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.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Iceland men's national handball team Handball Men's tournament
Athletics
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionBergur Ingi PéturssonHammer throw71.6325Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionÞórey Edda ElísdóttirPole vault4.1523Did not advanceÁsdís HjálmsdóttirJavelin throw48.5950Did not advance
Badminton
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankRagna IngólfsdóttirWomen's singlesL 6–21, 7–19retDid not advance
Handball
Men's tournament
Roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Gold medal game
Final rank
Judo
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankÞormóður Árni JónssonMen's +100 kgW 1000–0001 L 0001–1000Did not advance
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankÁrni Már Árnason50 m freestyle22.81 NR44Did not advanceÖrn Arnarson100 m freestyle50.6849Did not advance100 m backstroke56.1535Did not advanceJakob Jóhann Sveinsson100 m breaststroke1:02.5047Did not advance200 m breaststroke2:15.5838Did not advanceHjörtur Már Reynisson100 m butterfly54.1752Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSarah Blake Bateman100 m backstroke1:03.8241Did not advanceErla Dögg Haraldsdóttir100 m breaststroke1:11.7840Did not advance200 m individual medley2:20.5335Did not advanceRagnheiður Ragnarsdóttir50 m freestyle25.8236Did not advance100 m freestyle56.3535Did not advanceSigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir200 m freestyle2:04.8245Did not advance
References
External links ISI.is:Þátttakendur