Since 1912, they have participated in the summer Olympics. Four medals have been won by Icelandic athletes in these summer games.
Although Iceland has no gold medals in these summer games, they have two silvers to account for. Vilhjalmar Einarsson (pictured) is the only Icelandic athlete in the summer Games with an individual silver medal. He earned the silver in the men's triple jump at Melbourne 1956. Their only other silver was by their men's handball team, after their loss in the final to France at Beijing 2008.
Two bronze medals have been won by Icelandic athletes at the summer games-Bjorni Frioriksson and Vala Flosadottir. Frioriksson, a boxer, earned bronze in the men's half-heavyweight at Los Angeles 1984, while Flosadottir earned bronze in the women's pole vault at Sydney 2000.
As of now, 6 Icelandic athletes will compete in two events at London, in various swimming and athletics events.
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