# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/werner-lueg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:59:36.251Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/werner-lueg"
name: "Werner Lueg"
slug: "werner-lueg"
description: "Werner Lueg 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."
tagline: "German middle distance runner (1931-2014)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1931-09-16"
deathDate: "2014-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Werner Lueg"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Lueg"
    title: "Werner Lueg"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DA%AF"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Lueg"
    title: "Werner Lueg"
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    title: "Werner Lueg"
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    title: "Werner Lueg"
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    title: "Werner Lueg"
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    title: "Werner Lueg"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump