Roger Bambuck

Roger Bambuck

Medal record
Competitor for  France
Men’s Athletics
Olympic Games
Bronze	1968 Mexico City	4x100m relay
European Championships
Gold	1966 Budapest	200 metres
Gold	1966 Budapest	4x100m relay
Silver	1966 Budapest	100 metres

Roger Bambuck (born 22 November 1945 in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe) was a French athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.

He competed for France in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City in the 100 metres (finalist) and in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Gérard Fenouil, Jocelyn Delecour and Claude Piquemal. In the 100 and 200m. individual men's final he finished fifth with times of 10.16 and 20.51 seconds respectively.^[1] Earlier in 1968 he had equalled Armin Hary's eight-year-old European record of 10.0 seconds.

He also was minister of Youths and Sports under Michel Rocard in 1988 in France and he had the honour of starting the 24-hour Le Mans race.^[2]

References

Records
Preceded by Jan Werner	European Record Holder Men's 200m 30 July 1967 - 16 October 1968	Succeeded by Jochen Eigenherr