Wilhelm Lützow

William " Willy " Lützow ( born May 19, 1892 in Esslingen am Neckar, † 1916) was a German swimmer.

Wilhelm Lützow launched for the Magdeburg Swimming Club 1896. At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 Lützow occurred on the 200- meter breaststroke track and on the 400 - meter breaststroke route. Add to held from July 7 preliminary and intermediate rounds could qualify the same five swimmers for the finals on July 12: The Swede Thor Henning, Briton Percy Courtman and the three German Walter Bathe, William Lützow and Kurt Malisch. About 200 meters Bathe won gold before Lützow and Malisch; about 400 meters won Bathe before the world record holder Henning and Courtman, Lützow did not finish this race.

Wilhelm Lützow fell in the First World War.

He was a member of the fraternity Ghibellinia Stuttgart.