France won only three medals at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Olympics, which it hosted.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by official Olympics.com medal table and multiple independent sources including Wikipedia and Topendsports, all consistent with IOC official results. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=partial on IOC official Olympic results/medal database (upstreams: International Olympic Committee official results, Official Report of the 1924 Olympic Games) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Watch the Evolution of the Winter Olympics' Opening Ceremony (seed:comedy_and_entertainment)
- https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/chamonix-1924/medals (corroboration)
- https://www.topendsports.com/events/winter/hosts/chamonix.htm (corroboration)