Iceland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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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
 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

Reserve:

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
12 August
20:45 		Iceland  33–29  Germany Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Bord (FRA), Buy (FRA)
Guðjónsson 8 (Report) Kraus 13
14 August
14:00 		South Korea  22–21  Iceland Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Baum (POL), Goralczyk (POL)
Yoon 6 (Report) Geirsson, Sigurðsson 5
16 August
20:45 		Denmark  32–32  Iceland Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Canbro (SWE), Claesson (SWE)
Nøddesbo 6 (Report) Guðjónsson 8
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

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