| 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.
See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Icelandic athletes participated in the following events:
See main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iceland qualified one athlete in badminton.[1]
See main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.
See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iceland qualified 1 judoka.
See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson | 10 m air pistol | 580 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m pistol | 544 | 32 | Did not advance | ||
See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iceland qualified the following swimmers:
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Árni Már Árnason | 50 m freestyle | 22.81 | 31 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Anton Sveinn McKee | 1500 m freestyle | 15:29.40 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:25.06 | 31 | Did not advance | |||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.65 | 36 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:16.72 | 31 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Sarah Blake Bateman | 50 m freestyle | 25.28 | =16* | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m butterfly | 59.87 | 32 | Did not advance | |||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | 100 m backstroke | 1:02.40 | 32 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:11.31 | 20 | Did not advance | |||||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:16.81 | 28 | Did not advance | |||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | 100 m breaststroke | Did not advance | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:29.60 | 28 | 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 | ||||