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The following lists events that happened in 1987 in Iceland .
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Iceland competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Icelandic athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era since 1912, except for four occasions.
Iceland competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.
Eleven Men Out is comedy drama directed by Róbert Ingi Douglas. The film participated in the Toronto International Film Festival (2005), the Berlin International Film Festival (2006), and the Hawaii International Film Festival.
Guðmundur Þórður Guðmundsson is an Icelandic handball coach and former player. In 2016, he guided Denmark men's team to gold in the 2016 Olympics. In 2008, he won silver with the Icelandic men's national team at the 2008 Olympic games in China.
Sports in Iceland are very popular. Popular sports include football, handball, athletics, basketball, chess, golf, volleyball, tennis, skiing, snowboarding, ice hockey, swimming, rock climbing, mountain climbing, horseback riding, archery, strongman, powerlifting and crossfit. In some of those sports, namely football, handball, basketball and strongman, Iceland is extremely successful, considering its population. It manages to compete at comparable level with countries that have 10-200 times its population.
Albert Guðmundsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Serie A club Genoa and the Iceland national team.
The following lists events that happened in 1992 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1990 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1989 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1980 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1974 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1961 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1947 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1924 in Iceland.
Guðmundur Ingólfsson was an Icelandic swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
The Grindavík men's basketball team, commonly known as Grindavík or UMFG for short, is the men's team of the basketball department of Ungmennafélag Grindavíkur multi-sport club, based in the town of Grindavík in Iceland. It has won three national championships, in 1993, 2012 and 2013.
Guðmundur Guðmundsson was an Icelandic alpine skier. He competed in three events at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
The Grindavík women's basketball team, commonly known as Grindavík or UMFG for short, is the women's basketball department of Ungmennafélag Grindavíkur multi-sport club, based in the town of Grindavík in Iceland. It won the national championship in 1997 and the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2008 and 2015.
The Selfoss men's handball team is the men's handball section of Icelandic multi-sport club Selfoss from Selfoss. It currently plays in the Úrvalsdeild karla. In the 2018–19 season Selfoss won it first Icelandic Championships title when they beat Haukar 35-25 and the series 3–1.