title: Iceland at the 1980 Summer Olympics
text: # Iceland at the 1980 Summer Olympics
  
  Iceland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.
  
  ## 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
  
  **Track & road events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Oddur Sigurðsson | 100 m | 10.94 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Oddur Sigurðsson | 400 m | 47.39 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Jón Didriksson | 800 m | 1:51.1 | 6 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Jón Didriksson | 1500 m | 3:44.4 | 7 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  **Field events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
  | Hreinn Halldórsson | shot put | 19.74 | 9 | 19.55 | 10 |
  | Óskar Jakobsson | shot put | 19.66 | 11 | 19.07 | 11 |
  | Óskar Jakobsson | discus throw | NM | | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Judo
  
  **Men**
  
  | 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 |
  | Halldór Guðbjörnsson | 71 kg | Diop (MLI) W | Alkśnin (POL) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Bjarni Friðriksson | 95 kg | Eyripidou (CYP) W | Dendeviin (MGL) W | Tornés (CUB) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Weightlifting
  
  **Men**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
  | Þorsteinn Leifsson | 82.5 kg | 125 | | NM | | DNF | DNF |
  | Guðmundur Helgason | 90 kg | 135 | | 160 | | 295 | 13 |
  | Birgir Borgþórsson | 100 kg | 147.5 | | 182.5 | | 330 | 12 |
  