Iceland at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Iceland at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of Iceland.svg
IOC code ISL
NOC National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland
Website www.isi.is  (in Icelandic)
in London
Competitors28 in 6 sports
Flag bearers Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir (opening)
Ragna Ingólfsdóttir (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
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.

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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.

Athletics

Icelandic athletes participated in the following events:

Key
Kari Steinn Karlsson (left) finished forty-second in men's marathon. Kari Steinn Karlsson (Iceland) - London 2012 Mens Marathon.jpg
Kári Steinn Karlsson (left) finished forty-second in men's marathon.
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Kári Steinn Karlsson Marathon 2:18:4742
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Óðinn Björn Þorsteinsson Shot put 17.6236Did not advance
Women
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir Javelin throw 62.77 NR 8 Q59.0911

Badminton

Iceland qualified one athlete in badminton. [1]

AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ragna Ingólfsdóttir Women's singles Flag of Lithuania.svg  Stapušaitytė  (LTU)
W 21–10, 21–16
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jie Y  (NED)
L 12–21, 23–25
2Did not advance

Handball

Men's tournament

The following is the Iceland roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics. [2] [3]

Head coaches: Guðmundur Guðmundsson

No.Pos.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
1GK Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (1985-05-24)24 May 1985 (aged 27)1.90 m Flag of Germany.svg SC Magdeburg
2P Vignir Svavarsson (1980-06-20)20 June 1980 (aged 32)1.94 m Flag of Germany.svg TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
3P Kári Kristjánsson (1981-04-23)23 April 1981 (aged 31)1.98 m Flag of Germany.svg HSG Wetzlar
4CB Aron Pálmarsson (1990-07-19)19 July 1990 (aged 22)1.93 m Flag of Germany.svg THW Kiel
5LB Ingimundur Ingimundarson (1980-01-29)29 January 1980 (aged 32)1.93 m Flag of Iceland.svg Fram Reykjavik
6RW Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson (1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 28)1.91 m Flag of Germany.svg TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
7LB Arnór Atlason (1984-07-23)23 July 1984 (aged 28)1.91 m Flag of Denmark.svg AG København
9LB Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 32)1.87 m Flag of Denmark.svg AG København
10CB Snorri Guðjónsson (1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 30)1.87 m Flag of Denmark.svg AG København
11RB Ólafur Stefánsson (1973-07-03)3 July 1973 (aged 39)1.96 m Flag of Denmark.svg AG København
15RW Alexander Petersson (1980-07-02)2 July 1980 (aged 32)1.86 m Flag of Germany.svg Füchse Berlin
16GK Hreiðar Guðmundsson (1980-11-29)29 November 1980 (aged 31)1.93 m Flag of Norway.svg Nøtterøy IF
17P Sverre Andreas Jakobsson (1977-02-08)8 February 1977 (aged 35)1.96 m Flag of Germany.svg TV Großwallstadt
18P Róbert Gunnarsson (1980-05-22)22 May 1980 (aged 32)1.90 m Flag of Germany.svg Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Group play
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 5500167132+3510 Quarter-finals
Flag of France.svg  France 5401159110+498
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5302156115+416
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 520312112544
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 5104113138252
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 500596182860
Source: [ citation needed ]
29 July 2012
09:30
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg31 – 25Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,701 [4]
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Sigurðsson 9(15–14) D. Simonet 5
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31 July 2012
09:30
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg22 – 32Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,559 [5]
Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
Bannour 10(8–19) Pálmarsson 8
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2 August 2012
21:15
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg32 – 33Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,590 [6]
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Källman 9(13–17) Pálmarsson 9
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4 August 2012
19:30
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg30 – 29Flag of France.svg  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,521 [7]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Petersson 6(16–15) Fernandez 9
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6 August 2012
16:15
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg41 – 24Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,856 [8]
Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
Sigurðsson 8(18–15) Larsson 9
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Quarter-final
8 August 2012
11:00
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg33 – 34 (ET)Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,063 [9]
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Sigurðsson 8(12–16) Nagy 9
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FT: 27–27  ET: 3–3, 3–4

Judo

Iceland qualified 1 judoka.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Þormóður Árni Jónsson Men's +100 kg Flag of Brazil.svg  Silva  (BRA)
L 0000–0100
Did not advance

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson 10 m air pistol 58014Did not advance
50 m pistol 54432Did not advance

Swimming

Iceland qualified the following swimmers:

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Árni Már Árnason 50 m freestyle 22.8131Did not advance
Anton Sveinn McKee 1500 m freestyle 15:29.4025Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:25.0631Did not advance
Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson 100 m breaststroke 1:02.6536Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:16.7231Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sarah Blake Bateman 50 m freestyle 25.28=16*Did not advance
100 m butterfly 59.8732Did not advance
Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir 100 m backstroke 1:02.4032Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:11.3120Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:16.8128Did not advance
Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 100 m breaststroke DNSDid not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:29.6028Did not advance
Sarah Blake Bateman
Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir
Eva Hannesdóttir
Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:07.0915Did not advance

* Lost swim-off

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