Poland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	POL
Npcname:	Polish Paralympic Committee
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2012
Location:	London
Competitors:	101
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Renata Chilewska
Rank:	9
Gold:	14
Silver:	13
Bronze:	9
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1972

Poland competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

|-|align=left|Marek Kantczak|align=left|Men's individual compound open|653|10|
W 6-0|
L 0-6|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Wiktor Patryas|align=left|Men's individual recurve standing|596|14|
L 2-6|colspan=5|did not advance|-|align=left|Piotr Sawicki|align=left|Men's individual recurve W1/W2|600|8||
L 4-6|colspan=4|did not advance|}

Women

|-|align=left|Milena Olszewska|align=left rowspan=2|Women's individual recurve standing|580|2||
W 7-1|
W 6-4|
L 2-6|
W 6-2||-|align=left|Grazyna Wojciechowska|477|16|
L 2-6|colspan=5|did not advance|}

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men's track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Marcin Awizen	800m T46	2:01.32 SB	15	did not advance
1500m T46	DNF		did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Tomasz Hamerlak	1500m T54	3:20.42	21	did not advance
5000m T54	11:30.69	12	did not advance
Marathon T54	1:31:34	8
align=left rowspan=2	Mateusz Michalski	100m T12	11.01	3 Q	10.88
200m T12	22.12	1 Q	22.09	3 q	21.56 WR
align=left rowspan=2	Marcin Mielczarek	100m T36	12.84	7 q	12.80	8
200m T36	26.05 PB	6
Rafal Korc	1500m T20	3:59.53 PB
Daniel Pek	1500m T20	3:59.45 PB
align=left rowspan=2	Łukasz Wietecki	800m T13	1:55.32 PB	3 Q	1:55.44	4
1500m T13	3:55.67 PB	7 Q	3:56.26	7

Men's field

Athlete	Events	Mark	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Tomasz Blatkiewicz	Discus throw F37-38	54.02	1008
Shot put F37-38	15.18 PB	-	5
Jacek Kolodziej	Long jump F20	6.31 SB	-	5
align=left rowspan=2	Karol Kozun	Javelin throw F54-56	27.62 SB	-	7
Shot put F52-53	11.36 SB	973
Maciej Lepiato	High jump F46	2.12 WR	-
Lukasz Mamczarz	High jump F42	1.74	-
Marcin Mielczarek	Long jump F36	5.07 =PB	-	4
Pawel Piotrowski	Discus throw F35-36	37.59	-	4
Miroslaw Pych	Javelin throw F12/13	52.12 SB	860	7
Tomasz Rebisz	Shot put F46	15.01 SB	-
Janusz Rokicki	Shot put F57-58	15.68 SB	960
Krzysztof Smorszczewski	Shot put F52-53	12.16 PB	929	7
Mariusz Sobczak	Long jump F36	5.14 PB	-
align=left rowspan=2	Maciej Sochal	Club throw F31/32/51	29.04	891	9
Shot put F32-33	9.18	908	4
align=left rowspan=2	Bartosz Tyszkowski	Discus throw F40	39.20	-	4
Shot put F40	11.98	-	4

Women's track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Anna Duzikowska	100m T13	14.31	11	did not advance
400m T13	1:03.33 PB	6
align=left rowspan=2	Alicja Fiodorow	200m T46	25.92 PB	3 Q	25.49
400m T46	58.48 PB
Marta Langner	100m T37	15.00	13	did not advance
Arleta Meloch	1500m T20	4:39.04
Barbara Niewiedzial	1500m T20	4:35.26
align=left rowspan=2	Katarzyna Piekart	100m T46	13.04 PB	4 Q	13.10	4
200m T46	27.21	7 Q	27.18	7
Ewa Zielinska	100m T42	17.47	9

Women's field

Athlete	Events	Mark	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Renata Chilewska	Discus throw F35/36	25.80	908	5
Shot put F35/36	9.54	873	6
Ewa Durska	Shot put F20	13.80	-
align=left rowspan=2	Daria Kabiesz	Discus throw F40	24.99	-	5
Shot put F40	7.90	-	5
Karolina Kucharczyk	Long jump F20	6.00	-
Marta Langner	Long jump F37/38	4.20	965	6
Katarzyna Piekart	Javelin throw F46	41.15 WR	-
Ewa Zielinska	Long jump F42/44	3.50	849	12

