1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Iceland)
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Iceland took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 25 athletes (24 men and one woman). These competed in four sports in 16 competitions. The handball player Geir Hallsteinsson was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.
Participants by sport
Weightlifting
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Guðmundur Sigurðsson
- Middle heavyweight: 13th place
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Óskar Sigurpálsson
- Heavyweight: 19th place
Handball
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Men's team
- 12th place
- Squad
athletics
Men
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Bjarni Stefánsson
- 100 m: advance
- 200 m: quarter-finals
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Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson
- 800 m: advance
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Erlendur Valdimarsson
- Discus throwing: 23rd place in qualification
Women
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Lára Sveinsdóttir
- Women, high jump: 37th place in qualification
swim
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Finnur Garðarsson
- 100 m freestyle: preliminary
- 200 m freestyle: preliminary
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Friðrik Guðmundsson
- 400 m freestyle: preliminary
- 1500 m freestyle: preliminary
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Guðjón Guðmundsson
- 100 m chest: forward
- 200 m chest: forward
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Gudmunður Gíslason
- 200 m layers: advance
- 400 m layers: advance
Web links
- ↑ Icelandic Olympic team from 1972 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- ↑ Results of the 1972 Summer Olympics (PDF; 29.4 MB)