Athletics

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

Men's Decathlon:

• Jón Arnar Magnússon
  Jón Arnar Magnússon
  Jón Arnar Magnússon is a former decathlete from Iceland. He has won silver and bronze medals at world indoor championships, all in heptathlon, as decathlon is unsuitable for indoor contests...
  
  
• DNF

Women's Pole Vault:

• Þórey Edda Elísdóttir
  Þórey Edda Elísdóttir
  Þórey Edda Elísdóttir is an Icelandic pole vaulter. Her personal best is 4.60 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Madrid.-Achievements:...
  
  
• Round 1 — 4.40 metres
• Final — 4.55 metres (→ 5th place)

Gymnastics

Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...

Men's Artistic:

• Rúnar Alexandersson - advanced in one exercise
• Pommel Horse — 7th place

Handball

Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics had a men's and a women's team competitions with the preliminary rounds taking place in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex...

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Lost to Croatia
  Croatia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Croatia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 81 athletes in 14 sports, 30 members of expert teams, six Olympic Mission members, as well as three doctors and seven physiotherapists, organized by the Croatian Olympic Committee.The flag of Croatia at the opening...
  
   — 34-30 (16-12)
• Lost to Spain
  Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  -Medalists:-Archery:Men's Individual Competition:*Felipe López — 46th placeWomen's Individual Competition:*Almudena Gallardo — 13th place-Athletics:Men's 110 m Hurdles:...
  
   — 23-31 (12-13)
• Defeated Slovenia
  Slovenia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Slovenia, represented by the , competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The delegation of 79 athletes was the nation's largest ever.-Medalists:-Athletics:...
  
   — 30-25 (10-10)
• Lost to South Korea — 30-34 (13-16)
• Lost to Russia
  Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics was represented by the Russian Olympic Committee . The team won 92 total medals , including 27 gold medals .-Medalists:-Archery:MenWomen-Athletics:...
  
   — 30-34 (11-17)
• Classification Match
• 9th/10th place: Defeated Brazil
  Brazil at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Brazil competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Brazilian athletes were represented by the Brazilian Olympic Committee . The largest Brazilian delegation ever consisted of 247 athletes , which represented 42 more athletes than in Sydney 2000 and 22 more than in Atlanta 1996 —...
  
   — 29-25 (13-11) → 9th place

• Team Roster
• Roland Valur Eradze
• Gudmundur Hrafnkelsson
• Kristján Andrésson
• Einar Örn Jónsson
• Sigfús Sigurðsson
  Sigfús Sigurðsson
  Sigfús Sigurðsson is an Icelandic handball player who currently plays for Valur Reykjavik in The N1 League. He competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in 2008.-References:...
  
  
• Dagur Sigurðsson (captain)
• Gylfi Gylfason
• Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
  Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
  Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson is an Icelandic handball player who plays for AG København in the Danish Handball League.-Biography:...
  
  
• Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson
• Ólafur Stefánsson
  Ólafur Stefánsson
  Ólafur Indriði Stefánsson is an Icelandic handball player who currently plays for AG_København in Denmark. He is the current captain for the Iceland national handball team. His demarcation is right back...
  
  
• Rúnar Sigtryggsson
• Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson
  Asgeir Örn Hallgrimsson
  Ásgeir Örn Hallgrimsson is an Icelandic handball player, currently playing for Danish Handball League side Faaborg. He also plays for the Icelandic national handball team, for whom he has played 72 matches...
  
  
• Jalesky Garcia Padron
• Róbert Gunnarsson
  Róbert Gunnarsson
  Róbert Gunnarsson is an Icelandic handball player who currently plays for VfL Gummersbach in The Handball-Bundesliga. Róbert Gunnarsson is joining German Bundesliga team Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2011 and will play there with Ólafur Stefánsson and Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson.-External links:* at...
  
  
• Róbert Sighvatsson

Head Coach: Gudmundur Guðmundsson

Guðmundur Guðmundsson (handball)

Guðmundur Þórður Guðmundsson is the coach of the Iceland national handball team. Under his command the team received a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and bronze medal at the 2010 European handball championship in Austria.-References:...

Sailing

Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre with eleven events being contested.The events were split into four classes for men, four for women, and three mixed classes that were open to both men and women...

Men's Laser

• Hafsteinn Geirsson — 344pts (→ 40th place)

Swimming

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Örn Arnarson
  Örn Arnarson
  Örn Arnarson is a backstroke swimmer from Iceland, who won his first major title in 1998 at the European SC Championships in Sheffield. There he captured the title in the 200 m backstroke....
  
  
• Heat — 23.84 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson
  Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson
  Jakob Sveinsson is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Iceland who started swimming for S.C. Ægir in 1991. He swam for Iceland at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....
  
  
• Heat — 1:02.97 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson
  Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson
  Jakob Sveinsson is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Iceland who started swimming for S.C. Ægir in 1991. He swam for Iceland at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....
  
  
• Heat — 2:15.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Hjörtur Már Reynisson
• Heat — 55.12 (→ did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Ragnheidur Ragnarsdóttir
• Heat — 26.36 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Ragnheidur Ragnarsdóttir
• Heat — 58.47 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Íris Edda Heimisdóttir
• Heat — 1:15.35 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Kolbrún Ýr Kristjánsdóttir
• Heat — 1:02.33 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir
• Heat — 2:22.00 (→ did not advance)