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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 | ||
| Pétur Guðmundsson | Shot put | 19.15 | 14 | did not advance | |
| Vésteinn Hafsteinsson | Discus throw | 60.20 | 12 q | 60.06 | 11 |
| Sigurður Einarsson | Javelin throw | 79.50 | 11 q | 80.34 | 5 |
| Einar Vilhjálmsson | 78.70 | 14 | 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 | ||
| Árni Þór Hallgrímsson | Men's singles |  Kriel (RSA)W (15–8, 15–7) |  Kim (KOR)L (7–15, 14–18) | Did not advance | ||||
| Broddi Kristjánsson |  Chiangta (THA)L (2–15, 12–15) | Did not advance | ||||||
| Elsa Nielsen | Women's singles |  Bisht (IND)L (4–11, 2–11) | Did not advance | |||||
| Árni Þór Hallgrímsson Broddi Kristjánsson | Men's doubles | — |  Chan /Ng (HKG) L (15–12, 6–15, 12–15) | Did not advance | ||||
Key:
| Team | Event | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Iceland men's | Men's tournament |  Brazil W 19–18 |  Czechoslovakia D 16–16 |  Hungary W 22–16 |  South Korea W 26–24 |  Sweden L 18–25 | 2 Q |  Unified Team L 19–23 |  France L 20–24 | 4 |
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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 86 | +34 | 10 | Semifinals |
| 2 |  Iceland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 101 | 99 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 117 | −3 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 108 | −6 | 4 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 94 | 92 | +2 | 3 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Brazil | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96 | 125 | −29 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
| 27 July 1992 14:30 | Iceland | 19–18 | Brazil | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| Jónasson 6 | (10–10) | Nascimento 5 | ||
| 29 July 1992 20:30 | Czechoslovakia | 16–16 | Iceland | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| Bergendi 4 | (9–9) | Grímsson 4 | ||
| 31 July 1992 14:30 | Iceland | 22–16 | Hungary | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| Grímsson 6 | Marosi 4 | |||
| 2 August 1992 10:00 | Iceland | 26–24 | South Korea | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |
| Grímsson 8 | (11–14) | Cho C. 9 | ||
| 4 August 1992 20:30 | Sweden | 25–18 | Iceland | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| Carlén 8 | (12–7) | Sveinsson 5 | ||
| 6 August 1992 21:00 | Iceland | 19–23 | Unified Team | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| Grímsson 6 | (9–11) | Dujshebaev 9 | ||
| 8 August 1992 15:00 | Iceland | 20–24 | France | Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| Grímsson 5 | (9–12) | Munier 6 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||||||
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson | 78 kg |  Dorjbat (MGL)L Ippon | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Bjarni Friðriksson | 95 kg | Bye |  Traineau (FRA)L Ippon | Did not advance | |||||||
| Sigurður Bergmann | +95 kg | — |  Moreno (CUB)L Ippon | Did not advance | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Carl Eiríksson | 50 metre rifle prone | 583 | 50 | Did not advance | |
| 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 | ||||
| Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir | 100 m breaststroke | 1:12.14 | 19 | did not advance | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:37.42 | 27 | did not advance | ||||
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