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Eero Edvin Berg (born February 17, 1898 in Kangasala , † July 14, 1969 in Karijoki ) was a Finnish athlete .

At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 he won the bronze medal over 10,000 meters behind his compatriot Ville Ritola and the Swede Edvin Wide . He was one of the runners who started for Finland in the cross-country running team competition (with Paavo Nurmi , Ville Ritola and Heikki Liimatainen ) and won the gold medal.

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  • Eero Berg in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
personal data
SURNAME Berg, Eero
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berg, Eero Edvin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish athlete
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Kangasala
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1969
Place of death Karijoki