Guðrún Arnardóttir (hurdler)

Guðrún Arnardóttir (born 24 September 1971) is a retired Icelandic athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. Her biggest success was reaching the final at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney where she finished seventh.

Competition record[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Iceland
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	32rd (h)	100m	12.62 (wind: +1.8 m/s)
			34th (h)	200m	25.85 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	18th (h)	100 m hurdles	14.30 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	38th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.96
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	25th (h)	100m hurdles	13.53 (wind: +0.8 m/s)
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	12th (sf)	400 m hurdles	57.29
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	10th (sf)	400 m hurdles	54.81
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	15th (h)	400 m	53.41
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	9th (sf)	400 m hurdles	54.93
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	400 m hurdles	54.59 (NR)
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	19th (h)	400 m hurdles	55.45
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	13th (h)	60 m hurdles	8.31 (=iNR)
			9th (sf)	400 m	53.14
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	7th	400 m hurdles	54.63

Personal bests[]

Outdoor

• 200 metres – 23.81 (Odense 1997) NR
• 400 metres – 52.83 (London 1997) NR
• 100 metres hurdles – 13.18 (+1.2 m/s) (Lexington 1996) NR
• 400 metres hurdles – 54.37 (London 2000) NR

Indoor

• 400 metres – 53.11 (Baton Rouge 1995) NR
• 50 metres hurdles – 6.89 (Reykjavík 2000) NR
• 60 metres hurdles – 8.31 (Lexington 1996, Gent 2000) NR

External links[]

• IAAF profile

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