Poland at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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Poland at the
1968 Winter Olympics
IOC codePOL
NOCPolish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Grenoble
Competitors31 (23 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearersStanisław Szczepaniak, Biathlon
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Poland competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Alpine skiing[edit]

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ryszard Ćwikła Downhill 2:10.63 48
Andrzej Bachleda 2:05.48 26
Ryszard Ćwikła Giant Slalom 1:51.79 40 1:54.17 41 3:45.96 37
Andrzej Bachleda 1:46.46 14 1:49.25 13 3:35.71 13
Men's slalom
Athlete Heat 1 Heat 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Ryszard Ćwikła DSQ – 54.47 1 QF 53.69 33 53.11 21 1:46.80 21
Andrzej Bachleda 53.48 1 QF – – 49.88 5 50.73 6 1:40.61 6

Biathlon[edit]

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Józef Gąsienica Sobczak DNF – DNF –
Józef Stopka 1.22:17.7 12 1'34:17.7 48
Stanisław Łukaszczyk 1'16:28.1 4 1'20:28.1 8
Stanisław Szczepaniak 1'17:56.8 1 1'18:56.8 4
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Józef Rózak
Andrzej Fiedor
Stanisław Łukaszczyk
Stanisław Szczepaniak 		4 2'20:19.6 4
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing[edit]

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Józef Rysulu 50:38.5 21
50 km Józef Rysula 2'35:30.9 21
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Anna Gębala-Duraj 18:02.7 26
Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa 17:56.5 23
Weronika Budny 17:38.2 19
Stefania Biegun 17:03.4 9
10 km Anna Gębala-Duraj 43:23.8 30
Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa 40:59.9 25
Weronika Budny 40:09.4 21
Stefania Biegun 39:55.4 19
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Weronika Budny
Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa
Stefania Biegun 		59:04.7 5

Figure skating[edit]

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Janina Poremska
Piotr Scypa 		15 13 272.2 129 15

Luge[edit]

Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lucjan Kudzia 59.27 26 58.46 10 58.18 8 2:55.91 13
Tadeusz Radwan 59.03 21 59.01 15 59.19 22 2:57.23 22
Jerzy Wojnar 58.16 12 58.38 8 58.08 7 2:54.62 8
Zbigniew Gawior 57.55 4 58.35 6 57.61 3 2:53.51 4

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Zbigniew Gawior
Ryszard Gawior 		49.01 7 48.84 4 1:37.85 6
Lucjan Kudzia
Stanisław Paczka 		49.09 9 49.08 7 1:38.17 9
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anna Mąka 49.69 8 50.05 6 50.66 6 2:30.40 7
Jadwiga Damse 49.64 6 50.43 11 50.08 1 2:30.15 5
Helena Macher 49.55 5 50.02 5 50.48 4 2:30.05 4

Nordic combined[edit]

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Jan Kawulok Individual 70.0 70.5 200.4 18 52:32.7 187.51 25 387.91 20
Józef Gąsienica Daniel 72.0 68.0 203.8 16 51:10.1 203.96 18 407.76 15
Erwin Fiedor 74.0 74.0 234.3 3 54:48.7 161.63 36 395.93 18
Józef Gąsienica 72.5 71.5 217.7 8 50:34.5 211.08 11 428.78 6

Ski jumping[edit]

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Józef Kocjan Normal hill 72.5 95.3 71.0 96.9 189.0 35
Józef Przybyła 72.5 96.8 69.0 93.7 193.7 27
Ryszard Witke 73.5 101.9 68.5 88.4 190.3 32
Erwin Fiedor 74.5 102.5 67.5 89.3 191.8 30
Józef Kocjan Large hill 80.0 72.4 90.5 93.1 159.0 45
Ryszard Witke 88.5 89.8 88.0 89.6 179.4 31
Erwin Fiedor 92.0 96.2 84.0 83.5 179.7 30
Józef Przybyła 98.0 106.1 88.0 86.6 199.2 14

References[edit]

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