Iceland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Iceland at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	29 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Örn Arnarson
Medals Rank: 70	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 1
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Iceland sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. With their silver medal in Men's Handball they obtained their fourth olympic medal and their first team medal.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Iceland national handball team	Handball	Men's tournament

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's team

Event	Athletes	Qualifiers		Final
		Result	Position	Result	Position
Hammer throw	Bergur Ingi Pétursson	71.63	25th	Did not advance

Women's team

Event	Athletes	Qualifiers		Final
		Result	Position	Result	Position
Pole vault	Þórey Edda Elísdóttir	4.15	23rd	Did not advance
Javelin throw	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	48.59	50th	Did not advance

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ragna Ingólfsdóttir	Singles	Hirose (JPN) L 6-21, 7-19 ret.	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament

Team Roster

• Alexander Petersson
• Arnór Atlason
• Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson
• Björgvin Páll Gustavsson
• Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
• Hreiðar Guðmundsson
• Ingimundur Ingimundarson
• Logi Eldon Geirsson
• Ólafur Stefánsson
• Róbert Gunnarsson
• Sigfús Sigurðsson
• Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson
• Sturla Ásgeirsson
• Sverre Andreas Jakobsson

Reserve:

• Bjarni Fritzson

Matches

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
South Korea	5	3	0	2	122	129	-7	6
Denmark	5	2	2	1	137	131	6	6
Iceland	5	2	2	1	151	146	5	6
Russia	5	2	1	2	136	131	5	5
Germany	5	2	1	2	126	130	-4	5
Egypt	5	0	2	3	127	132	-5	2

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

10 August 10:45	Russia	31–33	Iceland	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Krstic (SLO), Ljubic (SLO)
	Igropulo 9	(Report)	Guðjónsson 12

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12 August 20:45	Iceland	33–29	Germany	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord (FRA), Buy (FRA)
	Guðjónsson 8	(Report)	Kraus 13

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14 August 14:00	South Korea	22–21	Iceland	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum (POL), Goralczyk (POL)
	Yoon 6	(Report)	Geirsson, Sigurðsson 5

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16 August 20:45	Denmark	32–32	Iceland	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Canbro (SWE), Claesson (SWE)
	Nøddesbo 6	(Report)	Guðjónsson 8

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18 August 09:00	Iceland	32–32	Egypt	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din (ROU), Dinu (ROU)
	Sigurðsson 10	(Report)	Zaky 9

Quarterfinal

20 August 14:15	Poland	30–32	Iceland	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord (FRA), Buy (FRA)
	Jachlewski, Tkaczyk 6	(Report)	Petersson 6

Semifinal

22 August 20:15	Iceland	36–30	Spain	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Krstic (SLO), Ljubic (SLO)
	Sigurðsson, Geirsson 7	(Report)	Rocas 7

Final

24 August 15:45	Iceland	23–28	France	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Lemme (GER), Ullrich (GER)
	Stefansson 5	(Report)	Karabatic 8

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Þormóður Árni Jónsson	+100 kg	bye	Figueroa (PUR) W 10001/0001	Roudaki (IRI) L 0001/10001	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Árni Már Árnason	50 m freestyle	22.81 NR	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

Women

Athletes	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

References

• ISI.is:Þátttakendur