Iceland competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Icelandic athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era since 1912, except for four occasions.

The National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland sent a total of 26 athletes, 21 men and 5 women, to compete in 5 sports, including men's handball, the nation's only team-based sport at these Olympic games. Seven Icelandic athletes had previously competed in Sydney, including swimmer Örn Arnarson, who finished fourth in the men's 200 m backstroke. Handball player Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson, who competed in his third Olympics since 1988 and helped his team set a remarkable comeback to the Games after an eight-year absence, was appointed by the committee to become the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.

;Men

;Combined events – Decathlon

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!Athlete

!Event

! 100 m

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!

!

! 400 m

!

!

!

!

! 1500 m

!Final

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Jón Arnar Magnússon

!style="font-size:95%"|Result

|11.05

|7.12

|14.98

|

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|rowspan=2 colspan=2|

|- align=center

!style="font-size:95%"|Points

|850

|842

|788

|0

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|}

;Women

;Field events

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|-

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

|-align=center

|align=left|Þórey Edda Elísdóttir

|align=left|Pole vault

|4.40

|10 q

|4.55

|5

|}

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men

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|-

!rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan =8|Qualification

!colspan =8|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!colspan=6|Apparatus

!rowspan=2|Total

!rowspan=2|Rank

!colspan=6|Apparatus

!rowspan=2|Total

!rowspan=2|Rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Rúnar Alexandersson

|align=left|All-around

|8.700

|9.737

|9.162

|8.887

|9.312

|9.000

|54.798

|35

|colspan=8|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Pommel horse

|

|9.737

|colspan=4

|9.737

|=6 Q

|

|9.725

|colspan=4

|9.725

|7

|}

Handball

Men's tournament

;Roster

;Group play

;Ninth Place Final

Sailing

;Open

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

|-

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=11|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!M*

|-align=center

|align=left|Hafsteinn Geirsson

|align=left|Laser

|28

|36

|42

|36

|35

|<s>DNF</s>

|39

|38

|40

|35

|15

|344

|40

|}

<small>M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given</small>

Swimming

Icelandic swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard

time):

;Men

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

|-

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Örn Arnarson

|align=left|50 m freestyle

|23.84

|54

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Hjörtur Már Reynisson

|align=left|100 m butterfly

|55.12

|42

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson

|align=left|100 m breaststroke

|1:02.97

|23

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|200 m breaststroke

|2:15.60

|21

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|}

;Women

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

|-

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir

|align=left|200 m individual medley

|2:22.00

|27

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Íris Edda Heimisdóttir

|align=left|100 m breaststroke

|1:15.35

|40

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Kolbrún Yr Kristjánsdóttir

|align=left|100 m butterfly

|1:02.33

|31

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir

|align=left|50 m freestyle

|26.36

|31

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|100 m freestyle

|58.47

|40

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|}

See also

  • Iceland at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

References

  • Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
  • National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland