Werner Lueg
- September 16, 1931
- July 13, 2014
- 82 years
About Werner Lueg
Werner Lueg, 82, German Olympic bronze medallist middle-distance runner (1952) and 1500 metre joint world record holder (1952–1954).
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|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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