Poland at the 2016 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	POL
Nocname:	Polish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2016
Website:
Location:	Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:	243
Sports:	23
Flagbearer:	Karol Bielecki (opening) Marta Walczykiewicz (closing)
Rank:	33
Gold:	2
Silver:	3
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1924
See also:	(1908–1912) (1912)

Poland competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1924, Polish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, because of the Soviet boycott.

Medalists

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
	1	1	1	3
	1	0	1	2
	0	1	1	2
	0	1	1	2
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
Total	2	3	6	11

Medals by day
Day				Total
August 6	0	0	1	1
August 7	0	0	0	0
August 8	0	0	0	0
August 9	0	0	0	0
August 10	0	0	0	0
August 11	1	0	1	2
August 12	0	0	0	0
August 13	0	1	0	1
August 14	0	0	0	0
August 15	1	0	0	1
August 16	0	1	1	2
August 17	0	0	0	0
August 18	0	0	1	1
August 19	0	0	2	2
August 20	0	1	0	1
August 21	0	0	0	0
Total	2	3	6	11

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	0	1	2	3
Female	2	2	4	8
Total	2	3	6	11

Competitors

| width=78% align=left valign=top |The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing and handball are not counted as athletes.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	36	34	70
Badminton	4	1	5
Boxing	2	0	2
Canoeing	9	6	15
Cycling	7	10	17
Equestrian	1	0	1
Fencing	0	5	5
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Handball	14	0	14
Judo	1	3	4
Modern pentathlon	1	2	3
Rowing	16	10	26
Sailing	4	3	7
Shooting	1	4	5
Swimming	14	6	20
Table tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	2	0	2
Tennis	3	4	7
Triathlon	0	1	1
Volleyball	16	2	18
Weightlifting	4	1	5
Wrestling	4	4	8
Total	141	102	243

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics. One Polish archer qualified for the women's individual recurve by obtaining one of the eight Olympic places available from the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.^{[1] [2]}

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Polish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^{[3] [4]}

On May 6, 2016, the Polish Olympic Committee had selected the first batch of track and field athletes for the Games, featuring double Worlds champion and London 2012 Olympian Paweł Fajdek (hammer throw) and Beijing 2008 silver medalist Piotr Małachowski (discus throw).^[5]

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Karol Zalewski	200 m	20.54	5	did not advance
Rafał Omelko	400 m	45.54	4 q	45.28	7	did not advance
Adam Kszczot	align=left rowspan=2	800 m	1:45.83	1 Q	1:44.70	3	did not advance
Marcin Lewandowski	1:46.35	2 Q	1:44.56	3 q	1:44.20	6
Damian Czykier	110 m hurdles	13.63	5 q	13.50	3	did not advance
Patryk Dobek	400 m hurdles	50.66	8	did not advance
Krystian Zalewski	3000 m steeplechase	8:34.52	10	did not advance
Kacper Kozłowski (reserve) Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina Rafał Omelko Michał Pietrzak	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.58	4 q	3:00.50	7
Artur Kozłowski	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon	2:17:34	39
Yared Shegumo	2:31:54	128
Henryk Szost
Artur Brzozowski	align=left rowspan=3	20 km walk	1:25.29	47
Jakub Jelonek	1:21.52	19
Łukasz Nowak
Rafał Augustyn	align=left rowspan=3	50 km walk	3:55:01	22
Adrian Błocki	3:51:31	15
Rafał Fedaczyński	3:55:51	24

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marika Popowicz-Drapała	align=left rowspan=2	100 m	11.70	6	did not advance
Ewa Swoboda	11.24	2 Q	11.18	7	did not advance
Anna Kiełbasińska	200 m	22.95	4	did not advance
Małgorzata Hołub	align=left rowspan=3	400 m	51.80	3 q	51.93	7	did not advance
Justyna Święty	51.82	3 q	51.62	5	did not advance
Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	52.02	3 q	52.51	8	did not advance
Angelika Cichocka	align=left rowspan=2	800 m	2:00.42	1 Q	2:01.29	8	did not advance
Joanna Jóźwik	2:01.58	1 Q	1:58.93	1 Q	1:57.37	5
Angelika Cichocka	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	4:11.76	=5 Q	4:17.83	12	did not advance
Sofia Ennaoui	4:06.90	3 Q	4:05.29	6 q	4:14.72	10
Danuta Urbanik	4:08.67	9 q	4:11.34	10	did not advance
Karolina Kołeczek	100 m hurdles	13.04	6	did not advance
Emilia Ankiewicz	align=left rowspan=2	400 m hurdles	55.89 PB	3 Q	56.99	7	did not advance
Joanna Linkiewicz	56.07	1 Q	55.35	3	did not advance
Matylda Kowal	3000 m steeplechase	9:35.13	8	did not advance
Agata Forkasiewicz (reserve) Anna Kiełbasińska Klaudia Konopko Marika Popowicz-Drapała Katarzyna Sokólska (reserve) Ewa Swoboda	4 × 100 m relay	43.33	7	did not advance
Iga Baumgart Martyna Dąbrowska (reserve) Małgorzata Hołub Ewelina Ptak (reserve) Justyna Święty Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.34	3 Q	3:27.28	7
Katarzyna Kowalska	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon
Iwona Lewandowska	2:31:41	21
Monika Stefanowicz	2:32:49	23
Paulina Buziak	align=left rowspan=3	20 km walk	1:35:01	28
Agnieszka Dygacz
Agnieszka Szwarnóg	1:38:01	44

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Karol Hoffmann	Triple jump	16.79	7 q	16.31	12
Sylwester Bednarek	align=left rowspan=2	High jump	2.22	30	did not advance
Wojciech Theiner	2.22	25	did not advance
Piotr Lisek	align=left rowspan=3	Pole vault	5.70	6 q	5.75	4
Robert Sobera	5.60	13	did not advance
Paweł Wojciechowski	5.45	=16	did not advance
Konrad Bukowiecki	align=left rowspan=3	Shot put	20.71	6 Q		—
Michał Haratyk	19.97	18	did not advance
Tomasz Majewski	20.56	7 q	20.72	6
Piotr Małachowski	align=left rowspan=2	Discus throw	65.89	1 Q	67.55
Robert Urbanek	61.76	17	did not advance
Łukasz Grzeszczuk	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw	76.52	31	did not advance
Marcin Krukowski	80.62	15	did not advance
Paweł Fajdek	align=left rowspan=2	Hammer throw	72.00	17	did not advance
Wojciech Nowicki	77.64	1 Q	77.73

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Anna Jagaciak-Michalska	Triple jump	14.13	10 q	14.07	10
Kamila Lićwinko	High jump	1.94	9 Q	1.93	9
Paulina Guba	Shot put	17.70	13	did not advance
Żaneta Glanc	Discus throw	57.88	17	did not advance
Maria Andrejczyk	Javelin throw	67.11 NR	1 Q	64.78	4
Joanna Fiodorow	align=left rowspan=3	Hammer throw	71.77	4 q	69.87	9
Malwina Kopron	69.69	15	did not advance
Anita Włodarczyk	76.93	1 Q	82.29

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Paweł Wiesiołek	Result	10.88	6.73	14.17	2.01	50.18	15.09	48.32	4.50	56.68	4:42.77	7784	21
Points	888	750	739	813	806	839	835	760	688	666

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Poland has qualified five badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. Adrian Dziółko was selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers in the men's singles, while the men's (Cwalina & Wacha) and mixed doubles (Mateusiak & Zięba) had claimed their Olympic spots each with a top 16 finish in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Adrian Dziółko	Men's singles	W (18–21, 21–10, 21–13)	L (12–21, 9–21)	L (19–21, 22–24)	3	did not advance
Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha	Men's doubles	L (14–21, 15–21)	L (17–21, 17–21)	L (18–21, 16–21)	4		did not advance
Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba	Mixed doubles	L (18–21, 21–23)	W (13–21, 21–9, 21–19)	W (18–21, 27–25, 21–9)	1 Q		L (17–21, 10–21)	did not advance

