Career
Lüttge competed for the clubs BSG Büssing Braunschweig (from 1938 to 1941) and Eintracht Braunschweig (from 1941 on). In 1948, Lüttge set an unofficial world record in the 30 kilometres race walk in Braunschweig"s Eintracht-Stadion. The record was never recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations, as the German Athletics Association had not yet been readmitted as a member after World World War World War II Lüttge competed in the 50 km walk at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he finished 13th.
In 1988, he was inducted into the hall of fame of the Lower Saxon Institute of Sports History.