Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	POL
Nocname:	Polish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1972
Website:
Location:	Munich, West Germany
Competitors:	290 (252 men and 38 women)
Sports:	22
Flagbearer:	Waldemar Baszanowski
Rank:	7
Gold:	7
Silver:	5
Bronze:	9
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1924
See also:	(1908–1912) (1912)

Poland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 290 competitors, 252 men and 38 women, took part in 150 events in 22 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Wladyslaw Komar - Athletics, Men's Shot Put
• Jan Szczepański - Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Witold Woyda - Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
• Marek Dąbrowski, Jerzy Kaczmarek, Lech Koziejowski, Witold Woyda, and Arkadiusz Godel - Fencing, Men's Foil Team
• Anczok, Ćmikiewicz, Deyna, Gadocha, Gorgoń, Gut, Jarosik, Kmiecik, Kostka, Kraska, Lato, Lubański, Marx, Maszczyk, Ostafiński, Szeja, Szołtysik, Szymanowski, and Szymczak - Football, Men's Team Competition
• Józef Zapędzki - Shooting, 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (60 shots)
• Zygmunt Smalcerz - Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight

Silver

• Irena Szydłowska - Archery, Women's Individual Competition
• Wiesław Rudkowski - Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
• Lucjan Lis, Edward Barcik, Stanisław Szozda, and Ryszard Szurkowski　- Cycling, Men's Road Team Time Trial
• Antoni Zajkowski - Judo, Men's Half-Middleweight
• Norbert Ozimek - Weightlifting, Men's Light-Heavyweight

Bronze

• Irena Szewińska - Athletics, Women's 200m
• Ryszard Katus - Athletics, Men's Decathlon
• Leszek Błażyński - Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Janusz Gortat - Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
• Władysław Szuszkiewicz and Rafal Maciej Piszcz - Canoe, Men's Kayak Flatwater K-2 1.000m
• Andrzej Bek, and Benedykt Kocot - Cycling Track, Men's 2.000m Tandem
• Zbigniew Kaczmarek - Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
• Kazimierz Lipień - Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Featherweight
• Czesław Kwieciński - Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Light-Heavyweight

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Poland entered one man and three women. They took home a silver medal in the women's competition.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total score
		Score	Seed	Score	Seed	Score	Seed
	Individual	1173	12	1198	5	2371	6
Jadwiga Szoszler-Wilejto		1165	14	1132	22	2297	18
Irena Szydłowska		1224 OR	1	1183	9	2407

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrzej Badeński	400 m	46.21	1 Q	46.19	2 Q	46.38	8	Did not advance
Tadeusz Cuch	100 m	10.89	5	Did not advance
Tadeusz Gorzechowski	20 km walk	DNS
Zbigniew Jaremski	400 m	46.20	2 Q	46.52	3 Q	DNS		Did not advance
Marek Jóźwik	110 m hurdles	14.06	2 Q	14.06	5	Did not advance
Tadeusz Kulczycki	400 m hurdles	50.19	4 Q	50.80	5	Did not advance
Andrzej Kupczyk	800 m	1:48.5	2 Q	1:46.69	4 Q	1:47.10	7
Bronisław Malinowski	align=left	3000 m steeplechase	8:28.2	2 Q	8:28.0	4
	5000 m	13:48.2	8	Did not advance
Kazimierz Maranda	align=left	3000 m steeplechase	8:50.4	10	Did not advance
align=left	Ludomir Nitkowski	20 km walk	DNS
align=left	Winicjusz Nowosielski	50 km walk	DNS
Zenon Nowosz	100 m	10.36	3 Q	10.40	4 Q	10.42	4 Q	10.46	7
	200 m	DNS		Did not advance
Jan Ornoch	20 km walk	1:32:01.6	7
	50 km walk	DNF
align=left	Andrzej Siennicki	50 km walk	DNS
align=left	Edward Stawiarz	Marathon	2:28:12	40
Henryk Szordykowski	1500 m	3:44.2	3 Q	3:42.5	6	Did not advance
Stanisław Wagner	100 m	10.62	3 Q	10.61	4	Did not advance
Jan Werner	400 m	45.93	4 Q	46.02	3 Q	46.26	6	Did not advance
align=left	Leszek Wodzyński	110 m hurdles	14.03	3 Q	13.81	3 Q	13.72	6
Mirosław Wodzyński	14.02		4 Q	14.63	8	Did not advance
Tadeusz Zieliński	3000 m steeplechase	8:49.8	11	Did not advance
Stanisław Wagner Tadeusz Cuch Jerzy Czerbniak Zenon Nowosz	4 × 100 m relay	39.11	1 Q	38.90	3 Q	39.03	6
Jan Werner Jan Balachowski Zbigniew Jaremski Andrzej Badeński	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.52	1 Q	3:01.05	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Bogusław Białek	High jump	DNS
Wojciech Buciarski	Pole vault	5.00	12 q	5.00	10
Grzegorz Cybulski	Long jump	8.01	3 Q	7.58	12
Jerzy Homziuk		7.63	20	Did not advance
Michał Joachimowski	Triple jump	16.43	6 Q	16.69	7
Edmund Jaworski	Javelin throw	DNS
Jan Kobuszewski	Long jump	DNS
Władysław Komar	Shot put	20.60	1 Q	21.18
Stanisław Lubiejewski	Hammer throw	64.80	23	Did not advance
Tadeusz Ślusarski	Pole vault	5.00	11 q	NM

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Tadeusz Janczenko	Result	10.64	7.28	14.45	2.04	49.10	16.89	45.26	4.50	63.80	5:01.5	7861	8
Points	895	877	756	891	847	670	786	932	807	400
Ryszard Katus	Result	10.89	7.09	14.39	1.92	49.10	14.41	43.00	4.50	59.96	4:31.9	7984
Points	831	838	752	788	847	914	744	932	761	577
Ryszard Skowronek	Result	10.78	7.42	14.24	1.98	48.10	15.74	33.66	NM	DNS	DNS	DNF
Points	859	905	743	840	893	773	555	0	DNS	DNS

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Krystyna Kacperczyk	400 m	53.85	5 Q	54.39	8	Did not advance
Teresa Nowak	100 m hurdles	13.16	3 Q	13.10	4 Q	13.17	5
Danuta Piecyk	400 m	53.08	3 Q	52.62	5	Did not advance
Grażyna Rabsztyn	100 m hurdles	13.29	1 Q	13.24	4 Q	13.44	8
Elżbieta Skowrońska	800 m	2:03.26	4	Did not advance
Danuta Straszyńska	100 m hurdles	13.03	2 Q	12.91	2 Q	13.18	6
Irena Szewińska	100 m	11.33	2 Q	11.49	2 Q	11.54	6	Did not advance
	200 m	23.37	1 Q	22.79	1 Q	22.92	3 Q	22.74
Bożena Zientarska	400 m	54.20	4	Did not advance
Helena Kerner Barbara Bakulin Urszula Jóźwik Danuta Jedrejek	4 × 100 m relay	44.19	4 Q	44.20	8
Bozena Zientarska Krystyna Kacperczyk Elzbieta Skowronska Danuta Piecyk	4 × 400 m relay	DSQ		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ludwika Chlewińska	Shot Put	17.40	10 Q	18.24	10
Ewa Gryziecka	Javelin throw	53.68	11 q	57.00	7
Daniela Jaworska	Javelin throw	52.40	14	Did not advance
Krystyna Nadolna	Discus throw	52.52	15	Did not advance
Irena Szewinska	Long jump	DNS		Did not advance

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Group B

Qualified for the semifinals

width=170	Team	width=20		width=20		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=20	Pts	width=60		width=60
	7	0	639	479	+160	14
	5	2	547	471	+76	12	1W–1L	1.072
	5	2	582	484	+98	12	1W–1L	1.013
	5	2	570	531	+39	12	1W–1L	0.917
	3	4	482	518	−36	10
	2	5	520	536	−16	9
	1	6	526	666	−140	8
	0	7	405	586	−181	7

Classification brackets

9th–12th place

• Team roster

- 10th place

• Ryszard Bialowas
• Janusz Ceglinski
• Eugeniusz Durejko
• Jan Dolczewski

• Andrzej Kasprzak
• Grzegorz Korcz
• Waldemar Kozak
• Piotr Langosz

• Mieczyslaw Łopatka
• Franciszek Niemiec
• Andrzej Pasiorowski
• Andrzej Seweryn

Head coach

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Roman Rozek	Light Flyweight	L 0–5	Did not advance
Leszek Blazynski	Flyweight		W 3–2	W 5–0	W 3–2	L 0–5	Did not advance
Józef Reszpondek	Bantamweight	L 0–5	Did not advance
Ryszard Tomczyk	Featherweight	W 4–1	W KO-2	L 0–5	Did not advance
Jan Szczepanski	Lightweight		W 5–0	W 5–0	W TKO-3	W WO	W 5–0
Krzysztof Pierwieniecki	Light Welterweight	L 0–5	Did not advance
Alfons Stawski	Welterweight		W 1–4	Did not advance
Wiesław Rudkowski	Light Middleweight		W 5–0	W 5–0	W 4–1	W 4–1	L 2–3
Witold Stachurski	Middleweight		W 4–1	L TKO-3	Did not advance
Janusz Gortat	Light Heavyweight	W 5–0	W 3–2		W TKO-1	L 0–5	Did not advance
Ludwik Denderys	Heavyweight	L TKO-1	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary				Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank
Jan Frączek Ryszard Seruga	Men's C-2	366.31	5	386.78	6	366.31	5
Jerzy Jeż Wojciech Kudlik		DNF		416.10	13	416.10	13
Maciej Rychta Zbigniew Leśniak		459.64	12	455.70	16	455.70	17
Jerzy Stanuch	Men's K-1	317.09	8	480.52	34	317.09	14
Wojciech Gawroński		343.10	13	355.11	20	343.10	23
Maria Ćwiertniewicz	Women's K-1	450.64	3	432.30	3	432.30	4
Kunegunda Godawska-Olchawa		473.26	5	441.05	5	441.05	5

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jerzy Opara	C-1 1000 m	4:32.39	3 Q	4:21.05	9
	C-2 1000 m	4:27.94	5 R	4:05.42	3 Q	4:01.40	4	Did not advance
	K-1 1000 m	4:03.40	3 Q	3:55.45	2 Q	3:53.22	8
Władysław Szuzkiewicz Rafal Piszcz	K-2 1000 m	3:48.13	2 Q	3:34.50	2 Q	3:33.63
	K-4 1000 m	3:24.59	2 Q	3:12.46	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stanisława Szydłowska	K-1 500 m	2:14.75	5	2:10.04	2 Q	2:08.89	4	Did not advance
	K-2 500 m	2:04.30	4 Q	1:55.50	1 Q	1:57.45	6

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Twelve cyclists represented Poland in 1972.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lucjan Lis	Men's road race	4:19:09	36
Jan Smyrak		DNF
Stanisław Szozda		4:20:41	76
Ryszard Szurkowski		4:14:37	31
Lucjan Lis Edward Barcik Stanisław Szozda Ryszard Szurkowski	Team time trial	2:11:47.5

Track

1000m time trial

Men's Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Repechage Finals	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
Andrzej Bek	Men's sprint	L	W 11.86	L	W 11.87	L	L	Did not advance
Benedykt Kocot		W	L	L	Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Mieczysław Nowicki	Men's individual pursuit	5:02.28	14	Did not advance			14
Bernard Kręczyński Paweł Kaczorowski Janusz Kierzkowski Mieczysław Nowicki Jerzy Głowacki	Team pursuit	4:29.00	6 Q	W 4:25.72	L 4:26.39	L 4:26.06	4

Men's Tandem

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Regina Krajnow	3 m springboard	248.91	18	Did not advance
	10 m platform	179.79	17	Did not advance
Elżbieta Wierniuk	3 m springboard	277.32	6 Q	131.04	8	408.36	8
	10 m platform	188.10	10	121.98	11	310.08	11

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
								Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Marek Małecki	Signor	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	57,00	30	32.00	89.00	51	20.00	109,00	31	109,00	31
Wojciech Mickunas	Tenor	64,67	49	DQ	DNF		DNS			DNF	AC
Jan Skoczylas	Wandal	45,33	13	132,13	132.13	58	10.00	142,13	36	142,13	36
Jacek Wierzchowiecki	Gniew	39,67	7	10,47	10.47	19	20.00	30,47	18	30,47	18
Marek Małecki Wojciech Mickunas Jan Skoczylas Jacek Wierzchowiecki	See above	Team	142.00	5	34.80	126.54	11	50.00	281,60	10	281,60	10

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Stefan Grodzicki	Biszka	Individual	8.00	17 Q	DNF		Did not advance	17
Marian Kozicki	Bronz		8.50	21	Did not advance			21
Jan Kowalczyk	Chandzar		DNS
Marian Kozicki Stefan Grodzicki Piotr Wawryniuk Jan Kowalczyk	Bronz Biszka Poprad Jastarnia	Team	107.25	12	Did not advance

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics. 20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1972.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Bogdan Gonsior	align=left rowspan=3	Men's épée		3 Q		4 Q		4	Did not advance			13
Jerzy Janikowski		3 Q		3 Q		5	Did not advance
Henryk Nielaba		2 Q		1 Q		4	Did not advance
Henryk Nielaba Bohdan Andrzejewski Bogdan Gonsior Jerzy Janikowski Kazimierz Barburski	Team épée	W 9–6 W 11–5 L 6–9	2 Q	L 1–9	W 9–7		L 3–9	6
Marek Dąbrowski	align=left rowspan=3	Men's foil		2 Q		2 Q		1 Q		6	Did not advance	11
Lech Koziejowski		1 Q		4 Q		2 Q		5	Did not advance	9
Witold Woyda		1 Q		1 Q		3 Q		2 Q
Witold Woyda Lech Koziejowski Jerzy Kaczmarek Marek Dąbrowski Arkadiusz Godel	Team foil	W 11–5 L 7–8	2 Q	W 9–5	W 8–7		W 9–5
Janusz Majewski	align=left rowspan=3	Men's sabre		1 Q		2 Q		2 Q		1 Q		6
Józef Nowara		1 Q		1 Q		1 Q		4 Q		5
Jerzy Pawłowski		2 Q		1 Q	W 5–4 L 2–5 L 1–5 L 4–5 W 5–3	4	Did not advance
Józef Nowara Jerzy Pawłowski Krzysztof Grzegorek Zygmunt Kawecki Janusz Majewski	Team sabre	W 12–4 W 12–4 W 11–5	1 Q	L 2–9	W 9–6		W 9–5	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Halina Balon	align=left rowspan=3	Women's foil		1 Q		5	Did not advance
Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman		2 Q		4	Did not advance
Kamilla Składanowska		5	Did not advance
Halina Balon Kamilla Składanowska Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska	Team foil	W 8-8 L 8-8 L 10–3	3	Did not advance					7

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

First round

Group D

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	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	6
	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8	4
	3	1	0	2	5	12	-7	2
	3	0	0	3	1	11	-10	0

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Second round

Group 2

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	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	5
	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	4
	3	1	1	1	4	6	-2	3
	3	0	0	3	1	11	-10	0

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Gold medal match

Gold medal

• Zygmunt Anczok
• Lesław Ćmikiewicz
• Kazimierz Deyna
• Robert Gadocha
• Jerzy Gorgoń
• Zbigniew Gut

• Andrzej Jarosik
• Kazimierz Kmiecik
• Hubert Kostka
• Jerzy Kraska
• Grzegorz Lato
• Włodzimierz Lubański

• Joachim Marx
• Zygmunt Maszczyk
• Marian Ostafiński
  • Marian Szeja Zygfryd Szołtysik
• Antoni Szymanowski
• Ryszard Szymczak

Head coach

• Kazimierz Górski

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Jerzy Kruża	All-around	17.75	17.60	17.55	18.00	17.65	17.80	106.35	50	Did not advance
Mikołaj Kubica	All-around	18.20	18.55	18.50	18.75	18.85	18.40	111.25	13 Q	Did not finish
Sylwester Kubica	All-around	19.00	18.30	18.80	18.40	18.50	17.75	110.75	17 Q	9.15	9.30	9.25	9.40	8.40	9.45	110.325	22
Wilhelm Kubica	All-around	18.35	18.70 Q	18.10	18.50	18.40	17.85	109.90	23 Q	9.10	9.40	9.35	9.00	9.40	9.30	110.550	20
Mieczysław Strzałka	All-around	17.65	18.05	17.90	18.30	16.65	17.90	106.45	48	Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna	All-around	18.85	17.90	18.85	18.20	18.60	18.75	111.15	15 Q	9.25	8.75	9.00	9.50	9.35	9.55	110.975	15
Jerzy Kruża Mikołaj Kubica Sylwester Kubica Wilhelm Kubica Mieczysław Strzałka Andrzej Szajna	Team all-around	92.20	91.50	92.15	92.30	92.00	90.95	551.10	4

Individual finals

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Małgorzata Barlak-Kamasińska	All-around	17.85	17.50	17.10	17.25	69.70	63	Did not advance
Joanna Bartosz	All-around	18.45	17.55	18.15	16.60	70.75	52	Did not advance
Danuta Fidusiewicz-Prusinowska	All-around	17.65	17.30	16.95	17.20	69.10	72	Did not advance
Dorota Klencz	All-around	17.50	17.15	17.25	16.65	68.55	80	Did not advance
Danuta Lubowska	All-around	17.60	17.70	16.75	16.30	68.35	84	Did not advance
Łucja Matraszek-Chydzińska	All-around	18.05	18.00	18.50	16.60	71.15	45	Did not advance
	Team all-around	89.60	88.10	88.50	84.70	350.90	10

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Poland tied Sweden and defeated Denmark but lost to the Soviet Union in the first round to finish in third place in the division. This put the team into the ninth- to twelfth-place consolation round, where they defeated Iceland to set up a match with Norway for ninth and tenth places. Poland lost this match.

Preliminary round

Group A

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.		3	1	2	0	40	34	4		X	11:11	13:13	16:10
2.		3	1	2	0	40	34	4		11:11	X	17:11	12:12
3.		3	1	1	1	35	38	3		13:13	11:17	X	11:8
4.		3	0	1	2	30	39	1		10:16	12:12	8:11	X

• Sweden tied Poland, 13–13
• Poland def. Denmark, 11–8
• Soviet Union def. Poland, 17–11

Classification 9-12

• Poland def. Iceland, 20–17
• Norway def. Japan, 19–17

Classification 9/10

• Norway def. Poland, 23–20

10th place

• Zdzisław Antczak
• Zbigniew Dybol
• Franciszek Gąsior
• Jan Gmyrek
• Bogdan Kowalczyk
• Zygfryd Kuchta

• Andrzej Lech
• Jerzy Melcer
• Helmut Pniocinski
• Wladyslaw Popielarski
• Hendryk Rozmiarek

• Andrzej Sokołowski
• Engelbert Szolc
• Andrzej Szymczak
• Wlodzimierz Wachowicz
• Robert Zawada

Head coach

Hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

Preliminary round

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	7	6	1	0	25	8	12
	7	5	1	1	20	9	11
	7	4	1	2	15	10	9
	7	3	2	2	18	8	8
	7	2	3	2	16	11	7
	7	2	2	3	12	12	6
	7	1	1	5	8	17	3
	7	0	0	7	1	40	0

August 27, 1972

• Kenya  - Poland 0-1 (0–1)

August 28, 1972

• Netherlands  - Poland 4-2 (3–0)

August 30, 1972

• Poland  - Mexico 3-0 (1–0)

August 31, 1972

• India  - Poland 2-2 (1–0)

September 2, 1972

• New Zealand  - Poland 3-3 (1–2)

September 3, 1972

• Australia  - Poland 1-0 (1–0)

September 4, 1972

• Poland  - Great Britain 1-2 (1-1)

Men's Classification Matches

September 8, 1972

• 11th/12th place: France  - Poland 4-7 (2–1) after extra time

12th place

• Jerzy Choroba
• Aleksander Ciazynski
• Boleslaw Czainski
• Jerzy Czajka
• Henryk Grotowski
• Stanisław Iskrzynski

• Zbigniew Juszczak
• Stanisław Kasprzyk
• Stanisław Kazmierczak
• Marek Krus
• Zbigniew Loj
• Wlodzimierz Matuszynski

• Stefan Otulakowski
• Ryszard Twardowski
• Stanisław Wegnerski
• Aleksander Wrona
• Józef Wybieralski
• Witold Ziaja

Head coach

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marian Tałaj	−63kg	W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000	L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Antoni Zajkowski	−70kg	W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000	W 0001–0000	L 0000–1000	W 0001–0000	W 0001–0000	L 0000–1000
Adam Adamczyk	−80kg		L 0001–1000	Did not advance
Włodzimierz Lewin	−93kg	W 0010–0000	L 0001–0100	L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Waldemar Sikorski	+93kg		DNS	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1972.

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)	Fencing (épée one touch)	Swimming (200 m freestyle)	Riding (show jumping)	Running (3000 m)	Total points	Final rank
		Points	Points	Points	Points	Points
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak	Men's	1070	905	560	1060	1222	4832	21
Stanisław Skwira		785	791	846	1160	904	4495	40
		1100	715	956	1076	1126	4958	13
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak Stanisław Skwira Ryszard Wach	Team	2955	2420	2362	3296	3252	14785	8

Alternate Member:

• Krzysztof Trybusiewicz

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roman Kowalewski Kazimierz Lewandowski	Double sculls	7:21.05	5 R	7:08.27	2 Q	7:59.52	6 FB	7:31.97	12
Jerzy Broniec Alfons Ślusarski	Coxless pair	7:24.16	2 R	7:34.77	1 Q	7:42.41	1 Q	7:02.24	5
Wojciech Repsz Wieslaw Dlugosz Jacek Rylski	Coxed pair	7:57.23	2 R	8:10.87	2 Q	8:20.69	3 Q	7:28.92	6
Jerzy Ulczyński Marian Siejkowski Krzysztof Marek Jan Młodzikowski Grzegorz Stellak Marian Drażdżewski Ryszard Giło Sławomir Maciejowski Ryszard Kubiak	Eight	6:26.95	4 R	6:16.23	3 Q	6:31.10	3 Q	6:29.35	6

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Blazej Wyszkowski	Finn	25	21	27	5	20	DNF	26	159.0	24
Zbigniew Kania Krzysztof Szymczak	Flying Dutchman	7	18	13	18	22	23	DSQ	137.0	21
Tomasz Holc Roman Rutkowski	Tempest	10	14	16	6	15	4	13	95.7	12
Zygfryd Perlicki Józef Błaszczyk Stanisław Stefański	Soling	19	14	5	9	5	14	75.0	8
Lech Poklewski Tadeusz Piotrowski Aleksander Bielaczyc	Dragon	20	21	17	2	22	21	106.0	20

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Thirteen shooters, 12 men and one woman, represented Poland in 1972. Józef Zapędzki won gold in the 25 m rapid fire pistol.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Zygmunt Bogdziewicz	Running target	541	17
Zbigniew Fedyczak	50 m pistol	546	23
	25 m rapid fire pistol	587	14
Wiesław Gawlikowski	Skeet	185	39
Roman Kuzior	Running target	536	21
Eugeniusz Pędzisz	300 metre free rifle	1131	19
	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	1128	36
Artur Rogowski	Skeet	190	20
Eulalia Rolińska	50 metre rifle prone	593	28
Andrzej Sieledcow	300 metre free rifle	1135	16
	50 metre rifle three positions	1151	6
Adam Smelczyński	Trap	190	11
Rajmund Stachurski	50 m pistol	559	4
Grzegorz Strouhal	Trap	179	35
Andrzej Trajda	50 metre rifle prone	597	9
Józef Zapędzki	25 m rapid fire pistol	595 OR

