Poland at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:POL
Nocname:Polish Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2000
Website: 
Location:Sydney
Competitors:187 (129 men and 58 women)
Sports:20
Flagbearer:Andrzej Wroński
Rank:14
Gold:6
Silver:5
Bronze:3
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1924
See also: (1908–1912)
(1912)

Poland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 187 competitors, 129 men and 58 women, took part in 133 events in 20 sports.[1]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Robert KorzeniowskiAthleticsMen's 20 km walk
Robert KorzeniowskiAthleticsMen's 50 km walk
Tomasz Kucharski
Robert Sycz
RowingMen's lightweight double sculls
Renata MauerShootingWomen's 50 m rifle three positions
Kamila SkolimowskaAthleticsWomen's hammer throw
Szymon ZiółkowskiAthleticsMen's hammer throw
Sylwia Gruchała
Magdalena Mroczkiewicz
Anna Rybicka
Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk
FencingWomen's team foil
Daniel Jędraszko
Paweł Baraszkiewicz
CanoeingMen's C-2 500 metres
Szymon KołeckiWeightliftingMen's 94 kg
Krzysztof Kołomański
Michał Staniszewski
CanoeingMen's slalom C-2
Agata WróbelWeightliftingWomen's +75 kg
Leszek BlanikGymnasticsMen's vault
Grzegorz Kotowicz
Adam Seroczyński
Dariusz Białkowski
Marek Witkowski
CanoeingMen's K-4 1000 metres
Beata Sokołowska
Aneta Pastuszka
CanoeingWomen's K-2 500 metres

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Poland entered three women and two men in its seventh appearance in Olympic archery. Four of the five archers won their first match, with Joanna Nowicka making it to the quarterfinal and taking eighth place.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Grzegorz TargońskiMen's individual63321 (44)
W 166–164
(12)
L 157–160
did not advance22
Bartosz MikosMen's individual60649 (16)
W 157–155
(17)
L 154–163
did not advance23
Joanna NowickaWomen's individual63324 (41)
W 152–139
(9)
W 162–152
(25)
W 162–158
(1)
L 106–100
did not advance8
Anna ŁęckaWomen's individual63028 (37)
W 163–149
(5)
W 159–158
(21)
L 161–157
did not advance13
Agata BulwaWomen's individual60360 (5)
L 163–155
did not advance37
Joanna Nowicka
Agata Bulwa
Anna Łęcka
Team186611 (6)
L 217–227
did not advance11

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men
  • Track & road events
  • AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Piotr Balcerzak100 m10.4236 Q10.3829did not advance
    Piotr GładkiMarathon
    Piotr Haczek400 m45.6114 Q45.4313 Q45.6612did not advance
    Paweł Januszewski400 m hurdles51.4048 Q48.425 q48.446
    align=left rowspan=2Robert Korzeniowski20 km walk1:18:59
    50 km walk3:42:22
    Marcin Kuśzewski110 m hurdlesdid not advance
    Tomasz Lipiec50 km walk
    Robert Maćkowiak400 m45.397 Q45.012 Q45.538 Q45.14 5
    Roman Magdziarczyk50 km walk3:48:178
    Marcin Nowak100 m10.277 Q10.3727did not advance
    Piotr Rysiukiewicz400 m46.6750did not advance
    Tomasz Ścigaczewski110 m hurdles13.535 Q13.6012 Q13.5112did not advance
    Marcin Urbaś200 m20.6210 Q20.4313did not advance
    Rafał Wójcik3000 m steeplechase08:33.51 21did not advance
    Piotr Balcerzak
    Marcin Nowak
    Ryszard Pilarczyk
    Marcin Urbaś
    4 × 100 m relay38.744 q38.606 q38.968
    Jacek Bocian
    Piotr Długosielski
    Piotr Haczek
    Robert Maćkowiak
    Piotr Rysiukiewicz
    Filip Walotka
    4 × 400 m relay03:01.302 Q03:00.665 q03:03.226
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Maciej Pałyszkoalign=left Hammer throw76.3313did not advance
    Olgierd StańskiDiscus throw59.3129did not advance
    Dariusz TrafasJavelin throw83.987 Q82.3010
    Szymon Ziółkowskialign=left Hammer throw77.814 Q80.02
    Women
  • Track & road events
  • AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Lidia Chojecka1500 m04:10.3414 Q04:05.785 Q04:06.42 5
    Anna Jakubczak1500 m04:08.132 Q04:07.0310 Q04:06.496
    Anna Olichwierczuk400 m hurdles57.3621did not advance
    Zuzanna Radecka100 m23.5738did not advance
    Katarzyna Radtke20 km walk
    Joanna Niełacna
    Marzena Pawlak
    Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz
    Zuzanna Radecka
    4 × 100 m relay44.0515 Q44.0715did not advance
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Krystyna Danilczyk-ZabawskaShot put18.934 Q19.185
    Monika PyrekPole vault4.3012 q4.407
    Kamila SkolimowskaHammer throw66.303 Q71.16 OR
    Katarzyna ŻakowiczShot put16.95 18did not advance
    Combined events – Heptathlon
    AthleteEvent200 m800 mFinalRank
    align=left rowspan=2Urszula WłodarczykResult13.331.7814.4524.296.3146.1602:12.1564704
    Points1075 953824953946786933

    Badminton

    See main article: Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    Katarzyna KrasowskaWomen's singles
    L 12–13, 2–11
    did not advance
    Michał Łogosz
    Robert Mateusiak
    Men's doubles
    W 15–5, 16–17, 15–6

    L 1–15, 10–15
    did not advance

    Basketball

    See main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Group B

    width=150Teamwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=30PFwidth=30PAwidth=30PDwidth=20Ptswidth=40Tie
    5 0 446 312 +134 10
    3 2 398 325 +73 8 1.30
    3 2 343 296 +47 8 0.91
    3 2 327 339 −12 8 0.84
    1 4 318 358 −40 6
    0 5 304 396 −92 5

    Classification matches

    Boxing

    See main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Andrzej RżanyFlyweight
    W RSC

    L 18*-18

    L RSC
    did not advance5
    Robert CibaBantamweight
    L RSC-3
    did not advance
    Mariusz CendrowskiLight welterweight
    L 4–14
    did not advance
    Paweł KakietekMiddleweight
    W RSC

    L 7–21
    did not advance
    Wojciech BartnikHeavyweight
    L 2–11
    did not advance
    Grzegorz KiełsaSuper Heavyweight
    L 5–16
    did not advance

    Canoeing

    See main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Slalom

    AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
    Run 1Run 2ResultRankRun 1Run 2ResultRank
    Krzysztof BierytMen's C-1132.85132.19265.043 Q126.36126.87253.2311
    Krzysztof Kołomański
    Michał Staniszewski
    align=left rowspan=2Men's C-2148.46137.48285.946 Q124.19119.62243.81
    Andrzej Wójs
    Sławomir Mordarski
    144.48142.48286.967 Q121.74133.77255.516
    Beata GrzesikWomen's K-1208.80147.58356.3819did not advance

    Sprint

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left Michał GajownikC-1 500 m02:04.7049did not advance18
    align=left Daniel JędraszkoC-1 1000 m04:25.7269did not advance18
    Grzegorz KotowiczK-1 500 m1:40.2041 Q1:41.1983 Q2:07.7119
    Rafał GłażewskiK-1 1000 m3:43.2276 Q3:46.7618did not advance21
    Daniel Jędraszko
    Paweł Baraszkiewicz
    C-2 500 m1:41.511 1 Q1:51.536
    Paweł Baraszkiewicz
    Michał Gajownik
    C-2 1000 m3:39.3113 Q3:52.2298
    align=left rowspan=2Marek Twardowski
    Adam Wysocki
    K-2 500 m1:32.350 2 Q1:30.0262 Q1:48.9635
    K-2 1000 m3:15.909 5 Q3:18.0263 Q3:19.9398
    Dariusz Białkowski
    Grzegorz Kotowicz
    Adam Seroczyński
    Marek Witkowski
    K-4 1000 m3:00.1662 Q2:55.704
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Elżbieta UrbańczykK-1 500 m1:53.2023 Q2:18.0185
    Aneta Pastuszka
    Beata Sokołowska
    K-2 500 m1:42.9052 Q1:58.784
    Aneta Pastuszka
    Joanna Skowroń
    Aneta Michalak
    Beata Sokołowska
    K-4 500 m1:35.8872 Q1:37.0764

    Cycling

    See main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Road

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    Piotr ChmielewskiMen's road raceDNF
    align=left rowspan=2Piotr WadeckiMen's road race5:30:35 7
    Men's time trial1:02:0431
    Zbigniew Piątekalign=left rowspan=3Men's road race5:30:4648
    Piotr Przydział5:30:4658
    5:30:4620

    Track

    1000m time trial
    Men's Sprint
    Team sprint
    Men's Keirin

    Mountain biking

    Fencing

    See main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Ten fencers, six men and four women, represented Poland in 2000.

    Men
    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    align=left Adam Krzesińskialign=left rowspan=3Individual foil
    L 8–15
    did not advance26
    align=left
    W 15–2

    W 15–9

    L 8–15
    did not advance16
    align=left
    L 9–15
    did not advance24
    Team foil
    W 45–37

    L 38–45

    L 38–45
    4
    Norbert Jaskotalign=left rowspan=3Individual sabre
    L 12–15
    did not advance26
    Marcin Sobala
    L 11–15
    did not advance24
    Rafał Sznajder
    L 14–15
    did not advance22
    Janusz Olech
    Norbert Jaskot
    Rafał Sznajder
    Team sabre
    L 26–45
    Classification semi-final

    L 41–45
    7th place final

    W 45–39
    7
    Women
    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    align=left rowspan=3Individual foil
    W 15–8

    L 8–15
    did not advance13

    W 15–9

    L 13–15
    did not advance14
    Anna Rybicka
    L 9–15
    did not advance22
    Sylwia Gruchała
    Magdalena Mroczkiewicz
    Anna Rybicka
    Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk
    Team foil
    W 45–43

    W 45–34

    L 36–45

    Gymnastics

    See main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Artistic

    Men
    Women

    Rhythmic gymnastics

    Field hockey

    See main article: Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Pool B

    TeamPldWDLGFGAPts
    532012611
    5221978
    5221978
    512213135
    512212144
    50237152
    Advanced to semifinals

    ----------------

    Eleventh and twelfth place

    Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Jarosław Lewak−73 kg
    W 1000-0000

    L 0000-1001
    did not advanceAC
    −81 kg
    L 0000-1000
    did not advanceAC
    Paweł Nastula−100 kg
    L 0000-1110
    did not advanceAC
    Rafał Kubacki+100 kg
    L 0001-0003
    did not advanceAC
    Women

    Modern pentathlon

    See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventShooting
    (10 m air pistol)
    Fencing
    (épée one touch)
    Swimming
    (200 m freestyle)
    Riding
    (show jumping)
    Running
    (3000 m)
    Total pointsFinal rank
    PointsRankMP PointsTimeRankMP pointsWinsRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP Points
    Igor Warabidaalign=left Men's170 2197610 177602:11.96 18118190 710109:26.97 611345061 15
    Paulina Boeniszalign=left rowspan=2Women's1779106011 128002:27.96 17112160 7104011:00.66 510785099 5
    Dorota Idzi167 2094012 188402:22.78 81173 192 1590811:55.09 188604721 16

    Rowing

    See main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime Rank
    Piotr Basta
    Piotr Bochenek
    Pair6:58.475 R6:48.742 Q6:43.385 FB6:39.4410
    Adam Korol
    Marek Kolbowicz
    Double Sculls6:31.912 R6:32.301 Q6:31.263 Q6:32.116
    Karol Łazar
    Sławomir Kruszkowski
    Adam Bronikowski
    Michał Wojciechowski
    Quadruple sculls5:58.093 Q6:02.116 FB5:51.798
    Paweł Jarosiński
    Rafał Smoliński
    Artur Rozalski

    Arkadiusz Sobkowiak|align=left|Coxless four|6:22.00|4 R|6:15.75|4|colspan=4 | did not advance|-align=center|align=left|Robert Sycz
    Tomasz Kucharski|align=left|Lwt double scull|6:34.28|1 Q|colspan=2 |6:20.60|1 Q|align="center" bgcolor='gold'|6:21.75|align="center" bgcolor='gold'||}
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime Rank
    Agnieszka TomczakSingle sculls7:43.992 R7:47.372 Q7:45.644 FB7:33.208
    Elżbieta Kuncewicz
    Ilona Mokronowska
    Lwt double scull7:28.994 R7:20.873 Q7:08.734 FB7:12.768

    Sailing

    See main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Poland competed in seven Sailing events with three top 10 finishes.

    Men
    AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
    12345678910M*
    Przemysław MiarczyńskiMistral19871428151810614848
    Mateusz KusznierewiczFinn14118153129561484
    Tomasz Jakubiak
    Tomasz Stańczyk
    470OCS2725252651485231314420
    Women
    AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
    12345678910M*
    Anna GałeckaMistral87135891271413118011
    Monika BronickaEurope14111314238127121359514
    Open
    AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
    123456789101112131415M*
    Maciej GrabowskiLaser11243452930139211867
    Pawel Kacprowski
    Pawel Kuźmicki
    49er1214816166713148121413153214112

    Shooting

    See main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    ScoreRankScoreRank
    Skeet12114did not advance
    Krzysztof Kucharczyk25 m rapid fire pistol5848 Q682.27
    Jerzy Pietrzak10 m air pistol57811did not advance
    50 m pistol5609did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    ScoreRankScoreRank
    Renata Mauer50 m rifle three positions5853 Q684.6
    10 m air rifle39215did not advance
    Mirosława Sagun10 m air pistol37916did not advance

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left Marcin Kaczmarek100 metre butterfly54.3226did not advance
    align=left rowspan=3Bartosz Kizierowski50 metre freestyle22.051 Q22.357 Q22.225
    100 metre freestyle49.8417did not advance
    100 metre backstroke55.145 Q55.347 Q55.045
    align=left rowspan=2Marek Krawczyk100 metre breaststroke01:03.0024did not advance
    200 metre breaststroke02:16.0818did not advance
    Mariusz Siembida100 metre backstroke56.2720did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Aleksandra Miciul100 metre backstroke01:04.5125did not advance
    200 metre backstroke02:16.7123did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Otylia Jędrzejczak100 metre butterfly58.664 Q59.149did not advance
    200 metre butterfly02:08.703 Q02:07.813 Q02:08.485
    align=left rowspan=2Alicja Pęczak100 metre breaststroke01:10.5721did not advance
    200 metre breaststroke02:29.4516 Q02:30.0215did not advance
    Anna Uryniuk200 metre butterfly02:14.8726did not advance
    Otylia Jędrzejczak
    Aleksandra Miciul
    Alicja Pęczak
    Anna Uryniuk
    4 × 100 m medley relay04:11.0812did not advance

    Table tennis

    See main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Singles
    AthleteEventGroup roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronze medalFinal
    Opposition
    Result
    RankOpposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Lucjan BłaszczykMen's singlesGroup F

    W 3 – 2

    W 3 – 0
    1 Q
    W 3 – 0

    L 2 – 3
    did not advance
    Tomasz KrzeszewskiMen's singlesGroup K

    W 3 – 0

    L 0 – 3
    2did not advance
    Doubles

    Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    123123
    width=30%Krzysztof Siemion– 85 kg162.5167.5167.5202.5207.5212.5380.04
    width=30%Mariusz Rytkowski– 85 kg160.0165.0170.0200.0205.0205.0370.09
    width=30%Szymon Kołecki– 94 kg175.0180.0182.5222.5227.5-405.0
    width=30%Grzegorz Kleszcz– 105 kg180.0185.0190.0220.0227.5227.5405.08
    width=30%Mariusz Jędra– 105 kg175.0180.0180.0215.0215.0220.0390.09
    width=30%Paweł Najdek+ 105 kg180.0185.0185.0240.0245.0250.0425.07

    Women
    AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    123123
    width=30%Aleksandra Klejnowska– 58 kg85.090.092.5112.5112.5112.5202.55
    width=30%Beata Prei– 69 kg95.0100.0102.5125.0130.0130.0225.08
    width=30%Agata Wróbel+ 75 kg125.0125.0132.5155.0162.5170.0295.0

    Wrestling

    See main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Men's freestyle
    AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    RankOpposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Mariusz Dąbrowski−69 kg
    L 0–7

    L 2–3
    3did not advance18
    Marcin Jurecki−76 kg
    W 10–0

    L 1–3

    L 1–5
    3did not advance8
    Marek Garmulewicz−97 kg
    W 3–0

    W 3–0

    W 3–2
    1 Q
    L 0–3

    L 1–4
    4
    Men's Greco-Roman
    AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    RankOpposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Dariusz Jabłoński−54 kg
    L 0–10

    L 2–7
    3did not advance19
    Włodzimierz Zawadzki−63 kg
    L 0–8

    L PA
    3did not advance19
    Ryszard Wolny−69 kg
    L 1–8

    W 7–1

    W PA
    2did not advance7
    Artur Michalkiewicz−76 kg
    W 11–0

    L 1–4

    L 2–8
    3did not advance9
    Andrzej Wroński−97 kg
    L 0–2

    W 7–1
    2did not advance13
    Marek Sitnik−130 kg
    L 0–4

    L 0–1

    W 0–3
    4did not advance17

    See also

    Notes

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Poland at the 2000 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042500/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/POL/summer/2000/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-03-10 . sports-reference.com.