Erik Byléhn

{{short description|Swedish middle-distance runner}}

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| name = Erik Byléhn

| image = Erik Byléhn 1928.jpg

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| caption = Byléhn at the 1928 Olympics

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| birth_date = 15 January 1898

| birth_place = Bollnäs, Sweden

| death_date = 14 November 1986 (aged 88)

| death_place = Uppsala, Sweden

| height = 1.72 m

| weight = 61 kg

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| sport = Athletics

| event = 400 m, 800 m

| pb = 400 m – 48.7 (1924)
800 m – 1:52.8e (1928)[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=950&Gender=M Erik Byléhn]. trackfield.brinkster.net

| club = SoIK Hellas

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{{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 1924 Paris | 4×400 metre relay }}

{{MedalSilver | 1928 Amsterdam | 800 metres }}

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Bror Erik Byléhn (15 January 1898 – 14 November 1986) was a middle-distance runner from Sweden who competed at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76090 |title=Erik Byléhn |work=Olympedia |access-date=16 September 2021}} In 1924 he won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay and failed to reach the finals of individual 400 m and 800 m races. Four years later he won a silver medal in the 800 m, whereas his 4 × 400 m team finished in fourth place.{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/by/erik-bylehn-1.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416182045/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/by/erik-bylehn-1.html|archivedate=16 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}

Byléhn worked as a veterinary doctor in Karlstad, and later moved to the United States.[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/e/erik-bylehn.html Erik Byléhn]. Swedish Olympic Committee