1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Iceland)

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Iceland took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital Rome with nine athletes, eight men and one woman, in eleven competitions in two sports.

It was Iceland's sixth participation in the Summer Olympic Games since 1912 .

The youngest athlete was swimmer Ágústa Þorsteinsdóttir at 18 years and 132 days , the oldest athlete was the track and field athlete Pétur Rögnvaldsson (26 years and 135 days).

Flag bearer

The hurdler Pétur Rögnvaldsson carried the flag of Iceland during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Participants by sport

athletics

Men's

• Vilhjálmur Einarsson
  • Triple jump

  Qualifying round: Group C, 15.74 meters, second place, eighth overall, qualified for the final

  Try one: 15.49 meters

  Trial two: 15.74 meters

  Try three: skipped

  Final: 16.37 meters, fifth place

  Try one: 16.37 meters

  Try two: 16.06 meters

  Trial three: 15.90 meters

  Trial four: 16.24 meters

  Attempt five: invalid

  Trial six: 16.36 meters

• • Long jump

  Qualifying round: Group A, 6.76 meters, 15th place, 42nd place overall, not qualified for the final

  Try one: 6.76 meters

  Try two: 6.64 meters

  Try three: skipped

• Björgvin Hólm
  • Decathlon

  Final: 6,261 points, rank 14

  100 meter run: 650 points, 11.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.89 seconds (automatically stopped), 27th place

  Long jump: 764 points, 6.93 meters, ninth place

  Shot put: 728 points, 13.58 meters, twelfth place

  High jump: 711 points, 1.75 meters, 16th place

  400 meter run: 716 points, 51.8 seconds, 18th place

  110 meter hurdles: 557 points, 16.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 16.37 seconds (automatically stopped), 18th place

  Discus throw: 612 points, 39.50 meters, twelfth place

  Pole vault: 438 points, 3.30 meters, 18th place

  Javelin: 676 points, 57.45 meters, twelfth place

  1,500 meter run: 409 points, 4: 40.6 minutes, ninth place

• Svavar Markússon
  • 800 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run six (fifth place), 1: 52.7 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 52.88 minutes (automatically stopped)

  • 1,500 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run two (seventh place), 3: 47.1 minutes (hand-stopped), 3: 47.20 minutes (automatically stopped)

• Jón Pétursson
  • high jump

  Qualifying round: 1.95 meters, 22nd place, not qualified for the final

  1.90 meters: valid, one failed attempt

  1.95 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  2.00 meters: invalid, three failed attempts

• Pétur Rögnvaldsson
  • 110 meter hurdles

  Round one: eliminated in run four (sixth place), 15.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 15.38 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Hilmar Þorbjörnsson
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in race nine (fourth place), 10.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.05 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Valbjörn Þorláksson
  • Pole vault

  Qualifying round: 4.20 meters, 14th place, not qualified for the final

  3.80 meters: omitted

  4.00 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  4.20 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  4.30 meters: invalid, three failed attempts

swim

Ladies

• Ágústa Þorsteinsdóttir
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in round two (sixth place), 1: 07.5 minutes

Men's

• Gudmunður Gíslason
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in run five (sixth place), 1: 00.8 minutes

Web links

• Icelandic Olympic Team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )