Lothar Krieg

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Lothar Krieg (born 10 December 1955) was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

He competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Harald Schmid and Bernd Herrmann.

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