Poland at the 1976 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	POL
Nocname:	Polish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1976
Website:
Location:	Montreal, Canada
Competitors:	207 (180 men and 27 women)
Sports:	18
Flagbearer:	Grzegorz Śledziewski
Rank:	6
Gold:	7
Silver:	6
Bronze:	13
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1924
See also:	(1908–1912) (1912)

Poland competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 207 competitors, 180 men and 27 women, took part in 116 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Irena Szewińska - Athletics, Women's 400 metres
• Jacek Wszoła - Athletics, Men's High Jump
• Tadeusz Ślusarski - Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
• Jerzy Rybicki - Boxing, Men's Light-Middleweight (67 - 71 kg)
• Janusz Pyciak-Peciak - Modern Pentathlon, individual
• Włodzimierz Stefański, Bronislaw Bebel, Lech Łasko, Edward Skorek, Tomasz Wójtowicz, Wiesław Gawłowski, Mirosław Rybaczewski, Zbigniew Lubiejewski, Ryszard Bosek, Włodzimierz Sadalski, Zbigniew Zarzycki, Marek Karbarz, and Hubert Wagner (as coach); Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
• Kazimierz Lipień - Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman (57 - 62 kg)

Silver

• Bronisław Malinowski - Athletics, Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
• Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrej Kupczyk, Ryszard Podlas, and Jan Werner - Athletics, 4 × 400 m relay men
• Tadeusz Mytnik, Mieczysław Nowicki, Stanisław Szozda, and Ryszard Szurkowski - Cycling Road, Men's Team Time Trial
• Andrzej Gronowicz and Jerzy Opara - Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 500 m (canoe double)
• Jan Benigier, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Jerzy Gorgoń, Henryk Kasperczak, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Grzegorz Lato, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Piotr Mowlik, Roman Ogaza, Wojciech Rudy, Andrzej Szarmach, Antoni Szymanowski, Jan Tomaszewski, Henryk Wawrowski, Henryk Wieczorek, and Władysław Żmuda - Football, Men's Team Competition
• Grzegorz Cziura - Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

Bronze

• Leszek Błażyński - Boxing, Men's Flyweight (48 - 51 kg)
• Leszek Kosedowski - Boxing, Men's Featherweight (54 - 57 kg)
• Kazimierz Szczerba - Boxing, Men's Light-Welterweight (60 - 63.5 kg)
• Janusz Gortat - Boxing, Men's Light-Heavyweight (75 - 81 kg)
• Mieczysław Nowicki - Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
• Zdzisław Antczak, Janusz Brzozowski, Piotr Cieśla, Jan Gmyrek, Alfred Kałuziński, Jerzy Klempel, Zygfryd Kuchta, Jerzy Melcer, Ryszard Przybysz, Henryk Rozmiarek, Andrzej Sokołowski, Andrzej Szymczak, Mieczysław Wojczak, and Włodzimierz Zieliński - Handball, Men's Team Competition
• Marian Tałaj - Judo, Men's Half-Middleweight (63 - 70 kg)
• Wiesław Gawlikowski - Shooting, skeet (125 targets) Mixed
• Jerzy Greszkiewicz - Shooting, 50 m running target (30+30 shots) Mixed
• Kazimierz Czarnecki - Weightlifting, 60 - 67.5 kg, total (lightweight)
• Tadeusz Rutkowski - Weightlifting, 91 - 110 kg, total (heavyweight) Men
• Czesław Kwieciński - Wrestling Greco-Roman, 82 - 90 kg (light-heavyweight)
• Andrzej Skrzydlewski - Wrestling Greco-Roman, 90 - 100 kg (heavyweight)

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Poland entered two women and two men in the archery competition. It was the second time that Poland had sent archers to the Olympics. After winning a silver medal in the women's competition in 1972, Poland's best finisher in 1976 was Jadwiga Wilejto at 6th place. Both of the Polish men, however, improved considerably on the best male competitor of four years before. Poland placed eighth on the national leaderboard for archery.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total score
		Score	Seed	Score	Seed	Score	Seed
Jan Popowicz	Individual	1154	22	1201	20	2355	17
Wojciech Szymańczyk		1137	25	1209	16	2346	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total score
		Score	Seed	Score	Seed	Score	Seed
Jadwiga Wilejto	Individual	1200	4	1195	9	2395	6
Irena Szydłowska		1127	8	1137	18	2264	20

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bogusław Duda	20 km walk	1:33:53.4	21
Marian Gęsicki	800 m	1:47.06	6	did not advance
Bogdan Grzejszczak	200 m	21.35	2 Q	21.02	2 Q	21.14	4 Q	20.91	6
Jerzy Hewelt	400 m hurdles	51.39	3 Q	50.57	7	did not advance
Zbigniew Jaremski	400 m	46.68	3 Q	47.10	6	did not advance
Zenon Licznerski	100 m	10.60	2 Q	10.52	6	did not advance
Bronisław Malinowski	1500 m	3:41.67	6	did not advance
	align=left	3000 m steeplechase	8:18.56	1 Q	8:09.11
Zenon Nowosz	200 m	21.29	2 Q	21.22	6	did not advance
align=left	Kazimierz Orzeł	Marathon	2:17:43	15
align=left	Jan Ornoch	20 km walk	1:32:19.2	17
Jerzy Pietrzyk	400 m	46.92	2 Q	46.30	3 Q	45.65	5	did not advance
Andrzej Świerczyński	100 m	10.62	2 Q	10.59	5	did not advance
Jan Werner	400 m	46.19	3 Q	45.88	2 Q	45.44	4 Q	45.63	8
align=left rowspan="2"	Marian Woronin	100 m	10.56	2 Q	10.53	4 Q	10.69	8	did not advance
200 m	21.90	5	did not advance
Andrzej Świerczyński Marian Woronin Bogdan Grzejszczak Zenon Licznerski	4 × 100 m relay	39.09	1 Q	38.83	4
Ryszard Podlas Jan Werner Zbigniew Jaremski Jerzy Pietrzyk	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.03	1 Q	3:01.43

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Piotr Bielczyk	Javelin throw	82.56	7 q	86.50	4
Eugeniusz Biskupski	Triple jump	16.46	9 Q	16.49	7
Wojciech Buciarski	Pole vault	5.10	1 Q	5.45	5
Grzegorz Cybulski	Long jump	7.71	13	did not advance
Michał Joachimowski	Triple jump	16.29	13	did not advance
Władysław Kozakiewicz	Pole vault	5.10	1 Q	5.25	11
Andrzej Sontag	Triple jump	15.82	20	did not advance
Tadeusz Ślusarski	Pole vault	5.10	16 Q	5.50 OR
Stanisław Wołodko	Discus throw	59.42	18	did not advance
Jacek Wszoła	High jump	2.16	1 Q	2.25 OR

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Ryszard Katus	Result	11.06	7.04	13.48	1.84	49.87	14.51	42.28	4.50	57.54	4:47.00	7616	12
Points	790	828	695	716	810	902	730	932	731	482
Ryszard Skowronek	Result	11.02	7.26	13.74	1.91	47.91	14.75	45.34	4.80	62.22	4:29.89	8113	5
Points	799	873	712	779	903	876	788	1005	788	590

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bożena Nowakowska	100 m hurdles	13.05	1 Q	13.04	5	did not advance
Grażyna Rabsztyn	100 m hurdles	13.09	2 Q	13.35	2 Q	12.96	5
Irena Szewińska	400 m	52.75	3 Q	52.00	4 Q	50.48 OR	1 Q	49.29 WR

Field events

Results have been removed due to her disqualification for using anabolic steroids, the first case of such a disqualification in the sport at the Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Henryk Średnicki	Light Flyweight	W 5-0	L 2:3	did not advance
Leszek Blażyński	Flyweight		W KO-2	W 3-2	W 3-2	L 1-4	Did not advance
Leszek Borkowski	Bantamweight		L 0-5	did not advance
Leszek Kosedowski	Featherweight		W WO	W 5-0	W 5-0	L 0-5	Did not advance
Bogdan Gajda	Lightweight		W WO	L 0-5	did not advance
Kazimierz Szczerba	Light Welterweight		W WO	W 3-2	W 5-0	L 0-5	Did not advance
Zbigniew Kicka	Welterweight		W 0-5	did not advance
Jerzy Rybicki	Light Middleweight		W 3-2		W 5-0	W 3-2	W5-0
Ryszard Pasiewicz	Middleweight		W KO-2		L 0-5	did not advance
Janusz Gortat	Light Heavyweight	W 3-2	W AB-3		W 4-1	L 0-5	Did not advance
Andrzej Biegalski	Heavyweight	L 0-5	did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryszard Kosiński	C-1 500 m	2:16.60	6 R	2:08.06	3 Q	2:12.71	4	did not advance
Jerzy Opara Andrzej Gronowicz	C-2 500 m	1:58.90	3 Q	1:49.04	1 Q	1:47.77
	C-2 1000 m	3:52.58	1 Q	3:59.34	1 Q	3:59.56	4
align=left rowspan=2		K-1 500 m	1:54.27	1 Q	1:52.39	1 Q	1:48.49	5
K-1 1000 m	3:55.76	2 Q	3:46.88	1 Q	3:54.29	8
Ryszard Oborski Grzegorz Śledziewski	K-2 500 m	1:46.31	6 R	1:47.30	2 Q	1:41.65	4	did not advance
Ryszard Tylewski Daniel Wełna	K-2 1000 m	3:36.57	3 Q	3:29.07	4	did not advance
	K-4 1000 m	3:07.91	2 Q	3:13.62	3 Q	3:12.17	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ewa Kamińska	K-1 500 m	2:12.38	1 Q	2:08.48	1Q	2:05.16	4
	K-2 500 m	2:01.45	3 Q	1:53.50	3 Q	1:55.05	6

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jan Brzeźny	Men's road race	4:19:09	30
Mieczysław Nowicki		4:47:23.0
Stanisław Szozda		4:49:01.0	11
Ryszard Szurkowski		4:49:01.0	12
Ryszard Szurkowski Tadeusz Mytnik Mieczysław Nowicki Stanisław Szozda	Team time trial	2:09:13.0

Track

1000m time trial

Men's Sprint

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1/8	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Jan Jankiewicz	Men's individual pursuit	4:51.48	7 Q	L 4:54.94	did not advance			10
Czesław Lang Jan Jankiewicz Krzysztof Sujka Zbigniew Szczepkowski	Team pursuit	4:27.21	5 Q	L 4:27.13	did not advance		5

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. 18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1976.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Losers Round 1	Losers Round 2	Losers Round 3	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jerzy Janikowski	align=left rowspan=3	Men's épée		2 Q		3 Q		4 Q	W 10-9	W 10-7	L 4-5 L 3-5 L 3-5 W 5-4 W 5-2	5
Zbigniew Matwiejew		1 Q		5	did not advance
Marceli Wiech		4	Did not advance
Jerzy Janikowski Zbigniew Matwiejew Leszek Swornowski Marceli Wiech	Team épée	L 1-13 L 4-11	4	Did not advance										11
Marek Dąbrowski	align=left rowspan=3	Men's foil		3 Q		4 Q		4 Q	W 10-8	L 3-10		L 5-10	did not advance		12
Lech Koziejowski		3 Q		4 Q		5	did not advance
Ziemowit Wojciechowski		2 Q		2 Q		6	did not advance
Leszek Martewicz Lech Koziejowski Ziemowit Wojciechowski Arkadiusz Godel Marek Dąbrowski	Team foil	W 15-1 W 13-3 W 9-2	1 Q	L 4-9	W 9-3	W 9-1	5
Jacek Bierkowski	align=left rowspan=3	Men's sabre		2 Q		3 Q		3 Q	L 7-10		W 10-8	L 9-10	did not advance		9
Leszek Jabłonowski		2 Q		4 Q		6	did not advance						23
Józef Nowara	L 3-5 W 5-0 L 2-5 W 5-1	2 Q	L 4-5 L 1-5 W 5-3 W 5-3 W 5-1	3 Q	L 4-5 W 5-4 L 3-5 L 4-5 W 5-2	3 Q	L 7-10		L 6-10	did not advance			15
Leszek Jabłonowski Józef Nowara Sylwester Królikowski Jacek Bierkowski	Team sabre	W 10-6 W 9-7 L 6-8	2 Q	L 4-9	W 9-3	W 9-6	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Losers Round 1	Losers Round 2	Losers Round 3	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska	align=left rowspan=3	Women's foil					did not advance
Grażyna Staszak-Makowska										did not advance
Barbara Wysoczańska							did not advance
Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska Kamilla Składanowska Barbara Wysoczańska Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska Grażyna Staszak-Makowska	Team foil	W 9-7 L 2-9	2 Q	L 5-9	W 8-8	L 7-9	6

Football

See main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

First round

Group C

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	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1	1

• **Ghana withdrew

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Team roster

 - Silver Medal

• Jan Tomaszewski
• Piotr Mowlik
• Antoni Szymanowski
• Jerzy Gorgoń
• Wojciech Rudy
• Władysław Żmuda

