1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Poland)

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Poland took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 290 athletes (252 men and 38 women) in 150 competitions in 22 sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was weightlifter Waldemar Baszanowski .

Participants by sport

basketball

Men

• 10th place

• Squad

  Ryszard Białowąs

  Janusz Cegliński

  Jan Dolczewski

  Eugeniusz Durejko

  Andrzej Kasprzak

  Grzegorz Korcz

  Waldemar Kozak

  Piotr Langosz

  Franciszek Niemiec

  Andrzej Pasiorowski

  Andrzej Seweryn

  Mieczysław Łopatka

Archery

Men Tomasz Leżański Singles: 46th place

Women Irena Szydłowska Single: silver Maria Mączyńska Individual: 6th place Jadwiga Szosler-Wilejto Individual: 18th place

Boxing

Men

• Roman Rożek

  Light flyweight: 1st round

• Leszek Błażyński

  Flyweight: bronze

• Józef Reszpondek

  Bantamweight: 1st round

• Ryszard Tomczyk

  Featherweight: Round of 16

• Jan Szczepański

  Lightweight: gold

• Krzysztof Pierwieniecki

  Light welterweight: 1st round

• Alfons Stawski

  Welterweight: 2nd round

• Wiesław Rudkowski

  Light middleweight: silver

• Witold Stachurski

  Middleweight: quarterfinals

• Janusz Gortat

  Light Heavyweight: Bronze

• Ludwik Denderys

  Heavyweight: 1st round

fencing

Men Witold Woyda Foil, single: gold Foil, team: gold Marek Dąbrowski Foil, singles: 6th place Foil, team: gold Lech Koziejowski Foil, singles: semi-finals Foil, team: gold Arkadiusz Godel Foil, team: gold Jerzy Kaczmarek Foil, team: gold Jerzy Janikowski Epee, singles: semi-finals Epee, team: 6th place Bogdan Gonsior Epee, singles: quarter-finals Epee, team: 6th place Henryk Nielaba Epee, singles: quarter-finals Epee, team: 6th place Bohdan Andrzejewski Epee, team: 6th place Kazimierz Barburski Epee, team: 6th place Jerzy Pawłowski Saber, singles: semi-finals Saber, team: 5th place Józef Nowara Saber, Singles: Quarterfinals Saber, team: 5th place Janusz Majewski Saber, Singles: Quarterfinals Saber, team: 5th place Krzysztof Grzegorek Saber, team: 5th place Zygmunt Kawecki Saber, team: 5th place

Women Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman Foil, singles: quarter-finals Foil, team: 7th place Halina Balon Foil, singles: quarter-finals Foil, team: 7th place Kamilla Składanowska Foil, singles: preliminary round Foil, team: 7th place Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska Foil, team: 7th place Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska Foil, team: 7th place

Soccer

Men

• gold

• Squad
  • goal

  1 Hubert Kostka

  18 Marian Szeja

  • Defense

  2 Antoni Szymanowski

  3 Jerzy Gorgoń

  4 Zygmunt Anczok

  13 Jerzy Kraska

  14 Marian Ostafiński

  19 Zbigniew Good

  • midfield

  5 Lesław Ćmikiewicz

  6 Zygmunt Maszczyk

  7 Ryszard Szymczak

  8 Zygfryd Szołtysik

  9 Kazimierz Deyna

  17 Andrzej Jarosik

  • Storm

  10 Włodzimierz Lubański

  11 Robert Gadocha

  12 Kazimierz Kmiecik

  15 Grzegorz Lato

  16 Joachim Marx

Weightlifting

Men

• Zygmunt Smalcerz

  Flyweight: gold

• Waldemar Korcz

  Flyweight: DNF

• Henryk Trębicki

  Bantamweight: 4th place

• Grzegorz Cziura

  Bantamweight: DNF

• Mieczysław Nowak

  Featherweight: 7th place

• Jan Wojnowski

  Featherweight: DNF

• Zbigniew Kaczmarek

  Lightweight: bronze

• Waldemar Baszanowski

  Lightweight: 4th place

• Norbert Ozimek

  Lightweight: silver

Handball

Men

• 10th place

• Squad

  Zdzisław Antczak

  Zbigniew Dybol

  Franciszek Gąsior

  Jan Gmyrek

  Bogdan Kowalczyk

  Zygfryd Kuchta

  Andrzej Lech

  Jerzy Melcer

  Helmut Pniociński

  Henryk Rozmiarek

  Andrzej Sokołowski

  Engelbert Szolc

  Andrzej Szymczak

  Włodzimierz Wachowicz

  Robert Zawada

hockey

Men

• 11th place

• Squad

  Jerzy Choroba

  Aleksander Ciążyński

  Bolesław Czaiński

  Jerzy Czajka

  Henryk Grotowski

  Zbigniew Juszczak

  Stanislaw Kasprzyk

  Stanislaw Kaźmierczak

  Marek Kruś

  Włodzimierz Matuszyński

  Stefan Otulakowski

  Ryszard Twardowski

  Stefan Wegnerski

  Aleksander Wrona

  Józef Wybieralski

  Witold Ziaja

  Zbigniew Łój

Judo

Men

• Marian Tałaj

  Lightweight: 11th place

• Antoni Zajkowski

  Light middleweight: silver

• Adam Adamczyk

  Middleweight: 19th place

• Włodzimierz Lewin

  Light heavyweight: 9th place

canoe

Men Grzegorz Śledziewski Kayak single, 1000 meters: 8th place Rafał Piszcz & Władysław Szuszkiewicz Two kayaks, 1000 meters: bronze Jerzy Dziadkowiec , Andrzej Matysiak , Zbigniew Niewiadomski & Zdzisław Tomyślak Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: semi-finals Jerzy Stanuch Kayak single, slalom: 14th place Wojciech Gawroński Kayak single, slalom: 23rd place Jerzy Opara Canoe single, 1000 meters: 9th place Andrzej Gronowicz & Jan Żukowski Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: semi-finals Jan Frączek & Ryszard Seruga Canoe two-man, slalom: 5th place Jerzy Jeż & Wojciech Kudlik Canoe two-man, slalom: 13th place Zbigniew Leśniak & Maciej Rychta Canoe two-man, slalom: 17th place

Women Stanisława Szydłowska Kayak single, 500 meters: semi-finals Izabella Antonowicz-Szuszkiewicz & Ewa Grajkowska-Stańko Kayak twos, 500 meters: 6th place Maria Ćwiertniewicz Kayak single, slalom: 4th place Kunegunda Godawska-Olchawa Kayak single, slalom: 5th place

athletics

Men Andrzej Badeński 400 meters: semi-finals 4 x 400 meters: 5th place Jan Balachowski 4 x 400 meters: 5th place Wojciech Buciarski Pole vault: 10th place Tadeusz Cuch 100 meters: heats 4 x 100 meters: 6th place Grzegorz Cybulski Long jump: 12th place Jerzy Czerbniak 4 x 100 meters: 6th place Jerzy Homziuk Long jump: 20th place in qualification Tadeusz Janczenko Decathlon: 8th place Zbigniew Jaremski 400 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 400 meters: 5th place Michał Joachimowski Triple jump: 7th place Marek Jóźwik 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals Ryszard Katus Decathlon: bronze Wladyslaw Komar Shot put: gold Tadeusz Kulczycki 400 meter hurdles: semi-finals Andrzej Kupczyk 800 meters: 7th place Stanisław Lubiejewski Hammer throw: 23rd place in qualification Bronislaw Malinowski 5000 meters: heats 3000 meter obstacle: 4th place Kazimierz Maranda 3000 meter obstacle: prelims Zenon Nowosz 100 meters: 7th place 4 x 100 meters: 6th place Jan Ornoch 20 kilometers of walking: 7th place 50 kilometers of walking: DNF Ryszard Skowronek Decathlon: Task after 7th discipline Tadeusz Ślusarski Pole vault: no valid attempt in the final Edward Stawiarz Marathon: 40th place Henryk Szordykowski 1500 meters: semi-finals Stanislaw Wagner 100 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: 6th place Jan Werner 400 meters: semi-finals 4 x 400 meters: 5th place Leszek Wodzyński 110 meter hurdles: 6th place Mirosław Wodzyński 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals Tadeusz Zieliński 3000 meter obstacle: prelims

