Iceland at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:ISL
Nocname:National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2012
Website: 
Location:London
Competitors:28
Sports:6
Flagbearer:Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir (opening)
Ragna Ingólfsdóttir (closing)
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

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

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Icelandic athletes participated in the following events:

Men
  • Track & road events
  • Field events
    Women
  • Field events
  • Badminton

    See main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iceland qualified one athlete in badminton.[1]

    Handball

    See main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Men's tournament

    See main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

    Group play
  • Quarter-final
  • Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iceland qualified 1 judoka.

    Shooting

    See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson10 m air pistol58014Did not advance
    50 m pistol54432Did not advance

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iceland qualified the following swimmers:

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Árni Már Árnason50 m freestyle22.8131Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Anton Sveinn McKee1500 m freestyle15:29.4025Did not advance
    400 m individual medley4:25.0631Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson100 m breaststroke1:02.6536Did not advance
    200 m breaststroke2:16.7231Did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Sarah Blake Bateman50 m freestyle25.28=16*Did not advance
    100 m butterfly59.8732Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=3Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir100 m backstroke1:02.4032Did not advance
    200 m backstroke2:11.3120Did not advance
    200 m individual medley2:16.8128Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir100 m breaststrokeDid not advance
    200 m breaststroke2:29.6028Did not advance
    Sarah Blake Bateman
    Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir
    Eva Hannesdóttir
    Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir
    4 × 100 m medley relay4:07.0915Did not advance
    * Lost swim-off

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Olympics. 8 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120807174825/http://www.bwfbadminton.org/page.aspx?id=14900. 7 August 2012. dead.