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Poland has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Tomasz Jabłoński was the only Polish boxer to be selected to the Olympic team with a top two finish of his respective division in the World Series of Boxing.^{[7] [8]} Meanwhile, world no. 1 seed Igor Jakubowski had claimed an Olympic place as the winner and sole recipient of the men's heavyweight division at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tomasz Jabłoński	Men's middleweight	L 1–2	did not advance
Igor Jakubowski	Men's heavyweight	L 0–3	did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Polish canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.^[10] The slalom canoeing team was named to the Polish roster at the conclusion of the 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships on May 18, 2016.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Grzegorz Hedwig	Men's C-1	96.67	3	97.72	6	96.67	7 Q	102.70	12	did not advance
Marcin Pochwała Piotr Szczepański	Men's C-2	115.36	9	159.68	11	115.36	11 Q	110.17	4 Q	104.97	5
Maciej Okręglak	Men's K-1	96.73	16	94.44	14	94.44	18	did not advance
Natalia Pacierpnik	Women's K-1	106.38	5	167.18	19	106.38	10 Q	109.63	11	did not advance

Sprint

Polish canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paweł Kaczmarek	K-1 200 m	35.562	6	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Tomasz Kaczor	C-1 200 m	42.450	6	did not advance
C-1 1000 m	3:59.928	2 Q	3:59.836	4 FB	3:59.350	9
Rafał Rosolski	K-1 1000 m	3:37.700	4 Q	3:38.379	7 FB	3:39.021	14
Mateusz Kamiński Michał Kudła	C-2 1000 m	3:44.717	5 Q	3:43.467	4 FB	3:52.964	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marta Walczykiewicz	K-1 200 m	40.263	1 Q	40.619	1 FA	40.279
Ewelina Wojnarowska	K-1 500 m	1:52.193	2 Q	1:59.458	5 FB	1:58.167	12
Beata Mikołajczyk Karolina Naja	K-2 500 m	1:41.766	2 Q	1:41.684	1 FA	1:45.207
Marta Walczykiewicz Beata Mikołajczyk Karolina Naja Edyta Dzieniszewska	K-4 500 m	1:33.020	2 Q	1:36.532	4 FB	1:37.658	9

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final A (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Road

Polish riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 national finish in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the 2016 UCI World Ranking (for women).^{[13] [14]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Maciej Bodnar	Road race	did not finish
Time trial	1:14:05.89	6
Michał Gołaś	Road race	6:30:05	56
align=left rowspan=2	Michał Kwiatkowski	Road race	6:30:05	62
Time trial	1:15:55.49	14
Rafał Majka	Road race	6:10:10

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Małgorzata Jasińska	Road race	3:56.34	24
align=left rowspan=2	Katarzyna Niewiadoma	Road race	3:51.47	6
Time trial	47:47.96	18
align=left rowspan=2	Anna Plichta	Road race	4:01.29	41
Time trial	47:59.66	19

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Polish riders have accumulated spots in the men's team sprint, the women's team pursuit, and the women's omnium. As a result of their place in the men's team sprint, Poland has won the right to enter two riders in both the men's sprint and keirin.

The full track cycling team was named to the Polish roster for the Games on July 7, 2016, with Damian Zieliński leading the nation's riders on the velodrome at his third Olympics.^[15]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Rafał Sarnecki	align=left rowspan=2	Men's sprint	9.980 72.144	15 Q	L	L	did not advance
Damian Zieliński	9.823 73.297	7 Q	L	L	did not advance

Team sprint

Pursuit

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Krzysztof Maksel	align=left rowspan=2	Men's keirin	4	1 Q	4 FB	9
Damian Zieliński	1 Q		1 FA	6

Omnium

Mountain biking

Polish mountain bikers qualified for two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's seventh-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016. First-time Olympian Katarzyna Solus-Miśkowicz and Beijing 2008 runner-up Maja Włoszczowska were named to the Polish mountain biking team for the Games on May 30, 2016.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Katarzyna Solus-Miśkowicz	align=left rowspan=2	Women's cross-country	did not start
Maja Włoszczowska	1:30:52

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Poland has received a spare berth freed up by Switzerland to send an eventing rider to the Games, as the next highest-ranked eligible athlete, not yet qualified, outside the group selection in the individual FEI Olympic Rankings.

Eventing

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Polish fencers have qualified a full squad in the women's team sabre by picking up the spare berth freed up by Africa for being the next highest ranking nation in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.^[17] Hanna Łyczbińska secured a spot on the Polish team in the women's foil by virtue of a top two placement from Europe outside the world's top 14 in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^{[18] [19]} The fencing team was officially named to the Olympic roster on June 29, 2016.^[20]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hanna Łyczbińska	Women's foil		W 14–9	L 6–15	did not advance
Bogna Jóźwiak	align=left rowspan=3	Women's sabre	W 4–2	L 5–15	did not advance
		W 15–9	L 12–15	did not advance
Aleksandra Socha		L 10–15	did not advance
Bogna Jóźwiak Małgorzata Kozaczuk Marta Puda Aleksandra Socha	Women's team sabre	L 43–45	W 45–23	5th place final L 41–45	6

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Poland has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. This Olympic berth had been awarded to the Polish female gymnast, who participated in the apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[21]

Women

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Poland men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at the first meet of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Gdańsk.^[22]

Team roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Poland has qualified a total of eight judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Maciej Sarnacki, along with London 2012 Olympians Katarzyna Kłys and Daria Pogorzelec, were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Arleta Podolak at women's lightweight (57 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region as the highest-ranked Polish judoka outside of direct qualifying position.^{[23] [24]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maciej Sarnacki	Men's +100 kg		W 100–000	L 000–010	did not advance
Arleta Podolak	Women's −57 kg		L 000–100	did not advance
Katarzyna Kłys	Women's −70 kg		W 001–000	L 000–000	did not advance
Daria Pogorzelec	Women's −78 kg		W 000–000	L 000–000	did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Poland has qualified a total of three modern pentathletes for the following events at the Games. Oktawia Nowacka and London 2012 Olympian Szymon Staśkiewicz secured their selection in the men's and women's event, respectively, by virtue of a top eight individual finish at the European Championships, while Anna Maliszewska was ranked among the top 10 modern pentathletes, not yet qualified, based on the UIPM World Rankings as of June 1, 2016.^[25]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
				Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Szymon Staśkiewicz	Men's	21–14	1	5	227	2:10.16	35	310	42	30	258	11:45.88	24	595	1390	27
Anna Maliszewska	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	16–19	4	21	200	2:20.30	25	280	18	20	282	13:01.21	19	519	1281	19
Oktawia Nowacka	27–8	1	1	264	2:16.67	16	290	7	9	293	13:18.50	25	502	1349

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Poland has qualified a total of eight boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Six rowing crews had confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while rowers competing in men's eight and women's pair were further added to the Polish roster with their top four finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk	Single sculls	7:12.43	2 QF	6:53.52	3 SA/B	7:15.61	6 FB	6:47.95	7
Artur Mikołajczewski Miłosz Jankowski	Lightweight double sculls	6:27.70	2 SA/B	6:40.23	3 FA	6:42.00	6
Mateusz Biskup Wiktor Chabel Dariusz Radosz Mirosław Ziętarski	Quadruple sculls	5:51.28	2 FA	6:12.09	4
Krystian Aranowski Marcin Brzeziński Mikołaj Burda Robert Fuchs Piotr Juszczak Zbigniew Schodowski Michał Szpakowski Mateusz Wilangowski Daniel Trojanowski (cox)	Eight	5:42.32	3 R	5:59.22	4 FA	5:34.62	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anna Wierzbowska Maria Wierzbowska	Pair	7:12.82	3 SA/B	7:39.12	5 FB	7:21.53	10
Magdalena Fularczyk Natalia Madaj	Double sculls	7:16.16	1 SA/B	6:50.63	1 FA	7:40.10
Weronika Deresz Martyna Mikołajczak	Lightweight double sculls	7:05.02	2 SA/B	7:22.06	5 FB	7:24.34	7
Monika Ciaciuch Agnieszka Kobus Joanna Leszczyńska Maria Springwald	Quadruple sculls	6:33.43	2 R	6:25.49	2 FA	6:50.86

