Iceland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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.

Iceland at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ISL
NOC	National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland
Website	www.isi.is (in Icelandic)
in Beijing
Competitors	29 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Örn Arnarson (opening) Sigfús Sigurðsson (closing)
Medals Ranked 70th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Iceland national handball team Sturla Ásgeirsson Arnór Atlason Logi Eldon Geirsson Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson Hreiðar Guðmundsson Róbert Gunnarsson Björgvin Páll Gustavsson Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson Ingimundur Ingimundarson Sverre Andreas Jakobsson Alexander Petersson Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson Sigfús Sigurðsson Ólafur Stefánsson Bjarni Fritzson	Handball	Men's tournament

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Bergur Ingi Pétursson	Hammer throw	71.63	25	Did not advance

Women

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

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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	Hirose (JPN) L 6–21, 7–19^ret	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

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

Roster

The following is the Iceland roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Head coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (1985-05-24)24 May 1985 (aged 23) 1.90 m 25 1 TV Bittenfeld 3 LB Logi Eldon Geirsson (1982-10-10)10 October 1982 (aged 25) 1.91 m 63 171 TBV Lemgo 5 P Sigfús Sigurðsson (1975-05-07)7 May 1975 (aged 33) 1.98 m 142 301 Valur 6 RB Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson (1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 24) 1.91 m 83 116 GOG Svendborg 7 LB Arnór Atlason (1984-07-23)23 July 1984 (aged 24) 1.91 m 58 98 FCK Handball 9 LB Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 29) 1.87 m 191 885 VfL Gummersbach 10 CB Snorri Guðjónsson (1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 26) 1.87 m 123 401 GOG Svendborg 11 RB Ólafur Stefánsson (1973-07-03)3 July 1973 (aged 35) 1.96 m 263 1250 BM Ciudad Real 14 LW Sturla Ásgeirsson (1980-07-20)20 July 1980 (aged 28) 1.86 m 6 11 Aarhus GF Håndbold 15 RW Alexander Petersson (1980-07-02)2 July 1980 (aged 28) 1.86 m 65 249 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 16 GK Hreiðar Guðmundsson (1980-11-29)29 November 1980 (aged 27) 1.93 m 57 0 IK Sävehof 17 P Sverre Andreas Jakobsson (1977-02-08)8 February 1977 (aged 31) 1.96 m 44 12 HK Kopavogur 18 P Róbert Gunnarsson (1980-05-22)22 May 1980 (aged 28) 1.90 m 118 370 VfL Gummersbach 19 LB Ingimundur Ingimundarson (1980-01-29)29 January 1980 (aged 28) 1.93 m 27 34 Elverum Håndball

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

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

10 August 2008 10:45	Russia	31 – 33	Iceland	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Igropulo 9	(16–19)	Guðjónsson 12
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

12 August 2008 20:45	Iceland	33 – 29	Germany	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Guðjónsson 8	(17–14)	Kraus 13
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5× 1×

14 August 2008 14:00	South Korea	22 – 21	Iceland	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Yoon Kyung-shin 6	(10–9)	Geirsson, Sigurðsson 5
	3× 1×	Report	4× 3×

16 August 2008 20:45	Denmark	32 – 32	Iceland	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	Nøddesbo 6	(18–17)	Guðjónsson 8
	3× 5×	Report	2× 6× 1×

18 August 2008 09:00	Iceland	32 – 32	Egypt	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Sigurðsson 10	(14–17)	Zaky 9
	4× 4×	Report	3× 6×

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 14:15	Poland	30 – 32	Iceland	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Jachlewski, Tkaczyk 6	(19–14)	Petersson 6
	3× 8× 1×	Report	2× 3×

Semifinal

22 August 2008 20:15	Iceland	36 – 30	Spain	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Sigurðsson, Geirsson 7	(17–15)	Rocas 7
	4× 9×	Report	3× 5× 1×

Gold medal game

24 August 2008 15:45	Iceland	23 – 28	France	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Stefánsson 5	(10–15)	Karabatić 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Final rank

 Silver

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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	Figueroa (PUR) W 1000–0001	Roudaki (IRI) L 0001–1000	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	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

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

References

1. "Iceland men's handball team roster". NBC Olympics. 1 February 2013.
2. "Men's Handball Team Roster – Iceland (ISL)" (PDF). 2008 Beijing. LA84 Foundation. 1 February 2013. p. 2492.

External links

• ISI.is:Þátttakendur