1976 Summer Olympics / Participant (Poland)
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Poland took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a delegation of 207 athletes (180 men and 27 women) in 116 competitions in 18 sports.
The Polish athletes won 7 gold, 6 silver and 13 bronze medals, with which Poland took the second place in the medal table. Olympic champion volleyball team of men, the boxer was Jerzy Rybicki in the light middleweight, the modern pentathlete Janusz Pyciak-Peciak in singles, the wrestler Kazimierz Lipień featherweight of the Greco-Roman style and the athletes Jacek Wszoła in the high jump, Tadeusz Ślusarski in the pole vault and Irena Szewińska over 400 meters. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the canoeist Grzegorz Śledziewski .
Participants by sport
Archery
- Men
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Jan Popowicz
- Individual: 17th place
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Wojciech Szymańczyk
- Individual: 22nd place
- Women
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Jadwiga Szosler-Wilejto
- Individual: 6th place
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Irena Szydłowska
- Individual: 20th place
Boxing
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Henryk Średnicki
- Light flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16
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Leszek Błażyński
- Flyweight: bronze
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Leszek Borkowski
- Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Leszek Kosedowski
- Featherweight: bronze
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Bogdan Gajda
- Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
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Kazimierz Szczerba
- Light welterweight: bronze
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Zbigniew Kicka
- Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Jerzy Rybicki
- Light middleweight: gold
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Ryszard Pasiewicz
- Middleweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Janusz Gortat
- Light Heavyweight: Bronze
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Andrzej Biegalski
- Heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
fencing
- Men
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Marek Dąbrowski
- Foil: 9th place
- Foil team: 5th place
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Lech Koziejowski
- Foil: 21st place
- Foil team: 5th place
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Ziemowit Wojciechowski
- Foil: 24th place
- Foil team: 5th place
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Leszek Martewicz
- Foil team: 5th place
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Arkadiusz Godel
- Foil team: 5th place
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Jerzy Janikowski
- Epee: 5th place
- Epee team: 11th place
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Zbigniew Matwiejew
- Epee: 30th place
- Epee team: 11th place
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Leszek Swornowski
- Epee: 40th place
- Epee team: 11th place
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Marceli Wiech
- Epee team: 11th place
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Jacek Bierkowski
- Saber: 9th place
- Saber team: 6th place
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Józef Nowara
- Saber: 13th place
- Saber team: 6th place
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Leszek Jabłonowski
- Saber: 23rd place
- Saber team: 6th place
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Sylwester Królikowski
- Saber team: 6th place
- Women
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Grażyna Staszak-Makowska
- Foil: 13th place
- Foil team: 6th place
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Barbara Wysoczańska
- Foil: 20th place
- Foil team: 6th place
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Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska
- Foil: 35th place
- Foil team: 6th place
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Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska
- Foil team: 6th place
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Kamilla Składanowska
- Foil team: 6th place
Soccer
- silver
Weightlifting
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Stefan Leletko
- Flyweight: 6th place
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Zygmunt Smalcerz
- Flyweight: competition not finished
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Grzegorz Cziura
- Bantam weight: silver
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Leszek Skorupa
- Bantamweight: 4th place
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Antoni Pawlak
- Featherweight: competition not over
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Jan Łostowski
- Featherweight: competition not over
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Kazimierz Czarnecki
- Lightweight: bronze
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Zbigniew Kaczmarek
- Lightweight: competition not over
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Tadeusz Rutkowski
- Heavyweight: bronze
Handball
- Men
- bronze
Judo
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Marian Standowicz
- Lightweight: 5th place
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Marian Tałaj
- Light middleweight: bronze
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Adam Adamczyk
- Middleweight: 13th place
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Antoni Reiter
- Light heavyweight: 12th place
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Waldemar Zausz
- Heavyweight: 17th place
- Open class: 16th place
canoe
- Men
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Grzegorz Śledziewski
- Single kayak 500 m: 6th place
- Single kayak 1000 m: 8th place
- Two-person kayak 500 m: eliminated in the semifinals
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Ryszard Oborski
- Two-person kayak 500 m: eliminated in the semifinals
- Quad kayak 1000 m: 5th place
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Ryszard Tylewski
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals
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Daniel Wełna
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals
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Henryk Budzicz
- Quad kayak 1000 m: 5th place
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Kazimierz Górecki
- Quad kayak 1000 m: 5th place
