1960 Winter Olympics / Participant (Poland)

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Poland took part in the VIII Winter Olympics in 1960 in the US Squaw Valley Ski Resort with a delegation of 13 athletes in four disciplines, including seven men and six women. In speed skating, Elwira Seroczyńska won silver and Helena Pilejczyk with bronze over 1500 meters, the only medals for Poland at these games.

Participants by sport

Speed ​​skating

Women

• Helena Pilejczyk

  500 m: 12th place (48.2 s)

  1000 m: 5th place (1: 35.8 min)

  1500 m: bronze (2: 27.1 min)

  3000 m: 6th place (5: 26.2 min)

• Elwira Seroczyńska

  500 m: 6th place (46.8 s)

  1000 m: race not finished

  1500 m: silver (2: 25.7 min)

  3000 m: 7th place (5: 27.3 min)

Nordic combination

• Józef Karpiel

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 19th place (419.984)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Józef Gąsienica Sobczak

  30 km: 34th place (2:06: 12.7 h)

• Józef Gut Misiaga

  15 km: 41st place (58: 03.6 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place (2: 26: 25.3 h)

• Andrzej Mateja

  15 km: 43rd place (58: 09.1 min)

  30 km: 23rd place (2:01: 54.7 h)

  50 km: race not finished

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place (2: 26: 25.3 h)

• Józef Rysula

  15 km: 18th place (54: 13.3 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place (2: 26: 25.3 h)

• Kazimierz Zelek

  15 km: 28th place (55: 59.4 min)

  30 km: 22nd place (2: 01: 27.1 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place (2: 26: 25.3 h)

Women

• Stefania Biegun

  10 km: 13th place (42: 45.5 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: 4th place (1: 07: 24.6 h)

• Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa

  10 km: 14th place (42: 45.5 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: 4th place (1: 07: 24.6 h)

• Helena Gąsienica Daniel

  10 km: 21st place (45: 08.2 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: 4th place (1: 07: 24.6 h)

• Anna Krzeptowska-Żebracka

  10 km: 20th place (44: 36.1 min)

Ski jumping

• Wladyslaw Tajner

  Normal hill: 31st place (188.2)

Web links

• Poland at the 1960 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )