Poland at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	POL
Nocname:	Polish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1988
Website:
Location:	Seoul
Competitors:	143 (111 men and 32 women)
Sports:	19
Flagbearer:	Bogdan Daras
Rank:	20
Gold:	2
Silver:	5
Bronze:	9
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1924
See also:	(1908–1912) (1912)

Poland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Poland returned to the Summer Olympic Games after having boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics. 143 competitors, 111 men and 32 women, took part in 105 events in 19 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				21 September
				28 September
				18 September
				20 September
				23 September
				26 September
				30 September
				21 September
				23 September
				25 September
				29 September
				29 September
				29 September
				29 September
				30 September
				1 October

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	0	3	3
Athletics	12	9	21
Boxing	7	–	7
Canoeing	7	5	12
Cycling	11	0	11
Diving	1	0	1
Equestrian	4	0	4
Fencing	13	5	18
Gymnastics	0	2	2
Judo	6	–	6
Modern pentathlon	3	–	3
Rowing	8	5	13
Sailing	2	0	2
Shooting	5	1	6
Swimming	3	2	5
Table tennis	3	0	3
Tennis	1	0	1
Weightlifting	7	–	7
Wrestling	18	–	18
Total	111	32	143

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Poland entered three women in its fourth appearance in Olympic archery.

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Score	Seed	Score	Seed	Score	Seed	Score	Seed	Score	Rank
Joanna Helbin	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	1207	40	Did not advance
Beata Iwanek	1222	33	Did not advance
Joanna Kwaśna	1252	16	304	17	303	16	Did not advance
Joanna Helbin Beata Iwanek Joanna Kwaśna	Team	3681	9	945	10	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jacek Bednarek	50 km walk	3:58:31	24
Tomasz Jędrusik	400 m	46.12	3 Q	45.27	4 Q	46.17	8	Did not advance
Bogusław Mamiński	3000 m steeplechase	8:45.72	6	8:18.28	6	8:15.97	8
Ryszard Ostrowski	800 m	1:49.04	3 Q	1:47.72	6	Did not advance
Zdzisław Szlapkin	20 km walk	1:27:23	36

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mirosław Chmara	Pole vault	5.40	4 q	NM
Andrzej Grabarczyk	Triple jump	16.24	15	Did not advance
Marian Kolasa	Pole vault	5.40	4 q	NM
Krzysztof Krawczyk	High jump	2.25	15 q	2.31	12
Helmut Krieger	Shot put	19.75	10 Q	1.89	19.51
Artur Partyka	High jump	2.19	20	Did not advance
Jacek Pastusiński	Triple jump	16.66	5 Q	16.72	8

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Genowefa Błaszak	400 m hurdles	56.18	3 Q	56.76	7	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Jolanta Janota	100 m	11.71	4	Did not advance
200 m	23.40	3 Q	23.34	7	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Wanda Panfil	10,000 m	DNS
Marathon	2.34:35	22
Ewa Pisiewicz	100 m	11.84	6	Did not advance
Agnieszka Siwek	200 m	23.10	2 Q	22.96	4 Q	23.20	7	Did not advance
Joanna Smolarek	100 m	11.43	3 Q	11.35	6	Did not advance
Jolanta Janota Ewa Pisiewicz Agnieszka Siwek Joanna Smolarek	4 × 100 m relay	43.98	4 Q	43.44	4 Q	43.93	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jolanta Bartczak	Long jump	6.30	20	Did not advance
Agata Karczmarek	Long jump	6.67	8	6.60	7
Renata Katewicz	Discus throw	60.34	13	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1988 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
Grzegorz Jabłoński	Bantamweight		L 2-3	Did not advance
Tomasz Nowak	Featherweight	W 5–0	W WO	W 5-0	L 0-5	Did not advance	5
Andrzej Możdżeń	Light Welterweight		L 2–3	Did not advance
Jan Dydak	Welterweight		W 4-1	W 4-1	W 4-1	L WO
Henryk Petrich	Light Heavyweight	W RSC	W 5-0		W 5-0	L AB
Andrzej Golota	Heavyweight		W 5-0		W 5-0	L RSC
Janusz Zarenkiewicz	Super Heavyweight		W 5-0		W 3-2	L WO

