Poland at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	POL
Nocname:	Polish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Website:
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	125
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Teodor Kocerka
Rank:	20
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1924
See also:	(1908–1912) (1912)

Poland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 125 competitors, 103 men and 22 women, took part in 74 events in 11 sports.^[1] Zygmunt Chychła became first post-War Olympic gold champion.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Roman Budzyński	200 m	23.37	2 Q	22.51	6	Did not advance
Mieczysław Długoborski	1500 m	3:57.8	6	Did not advance
Alojzy Graj	5000 m	14:30.0	7	Did not advance
Jan Kielas	3000 m steeplechase	9:15.4	7	Did not advance
align=left	Emil Kiszka	100 m	11.13	3	Did not advance
align=left	Roman Korban	800 m	1:54.7	4	Did not advance
Stefan Lewandowski	1500 m	4:00.8	7	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Gerard Mach	200 m	22.16	2 Q	22.12	4	Did not advance
400 m	48.64	2 Q	DNS		Did not advance
Winand Osiński	Marathon	2:54:38.2	47
align=left rowspan=2	Edmund Potrzebowski	800 m	1:52.6	2 Q	1:53.7	5	Did not advance
1500 m	3:56.8	6	Did not advance
align=left	Zdobysław Stawczyk	200 m	22.22	2 Q	22.12	4	Did not advance
Zygmunt Buhl Emil Kiszka Zdobysław Stawczyk Dominik Sucheński	4 × 100 m relay	41.8	3 Q	41.8	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Henryk Grabowski	Long jump	6.77	21	Did not advance
Stanisław Kowal	Triple jump	14.03	28	Did not advance
Tadeusz Krzyżanowski	Shot put	14.90	11 Q	15.08	10
Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	Javelin throw	61.50	20	Did not advance
Janusz Sidło	Javelin throw	62.16	18	Did not advance
Zygfryd Weinberg	Triple jump	14.65	9 Q	14.76	10

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maria Arndt	200 m	25.9	6	Did not advance
Elzbieta Bocian	100 m	12.9	4	Did not advance
align=left	Genowefa Minicka	200 m	25.9	4	Did not advance
Eulalia Szwajkowska	200 m	25.5	1 Q	25.2	6	Did not advance
Maria Arndt Maria Ilwicka Genowefa Minicka Eulalia Szwajkowska	4 × 100 m relay	48.1	4	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Magdalena Breguła	Shot put	13.05	6 Q	12.93	10
Maria Ciach	Javelin throw	39.96	12 Q	44.31	7
Elżbieta Krysińska	Shot put	11.50	16	Did not advance
Elżbieta Krzesińska-Duńska	Long jump	5.43	18 Q	5.65	12
Maria Ilwicka	Long jump	5.09	32	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Henryk Kukier	Flyweight	L 0:3	Did not advance
Henryk Niedźwiedzki	Bantamweight	W TKO	L 0:3	Did not advance
Leszek Drogosz	Featherweight	W 3:0	W 3:0	L 0:3	Did not advance
Aleksy Antkiewicz	Lightweight	W 3:0	W 3:0	W 3:0	W WO	L 0:3
Leszek Kudłacik	Light Welterweight	L 1:2	Did not advance
Zygmunt Chychla	Welterweight	W 3:0	W 3:0	W 2:1	W 2:1	W 3:0
Jerzy Krawczyk	Light Middleweight		L TKO	Did not advance
Henryk Nowara	Middleweight	L 1:2	Did not advance
Tadeusz Grzelak	Light Heavyweight		W 3:0	L 0:3	Did not advance
Antoni Gościański	Heavyweight	L TKO	Did not advance

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. 13 fencers, 10 male and 3 female, represented Poland in 1952.

Men

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Adam Krajewski	align=left rowspan=3	Men's épée		1 Q		8	Did not advance			38
Andrzej Przeździecki		4 Q		7	Did not advance			32
Wojciech Rydz		4 Q		8	Did not advance			35
Andrzej Przeździecki Wojciech Rydz Jan Nawrocki Adam Krajewski Zygmunt Grodner	Team épée	L 6-10 L 0-9	3	Did not advance					7
Jerzy Pawłowski	align=left rowspan=2	Men's foil		4 Q

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Wojciech Zabłocki
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Women

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Irena Nawrocka	align=left rowspan=3	Women's foil		1 Q		5	Did not advance			20
Maria Sołtan		6	Did not advance					32
Wanda Włodarczyk		7	Did not advance					37

