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Iceland at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Iceland at the 1972 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland

Website
  
www.olympic.is (Icelandic)

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Iceland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Contents

Results by event

Men's 100 metres

  • Bjarni Stefánsson
  • First Heat — 10.99s (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 400 metres

  • Bjarni Stefánsson
  • First Heat — 46.76s
  • Second Heat — 46.92s (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 800 metres

  • Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson
  • Heat — 1:50.8 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Discus Throw:

  • Erlendur Valdimarsson
  • Qualifying Round — 55.38m (→ did not advance)

    • Women's High Jump

  • Lára Sveinsdóttir
  • Qualifying Round — 1.60m (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
  • Lost to East Germany (11-16)
  • Drew with Czechoslovakia (19-19)
  • Defeated Tunisia (27-16)
  • Classification Matches
  • 9th/12th place: Lost to Poland (17-20)
  • 11th/12th place: Lost to Japan (18-19) → 12th place

    • Swimming

    Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Finnur Garðarson
  • Heat — 55.53s (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Finnur Garðarson
  • Heat — 2:08.88 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Guðmundur Gíslason
  • Heat — 17:32.47 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Guðjón Guðmundsson
  • Heat — 1:11.11 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 200 m Individual Medley:

  • Friðrik Guðmundsson
  • Heat — 2:20.00 (→ did not advance)

    • Weightlifting

    Men's Middle Heavyweight:

  • Guðmundur Sigurðsson - 460.0 kg (13th place)

    • Men's Heavyweight:

  • Óskar Sigurpálsson - 477.5 kg (19th place)

    • References

    Iceland at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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