• Zygmunt Maszczyk
• Grzegorz Lato
• Henryk Wawrowski
• Henryk Kasperczak
• Roman Ogaza
• Kazimierz Kmiecik

• Kazimierz Deyna
• Andrzej Szarmach
• Henryk Wieczorek
• Leslaw Cmikiewicz
• Jan Benigier

Head coach

• Kazimierz Górski

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Grzegorz Ciastek	All-around	17.65	17.45	17.80	18.15	17.25	17.05	105.35	74	Did not advance
Marian Pieczka	All-around	18.05	18.35	17.60	18.70	16.75	18.30	107.75	61	Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna	All-around	19.00	18.70	18.95	19.10	19.00	19.10	113.85	11 Q	9.600	9.600	9.600	9.800	9.550	9.550	114.625	6
Roman Tkaczyk	All-around	17.75	17.30	17.65	18.15	17.80	17.70	106.35	69	Did not advance
Łukasz Uhma	All-around	17.20	17.80	17.80	18.55	18.05	17.40	106.80	65	Did not advance
Mariusz Zasada	All-around	16.60	18.40	18.45	18.20	17.35	17.10	106.10	71	Did not advance
Grzegorz Ciastek Marian Pieczka Andrzej Szajna Roman Tkaczyk Łukasz Uhma Mariusz Zasada	Team all-around	89.65	90.45	90.05	93.10	90.55	91.05	544.85	11

Individual finals

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Preliminary round

Group B

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.		4	3	1	0	91	71	7		X	17:15	23:18	19:19	32:19
2.		4	3	0	1	80	71	6		15:17	X	18:16	21:18	26:20
3.		4	2	0	2	92	82	4		18:23	16:18	X	22:20	36:21
4.		4	1	1	2	85	82	3		19:19	18:21	20:22	X	28:20
5.		4	0	0	4	80	122	0		19:32	20:26	21:36	20:28	X

Roster

– Bronze Medal

• Zdzisław Antczak
• Janusz Brzozowski
• Piotr Cieśla
• Jan Gmyrek
• Alfred Kałuziński

• Jerzy Klempel
• Zygfryd Kuchta
• Jerzy Melcer
• Ryszard Przybysz
• Henryk Rozmiarek

• Mieczysław Wojczak
• Włodzimierz Zieliński
• Andrzej Sokołowski
• Andrzej Szymczak

Head coach

• Janusz Czerwiński

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marian Standowicz	−63kg	W 0001-0000	L 0000-0010	W 0010-0000	L 0000-0100	5
Marian Tałaj	−70kg	W 0000-1000	W 0010-0000	W 0001-0000	W 1000-0000
Adam Adamczyk	−80kg	W 1000-0000	L 0001-1000	did not advance
Antoni Reiter	−93kg		W 1000-0000	L 0001-0100	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Waldemar Zausz	+93kg	L 0000–0010	did not advance
Open	L 0000–1000	did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1976. Janusz Pyciak-Peciak won an individual gold medal.

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)	Fencing (épée one touch)	Swimming (200 m freestyle)	Riding (show jumping)	Running (3000 m)	Total points	Final rank
		Points	Points	Points	Points	Points
Zbigniew Pacelt	Men's	1100	592	890	1308	1138	5028	19
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak		1066	928	1044	1164	1318	5520
Krzysztof Trybusiewicz		1004	640	978	1072	1129	4823	34
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak Zbigniew Pacelt Krzysztof Trybusiewicz	Team	3170	2160	2912	3544	3585	15343	4

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zbigniew Ślusarski Alfons Ślusarski	Coxless pair	6:58.98	2 Q	6:44.64	5 FB	7:35.53	11
Ryszard Stadniuk Grzegorz Stellak Ryszard Kubiak	Coxed pair	7:43.45	4 R	7:23.17	1 Q	7:09.33	3 Q	8:23.02	6
Jerzy Broniec Adam Tomasiak Jerzy Ulczyński Ryszard Burak Włodzimierz Chmielewski	Coxed four	6:42.55	4 R	6:22.16	1 Q	6:13.53	5 FB	6:51.85	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ewa Ambroziak	Single sculls	3:58.09	5 R	4:16.74	4 FB	4:26.60	9
Anna Krzemińska-Karbowiak Małgorzata Kawalska	Coxless pair	3:41.05	5 R	4:02.20	4 FB	4:03.26	8
Anna Brandysiewicz Bogusława Kozłowska-Tomasiak Barbara Wenta-Wojciechowska Danuta Konkalec Róża Data Mieczysława Franczyk Maria Stadnicka Aleksandra Kaczyńska Dorota Zdanowska	Eight	3:06.67	3 R	3:18.18	5 FB	3:32.48	7

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Open

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Zygmunt Bogdziewicz	Running target	553	15
Wiesław Gawlikowski	Skeet	196
Jerzy Greszkiewicz	Running target	571
Stanisław Marucha	50 metre rifle prone	587	37
Maciej Orlik	25 m rapid fire pistol	585	27
Eugeniusz Pędzisz	50 metre rifle three positions	1144	14
Sławomir Romanowski	50 m pistol	553	12
Romuald Siemionow	50 metre rifle three positions	1137	24
Adam Smelczyński	Trap	183	6
Andrzej Socharski	Skeet	192	14
Andrzej Trajda	50 metre rifle prone	589	28
Józef Zapędzki	25 m rapid fire pistol	556	45

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cezary Śmiglak	100 metre breaststroke	1:08.02	22	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:27.41	21	Did not advance
Ryszard Żugaj	100 metre backstroke	1:00.16	16 Q	59.90	16	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:12.53	29	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anna Skolarczyk	100 metre breaststroke	1:17.16	19	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:42.05	18	Did not advance

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Preliminary round

See main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Pool A

Team roster

– Gold Medal

• Włodzimierz Stefański
• Bronislaw Bebel
• Lech Łasko
• Edward Skorek
• Tomasz Wójtowicz
• Wiesław Gawłowski
• Mirosław Rybaczewski
• Zbigniew Lubiejewski
• Ryszard Bosek
• Włodzimierz Sadalski
• Zbigniew Zarzycki
• Marek Karbarz

Head coach

• Hubert Wagner

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Stefan Leletko	52 kg	95	7	125	6	220	6
Zygmunt Smalcerz		0	NVL	0	DNS	0	AC
Grzegorz Cziura	56 kg	115	2	137.5	4	252.5
Leszek Skorupa		112.5	3	137.5	4	250.0	4
Antoni Pawlak	60 kg	120	4	0	NVL	120	AC
Jan Łostowski		0	NVL	0	DNS	0	AC
Kazimierz Czarnecki	67,5 kg	130	3	165	3	295
Zbigniew Kaczmarek		135	AC	172.5	AC	307.5	DQ
Tadeusz Rutkowski	110 kg	167.5	2	210	4	377.5

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1976 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
Władysław Stecyk	−52 kg	W T 8:30	W T 1:26	W 11-8	L T 5:39	L 5 – 26	colspan=1	Did not advance	6
Zbigniew Żedzicki	−57 kg	W T 1:02	L 10-13	L 7 – 14	colspan=2	Did not advance	8
Henryk Mazur	−82 kg	W 9-4	W 13-10	W T 5:21	L 6 – 26	colspan=2	Did not advance	6
Paweł Kurczewski	−90 kg	W 6-3	W T 1:50	L T 5:11	W T 0:57	W 4-13	colspan=1	Did not advance	6

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
Aleksander Zajączkowski	−48kg	L 6 – 11	L T 0:20	colspan=4	Did not advance	11
Czesław Stanjek	−52kg	W DQ 6:52	L 6-11	DNS	colspan=3	Did not advance	9
Józef Lipień	−57kg	L DQ 8:00	W 16-12	W 9-4	L 4-29	colspan=2	Did not advance	10
Kazimierz Lipień	−62kg	W 37-0	W T 1:59	W 16-0	W DQ 8:55	L 6 – 10	W 13-4
Andrzej Supron	−68kg	L 1-13	W T 5:04	W 9-7	W T 1:47	L 4-7	colspan=1	Did not advance	5
Stanisław Krzesiński	−74kg	L DQ 5:15	W DQ 7:53	L T 1:14	colspan=3	Did not advance	11
Adam Ostrowski	−82kg	W DQ 7:19	L DQ 7:56	L 6-9	colspan=2	Did not advance	8
Czesław Kwieciński	−90kg	W T 2:00	W T 0:12	L 3-9	W DQ 8:00	W T 6:46
Andrzej Skrzydlewski	−100kg	W T 2:24	W T 1:17	L 7-9	W T 2:59	L T 2:04	L 2-6
Henryk Tomanek	+100kg	L T 2:40	WDQ 6:54	W DQ 8:35	L T 0:23	colspan=2	Did not advance	4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poland at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052335/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/POL/summer/1976/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 19 April 2015 . sports-reference.com.