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Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

in Beijing

Beijing

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, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. With their silver medal in Men's Handball they obtained their fourth olympic medal and their first team medal.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Iceland national handball team Iceland national handball team The Iceland national handball team is the national handball team of Iceland and is controlled by the Icelandic Handball Association.- World Championships :- European Championships :- Olympic games :- Current squad :...	Handball Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics thumb\|left\|240px\|Gold medalists [[France]] collect their medals on August 24, 2008Handball competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9, to August 24, at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium and National Indoor Stadium. Medals were awarded for both Men's and Women's team...	Men's tournament

Men's team

Event	Athletes	Qualifiers		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Position	Result	Position
Hammer throw Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw -Qualifying round:Qualification: Qualifying Performance 78.00 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-External links:...	Bergur Ingi Pétursson	71.63	25th	Did not advance

Women's team

Event	Athletes	Qualifiers		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Position	Result	Position
Pole vault Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's pole vault The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.- Qualifying round :Qualifying Performance 4.60 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final....	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:...	4.15	23rd	Did not advance
Javelin throw Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's javelin throw -Qualifying round:Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.50 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.Q - Qualified by right / SB - Season Best / NR - National Record/ NM - No Mark / q - Qualified by result-Final:21 August 2008 - 19:20...	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir is an Icelandic javelin thrower. She represented her country at the 2008 Olympic Games and has also competed at the 2006 and 2010 European Championships and 2009 World Championships. Her personal best throw is 61,37 metres, achieved in May 2009 in Reykjavík. This is the current...	48.59	50th	Did not advance

Badminton

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ragna Ingólfsdóttir	Singles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles These are the results of the women's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...	L 6-21, 7-19 ret.	Did not advance

Men's Competition

Team Roster

Alexander Petersson
Alexander Petersson
Alexander Petersson is a Icelandic handball player of Latvian and Baltic German origin, who currently plays for the Iceland national handball team and Füchse Berlin in The Handball-Bundesliga.Alexander was voted the Icelandic sports person of the year 2010 by the Icelandic Sport Press...
Arnór Atlason
Arnór Atlason
Arnór Atlason is an Icelandic handball player, currently playing for Danish Handball League side FCK Håndbold. He also plays for the Icelandic national handball team.- Hobbys :...
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...
Björgvin Páll Gustavsson
Björgvin Páll Gústavsson
Björgvin Páll Gustavsson is an Icelandic handball player who currently plays for Magdeburg in Germany.Björgvin Páll Gústavsson was born in Hvammstangi the year of 1985 but he grew up in Kópavogur, he is the oldest child of four, he has two brothers Axel Birgir, Margeir Felix and two sisters...
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:...
Hreiðar Guðmundsson
Hreiðar Guðmundsson
Hreiðar Levy Guðmundsson is an Icelandic handball player who currently plays for TV Emsdetten in Germany.-Links:* at www.tvemsdetten.com...
Ingimundur Ingimundarson
Ingimundur Ingimundarson
Ingimundur Ingimundarson is an Icelandic handball player who currently plays for GWD Minden in Handball-Bundesliga. In June 2008 he was able to leave the Norwegian side Elverum Håndball on free transfer due to a misunderstandment when he agreed to sign a new contract, but never signed it...
Logi Eldon Geirsson
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...
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...
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:...
Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson
Sturla Ásgeirsson
Sturla Ásgeirsson
Sturla Ásgeirsson is an Icelandic handball player who currently plays for HSG Düsseldorf in Germany.-External links:* at hsg-duesseldorf.de...
Sverre Andreas Jakobsson
Sverre Andreas Jakobsson
Sverre Andreas Jakobsson is an Icelandic handball player in Oslo, Norway to Icelandic father and Norwegian mother.He currently plays for TV Grosswallstadt in the Handball-Bundesliga.-External links:*...

Reserve:

Bjarni Fritzson
Bjarni Fritzson
Bjarni Fritzson is an Icelandic handball player who in 2008 played for Saint-Raphaël, Var handball in France. He was a reserve player on the men's handball team for Iceland at the 2008 Summer Olympics....

Matches

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
5	3	0	2	122	129	-7	6
5	2	2	1	137	131	6	6
5	2	2	1	151	146	5	6
5	2	1	2	136	131	5	5
5	2	1	2	126	130	-4	5
5	0	2	3	127	132	-5	2

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Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Þormóður Árni Jónsson	+100 kg	bye	W 1000₁/0001	L 0001/1000₁	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Árni Már Árnason	50 m freestyle Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle The following Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Heat 8:-Heat 9:-Heat 10:-Heat 11:-Heat 12:-Heat 13:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...	22.81	44	Did not advance
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....	100 m freestyle	50.68	49	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	56.15	35	Did not advance
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....	100 m breaststroke	1:02.50	47	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:15.58	38	Did not advance
Hjörtur Már Reynisson	100 m butterfly	54.17	52	Did not advance

Women

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sarah Blake Bateman	100 m backstroke	1:03.82	41	Did not advance
Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir	100 m breaststroke	1:11.78	40	Did not advance
Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir	200 m individual medley	2:20.53	35	Did not advance
Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir	50 m freestyle	25.82	36	Did not advance
Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir	100 m freestyle	56.35	35	Did not advance
Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir	200 m freestyle	2:04.82	45	Did not advance

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Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
5	3	0	2	122	129	-7	6
5	2	2	1	137	131	6	6
5	2	2	1	151	146	5	6
5	2	1	2	136	131	5	5
5	2	1	2	126	130	-4	5
5	0	2	3	127	132	-5	2

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
5	3	0	2	122	129	-7	6
5	2	2	1	137	131	6	6
5	2	2	1	151	146	5	6
5	2	1	2	136	131	5	5
5	2	1	2	126	130	-4	5
5	0	2	3	127	132	-5	2

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
5	3	0	2	122	129	-7	6
5	2	2	1	137	131	6	6
5	2	2	1	151	146	5	6
5	2	1	2	136	131	5	5
5	2	1	2	126	130	-4	5
5	0	2	3	127	132	-5	2