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Polish sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^{[26] [27]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Piotr Myszka	RS:X	4	5	5	2	2	3	12	2	6	13	16	16	9	88	4
Kacper Ziemiński	Laser	34	28	6	47	3	5	20	12	22	10	EL	140	18
Paweł Kołodziński Łukasz Przybytek	49er	2	13	9	9	5		18	11	7	16	18	9	5	118.3	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Małgorzata Białecka	RS:X	13	21	13	23	12	6	DNF	14	9	11	13	18	EL	153	14
Irmina Gliszczyńska Agnieszka Skrzypulec	470	10	14	9	21	3	14	19	12	7	8	5	106	10

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Polish shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and the European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) as of March 31, 2016.^[28] The entire shooting squad was named to the Polish roster on July 5, 2016, with rifle markswomen Agnieszka Nagay and London 2012 silver medalist Sylwia Bogacka returning for their fourth Olympics.^[29]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Piotr Daniluk	Men's 10 m air pistol	567	41	did not advance
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	567	20	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Sylwia Bogacka	Women's 10 m air rifle	409.1	40	did not advance
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	577	23	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Klaudia Breś	Women's 10 m air pistol	379	23	did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol	578	15	did not advance
Aleksandra Jarmolińska	Women's skeet	68	12	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Agnieszka Nagay	Women's 10 m air rifle	412.8	29	did not advance
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	578	16	did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Polish swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^{[30] [31]} To assure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers must attain the Olympic qualifying cut in each of the individual events at the 2015 World Championships and at the 2016 Polish Championships & Olympic Trials in Szczecin (May 27 to 30).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Konrad Czerniak	100 m butterfly	51.81	=10 Q	51.80	10	did not advance
Paweł Juraszek	50 m freestyle	22.50	35	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Radosław Kawęcki	100 m backstroke	54.39	23	did not advance
200 m backstroke	1:57.61	17	did not advance
Paweł Korzeniowski	100 m butterfly	53.71	33	did not advance
Kacper Majchrzak	200 m freestyle	1:47.12	15 Q	1:46.30 NR	10	did not advance
Tomasz Polewka	100 m backstroke	54.52	26	did not advance
Mateusz Sawrymowicz	1500 m freestyle	15:26.33	33	did not advance
Marcin Stolarski	100 m breaststroke	1:01.06	29	did not advance
Jan Świtkowski	200 m butterfly	1:56.73	17	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Wojciech Wojdak	400 m freestyle	3:48.87	23	did not advance
1500 m freestyle	15:13.18	28	did not advance
Filip Wypych	50 m freestyle	22.23	21	did not advance
Filip Zaborowski	400 m freestyle	3:49.84	28	did not advance
Konrad Czerniak Paweł Korzeniowski Kacper Majchrzak Jan Świtkowski	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:15.52	13	did not advance
Kacper Klich Paweł Korzeniowski Kacper Majchrzak Jan Świtkowski Paweł Werner	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:11.11	10	did not advance
Radosław Kawęcki Marcin Stolarski Konrad Czerniak Kacper Majchrzak Paweł Korzeniowski	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:35.18	12	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katarzyna Baranowska	200 m individual medley	2:19.03	39	did not advance
Anna Dowgiert	50 m freestyle	25.54	37	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Alicja Tchórz	100 m backstroke	1:01.31	21	did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:11.40	20	did not advance
Aleksandra Urbańczyk	50 m freestyle	25.28	29	did not advance
Katarzyna Wilk	100 m freestyle	55.44	29	did not advance
Joanna Zachoszcz	10 km open water	1:59:20.4	22
Anna Dowgiert Alicja Tchórz Aleksandra Urbańczyk Katarzyna Wilk	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:41.43	15	did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Poland has fielded a team of six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. 2012 Olympian Li Qian secured one of ten available Olympic spots in the women's singles by winning the group final match at the European Qualification Tournament in Halmstad, Sweden.^[32] London 2012 Olympians Wang Zengyi and Katarzyna Grzybowska, along with Jakub Dyjas, were automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players in their respective singles events based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[33]

Daniel Górak and Paralympian Natalia Partyka were each awarded the third spot to build the men's and women's teams for the Games by virtue of the top 10 national finish in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[34]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jakub Dyjas	align=left rowspan=2	Singles		W 4–0	L 0–4	did not advance
Wang Zengyi	L 2–4	did not advance
Jakub Dyjas Daniel Górak Wang Zengyi	Team	L 2–3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Katarzyna Grzybowska	align=left rowspan=2	Singles		W 4–2	L 0–4	did not advance
Li Qian	L 1–4	did not advance
Katarzyna Grzybowska Li Qian Natalia Partyka	Team	L 0–3	did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Poland entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Piotr Paziński and 2015 European Games silver medalist Karol Robak secured spots in the men's lightweight (68 kg) and welterweight category (80 kg) respectively by virtue of their top two finish at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.^[35]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Karol Robak	Men's −68 kg	W 15–12	L 7–9	did not advance
Piotr Paziński	Men's −80 kg	L 2–8	did not advance		W 6–5	L 0–12	5

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Poland has entered seven tennis players (three men and four women) into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Agnieszka Radwańska (world no. 3) qualified directly for the women's singles as one of the top 56 eligible players in the WTA World Rankings, while Jerzy Janowicz (world no. 120) had claimed one of six ITF Olympic men's singles places, as Poland's top-ranked tennis player outside of direct qualifying position in the ATP World Rankings as of June 6, 2016. Going to his fourth straight Games, Marcin Matkowski teamed up his new partner Łukasz Kubot to compete in the men's doubles, and were subsequently added to the Polish tennis team by virtue of their combined ATP ranking.^{[36] [37]}

Due to the withdrawal of several tennis players from the Games, Magda Linette, along with Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Paula Kania received spare ITF Olympic places to compete in the women's singles and doubles, respectively.^[38]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jerzy Janowicz	Singles	L 7–5, 1–6, 6–7^(10–12)	did not advance
Łukasz Kubot Marcin Matkowski	Doubles		W 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)	L 3–6, 6–7^(5–7)	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Magda Linette	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	L 0–6, 3–6	did not advance
Agnieszka Radwańska	L 4–6, 5–7	did not advance
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Paula Kania	Doubles		L 6–4, 5–7, 3–6	did not advance

Mixed

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Poland has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Agnieszka Jerzyk was ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the women's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.^[39]

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Beach

Three Polish beach volleyball teams (two men's pairs and one women's pair) qualified directly for the Olympics by virtue of their nation's top 15 placement in the FIVB Olympic Rankings as of June 13, 2016.^{[40] [41]}

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Grzegorz Fijałek Mariusz Prudel	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	Pool E L 0 – 2 (14–21, 13–21) L 1 – 2 (17–21, 21–19, 9–15) W 2 – 1 (21–13, 16–21, 15–9) Lucky Losers L 0 – 2 (19–21. 18–21)	3	did not advance
Piotr Kantor Bartosz Łosiak	Pool B W 2 – 0 (21–11, 23–21) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 17–21) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 19–21) Lucky Losers L 1 – 2 (12–21, 21–15, 13–15)	3	did not advance
Monika Brzostek Kinga Kołosińska	Women's	Pool A W 2 – 1 (14–21, 21–13, 15–7) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–18) L 0 – 2 (10–21, 15–21)	2 Q	L 1 – 2 (21–15, 16–21, 11–15)	did not advance

Indoor

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Poland men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top three national finish at the first meet of the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tokyo, Japan.^[42]

Team roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinal

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Polish weightlifters have qualified four men's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. A single women's Olympic spot had been added to the Polish roster by virtue of a top six national finish at the 2016 European Championships.^[43] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Adrian Zieliński	align=left rowspan=2	Men's −94 kg	Disqualified (due to doping case)^[44]
Tomasz Zieliński	Disqualified (due to doping case)
Bartłomiej Bonk	align=left rowspan=2	Men's −105 kg	185	7	218		185
Arkadiusz Michalski	179	11	221	5	400	7
Patrycja Piechowiak	Women's −69 kg	101	9	—	—	101

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Poland has qualified a total of eight wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. Three of them had booked Olympic spots with their semifinal triumphs at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.^[45] Meanwhile, the other half of the Polish roster had claimed the remaining Olympic slots in separate World Qualification Tournaments; two of them each in the men's freestyle 86 & 125 kg at the initial meet in Ulaanbaatar, and two more in the women's freestyle 48 & 63 kg at the final meet in Istanbul.

