Iceland at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | ISL |
NOC | National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland |
Website | www |
in London | |
Competitors | 28 in 6 sports |
Flag bearers | Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir (opening) Ragna Ingólfsdóttir (closing) |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Iceland competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The nation celebrated its centennial anniversary in the Olympics, having participated at every games since 1912, except for four occasions.
The National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland sent the nation's third largest delegation to the Games, with a total of 28 athletes, 22 men and 6 women, to compete in 6 sports, including men's handball, the nation's only team-based sport at these Olympic games. Javelin thrower and Olympic hopeful Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir was Iceland's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 2000.
Iceland, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal in London, after the men's national handball team, silver medalists from Beijing, lost to Hungary in the quarterfinal round. Meanwhile, Hjálmsdóttir, who qualified for the final rounds of the women's javelin throw event, finished farther from the standings.
Icelandic athletes participated in the following events:
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Kári Steinn Karlsson | Marathon | 2:18:47 | 42 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Óðinn Björn Þorsteinsson | Shot put | 17.62 | 36 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir | Javelin throw | 62.77 NR | 8 Q | 59.09 | 11 |
Iceland qualified one athlete in badminton. [1]
Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Ragna Ingólfsdóttir | Women's singles | Stapušaitytė (LTU) W 21–10, 21–16 | Jie Y (NED) L 12–21, 23–25 | 2 | Did not advance |
The following is the Iceland roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics. [2] [3]
Head coaches: Guðmundur Guðmundsson
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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Iceland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 132 | +35 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 159 | 110 | +49 | 8 | |
Sweden | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 115 | +41 | 6 | |
Tunisia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 125 | −4 | 4 | |
Argentina | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 138 | −25 | 2 | |
Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96 | 192 | −96 | 0 |
29 July 2012 09:30 | Iceland | 31 – 25 | Argentina | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,701 [4] Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Sigurðsson 9 | (15–14) | D. Simonet 5 | ||
3× 6× | Report | 3× 1× |
31 July 2012 09:30 | Tunisia | 22 – 32 | Iceland | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,559 [5] Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE) |
Bannour 10 | (8–19) | Pálmarsson 8 | ||
4× 3× | Report | 4× 5× |
2 August 2012 21:15 | Sweden | 32 – 33 | Iceland | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,590 [6] Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
Källman 9 | (13–17) | Pálmarsson 9 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 8× |
4 August 2012 19:30 | Iceland | 30 – 29 | France | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,521 [7] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
Petersson 6 | (16–15) | Fernandez 9 | ||
3× 7× | Report | 2× 4× |
6 August 2012 16:15 | Iceland | 41 – 24 | Great Britain | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,856 [8] Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT) |
Sigurðsson 8 | (18–15) | Larsson 9 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 5× |
8 August 2012 11:00 | Iceland | 33 – 34 (ET) | Hungary | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,063 [9] Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
Sigurðsson 8 | (12–16) | Nagy 9 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 4× | ||
FT: 27–27 ET: 3–3, 3–4 |
Iceland qualified 1 judoka.
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Þormóður Árni Jónsson | Men's +100 kg | Silva (BRA) L 0000–0100 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson | 10 m air pistol | 580 | 14 | Did not advance | |
50 m pistol | 544 | 32 | Did not advance |
Iceland qualified the following swimmers:
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Árni Már Árnason | 50 m freestyle | 22.81 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
Anton Sveinn McKee | 1500 m freestyle | 15:29.40 | 25 | — | Did not advance | ||
400 m individual medley | 4:25.06 | 31 | — | Did not advance | |||
Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.65 | 36 | Did not advance | |||
200 m breaststroke | 2:16.72 | 31 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Sarah Blake Bateman | 50 m freestyle | 25.28 | =16* | Did not advance | |||
100 m butterfly | 59.87 | 32 | Did not advance | ||||
Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | 100 m backstroke | 1:02.40 | 32 | Did not advance | |||
200 m backstroke | 2:11.31 | 20 | Did not advance | ||||
200 m individual medley | 2:16.81 | 28 | Did not advance | ||||
Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | 100 m breaststroke | DNS | Did not advance | ||||
200 m breaststroke | 2:29.60 | 28 | Did not advance | ||||
Sarah Blake Bateman Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Eva Hannesdóttir Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:07.09 | 15 | — | Did not advance |
* Lost swim-off
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