Cycling
- Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
- Jacques Anquetil — 5:11:19.0 (→ 12th place)
- Alfred Tonello — 5:11:20.0 (→ 13th place)
- Claude Rouer — 5:16:19.1 (→ 23rd place)
- Roland Bezamat — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
- Henri Andrieux
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- Final — 1:14.7 (→ 9th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
- Franck Le Normand — 11th place
Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
- Claude Brugerolles, Henri Andrieux, Jean-Marie Joubert, and Pierre Michel
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- Bronze Medal Match — Lost to Great Britain (→ 4th place)
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