Iceland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
# Iceland at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Iceland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bronze | Vala Flosadóttir | Athletics | Women's pole vault |

## Delegation

| Name | Sport/Profession |
| - | - |
| Stefán Konráðsson | delegation leader |
| Líney Rut Halldórsdóttir | assistant delegation leader |
| Ágúst Kárason | physician |
| Gauti Grétarsson | physiotherapist |

### Gymnastics

| Name | Sport/Profession |
| - | - |
| Árni Þór Árnason | group leader – gymnastics |
| Mati Kirmes | trainer – gymnastics |
| Rúnar Alexandersson | gymnastics |
| Björn Magnús Tómasson | judge |

### Track & Field

| Name | Sport/Profession | Achievements |
| - | - | - |
| Vésteinn Hafsteinsson | group leader – track & field | |
| Gísli Sigurðsson | trainer – track & field | |
| Stanislav Szczyrba | trainer – track & field | |
| Paul Doyle | trainer – track & field | |
| Guðrún Arnardóttir | 400 m hurdle | 54.63 s 7th place |
| Jón Arnar Magnússon | decathlon | quit because of injury |
| Magnús Aron Hallgrímsson | discus | 60.95 m 21st place |
| Martha Ernstdóttir | marathon | quit because of injury |
| Vala Flosadóttir | pole vault | 4.50 m 3rd place, Bronze |
| Þórey Edda Elísdóttir | pole vault | 4.00 m 22nd place |

### Sailing

| Name | Sport/Profession | Achievements |
| - | - | - |
| Birgir Ari Hilmarsson | group leader and trainer | |
| Hafsteinn Ægir Geirsson | sailing | 42nd place |

### Shooting

| Name | Sport/Profession | Achievements |
| - | - | - |
| Halldór Axelsson | group leader | |
| Peter Päkk | trainer | |
| Alfreð Karl Alfreðsson | marksmanship | 47th place |

### Swimming

| Name | Sport/Profession | Achievements |
| - | - | - |
| Benedikt Sigurðarson | group leader | |
| Brian Daniel Marshall | national team trainer | |
| Sigurlín Þóra Þorbergsdóttir | assistant trainer | |
| Ragnar Friðbjarnarson | assistant trainer | |
| Elín Sigurðardóttir | 50 m crawl | 27.58 s 51st place |
| Eydís Konráðsdóttir | 100 m butterfly stroke | 1:03.27 min 39th place |
| Hjalti Guðmundsson | 100 m breaststroke | 1:05.55 min 52nd place |
| Íris Edda Heimisdóttir | 100 and 200 m breaststroke | 1:14.07 min in 100 m 33rd place. 2:38.52 min. in 200 m 32nd place |
| Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson | 200 m breaststroke | 2:17.86 min 25th place – Icelandic record |
| Kolbrún Ýr Kristjánsdóttir | 100 and 200 m back stroke | 1:07.28 min in 100 m 43rd place. 2:24.33 mi in 200 m 32nd place |
| Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir | 100 and 200 m crawl | 58.44 s in 100 m 36th place. 2:05.22 min in 200 m 27th place |
| Ríkarður Ríkarðsson | 100 m butterfly stroke and 100 m crawl | 56.11 s in 100 m butterfly. 48th place – Icelandic record. 52.85 s in 100 m crawl. 58th place. |
| Örn Arnarson | 200 m crawl and 200 m back stroke | 1:49.78 min in 200 m crawl. 10th place – Icelandic record, made it to the semifinals. 1:59.00 min in 200 m back. 4th place (1:58.99 in one round – Icelandic record). |

## Results by event

### Athletics

**Key**

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

**Field events**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Jón Arnar Magnússon | Discus throw | 60.95 | | Did not advance | Did not advance |

**Track & road events**

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Guðrún Arnardóttir | 400 m hurdles | 56.30 | | 54.82 | | 54.63 | 7 |
| Martha Ernstdóttir | Marathon | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |

**Field events**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Vala Flosadóttir | pole vault | 4.30 | 1 | 4.50 NR | |
| Þórey Edda Elísdóttir | pole vault | 4.00 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

**Combined events – Decathlon**

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jón Arnar Magnússon | Result | 10.85 | NR | 15.48 | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Jón Arnar Magnússon | Points | | | | | | | | | | | DNF | DNF |

### Gymnastics

Men's artistic individual all-around

* Rúnar Alexandersson (50th place)

### Sailing

**Open**

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Hafsteinn Ægir Geirsson | Laser | 41 | 42 | 21 | 39 | 36 | 42 | 41 | 39 | OCS (-44) | DNF (-44) | DNF (44) | 355 | 42 |

### Shooting

Men's Skeet

* Alfred Karl Alfredsson (47th place)

### Swimming

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ríkarður Ríkarðsson | 100 m freestyle | 52.85 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ríkarður Ríkarðsson | 100 m butterfly | 56.11 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Örn Arnarson | 200 m freestyle | 1:49.78 | | 1:50.41 | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Örn Arnarson | 200 m backstroke | 1:59.80 | | 1:58.99 | | 1:59.00 | 4 |
| Hjalti Guðmundsson | 100 m breaststroke | 1:05.55 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson | 200 m breaststroke | 2:17.86 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Elín Sigurðardóttir | 50 m freestyle | 27.58 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir | 100 m freestyle | 58.44 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir | 200 m freestyle | 2:05.22 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eydís Konráðsdóttir | 100 m butterfly | 1:03.27 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Íris Edda Heimisdóttir | 100 m breaststroke | 1:14.07 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Íris Edda Heimisdóttir | 200 m breaststroke | 2:38.52 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kolbrún Ýr Kristjánsdóttir | 100 m backstroke | 1:07.28 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kolbrún Ýr Kristjánsdóttir | 200 m backstroke | 2:24.33 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
