Poland at the 1968 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	POL
Nocname:	Polish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1968
Website:
Location:	Mexico City, Mexico
Competitors:	177
Sports:	16
Flagbearer:	Waldemar Baszanowski
Rank:	11
Gold:	5
Silver:	2
Bronze:	11
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1924
See also:	(1908–1912) (1912)

Poland competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 177 competitors, 140 men and 37 women, took part in 112 events in 16 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Irena Szewińska — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
• Jerzy Kulej — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
• Jerzy Pawłowski — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
• Józef Zapędzki — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
• Waldemar Baszanowski — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight

Silver

• Artur Olech — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Józef Grudzień — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

Bronze

• Irena Szewińska — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
• Hubert Skrzypczak — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
• Stanisław Dragan — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
• Janusz Kierzkowski — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
• Zbigniew Skrudlik, Witold Woyda, Egon Franke, Adam Lisewski, and Ryszard Parulski — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
• Henryk Nielaba, Bohdan Gonsior, Michał Butkiewicz, Bohdan Andrzejewski, and Kazimierz Barburski — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition
• Elżbieta Porzec, Zofia Szczęśniewska, Wanda Wiecha, Barbara Hermela-Niemczyk, Krystyna Ostromęcka, Krystyna Krupa, Jadwiga Książęk, Józefa Ledwig, Krystyna Jakubowska, Lidia Chmielnicka, Krystyna Czajkowska, and Halina Aszkiełowicz — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
• Henryk Trębicki — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
• Marian Zieliński — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
• Norbert Ozimek — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
• Marek Gołąb — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrzej Badeński	400 m	45.52	1 Q	45.60	2 Q	45.50	3 Q	45.42	7
Jan Balachowski	400 m	46.23	2 Q	46.33	5	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Roland Brehmer	5000 m	15:13.8	10	Did not advance
10000 m	DNS		Did not advance
Jan Cych	3000 m steeplechase	9:50.78	11	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Marian Dudziak	100 m	10.46	3 Q	10.32	5	Did not advance
Jerzy Maluśki	1500 m	3:54.83	9	Did not advance
Wiesław Maniak	100 m	10.49	4	Did not advance
Zenon Nowosz	100 m	10.57	5	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Edward Romanowski	200 m	20:95	3 Q	20:85	3 Q	20:80	6	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Mieczysław Rutyna	20 km walk	1:47:29	26
50 km walk	4:58:03.8	22
align=left rowspan=2	Henryk Szordykowski	800 m	1:47.48	2 Q	DNS	Did not advance
1500 m	3:59.34	3 Q	3:54.24	4 Q	3:46.69	7
Wilhelm Weistand	400 m hurdles	50.7	5	Did not advance
Jan Werner	400 m	45.97	1 Q	45.63	1 Q	45.75	5	Did not advance
Wiesław Maniak Edward Romanowski Zenon Nowosz Marian Dudziak	4×100 m relay	40.27	3 Q	38.99	4 Q	39.22	8
Stanisław Grędziński Jan Balachowski Jan Werner Andrzej Badeński	4×400 m relay	3:03.02	1 Q	3:00.58	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lech Gajdziński	Discus throw	54.92	18	Did not advance
Jan Jaskólski	Triple jump	16.04	14	Did not advance
Władysław Komar	Shot Put	19.09	9 Q	19.28	6
Władysław Nikiciuk	Javelin throw	81.00	8 Q	85.70	4
Edmund Piątkowski	Discus throw	58.24	12 Q	59.40	7
Janusz Sidło	Javelin throw	80.12	10 Q	80.58	7
Andrzej Stalmach	Long jump	7.70	15 Q	7.94	8
Józef Szmidt	Triple jump	16.19	11 Q	16.89	7

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Danuta Straszyńska	align=left rowspan=2	80 m hurdles	10.7	3 Q	10.5	3 Q	10.6	6
Teresa Sukniewicz	10.7	2 Q	10.9	6	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Irena Szewińska	100 m	11.3	1 Q	11.1	1 Q	11.3	1 Q	11.1
200 m	23.2	1 Q	23.2	3 Q	22.5 WR
Elżbieta Żebrowska	80 m hurdles	10.8	2Q	10.6	4 Q	10.6	7
Danuta Straszyńska Mirosława Sarna Urszula Jóźwik Irena Szewińska	4×100 m relay	53.00	7	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Daniela Jaworska	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw	56.06	5
Lucyna Krawcewicz	51.54	12
Mirosława Sarna	align=left rowspan=2	Long jump	6.44	5 Q	6.47	5
Irena Szewińska	6.19	16	Did not advance

