# Iceland at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Iceland competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Badminton | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Handball | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Judo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 24 | 3 | 27 |

## Athletics
### 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

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Pétur Guðmundsson | Shot put | 19.15 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vésteinn Hafsteinsson | Discus throw | 60.20 | 12 q | 60.06 | 11 |
| Sigurður Einarsson | Javelin throw | 79.50 | 11 q | 80.34 | 5 |
| Einar Vilhjálmsson | Javelin throw | 78.70 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Árni Þór Hallgrímsson | Men's singles | Kriel (RSA) W (15–8, 15–7) | Kim (KOR) L (7–15, 14–18) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Broddi Kristjánsson | Men's singles | Chiangta (THA) L (2–15, 12–15) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elsa Nielsen | Women's singles | Bisht (IND) L (4–11, 2–11) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Árni Þór Hallgrímsson Broddi Kristjánsson | Men's doubles | — | Chan / Ng (HKG) L (15–12, 6–15, 12–15) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Handball
### Summary

Key:
* ET: After extra time
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Iceland men's | Men's tournament | Brazil W 19–18 | Czechoslovakia D 16–16 | Hungary W 22–16 | South Korea W 26–24 | Sweden L 18–25 | 2 Q | Unified Team L 19–23 | France L 20–24 | 4 |

### Men's tournament

The Icelandic handball team had a difficult time getting to the 1992 Summer Olympics. Due to the Yugoslavian civil war and the exclusion of the Yugoslavian team from the event, Iceland received a late ticket to the Barcelona Games. With a short preparation, the team was not favored going into the Olympics, but ended up in the semi-finals. They ended up in fourth place; Kristján Arason played on the Icelandic team.
* Team roster
   * Gunnar Andrésson
   * Bergsveinn Bergsveinsson
   * Gústaf Bjarnason
   * Sigurður Bjarnason
   * Héðinn Gilsson
   * Valdimar Grímsson
   * Gunnar Gunnarsson
   * Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson
   * Patrekur Jóhannesson
   * Júlíus Jónasson
   * Konráð Olavsson
   * Sigmar Óskarsson
   * Birgir Sigurðsson
   * Einar Sigurðsson
   * Jakob Sigurðsson
   * Geir Sveinsson
* Head coach: Þorbergur Aðalsteinsson

#### Group play

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 86 | +34 | 10 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Iceland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 101 | 99 | +2 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 117 | −3 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 108 | −6 | 4 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 94 | 92 | +2 | 3 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Brazil | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96 | 125 | −29 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
| 27 July 1992 14:30 | Iceland | 19–18 | Brazil | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 27 July 1992 14:30 | Jónasson 6 | (10–10) | Nascimento 5 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 29 July 1992 20:30 | Czechoslovakia | 16–16 | Iceland | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| 29 July 1992 20:30 | Bergendi 4 | (9–9) | Grímsson 4 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| 31 July 1992 14:30 | Iceland | 22–16 | Hungary | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 31 July 1992 14:30 | Grímsson 6 | | Marosi 4 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 2 August 1992 10:00 | Iceland | 26–24 | South Korea | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |
| 2 August 1992 10:00 | Grímsson 8 | (11–14) | Cho C. 9 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |
| 4 August 1992 20:30 | Sweden | 25–18 | Iceland | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| 4 August 1992 20:30 | Carlén 8 | (12–7) | Sveinsson 5 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |

#### Semifinal

| 6 August 1992 21:00 | Iceland | 19–23 | Unified Team | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| 6 August 1992 21:00 | Grímsson 6 | (9–11) | Dujshebaev 9 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |

#### Bronze medal match

| 8 August 1992 15:00 | Iceland | 20–24 | France | Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| 8 August 1992 15:00 | Grímsson 5 | (9–12) | Munier 6 | Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson | 78 kg | Dorjbat (MGL) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bjarni Friðriksson | 95 kg | Bye | Traineau (FRA) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sigurður Bergmann | +95 kg | — | Moreno (CUB) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 |
| Carl Eiríksson | 50 metre rifle prone | 583 | 50 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Helga Sigurðardóttir | 50 m freestyle | 27.94 | 42 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Helga Sigurðardóttir | 100 m freestyle | 1:00.29 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir | 100 m breaststroke | 1:12.14 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir | 200 m breaststroke | 2:37.42 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |