Iceland at the Olympics

Iceland at the Olympics
IOC code	ISL
NOC	National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland
Website	www.isi.is (in Icelandic)
Medals Ranked 120th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 4
Summer appearances
1908 1912 1920–1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Athletes from Iceland first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908.

The National Olympic Committee was created in 1921 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1935. After 1936, Iceland has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since. Iceland has also participated in all but one edition of the Winter Olympic Games since 1948, missing only the 1972 Winter Games.

Icelandic athletes have won a total of four medals, two in athletics, one in judo and one in handball.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1912 Stockholm	2	0	0	0	0	–
1936 Berlin	12	0	0	0	0	–
1948 London	20	0	0	0	0	–
1952 Helsinki	9	0	0	0	0	–
1956 Melbourne	2	0	1	0	1	31
1960 Rome	9	0	0	0	0	–
1964 Tokyo	4	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Mexico City	7	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Munich	25	0	0	0	0	–
1976 Montreal	13	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Moscow	9	0	0	0	0	–
1984 Los Angeles	32	0	0	1	1	43
1988 Seoul	32	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Barcelona	27	0	0	0	0	–
1996 Atlanta	9	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	18	0	0	1	1	71
2004 Athens	26	0	0	0	0	–
2008 Beijing	29	0	1	0	1	70
2012 London	28	0	0	0	0	–
2016 Rio de Janeiro	8	0	0	0	0	–
2020 Tokyo	4	0	0	0	0	–
2024 Paris	future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total		0	2	2	4	118

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1948 St. Moritz	4	0	0	0	0	–
1952 Oslo	11	0	0	0	0	–
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	7	0	0	0	0	–
1960 Squaw Valley	4	0	0	0	0	–
1964 Innsbruck	5	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Grenoble	4	0	0	0	0	–
1976 Innsbruck	8	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Lake Placid	6	0	0	0	0	–
1984 Sarajevo	5	0	0	0	0	–
1988 Calgary	3	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Albertville	5	0	0	0	0	–
1994 Lillehammer	5	0	0	0	0	–
1998 Nagano	7	0	0	0	0	–
2002 Salt Lake City	6	0	0	0	0	–
2006 Turin	5	0	0	0	0	–
2010 Vancouver	4	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	5	0	0	0	0	–
2018 Pyeongchang	5	0	0	0	0	–
2022 Beijing	5	0	0	0	0	-
2026 Milano Cortina	future event
Total		0	0	0	0	-

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	0	1	1	2
Handball	0	1	0	1
Judo	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)	0	2	2	4

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	1956 Melbourne	Athletics	Men's triple jump
Bronze	Bjarni Friðriksson	1984 Los Angeles	Judo	Men's 95 kg
Bronze	Vala Flosadóttir	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's pole vault
Silver	National team Sturla Ásgeirsson, Arnór Atlason, Logi Eldon Geirsson, Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson, Hreiðar Guðmundsson, Róbert Gunnarsson, Björgvin Páll Gustavsson, Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson, Ingimundur Ingimundarson, Sverre Andreas Jakobsson, Alexander Petersson, Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, Sigfús Sigurðsson, Ólafur Stefánsson	2008 Beijing	Handball	Men's competition

Summary by Winter sport

Non-participations

Iceland has so far participated in 3 winter sports. They have yet to participate in Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Curling, Figure skating, Freestyle skiing, Ice hockey, Luge, Nordic combined, Short track speed skating, Skeleton, Snowboarding and Speed skating.

See also

• List of flag bearers for Iceland at the Olympics

External links

• "Iceland". International Olympic Committee. 4 August 2021.
• "Iceland". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/ISL". olympanalyt.com.