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Grzegorz Kołtan
- Quad kayak 1000 m: 5th place
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Ryszard Kosiński
- Single Canadier 500 m: eliminated in the semifinals
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Jerzy Opara
- Two-man canoe 500 m: silver
- Two-man canoe 1000 m: 4th place
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Andrzej Gronowicz
- Two-man canoe 500 m: silver
- Two-man canoe 1000 m: 4th place
- Women
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Ewa Kamińska-Eichler
- Single kayak 500 m: 4th place
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Maria Kazanecka-Górecka
- Two-person kayak 500 m: 6th place
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Katarzyna Kulczak
- Two-person kayak 500 m: 6th place
athletics
- Men
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Marian Voronin
- 100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place
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Andrzej Świerczyński
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place
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Zenon Licznerski
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place
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Bogdan Grzejszczak
- 200 m: 6th place
- 4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place
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Zenon Nowosz
- 200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Jan Werner
- 400 m: 8th place
- 4 x 400 meter relay: silver
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Jerzy Pietrzyk
- 400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 400 meter relay: silver
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Zbigniew Jaremski
- 400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 400 meter relay: silver
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Marian Gęsicki
- 800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Bronislaw Malinowski
- 1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 3000 m obstacle: silver
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Kazimierz Orzeł
- Marathon: 15th place
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Jerzy Gros
- Marathon: 47th place
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Jerzy Hewelt
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Ryszard Podlas
- 4 x 400 meter relay: silver
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Jan Ornoch
- 20 km walking: 17th place
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Boguslaw Duda
- 20 km walking: 21st place
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Jacek Wszoła
- High jump: gold
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Tadeusz Ślusarski
- Pole vault: gold
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Wojciech Buciarski
- Pole vault: 5th place
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Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz
- Pole vault: 11th place
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Grzegorz Cybulski
- Long jump: 13th place
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Eugeniusz Biskupski
- Triple jump: 7th place
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Michał Joachimowski
- Triple jump: 13th place
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Andrzej Sunday
- Triple jump: 20th place
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Stanisław Wołodko
- Discus throw: 18th place
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Piotr Bielczyk
- Javelin throw: 4th place
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Ryszard Skowronek
- Decathlon: 5th place
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Ryszard Katus
- Decathlon: 12th place
- Women
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Irena Szewińska
- 400 m: gold
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Grażyna Rabsztyn
- 100 m hurdles: 5th place
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Bożena Nowakowska
- 100 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Danuta Rosani
- Discus throw: without valid attempt
Modern pentathlon
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Janusz Pyciak-Peciak
- Single: gold
- Team: 4th place
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Zbigniew Pacelt
- Individual: 19th place
- Team: 4th place
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Krzysztof Trybusiewicz
- Singles: 34th place
- Team: 4th place
Cycling
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Mieczysław Nowicki
- Road race: bronze
- Team time trial: silver
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Stanislaw Szozda
- Road race: 11th place
- Team time trial: silver
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Ryszard Jan Szurkowski
- Road race: 12th place
- Team time trial: silver
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Jan Brzeźny
- Road race: 30th place
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Tadeusz Mytnik
- Team time trial: silver
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Benedykt Kocot
- Track sprint: eliminated in the 4th round
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Janusz Kierzkowski
- Track 1000 m time trial: 4th place
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Jan Jankiewicz
- Track 4000 m single pursuit: 10th place
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: 5th place
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Czeslaw Lang
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: 5th place
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Krzysztof Sujka
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: 5th place
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Zbigniew Szczepkowski
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: 5th place
Wrestling
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Aleksander Zajączkowski
- Paper weight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Czeslaw Stanjek
- Flyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Józef Lipień
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round
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Kazimierz Lipień
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Andrzej Supron
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place
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Stanisław Krzesiński
- Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Adam Ostrowski
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place
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Czesław Kwieciński
- Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: Bronze
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Andrzej Skrzydlewski
- Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: bronze
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Henryk Tomanek
- Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place
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Wladyslaw Stecyk
- Flyweight, freestyle: 6th place
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Zbigniew Żedzicki
- Bantamweight, freestyle: 8th place
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Henryk Mazur
- Middleweight, freestyle: 6th place
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Paweł Kurczewski
- Light heavyweight, freestyle: 6th place
rowing
- Men
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Alfons Ślusarski
- Two without a helmsman: 11th place
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Zbigniew Ślusarski
- Two without a helmsman: 11th place
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Ryszard Stadniuk
- Two with a helmsman: 6th place
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Grzegorz Stellak
- Two with a helmsman: 6th place
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Ryszard Kubiak
- Two with a helmsman: 6th place
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Jerzy Broniec
- Four with helmsman: 8th place
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Adam Tomasiak
- Four with helmsman: 8th place
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Jerzy Ulczyński
- Four with helmsman: 8th place
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Ryszard Burak
- Four with helmsman: 8th place
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Włodzimierz Chmielewski
- Four with helmsman: 8th place
- Women
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Ewa Ambroziak
- One: 9th place
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Anna Krzemińska-Karbowiak
- Two without a helmsman: 8th place
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Małgorzata Kawalska
- Two without a helmsman: 8th place
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Anna Brandysiewicz
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Bogusława Kozłowska-Tomasiak
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Barbara Wenta-Wojciechowska
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Danuta Konkalec
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Róża Data
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Mieczysława Franczyk
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Maria Stadnicka
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Aleksandra Kaczyńska
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
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Dorota Zdanowska
- Eighth with helmsman: 7th place
shoot
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Maciej Orlik
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 27th place
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Józef Zapędzki
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 45th place
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Sławomir Romanowski
- Free pistol 50 m: 12th place
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Eugeniusz Pędzisz
- Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 14th place
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Romuald Siemionow
- Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 24th place
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Andrzej Trajda
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 28th place
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Stanislaw Marucha
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 37th place
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Jerzy Greszkiewicz
- Running target 50 m: bronze
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Zygmunt Bogdziewicz
- Running target 50 m: 15th place
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Adam Smelczyński
- Trap: 6th place
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Wiesław Gawlikowski
- Skeet: bronze
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Andrzej Socharski
- Skeet: 14th place
swim
- Men
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Ryszard Żugaj
- 100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Cezary Śmiglak
- 100 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
- Women
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Anna Skolarczyk
- 100 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
sailing
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Ryszard Blaszka
- Finn dinghy: 16th place
do gymnastics
- Men
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Andrzej Szajna
- Individual all-around: 6th place
- Floor: 10th place
- Horse jump: 7th place
- Bars: 6th place
- Horizontal bar: 14th place
- Rings: 17th place
- Pommel horse: 25th place
- Team all-around competition: 11th place
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Marian Pieczka
- Individual all-around: 61st place
- Floor: 44th place
- Horse jump: 35th place
- Bars: 85th place
- Horizontal bar: 49th place
- Rings: 70th place
- Pommel horse: 41st place
- Team all-around competition: 11th place
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Łukasz Uhma
- Individual all-around: 65th place
- Floor: 81st place
- Horse jump: 40th place
- Bars: 50th place
- Horizontal bar: 71st place
- Rings: 65th place
- Pommel horse: 65th place
- Team all-around competition: 11th place
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Roman Tkaczyk
- Individual all-around: 69th place
- Floor: 59th place
- Horse jump: 66th place
- Bars: 60th place
- Horizontal bar: 65th place
- Rings: 68th place
- Pommel horse: 77th place
- Team all-around competition: 11th place
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Mariusz Zasada
- Individual all-around: 71st place
- Floor: 88th place
- Horse jump: 54th place
- Bars: 31st place
- Horizontal bar: 53rd place
- Rings: 76th place
- Pommel horse: 80th place
- Team all-around competition: 11th place
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Grzegorz Ciastek
- Individual all-around: 74th place
- Floor: 61st place
- Horse jump: 66th place
- Bars: 79th place
- Horizontal bar: 81st place
- Rings: 65th place
- Pommel horse: 73rd place
- Team all-around competition: 11th place
volleyball
- Men
- gold
Web links
- Polish Olympic Team from 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )