Poland at the 2022 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	POL
Nocname:	Polish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2022
Flagcaption:	Flag of Poland
Website:
Date:	4–20 February 2022
Location:	Beijing, China
Competitors:	57
Competitors Men:	27
Competitors Women:	30
Sports:	10
Flagbearer Open:	Aleksandra Król Zbigniew Bródka
Flagbearer Close:	Piotr Michalski
Rank:	27
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto

Poland competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.^[1] ^[2]

On January 25, 2022, long track speed skaters Zbigniew Bródka and Natalia Czerwonka were named as the Polish flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[3] On February 2, 2022, snowboarder Aleksandra Król replaced Czerwonka, who tested positive for COVID-19 at the arrival.^[4] Meanwhile Piotr Michalski was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.^[5]

Medalists

The following Polish competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	2	4	6
Biathlon	1	4	5
Cross-country skiing	4	5	9
Figure skating	1	2	3
Luge	3	1	4
Nordic combined	2		2
Short track speed skating	2	4	6
Ski jumping	5	2	7
Snowboarding	2	3	5
Speed skating	5	5	10
Total	27	30	57

Alpine skiing

See main article: article, Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Poland qualified one male and three female alpine skiers. They also received an additional male quota to compete in the team event and claimed one more female quota during reallocation.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Michał Jasiczek	Men's giant slalom			Did not advance
Men's slalom	57.40	30
align=left rowspan=2	Paweł Pyjas	Men's giant slalom			Did not advance
Men's slalom			Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zuzanna Czapska	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:03.63	37	1:01.52	29	2:05.15	30
Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel	59.24	11	57.87	4	1:57.11	8
Magdalena Łuczak	1:01.96	32	1:00.89	26	2:02.85	26
Hanna Zięba			Did not advance
Zuzanna Czapska	align=left rowspan=2	Slalom			Did not advance
Magdalena Łuczak			Did not advance
Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel	Super-G	1:15.81	26

Mixed

Biathlon

See main article: article, Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2020–21 and 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup, Poland has qualified 4 women and 1 man.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Grzegorz Guzik	Individual	54:47.9	3 (0+1+1+1)	49
Sprint	26:36.2	1 (0+1)	48
Pursuit	47:07.0	8 (2+3+1+2)	54

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Monika Hojnisz-Staręga	Individual	46:55.3	2 (0+0+1+1)	20
Sprint	22:12.9	1 (1+0)	16
Pursuit	37:15.7	2 (2+0+0+0)	9
Mass start	44:06.6	8 (2+3+1+2)	27
Anna Mąka	Individual	58:18.3	9 (2+2+2+3)	85
Sprint	23:55.4	3 (1+2)	66
Kinga Zbylut	Individual	50:54.7	3 (0+1+1+1)	55
Sprint	24:05.1	2 (1+1)	69
Kamila Żuk	Individual	49:02.7	3 (0+2+1+0)	36
Sprint	23:22.9	1 (1+0)	53
Pursuit
Monika Hojnisz-Staręga Anna Mąka Kinga Zbylut Kamila Żuk	Team relay	1:17:12.1	11 (1+10)	14

Cross-country skiing

See main article: article, Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Poland has qualified four male and five female cross-country skiers.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Dominik Bury	15 km classical	40:48.4	+2:53.6	27
30 km skiathlon	42:08.2	35	39:57.9	26	1:22:40.6	+6:30.8	26
50 km freestyle	1:16:01.0	+4:28.3	30
Mateusz Haratyk	15 km classical	43:00.3	+5:05.5	60
30 km skiathlon	45:40.0	59					51
50 km freestyle	1:20:24.0	+8:51.3	50

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Magdalena Kobielusz	10 km classical	35:40.3	+7:34.0	78
15 km skiathlon	27:32.7	59	25:45.8	59	54:12.0	+9:58.3	59
30 km freestyle	1:44:48.8	+19:54.8	57
Karolina Kukuczka	10 km classical	33:16.6	+5:10.3	64
Izabela Marcisz	10 km classical	30:54.6	+2:48.3	29
15 km skiathlon	24:01.6	17	22:52.8	18	47:30.7	+3:17.0	16
30 km freestyle	1:31:43.0	+6:49.0	21
Monika Skinder	10 km classical	31:49.9	+3:43.6	49
Weronika Kaleta Karolina Kukuczka Izabela Marcisz Monika Skinder	4×5 km relay	1:00:21.5	+6:40.5	14

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kamil Bury	align=left rowspan=2	Men's sprint	3:02.73	58	Did not advance
Maciej Staręga	2:53.61	26 Q	2:58.56	4	Did not advance			19
Kamil Bury Maciej Staręga	Men's team sprint	20:19.87	8	Did not advance	15
Weronika Kaleta	Women's sprint	3:32.28	50	Did not advance
Izabela Marcisz	3:25.62	39	Did not advance
Monika Skinder	3:27.93	42	Did not advance
Izabela Marcisz Monika Skinder	Women's team sprint	23:32.34	6 q	23:48.01	9

Figure skating

See main article: article, Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Poland secured one quota in the ice dance competition.^[8]

Athlete	Event	/		/		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ekaterina Kurakova	Women's singles	59.08	24 Q	126.76	12	185.84	12
Natalia Kaliszek Maksym Spodyriev	Ice dance	70.32	15 Q	96.99	20	167.31	17

Luge

See main article: article, Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2021–22 Luge World Cup season, Poland earned the following start quotas:

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mateusz Sochowicz	Men's singles	58.863	24	59.196	26	58.867	24	Did not advance		2:56.926	25
Wojciech Chmielewski Jakub Kowalewski	Men's doubles	58.992	8	59.073	9	1:58.065	9
Klaudia Domaradzka	Women's singles	59.871	25	59.892	25	1:01.313	31	Did not advance		3:01.076	27

Mixed team relay

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Poland qualified two athletes.

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Szczepan Kupczak	Normal hill/10 km	89.5	87.5	32	27:22.3	37	30:24.3	34
Large hill/10 km	121.5	86.3	30	28:25.8	42	31:59.8	35
Andrzej Szczechowicz	Normal hill/10 km	82.5	76.4	37	26:40.2	33	30:26.2	35
Large hill/10 km	93.0	44.6	45	29:27.5	44	35:48.5	45

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Poland has qualified four skaters for women's 500 m, 1000 m and 1500 m events and relay for the Olympics. They have also qualified a men's quota for the 1500 m and an additional men's quota to compete in the mixed relay.^[9]

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Patrycja Maliszewska	500 m	44.130	3	Did not advance					22
Nikola Mazur	43.732	4	Did not advance					27
Kamila Stormowska	44.053	4	Did not advance					28
Natalia Maliszewska	align=left rowspan=2	1000 m	1:29.610	1 Q	1:48.908	5	Did not advance			17
Kamila Stormowska	1:28.567	4	Did not advance					26
Natalia Maliszewska	align=left rowspan=2	1500 m	2:25.850	5	Did not advance			29
Kamila Stormowska	2:33.603	4	Did not advance			24
Natalia Maliszewska Patrycja Maliszewska Nikola Mazur Kamila Stormowska	3000 m relay	4:10.074	3 FB	4:10.210	6

Mixed

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Poland has qualified five male and two female ski jumpers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stefan Hula Jr.	align=left rowspan=4	Normal hill	90.5	87.9	27 Q	103.0	127.0	23 Q	93.5	110.8	27	237.8	26
Dawid Kubacki	94.0	98.3	16 Q	104.0	133.1	8 Q	103.0	132.8	2	265.9
Kamil Stoch	83.5	78.7	36 Q	101.5	136.3	3 Q	97.5	124.6	13	260.9	6
Piotr Żyła	102.5	112.1	3 Q	95.0	121.6	27 Q	99.0	123.9	14	245.5	21
Dawid Kubacki	align=left rowspan=4	Large hill	125.5	112.5	22 Q	131.0	123.7	25 Q	131.5	127.5	23	251.2	26
Kamil Stoch	128.0	122.5	8 Q	137.5	140.3	4 Q	133.5	136.9	8	277.2	4
Paweł Wąsek	117.5	96.5	36 Q	129.0	121.9	28 Q	134.5	132.4	16	254.3	21
Piotr Żyła	120.0	106.3	27 Q	134.0	129.7	14 Q	131.0	125.8	25	255.5	18
Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch Paweł Wąsek Piotr Żyła	Team large hill	508.5	434.5	6 Q	499.0	445.6	5	880.1	6

