Poland at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Poland at the
1952 Summer Olympics

IOC code| POL
NOC| Polish Olympic Committee
Website| www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Helsinki
Competitors| 125 in 11 sports
Flag bearer | Teodor Kocerka
Medals
Ranked 20th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1924
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* 1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
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* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
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* 1984
* 1988
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* 2020
* 2024

Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900, 1912)
Austria (1908–1912)

Poland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 125 competitors, 103 men and 22 women, took part in 74 events in 11 sports.[1] Zygmunt Chychła became first post-War Olympic gold champion.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Zygmunt Chychła | Boxing | Men's welterweight
Silver | Aleksy Antkiewicz | Boxing | Men's lightweight
Silver | Jerzy Jokiel | Gymnastics | Men's floor
Bronze | Teodor Kocerka | Rowing | Men's single sculls

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men
Track & road events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Roman Budzyński | 200 m | 23.37  | 2 Q | 22.51  | 6  | Did not advance
Mieczysław Długoborski | 1500 m | 3:57.8  | 6  | Did not advance
Alojzy Graj | 5000 m | 14:30.0  | 7  | —  | Did not advance
Jan Kielas | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:15.4  | 7  | Did not advance
Emil Kiszka | 100 m | 11.13  | 3  | Did not advance
Roman Korban | 800 m | 1:54.7  | 4  | Did not advance
Stefan Lewandowski | 1500 m | 4:00.8  | 7  | Did not advance
Gerard Mach | 200 m | 22.16  | 2 Q | 22.12  | 4  | Did not advance
400 m | 48.64  | 2 Q | DNS  | Did not advance
Winand Osiński | Marathon | —  | 2:54:38.2  | 47
Edmund Potrzebowski | 800 m | 1:52.6  | 2 Q | 1:53.7  | 5  | Did not advance
1500 m | 3:56.8  | 6  | Did not advance
Zdobysław Stawczyk | 200 m | 22.22  | 2 Q | 22.12  | 4  | Did not advance
Zygmunt Buhl
Emil Kiszka
Zdobysław Stawczyk
Dominik Sucheński | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.8  | 3 Q | —  | 41.8  | 5  | Did not advance

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Henryk Grabowski | Long jump | 6.77  | 21  | Did not advance
Stanisław Kowal | Triple jump | 14.03  | 28  | Did not advance
Tadeusz Krzyżanowski | Shot put | 14.90  | 11 Q | 15.08  | 10
Zbigniew Radziwonowicz | Javelin throw | 61.50  | 20  | Did not advance
Janusz Sidło | Javelin throw | 62.16  | 18  | Did not advance
Zygfryd Weinberg | Triple jump | 14.65  | 9 Q | 14.76  | 10

Women
Track & road events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Maria Arndt | 200 m | 25.9  | 6  | Did not advance
Elzbieta Bocian | 100 m | 12.9  | 4  | Did not advance
Genowefa Minicka | 200 m | 25.9  | 4  | Did not advance
Eulalia Szwajkowska | 200 m | 25.5  | 1 Q | —  | 25.2  | 6  | Did not advance
Maria Arndt
Maria Ilwicka
Genowefa Minicka
Eulalia Szwajkowska | 4 × 100 m relay | 48.1  | 4  | Did not advance

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Magdalena Breguła | Shot put | 13.05  | 6 Q | 12.93  | 10
Maria Ciach | Javelin throw | 39.96  | 12 Q | 44.31  | 7
Elżbieta Krysińska | Shot put | 11.50  | 16  | Did not advance
Elżbieta Krzesińska-Duńska | Long jump | 5.43  | 18 Q | 5.65  | 12
Maria Ilwicka | Long jump | 5.09  | 32  | Did not advance

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | 1 Round  | 2 Round  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Henryk Kukier | Flyweight |  Edgar Basel (GER)
L 0:3  | Did not advance
Henryk Niedźwiedzki | Bantamweight |  Ronald Charles Gower (AUS)
W TKO  |  Pentti Hamalainen (FIN)
L 0:3  | Did not advance
Leszek Drogosz | Featherweight |  Kyar Ba Nyein (BIR)
W 3:0  |  Pedro Galasso (BRA)
W 3:0  |  Sergio Caprari (ITA)
L 0:3  | Did not advance
Aleksy Antkiewicz | Lightweight |  Benjamin Enriquez (PHI)
W 3:0  |  Hans-Werner Wohlers (GER)
W 3:0  |  Frederick Reardon (GBR)
W 3:0  |  Gheorghe Fiat (ROU)
W WO  |  Aureliano Bolognesi (ITA)
L 0:3  |
Leszek Kudłacik | Light Welterweight |  Rene Weismann (FRA)
L 1:2  | Did not advance
Zygmunt Chychla | Welterweight |  Pierre Wouters (BEL)
W 3:0  |  José Luis Dávalos Noriega (MEX)
W 3:0  |  Július Torma (TCH)
W 2:1  |  Günther Heidemann (GER)
W 2:1  |  Sergei Scherbakov (URS)
W 3:0  |
Jerzy Krawczyk | Light Middleweight | BYE  |  Boris Tishin (URS)
L TKO  | Did not advance
Henryk Nowara | Middleweight |  Khan Mohammad (PAK)
L 1:2  | Did not advance
Tadeusz Grzelak | Light Heavyweight | BYE  |  Franz Pfitscher (AUT)
W 3:0  |  Norvel Lee (USA)
L 0:3  | Did not advance
Antoni Gościański | Heavyweight |  Algirdas Šocikas (URS)
L TKO  | Did not advance

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

13 fencers, 10 male and 3 female, represented Poland in 1952.

### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Elimination round  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Adam Krajewski | Men's épée |  Haro (MEX)
Kerttula (FIN)
Sákovics (HUN)
Eriksen (NOR)
Gutiérrez (VEN)
Henrion (BEL)
López (GUA) | 1 Q |  Gretsch (LUX)
Wiik (FIN)
Lüchow (DEN)
Forssell (SWE)
Delaunois (BEL)
Berzsenyi (HUN)
Parfitt (GBR) | 8  | Did not advance  | 38
Andrzej Przeździecki |  Lüchow (DEN)
Maquet (BEL)
Vebell (USA)
Brooke (CAN)
Massini (ARG)
Uray (ROU)
Stanmore (AUS) | 4 Q |  Pavesi (ITA)
Buck (LUX)
Abdel Rahman (EGY)
Dybkær (DEN)
Barth (SUI)
von Koss (NOR)
Lund (AUS)
Dias (POR) | 7  | Did not advance  | 32
Wojciech Rydz |  Rerrich (HUN)
Jay (GBR)
Pekelman (BRA)
Deksbakh (URS)
Chelaru (ROU)
Bertorelli (VEN)
Duffy (IRL) | 4 Q |  Mangiarotti (ITA)
Fahlman (SWE)
Maquet (BEL)
Bougnol (FRA)
Haro (MEX)
Pekelman (BRA)
Marinescu (ROU)
Pinto (DEN) | 8  | Did not advance  | 35
Andrzej Przeździecki
Wojciech Rydz
Jan Nawrocki
Adam Krajewski
Zygmunt Grodner | Team épée |  Great Britain (GBR)
L 6-10
Sweden (SWE)
L 0-9  | 3  | Did not advance  | 7
Jerzy Pawłowski | Men's foil |  Uralov (URS)
Bukantz (USA)
Valcke (BEL)
Raitio (FIN)
Knödler (SAA)
Menéndez (CUB) | 4 Q |  Di Rosa (ITA)
Eriksson (SWE)
Dessouki (EGY)
Paul (GBR)
Midler (URS)}  | 4  | Did not advance  | 20
Jerzy Twardokens |  Verhalle (BEL)
Paul (GBR)
Galimi (ARG)
Wahl (IRL)
Maki (JPN)
Soberón (GUA) | 2 Q |  Bergamini (ITA)
Younes (EGY)
Axelrod (USA)
Lindeman (FIN)
Galimi (ARG)
Iesi (URU) | 4  | Did not advance  | 19
Jerzy Pawłowski | Men's sabre |  Heywaert (BEL)
Manayenko (URS)
Carnera (DEN)
Rau (SAA)
Fethers (AUS)
Cámara (MEX)
Gutiérrez (VEN) | 1 Q |  Lefèvre (FRA)
Loisel (AUT)
Darè (ITA)
Abdel Rahman (EGY)
Nordin (SWE)
Anderson (GBR)
Amez-Droz (SUI) | 2 Q |  Kovács (HUN)
Pinton (ITA)
Ballister (BEL)
Loisel (AUT)
Levavasseur (FRA) | 6  | Did not advance  | 17
Leszek Suski |  Loisel (AUT)
Pomini (ARG)
Santo (ROU)
Ruben (DEN)
Menegalli (SUI)
Sandner (VEN)
Lund (AUS) | 2 Q |  Gerevich (HUN)
Manayenko (URS)
Nostini (ITA)
Frey (DEN)
Haro (MEX)
D'Andrea (ARG)
Kwartler (USA) | 2 Q |  Lefèvre (FRA)
Plattner (AUT)
Berczelly (HUN)
Gurath Sr. (ROU)
Heywaert (BEL) | 5  | Did not advance  | 16
Wojciech Zabłocki |  Beatley (GBR)
Fascher (GER)
Plattner (AUT)
Molnar (BRA)
Bach (SAA)
Gibson (AUS)
Pessanha (POR) | 1 Q |  Kovács (HUN)
Plattner (AUT)
Ballister (BEL)
Gurath Sr. (ROU)
Worth (USA)
Kuznetsov (URS)
Pomini (ARG) | 7  | Did not advance  | 32
Jerzy Twardokens
Jerzy Pawłowski
Wojciech Zabłocki
Zygmunt Pawlas
Leszek Suski | Team sabre |  Romania (ROU)
W 8-8
France (FRA)
W 6-1  | 1 Q |  Egypt (EGY)
W 10-6  | 1 Q |  United States (USA)
L 6-10
Italy (ITA)
L 4-11  | 4  | Did not advance  | 5

### Women

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Athlete  | Event  | Elimination round  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Irena Nawrocka | Women's foil |  Strukel (ITA)
Glen-Haig (GBR)
Craus (USA)
Rieder (DEN)
Mahaut (DEN) | 1 Q |  York-Romary (USA)
Garilhe (FRA)
Müller-Preis (AUT)
Glen-Haig (GBR)
Irigoyen (ARG) | 5  | Did not advance  | 20
Maria Sołtan |  Allgayer (GER)
Elek (HUN)
Garilhe (FRA)
Sheen (GBR)
Cesari (ITA) | 6  | Did not advance  | 32
Wanda Włodarczyk |  Lachmann (DEN)
Camber-Corno (ITA)
Buller (GBR)
Shitikova (GBR)
Kalka (FIN)
Selle (VEN) | 7  | Did not advance  | 37

## Football

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Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

### Preliminary round results

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15 July 1952
19:00

Poland | 2–1|  France

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Trampisz 31'
Krasówka 49' | Report | Leblond 30'

Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti

Attendance: 3,752

Referee: Karel van der Meer (NED)

### First round results

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21 July 1952
19:00

Denmark | 2–0|  Poland

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Seebach 17'
S. Nielsen 69' | Report |

Kupittaa, Turku

Attendance: 6,024

Referee: Folke Bålstad (NOR)

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

### Artistic

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Final Standings  | Apparatus Final

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Apparatus  | Total  | Rank  | Apparatus  | Total  | Rank
F  |  PH  |  R  |  V  |  PB  |  HB  |  F  |  PH  |  R  |  V  |  PB  |  HB
Paweł Gaca | All-around | 17.30  | 17.80  | 10.35  | 18.20  | 17.90  | 17.75  | 99.30  | 113  | —
Paweł Gawron | 16.60  | 17.70  | 16.70  | 13.50  | 17.85  | 17.45  | 99.80  | 103  | —
Jerzy Jokiel | 19.15  | 12.80  | 16.00  | 16.65  | 17.10  | 17.30  | 99.00  | 117  | 19.15  | —  | 19.15  |
Ryszard Kucjas | 17.30  | 13.30  | 17.35  | 17.35  | 17.20  | 16.35  | 98.85  | 118  | —
Zdzisław Lesiński | 16.90  | 16.05  | 18.30  | 17.35  | 14.85  | 16.10  | 99.55  | 111  | —
Szymon Sobala | 17.90  | 17.90  | 18.00  | 17.15  | 18.15  | 17.85  | 106.95  | 60  | —
Jerzy Solarz | 18.30  | 15.70  | 15.30  | 16.05  | 17.45  | 9.50  | 92.30  | 148  | —
Paweł Świętek | 17.70  | 16.50  | 17.90  | 15.95  | 17.75  | 15.10  | 100.90  | 101  | —
Paweł Gaca
Paweł Gawron
Jerzy Jokiel
Ryszard Kucjas
Zdzisław Leśniewski
Szymon Sobala
Jerzy Solarz
Paweł Świętek | Team all-around | 90.50  | 86.30  | 88.60  | 87.15  | 89.30  | 87.25  | 529.10  | 13  | —

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Final Standings  | Apparatus Final

