Edvin Wide
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 1920 Antwerp | 3000 metre team | |
| Silver | 1924 Paris | 10,000 metres | |
| Bronze | 1924 Paris | 5000 metres | |
| Bronze | 1928 Amsterdam | 5000 metres | |
| Bronze | 1928 Amsterdam | 10,000 metres | |
Emil Edvin Wide (February 22, 1896, Finland - June 19, 1996, Stockholm) was a Swedish long-distance runner.
He competed for Sweden in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the 3000 metre team where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Eric Backman and Sven Lundgren.
He returned to the Olympics four years later in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France where he had his greatest Olympic success in winning the silver medal in the 10,000 metres behind Ville Ritola of Finland. He also finished behind Ville in the 5,000 metres in winning his second Olympic bronze medal in a race won by Ville’s team mate Paavo Nurmi.
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. He then finished behind the same two yet again for the third time in Olympic competition to win the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres
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