Lars Patrik Bodén (born 30 June 1967) is a retired Swedish

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete who competed in the

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

. He holds the Swedish national record at 89.10 m, which he set on 24 March 1990. He briefly held the world record with this throw until

Steve Backley Stephen James Backley, OBE (born 12 February 1969) is an English retired track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He formerly held the world record, and his throw from 1992 is the British record. During his career, he was a ...

set a new record later the same year.

Seasonal bests by year

*1986 - 74.66 *1990 - 89.10 (Collegiate throw) *1991 - 79.64 *1993 - 88.26 *1994 - 83.54 *1995 - 80.12 *1997 - 86.52 *1998 - 85.15 *1999 - 84.52 *2000 - 85.16

International competitions

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1967 births Living people Swedish male javelin throwers Olympic male javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Japan Championships in Athletics winners Texas Longhorns men's track and field athletes United States collegiate record holders in athletics (track and field) NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners 20th-century Swedish sportsmen People from Torsby Municipality {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub