Career
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Areskoug competed in both the 400 m and the 400 m hurdles. In the 400 m he went out in the heats, but in the hurdles he qualified for the final, running his personal best time of 53.2 in the semi-finals. In the final he only managed 54.6, finishing sixth and last.
Four years later in Berlin he only competed in the 400 m hurdles, failing to qualify from the heats.
Areskoug placed third in the 400 m hurdles at the 1938 European Championships in Paris, running 53.6 and losing only to Prudent Joye and József Kovács. Areskoug held the Swedish 400 m hurdles title in 1931, 1933, 1935-1938.
He placed second in the 400 m hurdles in 1929-1930 and in the 110 m hurdles in 1930-1931 and 1935-1936.
