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)
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Iceland at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Iceland at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athletics

Badminton

Handball

Men's tournament

Judo

Shooting

Swimming

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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

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

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

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