Iceland at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Iceland participated in the Summer Olympics in 1960 in Rome, Italy, with a delegation of nine athletes ( eight men and one woman) in eleven competitions in two sports part. There were no medals are won. The youngest athlete was the swimmer Ágústa Þorsteinsdóttir (18 years and 132 days), the oldest athlete was the Athlete Pétur Rögnvaldsson (26 years and 135 days). It was the seventh participation in the Olympic Summer Games for the country. Standard-bearer was Pétur Rögnvaldsson.

Participants by sport

Athletics

Gentlemen

  • Vilhjálmur Einarsson Triple Jump
  • Long-jump
  • Björgvin Hólm decathlon
  • Svavar Markusson 800 Meter Dash
  • Jón Pétursson high Jump
  • Pétur Rögnvaldsson 110 Meter Hurdles
  • Hilmar Thorbjörnsson 100 Meter Dash
  • Valbjörn Þorláksson pole vault

Swimming

Ladies

  • Ágústa Þorsteinsdóttir 100 meter freestyle

Gentlemen

  • Gudmundur Gíslason 100 meter freestyle
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