On May 11, 2016, United World Wrestling decided to revoke an Olympic license from Poland in men's freestyle 65 kg, due to doping violations at the European Qualification Tournament, but the license was reinstated two months later, following the recent meldonium guidelines released by IOC and WADA.^{[46] [47]}

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Magomedmurad Gadzhiev	−65 kg		L 1–3 ^PP	did not advance					16
Zbigniew Baranowski	−86 kg		W 3–1 ^PP	L 0–3 ^PO	did not advance				10
Radosław Baran	−97 kg	L 0–3 ^PO	did not advance			L 1–3 ^PP	did not advance		13
Robert Baran	−125 kg		W 3–1 ^PP	L 1–3 ^PP	did not advance				11

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Iwona Matkowska	−48 kg		W 3–0 ^PO	L 0–4 ^ST	Did not advance		L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	7
Katarzyna Krawczyk	−53 kg		W 3–1 ^PP	L 1–3 ^PP	did not advance				9
Monika Michalik	−63 kg		L 0–3 ^PO	did not advance			W 3–1 ^PP	W 3–1 ^PP
Agnieszka Wieszczek	−69 kg	L 0–3 ^PO	did not advance						16

See also

• Poland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Notes and References

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2. News: Secondary qualifier allocates five additional Olympic quotas. World Archery Federation. 31 July 2015. 1 August 2015.
3. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 18 April 2015.
4. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards. IAAF. 18 April 2015.
5. News: LA: ruszył bój o #Rio2016. LA: The battle begins in #Rio2016. pl. Polish Olympic Committee. 6 May 2016. 9 May 2016.
6. News: Dev. Sukumar. Provisional List of Olympic Qualifiers Published. Badminton World Federation. 5 May 2016. 5 May 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160508130917/http://bwfbadminton.com/2016/05/05/provisional-list-of-olympic-qualifiers-published/. 8 May 2016. dmy-all.
7. News: Tomasz Jabłoński pojedzie do Rio. Tomasz Jabłoński will go to Rio. pl. Polish Olympic Committee. 12 October 2015. 12 October 2015.
8. News: First 60 boxers from 24 countries confirmed for Rio 2016 as early Olympic quota places taken up. AIBA. 10 December 2015. 10 December 2015.
9. News: World Olympic Qualification Event reached climax in Baku with 10 gold medalists and 39 places at Rio 2016 confirmed. AIBA. 26 June 2016. 28 June 2016.
10. News: Slalom Powerhouses Comfortably Qualify for Rio. International Canoe Federation. 12 October 2015. 16 October 2015.
11. News: Artur. Bogacki. Dwa medale to za mało. Two medals are not enough. pl. Dziennik Polski. 18 May 2016. 30 May 2016.
12. News: Olympic Canoe Sprint Qualification spots confirmed. International Canoe Federation. 6 September 2015. 8 September 2015.
13. News: UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas. Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. 20 January 2016.
14. News: UCI announce women's road cycling quotas for Rio Olympics. Cyclingnews.com. 1 June 2016. 2 June 2016.
15. News: Rio 2016: zatwierdzono skład reprezentacji kolarskiej. Rio 2016: National cycling team confirmed. pl. Polskie Radio. 7 July 2016. 7 July 2016.
16. News: Solus-Miśkowicz jedzie na igrzyska olimpijskie do Rio de Janeiro. Solus-Miśkowicz is going to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. pl. Onet.pl. EuroSport. 30 May 2016. 30 June 2016.
17. News: Michael. Pavitt. Russia overcome France in Sabre World Cup to book Rio 2016 spot. Inside the Games. 23 February 2016. 24 February 2016.
18. News: Rio de Janeiro 2016. Florecistka Hanna Łyczbińska wywalczyła na Kubie kwalifikację do igrzysk olimpijskich!. Rio de Janeiro 2016: Foil fencer Hanna Łyczbińska has qualified for the Olympics in Cuba. pl. Poznań Sport. 13 March 2016. 14 March 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160314105837/http://www.poznan.sport.pl/sport-poznan/1%2C124485%2C19759665%2Crio-de-janeiro-2016-hanna-lyczbinska-wywalczyla-na-kubie-kwalifikacje.html. 14 March 2016. dmy-all.
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20. News: Rio 2016. Bogna Jóźwiak w drużynie szablistek na igrzyska w Brazylii. Rio 2016: Bogna Jóźwiak leads the fencing team for the Games in Brazil. pl. Poznań Sport. 29 June 2016. 30 June 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160813035910/http://www.poznan.sport.pl/sport-poznan/1%2C124485%2C20320403%2Crio-2016-bogna-jozwiak-w-druzynie-szablistek-na-igrzyska-w.html. 13 August 2016. dmy-all.
21. News: Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Women's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!. FIG. 17 April 2016. 18 April 2016.
22. News: Tunisia and Poland qualify for Rio 2016. IHF. 9 April 2016. 10 April 2016.
23. News: IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games. 23 June 2016. International Judo Federation. 24 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160804171231/http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913. 4 August 2016. dead. dmy-all.
24. News: Judo: Four Poles qualify for Rio. Polskie Radio. 16 May 2016. 31 May 2016.
25. News: Rio 2016: pięcioboistki Nowacka i Maliszewska pewne występu w igrzyskach. Rio 2016: pentathletes Nowacka and Maliszewska assured their performance at the Olympics. pl. EuroSport. Onet.pl. 1 June 2016. 3 June 2016.
26. News: Rio 2016 Olympic Laser Spots Snapped Up At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds. ISAF. 14 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140914023558/http://www.sailing.org/news/38590.php. 14 September 2014. dead.
27. News: Małgorzata Białecka i Piotr Myszka pojadą na igrzyska do Rio!. Małgorzata Białecka and Piotr Myszka will go to Rio. pl. Dziennik Bałtycki. 25 October 2015. 25 October 2015.
28. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 30 May 2016. www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 30 May 2016.
29. News: Rio 2016: cztery kobiety i jeden mężczyzna w strzeleckiej reprezentacji. Rio 2016: Four women and one man will compete in shooting. pl. EuroSport. Onet.pl. 5 July 2016. 5 July 2016.
30. Web site: Swimming World Rankings. FINA. 14 March 2015.
31. News: Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System. PDF. Rio 2016. FINA. 23 January 2015.
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35. News: Refugee Athlete Among 16 Taekwondo Fighters to Secure Rio 2016 Place at European Qualification Tournament. World Taekwondo Federation. 18 January 2016. 21 January 2016. 24 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160124164423/http://www.worldtaekwondofederation.net/refugee-athlete-among-16-taekwondo-fighters-to-secure-rio-2016-place-at-european-qualification-tournament/. dead.
36. News: ITF announces entries for Rio 2016 Olympics. International Tennis Federation. 30 June 2016. 1 July 2016.
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38. News: Rio 2016: Magda Linette, Klaudia Jans-Ignacik i Paula Kania zagrają w igrzyskach olimpijskich. Rio 2016: Magda Linette, Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, and Paula Kania will compete at the Olympics. pl. Wirtualna Polska. 28 July 2016. 30 July 2016.
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40. News: Men's Olympic Ranking teams confirmed. FIVB. 12 June 2016. 13 June 2016.
41. News: Women's Olympic Ranking teams confirmed. FIVB. 12 June 2016. 13 June 2016.
42. News: Saturday wins would send France, Iran to Rio. FIVB. 3 June 2016. 3 June 2016.
43. News: Continental Qualification current standing. 2 May 2016. International Weightlifting Federation.
44. https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/37065386 Rio Olympics 2016: Adrian Zielinski joins brother Tomasz in being sent home
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