1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Iceland)
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Iceland took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a delegation of two athletes in two competitions in one sport.
It was Iceland's seventh participation in the Summer Olympics since 1912 .
The youngest athlete was the athlete Hilmar Þorbjörnsson at 22 years and 32 days , the oldest athlete was the athlete Vilhjálmur Einarsson (22 years and 176 days).
Flag bearer
The triple jumper Vilhjálmur Einarsson carried the flag of Iceland during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .
Medals
With a silver medal won the Icelandic team was ranked 31 in the medal count .
silver
Surname | sport | competition |
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Vilhjálmur Einarsson | athletics | Triple jump |
Participants by sport
athletics
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Vilhjálmur Einarsson
- Triple jump
- Qualifying round: 15.16 meters, ninth place, qualified for the final
- 1st attempt: 15.16 meters
- 2nd attempt: skipped
- 3rd attempt: skipped
- Final: 16.26 meters, second place
- 1st attempt: invalid
- 2nd attempt: 16.26 meters
- 3rd attempt: 15.81 meters
- 4th attempt: invalid
- 5th attempt: 16.61 meters
- 6th attempt: skipped
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Hilmar Þorbjörnsson
- 100 meter run
- 1st lap: eliminated in run one (third place), 10.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.12 seconds (automatically stopped)
Web links
- Icelandic Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).