Poland at the 1924 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:POL
Nocname:Polish Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1924
Website: 
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:65 (64 men, 1 woman)
Sports:10
Flagbearer:Sławosz Szydłowski[1]
Rank:22
Gold:0
Silver:1
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1924
See also: (1908–1912)
(1912)

Poland competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 65 competitors, 64 men and 1 woman, took part in 38 events in 10 sports.[2]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Fourteen athletes represented Poland in 1924. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport as well as the Games.

Ranks given are within the heat.

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Stefan AdamczakPole vaultalign=center colspan=4 3.209align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Antoni CejzikDecathlonalign=center colspan=6 6319.45512
Władysław Dobrowolski100 m11.55align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Józef Jaworski1500 malign=center colspan=4 4:28.48align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Stefan Kostrzewski800 malign=center colspan=2 2:01.64align=center colspan=4Did not advance
1500 malign=center colspan=4 4:29.07align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Stefan Ołdak400 m55.03align=center colspan=6Did not advance
800 malign=center colspan=2 2:09.66align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Stanisław Sośnicki100 m11.64align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Long jumpalign=center colspan=4 5.6712align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Stanisław Świętochowski400 m55.44align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Stefan Szelestowski5000 malign=center colspan=4 Unknown9align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Aleksander Szenajch100 mUnknown4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
200 m22.84align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Sławosz SzydłowskiDiscus throwalign=center colspan=4 35.717align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Javelin throwalign=center colspan=4 46.0014align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Zygmunt Weiss100 m11.45align=center colspan=6Did not advance
200 m23.43align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Stanisław Ziffer5000 malign=center colspan=4 16:36.014align=center colspan=2Did not advance
3000 m steeplechasealign=center colspan=4 10:38.45align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Julian Łukaszewicz
Stefan Szelestowski
Stanisław Ziffer
3000 m teamalign=center colspan=4 415align=center colspan=2Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Five boxers represented Poland at the 1924 Games. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Games. None of the Polish boxers advanced past the first bout.

BoxerWeight classRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Bronze match
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jan ErtmańskiWelterweightalign=center
L
align=center colspan=3Did not advance9
Jan GerbichLight heavyweightalign=center
L
align=center colspan=3Did not advance9
Tomasz KonarzewskiHeavyweightalign=center
L
align=center colspan=3Did not advance9
Eugeniusz NowakMiddleweightalign=center
L
align=center colspan=3Did not advance9
Adam ŚwitekWelterweight
L
align=center colspan=4Did not advance17
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
0 2 .000
0 1 .000
0 2 .000
Total 0 5 .000
Round Wins Losses Percent
Round of 32 0 1 .000
Round of 16 0 4 .000
Quarterfinals 0 0
Semifinals 0 0
Final 0 0
Bronze match 0 0
Total 0 5 .000

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Eight cyclists represented Poland in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Games. The pursuit team won the silver medal. Lange, a member of the team, also placed fifth in the 50 kilometres.

Road cycling

CyclistEventFinal
ResultRank
Wiktor HoechsmannTime trialalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Feliks KostrzębskiTime trial8:14:43.655
Kazimierz KrzemińskiTime trial8:40:18.659
Oswald MillerTime trial7:46:56.048
Wiktor Hoechsmann
Feliks Kostrzębski
Kazimierz Krzemiński
Oswald Miller
Team time trial24:42:08.214

Track cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

CyclistEventFirst roundFirst repechageQuarterfinalsSecond repechageSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Józef Lange50 kmalign=center colspan=10 Unknown5
Jan Łazarski50 kmalign=center colspan=10 Unknown8–36
SprintUnknown2 RUnknown2align=center colspan=8Did not advance
Franciszek SzymczykSprint13.61 Qalign=center colspan=2Advanced directlyUnknown3 Ralign=center colspan=2Did not startalign=center colspan=4Did not advance
Józef Lange
Jan Lazarski
Tomasz Stankiewicz
Franciszek Szymczyk
Team pursuit5:16.01 Qalign=center colspan=2 5:16.82 qalign=center colspan=2 5:18.01 Q5:23.0

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Six equestrians represented Poland in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Games. Królikiewicz won the country's first equestrian medal with the bronze in the jumping competition.

EquestrianEventFinal
ScoreTimeRank
Kazimierz de Rostwo-SuskiEventing958.5N/A24
Zdzisław DziadulskiJumping30.502:49.428
Tadeusz KomorowskiEventing929.0N/A26
Adam KrólikiewiczJumping10.002:38.4
Kazimierz SzoslandEventing964.5N/A23
Jumping39.253:20.032
Karol von RómmelEventing1648.5N/A10
Jumping18.002:38.210
Kazimierz de Rostwo-Suski
Tadeusz Komorowski
Kazimierz Szosland
Karol von Rómmel
Team eventing3751.5N/A7
Zdzisław Dziadulski
Adam Królikiewicz
Kazimierz Szosland
Karol von Rómmel
Team jumping58.50N/A6

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Five fencers, four men and one woman, represented Poland in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport; Poland was one of nine nations to send women to the first Olympic women's fencing competition.

Men

Ranks given are within the pool.

FencerEventRound 1Round 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Konrad WinklerFoil
L 4-5

L 3-5

L 3-5

L 3-5
5align=center colspan=8Did not advance
Alfred Ader
Adam Papée
Konrad Winkler
Jerzy Zabielski
Team sabre
L 0-16

L 4-12
4align=center colspan=2 align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Women

Ranks given are within the pool.

Football

See main article: Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Poland competed in the Olympic football tournament for the first time in 1924.

Round 1
Final rank: 17th place

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Six rowers represented Poland in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport.

Ranks given are within the heat.

RowerEventRound oneRepechageFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Andrzej Osiecimski-CzapskiSingle scullsUnknown3align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Antoni Brzozowski
Henryk Fronczak
Edmund Kowalec
Józef Szawara
Władysław Nadratowski
Coxed fourUnknown3align=center colspan=4Did not advance

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

A single sailor represented Poland in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Games.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Seven sport shooters represented Poland in 1924.

ShooterEventFinal
ScoreRank
Marian Borzemski25 m rapid fire pistol179
600 m free rifle6660
Bolesław Gościewicz25 m rapid fire pistol1347
Stanisław Kowalczewski25 m rapid fire pistol1621
600 m free rifle6958
Walerian Maryański25 m rapid fire pistol1621
Władysław Świątek600 m free rifle6265
Eugeniusz Waszkiewicz600 m free rifle6463
Marian Borzemski
Franciszek Brożek
Bolesław Gościewicz
Stanisław Kowalczewski
Władysław Świątek
Team free rifle47715

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman

Men's
AthleteEventFirst roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundFifth roundSixth roundSeventh roundEighth roundRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Wacław Okulicz-KozarynMiddleweight
W

L

W

W

L
Did not advance7
Leon RękawekLightweight
W

L

L
Did not advance=13

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sławosz Szydłowski . olympedia.org . 5 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Poland at the 1924 Paris Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060319/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/POL/summer/1924/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 23 December 2014 . sports-reference.com.