Women

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nicole Konderla	Normal hill	64.0	37.8	36	Did not advance			37.8	36
Kinga Rajda	69.0	40.9	35	Did not advance			40.9	35

Mixed

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. According to the quota allocation list, Poland qualified five athletes.^[10]

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Oskar Kwiatkowski	Men's giant slalom	1:21.52	5 Q	W	L	Did not advance		7
Michał Nowaczyk	1:21.64	7 Q	L +0.09	Did not advance			9
Weronika Biela-Nowaczyk	Women's giant slalom	1:30.75	22	Did not advance
Aleksandra Król	1:28.10	8 Q	W –0.16	L	Did not advance		8
Aleksandra Michalik	1:37.11	24	Did not advance

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, Poland earned the following start quotas:

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Zbigniew Bródka	1500 m	Did not start
Marek Kania	500 m	34.92	16
align=left rowspan=2	Piotr Michalski	500 m	34.52	5
1000 m	1:08.56	4
align=left rowspan=2	Damian Żurek	500 m	34.73	11
1000 m	1:09.08	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Karolina Bosiek	1000 m	1:16.54	17
Natalia Czerwonka	1500 m	1:59.03	19
Magdalena Czyszczoń	1500 m	2:05.64	30
5000 m	7:21.49	12
align=left rowspan=2	Andżelika Wójcik	500 m	37.78	11
1000 m	1:16.79	20
Kaja Ziomek	500 m	37.70	9

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Zbigniew Bródka	align=left rowspan=2	Men's mass start	0	8:17.49	14	Did not advance		27
Artur Janicki	0	7:44.48	11	Did not advance		22
Karolina Bosiek	align=left rowspan=2	Women's mass start	6	8:34.43	5 Q			17
Magdalena Czyszczoń	4	8:31.77	6 Q	2	8:21.07	10

Team pursuit

Notes and References

Web site: NOCs List Beijing 2022. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee. 26 January 2022.
News: 4 February 2022. Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list. The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 16 February 2022.
Web site: Pekin 2022: Natalia Czerwonka i Zbigniew Bródka chorążymi reprezentacji Polski. Beijing 2022: Natalia Czerwonka and Zbigniew Bródka become flag-bearers of the Polish national team. Polish. 25 January 2022. www.polsatsport.pl. Polsat Sport. 25 January 2022.
Web site: Pekin 2022: Aleksandra Król zastąpi Natalię Czerwonkę w roli chorążego reprezentacji Polski. Beijing 2022: Aleksandra Król will replace Natalia Czerwonka as the flagbearer of the Polish national team. Polish. 2 February 2022. www.polsatsport.pl/. Polsat Sport. 2 February 2022.
Web site: Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers. 20 February 2022. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022.
Web site: ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022 . 15 June 2021 . www.data.fis-ski.com/ . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 2 July 2021 . 9 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182408/https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/al/2022 . dead .
Web site: CROSS-COUNTRY QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022 . 15 June 2021 . www.data.fis-ski.com/ . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 2 July 2021 . 28 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210528152302/https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/cc/2022 . dead .
Web site: Communication No. 2388 - ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION 2022 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (OWG) SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE. 1 April 2021. International Skating Union. 4 July 2021.
Web site: Communication 2442 - XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating. International Skating Union. 9 December 2021.
Web site: Olympic Winter Games 2022 Quota List Snowboard. 14 January 2022. International Ski Federation. 21 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220221143602/https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/sb/2022?disciplineCode=PAR&nationCode=. dead.