Iceland at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Iceland competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's Javelin Throw

• Sigurður Einarsson

• Qualification — 79.50 m
• Final — 80.34 m (→ 5th place)

• Einar Vilhjálmsson

• Qualification — 78.70 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Vésteinn Hafsteinsson

• Qualification — 60.20 m
• Final — 60.06 m (→ 11th place)

Men's Shot Put

• Pétur Guðmundsson

• Qualification — 19.15 m (→ did not advance)

Handball

Men's Team Competition

The Icelandic handball team had a difficult time getting to the 1992 Summer Olympics. Due to the Yugoslavian civil war and the exclusion of the Yugoslavian team from the event, Iceland received a late ticket to the Barcelona Games. With a short preparation, the team was not favored going into the Olympics, but ended up in the semi-finals. They ended up in fourth place; Kristján Arason played on the Icelandic team.

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Iceland – Brazil 19-18
• Iceland – Czechoslovakia 16-16
• Iceland – Hungary 22-16
• Iceland – South Korea 26-24
• Iceland – Sweden 18-25

• Semi Finals

• Iceland – Unified Team 19-23

• Bronze Medal Match

• Iceland – France 20-24 (→ Fourth place)

• Team Roster

• Gunnar Andrésson
• Bergsveinn Bergsveinsson
• Gústaf Bjarnason
• Sigurður Bjarnason
• Héðinn Gilsson
• Valdimar Grímsson
• Gunnar Gunnarsson
• Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson
• Patrekur Jóhannesson
• Júlíus Jónasson
• Konráð Olavsson
• Sigmar Óskarsson
• Birgir Sigurðsson
• Einar Sigurðsson
• Jakob Sigurðsson
• Geir Sveinsson

• Head Coach: Þorbergur Aðalsteinsson

Swimming

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Helga Sigurðardóttir

• Heat — 27.94 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Helga Sigurðardóttir

• Heat — 1:00.29 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Ragga Runólfsdóttir

• Heat — 1:12.14 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Ragga Runólfsdóttir

• Heat — 2:37.42 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

References

• sports-reference