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrzej Chudziński	100 metre butterfly	1:00.22	29	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	2:12.62	25	Did not advance
Piotr Dłucik	100 metre backstroke	1:01.94	25	Did not advance
Zbigniew Pacelt	100 metre freestyle	55.97	36	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	2:01.28	33	Did not advance
	200 metre medley	2:17.35	26	Did not advance
	400 metre medley	4:55.38	25	Did not advance
Cezary Śmiglak	100 metre breaststroke	1:10.53	33	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:34.51	30	Did not advance
Władysław Wojtakajtis	400 metre freestyle	4:16.04	22	Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	17:23.47	27	Did not advance
Piotr Dłucik Cezary Śmiglak Andrzej Chudziński Zbigniew Pacelt	4 x 200 metre freestyle	4:07.87	15	Did not advance

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Preliminary round

See main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Pool A

9th–10th places

9th place match

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Military press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zygmunt Smalcerz	52 kg	112,5 OR	1	100	2	125	3	337,5 OR
Waldemar Korcz		102,5	5	92,5	9	0	NVL	195	AC
Henryk Trębicki	56 kg	122.5	3	107.5	3	135	6	365	4
Grzegorz Cziura		120	4	102.5	7	0	NVL	222,5	AC
Mieczysław Nowak	60 kg	120	8	110	8	145	6	375	7
Jan Wojnowski		120	7	120	1	0	NVL	240	AC
Zbigniew Kaczmarek	67,5 kg	145	4	130	2	167,5	3	437,5
Waldemar Baszanowski		142,5	5	130	3	162,5	6	435	4
Norbert Ozimek	82.5 kg	165	4	145	4	187.5	2	497,5

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Andrzej Kudelski	−52 kg	W T 8:57	L P	L T 2:55	colspan=3	Did not advance	11
Zbigniew Żedzicki	−57 kg	W P	L P	W T 1:16	L T 1:23	colspan=2	Did not advance	10
Zdzisław Stolarski	−62 kg	L P	W T 5:27	L P	colspan=3	Did not advance	11
Włodzimierz Cieślak	−68 kg	W P	L P	W T 7:29	W P	L T 4:13	colspan=1	Did not advance	7
Jan Wypiorczyk	−82 kg	W T 8:41	W T 5:58	L T 6:35	L P	colspan=2	Did not advance	8
Paweł Kurczewski	−90 kg	L P	W P	W P	L T 1:52	colspan=2	Did not advance	9
Ryszard Długosz	−100 kg	W P	L T 8:28	L P	colspan=2	Did not advance	6
Stanisław Makowiecki	+100 kg	W P	L P	L T 2:35	colspan=3	Did not advance	8

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Bernard Szczepański	−48 kg	L P	L T 1:32	colspan=4	Did not advance	14
Jan Michalik	−52 kg	W P	L P	W P	L P	colspan=1	Did not advance	5
Józef Lipień	−57 kg	W P	W T 1:17	L T 8:39	L P	colspan=2	Did not advance	8
Kazimierz Lipień	−62 kg	W T 8:34	W P	W T 5:37	W P	L T 7:00	W P
Andrzej Supron	−68 kg	L T 5:58	W T 8:38	W T 2:26	L T 8:10	colspan=2	Did not advance	9
Stanisław Krzesiński	−74 kg	L P	W P	L T 8:47	colspan=3	Did not advance	11
Adam Ostrowski	−82 kg	W P	W P	L T 0:00	colspan=3	Did not advance	9
Czesław Kwieciński	−90 kg	L P	W P	L P	W T 2:04	L P
Andrzej Skrzydlewski	−100 kg	W P	W T 1:23	L P	L T 1:25	colspan=2	Did not advance	7
Edward Wojda	+100 kg	L T 5:59	L T 1:23	colspan=4	Did not advance	8

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poland at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/POL/summer/1972/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-02-19 . sports-reference.com.