Iceland at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Iceland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Gudrún Arnardóttir
Medals Ranked 71st	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview)
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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	Achievements
Stefán Konráðsson	delegation leader
Líney Rut Halldórsdóttir	assistant delegation leader
Ágúst Kárason	physician
Gauti Grétarsson	physiotherapist

Gymnastics

Name	Sport/Profession	Achievements
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

Men

Field events

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

Women

Track & road events

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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vala Flosadóttir	pole vault	4.30	1	4.50 NR
Þórey Edda Elísdóttir		4.00	22	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
	Points

Gymnastics

Men's artistic individual all-around

• Rúnar Alexandersson (50th place)

Sailing

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
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		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ríkarður Ríkarðsson	100 m freestyle	52.85		Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	56.11		Did not advance
Örn Arnarson	200 m freestyle	1:49.78		1:50.41		Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:59.80		1:58.99		1:59.00	4
Hjalti Guðmundsson	100 m breaststroke	1:05.55		Did not advance
Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson	200 m breaststroke	2:17.86		Did not advance

Women

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

References

External links

• Ólympíuvefurinn (Icelandic only)