Poland at the 1998 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	POL
Nocname:	Polish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1998
Website:
Location:	Nagano
Competitors:	39 (24 men, 15 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Jan Ziemianin (biathlon)
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(1908–1912) (1912)

Poland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Andrzej Bachleda	Downhill			1:53.62	22
	Giant slalom	1:24.17	1:22.07	2:46.24	24
	Slalom	57.45	DNF	DNF

Men's combined

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Wojciech Kozub	Sprint	29:28.5	3	23
Individual	1:00:41.1	4	30
align=left rowspan=2	Tomasz Sikora	Sprint	29:40.8	1	28
Individual	1:02:39.9	5	47
align=left rowspan=2	Wiesław Ziemianin	Sprint	29:34.4	1	26
Individual	1:02:39.9	4	47
Wiesław Ziemianin Tomasz Sikora Jan Ziemianin Wojciech Kozub	Team relay	1:24:09.8	0	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=1	Halina Nowak-Guńka	Sprint	25:39.0	5	42
Halina Pitoń	Individual	1:02:45.0	6	42
align=left rowspan=2	Anna Stera-Kustucz	Sprint	23:53.1	2	6
Individual	57:56.0	2	17
align=left rowspan=2	Agata Suszka	Sprint	25:45.1	3	45
Individual	1:01:35.4	6	42
Agata Suszka Halina Pitoń Iwona Daniluk Anna Stera-Kustucz	Team relay	1:45:45.5	2	13

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Janusz Krężelok	align=left rowspan=1	10 km classical					32:02.8	76
Pursuit	32:02.8	76	42:34.5	50	1:14:37.3	53
align=left rowspan=1	50 km freestyle					2:19:04.4	40

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska	5 km classical					19:17.3	39
Pursuit	19:17.3	39	31:10.9	47	50:27.9	43
15 km classical					51:40.7	33
align=left rowspan=1	30 km freestyle					1:32:37.6	33
align=left rowspan=2	Katarzyna Gębala	15 km classical					19:58.8	60
Pursuit	19:58.8	60	32:43.3	61	52:41.3	59
align=left rowspan=4	Dorota Kwaśny	5 km classical					20:03.1	61
Pursuit	20:03.1	61	31:12.6	48	51:15.6	49
15 km classical					53:42.6	50
align=left rowspan=1	30 km freestyle					DNF
align=left rowspan=2	Małgorzata Ruchała	5 km classical					19:06.4	33
Pursuit	19:06.4	33	30:46.2	41	49:52.2	35
align=left rowspan=1	Eliza Surdyka	15 km classical					55:37.5	58
align=left rowspan=1	Katarzyna Gębala Małgorzata Ruchała Dorota Kwaśny Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska	Team relay					59:56.7	13

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	CD1	CD2	SP/OD	FS/FD	TFP	Rank
Anna Rechnio	Ladies			13	20	26.5	19
Dorota Zagorska Mariusz Siudek	Pair skating			10	11	16.0	10
Sylwia Nowak Sebastian Kolasiński	Ice dance	12	12	11	12	23.4	12

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Maciej Pryczek	Men's 500 metres	46.652	3	did not advance
	Men's 1000 metres	1:33.555	4	did not advance

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Krystian Długopolski	Men's normal hill	61.0	45.0	62	did not advance
Łukasz Paweł Kruczek	Men's large hill	102.0	81.6	45	did not advance
Adam Małysz	Men's normal hill	69.5	70.5	51	did not advance
	Men's large hill	97.0	71.1	52	did not advance
Robert Mateja	Men's normal hill	81.5	98.0	21 Q	82.0	99.5	197.5	21
	Men's large hill	116.5	107.7	19 Q	118.0	111.9	219.6	20
Wojciech Skupień	Men's normal hill	76.0	85.0	32	did not advance
	Men's large hill	117.0	111.1	12 Q	125.5	126.4	237.5	11
Adam Małysz Łukasz Paweł Kruczek Wojciech Skupień Robert Mateja	Men's large team	95.2 87.4 44.5 99.6	326.7	7	108.5 78.4 90.6 93.7	371.2	684.2	8

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Jagna Marczułajtis	Women's giant slalom	DNF	DNS	DNF
Małgorzata Rosiak		1:19.41	1:22.16	2:41.57	19
Łukasz Starowicz	Men's giant slalom	1:03.50	1:08.81	2:12.31	19

Halfpipe

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=center rowspan=2	Paweł Abratkiewicz	500 metres	36.76	24	36.51	20	73.27	22
1000 metres					1:12.80	26
align=center rowspan=2	Tomasz Świst	500 metres	36.86	28	36.68	25	73.54	26
1000 metres					1:15.55	41
align=center rowspan=2	Paweł Zygmunt	1500 metres					1:53.73	34
5000 metres					6:45.59	18

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com