Oliver Lampe (born April 9, 1974 in Hannover, Niedersachsen) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Germany, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
There he swam in the preliminary heats of the Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay, which eventually won the bronze medal in the final. A member of Sportverein Arpke he is the son of former Olympian Werner Lampe, and a nephew of Hans Lampe.
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