Werner Lueg
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1952 Helsinki | 1500 metres |
Werner Lueg (16 September 1931 – 13 July 2014) was a West German middle distance runner who equalised Lennart Strand's and Gunder Hägg's 1500 m world record in 3:43.0 min in Berlin in 1952. He and Otto Peltzer are the only Germans to have held the 1500 m world record. He also won a bronze medal over 1500 m at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. The Olympic final was won by Josy Barthel. Lueg was born in Brackwede, near Bielefeld.
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- 1931 births
- 2014 deaths
- German male middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for West Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Bielefeld
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- German athletics Olympic medalist stubs