Cycling

Road

See main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Krzysztof Kosikowski Artur Korc (Pilot)	Men's road race B	2:26:57
	Men's road time trial B	31:48.86	7
Rafał Wilk	Men's road race H3	1:50:05
	Men's road time trial H3	25:24.17
Arkadiusz Skrzypiński	Men's road race H3	1:59:29	5
	Men's road time trial H3	28:37.07	8
Monika Pudlis	Women's road race H3	1:49:30	5
	Women's road time trial H3	34:26.30	5
Anna Harkowska	Women's road race C4-5	1:47:58
	Women's road time trial C5	24:14.94

Track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Anna Harkowska	Women's 500 m time trial C4–5	align=center colspan=2	39.599	4
	Women's individual pursuit C5	3:48.885	2 Q	L LAP

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Damian Kulig	100 kg	206.0	6
Wawrzyniec Latus	75 kg	183.0	6
Piotr Szymeczek	82.5 kg	190.0	8
Mariusz Tomczyk	60 kg	171.0	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Justyna Kozdryk	44 kg	95.0	5
Marzena Lazarz	75 kg	106.0	6

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martyna Snopek	Women's single sculls	6:10.08	4 R	6:13.00	3 FB	6:23.65	3
Michal Gadowski Jolanta Pawlak	Mixed double sculls	4:13.97	5 R	4:17.47	4 FB	4:17.23	4

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Jolanta Szulc	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1	561	6 Q	649.3	6
Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	374	17	did not advance
Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1	571	42	did not advance
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1	598	18	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Wojciech Kosowski	Men's 10 m air pistol SH1	568	1 Q	660.7	7
Mixed 50 m pistol SH1	533	5	623.3	7

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athletes	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Jacek Czech	50m freestyle S2	1:07.56	6 Q	1:06.41	4
100m freestyle S2	2:27.14	6 Q	2:22.84	4
50m backstroke S2	1:09.31	6 Q	1:07.74	5
align=left rowspan=3	Grzegorz Polkowski	50m freestyle S11	28.18	11	did not advance
100m freestyle S11	1:02.75	8 Q	1:02.72	8
100m backstroke S11	1:17.32	12	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Marcin Ryszka	100m freestyle S11	1:06.59	14	did not advance
400m freestyle S11	5:16.68	10	did not advance
100m breaststroke SB11	1:22.23	9	did not advance

Women

Athletes	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karolina Hamer	50m backstroke S4	1:05.62	8 Q	1:06.08	8
align=left rowspan=5	Oliwia Jablonska	50m freestyle S10	30.58	14	did not advance
100m freestyle S10	1:04.89	8 Q	1:03.76	8
400m freestyle S10	4:51.67	5 Q	4:41.65	4
100m butterfly S10	1:11.11	3 Q	1:08.55
200m individual medley SM5	1:11.11	3 Q	DNS
align=left rowspan=4	Joanna Mendak	50m freestyle S12	28.81	6 Q	28.38	6
100m freestyle S12	1:03.61	5 Q	1:01.07	4
100m butterfly S12	1:06.16
200m individual medley SM12	2:39.98	4 Q	2:35.38	4
align=left rowspan=5	Katarzyna Pawlik	50m freestyle S10	31.37	17	did not advance
100m freestyle S10	1:07.14	12	did not advance
400m freestyle S10	4:43.45	3 Q	4:45.50	5
100m backstroke S10	1:18.49	13	did not advance
200m individual medley SM10	2:49.31	10	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Paulina Wozniak	100m butterfly S9	1:13.56	7 Q	1:12.52	6
100m breaststroke SB8	1:24.45	4 Q	1:22.45
200m individual medley SM9	2:44.19	8 Q	2:44.17	8

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Piotr Grudzien	Singles class 8	L 1–3 L 0-3	3	did not advance
Marcin Skrzynecki		W 3-1 W 3-0	1 Q	L 1-3	did not advance
Patryk Chojnowski	Singles class 10	W 3-0	W 3-0	W 3-0
Sebastian Powrozniak		L 0-3 L 1-3	3	did not advance
Pawel Olejarski	Singles class 11	L 0-3 W 3-0	2 Q	L 1-3	L 0-3	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dorota Bucław	Singles class 1-2	L 0–3 L 0-3	3	did not advance
Katarzyna Marszal	Singles class 6	L 0–3 W 3-0 L 0-3	3	did not advance
Alicja Eigner		L 0–3 W 3-0 L 1-3	3	did not advance
Katarzyna Marszal		L 0–3 W 3-0 L 0-3	3	did not advance
Karolina Pek	Singles class 9	L 2–3 L 2-3 L 0-3	4	did not advance
Małgorzata Jankowska		L 0–3 L 0-3 W 3-2	4	did not advance
Natalia Partyka	Singles class 10	W 3–0 W 3-0 W 3-0	1 Q	W 3–0	W 3–2

