1976 Summer Olympics / Participant (Iceland)

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Iceland participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a delegation of 13 athletes (nine men and four women) in 22 competitions in four sports. None of the athletes managed to win a medal. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Óskar Jakobsson .

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

• Guðmundur Sigurðsson

  Middle heavyweight: 8th place

Judo

• Viðar Guðjohnsen

  Middleweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Gísli Þorsteinsson

  Light heavyweight: eliminated in the 2nd round

athletics

Men

• Bjarni Stefánsson

  100 m: heats

  400 m: heats

• Ágúst Ásgeirsson

  1500 m: heats

  3000 m obstacle: prelims

• Hreinn Halldórsson

  Shot put: eliminated in qualifying

• Óskar Jakobsson

  Javelin throw: eliminated in qualification

• Elías Sveinsson

  Decathlon: competition not finished

Women

• Lilja Guðmundsdóttir

  800 m: heats

  1500 m: heats

• Disa Gísladóttir

  High jump: eliminated in qualification

swim

Men

• Sigurdur Ólafsson

  100 m freestyle: prelims

  200 m freestyle: prelims

  400 m freestyle: prelims

  1500 m freestyle: prelims

Women

• Vilborg Sverrisdóttir

  100 m freestyle: prelims

  200 m freestyle: prelims

  400 m freestyle: prelims

• Þórunn Alfreðsdóttir

  100 m butterfly: heats

  200 m butterfly: heats

Web links

• Icelandic Olympic team from 1976 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )