List of Icelandic records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Iceland maintained by its national athletics federation: Frjálsíþróttasamband Íslands (FRÍ).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by FRI   Not ratified or later rescinded by FRI

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.	Video
60 m	6.90 (+1.2 m/s)	Þorsteinn Ingvarsson	22 July 2009	Hálfleiksmót	Akureyri, Iceland
100 m	10.51 (+1.5 m/s)	Ari Bragi Kárason	2 July 2017		Hafnarfjörður, Iceland	[1]
	10.51 (−0.7 m/s)	Kolbeinn Höður Gunnarsson	3 June 2023		Bergen, Norway
	10.51 (−0.5 m/s)	Kolbeinn Höður Gunnarsson	20 June 2023	European Team Championships	Chorzów, Poland	[2]
	10.3 h	Hilmar Þorbjörnsson	18 August 1957		Reykjavík, Iceland
	10.3 h	Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson	10 July 1977	National Championships	Selfoss, Iceland
	10.3 h	Jón Arnar Magnússon	1 July 1996		Óþekkt, Iceland
200 m	20.91 (+0.8 m/s)	Kolbeinn Höður Gunnarsson	28 May 2023	Nordic Championships	Copenhagen, Denmark
300 m	33.86	Jón Arnar Magnússon	14 May 1994		Mosfellsbær, Iceland
400 m	45.36	Oddur Sigurðsson	12 May 1984		Austin, United States
800 m	1:48.83	Erlingur Jóhannsson	4 July 1987	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
1000 m	2:21.1 h	Jón Diðriksson	15 June 1980		Minden, West Germany
1500 m	3:39.90	Baldvin Magnússon [de]	24 July 2024	BMC Record Breaker	London, United Kingdom	[3]
Mile	3:57.63	Jón Diðriksson	25 August 1982		Koblenz, West Germany
2000 m	5:11.3 h	Jón Diðriksson	7 July 1981		Arnberg, West Germany
3000 m	7:49.68	Baldvin Magnússon	1 July 2023	British Milers Club Grand Prix	Watford, United Kingdom
Two miles	9:05.0 h	Ágúst Ásgeirsson	29 May 1976		Gateshead, United Kingdom
5000 m	13:20.34	Baldvin Magnússon	30 April 2024	Meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo	Huelva, Spain	[4]
5 km (road)	13:42+	Baldvin Magnússon	16 March 2024	Podium Festival	Leicester, United Kingdom	[5]
10,000 m	28:36.80	Hlynur Andrésson	5 June 2021	European 10,000m Cup	Birmingham, Great Britain	[6]
10 km (road)	28:51	Baldvin Magnússon	22 October 2023	Age UK Leeds Abbey Dash 10K	Leeds, United Kingdom	[7]
15 km (road)	44:29+	Hlynur Andrésson	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	[8]
One hour	18143 m+	Sigurður Pétur Sigmundsson	28 September 1982		Reykjavík, Iceland
20,000 m (track)	1:06:09.6	Sigurður Pétur Sigmundsson	28 September 1982		Reykjavík, Iceland
20 km (road)	59:40+	Hlynur Andrésson	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	[9]
Half marathon	1:02:47	Hlynur Andrésson	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	[10]
25 km (road)	1:20:31+	Kári Steinn Karlsson	25 September 2011	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[11]
30 km (road)	1:36:43+	Kári Steinn Karlsson	25 September 2011	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[12]
Marathon	2:13:37	Hlynur Andrésson	21 March 2021		Dresden, Germany
110 m hurdles	13.91 (+1.9 m/s)	Jón Arnar Magnússon	6 June 1997		Reykjavík, Iceland
200 m hurdles	23.8 h	Þorvaldur Víðir Þórsson	30 August 1983		Reykjavík, Iceland
300 m hurdles	37.68	Björgvin Vikingsson	21 May 2009		Langenthal, Germany
400 m hurdles	51.17	Björgvin Vikingsson	24 May 2008		Rehlingen, Germany
2000 m steeplechase	5:47.10	Sveinn Margeirsson	14 September 2002	La Laguna Isla de Tenerife International Meeting	Tenerife, Spain
3000 m steeplechase	8:44.11	Hlynur Andrésson	25 May 2018	NCAA East Preliminary Round	Tampa, United States	[13]
High jump	2.25 m	Einar Karl Hjartarson	2 June 2001	Games of the Small States of Europe	San Marino
Pole vault	5.31 m	Sigurður Sigurðsson	31 May 1984		Lage, West Germany
Long jump	8.21 m (+1.7 m/s)	Daniel Ingi Egilsson	19 May 2024	Nordic Championships	Malmö, Sweden	[14]
Triple jump	16.70 m	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	7 August 1960	National Championships	Reykjavík, Iceland
Shot put	21.26 m	Pétur Guðmundsson	10 November 1990		Mosfellsbær, Iceland
Discus throw	69.35 m	Guðni Valur Guðnason	16 September 2020	Haustkastmót ÍR (Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur) no. 1.	Reykjavík, Iceland	[15]
Hammer throw	77.10 m	Hilmar Örn Jónsson	27 August 2020		Hafnarfjörður, Iceland	[16]
Javelin throw	86.80 m	Einar Vilhjálmsson	30 August 1992	Kastmót Flugleiða	Reykjavík, Iceland
Weight throw	21.49 m	Bergur Ingi Pétursson	7 August 2010	FH Íslandsmet	Hafnarfjörður, Iceland	[17]
Decathlon	8573 pts	Jón Arnar Magnússon	30–31 May 1998	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	[18]
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.74 (+0.5 m/s) 7.60 m (−0.2 m/s) 16.03 m 2.03 m 47.66 14.24 (−0.7 m/s) 47.82 m 5.10 m 59.77 m 4:46.43
	8583 pts w [a]	Jón Arnar Magnússon	4–5 July 1998	European Cup Combined Events 2nd League	Reykjavík, Iceland
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.68 (+2.0 m/s) 7.63 m (+2.0 m/s) 15.57 m 2.07 m 47.78 14.33 (+5.2 m/s) 44.53 m 5.00 m 64.16 m 4:41.60
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	40.27	Iceland Gylfi Ingvar Gylfason Kristófer Thorgrímsson Dagur Andri Einarsson Kolbeinn Höður Gunnarsson	21 June 2023	European Team Championships	Chorzów, Poland	[19]
4 × 200 m relay	1:28.43	Sveit UMSK Hörður Gunnarsson Kristján Friðjónsson Egill Eiðsson Ingi Þór Hauksson	1 July 1994	Miðnæturmót ÍR	Reykjavík, Iceland
4 × 400 m relay	3:10.36	Iceland Egill Eiðsson Guðmundur Skúlason Þorvaldur Þórsson Oddur Sigurðsson	31 July 1983		Edinburgh, United Kingdom
4 × 800 m relay	7:45.38	Sveit UMSS Björn Margeirsson Stefán Már Ágústsson Ragnar Frosti Frostason Sigurbjörn Árni Arngrímsson	7 September 2002		Kópavogur, Iceland
4 × 1500 m relay	16:24.4 h	Sveit FH Jóhann Ingibergsson Frímann Hreinsson Steinn Jóhannsson Finnbogi Gylfason	6 June 1993	Icelandic Combined Events Championships	Reykjavík, Iceland

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.68 (−1.6 m/s)	Hafdís Sigurðardóttir	20 July 2013		Laugar, Iceland
100 m	11.56 (+0.6 m/s)	Guðbjörg Jóna Bjarnadóttir	29 June 2019		Mannheim, Germany
200 m	23.45 (+1.9 m/s)	Guðbjörg Jóna Bjarnadóttir	16 June 2019		Selfoss, Iceland
300 m	37.98	Guðbjörg Jóna Bjarnadóttir	3 July 2016	Íslandsmet	Gothenburg, Sweden	[20]
400 m	52.83	Guðrún Arnardóttir	17 August 1997		London, United Kingdom
600 m	1:32.71	Þórdís Eva Steinsdóttir	7 June 2014	FH Club Meeting	Hafnarfjörður, Iceland	[21]
800 m	2:00.05	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	15 June 2017	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	[22]
1000 m	2:36.63	Anita Hinriksdottir	24 May 2015	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games	Hengelo, Netherlands	[23]
1500 m	4:06.43	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	11 June 2017	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games	Hengelo, Netherlands	[24]
Mile	4:29.20	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	3 June 2018	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games	Hengelo, Netherlands	[25]
2000 m	6:17.5	Fríða Rún Þórðardóttir	16 July 1992		Greve, Denmark
3000 m	8:58.00	Ragnheiður Olafsdóttir	4 June 1987		Baton Rouge, United States
5000 m	15:53.5 h Mx[b]	Martha Ernstsdóttir	4 August 1991		Essen, Germany
	15:55.91[c]	Martha Ernstsdóttir	30 July 1994		Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
5 km (road)	16:27	Andrea Kolbeinsdóttir	20 April 2023	Víðavangshlaup ÍR	Reykjavík, Iceland	[26]
10,000 m	32:47.40	Martha Ernstsdóttir	12 June 1994		Dublin, Ireland
10 km (road)	33:32	Martha Ernstsdóttir	5 September 1998		Selfoss, Iceland
Half marathon	1:11:40	Martha Ernstsdóttir	18 August 1996		Reykjavík, Iceland
Marathon	2:35:15	Martha Ernstsdóttir	26 September 1999	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany
100 m hurdles	13.18 NWI	Guðrún Arnardóttir	19 May 1996		Lexington, United States
200 m hurdles	28.1	Helga Halldórsdóttir	22 July 1981		Reykjavík, Iceland
300 m hurdles	43.78	Stefanía Valdimarsdóttir	17 July 2010	Icelandic Championships	Hafnarfjörður, Iceland	[27]
400 m hurdles	54.37	Guðrún Arnardóttir	5 August 2000		London, United Kingdom
2000 m steeplechase	6:34.80	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	19 August 2012	Nordic Junior Championships	Växjö, Sweden	[28]
3000 m steeplechase	10:08.85	Andrea Kolbeinsdóttir	22 June 2023	European Team Championships	Chorzów, Poland	[29]
High jump	1.88 m	Þórdis Gísladóttir	19 August 1990		Grimsby, United Kingdom
Pole vault	4.60 m	Þórey Edda Elísdóttir	17 July 2004		Madrid, Spain
Long jump	6.62 m (+1.6 m/s)	Hafdís Sigurðardóttir	9 July 2016		Hilversum, Netherlands	[30]
Triple jump	13.61 m (+1.2 m/s)	Irma Gunnarsdóttir	30 June 2024	Icelandic Championships	Akureyri, Iceland	[31]
Shot put	17.91 m	Erna Sóley Gunnarsdóttir	30 June 2024	Icelandic Championships	Akureyri, Iceland	[32]
Discus throw	54.69 m	Thelma Kristjánsdóttir	19 July 2018		Borgarnes, Iceland
Hammer throw	70.47 m	Elísabet Rut Rúnarsdóttir	6 June 2024	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, United States	[33]
Javelin throw	63.43 m	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	12 July 2017	Joensuu Games	Joensuu, Finland	[34]
Weight throw	16.65 m	Sandra Pétursdóttir	25 March 2012		Hvidovre, Denmark
Heptathlon	5878 pts	Helga Þorsteinsdóttir	23–24 June 2009	TNT – Fortuna Meeting	Kladno, Czech Republic
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 14.19 1.73 m 14.09 m 24.77 5.78 m 40.17 m 2:16.40
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	45.31	Iceland Tiana Ósk Whitworth Hrafnhild Eir Hermódsdóttir Guðbjörg Bjarnadóttir Arna Guðmundsdóttir	3 June 2017	Games of the Small States of Europe	Serravalle, San Marino	[35]
4 × 200 m relay	1:43.72	Sveit Ármanns Sólveig Björnsdóttir Svanhildur Kristjónsdóttir Geirlaug Geirlaugsdóttir Guðrún Arnardóttir	29 June 1993		Mosfellsbær, Iceland
4 × 400 m relay	3:38.96	Iceland Geirlaug Geirlaugsdóttir Helga Halldórsdóttir Sunna Gestsdóttir Guðrún Arnardóttir	29 June 1996		Fana, Norway
4 × 800 m relay	10:03.06	Meyjasveit Fjölnis Heiðdís Rut Hreinsdóttir Stefanía Hákonardóttir Íris Anna Skúladóttir Júlíanna Gunnarsdóttir	19 September 2005		Reykjavík, Iceland

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:29.99	Iceland K. H. Gunnarsson Eir Hlesdottir Samundur Ólafsson I. Sigurðardóttir	22 June 2023	European Team Championships	Chorzów, Poland	[36]
	3:29.22	Iceland Ívar Kristinn Jasonarson Sæmundur Ólafsson Ísold Sævarsdóttir Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir	27 May 2025	Games of the Small States of Europe	Andorra la Vella, Andorra	[37]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	5.93	Jóhannes Már Marteinsson	24 January 1999		Reykjavík, Iceland
	5.6 h	Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson	31 December 1973		Óþekkt, Iceland
		Einar Þór Einarsson	16 February 1991		Reykjavík, Iceland
			13 February 1993
60 m	6.68	Kolbeinn Höður Gunnarsson	12 January 2023	Nike motarödin	Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
	6.5 h	Bjarni Traustason	15 March 1997		Reykjavík, Iceland
100 m	10.8 h	Bjarni Stefánsson	26 August 1973		Odda, Norway
200 m	21.21	Kolbeinn Höður Gunnarsson	29 February 2020	American Conference Championships	Birmingham, United States	[38]
400 m	47.59	Kolbeinn Höður Gunnarsson	1 February 2015	Stórmót ÍR	Reykjavík, Iceland	[39]
600 m	1:20.26	Sæmundur Ólafsson	6 March 2019		Reykjavík, Iceland
800 m	1:51.07	Björn Margeirsson	28 January 2006		Reykjavík, Iceland
1000 m	2:24.52	Björn Margeirsson	2 February 2006		Stockholm, Sweden
1500 m	3:45.6 h	Jón Diðriksson	1 March 1980		Sindelfingen, West Germany
Mile	4:04.11	Trausti þór þorsteins	14 February 2020	Fasttrack National Invite	Staten Island, United States	[40]
2000 m	5:25.23	Björn Margeirsson	19 December 2005		Reykjavík, Iceland
3000 m	7:59.11	Hlynur Andrésson	20 February 2019		Bergen, Norway	[41]
5000 m	14:14.45	Hlynur Andrésson	9 December 2016	Hoosier Open	Bloomington, United States	[42]
	14:11.10	Hlynur Andrésson	8 December 2017	Hoosier Open	Bloomington, United States	[43]
	14:03.06 OT	Kári Steinn Karlsson	27 February 2010		Seattle, United States
50 m hurdles	6.76	Jón Arnar Magnússon	5 March 2000		Reykjavík, Iceland
55 m hurdles	7.63	Þorvaldur Víðir Þórsson	11 February 1984		San Francisco, United States
60 m hurdles	7.98	Jón Arnar Magnússon	13 February 2000		Reykjavík, Iceland
2000 m steeplechase	5:38.8 h	Ágúst Ásgeirsson	24 January 1976		Cosford, United Kingdom
High jump	2.28 m[d]	Einar Karl Hjartarson	18 February 2001		Reykjavík, Iceland
Pole vault	5.30 m	Sigurður Sigurðsson	18 March 1984		St. Augustin, ?
Long jump	7.82 m	Jón Arnar Magnússon	5 March 2000		Reykjavík, Iceland
Triple jump	15.27 m	Kristinn Torfason	23 January 2011		Reykjavík, Iceland	[44]
Shot put	20.66 m	Pétur Guðmundsson	3 November 1990		Reykjavík, Iceland
Weight throw	21.37 m	Hilmar Örn Jónsson	3 February 2018	Michigan Power 5 Invitational	Ann Arbor, United States	[45]
Heptathlon	6293 pts	Jón Arnar Magnússon	6–7 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 6.99 7.69 m 16.08 m 2.02 m 8.09 5.00 m 2:39.55
5000 m walk
4 × 200 m relay	1:27.13	Iceland Ari Bragi Kárason Hinrik Snær Steins Kormákur Ari Hafliðason Ívar Kristinn Jasonarson	3 February 2019		Reykjavík, Iceland
4 × 400 m relay	3:19.11	ÍR Helgi Björnsson Snorri Sigurðsson Einar Daði Lárusson Ívar Kristinn Jasonarson	18 February 2012	Icelandic Club Championships	Reykjavík, Iceland

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	6.50	Guðrún Arnardóttir	24 January 1999		Reykjavík, Iceland
	6.2 h	Geirlaug Geirlaugsdóttir	27 January 1995		Reykjavík, Iceland
			20 January 1996
60 m	7.35	Guðbjörg Jóna Bjarnadóttir	25 January 2023	Aarhus SPRINT'n'JUMP	Aarhus, Iceland
200 m	23.69	Eir Chang Hlésdóttir	23 February 2025	Meistaramóts Íslands	Reykjavík, Iceland
300 m	38.29	Silja Úlfarsdóttir	6 December 2003		Clemson, United States
400 m	53.14	Guðrún Arnardóttir	26 February 2000	European Championships	Ghent, Belgium
	53.11	Guðrún Arnardóttir	26 February 1995		Baton Rouge, United States
600 m	1:27.65	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	19 December 2014	Íslandsmet	Reykjavík, Iceland	[46]
800 m	2:01.18	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	4 February 2017	Reykjavík International Games	Reykjavík, Iceland	[47]
1000 m	2:43.22	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	15 December 2012		Reykjavík, Iceland
1500 m	4:09.54	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	6 February 2018	PSD Bank Meeting	Düsseldorf, Germany	[48]
Mile	4:41.83	Ragnheiður Ólafsdóttir	14 February 1988		Fairfax, United States
3000 m	9:07.02	Ragnheiður Ólafsdóttir	12 March 1988		Oklahoma City, United States
Two miles	10:03.55	Ragnheiður Ólafsdóttir	13 February 1987		Lincoln, United States
5000 m	17:25.35[e]	Fríða Rún Þórðardóttir	4 February 1994		Bloomington, United States
	16:46.18 OT[f]	Andrea Kolbeinsdóttir	25 March 2023	Góumót Gaflarans	Hafnarfjörður, Iceland	[49]
50 m hurdles	6.89	Guðrún Arnardóttir	5 March 2000		Reykjavík, Iceland
55 m hurdles	7.63	Guðrún Arnardóttir	8 March 1996		Indianapolis, United States
60 m hurdles	8.31	Guðrún Arnardóttir	25 February 1996		Lexington, United States
			26 February 2000	European Championships	Ghent, Belgium
High jump	1.90 m[50][51]	Þordís Gísladóttir	12 March 1983		Pontiac, United States
Pole vault	4.51 m	Þórey Edda Elísdóttir	10 March 2001	NCAA Division I Championships	Fayetteville, United States	[52]
Long jump	6.54 m	Hafdís Sigurðardóttir	23 January 2016	Reykjavík International Games	Reykjavík, Iceland	[53]
Triple jump	13.36 m	Irma Gunnarsdóttir	9 February 2023	2 Nike Mótarödin	Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Shot put	17.92 m	Erna Soley Gunnarsdottir	19 February 2023	Conference USA Championships	Birmingham, United States
Weight throw	20.03 m	Guðrún Karítas Hallgrímsdóttir	25 February 2023	Atlantic 10 Championships	Kingston, United States
	21.83 m	Guðrún Karítas Hallgrímsdóttir	19 January 2024	4th Annual Brant Tolsma Invitational	Lynchburg, United States	[54]
Pentathlon	4298 pts	Helga Margrét Þorsteinsdóttir	4 February 2012	International Combined Events Meeting	Tallinn, Estonia	[55][56]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 9.03 1.74 m 14.74 m 5.59 m 2:12.97
3000 m walk
4 × 200 m relay	1:37.72	Iceland Melkorka Rán Hafliðad Guðbjörg Jóna Bjarnad Glódís Edda Þuríðard Þórdís Eva Steinsd	3 February 2019		Reykjavík, Iceland
4 × 400 m relay	3:49.12	ÍR Arna Stefanía Guðmundsdóttir Björg Gunnarsdóttir Dóróthea Jóhannesdóttir Aníta Hinriksdóttir	10 February 2013	Icelandic Championships	Reykjavík, Iceland

Notes

1. wind-assisted under the rules of the day
2. ratified by FRI but not recognized by World Athletics
3. recognized by World Athletics
4. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
5. recognized by World Athletics
6. ratified by FRI but not recognized by World Athletics