Name Werner Lueg Role Olympic athlete | Died July 13, 2014 Height 1.76 m | |
Olympic medals Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres People also search for Bob McMillen, Josy Barthel, Wes Santee | ||
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. Along with Otto Peltzer he is the only German 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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