Iceland at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Iceland participated in the Olympic Summer Games 1956 in Melbourne, Australia with a delegation of two athletes (all men ) at two competitions in one sport ( athletics) part. It was a medals ( silver ) to be won. The youngest athlete was the Athlete Hilmar Thorbjörnsson (22 years and 32 days), the oldest athlete was the Athlete Vilhjálmur Einarsson (22 years and 176 days). It was the seventh part of the country at the Olympic Summer Games. Standard-bearer was Vilhjálmur Einarsson.

  • 2.1 Athletics

Medalist

Silver

Participants by sport

Athletics

  • Vilhjálmur Einarsson Triple Jump
  • Hilmar Thorbjörnsson 100 Meter Dash
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