Iceland was represented at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

in Nagano, Japan by the

National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland The National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland (, ÍSÍ) is the National Olympic Committee representing Iceland, and the highest authority for sporting activity in the country. The main tasks of the ÍSÍ are to promote, coordinate and org ...

. In total, seven athletes including four men and three women represented Iceland in one sport – alpine skiing.

Competitors

In total, seven athletes represented Iceland at the

in Nagano, Japan in one sport.

Alpine skiing

In total, seven Icelandic athletes participated in the alpine skiing events – Haukur Arnórsson, Kristinn Björnsson,

Sveinn Brynjólfsson Sveinn Brynjólfsson (born 27 July 1975) is an Icelandic alpine skier. He competed in the men's slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter m ...

Arnór Gunnarsson Arnór Gunnarsson (born 25 April 1971) is an Icelandic alpine skier. He competed in the men's slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter mul ...

, Theódóra Mathiesen, Sigríður Þorláksdóttir and Brynja Þorsteinsdóttir. The men's giant slalom was due to take place on 18 February 1998 but was postponed due to heavy snow and instead took place on 19 February 1998. Björnsson completed his first run in a time of one minute 25.47 seconds. He did not finish his second run. Arnórsson did not finish his first run and did not take part in the second run. The women's slalom took place on 19 February 1998. Neither Mathiesen, Þorláksdóttir nor Þorsteinsdóttir finished their first run and they did not take part in the second run. The women's giant slalom took place on 20 February 1998. Neither Mathiesen nor Þorsteinsdóttir finished their first run and they did not take part in the second run. The men's slalom took place on 21 February 1998. Brynjólfsson completed his first run in a time of one minute 3.52 seconds. He completed his second run in a time of one minute 2.66 seconds for a total time of two minutes 6.18 seconds to finish 25th overall. Neither Arnórsson, Björnsson nor Gunnarsson finished their first run and they did not take part in the second run. Source: The women's combined took place on 16 and 17 February 1998. Þorsteinsdóttir completed her downhill run in a time of one minute 34.49 seconds. However, she did not finish her first slalom run and did not take part in the second slalom run. Source:

External links

Official Olympic ReportsOlympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com

References

{{Country at games navbox, Iceland, Olympics Nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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