For the Summer Games, the first athlete to represent Iceland competed at the Games of the IV Olympiad London 1908, taking part there in the sport of wrestling. At the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956, Vilhjalmur Einarsson became the first athlete representing Iceland to win an Olympic medal of any colour, capturing silver in the men’s athletics triple jump event. For the Winter Games, athletes representing Iceland first competed at the V Olympic Winter Games St. Moritz 1948, taking part in the disciplines of alpine skiing and ski jumping. No athlete representing Iceland has yet won an Olympic Winter Games medal of any colour.

At Beijing 2022, Iceland sent three men and two women to compete in Alpine skiing and cross-country skiing. Isak Stianson Pedersen and Snorri Eythor Einarsson, both competing at their second Games, posted the highest finish for the NOC, ending the cross-country men's team sprint classic in 19th place. Einarsson also achieved the best individual result for the NOC in Beijing, finishing 23rd in the men's 50km freestyle. Iceland's next highest finish in Beijing was Alpine skier Holmfridur Dora Fridgeirsdottir, who finished 32nd in the women's super-G event at her first Games.

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