Peter Nocke (born 25 October 1955 in Langenberg,

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) is a retired freestyle swimmer, who represented West Germany at the

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, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle. Nocke won a total number of nine European titles during the 1970s.

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