1936 Summer Olympics / Participant (Poland)

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Poland took part in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with a delegation of 113 athletes, 102 men and 11 women, in 48 competitions in 14 sports. There were also 31 other participants (25 men and six women) in seven art competitions.

Medals

-	3	3

medal	Surname	sport	discipline
silver	Stanisława Walasiewicz	athletics	100 meter run
silver	Jadwiga Wajs	athletics	Discus throwing
silver	Zdzisław Kawecki Seweryn Kulesza Henryk Leliwa-Roycewicz	horse riding	Eventing riding
bronze	Maria Kwaśniewska	athletics	Javelin
bronze	Jerzy Ustupski Roger Verey	rowing	Double scull men
bronze	Wladyslaw Karas	shoot	50 meter rifle men

Participants by sport

basketball

Men

• 4th Place

• Trainer

  Walenty Kłyszejko

• Squad

  Zdzisław Filipkiewicz

  Florian Grzechowiak

  Zdzisław Kasprzak

  Jakub head

  Ewaryst Łój

  Janusz Patrzykont

  Andrzej Pluciński

  Zenon Różycki

  Paweł Stok

  Edward Szostak

Boxing

Men

• Edmund Sobkowiak

  Flyweight: quarter-finals

• Antoni Czortek

  Bantamweight: 2nd round

• Aleksander Polus

  Featherweight: quarterfinals

• Czesław Cyraniak

  Lightweight: 2nd round

• Józef Pisarski

  Welterweight: 1st round

• Henryk Chmielewski

  Middleweight: 4th place

• Stanislaw Piłat

  Heavyweight: quarter-finals

fencing

Men

• Roman Cantor

  Epee, singles: semi-finals

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Antoni Franz

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Alfred Staszewicz

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Teodor Zaczyk

  Epee, team: 5th place

  Saber, team: 4th place

• Rajmund Karwicki

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Kazimierz Szempliński

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Antoni Sobik

  Saber, singles: 7th place

  Saber, team: 4th place

• Wladyslaw Segda

  Saber, singles: semi-finals

  Saber, team: 4th place

• Wladyslaw Dobrowolski

  Saber, Singles: Quarterfinals

  Saber, team: 4th place

• Adam Papée

  Saber, team: 4th place

• Marian Suski

  Saber, team: 4th place

Soccer

Men

• 4th Place

• Trainer

  Józef Kałuża

• Squad

  Spirydion Albański

  Franciszek Cebulak

  Ewald Dytko

  Hubert Gad

  Antoni Gałecki

  Wilhelm Góra

  Walerian Kisieliński

  Józef Kotlarczyk

  Henryk Martyna

  Michał Matyas

  Walenty Musielak

  Teodor Peterek

  Ryszard Piec

  Friedrich Scherfke

  Wladyslaw Szczepaniak

  Jan Wasiewicz

  Gerard Wodarz

• reserve

  Marian Fontowicz

  Edward Madejski

  Wilhelm Piec

  Alojzy Sitko

  Jerzy Wostal

canoe

Men

• Antoni Bazaniak & Marian Kozłowski

  Kayak twos, 10,000 meters 11th place

athletics

Men Kazimierz Kucharski 800 m: 4th place Jozef Noji 5000 m: 5th place 10,000 m: 14th place Bronislaw Gancarz Marathon: 33rd place Kazimierz Fiałka Marathon: DNF Tadeusz Śliwak Antoni Maszewski Kazimierz Kucharski Klemens Biniakowski 4x400 m: prelims Teodor Beer Govoy 50 km walking: 9th place Jerzy Pławczyk High jump: 22nd place Decathlon: 9th place Karol Hoffmann High jump: 32nd place Triple jump: no valid attempt in qualification Wilhelm Schneider Pole vault: 6th place Edward Luckhaus Triple jump: 11th place Eugeniusz Lokajski Javelin throw: 7th place Walter Turczyk Javelin throw: 10th place

Women Stanisława Walasiewicz 100 m: silver Jadwiga Wajs Discus throwing: silver Maria Kwaśniewska Javelin: bronze

Cycling

Men

• Wacław Starzyński

  Road race, individual: 16th place

  Road race, team: unknown

• Stanisław Zieliński

  Road race, individual: 16th place

  Road race, team: unknown

• Mieczysław Kapiak

  Road race, individual: unknown

  Road race, team: unknown

• Viktor Olecki

  Road race, individual: unknown

  Road race, team: unknown

horse riding

Men

• Janusz Komorowski

  Jumping, individual: 36th place

  Jumping, team: DNF

• Michał Gutowski

  Jumping, singles: DNF

  Jumping, team: DNF

• Tadeusz Sokołowski

  Jumping, singles: DNF

  Jumping, team: DNF

• Henryk Leliwa-Roycewicz

  Eventing, individual: 15th place

  Eventing, team: silver

• Zdzisław Kawecki

  Eventing, individual: 18th place

  Eventing, team: silver

• Seweryn Kulesza

  Eventing, individual: 21st place

  Eventing, team: silver

Wrestling

Men

• Antoni Rokita

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Henryk Szlązak

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round

• Zbigniew Szajewski

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round

rowing

Men

• Roger Verey

  One: task

• Jerzy Ustupski & Roger Verey

  Double scull: bronze

• Ryszard Borzuchowski & Edward Kobyliński

  Two without a helmsman: 6th place

• Jerzy Braun , Jerzy Skolimowski & Janusz Ślązak

  Two with a helmsman: hope run

• Bronisław Karwecki , Stanisław Kuryłłowicz , Witalis Leporowski , Jerzy Skolimowski & Włodzimierz Zawadzki

  Foursome with helmsman: hope run

shoot

Men

• Kazimierz Suchorzewski

  Rapid fire pistol: 7th place

• Zenon Piątkowski

  Rapid fire pistol: 27th place

• Wojciech Bursa

  Rapid fire pistol: unknown

• Wladyslaw Karas

  Small caliber, lying: bronze

• Jan Wrzosek

  Small bore, lying: 40th place

• Antoni Pachla

  Small caliber, lying: 44th place

swim

Men

• Helmut Barysz , Kazimierz Bocheński , Joachim Karliczek & Ilja Szrajbman

  4 x 200 meter freestyle: disqualified in the preliminary run

sailing

Men

• Jerzy Dzięcioł / Leon Jensz

  O-dinghy: 18th place

• Alfons Olszewski , Juliusz Sieradzki , Józef Szajba , Janusz Zalewski & Stanisław Zalewski

  6-meter class: 11th place

do gymnastics

Women

• Alina Cichecka , Stefania Krupa , Marta Majowska , Wiesława Noskiewicz , Matylda Ossadnik , Klara Sierońska , Janina Skirlińska & Julia Wojciechowska

  Team all-around competition: 6th place

Web links

• Polish Olympic team from 1936 in Berlin in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )