Poland at the 1972 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	POL
Nocname:	Polish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1972
Website:
Location:	Sapporo
Competitors:	47 (39 men, 8 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Andrzej Bachleda, Alpine Skiing
Rank:	13
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(1908–1912) (1912)

Poland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Men

Men's slalom

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Andrzej Fiedor	1'19:17.25	11	1'30:17.25	48
	Józef Stopka	1'19:18.66	8	1'27:18.66	35
	Andrzej Rapacz	1'17:21.02	9	1'26:21.02	33
	Aleksander Klima	1'17:00.86	2	1'19:00.86	9

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Jan Staszel	48:46.72	33
30 km	Jan Staszel	1'43:35.68	29

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Anna Gębala-Duraj	18:13.43	29
	Władysława Majerczyk	17:56.55	23
	Józefa Chromik	17:55.41	21
	Weronika Budny	17:38.74	13
10 km	Władysława Majerczyk	38:19.66	34
	Józefa Chromik	36:45.39	21
	Anna Gębala-Duraj	36:32.65	15
	Weronika Budny	35:57.59	11

Women's 3 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Pairs

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

Medal round

Rank	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	5	4	0	1	33	13	9
2	5	3	2	0	18	15	6
3	5	3	2	0	26	13	6
4	5	2	2	1	17	13	5
5	5	2	3	0	14	24	4
6	5	0	5	0	9	39	0

Czechoslovakia 14-1 Poland
Finland 5-1 Poland
Sweden 5-3 Poland
USSR 9-3 Poland
USA 6-1 Poland
Team Roster

Walery Kosyl

Andrzej Tkacz

Ludwik Czachowski

Marian Feter

Stanislaw Fryslweicz

Robert Goralczyk

Adam Kopszynski

Jerzy Potz

Andrzej Szczepaniec

Jozef Batkiewicz

Krzysztof Bialynicki

Stefan Chowaniec

Feliks Goralczyk

Tadeusz Kacik

Tadeusz Obloj

Jozef Slovakiewicz

Leszek Tokarz

Wieslaw Tokarz

Walenty Zietara

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryszard Gawior	54.72	24	54.09	20	53.26	21	52.87	16	3:34.94	19
Mirosław Więckowski	54.43	22	54.82	27	54.61	34	53.75	30	3:37.61	27
Lucjan Kudzia	54.14	19	53.58	15	52.36	11	52.75	13	3:32.83	13
Janusz Grzemowski	53.07	8	53.12	10	52.66	15	52.59	12	3:31.44	12

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mirosław Więckowski Wojciech Kublik	44.88	6	44.78	4	1:29.66	5
Lucjan Kudzia Ryszard Gawior	45.28	9	45.40	11	1:30.68	9

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Barbara Piecha	45.96	9	46.24	10	45.89	8	44.98	6	3:03.07	9
Wiesława Martyka	45.68	7	46.12	9	45.47	6	45.06	7	3:02.33	6
Halina Kanasz	45.66	6	45.98	7	45.52	7	45.17	9	3:02.33	6

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kazimierz Długopolski	Individual	73.0	73.5	184.9	10	51:38.5	190.960	24	375.860	12
Józef Gąsienica		67.5	64.5	146.8	34	51:29.4	192.325	21	339.125	31
Stefan Hula		72.5	71.0	178.2	18	51:29.4	192.325	21	370.525	17

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Stanisław Gąsienica Daniel	Normal hill	73.5	97.3	72.5	96.7	194.0	39
Tadeusz Pawlusiak		73.5	98.8	71.5	99.1	197.9	32
Adam Krzysztofiak		75.5	105.0	73.5	102.3	207.3	24
Wojciech Fortuna		82.0	115.4	76.5	106.6	222.0	6
Stanisław Gąsienica Daniel	Large hill	83.0	83.2	86.0	87.9	171.1	31
Adam Krzysztofiak		84.0	85.6	85.0	87.5	173.1	29
Tadeusz Pawlusiak		87.0	89.3	90.0	94.0	183.3	18
Wojciech Fortuna		111.0	130.4	87.5	89.5	219.9