1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Iceland)
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Iceland participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of 20 athletes (17 men and three women) in 18 competitions in three sports part. None of the athletes managed to win a medal. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson .
Participants by sport
Art competitions
-
Ásgeir Bjarnþórsson
- painting
athletics
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Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson
- 100 m: heats
- 4 × 100 m relay: heats
- Long jump: eliminated in qualification
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Haukur Clausen
- 100 m: heats
- 200 m: heats
- 4 × 100 m relay: heats
-
Reynir Sigurðsson
- 400 m: heats
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Óskar Jónsson
- 800 m: heats
- 1500 m: heats
-
Ásmundur Bjarnason
- 4 × 100 m relay: heats
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Trausti Eyjólfsson
- 4 × 100 m relay: heats
-
Torfi Bryngeirsson
- Pole vault: eliminated in qualification
-
Sigfús Sigurðsson
- Shot put: 13th place
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Vilhjálmur Vilmundarson
- Shot put: eliminated in qualifying
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Jóel Sigurðsson
- Javelin throw: eliminated in qualification
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Örn Clausen
- 100 m: heats
- Decathlon: 12th place
swim
- Men
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Ari Friðbjörn Guðmundsson
- 100 m freestyle: prelims
- 400 m freestyle: prelims
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Guðmundur Ingólfsson
- 100 m back: prelims
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Sigurður T. Jónsson
- 200 m chest: semi-finals
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Sigurdur Jónsson
- 200 m chest: heats
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Atli Steinarsson
- 200 m chest: heats
- Women
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Kolbrún Ólafsdóttir
- 100 m back: prelims
-
Anna Ólafsdóttir
- 200 m chest: heats
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Þórdís Árnadóttir
- 200 m chest: heats
Web links
- Icelandic Olympic team from 1948 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )