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Poland at the Olympics

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Poland at the
Olympics
IOC codePOL
NOCPolish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpijski.pl (in Polish)
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
80
Silver
100
Bronze
151
Total
331
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Austria (1908–1912)
 Russian Empire (1912)

Poland first participated at the Olympic Games in 1924, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the 1984 Games, when they were forced to be part of the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics. Poland has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games.

Polish athletes have won a total of 331 medals (80 gold, 100 silver, 151 bronze) in 21 different summer and 5 different winter sports and the country currently ranks 21st in the all-time Olympic Games medal count, with athletics as the top medal-producing sport. Poland is the second most successful country in total medals of those who have never hosted the Olympics. The nation's best overall performance at the Olympics occurred at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, with the country's athletes winning 7 gold, 6 silver and 13 bronze medals and finishing sixth in the medal table.

Its most successful teams have been football and volleyball. Poland ranks fifth all-time in modern pentathlon, seventh in athletics, and has also been successful in weightlifting, martial arts and nordic skiing.

The National Olympic Committee for Poland is the Polish Olympic Committee (Polish: Polski Komitet Olimpijski, PKOl). The entity was created in 1918 and recognized in 1919.[1]

History

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Poland officially made its debut at the Olympics in 1924, however, Polish athletes did participate in earlier editions of the Olympic Games representing other nations. The first ever Olympic medal for Poland (silver) was won by track cyclists in team pursuit Franciszek Szymczyk, Jan Lazarski, Józef Lange and Tomasz Stankiewicz at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris while the first gold medal for Poland was won by discus thrower Halina Konopacka at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.[2] The first Polish sportsperson who individually won two Olympic medals (silver and bronze) was equestrian Michał Antoniewicz in 1928.

After setting its gold medal record (7) in Montreal at the 1976 Summer Games, Poland won its largest number of medals to date (32) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Poland was forced to boycott the next Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles by the Soviet Union, alongside another 13 Eastern Bloc countries in response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The most successful Polish Olympian to date is Irena Szewińska with seven Olympic medals altogether.[3] With four gold medals, Robert Korzeniowski is the most successful Polish Olympian in terms of the number of gold medals.[4]

Medal tables

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See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Multiple medalists

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Athlete Sport Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Robert Korzeniowski  Athletics 1996–2004 4 0 0 4
Irena Szewińska  Athletics 1964–1976 3 2 2 7
Kamil Stoch  Ski jumping 2014–2018 3 0 1 4
Anita Włodarczyk  Athletics 2012–2020 3 0 0 3
Justyna Kowalczyk  Cross country skiing 2006–2014 2 1 2 5
Witold Woyda  Fencing 1964–1972 2 1 1 4
Renata Mauer  Shooting 1996–2000 2 0 1 3
Józef Szmidt  Athletics 1960–1964 2 0 0 2
Waldemar Baszanowski  Weightlifting 1964–1968 2 0 0 2
Jerzy Kulej  Boxing 1964–1968 2 0 0 2
Józef Zapędzki  Shooting 1968–1972 2 0 0 2
Waldemar Legień  Judo 1988–1992 2 0 0 2
Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek  Modern pentathlon 1992 2 0 0 2
Andrzej Wroński  Wrestling 1988–1996 2 0 0 2
Robert Sycz  Rowing 2000–2004 2 0 0 2
Tomasz Kucharski  Rowing 2000–2004 2 0 0 2
Tomasz Majewski  Athletics 2008–2012 2 0 0 2
Jerzy Pawłowski  Fencing 1956–1968 1 3 1 5
Otylia Jędrzejczak  Swimming 2000–2004 1 2 0 3
Teresa Ciepły  Athletics 1960–1964 1 1 1 3
Egon Franke  Fencing 1964–1968 1 1 1 3
Natalia Kaczmarek  Athletics 2020-2024 1 1 1 3
Stanisława Walasiewicz  Athletics 1932–1936 1 1 0 2
Elżbieta Krzesińska  Athletics 1956–1960 1 1 0 2
Józef Grudzień  Boxing 1964–1968 1 1 0 2
Lesław Ćmikiewicz  Football 1972–1976 1 1 0 2
Kazimierz Deyna  Football 1972–1976 1 1 0 2
Jerzy Gorgoń  Football 1972–1976 1 1 0 2
Kazimierz Kmiecik  Football 1972–1976 1 1 0 2
Grzegorz Lato  Football 1972–1976 1 1 0 2
Zygmunt Maszczyk  Football 1972–1976 1 1 0 2
Antoni Szymanowski  Football 1972–1976 1 1 0 2
Bronisław Malinowski  Athletics 1976–1980 1 1 0 2
Tadeusz Ślusarski  Athletics 1976–1980 1 1 0 2
Jacek Wszoła  Athletics 1976–1980 1 1 0 2
Jan Kowalczyk  Equestrian 1980 1 1 0 2
Szymon Kołecki  Weightlifting 2000–2008 1 1 0 2
Iga Baumgart-Witan  Athletics 2020 1 1 0 2
Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik  Athletics 2020 1 1 0 2
Justyna Święty-Ersetic  Athletics 2020 1 1 0 2
Ireneusz Paliński  Weightlifting 1960–1964 1 0 1 2
Halina Górecka  Athletics 1960–1964 1 0 1 2
Marian Kasprzyk  Boxing 1960–1964 1 0 1 2
Ewa Kłobukowska  Athletics 1964 1 0 1 2
Lech Koziejowski  Fencing 1972–1980 1 0 1 2
Kazimierz Lipień  Wrestling 1972–1976 1 0 1 2
Jerzy Rybicki  Boxing 1976–1980 1 0 1 2
Mateusz Kusznierewicz  Sailing 1996–2004 1 0 1 2
Leszek Blanik  Gymnastics 2000–2008 1 0 1 2
Zbigniew Bródka  Speed skating 2014 1 0 1 2
Magdalena Fularczyk  Rowing 2012–2016 1 0 1 2
Wojciech Nowicki  Athletics 2016-2020 1 0 1 2
Adam Małysz  Ski jumping 2002–2010 0 3 1 4
Andrzej Piątkowski  Fencing 1956–1964 0 2 1 3
Ryszard Zub  Fencing 1956–1964 0 2 1 3
Wojciech Zabłocki  Fencing 1956–1964 0 2 1 3
Marian Kuszewski  Fencing 1956–1960 0 2 0 2
Artur Olech  Boxing 1964–1968 0 2 0 2
Stanisław Szozda  Cycling 1972–1976 0 2 0 2
Ryszard Szurkowski  Cycling 1972–1976 0 2 0 2
Piotr Małachowski  Athletics 2008–2016 0 2 0 2
Maja Włoszczowska  Cycling 2008–2016 0 2 0 2
Karolina Naja  Canoeing 2012–2020 0 1 3 4
Aneta Konieczna  Canoeing 2000–2008 0 1 2 3
Beata Mikołajczyk  Canoeing 2008–2016 0 1 2 3
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski  Boxing 1956–1964 0 1 2 3
Józef Tracz  Wrestling 1988–1996 0 1 2 3
Michał Antoniewicz  Equestrian 1928 0 1 1 2
Janusz Pawłowski  Judo 1980–1988 0 1 1 2
Marek Dopierała  Canoeing 1988 0 1 1 2
Marek Łbik  Canoeing 1988 0 1 1 2
Izabela Dylewska  Canoeing 1988–1992 0 1 1 2
Artur Partyka  Athletics 1992–1996 0 1 1 2
Sylwia Gruchała  Fencing 2000–2004 0 1 1 2
Agata Wróbel  Weightlifting 2000–2004 0 1 1 2
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś  Speed skating 2010–2014 0 1 1 2
Katarzyna Woźniak  Speed skating 2010–2014 0 1 1 2
Luiza Złotkowska  Speed skating 2010–2014 0 1 1 2
Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska  Rowing 2016–2020 0 1 1 2
Maria Sajdak  Rowing 2016–2020 0 1 1 2
Anna Puławska  Canoeing 2020 0 1 1 2
Marian Zieliński  Weightlifting 1956–1968 0 0 3 3
Teodor Kocerka  Rowing 1952–1960 0 0 2 2
Krystyna Czajkowska  Volleyball 1964–1968 0 0 2 2
Krystyna Jakubowska  Volleyball 1964–1968 0 0 2 2
Krystyna Krupa  Volleyball 1964–1968 0 0 2 2
Jadwiga Książek  Volleyball 1964–1968 0 0 2 2
Józefa Ledwig  Volleyball 1964–1968 0 0 2 2
Zofia Szczęśniewska  Volleyball 1964–1968 0 0 2 2
Leszek Błażyński  Boxing 1972–1976 0 0 2 2
Janusz Gortat  Boxing 1972–1976 0 0 2 2
Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza  Canoeing 2000–2004 0 0 2 2
Dawid Kubacki  Ski jumping 2018–2022 0 0 2 2

Flag bearers

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Main article: List of flag bearers for Poland at the Olympics

See also

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  • "Poland". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Poland". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/POL". olympanalyt.com.

References

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  1. ^ "History". Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Magazyn Olimpijski" (PDF) (in Polish). Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Irena Szewińska. Kim była? Lista rekordów i medali" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Sukcesy sportowe - Robert Korzeniowski" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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