Viljo ("Ville") Akseli Heino (1 March 1914 in

Iitti Iitti (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density ...

– 15 September 1998 in

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) was a Finnish athlete who held the world record for the

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship-level events. The ...

event from 25 August 1944 to 11 June 1949 and again from 1 September 1949 to 22 October 1949. He was the male Finnish Sportspersonality of the year for 1949. Born in

, he represented Finland in the 10,000 metres and marathon in the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

in London. He also won the Saint Silvester Road Race in São Paulo in 1949.

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* 1914 births 1998 deaths People from Iitti Sportspeople from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) World record setters in athletics (track and field) Finnish male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes from Kymenlaakso 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub