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He also finished third in the 5,000 m, behind Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi.
long-distance runner athletics competitor
He also finished third in the 5,000 m, behind Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi.
Born in Finland as Emil Edvin Hermansson, Wide moved to Sweden in 1918. He competed for Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics in the 3000 metre team event, winning a bronze medal, together with Eric Backman and Sven Lundgren. At the 1928 Summer Olympics the 5,000 metre medals went to the same people as in 1924, only the Finns swapped medals, leaving Edvin with his third Olympic bronze medal.
Wide lived most of hist life near Enköping, where he worked as a school teacher and then headmaster.
In 1926 he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Meda He retired from competitions in 1930.
Wide died at the age of 100.