Ernst Wide (9 November 1888 – 8 April 1950) was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre team.
He competed for a Sweden in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the 3000 metre team where he won the silver medal with his team mates Thorild Ohlsson and Bror Fock.
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| Name | Wide, Ernst |
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| Short description | Swedish middle and long distance runner |
| Date of birth | 9 November 1888 |
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| Date of death | 8 April 1950 |
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“Fly-catchers of the moon,
Our hands are blenched, our fingers seem
But slender needles of bone;
Blenched by that malicious dream
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May rend what comes in reach.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)