- Iceland at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Iceland
games=1956 Summer
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gold=0
silver=1
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rank=31Iceland competed at the1956 Summer Olympics inMelbourne ,Australia .Vilhjálmur Einarsson won the first ever Olympic medal for his country.Medalists
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Vilhjálmur Einarsson — athletics, men's triple jumpReferences
* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
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