Iceland at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iceland at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Iceland at the; 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ISL
NOC	National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland
Website	www.isi.is (in Icelandic)
in London
Competitors	28 in 6 sports
Flag bearers	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir (opening); Ragna Ingólfsdóttir (closing)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1908; 1912; 1920–1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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.

Athletics

Icelandic athletes participated in the following events:

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Kári Steinn Karlsson (left) finished forty-second in men's marathon.

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Kári Steinn Karlsson	Marathon	2:18:47	42

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Óðinn Björn Þorsteinsson	Shot put	17.62	36	Did not advance

Women
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Javelin throw	62.77 NR	8 Q	59.09	11

Badminton

Iceland qualified one athlete in badminton.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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

Handball

Men's team event – 1 team of 15 players

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.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	Club
1	GK	Björgvin Páll Gústavsson	(1985-05-24)24 May 1985 (aged 27)	1.90 m	SC Magdeburg
2	P	Vignir Svavarsson	(1980-06-20)20 June 1980 (aged 32)	1.94 m	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
3	P	Kári Kristjánsson	(1981-04-23)23 April 1981 (aged 31)	1.98 m	HSG Wetzlar
4	CB	Aron Pálmarsson	(1990-07-19)19 July 1990 (aged 22)	1.93 m	THW Kiel
5	LB	Ingimundur Ingimundarson	(1980-01-29)29 January 1980 (aged 32)	1.93 m	Fram Reykjavik
6	RW	Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson	(1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 28)	1.91 m	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
7	LB	Arnór Atlason	(1984-07-23)23 July 1984 (aged 28)	1.91 m	AG København
9	LB	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson	(1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 32)	1.87 m	AG København
10	CB	Snorri Guðjónsson	(1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 30)	1.87 m	AG København
11	RB	Ólafur Stefánsson	(1973-07-03)3 July 1973 (aged 39)	1.96 m	AG København
15	RW	Alexander Petersson	(1980-07-02)2 July 1980 (aged 32)	1.86 m	Füchse Berlin
16	GK	Hreiðar Guðmundsson	(1980-11-29)29 November 1980 (aged 31)	1.93 m	Nøtterøy IF
17	P	Sverre Andreas Jakobsson	(1977-02-08)8 February 1977 (aged 35)	1.96 m	TV Großwallstadt
18	P	Róbert Gunnarsson	(1980-05-22)22 May 1980 (aged 32)	1.90 m	Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Iceland	5	5	0	167	132	+35	10	Quarter-finals
France	5	4	1	159	110	+49	8
Sweden	5	3	2	156	115	+41	6
Tunisia	5	2	3	121	125	−4	4
Argentina	5	1	4	113	138	−25	2
Great Britain	5	0	5	96	192	−96	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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×

Quarter-final

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

Judo

Iceland qualified 1 judoka.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson	10 m air pistol	580	14	Did not advance
Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson	50 m pistol	544	32	Did not advance

Swimming

Iceland qualified the following swimmers:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Anton Sveinn McKee	400 m individual medley	4:25.06	31	—		Did not advance
Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson	100 m breaststroke	1:02.65	36	Did not advance
Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson	200 m breaststroke	2:16.72	31	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sarah Blake Bateman	50 m freestyle	25.28	=16*	Did not advance
Sarah Blake Bateman	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
Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	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

References

^ "Olympics". Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
^ "Iceland team roster". london2012.com. 19 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
^ "Iceland Team Rosters" (PDF). ihf.info. 24 July 2012.
^ "Iceland – Argentina" (PDF). IHF. 29 July 2012.
^ "Tunisia – Iceland" (PDF). IHF. 31 July 2012.
^ "Sweden – Iceland" (PDF). IHF. 2 August 2012.
^ "Iceland – France" (PDF). IHF. 4 August 2012.
^ "Iceland – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 6 August 2012.
^ "Iceland – Hungary" (PDF). IHF. 8 August 2012.

[International_Badminton_Federation-1] "Olympics". Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2011.

[2] "Iceland team roster". london2012.com. 19 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

[3] "Iceland Team Rosters" (PDF). ihf.info. 24 July 2012.

[4] "Iceland – Argentina" (PDF). IHF. 29 July 2012.

[5] "Tunisia – Iceland" (PDF). IHF. 31 July 2012.

[6] "Sweden – Iceland" (PDF). IHF. 2 August 2012.

[7] "Iceland – France" (PDF). IHF. 4 August 2012.

[8] "Iceland – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 6 August 2012.

[9] "Iceland – Hungary" (PDF). IHF. 8 August 2012.

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