1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Iceland)

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Iceland took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in the US metropolis of Atlanta with nine athletes, four women and five men, in fifteen competitions in five sports.

Since 1912 it was Iceland's 15th participation in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

Athlete Jón Arnar Magnússon carried the flag of Iceland during the opening ceremony on July 19 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium .

Attendees

The youngest participant in Iceland was the swimmer Eydís Konráðsdóttir at 18 years and 158 days, the oldest participant was the athlete Vésteinn Hafsteinsson at 35 years and 230 days.

Surname	Age	gender	sport	Result / s
Rúnar Alexandersson	19th	male	do gymnastics	68th place in the individual all-around qualification 79th place in the floor qualification 89th place in the horse jumping qualification 92nd place in the parallel bars qualification 95th place in the high bar qualification 88th place in the ring qualification 75th place in the pommel horse qualification
Guðrún Arnardóttir	24	Female	athletics	6th place in the second semifinals over 400 meter hurdles
Vernharð Þorleifsson	22nd	male	Judo	13th place in the light heavyweight division
Vésteinn Hafsteinsson	35	male	athletics	32nd place in the discus qualification
Eydís Konráðsdóttir	18th	Female	swim	29th place over 100 meter butterfly
Logi Jes Kristjánsson	24	male	swim	40th place over 100 meter back
Jón Arnar Magnússon	26th	male	athletics	12th place in the decathlon
Elsa Nielsen	22nd	Female	badminton	33rd place in the individual
Elín Sigurðardóttir	23	Female	swim	37th place in the 50-meter freestyle

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
• Official report on the 1996 Summer Olympics. Part three. ( PDF file; 26.90 MB )

Web links

• Iceland at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .