Poland at the 2006 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	POL
Nocname:	Polish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2006
Website:
Location:	Turin
Competitors:	45 (28 men, 17 women)
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Paulina Ligocka (opening) Tomasz Sikora (closing)^[1] ^[2]
Rank:	20
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(1908–1912) (1912)

Poland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Poland sent 45 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, and snowboarder Paulina Ligocka was the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies, while biathlete Tomasz Sikora was the flag bearer at the closing ceremonies.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				25 February
				24 February

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Michał Kałwa	Men's downhill	n/a	1:56.81	44
	Men's super-G	n/a	1:36.25	45
	Men's slalom	59.82	did not finish
	Men's combined	1:42.72	did not finish
Dagmara Krzyżynska	Women's giant slalom	1:03.86	1:12.05	n/a	2:15.91	25
Katarzyna Karasińska	Women's slalom	45.41	48.89	n/a	1:34.30	30

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Grzegorz Bodziana	Sprint	30:08.4	1	68
	Individual	1:03:39.6	5	72
Michał Piecha	Sprint	30:08.4	2	64
Krzysztof Pływaczyk	Individual	1:04:12.9	4	75
Tomasz Sikora	Sprint	27:54.3	2	19
	Pursuit	37:31.61	6	18
	Mass start	47:26.3	1
	Individual	57:22.1	3	21
Wiesław Ziemianin	Sprint	28:10.1	0	25
	Pursuit	38:42.36	1	28
	Individual	1:01:16.0	4	53
Wiesław Ziemianin Tomasz Sikora Michał Piecha Krzysztof Pływaczyk	Relay	1:26:57.0	12	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Magdalena Grzywa	Individual	1:00:41.3	7	71
Magdalena Gwizdoń	Sprint	23:54.7	1	20
	Pursuit	41:12.62	4	21
	Mass start	45:59.5	5	29
	Individual	55:17.5	4	33
Magdalena Nykiel	Sprint	25:32.2	1	56
	Pursuit	Lapped
Krystyna Pałka	Sprint	24:07.3	1	25
	Pursuit	43:26.56	6	37
	Mass start	46:31.5	3	30
	Individual	51:50.7	0	5
Katarzyna Ponikwia	Sprint	26:17.3	1	63
	Individual	57:32.7	4	56
Krystyna Pałka Magdalena Gwizdoń Katarzyna Ponikwia Magdalena Grzywa	Relay	1:20:29.3	8	7

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Justyna Kowalczyk	Women's 10 km classical	Did not finish
	Women's 15 km pursuit	43:25.6	8
	Women's 30 km freestyle	1:22:27.5
Janusz Krężelok	Men's 15 km classical	40:24.5	26

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Justyna Kowalczyk	Women's sprint	2:21.19	44	Did not advance	44
Maciej Kreczmer	Men's sprint	2:20.83	33	Did not advance	33
Janusz Krężelok	Men's sprint	2:20.04	23 Q	2:21.6	4	Did not advance	19
Maciej Kreczmer Janusz Krężelok	Men's team sprint	n/a	17:27.1	5 Q	17:26.3	7

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dorota Zagórska Mariusz Siudek	Pairs	n/a	56.10	9	109.85	8	165.95	9
Aleksandra Kauc Michał Zych	Ice dance	24.93	21	42.06	22	69.61	22	136.60	21

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Ewelina Staszulonek	Women's singles	48.653	47.666	48.293	47.567	3:12.179	15
Krzysztof Lipiński Marcin Piekarski	Doubles	49.829	48.616	n/a	1:38.445	17

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dariusz Kulesza	Men's 500 m	43.416	2 Q	disqualified
	Men's 1000 m	1:29.102	2 Q	1:30.556	4	did not advance	11
	Men's 1500 m	2:24.118	5	did not advance	22

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Stefan Hula	Normal hill	110.5	24 Q	115.5	27 Q	102.5	218.0	29
Adam Małysz	Normal hill	130.5	4 PQ	130.0	8 Q	131.0	261.0	7
	Large hill	114.1	11 PQ	111.4	10 Q	111.3	222.7	14
Robert Mateja	Normal hill	127.0	4 Q	115.0	28 Q	114.0	229.0	25
	Large hill	80.3	28 Q	84.8	38	did not advance	38
Rafał Śliż	Large hill	63.1	43	did not advance	43
Kamil Stoch	Normal hill	122.5	11 Q	125.5	15 Q	121.5	247.0	16
	Large hill	83.0	27 Q	96.2	30 Q	103.8	200.0	26
Stefan Hula Adam Małysz Robert Mateja Kamil Stoch	Team	n/a	445.2	5 Q	449.2	894.4	5

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying run 1		Qualifying run 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Paulina Ligocka	Women's halfpipe	31.8	11	31.8	11	did not advance	17
Mateusz Ligocki	Men's halfpipe	11.6	38	4.0	38	did not advance	44
Michał Ligocki	Men's halfpipe	11.3	40	26.9	23	did not advance	29

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Blanka Isielonis	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:25.87	27	did not advance	27
Jagna Marczułajtis	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:23.12	17	did not advance	17

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Mateusz Ligocki	Men's snowboard cross	1:21.81	13 Q	4	did not advance	20
Rafał Skarbek-Malczewski	Men's snowboard cross	1:22.07	16 Q	4	did not advance	22

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Konrad Niedźwiedzki	Men's 1000 m	n/a	1:09.95	13
	Men's 1500 m	n/a	1:48.09	12
Maciej Ustynowicz	Men's 500 m	36.09	51.92	1:28.01	36
	Men's 1000 m	disqualified
Artur Waś	Men's 500 m	36.43	36.61	1:13.04	32
Katarzyna Wójcicka	Women's 1000 m	n/a	1:17.28	8
	Women's 1500 m	n/a	1:59.96	11
	Women's 3000 m	n/a	4:09.61	10
	Women's 5000 m	n/a	7:28.09	16
Paweł Zygmunt	Men's 5000 m	n/a	6:35.01	18

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony. 30 March 2009.
2. Web site: Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony. 30 March 2009.