Peter Widén

Peter Widén (born 2 July 1967 in Växjö) is a retired Swedish pole vaulter.

He set a national record of 5.75 metres at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. The record currently belongs to Armand Duplantis with 6.18 metres.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing   Sweden
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	1st (q) ^[2]	5.00 m
1989	European Indoor Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	10th	5.40 m
	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	10th	5.40 m
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	–	NM
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	—	NM
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	6th	5.60 m
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	5th	5.75 m (NR)
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	5th	5.60 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	21st (q)	5.40 m
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	18th (q)	5.30 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	11th	5.60 m
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	1st (q)	5.50 m^[3]
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	13th (q)	5.40 m
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	–	NM
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	18th (q)	5.40 m
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	4th	5.70 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	21st (q)	5.45 m
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	20th (q)	5.40 m

References

• Peter Widén at World Athletics  

1. Swedish all-time lists, men 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
2. No mark in the final.
3. No mark in the final