Poland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	POL
Npcname:	Polish Paralympic Committee
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2008
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	91
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Krzysztof Smorszczewski
Rank:	18
Gold:	5
Silver:	12
Bronze:	13
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1972

Poland competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country's delegation included 91 athletes.

Natalia Partyka, who represented Poland in table tennis, also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was one of only two athletes competing at both the Beijing Paralympics and the Beijing Olympics, the other being South Africa's Natalie du Toit in swimming.^[1]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's 800m T46
			Men's road race B&VI 1-3
			Women's 400m freestyle S10
			Women's 100m butterfly S12
			Women's singles class 10
			Men's javelin throw F35-36
			Men's shot put F37-38
			Men's shot put F55-56
			Women's 200m T46
			Women's 44kg
			Men's 100m backstroke S11
			Women's 50m freestyle S10
			Women's 100m freestyle S10
			Women's 100m breaststroke SB8
			Women's 200m individual medley SM12
			Men's singles class 8
			Women's team class 6-10
			Men's javelin throw F11-12
			Men's shot put F35-36
			Women's 100m T46
			Women's long jump F42
			Women's javelin throw F35-38
			Women's shot put F35-36
			Men's time trial B&VI 1-3
			Men's 90kg
			Men's 100m freestyle S11
			Women's 100m freestyle S12
			Women's 200m individual medley SM10
			Men's épée A
			Men's foil A

Sports

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

|-|align=left|Tomasz Leżański|rowspan=2 align=left|Men's individual recurve standing|596|14|
W 97-88|
L 102-108|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Ryszard Olejnik|550|21|
L 89-102|colspan=5|did not advance|-|align=left|Janusz Bułyk|rowspan=2 align=left|Men's individual recurve W1/W2|549|28|
L 88-104|colspan=5|did not advance|-|align=left|Piotr Sawicki|593|15|
W 104-89|
W 104-99|
L 98-102|colspan=3|did not advance|-|align=left|Tomasz Leżański
Ryszard Olejnik
Piotr Sawicki|align=left|Men's team|1739|6|colspan=2 |
L 191-202|colspan=3|did not advance|}

Women

|-|align=left|Alicja Bukańska|rowspan=3 align=left|Women's individual recurve standing|533|17|
L 96-98|colspan=5|did not advance|-|align=left|Małgorzata Olejnik|541|11|Bye|
W 98-85|
W 101-88|
L 85-98|
L 101-105|4|-|align=left|Wiesława Wolak|513|19|
L 79-82|colspan=5|did not advance|-|align=left|Alicja Bukańska
Małgorzata Olejnik
Wiesława Wolak|align=left|Women's team recurve|1587|5|colspan=2 |
W 166-162|
L 178-194|
L 182-184|4|}

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marcin Awiżeń	T46	800m	1:59.38	5 Q	1:52.36 WR
		1500m	4:09.57	6 Q	3:54.24	4
Tomasz Chmurzyński	T12	Marathon	2:39.41	10
Wojciech Gołaski	T46	800m	2:30.06	9 q	DNF
		1500m	4:13.83	17	did not advance
Tomasz Hamerlak	T54	1500m	3:07.10	2 Q	3:01.71	3 q	3:17.60	6
		5000m	10:16.03	8 q	10:25.67	8
		Marathon	1:30:31	22
Mateusz Michalski	T12	100m	11.20	6 q	11.31	9	did not advance
		200m	22.72	6 q	22.60	7 B	22.75	8
Marcin Mielczarek	T36	100m	12.42	5
		200m	25.46	4
Robert Plichta	T36	800m	2:27.89	8
Jakub Rega	T36	800m	2:23.70	7
Robert Rumanowski	T12	400m	51.67	10	did not advance
		800m	1:57.89	6	did not advance
Mariusz Tubielewicz	T37	800m	2:15.45	7
Daniel Wozniak	T12	200m	23.16	11 q	23.50	10	did not advance
		400m	51.04	7 q	51.39	7	did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Tomasz Blatkiewicz	F37-38	Discus throw	49.72	966	5
		Shot put	14.74 SB	980
Robert Chyra	F37-38	Discus throw	44.75	869	9
		Shot put	13.01 SB	865	4
Leszek Ćmikiewicz	F42	Discus throw	37.22	style="text-align:center;"	-	9
Łukas Kałuziak	F42/44	Javelin throw	49.57	910	8
Karol Kozun	F55-56	Javelin throw	26.69	812	6
		Shot put	9.89	873	13
Łukasz Labuch	F37-38	Long jump	5.42	942	8
Paweł Piotrowski	F35-36	Discus throw	31.75	909	8
		Javelin throw	42.88	1158
		Shot put	13.03	1044
Mirosław Pych	F11-12	Javelin throw	56.01	989
Janusz Rokicki	F57-58	Shot put	15.29	1022	4
Krzysztof Smorszczewski	F55-56	Shot put	11.95	1030

