# Roger Bambuck > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roger_Bambuck > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roger_Bambuck.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bambuck > Source revision: 1338357654 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) French sprinter and politician Roger Bambuck Roger Bambuck Medal record Representing France Men's athletics Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City 4×100 m European Championships 1966 Budapest 200 m 1966 Budapest 4×100 m 1966 Budapest 100 m **Roger Bambuck** (born 22 November 1945 in [Pointe-a-Pitre](/source/Pointe-a-Pitre), [Guadeloupe](/source/Guadeloupe)) is a French former sprinter and politician. ## Athletic career Bambuck took part in his first Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964. At the [1966 European Championships](/source/1966_European_Championships_in_Athletics) in [Budapest](/source/Budapest), he won the gold medal in the 200 m and in the 4 × 100 m relay, as well as the silver medal in the 100 m.[1] He competed in the [1968 Summer Olympics](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics) held in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City) in the 100 metres (finalist) and in the 4 × 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates [Gérard Fenouil](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Fenouil), [Jocelyn Delecour](/source/Jocelyn_Delecour) and [Claude Piquemal](/source/Claude_Piquemal). In the 100 and 200 m. individual men's final he finished fifth with times of 10.16 and 20.51 seconds respectively.[2] Earlier in 1968 he had equalled [Armin Hary](/source/Armin_Hary)'s eight-year-old [European record](/source/European_record_progression_100_metres_men) of 10.0 seconds. He retired from sprint after the Mexico games, aged 23.[1] ## Political life In the mid-eighties, he became head of sport for the [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) of [Épinay-sur-Seine](/source/%C3%89pinay-sur-Seine). From 1988 to 1991, he was minister of Youth and Sports under [Michel Rocard](/source/Michel_Rocard). He then held senior positions in the civil service.[1] He is an active [freemason](/source/Freemason).[3][4][5] ## Personal life Bambuck set out to study medicine but dropped out. He then worked a time for the automobile manufacturer [Renault](/source/Renault), before his athletic career. Bambuck has been married to former track and field athlete [Ghislaine Barnay](/source/Ghislaine_Barnay) since 1974.[1] He had the honour of starting the 24-hour Le Mans race.[6] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-lm_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-lm_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-lm_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-lm_1-3) Bouchez, Yann (8 April 2016). ["On a retrouvé… Roger Bambuck, le seul sprinter français recordman du monde du 100 m"](http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/visuel/2016/04/08/on-a-retrouve-roger-bambuck-le-seul-sprinter-francais-recordman-du-monde-du-100-m_4898448_3242.html). *[Le Monde](/source/Le_Monde)* (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Sporting Heroes.net](http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/olympics/1968_m.asp) accessed 12 December 2007 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Ces professions où les frères prospèrent, by Sophie Coignard (*Le Point* magazine - 14 January 2010) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Les Franc-maçons et la droite, by Marylène Dagouat and Dominique Saint-Pern (*L'express* magazine - 6 May 1993) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Roger Bambuck ″La Franc-Maçonnerie nourrit beaucoup de fantasmes″, by Benoît Heimermann (*L'Equipe* magazine #1614 - 22 June 2013) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Le Mans.org](http://www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans/2007/pages/retro/p_divers_1_gb.html) accessed 12 December 2007 Records Preceded by Jan Werner European Record Holder Men's 200m 30 July 1967 - 16 October 1968 Succeeded by Jochen Eigenherr v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's 200 metres 1934: Chris Berger (NED) 1938: Tinus Osendarp (NED) 1946: Nikolay Karakulov (URS) 1950: Brian Shenton (GBR) 1954: Heinz Fütterer (FRG) 1958: Manfred Germar (FRG) 1962: Owe Jonsson (SWE) 1966: Roger Bambuck (FRA) 1969: Philippe Clerc (SUI) 1971: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1974: Pietro Mennea (ITA) 1978: Pietro Mennea (ITA) 1982: Olaf Prenzler (GDR) 1986: Vladimir Krylov (URS) 1990: John Regis (GBR) 1994: Geir Moen (NOR) 1998: Douglas Walker (GBR) 2002: Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) 2006: Francis Obikwelu (POR) 2010: Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) 2012: Churandy Martina (NED) 2014: Adam Gemili (GBR) 2016: Bruno Hortelano (ESP) 2018: Ramil Guliyev (TUR) 2022: Zharnel Hughes (GBR) 2024: Timothé Mumenthaler (SUI) v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay 1934: Germany (Schein, Gillmeister, Hornberger, Borchmeyer) 1938: Germany (Kersch, Hornberger, Neckermann, Scheuring) 1946: Sweden (Danielsson, Nilsson, Laessker, Håkansson) 1950: Soviet Union (Sukharev, Kalyayev, Sanadze, Karakulov) 1954: Hungary (Zarándi, Varasdi, Csányi, Goldoványi) 1958: West Germany (Mahlendorf, Hary, Fütterer, Germar) 1962: West Germany (Ulonska, Gamper, Bender, Germar) 1966: France (Berger, Delecour, Piquemal, Bambuck) 1969: France (Sarteur, Bourbeillon, Fenouil, St.-Gilles) 1971: Czechoslovakia (Kříž, Demeč, Kynos, Bohman) 1974: France (Sainte-Rose, Arame, Cherrier, Chauvelot) 1978: Poland (Nowosz, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin) 1982: Soviet Union (Sokolov, Aksinin, Prokofyev, Sidorov) 1986: Soviet Union (Yevgenyev, Yuschmanov, Muravyov, Bryzhin) 1990: France (Morinière, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose) 1994: France (Lomba, Perrot, Trouabal, Sangouma) 1998: Great Britain (Condon, Campbell, Walker, Golding) 2002: Ukraine (Vasyukov, Rurak, Dovhal, Kaydash) 2006: Great Britain (Chambers, Campbell, Devonish, Lewis-Francis) 2010: France (Vicaut, Lemaitre, Pessonneaux, Mbandjock) 2012: Netherlands (Mariano, Martina, Codrington, van Luijk) 2014: Great Britain (Gemili, Kilty, Aikines-Aryeetey, Ellington) 2016: Great Britain (Dasaolu, Gemili, Ellington, Ujah) 2018: Great Britain (Ujah, Hughes, Gemili, Aikines-Aryeetey) 2022: Great Britain (Azu, Hughes, Efoloko, Mitchell-Blake) 2024: Italy (Melluzo, Jacobs, Patta, Tortu, Rigali, Simonelli) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National France BnF data People World Athletics Other IdRef --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Roger Bambuck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bambuck) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bambuck?action=history)). 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