Iceland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Iceland at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 5 2 7Handball 15 0 15Judo 2 – 2Sailing 2 0 2Swimming 4 2 6 Total 28 4 32

Results by event Athletics

Men Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionVésteinn HafsteinssonDiscus throw58.94Did not advanceEggert BogasonNMDid not advanceEinar VilhjálmssonJavelin throw78.92Did not advanceSigurður Einarsson75.52Did not advancePétur GuðmundssonShot put19.21Did not advance

Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankHelga Halldórsdóttir400 m hurdles58.99Did not advance

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionÍris GrönfeldtJavelin throw54.28Did not advance

Handball

Summary Key: ET – After extra time P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

TeamEventGroup stage5th to 12th placesFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankIceland men'sMen's tournamentW 22-15W 22-16L 14-20D 19-19L 19-324L 29-31Did not advance8

Kristján Arason Alfreð Gíslason Guðmundur Guðmundsson Sigurður Gunnarsson Atli Hilmarsson Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson Brynjar Kvaran Þorgils Mathiesen Páll Ólafsson Bjarki Sigurðsson Jakob Sigurðsson Geir Sveinsson Sigurður Sveinsson Einar Þorvarðarson Karl Þráinsson

Judo

Men's 95 kg Bjarni Friðriksson

Men's +95 kg Sigurður Bergmann

Sailing

Men AthleteEventRace IRace IIRace IIIRace IVRace VRace VIRace VIITotal Points The 1988 Olympic scoring system was used.Total-1Total after applying discard.RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsGunnlaugur JonassonIsleifur Fridriksson4702127.01723.02026.01521.0DNF36.02127.01622.0182.0146.0

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMagnús Ólafsson50 m freestyle24.5040Did not advance100 m freestyle52.0131Did not advance200 m freestyle1:53.0528Did not advanceRagnar Guðmundsson400 m freestyle4:05.1237Did not advance1500 m freestyle15:57.5431Did not advanceEðvarð Eðvarðsson100 m backstroke57.7058.2016Did not advance200 m backstroke2:05.6124Did not advanceArnþór Ragnarsson100 m breaststroke1:07.9350Did not advance200 m breaststroke2:27.9343Did not advance200 m individual medley2:10.1827Did not advance

Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBryndís Ólafsdóttir50 m freestyle28.3837Did not advance100 m freestyle59.5640Did not advance200 m freestyle2:07.1132Did not advanceRagnheiður Runólfsdóttir100 m breaststroke1:13.0123Did not advance200 m breaststroke2:39.1027Did not advance200 m individual medley2:22.6524Did not advance

References

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