1968 Winter Olympics / Participant (Poland)

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Poland took part in the X Olympic Winter Games in 1968 in Grenoble, France, with a delegation of 31 athletes in seven disciplines, including 23 men and 8 women. None of the athletes managed to win a medal.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the biathlete Stanisław Szczepaniak .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Andrzej Fiedor

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 4th place (2:20: 19.6 h)

• Józef Gąsienica Sobczak

  20 km individual: race not finished

• Stanislaw Łukaszczyk

  20 km individual: 8th place (1: 20: 28.1 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 4th place (2:20: 19.6 h)

• Józef Różak

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 4th place (2:20: 19.6 h)

• Józef Stopka

  20 km individual: 48th place (1: 34: 17.7 h)

• Stanisław Szczepaniak

  20 km individual: 4th place (1: 18: 56.8 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 4th place (2:20: 19.6 h)

figure skating

Couples

• Janina Poremska & Piotr Scypa

  15th place (272.2)

Nordic combination

• Erwin Fiedor

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 18th place (395.93)

• Józef Gąsienica Daniel

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 15th place (407.76)

• Józef Gąsienica

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 6th place (428.78)

• Jan Kawulok

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 20th place (387.91)

Luge

Men, single-seaters

• Zbigniew Gawior

  4th place (2: 53.51 min)

• Lucjan Kudzia

  13th place (2: 55.91 min)

• Tadeusz Radwan

  22nd place (2: 57.23 min)

• Jerzy Wojnar

  8th place (2: 54.62 min)

Men, two-seaters

• Lucjan Kudzia , Stanisław Paczka

  9th place (1: 38.17 min)

• Zbigniew Gawior , Ryszard Gawior

  6th place (1: 37.85 min)

Women

• Jadwiga Damse

  5th place (2: 30.15 min)

• Helena Macher

  4th place (2: 30.05 min)

• Anna Mąka

  7th place (2: 30.40 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś

  Downhill: 26th place (2: 05.48 min)

  Giant Slalom: 13th place (3: 35.71 min)

  Slalom: 6th place (1: 40.61 min)

• Ryszard Ćwikła

  Downhill: 48th place (2: 10.63 min)

  Giant Slalom: 37th place (3: 45.96 min)

  Slalom: 21st place (1: 46.80 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Józef Rysula

  15 km: 21st place (50: 38.5 min)

  30 km: 21st place (2: 35: 30.9 h)

Women

• Stefania Biegun

  5 km: 9th place (17: 03.4 min)

  10 km: 19th place (39: 55.4 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: 5th place (59: 04.7 min)

• Weronika Budny

  5 km: 19th place (17: 38.2 min)

  10 km: 21st place (40: 09.4 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: 5th place (59: 04.7 min)

• Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa

  5 km: 23rd place (17: 56.5 min)

  10 km: 25th place (40: 59.9 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: 5th place (59: 04.7 min)

• Anna Gębala-Duraj

  5 km: 26th place (18: 02.7 min)

  10 km: 30th place (43: 23.8 min)

Ski jumping

• Erwin Fiedor

  Normal hill: 30th place (191.8)

  Large hill: 30th place (179.7)

• Jozef Kocyan

  Normal hill: 35th place (189.0)

  Large hill: 45th place (159.0)

• Józef Przybyła

  Normal hill: 27th place (193.7)

  Large hill: 14th place (199.2)

• Ryszard Witke

  Normal hill: 32nd place (190.3)

  Large hill: 31st place (179.4)

Web links

• Poland at the 1968 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )