# Iceland at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

### Track & road events

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

### Field events

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

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | 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.
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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.
Head coaches: Guðmundur Guðmundsson
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* 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

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Iceland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 132 | +35 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 159 | 110 | +49 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| Sweden | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 115 | +41 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| Tunisia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 125 | −4 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| Argentina | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 138 | −25 | 2 | |
| Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96 | 192 | −96 | 0 | |
| 29 July 2012 09:30 | Iceland | 31 – 25 | Argentina | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,701 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 29 July 2012 09:30 | Sigurðsson 9 | (15–14) | D. Simonet 5 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,701 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 29 July 2012 09:30 | 3× 6× | Report | 3× 1× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,701 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 31 July 2012 09:30 | Tunisia | 22 – 32 | Iceland | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,559 Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE) |
| 31 July 2012 09:30 | Bannour 10 | (8–19) | Pálmarsson 8 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,559 Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE) |
| 31 July 2012 09:30 | 4× 3× | Report | 4× 5× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,559 Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE) |
| 2 August 2012 21:15 | Sweden | 32 – 33 | Iceland | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,590 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
| 2 August 2012 21:15 | Källman 9 | (13–17) | Pálmarsson 9 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,590 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
| 2 August 2012 21:15 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 8× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,590 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
| 4 August 2012 19:30 | Iceland | 30 – 29 | France | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,521 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
| 4 August 2012 19:30 | Petersson 6 | (16–15) | Fernandez 9 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,521 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
| 4 August 2012 19:30 | 3× 7× | Report | 2× 4× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,521 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
| 6 August 2012 16:15 | Iceland | 41 – 24 | Great Britain | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,856 Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT) |
| 6 August 2012 16:15 | Sigurðsson 8 | (18–15) | Larsson 9 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,856 Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT) |
| 6 August 2012 16:15 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 5× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,856 Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT) |

#### Quarter-final

| 8 August 2012 11:00 | Iceland | 33 – 34 (ET) | Hungary | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,063 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
| 8 August 2012 11:00 | Sigurðsson 8 | (12–16) | Nagy 9 | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,063 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
| 8 August 2012 11:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 4× | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,063 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
| Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,063 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |||

## Judo

Iceland qualified 1 judoka.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting
### Men

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

## Swimming

Iceland qualified the following swimmers:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Árni Már Árnason | 50 m freestyle | 22.81 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anton Sveinn McKee | 1500 m freestyle | 15:29.40 | 25 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anton Sveinn McKee | 400 m individual medley | 4:25.06 | 31 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.65 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson | 200 m breaststroke | 2:16.72 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sarah Blake Bateman | 50 m freestyle | 25.28 | =16* | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sarah Blake Bateman | 100 m butterfly | 59.87 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | 100 m backstroke | 1:02.40 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | 200 m backstroke | 2:11.31 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | 200 m individual medley | 2:16.81 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | 100 m breaststroke | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | 200 m breaststroke | 2:29.60 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance |
* Lost swim-off