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Group B

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Qualified for the semifinals

width=170	Team	width=20		width=20		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=20	Pts
	7	0	642	408	+234	14
	6	1	561	418	+143	13
	5	2	493	443	+50	12
	4	3	473	504	−31	11
	3	4	456	478	−22	10
	2	5	514	532	−18	9
	1	6	453	530	−77	8
	0	7	355	634	−279	7

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Classification brackets

5th–8th Place

22 October

5th-6th Place

25 October

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hubert Skrzypczak	Light Flyweight	W 5-0	W 4-1	W 3-2	W 1-4	Did not advance
Artur Olech	Flyweight	W 3-2	W TKO	W 3-2	L 0-5
Jan Gałązka	Bantamweight	L 2-3	Did not advance
Jan Wadas	Featherweight	L 1-4	Did not advance
Józef Grudzień	Lightweight	W 5-0	W 5-0	W 4-1	W 5-0	W 5-0	L 0-5
Jerzy Kulej	Light-Welterweight	W 3-2	W 4-1	W 3-2	W 5-0	W 3-2
Marian Kasprzyk	Welterweight	L 1-4	Did not advance
Witold Stachurski	Light Middleweight	L 2-3	Did not advance
Wiesław Rudkowski	Middleweight	W RSC	L 0-5	Did not advance		5
Stanislaw Dragan	Light Heavyweight		W WO	W 4-1	L 1-4	Did not advance
Lucjan Trela	Heavyweight	L 1-4	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Władysław Szuszkiewicz	K-1 1000 m	4:03.4	1 Q	4:05.72	1 Q	4:06.36	4
Ewald Janusz Rafal Piszcz Władysław Zieliński Ryszard Marchlik	K-4 1000 m	3:21.7	3 Q	3:21.29	3 Q	3:22.10	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stanisława Szydłowska	K-1 500 m	2:12.1	5 q	2:15.32	4	Did not advance
Izabella Antonowicz Jadwiga Doering	K-2 500 m	2:06.8	5 q	2:03.48	1 Q	2:04.20	9

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Ten cyclists represented Poland in 1968.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marian Kegel	align=left rowspan=4	Men's road race	4:44:00	10
Kazimierz Jasiński	5:08:25	59
align=left rowspan=1	Zygmunt Hanusik	5:20:59	62
align=left rowspan=1	Zenon Czechowski	DNF
Andrzej Bławdzin Zenon Czechowski Jan Magiera Marian Kegel	Team time trial	2:14:40.98	6

Track

1000m time trial

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Rajmund Zieliński	Men's individual pursuit	4:46.03	10	Did not advance	10
Wojciech Matusiak Janusz Kierzkowski Wacław Latocha Rajmund Zieliński	Team pursuit	L 4:23.77 Q		L 4:38.91	Did not advance		5

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Jerzy Kowalewski	3 m springboard	79.97	21	Did not advance
	10 m platform	85.08	22	Did not advance
Wlodzimierz Mejsak	10 m platform	89.41	13	Did not advance
Jakub Puchow	3 m springboard	88.65	15	Did not advance
	10 m platform	85.14	21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Bogusława Pietkiewicz	3 m springboard	76.45	20	Did not advance
	10 m platform	49.53	4 Q	45.56	8	95.09	5
Elżbieta Wierniuk	3 m springboard	87.62	9 Q	34.80	12	122.42	11
	10 m platform	47.26	15	Did not advance

Equestrian

See main article: article.