Women Barbara Bakulin 4 x 100 meters: 8th place Ludwika Chewińska Shot put: 10th place Helena Fliśnik 4 x 100 meters: 8th place Ewa Gryziecka Javelin throw: 7th place Daniela Jaworska Javelin throw: 14th place in qualification Danuta Jędrejek 4 x 100 meters: 8th place Urszula Jóźwik 4 x 100 meters: 8th place Krystyna Kacperczyk 400 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 400 meters: DNF / prelims Krystyna Nadolna Discus throw: 15th place in qualification Teresa Nowak 100 meter hurdles: 5th place Danuta Piecyk 400 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 400 meters: DNF / prelims Grażyna Rabsztyn 100 meter hurdles: 8th place Elżbieta Katolik 800 meters: heats 4 x 400 meters: DNF / prelims Danuta Straszyńska 100 meters Hüredn: 6th place Irena Szewińska 100 meters: semi-finals 200 meters: bronze Bożena Zientarska 400 meters: heats 4 x 400 meters: DNF / prelims

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Ryszard awake

  Individual: 13th place

  Team: 8th place

• Janusz Pyciak-Peciak

  Singles: 21st place

  Team: 8th place

• Stanislaw Skwira

  Singles: 40th place

  Team: 8th place

Cycling

Men

• Ryszard Szurkowski

  Road race: 31st place

  100 kilometers team time trial: silver

• Lucjan Lis

  Road race: 36th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: silver

• Stanislaw Szozda

  Road race: 76th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: silver

• Jan Smyrak

  Road race: DNF

• Edward Barcik

  100 kilometers team time trial: silver

• Andrzej Bek

  Sprint: 6th lap

  Tandem sprint: bronze

• Benedykt Kocot

  Sprint: 4th round

  Tandem sprint: bronze

• Janusz Kierzkowski

  1000 meter time trial: 5th place

  4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Mieczysław Nowicki

  4000 meters single pursuit: 14th place in qualification

  4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Jerzy Głowacki

  4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Paweł Kaczorowski

  4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Bernard Kręczyński

  4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

horse riding

• Stefan Grodzicki

  Jumping, singles: 17th place

  Jumping, team: 12th place

• Marian Kozicki

  Jumping, singles: 21st place

  Jumping, team: 12th place

• Jan Kowalczyk

  Jumping, team: 12th place

• Piotr Wawryniuk

  Jumping, team: 12th place

• Jacek Wierzchowiecki

  Eventing, individual: 18th place

  Eventing, team: 10th place

• Marek Małecki

  Eventing, individual: 31st place

  Eventing, team: 10th place

• Jan Skoczylas

  Eventing, individual: 36th place

  Eventing, team: 10th place

• Wojciech Mickunas

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: 10th place

Wrestling

Men

• Bernard Szczepański

  Light flyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Jan Michalik

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

• Józef Lipień

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round

• Kazimierz Lipień

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• Andrzej Supron

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round

• Stanisław Krzesiński

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Adam Ostrowski

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: Withdrawal after 2nd round

• Czesław Kwieciński

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: Bronze

• Andrzej Skrzydlewski

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round

• Edward Wojda

  Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Andrzej Kudelski

  Flyweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Zbigniew Żedzicki

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Zdzisław Stolarski

  Featherweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Włodzimierz Cieślak

  Lightweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Jan Wypiorczyk

  Middleweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Paweł Kurczewski

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Ryszard Długosz

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Stanislaw Makowiecki

  Super heavyweight, freestyle: 3rd round

rowing

Men

• Roman Kowalewski & Kazimierz Lewandowski

  Double scull: 12th place

• Jerzy Broniec & Alfons Ślusarski

  Two without helmsman: 5th place

• Wiesław Długosz , Wojciech Repsz & Jacek Rylski

  Two with a helmsman: 6th place

• Marian Drażdżewski , Ryszard Giło , Ryszard Kubiak , Sławomir Maciejowski , Krzysztof Marek , Jan Młodzikowski , Marian Siejkowski , Grzegorz Stellak & Jerzy Ulczyński