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alicja Fiodorow	T46	100m	12.60	2 Q	12.66
		200m	26.47	6 Q	25.96
Natalia Jasińska	T37	100m	15.17	9	did not advance
		200m	32.01	11	did not advance
Marta Langner	T37	100m	15.04	8 Q	14.94	5
		200m	31.18	6 Q	31.25	7
Anna Mayer	T46	100m	12.88	7 Q	12.78	6
		200m	26.63	7 q	26.48	6
Katarzyna Piekart	T46	100m	13.20	10	did not advance
Ewa Zielinska	T42	100m	17.89	4

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Renata Chilewska	F35-36	Discus throw	23.81	991	4
		Javelin throw	25.59	1161
		Shot put	9.26	992
Katarzyna Piekart	F42-46	Javelin throw	29.47	805	10
Anna Raszczuk	F37-38	Discus throw	24.40 SB	824	11
		Shot put	9.82	860	14
Ewa Zielinska	F42	Long jump	3.62 SB	style="text-align:center;"	-

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Krzysztof Kosikowski Artur Korc (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI 1-3	2:17.53	5
	Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3	32:50.31
Andrzej Zając Dariusz Flak (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI 1-3	2:14:44
	Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3	33:37.42	10

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ewa Wisniewska Wioleta Ostrowska	Women's road race B&VI 1-3	2:01:20	5
	Women's road time trial B&VI 1-3	41:09.77	9

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Patrycja Gepner	Romeo	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	56.968	13
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV	56.819	14

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Damian Kulig	100kg	222.5	5
Rafał Roch	48kg	150.0	6
Ryszard Rogala	90kg	215.0
Sławomir Szymański	52kg	150.0	6
Piotr Szymeczek	75kg	180.0	10
Mariusz Tomczyk	60kg	170.0	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Justyna Kozdryk	44kg	92.5
Marzena Lazarz	60kg	82.5	6
Emilia Lipowska	40kg	70.0	7
Kamilla Rusielewicz	+82.5kg	115.0	6

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martyna Snopek	Women's single sculls	6:05.13	4 R	7:00.71	5 FB	align=center colspan="2"	DNS
Piotr Majka Jolanta Pawlak	Mixed double sculls	4:29.14	7 R	4:37.90	2 FA	4:35.08	6

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Waldemar Andruszkiewicz	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	563	26	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	598	16	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	583	17	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Wojciech Kosowski	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	556	19	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Sławomir Okoniewski	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	551	24	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Filip Rodzik	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	544	30	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Jolanta Szulc	Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	543	14	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	599	10	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	565	40	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mateusz Michalski	S6	100m backstroke	1:21.80	3 Q	1:21.69	4
		50m butterfly	36.07	7 Q	35.20	7
	SM6	200m individual medley	3:12.83	10	did not advance
Robert Musiorski	S12	50m freestyle	27.41	12	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:00.90	12	did not advance
	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:14.79	5 Q	1:15.39	7
Krzysztof Paterka	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:15.80	4 Q	1:14.24	4
Damian Pietrasik	S11	100m backstroke	1:10.21	2 Q	1:08.81
		50m freestyle	28.56	11	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:04.51	10	did not advance
Grzegorz Polkowski	S11	100m backstroke	1:20.01	11	did not advance
		50m freestyle	28.18	7 Q	27.83	6
		100m freestyle	1:01.23	3 Q	1:00.49
		400m freestyle	5:33.88	12	did not advance
Marcin Ryszka	S11	100m butterfly	DSQ		did not advance
		50m freestyle	29.38	15	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:06.91	14	did not advance
	SB11	100m breaststroke	1:22.78	10	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Karolina Hamer	S4	50m freestyle	58.46	6
		100m freestyle	2:05.65	7 Q	1:59.28	5
	SM4	150m individual medley	DSQ
Patrycja Harajda	S12	100m butterfly	1:15.87	5 Q	1:15.22	7
		50m freestyle	30.69	9	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:08.74	9	did not advance
	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:27.57	8 Q	1:28.81	8
	SM12	200m individual medley	2:43.07	4 Q	2:40.37	6
Joanna Mendak	S12	100m butterfly	1:06.28	1 Q	1:03.34 PR
		50m freestyle	29.14	6 Q	28.34	4
		100m freestyle	1:04.24	5 Q	1:01.57
	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:25.81	7 Q	1:24.54	7
	SM12	200m individual medley	2:39.91	2 Q	2:32.65
Anna Omielan	S10	100m backstroke	1:20.85	14	did not advance
		100m butterfly	1:20.25	9	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:08.15	12	did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:07.12	9	did not advance
	SM10	200m individual medley	DSQ		did not advance
Katarzyna Pawlik	S10	100m backstroke	1:17.08	8 Q	1:20.08	8
		100m butterfly	1:13.59	5 Q	1:12.99	5
		50m freestyle	29.31	3 Q	28.92
		100m freestyle	1:01.60 WR	1 Q	1:01.59
		400m freestyle	4:46.71	2 Q	4:33.15 WR
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:42.38	3 Q	2:40.41
Paulina Woźniak	S9	100m butterfly	1:18.55	16	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:10.24	20	did not advance
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:25.47	3 Q	1:23.90
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:45.33	7 Q	2:46.14	7

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Piotr Grudzień	Men's singles C8	W 3-0	L 1-3	W 3-1	1 Q	W 3-0	L 1-3
Adam Jurasz	Men's singles C7	W 3-1	L 0-3	W 3-1	3	did not advance
Mirosław Kowalski	Men's singles C6	W 3–2	L 0–3	W 3–1	3	did not advance
Sebastian Powroźniak	Men's singles C9-10	L 2-3	W 3-1	2	did not advance
Marcon Skrzynecki	Men's singles C8	L 0-3	L 1-3	W 3-1	3	did not advance
Piotr Grudzień Adam Jurasz Mirosław Kowalski Marcin Skrzynecki	Men's team C6-8	W 3-1	L 1-3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Barbara Barszcz	Women's singles C5	L 0-3	L 1-3	L 0-3	4	did not advance
Małgorzata Grzelak	Women's singles C9	L 0-3	W 3-1	W 3-0	2 Q	L 0-3	L 0-3	4
Natalia Partyka	Women's singles C10	W 3-0	W 3-0	W 3-0	1 Q	W 3-0	W 3-0
Katarzyna Pitry	Women's singles C6-7	L 0-3	W 3-0	2	did not advance
Mirosława Roźmiej	Women's singles C4	L 0–3	L 1–3	L 2–3	4	did not advance
Barbara Barszcz Mirosława Roźmiej	Women's team C4-5	L 1-3	did not advance
Małgorzata Grzelak Natalia Partyka	Women's team C6-10	Bye	W 3-0	W 3-0	L 1-3

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Piotr Czop	Men's foil B		L 2-5	2 Q	L 11-15	did not advance
			W 5-1
			W 5-2
			W 5-3
			L 4-5
	Men's sabre B		L 3-5	5	did not advance
			L 3-5
			L 2-5
			L 3-5
			W 5-3
Stefan Makowski	Men's foil A		L 1-5	4 Q	L 10-15	did not advance
			L 1-5
			W 5-3
			W 5-4
			L 4-5
	Men's sabre A		L 4-5	3 Q	L 10-15	did not advance
			W 5-2
			W 5-4
			L 4-5
			W 5-3
			W 5-3
Dariusz Pender	Men's épée A		L 4–5	3 Q	L 15–13	did not advance
			L 2-5
			W 5-3
			W 5-1
			W 5-2
	Men's foil A		W 5-2	1 Q	W 15-6	W 15-9	L 4-15	W 15-9
			W 5-4
			W 5-1
			W 5-3
			W 5-0
Grzegorz Pluta	Men's épée B		L 4-5	6	did not advance
			L 3-5
			L 3-5
			L 2-5
			W 5-4
	Men's sabre B		W 5-3	3 Q	L 14-15	did not advance
			L 1-5
			L 4-5
			W 5-2
			W 5-2
Radosław Stańczuk	Men's épée A		L 3-5	4 Q	W 15-11	W 15-9	L 12-15	W 15-12
			L 4-5
			W 5-3
			L 3-5
			W 5-3
	Men's sabre A		L 2-5	2 Q	W 15-12	L 9-15	did not advance
			L 2-5
			W 5-3
			W 5-4
			W 5-1
Zbigniew Wyganowski	Men's foil B		L 3-5	3 Q	L 12-15	did not advance
			W 5-4
			L 4-5
			W 5-2
			W 5-2

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dagmara Witos-Eze	Women's épée A		L 3–5	3 Q	L 6-15	did not advance
			L 3-5
			L 3-5
			W 5-3
			W 5-4
	Women's foil A		L 2-5	6	did not advance
			L 3-5
			L 0-5
			W 5-3
			L 0-5

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Albin Batcyki	Open	Men's singles	W 6–2, 6–1	L 1-6, 3-6	did not advance
Piotr Jaroszewski			L 1-6, 0-6	did not advance
Tadeusz Kruszelnicki			W 6-2, 6-4	W 6-1, 6-4	L 2-6, 3-6	did not advance
Piotr Jaroszewski Tadeusz Kruszelnicki		Men's doubles	/ W 6-0, 6-0	/ L 0-6, 1-6	did not advance

Women

See also

• Poland at the Paralympics
• Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee

Notes and References

1. http://www.london2012.com/blog/2008/06/18/natalia-paralympic-and-olympic-athlete.php "Natalia: Paralympic AND Olympic athlete"