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

First round results

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Final Standings								Apparatus Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Paweł Gaca	All-around	17.30	17.80	10.35	18.20	17.90	17.75	99.30	113	colspan=8
Paweł Gawron		16.60	17.70	16.70	13.50	17.85	17.45	99.80	103	colspan=8
Jerzy Jokiel		19.15	12.80	16.00	16.65	17.10	17.30	99.00	117	19.15	19.15
Ryszard Kucjas		17.30	13.30	17.35	17.35	17.20	16.35	98.85	118	colspan=8
Zdzisław Lesiński		16.90	16.05	18.30	17.35	14.85	16.10	99.55	111	colspan=8
Szymon Sobala		17.90	17.90	18.00	17.15	18.15	17.85	106.95	60	colspan=8
Jerzy Solarz		18.30	15.70	15.30	16.05	17.45	9.50	92.30	148	colspan=8
Paweł Świętek		17.70	16.50	17.90	15.95	17.75	15.10	100.90	101	colspan=8
Paweł Gaca Paweł Gawron Jerzy Jokiel Ryszard Kucjas Zdzisław Leśniewski Szymon Sobala Jerzy Solarz Paweł Świętek	Team all-around	90.50	86.30	88.60	87.15	89.30	87.25	529.10	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Final Standings						Apparatus Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel	All-around	17.36	17.49	15.76	16.96	67.57	86	colspan=6
Zofia Kowalczyk		17.69	17.29	16.92	17.30	69.20	67	colspan=6
Urszula Łukomska		17.12	15.62	17.80	12.36	62.90	123	colspan=6
Honorata Marcińczak		17.00	17.36	17.46	17.03	68.85	69	colspan=6
Helena Rakoczy		18.29	18.79	16.00	17.66	70.74	43	colspan=6
Stefania Reindl		18.06	18.46	17.86	16.53	70.91	38	colspan=6
Stefania Świerzy		18.16	18.46	17.30	17.76	71.68	27	colspan=6
Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska		17.89	15.29	17.76	17.20	68.14	76	colspan=6
Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel Zofia Kowalczyk Urszula Łukomska Honorata Marcińczak Helena Rakoczy Stefania Reindl Stefania Świerzy Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska	Team all-around	141.57	138.76	136.86	132.80	483.72	8

Hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

First round results

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinal		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Teodor Kocerka	Single sculls	7:59.5	2 Q	9:10.6	4	7:41.8	1 Q	8:19.4
Jan Świątkowski Stanisław Wieśniak	Coxless pair	DSQ		7:39.7	2	Did not advance
Czesław Lorenc Romuald Thomas Zdzisław Michalski	Coxed pair	7:59.8	2 Q	8:12.1	3 Q	8:00.9	2	Did not advance	7
Edward Schwarzer Zbigniew Schwarzer Henryk Jagodziński Zbigniew Żarnowiecki	Coxless four	6:43.0	3 R	6:45.9	1 Q	6:43.0	1 Q	7:28.2	5

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Two shooters represented Poland in 1952.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Olgierd Darżynkiewicz	Trap	181	20
Józef Kiszkurno		185	9

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=1	Jerzy Boniecki	100 metre backstroke	1:13.4	31	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Gotfryd Gremlowski	400 metre freestroke	4:49.0	13 Q	4:47.4	13	Did not advance
1500 metre freestroke	19:17.5	10	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Marek Petrusewicz	200 metre breaststroke	2:44.0	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Gotfryd Gremlowski Antoni Tołkaczewski Józef Lewicki Jerzy Boniecki	4 x 200 metre freestyle	9:13.7	13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=1	Irena Milnikiel	100 metre backstroke	1:25.5	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Aleksandra Mróz	200 metre breaststroke	DSQ		Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Augustyn Dziedzic	align=left	56 kg	70	17	80	13	95	17	265	17
Henryk Skowronek	60 kg	77,5	22	85	21	110	19	272,5	21
Edward Ścigała	67.5 kg	77,5	23	90	21	120	19	290	21
Czesław Białas	82.5 kg	87,5	22	107,5	18	130	19	325	19

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1952 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	Final round Result	Rank
Rudolf Toboła	−57 kg	L T 4:53	L 0–3	Did not advance				12
Ernest Gondzik	−62 kg	W 2–1	W 2–1	L 0–3	Did not advance			8
Zbigniew Szajewski	−67 kg	L 0–3	W T 0:30	L WO	Did not advance			10
Antoni Gołaś	−73 kg	L 0–3	L 0–3	Did not advance				13
Bolesław Dubicki	−79 kg	L T 2:17	L T 8:26	Did not advance				9

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poland at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090232/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/POL/summer/1952/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 March 2015 . sports-reference.com.