Bernhard "Bernd" Kannenberg (20 August 1942 – 13 January 2021) was a West German race walker who won the 50 km event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

In 1972 Kannenberg became the first German athlete to walk 50 km within four hours; the same year he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt.

During his career he set five world records, and won six outdoor and four indoor West German titles.

[1] Kannenberg was a professional soldier and trained at the sports school of the German Bundeswehr at Warendorf.

With his Grandma and cousine he was aboard the evacuation ship "Wilhelm Gustloff", when it was torpedoed by a russian submarine.