title: Iceland at the 1968 Summer Olympics
text: # Iceland at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  
  Iceland competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.
  
  ## 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 |
  | Jón Ólafsson | high jump | 2.06 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Guðmundur Hermannsson | shot put | 17.35 | 16 | 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 | 6.76 | 12.59 | 1.70 | 53.2 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
  | Valbjörn Þorláksson | Points | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
  
  ### Swimming
  
  **Men**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Guðmundur Gíslason | 100 m freestyle | 58.6 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Guðmundur Gíslason | 100 m butterfly | 1:03.3 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Guðmundur Gíslason | 200 m individual medley | 2:24.1 | 5 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Guðmundur Gíslason | 400 m individual medley | 5:20.2 | 7 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Leiknir Jónsson | 100 m breaststroke | 1:16.3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Leiknir Jónsson | 200 m breaststroke | 2:48.8 | 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 | 1:06.3 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir | 200 m freestyle | 2:28.5 | 7 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir | 200 m individual medley | 2:44.3 | 5 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Ellen Ingvadóttir | 100 m breaststroke | 1:22.6 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Ellen Ingvadóttir | 200 m breaststroke | 2:58.2 | 22 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Ellen Ingvadóttir | 200 m individual medley | 2:43.1 | 4 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Weightlifting
  
  **Men**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Military press | Military press | Snatch | Snatch | Jerk | Jerk | Total | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
  | Óskar Sigurpálsson | Middle heavyweight | 145.0 | | DQ | DQ | DQ | DQ | DQ | DQ |
  