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. France is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France (French: ''Comité national olympique et sportif français'').

Medalists

Alpine skiing

;Men ;Women Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

;Men ;Women

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

;Distance ;Sprint Jean-Marc Gaillard was suspended for health reasons for the first five days of competition after recording too high values of

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in his blood.

Figure skating

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Nordic combined

Note: "Deficit" refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Short track speed skating

Skeleton

Snowboarding

;Halfpipe Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A score in parentheses indicates a run that was not counted. ;Parallel GS Key: "+ ime represents a deficit; the parentheses indicate the results of each run. ;Snowboard cross

References and notes

External links

Official site for the 2006 France Olympic Team
* {{DEFAULTSORT:France At The 2006 Winter Olympics Nations at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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