Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	POL
Nocname:	Polish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1996
Website:
Location:	Atlanta, United States
Competitors:	165 (126 men and 39 women)
Sports:	20
Flagbearer:	Rafał Szukała
Rank:	11
Gold:	7
Silver:	5
Bronze:	5
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1924
See also:	(1908–1912) (1912)

Poland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 165 competitors, 126 men and 39 women, took part in 126 events in 20 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Robert Korzeniowski - Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
• Paweł Nastula - Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (95 kg)
• Renata Mauer - Shooting, Women's Air Rifle
• Włodzimierz Zawadzki - Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (62 kg)
• Ryszard Wolny - Wrestling, Men's Lightweight (68 kg)
• Andrzej Wroński - Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight (100 kg)
• Mateusz Kusznierewicz - Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition

Silver

• Artur Partyka - Athletics, Men's High Jump
• Aneta Szczepanska - Judo, Women's Middleweight (66 kg)
• Piotr Kiełpikowski, Adam Krzesiński, and Ryszard Sobczak - Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
• Mirosław Rzepkowski - Shooting, Men's Skeet
• Jacek Fafiński - Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight (90 kg)

Bronze

• Joanna Nowicka, Katarzyna Klata, and Iwona Dzięcioł - Archery, Women's Team Competition
• Piotr Markiewicz - Canoeing, Men's K1 500 m Kayak Singles
• Renata Mauer - Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
• Andrzej Cofalik - Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (83 kg)
• Józef Tracz - Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight (74 kg)

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Poland entered three women and one man in its sixth appearance in Olympic archery. Veteran Joanna Nowicka had the best result of the individual round, while the women's team won the bronze medal.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Paweł Szymczak	Men's individual	653	30	(35) W 152-148	(3) L 154-169	Did not advance				29
Joanna Nowicka	Women's individual	651	12	(53) W 165-152	(21) W 152-152, 9-8	(5) L 158-161	Did not advance			11
Katarzyna Klata	Women's individual	639	28	(37) W 152-148	(5) L 151-158	Did not advance				25
Iwona Dzięcioł	Women's individual	599	57	(8) L 158-164	Did not advance					33
Joanna Nowicka Katarzyna Klata Iwona Dzięcioł	Team	1889	12	(5) W 233-229	(4) W 242–235	(1) L 237–245	(2) W 244–239

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leszek Bebło	Marathon	2:17.04	17
	Marathon	2:23.41	61
Paweł Januszewski	400 m hurdles	49.63	3	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Robert Korzeniowski	20 km walk	1:21:13	8
50 km walk	3:43.30
Robert Maćkowiak	200 m	20.67	2 Q	20.61	4	Did not advance
Krzysztof Mehlich		13.81	2 Q	13.51	4 Q	13.55	5	Did not advance
Piotr Rysiukiewicz	400 m	46.07	5 Q	46.19	8	Did not advance
Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Haczek Robert Maćkowiak Tomasz Jędrusik Paweł Januszewski	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.92	4 q	3:00.96	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Artur Partyka	High jump	2.28	1T Q	2.37
Jarosław Kotewicz	High jump	2.28	6T Q	2.25	11
Przemysław Radkiewicz	High jump	2.28	13T Q	2.29	10
Szymon Ziółkowski	Hammer throw	77.64	5 Q	76.64	10

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event					400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Sebastian Chmara	Result	11.28	7.75	14.51	2.10	48.75	14.59	42.60	4.90	54.84	4:26.96	8249	15
Points	799	997	760	896	873	900	718	880	661	765

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anna Brzezińska	1500 m	4:11.06	7 q	4:07.17	7 q	4:08.27	12
Kamila Gradus	Marathon	dnf
Aniela Nikiel	Marathon	2:36.44	29
	10 km walk	43:05	7
Małgorzata Rydz	1500 m	4:07.51	5 Q	4:10.77	4 Q	4:05.92	8
Małgorzata Sobańska	Marathon	2:31.52	11

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Agata Jaroszek-Karczmarek	Long jump	6.70	6T Q	6.90	6
	Discus throw	58.24	25	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Urszula Włodarczyk	Result	13.48	1.86	14.36	24.27	6.30	43.28	2:12.35	6484	4
Points	1053	1054	818	955	943	730	931

