Poland at the 1928 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	POL
Nocname:	Polish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1928
Website:
Location:	Amsterdam
Competitors:	93
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Marian Cieniewski^[1]
Rank:	21
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1924
See also:	(1908–1912) (1912)

Poland competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 93 competitors, 82 men and 11 women, took part in 44 events in 11 sports.^[2]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Klemens Biniakowski	400 m	50.8	3	Did not advance
Józef Jaworski	1500 m	4:14.0	7	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Stefan Kostrzewski	400 m	52.2	4	Did not advance
400 m hurdles	56.0	2 Q	58.0	5	Did not advance
Feliks Malanowski	800 m	1:59.8	5	Did not advance
align=left	Wojciech Trojanowski	110 m hurdles	16.0	6	Did not advance
Zygmunt Weiss	400 m	50.8	3	Did not advance
Feliks Zuber	400 m	52.6	4	Did not advance
Klemens Biniakowski Stefan Kostrzewski Zygmunt Weiss Feliks Zuber	relay	3:24.2	4	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Józef Baran-Bilewski	Discus throw	41.77	18	Did not advance
Zdzisław Nowak	Long jump	6.57	33	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Antoni Cejzik	Result	12.2	5.92	12.11	1.70	53.0	18.4	39.43	2.90	43.96	5:11.4	5415	18
Points	567	569	613	544	676	464	653	333	500	496

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gertruda Kilosówna	align=left rowspan=2	800 m	2:28.0	3 Q	2:28.0	8
Otylia Tabacka	2:33.0	7	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Genowefa Kobielska	Discus throw	32.72	8	Did not advance
Halina Konopacka	Discus throw	39.17 OR	1 Q	39.62 WR

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stefan Glon	Bantamweight	L PTS	Did not advance
Jan Górny	Featherweight		W PTS	L PTS	Did not advance
Witold Majchrzycki	Lightweight	W PTS	L PTS	Did not advance
Jerzy Snoppek	Middleweight		L PTS	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Poland in 1928.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stanisław Kłosowicz	align=left rowspan=4	Men's road race	5:51:31	57
Eugeniusz Michalak	5:37:02	49
align=left rowspan=1	Józef Popowski	5:55:39	61
align=left rowspan=1	Józef Stefański	5:47:15	54
Eugeniusz Michalak Józef Stefański Stanisław Kłosowicz Józef Popowski	Team road race	17:16:35	13

Track

Sprint

Time trial

Team Pursuit

Tandem

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Five riders, represented Poland in 1928, all they won medals.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
								Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Michał Antoniewicz	Moja Miła	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	144.50	39	1438.0	3	1582.50	4	240.0	16	1822.50	19
Józef Trenkwald	Lwi Pazur	184.70	25	1250.5	29	1435.20	6	210.0	20	1645.20	25
Karol von Rómmel	Donese	90.22	45	1240.0	30	1330.22	2	270.0	12	1600.22	26
Michał Antoniewicz Józef Trenkwald Karol von Rómmel	See above	Team	419.42	12	3928.50	5	4347.92	5	720.00	2	5067.92

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification			Final
			Time	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Michał Antoniewicz	Readglet	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	1:31	6	20	Did not advance
Kazimierz Gzowski	Mylord	1:33	0	4 Q	2	4	Did not advance	4
Kazimierz Szosland	Alli	1:40	2	13	Did not advance
Michał Antoniewicz Kazimierz Gzowski Kazimierz Szosland	See above	Team	4:44	8	2	8

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Six fencers, all men, represented Poland in 1928.

Men

Ranks given are within the pool.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Władysław Segda	Foil	L 1-5 L 2-5 L 3-5 L 2-5 W 5-1	5	align=center colspan=8	did not advance
Tadeusz Friedrich Adam Papée Aleksander Małecki Kazimierz Laskowski Władysław Segda Jerzy Zabielski	Team sabre	W 11-5 W 9-7	2 Q	align=center colspan=4	L 0-16 W 9-7	2 Q	L 4-12 W 9-7

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1928.

Athlete	Event	Riding (show jumping)	Fencing (épée one touch)	Shooting (10 m air pistol)	Swimming (200 m freestyle)	Running (3000 m)	Total points	Final rank
		Points	Points	Points	Points	Points
Franciszek Koprowski	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	28	34	30	23	27	142	34
Zenon Małłysko	18	19	9	18	13	77	12
Stefan Szelestowski	26	12	35	1	36	110	26

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Repechage		Round 2		Repechage		Round 3		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Franciszek Bronikowski Edmund Jankowski Leon Birkholc Bernard Ormanowski Bolesław Drewek	Coxed four	7:31.6	1 Q	7:47.6		1 Q	7:29.0		1 Q	7:29.0	1 Q	7:12.8
Otto Gordziałkowski Stanisław Urban Andrzej Sołtan-Pereświat Marian Wodziański Janusz Ślązak Wacław Michalski Józef Łaszewski Henryk Niezabitowski Jerzy Skolimowski	Eight	6:37.0	1 Q	6:43.2		2	6:24.6	1 Q	6:42.2	5	Did not advance

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Men

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool							Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Rank	Final round Result	Rank
Henryk Ganzera	−58 kg	L F	L F	14	Did not advance
Leon Mazurek	−62 kg	L F	L F	14	Did not advance
Ryszard Błażyca	−67.5 kg	L F	W F	W F	L F	7	Did not advance
Jan Gałuszka	−82.5 kg	W F	L F	8	Did not advance

Art competitions

See main article: Art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Category	Title	Rank
Kazimierz Wierzyński	Literature	Lyric works	Laur Olimpijski
Władysław Skoczylas	Painting	Drawings	Posters

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for Poland . olympedia.org . 5 January 2024.
2. Web site: Poland at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060019/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/POL/summer/1928/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-04-29 . sports-reference.com.