Bernhard Rühling (born 14 February 1969) is a retired German lightweight rower and Olympic competitor.

Rühling was born in 1969 in Stuttgart.

[1] He has won medals at a number of World Rowing Championships in lightweight quad scull (LM4x) and double sculls (LM2x).

[1] He competed in the lightweight double sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia where the team came fourth.

[2] This biographical article relating to German rowing is a stub.