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Marian Kozicki	Braz	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	28.00	35	Did not advance
Antoni Pacyński	Cyrrus	37.25	38	Did not advance
Piotr Wawryniuk	Farys	52.75	39	Did not advance
Marian Kozicki Antoni Pacyński Piotr Wawryniuk	See above	Team	123.50	12	223,25	11

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics. 20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1968.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Bohdan Andrzejewski	align=left rowspan=3	Men's épée		3 Q		4 Q		4	Did not advance			13
Bogdan Gonsior		3 Q		3 Q		5	Did not advance			17
Henryk Nielaba		2 Q		1 Q		4	Did not advance
Henryk Nielaba Michał Butkiewicz Bogdan Gonsior Bohdan Andrzejewski Kazimierz Barburski	Team épée	W 16-0 W 10-6 W 9-7	1 Q	W 9-7	L 5-9		W 9-6
Adam Lisewski	align=left rowspan=3	Men's foil		2 Q		2 Q		1 Q		6	Did not advance	11
Ryszard Parulski		1 Q		4 Q		2 Q		5	Did not advance	9
Witold Woyda		1 Q		1 Q		3 Q		2 Q
Witold Woyda Zbigniew Skrudlik Ryszard Parulski Egon Franke Adam Lisewski	Team foil	W 10-6 W 11-5 W 9-4	1 Q	W 9-4	L 7-9		W 9-3
Józef Nowara	align=left rowspan=3	Men's sabre		1 Q		2 Q		2 Q		1 Q		6
Emil Ochyra		1 Q		1 Q		1 Q		4 Q		5
Jerzy Pawłowski		2 Q		1 Q	W 5-4 L 2-5 L 1-5 L 4-5 W 5-3	4	Did not advance
Emil Ochyra Jerzy Pawłowski Józef Nowara Franciszek Sobczak Zygmunt Kawecki	Team sabre	W 13-3 L 7-9	2 Q	L 2-9	W 9-2		W 9-5	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Halina Balon	align=left rowspan=3	Women's foil			Did not advance
Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman			Did not advance
Kamilla Składanowska			Did not advance
Halina Balon Kamilla Składanowska Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman Elżbieta Pawlas Wanda Fukała-Kaczmarczyk	Team foil	L 4-12 L 10-6	3	Did not advance	7

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Final Standings								Apparatus Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Andrzej Gonera	All-around	17.80	17.95	18.30	18.25	18.55	18.40	109.25	38	Did not advance
Jerzy Kruża	All-around	17.85	18.10	17.70	18.15	18.10	18.25	108.15	53	Did not advance
Mikołaj Kubica	All-around	18.50	19.00	18.75	18.70	19.05	18.80	112.80	13	Did not advance
Sylwester Kubica	All-around	18.45	18.40	17.80	18.05	18.70	18.40	109.80	31	Did not advance
Wilhelm Kubica	All-around	18.55	19.10 Q	18.60	18.55	19.15	19.20	113.15	11	19.15	Did not advance				19.15	4
Aleksander Rokosa	All-around	18.00	17.55	18.25	18.40	18.40	18.25	108.85	44	Did not advance
Andrzej Gonera Jerzy Kruża Mikołaj Kubica Sylwester Kubica Wilhelm Kubica Aleksander Rokosa	Team all-around	91.45	92.55	91.85	92.20	93.85	93.50	555.40	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Final Standings						Apparatus Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Małgorzata Chojnacka	All-around	17.60	16.75	17.35	15.65	67.35	82	Did not advance
Halina Daniec	All-around	17.75	17.70	17.80	15.95	69.20	67	Did not advance
Wiesława Lech	All-around	17.95	17.55	18.05	18.00	71.55	42	Did not advance
Łucja Ochmańska	All-around	18.00	18.05	17.90	17.80	71.75	40	Did not advance
Grażyna Witkowska	All-around	18.00	17.40	18.10	16.80	70.30	55	Did not advance
Barbara Zięba	All-around	17.65	17.90	17.65	17.55	70.75	46	Did not advance
Małgorzata Chojnacka Halina Daniec Wiesława Lech Łucja Ochmańska Grażyna Witkowska Barbara Zięba	Team all-around	89.40	88.60	89.75	86.10	353.85	10

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zdzislaw Bromek	Single sculls	8:06.61	5 R	7:48.68	3 Q	8:13.92	6 FB	7:45.48	7
Jerzy Broniec Alfons Ślusarski	Coxless pair	7:45.51	3 R	7:35.81	3 Q	7:40.10	6 FB	7:22.89	8

