title: Iceland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
text: # Iceland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
  
  Iceland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
  
  ## 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 |
  | Ásmundur Bjarnason | 100 m | 11.40 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Ásmundur Bjarnason | 200 m | 22.51 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Hörður Haraldsson | 100 m | 11.31 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Hörður Haraldsson | 200 m | 22.56 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Pétur Sigurðsson | 100 m | 11.55 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Guðmundur Lárusson | 400 m | 49.81 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Guðmundur Lárusson | 800 m | 1:56.5 | 7 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Kristján Jóhannsson | 5000 m | 15:23.8 | 14 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Kristján Jóhannsson | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32:00.0 | 26 |
  | Ingi Þorsteinsson | 110 m hurdles | 15.6 | 4 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Ingi Þorsteinsson | 400 m hurdles | 56.5 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Ásmundur Bjarnason Hörður Haraldsson Pétur Sigurðsson Ingi Þorsteinsson | 4 × 100 m relay | DSQ | DSQ | — | — | 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 |
  | Torfi Bryngeirsson | pole vault | 4.00 | 16 | 3.95 | 14 |
  | Friðrik Guðmundsson | discus throw | 44.73 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Þorsteinn Löve | discus throw | 44.28 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
  