Bernd Kannenberg

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Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for West Germany
Olympic Games
Gold	1972 Munich	50 kilometre walk

Bernd Kannenberg (born 20 August 1942 in Königsberg, East Prussia) was a West German athlete who mainly competed in the 50 kilometre walk.^{[citation needed]}

He competed for West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where he won the gold medal in the men's 50 kilometre walk event.^{[citation needed]}

v • d • e Olympic champions in men's 50 km walk

1932: Thomas Green • 1936: Harold Whitlock • 1948: John Ljunggren • 1952: Giuseppe Dordoni • 1956: Norman Read • 1960: Don Thompson • 1964: Abdon Pamich • 1968: Christoph Höhne • 1972: Bernd Kannenberg • 1976: not disputed • 1980: Hartwig Gauder • 1984: Raúl González • 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko • 1992: Andrey Perlov • 1996+2000+2004: Robert Korzeniowski