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Andrzej Zawieja	Finn	6	17	19	10	25	11	17	115.7	12
Andrzej Iwiński Ludwik Raczyński	Flying Dutchman	20	18	24	25	25	17	26	165	24

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Eleven shooters, ten men and one woman, represented Poland in 1968. Józef Zapędzki won gold in the 25 metre pistol.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Włodzimierz Danek	Skeet	189	23
Ryszard Fandier	Men's 300 metre rifle three positions	1127	15
	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	1139	25
Wiesław Gawlikowski	Skeet	188	24
Wacław Hamerliński	25 m rapid fire pistol	585	16
Paweł Małek	50 m pistol	556	5
Jerzy Nowicki	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	1140	24
	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	593	21
Adam Smelczyński	Trap	195	6
Rajmund Stachurski	50 m pistol	544	28
Eugeniusz Pędzisz	Men's 300 metre rifle three positions	1117	20
Eulalia Rolińska	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	593	22
Józef Zapędzki	25 m rapid fire pistol	593

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Józef Klukowski	100 metre breaststroke	1:11.0	22 Q	1:10.9	18	Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke	2:41.6	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Jacek Krawczyk	200 metre butterfly	2:22.1	24	Did not advance
200 metre medley	2:23.8	25	Did not advance
400 metre medley	5:15.1	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Zbigniew Pacelt	200 metre freestyle	2:06.3	33	Did not advance
200 metre medley	2:23.3	23	Did not advance
400 metre medley	5:18.6	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Władysław Wojtakajtis	200 metre freestyle	2:06.0	31	Did not advance
400 metre freestyle	4:31.1	19	Did not advance
1500 metre freestyle	18:32.4	18	Did not advance

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Women's team competition

• Round robin

Roster Bronze Medal

• Elżbieta Porzec
• Zofia Szczęśniewska
• Wanda Wiecha
• Barbara Hermela-Niemczyk

• Krystyna Ostromęcka
• Krystyna Krupa
• Jadwiga Książek
• Józefa Ledwig

• Krystyna Jakubowska
• Lidia Chmielnicka
• Krystyna Czajkowska
• Halina Aszkiełowicz

Head coach

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Henryk Trębicki	56 kg	115.0	3	107.5	1	135	4	357.5
Jan Wojnowski	align=left rowspan=2	60 kg	117.5	5	115	3	150	2	382.5	4
Mieczysław Nowak	117.5	5	110	6	147.5	4	375	5
Waldemar Baszanowski	align=left rowspan=2	67,5 kg	135	1	135	1 OR	167.5	1 OR	437.5 OR
Marian Zieliński	135	1	125	4	160	4	420
Norbert Ozimek	align=left	82,5 kg	150	3	140	4	182.5	3	472.5
Marek Gołąb	align=left	90 kg	165	2	145	4	185	5	495

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Zbigniew Żedzicki	−57 kg	W P	W T 2:10	L P	W P	W P	Did not advance		6
Tadeusz Godyń	−63 kg	L P	L T 9:04	Did not advance					17
Janusz Pająk	−70 kg	W P	W T 1:14	L P	L P	Did not advance			9
Jan Wypiorczyk	−87 kg	W E	L T 10:36	Did not advance					16
Ryszard Długosz	−97 kg	W T 1:33	L P	W P	L P	Did not advance			7
Wiesław Bocheński	+97 kg	L P	L DQ	Did not advance					10

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	Final round Result	Rank
Jan Michalik	−52 kg	L P	W P	Did not advance					19
Józef Lipień	−57 kg	L P	L E	L T 9:00	Did not advance				16
Tadeusz Godyń	−63 kg	L P	L DQ	Did not advance					16
Adam Ostrowski	−78 kg	W E	W P	L P	Did not advance				11
Czesław Kwieciński	−87 kg	W P	W T 7:54	L P	L P	Did not advance			7
Wacław Orłowski	-97 kg	L P	W T 2:42	L P	Did not advance				6
Edward Wojda	+97 kg	W T 2:24	L E	L P	L T 5:29	Did not advance			8

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poland at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045635/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/POL/summer/1968/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 September 2014 . sports-reference.com.