Teams

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Piotr Grudzien Marcin Skrzynecki	Team class 6-8	W 3-0	W 3-2	W 3-2	W 3-0
Patryk Chojnowski Sebastian Powrozniak	Men's team class 9-10	W 3-2	W 3-2	L 2-3
Alicja Eigner Malgorzata Jankowska Natalia Partyka Karolina Pek	Women's team class 6-10	W 1-3	L 2-3	W 3-2

Wheelchair basketball

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men.

Poland qualified for the men's team event in wheelchair basketball by finishing sixth at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.^{[1] [2]} Competing athletes are given eight-level classification points specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower points representing a higher degree of disability. The total points of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.^[3]

Squad list	Group stage (group B)		Quarter-final	5th–8th place semi-final	7th/8th place match
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From:Marcin Balcerowski Krzysztof Bandura Jan Cyrul Piotr Darnikowski Mateusz Filipski Sławomir Gorzkowicz Piotr Łuszyński Andrzej Macek Dominik Mosler Krzysztof Pietrzyk Robert Wiśnik Marcin Wróbel Coach: Piotr Łuszyński	W 63–45	4	L 53–76	L 66–81	L 74–76	8
	W 78–53
	L 65–83
	L 87–58
	L 63–73

Group B----------------

Quarter-final

5th–8th place semi-final

7th/8th place match

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Adrian Castro	Men's sabre B		L 1-5	4	did not advance
			W 5-4
			L 2-5
			W 5-3
Piotr Czop	Men's foil B		L 1-5	3 Q	L 5-15	did not advance
			L 0-5
			W 5-4
			W 5-2
Stefan Makowski	Men's foil A		L 1-5	4 Q	L 13-15	did not advance
			L 3-5
			L 2-5
			W 5-3
			W 5-0
	Men's sabre A		L 2-5	4	did not advance
			L 1-5
			L 2-5
			W 5-2
Dariusz Pender	Men's épée A		L 2-5	3 Q	W 15-11	W 15-8	W 15-14	W 15-9
			L 3-5
			W 5-3
			W 5-4
	Men's foil A		L 3-5	3 Q	W 15-14	L 12-15	did not advance
			L 4-5
			W 5-0
			W 5-4
Grzegorz Pluta	Men's épée B		L 2-5	4 Q	L 5-8	did not advance
			W 5-3
			L 2-5
			W 5-4
	Men's sabre B		W 5-1	1 Q	W 15-9	W 15-10	W 15-8
			W 5-3
			W 5-2
			W 5-2
Radolsaw Stanczuk	Men's épée A		L 0-5	3 Q	L 11-15	did not advance
			L 3-5
			W 5-2
			W 5-2
	Men's sabre A		L 1-5	3 Q	W 15-14	W 15-6	L 8-15	L 9-15	4
			L 4-5
			W 5-2
			W 5-3
Zbigniew Wyganowski	Men's foil B		L 2-5	5	did not advance
			L 3-5
			L 3-5
			L 3-5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marta Fidrych	Women's épée A		W 5-2	3 Q/	L 10-15	did not advance
			L 2-5
			W 5-2
			W 5-1
			L 4-5
Marta Makowska	Women's épée B		L 0-5	4 Q	L 5-15	did not advance
			W 5-1
			L 4-5
			L 4-5
	Women's foil B		L 1-5	3 Q	W 15-11	L 10-15	W 15-14
			L 2-5
			W 5-3
			W 5-3
Women's team	Women's team open	W 45-28	L 40-45	L 26-45	4

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Albin Batycki	align=left rowspan=4	Men's singles	L 4–6, 2–6	did not advance
Tadeusz Kruszelnicki	L 3–6, 1–6	did not advance
Piotr Jaroszewski	W 6–2, 6–1	L 1–6, 1–6	did not advance
Kamil Fabisiak	L 3–6, 5–7	did not advance

See also

• Poland at the Paralympics
• Poland at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wheelchair Basketball. International Paralympic Committee. 2 June 2011.
2. Web site: 2010 World Championships Schedule & Results. Wheelchair Basketball Canada. 2 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706213024/http://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/en/tournament.aspx?id=1989. 6 July 2011.
3. Web site: Wheelchair Basketball. Australian Paralympic Committee. 5 June 2011.