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Apparatus  | Total  | Rank  | Apparatus  | Total  | Rank
F  |  V  |  UB  |  BB  |  F  |  V  |  UB  |  BB
Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel | All-around | 17.36  | 17.49  | 15.76  | 16.96  | 67.57  | 86  | —
Zofia Kowalczyk | 17.69  | 17.29  | 16.92  | 17.30  | 69.20  | 67  | —
Urszula Łukomska | 17.12  | 15.62  | 17.80  | 12.36  | 62.90  | 123  | —
Honorata Marcińczak | 17.00  | 17.36  | 17.46  | 17.03  | 68.85  | 69  | —
Helena Rakoczy | 18.29  | 18.79  | 16.00  | 17.66  | 70.74  | 43  | —
Stefania Reindl | 18.06  | 18.46  | 17.86  | 16.53  | 70.91  | 38  | —
Stefania Świerzy | 18.16  | 18.46  | 17.30  | 17.76  | 71.68  | 27  | —
Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska | 17.89  | 15.29  | 17.76  | 17.20  | 68.14  | 76  | —
Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel
Zofia Kowalczyk
Urszula Łukomska
Honorata Marcińczak
Helena Rakoczy
Stefania Reindl
Stefania Świerzy
Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska | Team all-around | 141.57  | 138.76  | 136.86  | 132.80  | 483.72  | 8 | —
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Portable  | Total  | Rank
Apparatus
Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel
Zofia Kowalczyk
Urszula Łukomska
Honorata Marcińczak
Helena Rakoczy
Stefania Reindl
Stefania Świerzy
Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska | Team Portable apparatus | Hoop  | 64.20  | 14

## Hockey

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Main article: Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics

### First round results

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| 16 July 1952
07:30

Germany | 7 – 2  |  Poland

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Stoltenberg
Budinger
Thielemann |  | Flinik
Marzec

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Semifinal  | Repechage  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Teodor Kocerka | Single sculls | 7:59.5  | 2 Q | BYE  | 9:10.6  | 4  | 7:41.8  | 1 Q | 8:19.4  |
Jan Świątkowski
Stanisław Wieśniak | Coxless pair | DSQ  | 7:39.7  | 2  | Did not advance
Czesław Lorenc
Romuald Thomas
Zdzisław Michalski | Coxed pair | 7:59.8  | 2 Q | BYE  | 8:12.1  | 3 Q | 8:00.9  | 2  | Did not advance  | 7
Edward Schwarzer
Zbigniew Schwarzer
Henryk Jagodziński
Zbigniew Żarnowiecki | Coxless four | 6:43.0  | 3 R | 6:45.9  | 1 Q | BYE  | 6:43.0  | 1 Q | 7:28.2  | 5

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Two shooters represented Poland in 1952.

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Score  | Rank
Olgierd Darżynkiewicz | Trap | 181  | 20
Józef Kiszkurno | 185  | 9

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Jerzy Boniecki | 100 metre backstroke | 1:13.4  | 31  | Did not advance
Gotfryd Gremlowski | 400 metre freestroke | 4:49.0  | 13 Q | 4:47.4  | 13  | Did not advance
1500 metre freestroke | 19:17.5  | 10  | Did not advance
Marek Petrusewicz | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:44.0  | 19  | Did not advance
Gotfryd Gremlowski
Antoni Tołkaczewski
Józef Lewicki
Jerzy Boniecki | 4 x 200 metre freestyle | 9:13.7  | 13  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Irena Milnikiel | 100 metre backstroke | 1:25.5  | 19  | Did not advance
Aleksandra Mróz | 200 metre breaststroke | DSQ  | Did not advance

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Military Press  | Snatch  | Clean & jerk  | Total  | Rank

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Augustyn Dziedzic | 56 kg | 70  | 17  | 80  | 13  | 95  | 17  | 265  | 17
Henryk Skowronek | 60 kg | 77,5  | 22  | 85  | 21  | 110  | 19  | 272,5  | 21
Edward Ścigała | 67.5 kg | 77,5  | 23  | 90  | 21  | 120  | 19  | 290  | 21
Czesław Białas | 82.5 kg | 87,5  | 22  | 107,5  | 18  | 130  | 19  | 325  | 19

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete  | Event  | Elimination pool  | Final round

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Round 1
Result  | Round 2
Result  | Round 3
Result  | Round 4
Result  | Round 5
Result  | Final round
Result  | Rank
Rudolf Toboła | −57 kg |  Artem Teryan (URS)
L T 4:53  |  Pietro Lombardi (ITA)
L 0–3  | Did not advance  | 12
Ernest Gondzik | −62 kg |  Vojislav Torma (YUG)
W 2–1  |  Francisc Horvath (ROU)
W 2–1  |  Imre Polyák (HUN)
L 0–3  | Did not advance  | 8
Zbigniew Szajewski | −67 kg |  André Verdaine (FRA)
L 0–3  |  Aristides Perez (GUA)
W T 0:30  |  Mikuláš Athanasov (TCH)
L WO  | Did not advance  | 10
Antoni Gołaś | −73 kg |  Ahmet Senol (TUR)
L 0–3  |  Semyon Marushkin (URS)
L 0–3  | Did not advance  | 13
Bolesław Dubicki | −79 kg |  Nikolay Belov (URS)
L T 2:17  |  Gyula Nemeti (HUN)
L T 8:26  | Did not advance  | 9

## References

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1. ^ "Poland at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

## External links

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* Official Olympic Reports
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