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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.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Sweden
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	1st (q)	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
	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 Archived 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
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