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jan Pinczura	C-1 500 m	2:00.20	5 Q	AC	2 Q	1:57.61	2 Q	1:59.97	5
C-1 1000 m	4:14.10	5 Q	4:24.10	3 Q	DSQ	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała	C-2 500 m	1:43.09	1 Q	1:49.06	2 Q	1:43.61
C-2 1000 m	3:44.24	2 Q	3:50.45	1 Q	3:54.33
Maciej Freimut Wojciech Kurpiewski	K-2 500 m	1:34.72	4 Q	1:41.99	3 Q	1:35.33	3 Q	1:36.22	6
Maciej Freimut Wojciech Kurpiewski Grzegorz Krawców Kazimierz Krzyżański	K-4 1000 m	3:06.52	1 Q	3:10.87	2 Q	3:04.73	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Izabela Dylewska	K-1 500 m	1:57.42	2 Q	1:56.47	1 Q	1:57.38
Bożena Ksiąźek Jolanta Łukaszewicz	K-2 500 m	1:51.55	3 Q	1:54.30	3 Q	1:51.13	9
Bożena Ksiąźek Elżbieta Urbańczyk Katarzyna Weiss Jolanta Łukaszewicz	K-4 500 m	1:41.07	4 Q	1:42.55	2 Q	1:47.40	8

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Eleven male cyclists represented Poland in 1988.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	align=left rowspan=1	Men's road race	4:32:56	28
	align=left rowspan=1	Men's road race	4:48:06	108
align=left rowspan=1	Zdzisław Wrona	Men's road race	4:32:56	17
Andrzej Sypytkowski Joachim Halupczok Zenon Jaskuła Marek Leśniewski	Team time trial	1:57:54.2

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Ryszard Dawidowicz	Men's individual pursuit	4:36.21	5 Q	W 4:42.03	L 4:39.44	Did not advance		5
Ryszard Dawidowicz Joachim Halupczok Andrzej Sikorski Marian Turowski	Men's team pursuit	4:21.30	6 Q		L 4:22.50	Did not advance		7

Points race

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
								Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Bogusław Jarecki	Niewiaza	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	56,60	12	44,80	101,40	11	10,00	111,40	12	111,40	12
Eugeniusz Koczorski	Idrys	90,00	46	110,80	260,80	36	16,50	277,30	33	277,30	33
Krzysztof Rafalak	Dziwnograd	72,40	32	56,40	158,40	23	5,00	163,40	21	163,40	21
Krzysztof Rogowski	Alkierz	80,20	41	25,60	109,80	15	5,00	114,80	13	114,80	13
Bogusław Jarecki Krzysztof Rafalak Eugeniusz Koczorski Krzysztof Rogowski	See above	Team	209,20	8	160,40	369,60	4	20,00	389,60	4	389,60	4

# – Indicates that points do not count in team total
* Only three riders are eligible to qualify for the jumping final.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics. 18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1988.

Men

Individual

Athlete	Event	Elimination round	Round I	Repechage Round I	Round II	Repechage Round II	Round III	Repechage Round III	Round IV	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ludomir Chronowski	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée	33	Did not advance
Witold Gadomski	21 Q	W 10-6		L 5-10	L 5-10	Did not advance
Cezary Siess	43	Did not advance
Leszek Bandach	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil	29 Q	L 5–10	L 7-10	Did not advance
Marian Sypniewski	27 Q	L 6-10	L 9–10	Did not advance
Bogusław Zych	15 Q	W 10-3	L 7-10	W 10-1	L 7-10	Did not advance
Robert Kościelniakowski	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre	18	Did not advance
Janusz Olech	2 Q	W 10-7	L 7-10	W 10-6	W 10-7	W 10-9	L 10-4
Tadeusz Piguła	12 Q	L 5-10	W 10-9	L 6-10	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Elimination round	1/16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ludomir Chronowski Witold Gadomski Cezary Siess Bogusław Zych Piotr Kiełpikowski	Team épée	W 9-1 L 4-9	L 6-9	10
Leszek Bandach Marian Sypniewski Bogusław Zych Waldemar Ciesielczyk Piotr Kiełpikowski	Team foil	W 9-2 W 9-0 L 3-9	L 3-9	Classification semi-final W 9-7	5th place final W 8-8	5
Janusz Olech Robert Kościelniakowski Andrzej Kostrzewa Tadeusz Piguła Marek Gniewkowski	Team sabre	W 9-1 W 9-3 L 7-9	L 8-8	5th place final W 9-4	5

Women

Individual

Athlete	Event	Elimination round	Round I	Repechage Round I	Round II	Repechage Round II	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Agnieszka Dubrawska	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil	30	Did not advance
Jolanta Królikowska	15 Q	L6-8	L 6-8	Did not advance
Anna Sobczak	23	Did not advance

Team

Gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Prelim Total	Total	Rank
Eliza Bialkowska	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	9.700	9.88	9.650	9.650	38.800	19.400	58.200	14
Teresa Folga	9.800	9.800	9.700	9.900	39.200	19.425	58.625	7

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ireneusz Kiejda	−60 kg		L 0000-0001	Did not advance
Janusz Pawłowski	−66 kg	W 0010–0000	W 0100–0000	W 1000–0000	W 0001–0000	W 1000–0000	L 0000–0000
Wiesław Błach	−71 kg	W 1000–0000	L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Waldemar Legień	−78 kg		W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000	W 0100–0000	W 0000–0000	W 1000–0000
Jacek Beutler	−95 kg			W 0100–0000	W 1000–0000	L 0000–0001	L 1000–0000	Did not advance
Andrzej Basik	+95 kg		W 0010–0000	W 1000–0000	L 0000–0010	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1988.

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
Wiesław Chmielewski	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	576	847	1224	958	1096	4501	53
Maciej Czyżowicz	770	847	1308	1000	1123	5048	15
Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek	1040	660	1312	934	1036	4982	23
Wiesław Chmielewski Maciej Czyżowicz Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek	Team	2386	2354	3844	2692	3255	14531	9

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kajetan Broniewski	Single sculls	7:13.77	4 R	7:04.39	2 Q	7:03.90	3 Q	7:03.67	5
Wojciech Jankowski Jacek Streich Ireneusz Omięcki	Coxed pair	7:21.89	4 R	7:18.21	2 Q	7:13.48	5 FB	7:18.60	9
Sławomir Cieślakowski Andrzej Krzepiński Mirosław Mruk Tomasz Świątek	Quadruple sculls	5:52.41	5 R	5:57.61	2 Q	5:57.32	3 FB	5:55.39	7

Women

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Grzegorz Myszkowski	Lechner Division II	16	6	24	14	16	19	22	128.7	17
Henryk Blaszka	Finn	18	19	10	23	16	20	8	127.0	20

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
	50 metre running target	584	12
Adam Kaczmarek	25 m rapid fire pistol	595	5 Q	691	5
	50 metre running target	582	15
Krzysztof Kucharczyk	25 m rapid fire pistol	591	11	Did not advance
Jerzy Pietrzak	10 m air pistol	582	7 Q	678.3	7
	50 m pistol	557	14	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Dorota Bidołach	25 m pistol	582	10	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	378	12	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Mateusz Podkościelny	200 metre freestyle	1:50.95	14	1:51.63	14	Did not advance
400 metre freestyle	3:49.51	1 OR	Did not advance		3:48.59	5
1500 metre freestyle	15:11.19	5	Did not advance		15:14.76	4
align=left rowspan=2	Rafał Szukała	100 metre butterfly	54.83	15	54.80	13	Did not advance
200 metre butterfly	2:01.91	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Artur Wojdat	200 metre freestyle	1:48.02	1	Did not advance		1:48.40	4
400 metre freestyle	3:49.68	3	Did not advance		3:47.34
1500 metre freestyle	15:37.52	21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Dorota Chylak	100 metre breaststroke	1:12.38	19	Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke	2:39.38	28	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kornelia Stawicka	100 metre breaststroke	1:15.41	31	Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke	2:36.86	21	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Group stage		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrzej Grubba	Men's singles	L1-3	Did not advance
Leszek Kucharski		L 2-3	Did not advance
Andrzej Grubba Leszek Kucharski	Men's doubles	L 1–2	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jacek Gutowski	−52 kg	112,5	3	135	5	247,5	5
Marek Seweryn	−67,5 kg	145	4	172,5	4	317,5	4
Waldemar Kosinski	−75 kg	152,5	5	180	6	332,5	6
Krzysztof Siemion	align=left rowspan=1	−82,5 kg	162,5	4	195	5	357,5	5
Sławomir Zawada	align=left rowspan=2	−90 kg	180	2	220	3	400
Andrzej Piotrowski	165	5	220	4	365	4
Stanisław Małysa	align=left rowspan=1	−110 kg	180	7	215	8	395	7

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1988 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	Round 7 Result	Rank	Final round Result	Rank
Władysław Stecyk	−52 kg	W 4–0	W 4–0	L 1-3	W 3-1	L 0-4	5	Did not advance
Dariusz Grzywiński	−57 kg	L 1-3	L 0-4	13	Did not advance
Marian Skubacz	−62 kg	Ali Dad (AFG) W 3–1	W 3–1	L 1–3	L 0–3	7	Did not advance
Andrzej Kubiak	−68 kg	W 3-1	L 1-3	L 1-3	9	Did not advance
Andrzej Radomski	−82 kg	L 1-3	W 3-1	L 1-3	8	Did not advance
Jerzy Nieć	−90 kg	L 1-3	L 1-3	11	Did not advance
Wojciech Wala	−100 kg	L 0-4	L 1-3	8	Did not advance
Adam Sandurski	−130 kg	L 0-4	W 4-0	W 4-3	L 0-4	4	W 3-1	7

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	Round 7 Result	Rank	Final round Result	Rank
Andrzej Głąb	−48 kg	W 3-1	W 3-1	W 3-0	W 3-1	1	L 0-3
Roman Kierpacz	−52 kg	W 3–0	L 1-3	W 3-1	W 3-1	L 1-3	3	W 3-0	5
Ryszard Wolny	−57 kg	L 1-3	L 0.5-3.5	8	Did not advance
Mieczysław Tracz	−62 kg	L 1-3	W 3-0	L 0-3	6	Did not advance
Jerzy Kopański	−68 kg	W 3-0	W 3-0	W DQ	W 3-0	L 0-4	3	W 3-0	5
Józef Tracz	−74 kg	W 3-1	W 4-0	L 0-3	W 3-1	W DQ	2	W 3-0
Bogdan Daras	−82 kg	W 3-1	W 4-0	L 0-3	L 0-3	4	L 0-4	8
Andrzej Malina	−90 kg	L 0-4	W 3-0	L 0-3	7	Did not advance
Andrzej Wroński	−100 kg	W 3-0	L 0-4	W 3-0	W 3-0	W 3-0	1	W 3-1
Roman Wrocławski	−130 kg	L 0-0	W 4-0	L 0-3	4	W 4-0	7

External links

• 1988 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poland at the 1988 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044109/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/POL/summer/1988/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-07-24 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/POL/editions/22 Poland at the 1988 Summer Olympics