Jón Pétursson (athlete)

{{short description|Icelandic high jumper}}

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| nationality = Icelandic

| sport = Athletics

| event = High jump

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|7|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Grundarfjörður, Iceland

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Jón Pétursson (19 July 1936){{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71662 |title=Jón Pétursson |work=Olympedia |access-date=19 July 2021}} is an Icelandic athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/jon-petursson-2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122300/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/jon-petursson-2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Jón Pétursson Olympic Results |accessdate=29 December 2017}} He published an autobiography in 2010 titled "Jón lögga".{{Cite web|date=2010-03-12|title=Jón lögga|url=https://www.forlagid.is/vara/jon-logga/|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Forlagið bókabúð|language=is}}