1'01:26.6 | 1 | 1'02:26.6 | 46 |
| 20 km | Julien Robert | 1'01:01.6 | 1 | 1'02:01.6 | 40 |
| 20 km | Raphaël Poirée | 58:08.4 | 2 | 1'00:08.4 | 22 |
;Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
;Women
| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Anne Briand-Bouthiaux | 5 | 26:16.1 | 54 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Florence Baverel-Robert | 1 | 25:39.6 | 43 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Corinne Niogret | 2 | 24:54.7 | 25 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Emmanuelle Claret | 1 | 24:08.7 | 14 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
| 15 km | Florence Baverel-Robert | 1'05:42.8 | 4 | 1'09:42.8 | 63 |
| 15 km | Christelle Gros | 59:33.8 | 7 | 1'06:33.8 | 59 |
| 15 km | Anne Briand-Bouthiaux | 55:13.1 | 3 | 58:13.1 | 20 |
| 15 km | Corinne Niogret | 56:51.1 | 1 | 57:51.1 | 16 |
;Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Cross-country skiing
;Men;Men's 4 × 10 km relay
;Women
;Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Figure skating
;Men| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Philippe Candeloro | 5 | 2 | 4.5 |
;Women
| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Laëtitia Hubert | 12 | 21 | 27.0 | 20 |
| Surya Bonaly | 6 | 11 | 14.0 | 10 |
| Vanessa Gusmeroli | 8 | 6 | 10.0 | 6 |
;Pairs
| Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Sabrina Lefrançois Nicolas Osseland | 17 | 17 | 25.5 | 17 |
| Sarah Abitbol Stéphane Bernadis | 7 | 6 | 9.5 | 6 |
;Ice Dancing
| Athletes | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
| Dominique Deniaud Martial Jaffredo | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 40.8 | 20 |
| Sophie Moniotte Pascal Lavanchy | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 22.2 | 11 |
| Marina Anissina Gwendal Peizerat | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7.0 |
Freestyle skiing
;Men;Women
Ice hockey
Men's tournament
Preliminary round - Group B
Top team advanced to the first round.| Team | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 1 |
Leading scorers
- Team roster
- *François Gravel
- *Cristobal Huet
- *Fabrice Lhenry
- *Serge Poudrier
- *Denis Perez
- *Jean-Philippe Lemoine
- *Serge Djelloul
- *Karl Dewolf
- *Jean-Christophe Filippin
- *Grégory Dubois
- *Philippe Bozon
- *Christian Pouget
- *Stéphane Barin
- *Bob Ouellet
- *Jonathan Zwikel
- *Anthony Mortas
- *Arnaud Briand
- *Richard Aimonetto
- *Pierre Allard
- *Maurice Rozenthal
- *François Rozenthal
- *Laurent Gras
- *Roger Dubé
- Head coach: Jimmy Tibbets
Nordic combined
Men's individualEvents:
Men's Team
Four participants per team.
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping
- 5 km cross-country skiing
Short track speed skating
;MenSnowboarding
;Men's giant slalom;Men's halfpipe
;Women's giant slalom
;Women's halfpipe