title: Iceland at the 1996 Summer Olympics
text: # Iceland at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  
  Iceland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
  
  ## Results by event
  
  ### Athletics
  
  **Key**
  
  * Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  * Q = Qualified for the next round
  * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  * NR = National record
  * N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
  
  **Field events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
  | Vésteinn Hafsteinsson | Discus throw | 56.30 | | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  **Track & road events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Guðrún Arnardóttir | 400 m hurdles | 54.88 | | 54.81 | | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  **Combined events – Decathlon**
  
  | Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Jón Arnar Magnússon | Result | 10.67 | 7.28 | 15.52 | 1.95 | 47.17 | 14.22 | 43.78 | 4.80 | 61.10 | 4:46.97 | 8274 | 12 |
  | Jón Arnar Magnússon | Points | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Badminton
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
  | Elsa Nielsen | Women's singles | Jaroensiri (THA) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Gymnastics
  
  Men's artistic individual all-around
  
  * Rúnar Alexandersson (68th place)
  
  ### Judo
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Vernharð Þorleifsson | Men's 95 kg | Kim (KOR) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | Sergeyev (RUS) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Swimming
  
  **Men**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Logi Kristjánsson | 100 m backstroke | 58.53 | 44 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  **Women**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Elín Sigurðardóttir | 50 m freestyle | 26.90 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Eydís Konráðsdóttir | 100 m butterfly | 1:03.41 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  