Iceland at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	5	2	7
Handball	15	0	15
Judo	2	–	2
Sailing	2	0	2
Swimming	4	2	6
Total	28	4	32

Men

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vésteinn Hafsteinsson	Discus throw	58.94		Did not advance
Eggert Bogason		NM		Did not advance
Einar Vilhjálmsson	Javelin throw	78.92		Did not advance
Sigurður Einarsson		75.52		Did not advance
Pétur Guðmundsson	Shot put	19.21		Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Helga Halldórsdóttir	400 m hurdles	58.99		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Íris Grönfeldt	Javelin throw	54.28		Did not advance

Summary

Key:

• ET – After extra time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						5th to 12th places	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Iceland men's	Men's tournament	United States W 22-15	Algeria W 22-16	Sweden L 14-20	Yugoslavia D 19-19	Soviet Union L 19-32	4	East Germany L 29-31	Did not advance	8

• 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

Men's 95 kg

• Bjarni Friðriksson

Men's +95 kg

• Sigurður Bergmann

Men

Athlete	Event	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points [2]	Total -1 [3]
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
Gunnlaugur Jonasson Isleifur Fridriksson	470	21	27.0	17	23.0	20	26.0	15	21.0	DNF	36.0	21	27.0	16	22.0	182.0	146.0

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Magnús Ólafsson	50 m freestyle	24.50	40	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	52.01	31	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:53.05	28	Did not advance
Ragnar Guðmundsson	400 m freestyle	4:05.12	37	Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:57.54	31	Did not advance
Eðvarð Eðvarðsson	100 m backstroke	57.70		58.20	16	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:05.61	24	Did not advance
Arnþór Ragnarsson	100 m breaststroke	1:07.93	50	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:27.93	43	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:10.18	27	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bryndís Ólafsdóttir	50 m freestyle	28.38	37	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	59.56	40	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:07.11	32	Did not advance
Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir	100 m breaststroke	1:13.01	23	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:39.10	27	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:22.65	24	Did not advance

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