| Iceland at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | ISL |
| NOC | National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland |
| Website | www |
| inBeijing | |
| Competitors | 29 in5 sports |
| Flag bearers | Örn Arnarson (opening) Sigfús Sigurðsson (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 70th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Iceland sent a team to compete at the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing,People's Republic of China. With their silver medal inmen's handball, they obtained their fourth olympic medal and their first team medal.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland men's national handball team | Handball | Men's tournament |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Bergur Ingi Pétursson | Hammer throw | 71.63 | 25 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Þórey Edda Elísdóttir | Pole vault | 4.15 | 23 | Did not advance | |
| Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir | Javelin throw | 48.59 | 50 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Ragna Ingólfsdóttir | Women's singles | L 6–21, 7–19ret | Did not advance | |||||
The following is the Iceland roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Head coach:Guðmundur Guðmundsson
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 129 | −7 | 6 | Qualified for the quarterfinals | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 137 | 131 | +6 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 151 | 146 | +5 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 136 | 131 | +5 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 126 | 130 | −4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 127 | 132 | −5 | 2 |
| 10 August 2008 10:45 | Russia | 31 – 33 | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic(SLO) | |
| Igropulo 9 | (16–19) | Guðjónsson 12 | ||
| 3× | Report | 3× |
| 12 August 2008 20:45 | Iceland | 33 – 29 | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy(FRA) | |
| Guðjónsson 8 | (17–14) | Kraus 13 | ||
| 3× | Report | 2× |
| 14 August 2008 14:00 | South Korea | 22 – 21 | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk(POL) | |
| Yoon Kyung-shin 6 | (10–9) | Geirsson,Sigurðsson 5 | ||
| 3× | Report | 4× |
| 16 August 2008 20:45 | Denmark | 32 – 32 | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Canbro, Claesson(SWE) | |
| Nøddesbo 6 | (18–17) | Guðjónsson 8 | ||
| 3× | Report | 2× |
| 18 August 2008 09:00 | Iceland | 32 – 32 | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din, Dinu(ROU) | |
| Sigurðsson 10 | (14–17) | Zaky 9 | ||
| 4× | Report | 3× |
| 20 August 2008 14:15 | Poland | 30 – 32 | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy(FRA) | |
| Jachlewski,Tkaczyk 6 | (19–14) | Petersson 6 | ||
| 3× | Report | 2× |
| 22 August 2008 20:15 | Iceland | 36 – 30 | Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic(SLO) | |
| Sigurðsson,Geirsson 7 | (17–15) | Rocas 7 | ||
| 4× | Report | 3× |
| 24 August 2008 15:45 | Iceland | 23 – 28 | Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Lemme, Ullrich(GER) | |
| Stefánsson 5 | (10–15) | Karabatić 8 | ||
| 3× | Report | 3× |
Silver
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Þormóður Árni Jónsson | Men's +100 kg | Bye | W 1000–0001 | L 0001–1000 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Árni Már Árnason | 50 m freestyle | 22.81NR | 44 | Did not advance | |||
| Örn Arnarson | 100 m freestyle | 50.68 | 49 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m backstroke | 56.15 | 35 | Did not advance | ||||
| Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.50 | 47 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:15.58 | 38 | Did not advance | ||||
| Hjörtur Már Reynisson | 100 m butterfly | 54.17 | 52 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Sarah Blake Bateman | 100 m backstroke | 1:03.82 | 41 | Did not advance | |||
| Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir | 100 m breaststroke | 1:11.78 | 40 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:20.53 | 35 | Did not advance | ||||
| Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir | 50 m freestyle | 25.82 | 36 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m freestyle | 56.35 | 35 | Did not advance | ||||
| Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir | 200 m freestyle | 2:04.82 | 45 | Did not advance | |||