title: Iceland at the 1964 Summer Olympics
text: # Iceland at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  
  Iceland competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Games were hosted from October 11, 1964, to October 24, 1964.
  
  ## 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 |
  | Jón Ólafsson | High jump | 2.00 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Valbjörn Þorláksson | pole vault | DNS | DNS | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Valbjörn Þorláksson | Result | 11.1 | 6.43 | 13.10 | 1.81 | 50.1 | 15.6 | 39.70 | 4.40 | 56.19 | 5:00.6 | 7135 | 12 |
  | Valbjörn Þorláksson | Points | 780 | 699 | 671 | 689 | 801 | 787 | 680 | 909 | 714 | 405 | 7135 | 12 |
  
  ## Swimming
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Guðmundur Gíslason | 400 m individual medley | 5:15.5 | | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir | 100 m freestyle | 1:06.4 | | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  