  Eighth: 6th place

shoot

• Józef Zapędzki

  Rapid fire pistol: gold

• Zbigniew Fedyczak

  Rapid fire pistol: 14th place

  Free pistol: 23rd place

• Rajmund Stachurski

  Free pistol: 4th place

• Andrzej Sieledcow

  Free rifle, three-position fight: 16th place

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 6th place

• Eugeniusz Pędzisz

  Free rifle, three-position fight: 19th place

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 36th place

• Andrzej Trajda

  Small bore, lying: 9th place

• Eulalia Rolińska

  Small caliber, lying: 28th place

• Zygmunt Bogdziewicz

  Running target: 17th place

• Roman Kuzior

  Running target: 21st place

• Adam Smelczyński

  Trap: 11th place

• Grzegorz Strouhal

  Trap: 35th place

• Artur Rogowski

  Skeet: 20th place

• Wiesław Gawlikowski

  Skeet: 39th place

swim

Men

• Zbigniew Pacelt

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

  200 meters freestyle: prelims

  200 meter layers: preliminary

  400 meter layers: preliminary

  4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs

• Władysław Wojtakajtis

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

  1500 meters freestyle: prelims

• Piotr Dłucik

  100 meters back: heats

  4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs

• Cezary Śmiglak

  100 meter chest: heats

  200 meters chest: heats

  4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs

• Andrzej Chudziński

  100 meter butterfly: prelims

  200 meters butterfly: heats

  4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs

sailing

• Błażej Wyszkowski

  Finn dinghy: 24th place

• Tomasz Holc & Roman Rutkowski

  Tempest: 12th place

• Zbigniew Kania & Krzysztof Szymczak

  Flying Dutchman: 21st place

• Józef Błaszczyk , Zygfryd Perlicki & Stanisław Stefański

  Solung: 8th place

• Aleksander Bielaczyc , Tadeusz Piotrowski & Lech Poklewski

  Dragons: 20th place

do gymnastics

Men Jerzy Kruża Individual all-around: 50th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 4th place Floor: 48th place in qualification Horse: 54th place in qualification Bars: 72nd place in qualification Horizontal bar: 49th place in qualification Rings: 55th place in qualification Pommel horse: 52nd place in qualification Mikołaj Kubica Individual all-around: 13th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 4th place Floor: 31st place in qualification Horse: 6th place in the qualification Bars: 11th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 26th place in qualification Rings: 20th place in qualification Pommel horse: 11th place in qualification Sylwester Kubica Individual all-around: 22nd place Team all-around competition: 4th place Floor: 7th place in qualification Horse: 23rd place in qualification Bars: 24th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 50th place in qualification Rings: 12th place in qualification Pommel horse: 17th place in qualification Wilhelm Kubica Individual all-around: 20th place Team all-around competition: 4th place Floor: 25th place in qualification Horse: 16th place in qualification Bars: 29th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 48th place in qualification Rings: 33rd place in qualification Pommel horse: 6th place Mieczysław Strzałka Individual all-around: 48th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 4th place Floor: 53rd place in qualification Horse: 30th place in qualification Bars: 102nd place in qualification Horizontal bar: 45th place in qualification Rings: 42nd place in qualification Pommel horse: 28th place in qualification Andrzej Szajna Individual all-around: 15th place Team all-around competition: 4th place Floor: 9th place in qualification Horse: 41st place in qualification Bars: 17th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 15th place in qualification Rings: 10th place in qualification Pommel horse: 34th place in qualification

Women Małgorzata Barlak-Kamasińska Individual all-around: 63rd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 47th place in qualification Horse: 69th place in qualification Uneven bars: 82nd place in qualification Balance beam: 50th place in qualification Joanna Bartosz Individual all-around: 52nd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 19th place in qualification Horse: 65th place in qualification Uneven bars: 42nd place in qualification Balance beam: 91st place in qualification Danuta Fidusiewicz-Prusinowska Individual all-around: 72nd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 62nd place in qualification Horse: 84th place in qualification Uneven bars: 87th place in qualification Balance beam: 53rd place in qualification Dorota Klencz Individual all-around: 80th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 74th place in qualification Horse: 91st place in qualification Uneven bars: 77th place in qualification Balance beam: 89th place in qualification Danuta Lubowska Individual all-around: 84th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 70th place in qualification Horse: 56th place in qualification Uneven bars: 91st place in qualification Balance beam: 98th place in qualification Łucja Matraszek-Chydzińska Individual all-around: 45th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 33rd place in qualification Horse: 37th place in qualification Uneven bars: 22nd place in qualification Balance beam: 91st place in qualification

volleyball

Men

• 9th place

• Squad

  Zdzisław Ambroziak

  Bronislaw Bebel

  Ryszard Bosek

  Wiesław Gawłowski

  Stanislaw Gościniak

  Stanislaw Iwaniak

  Marek Karbarz

  Edward Skorek

  Włodzimierz Stefański

  Jan Such

  Alojzy Świderek

  Zbigniew Zarzycki

Diving

Men Jakub Puchow High diving: 17th place in qualification

Women Regina Krajnow Art jumping: 18th place in the qualification High diving: 17th place in qualification Elżbieta Wierniuk Artistic jumping: 8th place Diving: 11th place

Web links

• Polish Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )