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| Iceland at the 1992 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ISL |
| NOC | National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland |
| Website | www |
| in Barcelona | |
| Competitors | 27 (24 men and 3 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Bjarni Friðriksson |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Iceland competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Badminton | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Handball | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Judo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 24 | 3 | 27 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Sigurður Einarsson | Javelin throw | 79.50 | 80.34 | 5 | |
| Einar Vilhjálmsson | 78.70 | did not advance | |||
| Vésteinn Hafsteinsson | Discus throw | 60.20 | 60.06 | 11 | |
| Pétur Guðmundsson | Shot put | 19.15 | 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 | ||
| Broddi Kristjansson | Men's singles |  Chiangta (THA)L | did not advance | |||||
| Elsa Nielsen | Women's singles |  Bisht (IND)L | did not advance | |||||
| Arni Hallgrimsson Broddi Kristjansson | Men's doubles | — |  Chan / Ng (HKG)L | did not advance | ||||
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.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Helga Sigurðardóttir | 50 m freestyle | 27.94 | 42 | did not advance | |||
| 100 m freestyle | 1:00.29 | 40 | did not advance | ||||
| Ragga Runólfsdóttir | 100 m breaststroke | 1:12.14 | 19 | did not advance | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:37.42 | 27 | did not advance | ||||
Turkey competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Turkish athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games since its debut in 1908. Turkey did not attend the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of worldwide Great Depression, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States boycott. The Turkish Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 65 athletes, 45 men and 20 women, competed in 10 sports. There was only a single competitor in shooting and taekwondo.
Slovenia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the post-Yugoslav era. The Slovenian Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Games in Olympic history. A total of 79 athletes, 56 men and 23 women, competed in 10 sports. For the second consecutive time, men's handball was the only team-based sport in which Slovenia had its representation at these Games.
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The following squads and players competed in the men's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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