| Iceland at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ISL |
| NOC | National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland |
| Website | www |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 29 in 5 sports |
| Flag bearers | Örn Arnarson (opening) Sigfús Sigurðsson (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 70th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Bergur Ingi Pétursson | Hammer throw | 71.63 | 25 | Did not advance | |
| 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 | |
| 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, 7–19ret | Did not advance | |||||
The following is the Iceland roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]
Head coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 129 | −7 | 6 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
 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× |
| 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× |
| 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× |
| 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× |
Silver
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
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