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jacek Bielski	Light welterweight	W 18-2	L 8-19	Did not advance			9
Józef Gilewski	Light middleweight	L 2-10	Did not advance				17
Tomasz Borowski	Middleweight	W 9-6	W 11-6	L 12-16	Did not advance		5
Wojciech Bartnik	Heavyweight	W 14-2	L 1-6	Did not advance			9

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Ryszard Mordarski	Men's C-1	161.00	7	161.86	5	161.00	8
Mariusz Wieczorek	Men's C-1	164.21	11	181.17	18	164.21	11
Jerzy Sandera	Men's K-1	172.78	29	155.79	18	155.79	27
Krzysztof Kołomański Michał Staniszewski	Men's C-2	173.78	4	169.95	6	169.95	7
Andrzej Wójs Sławomir Mordarski	Men's C-2	226.51	13	213.07	14	213.07	15
	Women's K-1	200.20	12	209.45	18	200.20	21

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Piotr Markiewicz	K-1 500 m	1:42.731	2 QS	1:41.565	5 qF	1:38.615
Andrzej Gajewski	K-1 1000 m	3:49.507	2 QS	3:43.399	4 QF	3:32.521	6
Paweł Baraszkiewicz Marcin Kobierski	C-2 500 m	1:48.357	6 R	1:48.093	3 QS	1:44.793	8	Did not advance	15
Dariusz Koszykowski Tomasz Goliasz	C-2 1000 m	4:22.181	6 R	3:48.721	5	Did not advance			13
Maciej Freimut Adam Wysocki	K-2 500 m	1:32.463	2 QS	1:30.243	3 QF	1:29.937	5
Grzegorz Kotowski Dariusz Białkowski	K-2 1000 m	3:37.986	2 QS	3:18.026	1 QF	3:11.262	4
Piotr Markiewicz Grzegorz Kaleta Marek Witkowski Adam Wysocki	K-4 1000 m	3:10.625	2 QF	2:54.772	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aneta Konieczna	K-1 500 m	1:54.015	4 R	1:58.359	2 QS	1:53.255	4 QF	1:52.451	9
Izabella Dylewska-Światowiak Elżbieta Urbańczyk	K-2 500 m	1:44.906	3 QS	1:45.190	3 QF	1:42.753	7

Qualification Legend: 'R = Qualify to repechage; QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2		Men's road race	align=center colspan=2	DNF
Men's time trial	1:07:08	9
align=left rowspan=2	Tomasz Brożyna	Men's road race	04:56:52	94
Men's time trial	1:09:48	22
Sławomir Chrzanowski	align=left rowspan=2	Men's road race	04:56:46	50
	04:55:24	9

Track

1000m time trial

Individual Pursuit

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sławomir Barul	align=left rowspan=2	Men's cross-country	2:53:56	36
Marek Galiński	2:45:54	29

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrianism at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Show jumping				Total
							Qualifier		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
	Lady Nałęczowianka	Individual	62,8	27	DQ		DNS		align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Bogusław Jarecki Rafał Chojnowski Artur Społowicz Bogusław Owczarek	Polisa Viva 5 Hazard Askar	Team	2197,95	16

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Eleven fencers, seven men and four women, represented Poland in 1996.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left	Piotr Kiełpikowski	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil	W 15–13	W 15–7	L 11–15	Did not advance			16
align=left		W 15–14	L 10–15	Did not advance				27
align=left		W 15–7	W 15-14	L 4–15	Did not advance			15
Adam Krzesiński Piotr Kiełpikowski Ryszard Sobczak Jarosław Rodzewicz	Team foil	W 45–27	W 45–44	W 45–38	L 40–45
Norbert Jaskot	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre		W 15–10	L 8–15	Did not advance			14
Janusz Olech	W 15–2	L 11–15	Did not advance				22
Rafał Sznajder		W 15–11	W 7–15	L 12–15	Did not advance		7
Janusz Olech Norbert Jaskot Rafał Sznajder	Team sabre	W 45–24	W 45–42	L 33–45	L 37–45	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil	W 15-9	L 14-15	Did not advance				28
Anna Rybicka		L 8–15	Did not advance				22
	L 15-8	L 11–15	Did not advance				25
Anna Rybicka Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk Katarzyna Felusiak	Team foil	W 45–44	L 35-45	Classification semi-final L 44-45	7th place final L 32–45	8
Joanna Jakimiuk	Individual épée	W 15-7	L 4–15	Did not advance				21

Gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
	Individual	9.233	8.932	9.349	9.166	36.680	27	Did not advance
	Individual	9.250	9.232	9.250	9.250	36.982	21	Did not advance

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1996 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
Piotr Kamrowski	−60 kg		W 1000-0000	L 0000-0100	Did not advance						17
Jarosław Lewak	−65 kg		W 1000-0000	W 0001-0000	L 0000-0010	Did not advance		L 0000-1000	Did not advance		9
	−71 kg		W 0000–1000	Did not advance							21
Bronisław Wołkowicz	−78 kg		W 1000-0000	L 0000-0100	Did not advance	L 0000-1000	Did not advance				13
	−86 kg		L 0000-1000	Did not advance							32
Paweł Nastula	−95 kg		W 1000-0000	W 1000-0000	W 1000-0000	W 0001-0000	Did not advance			W 1000-0000
Rafał Kubacki	+95 kg		W 1000-0000	W 0001-0000	L 0000-0001	Did not advance		L 0000-1000	Did not advance		9

Women

Athlete	Event	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	Rank
Małgorzata Roszkowska	−48 kg		W 0010–0000	L 0000–0100	Did not advance		W 0100–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance	7
Larysa Krause	−52 kg		W 1000–0000	W 0001–0000	L 0000–0001	Did not advance			L 0000–1000	5
Beata Kucharzewska	−56 kg		L 0000–0001	Did not advance						16
Aneta Szczepańska	−66 kg		W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000				L 0000–1000
Beata Maksymow	+72 kg		W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance			L 0000–0010	5

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Wins	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Maciej Czyżowicz	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	176	16T	1048	3:21.58	15	1260	12	25T	700	195	25	905	13:39.450	25	1108	27	5021
Igor Warabida	178	11T	1072	3:28.42	24	1208	15	18T	790	0	3	1100	12:41.577	5	1282	5	5452

Rhythmic gymnastics

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
	Individual	9.233	8.932	9.349	9.166	36.680	27	Did not advance
	Individual	9.250	9.232	9.250	9.250	36.982	21	Did not advance

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kajetan Broniewski Adam Korol	Coxless pair	6:48.13	2 R	6:53.21	3 FC	6:40.62	13
Jarosław Nowicki Przemysław Lewandowski Marek Kolbowicz Piotr Bujnarowski	Quadruple sculls	6:52.62	5 R	5:51.15	1 SA/B	6:11.62	6 FB	5:55.10	9
Jacek Streich Wojciech Jankowski Piotr Olszewski Piotr Basta	Coxless four	6:19.15	3 SA/B	6:16.65	4 FB	6:00.57	12
Robert Sycz Grzegorz Wdowiak	Lightweight Double Sculls	6:54.68	3 R	6:24.19	2 SA/B	6:39.56	6 FB	6:24.95	7

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Mirosław Małek	Mistral	8	14	6	47	8	7	11	47	17	71	11
Mateusz Kusznierewicz	Finn	10	4	20	4	9	1	2	1	1	10		32
Marek Chocian Zdzislaw Staniul	470	37	18	22	19	17	7	21	13	8	5	17	125	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Dorota Staszewska	Mistral	6	4	8	12	13	3	9	3	5	38	6
Weronika Glinkiewicz	Europe	11	11	16	29	20	24	20	13	14	14	19	138	20

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Tadeusz Czerwiński	50 m rifle prone	594	20	Did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	1157	32	Did not advance
Robert Kraskowski	10 m air rifle	583	30	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	595	11	Did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	1162	22	Did not advance
Krzysztof Kucharczyk	25 m rapid fire pistol	589	3 Q	690.5	4
Marek Nowak	10 m air pistol	574	29	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	560	11	Did not advance
Jerzy Pietrzak	10 m air pistol	585	2 Q	682.7	5
	50 m pistol	563	9	Did not advance
Mirosław Rzepkowski	Skeet	123	3 Q	148
	Skeet	116	38	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Małgorzata Książkiewicz	50 m rifle three positions	563	41	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	384	15	Did not advance
Julita Macur	25 m pistol	580	6 Q	677.4	8
	10 m air pistol	375	27	Did not advance
Renata Mauer	50 m rifle three positions	589 OR	1 Q	679.8
	10 m air rifle	395	2 Q	479.6

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=1	Konrad Gałka	200 metre butterfly	1:59.97	11 Q	2:00.91	14	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Bartosz Kizierowski	50 metre freestyle	23.34	28	Did not advance
100 metre freestyle	50.18	13 Q	50.51	16	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Marek Krawczyk	100 metre breaststroke	1:03.57	25	Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke	2:15.17	7 Q	2:14.84	6
align=left rowspan=2	Marcin Maliński	200 metre individual medley	2:05.42	17	Did not advance
400 metre individual medley	4:18.34	4 Q	4:20.50	7
Mariusz Siembida	100 m backstroke	56.16	11 Q	56.13	12	Did not advance
Bartosz Sikora	200 m backstroke	2:00.99	7 Q	2:00.05	4
Rafał Szukała	100 m butterfly	53.41	5 Q	53.29	5
Mariusz Siembida Marek Krawczyk Rafał Szukała Bartosz Kizierowski	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:41.72	6 Q	3:41.94	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Izabela Burczyk	200 metre backstroke	2:16.91	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Alicja Pęczak	100 metre breaststroke	1:10.70	16 Q	1:10.44	14	Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke	2:30.64	10	2:30.99	15	Did not advance
200 metre individual medley	2:17.48	13 Q	2:18.21	15	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Anna Uryniuk	100 metre butterfly	1:02.39	21	Did not advance
200 metre butterfly	2:13.90	14	2:13.64	13	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Singles

Doubles

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Magdalena Grzybowska	Singles	L 4–6, 2–6	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
Aleksandra Olsza		L 2–6, 5–7	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's Indoor Team Competition

See main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Pool A

Team roster

• Damian Dacewicz

• Piotr Gruszka

• Krzysztof Jańczak

• Marcin Nowak

• Robert Prygiel

• Witold Roman (captain)

• Krzysztof Śmigiel

• Andrzej Stelmach

• Krzysztof Stelmach

• Mariusz Szyszko

• Leszek Urbanowicz

• Paweł Zagumny

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marek Gorzelniak	−54 kg	107,5	12	137,5	12	245.0	13
Wojciech Natusiewicz	−64 kg	122,5	24	160.0	14	282,5	21
Andrzej Cofalik	align=left rowspan=1	−83 kg	170.0	4	202.5	3	372.5
Marek Maślany	align=left rowspan=1	−91 kg	165.0	15	205.0	10	370.0	11
Dariusz Osuch	align=left rowspan=2	−108 kg	177.5	8	215.0	8	392.5	8

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jan Krzesiak	−62 kg	L 7–7	L 1–12	Did not advance					17
Robert Kostecki	−90 kg	L 4–5	L 2–3	Did not advance					17
Marek Garmulewicz	−100 kg	W 11–0	W 3-0		L 1-4	L 0-4	W WO	5

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−48 kg	L 3–9		L 1–9	Did not advance				15
	−52 kg	W 6–0	L 0–8	W 3-0	W 3-2	L 5–8	Did not advance	L 2-3	8
	−57 kg	L 3–4	L 3-4	Did not advance					16
	−62 kg	W 4-3	W 3-1	W 3-1	W 8-2	W 3-1
	−68 kg	W 6–1		W 6-0	W 3–0	W 7-0
	−74 kg	L 0-1	W 9-2	W 2-1	W 6-0	W 4-2	W 3-1	W 4-2
	−90 kg	W 4-0	W 12-2		W 6-0	W 6-0
	−100 kg	W 10-0	W 0-0		W 1-0	W 0-0

Notes

• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results . Watkins, Ginger T. (ed.). Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta . 1997 . 1-56145-150-9 . PDF . 2008-02-05.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poland at the 1996 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/POL/summer/1996/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-02-18 . sports-reference.com.