Brigitte Kraus (born 12 August 1956 in Bensberg) is a retired West German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres.
She competed for the sports clubs LG Rhein-Berg and ASV Köln during her active career.
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 8th (h) | 800 m | 2:09.90 | ||
| Duisburg, Germany | 9th | 1500 m | 4:23.97 | |||
| 1975 | Katowice, Poland | 8th (h) | 800 m | 2:08.1 | ||
| 1976 | Munich, West Germany | 1st | 1500 m | 4:15.2 | ||
| Montreal, Canada | 7th (sf) | 1500 m | 4:04.21 | |||
| 1978 | Milan, Italy | 3rd | 1500 m | 4:07.6 | ||
| Prague, Czechoslovakia | 13th (h) | 1500 m | 4:11.9 | |||
| 1979 | Vienna, Austria | 4th | 1500 m | 4:09.7 | ||
| 1982 | Milan, Italy | 2nd | 1500 m | 4:04.22 | ||
| Athens, Greece | 7th | 3000 m | 8:51.60 | |||
| 1983 | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | 1500 m | 4:16.14 | ||
| Helsinki, Finland | 2nd | 3000 m | 8:35.11 | |||
| 1984 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | 3000 m | 9:12.07 | ||
| Los Angeles, United States | 13th (h) | 3000 m | 8:57.531 | |||
| 1985 | Piraeus, Greece | 3rd | 1500 m | 4:03.64 | ||
| – | 3000 m | DNF | ||||
| 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany | – | 3000 m | DNF | ||
| 1987 | Liévin, France | 3rd | 3000 m | 8:53.01 | ||
| Indianapolis, United States | – | 3000 m | DNF | |||
| 1988 | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | 1500 m | 4:07.06 | ||