Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Poland at the
1972 Summer Olympics

IOC code| POL
NOC| Polish Olympic Committee
Website| www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Munich, West Germany
August 26, 1972 (1972-08-26) – September 10, 1972 (1972-09-10)
Competitors| 290 (252 men and 38 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearer | Waldemar Baszanowski
Medals
Ranked 7th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

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### Gold

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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Main article: 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
Athlete  | Event  | Round 1  | Round 2  | Total score

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Score  | Seed  | Score  | Seed  | Score  | Seed
Tomasz Leżański | Individual | 1128  | 41  | 1109  | 48  | 2237  | 46

Women
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Maria Mączyńska | 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

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Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

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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 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:28.2  | 2 Q | —  | 8:28.0  | 4
5000 m | 13:48.2  | 8  | Did not advance
Kazimierz Maranda | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:50.4  | 10  | —  | Did not advance
Ludomir Nitkowski | 20 km walk | —  | DNS
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
Andrzej Siennicki | 50 km walk | —  | DNS
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
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

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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  |  LJ  |  SP  |  HJ  | 400 m  |  100H  |  DT  |  PV  |  JT  | 1500 m  | Final  | Rank

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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

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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

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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

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Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

### Preliminary round

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### Group B

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| Qualified for the semifinals

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Team  | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts  | 1st Tie | 2nd Tie

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Soviet Union | 7 | 0 | 639 | 479 | +160 | 14 |  |
Italy | 5 | 2 | 547 | 471 | +76 | 12 | 1W–1L | 1.072
SFR Yugoslavia | 5 | 2 | 582 | 484 | +98 | 12 | 1W–1L | 1.013
Puerto Rico | 5 | 2 | 570 | 531 | +39 | 12 | 1W–1L | 0.917
West Germany | 3 | 4 | 482 | 518 | −36 | 10 |  |
Poland | 2 | 5 | 520 | 536 | −16 | 9 |  |
Philippines | 1 | 6 | 526 | 666 | −140 | 8 |  |
Senegal | 0 | 7 | 405 | 586 | −181 | 7 |  |

August 27
9:00

Poland | 90-75 |  Philippines

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 28
21:30

Poland | 64-85 |  SFR Yugoslavia

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 29
10:30

Senegal | 59-95 |  Poland

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 30
9:00

Soviet Union | 94-64 |  Poland

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 1
20:00

Italy | 71-59 |  Poland

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 2
14:30

West Germany | 67-65 |  Poland

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 3
14:30

Poland | 83-85 |  Puerto Rico

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

### Classification brackets

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9th–12th place

| Semifinals (September 5) | | | 9th place (September 9) |

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| A5 |  Spain | 76 | |
| B6 |  Poland | 87 |
| | B6 |  Poland | 83 |
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| B5 |  West Germany | 69 |
| A6 |  Australia | 70 | | | 11th place (September 8)
| | A5 |  Spain | 84
| | B5 |  West Germany | 83

* Team roster

Poland \- 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

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## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | 1 Round  | 2 Round  | 3 Round  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Roman Rozek | Light Flyweight |  Lee Suk-Un (KOR)
L 0–5  | Did not advance
Leszek Blazynski | Flyweight | BYE  |  Chander Narayanan (IND)
W 3–2  |  Arturo Delgado  (MEX)
W 5–0  |  You Man-Chong (KOR)
W 3–2  |  Georgi Kostadinov (BUL)
L 0–5  | Did not advance  |
Józef Reszpondek | Bantamweight |  Aldo Cosentino (FRA)
L 0–5  | Did not advance
Ryszard Tomczyk | Featherweight |  Juan Francisco García (MEX)
W 4–1  |  Rudolf Vogel (SUI)
W KO-2  |  Boris Kuznetsov (URS)
L 0–5  | Did not advance
Jan Szczepanski | Lightweight | BYE  |  Kasamiro Marchlo (SUD)
W 5–0  |  James Busceme (USA)
W 5–0  |  Charlie Nash (IRL)
W TKO-3  |  Samuel Mbugua (KEN)
W WO  |  László Orbán (HUN)
W 5–0  |
Krzysztof Pierwieniecki | Light Welterweight |  Walter Desiderio Gomez (ARG)
L 0–5  | Did not advance
Alfons Stawski | Welterweight | BYE  |  Richard Murunga (KEN)
W 1–4  | Did not advance
Wiesław Rudkowski | Light Middleweight | BYE  |  Antonio Castellini  (ITA)
W 5–0  |  Nayden Stanchev  (BUL)
W 5–0  |  Rolando Garbey  (CUB)
W 4–1  |  Peter Tiepold (GDR)
W 4–1  |  Dieter Kottysch (FRG)
L 2–3  |
Witold Stachurski | Middleweight | BYE  |  Peter Dula (KEN)
W 4–1  |  Reima Virtanen  (FIN)
L TKO-3  | Did not advance
Janusz Gortat | Light Heavyweight |  Jaroslav Kral (TCH)
W 5–0  |  Raymond Russell (USA)
W 3–2  | —  |  Rudi Hornig (FRG)
W TKO-1  |  Mate Parlov (YUG)
L 0–5  | Did not advance  |
Ludwik Denderys | Heavyweight |  Teófilo Stevenson (CUB)
L TKO-1  | Did not advance

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

### Slalom

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Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary  | Final

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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

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechages  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Jerzy Opara | C-1 1000 m | 4:32.39  | 3 Q | —  | BYE  | 4:21.05  | 9
Jan Żukowski
Andrzej Gronowicz | C-2 1000 m | 4:27.94  | 5 R | 4:05.42  | 3 Q | 4:01.40  | 4  | Did not advance
Grezgorz Śledziewski | K-1 1000 m | 4:03.40  | 3 Q | BYE  | 3:55.45  | 2 Q | 3:53.22  | 8
Władysław Szuzkiewicz
Rafal Piszcz | K-2 1000 m | 3:48.13  | 2 Q | BYE  | 3:34.50  | 2 Q | 3:33.63  |
Zbigniew Niewiadomski
Jerzy Dziadkowiec
Zdzisław Tomyślak
Andrzej Matysiak | K-4 1000 m | 3:24.59  | 2 Q | BYE  | 3:12.46  | 4  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechages  | Semifinals  | Final

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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
Ewa Grajkowska
Izabella Antonowicz | K-2 500 m | 2:04.30  | 4 Q | —  | 1:55.50  | 1 Q | 1:57.45  | 6

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Twelve cyclists represented Poland in 1972.

### Road

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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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

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1000m time trial
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Janusz Kierzkowski | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:07.22  | 5

Men's Sprint
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage 1  | Round 2  | Repechage 2  | Round 3  | Repechage 3  | Repechage Finals  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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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 |  Pkhakadze (URS)
Chin (JAM)
L |  Cambroni (MEX)
W 11.86  |  Vačkář (TCH)
Cardi (ITA)
L |  Berkmann (GDR)
W 11.87  |  Balk (NED)
Kravtsov (URS)
L |  Vačkář (TCH)
Pedersen (DEN)
L | Did not advance
Benedykt Kocot |  Cooke (GBR)
Snellinx (BEL)
W | BYE  |  Geschke (GDR)
Crutchlow (GBR)
L |  Balk (NED)
L | Did not advance

Pursuit
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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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 |  Soviet Union (URS)
W 4:25.72  |  East Germany (GDR)
L 4:26.39  |  Great Britain (GBR)
L 4:26.06  | 4

Men's Tandem
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Repechage Finals  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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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
Benedykt Kocot | Tandem |  Verzini
Rossi (ITA)
W 10.56  | BYE  |  Barth
Müller (FRG)
W 2:0 (10.57; 10.46)  |  Geschke
Otto (GDR)
L 0:2  |  Morelon
Trentin (FRA)
W 2:0 (10.76; 10.67)  |

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Total  | Rank
Jakub Puchow | 10 m platform | 281.34  | 17  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Final

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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

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics

### Eventing

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Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Dressage  | Cross-country  | Jumping  | Total

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Final
Penalties  | Rank  | Penalties  | Total  | Rank  | Penalties  | Total  | Rank  | Penalties  | Rank
Marek Małecki | Signor  | 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

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Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Round 1  | Round 2

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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

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Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1972.

### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Round 1  | Round 2  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Bogdan Gonsior | 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 |  Luxembourg (LUX)
W 9–6
Mexico (MEX)
W 11–5
Switzerland (SUI)
L 6–9  | 2 Q | —  |  Hungary (HUN)
L 1–9  |  Sweden (SWE)
W 9–7  |  Romania (ROU)
L 3–9  | 6
Marek Dąbrowski | 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 |  Italy (ITA)
W 11–5
West Germany (FRG)
L 7–8  | 2 Q | —  |  Japan (JPN)
W 9–5  |  Hungary (HUN)
W 8–7  |  Soviet Union (URS)
W 9–5  |
Janusz Majewski | 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 |  Rylsky (URS) W 5–4
Ferrari (ITA) L 2–5
Horváth (HUN) L 1–5
Van Der Auwera (BEL) L 4–5
Morales (USA) W 5–3  | 4  | Did not advance  |
Józef Nowara
Jerzy Pawłowski
Krzysztof Grzegorek
Zygmunt Kawecki
Janusz Majewski | Team sabre |  Austria (AUT)
W 12–4
Switzerland (SUI)
W 12–4
West Germany (FRG)
W 11–5  | 1 Q | —  |  Italy (ITA)
L 2–9  |  France (FRA)
W 9–6  |  Cuba (CUB)
W 9–5  | 5

### Women

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

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Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Halina Balon | 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 |  United States (USA)
W 8-8
Germany (GER)
L 8-8
Italy (ITA)
L 10–3  | 3  | Did not advance  | 7

## Football

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Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

### First round

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#### Group D

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6
East Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 4
Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2
Ghana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0

August 28, 1972
12:00

Poland | 5 - 1|  Colombia

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Deyna 16' 32'
Gadocha 42' 49' 72' | Report | Morón 63'

Ingolstadt

Attendance: 4.000

Referee: A. Salih Gindil

* * *

August 30, 1972
12:00

Poland | 4 - 0|  Ghana

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Lubański 40'
Gadocha 59' 89'
Deyna 86' | Report |

Regensburg

Attendance: 2.200

Referee: Kan-Chee Lee

* * *

September 1, 1972
12:00

Poland | 2 - 1|  East Germany

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Nuremberg

Attendance: 10.000

Referee: Werner Winsemann

### Second round

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#### Group 2

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5
Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4
Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3
Morocco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0

September 3, 1972
12:00

Denmark | 1 - 1|  Poland

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Heino Hansen 27' | Report | Deyna 36'

Regensburg

Attendance: 4.000

Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi

* * *

September 5, 1972
12:00

Soviet Union | 1 - 2|  Poland

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Blokhin 28' | Report | Deyna 79' (pen.)
Szołtysik 87'

Rosenaustadion, Augsburg

Attendance: 5.000

Referee: Henry Oberg

* * *

September 8, 1972
12:00

Poland | 5 - 0|  Morocco

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Lubański 10'
Deyna 45' (pen.) 63'
Gadocha 53' | Report |

Nuremberg

Attendance: 500

Referee: Francesco Francescon

### Gold medal match

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September 10, 1972

Poland | 2 - 1|  Hungary

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Olympic Stadium, Munich

Attendance: 80.000

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher

###  Poland

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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

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## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

### Artistic

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Apparatus  | Total  | Rank  | Apparatus  | Total  | Rank
F  |  PH  |  R  |  V  |  PB  |  HB  |  F  |  PH  |  R  |  V  |  PB  |  HB
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
Athlete  | Event  | Apparatus  | Total  | Rank

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Wilhelm Kubica | Pommel horse | —  | 18.750  | —  | 18.750  | 6

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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F  |  V  |  UB  |  BB  |  F  |  V  |  UB  |  BB
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
Małgorzata Barlak-Kamasińska
Joanna Bartosz
Danuta Fidusiewicz-Prusinowska
Dorota Klencz
Danuta Lubowska
Łucja Matraszek-Chydzińska | Team all-around | 89.60  | 88.10  | 88.50  | 84.70  | 350.90  | 10  | —

## Handball

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Main article: 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

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#### Group A

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Rank  | Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | Pts  |  |  |  |  |

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1\.  |  Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 34 | 4 |  | X | 11:11 | 13:13 | 16:10
2\.  |  Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 34 | 4 |  | 11:11 | X | 17:11 | 12:12
3\.  |  Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 38 | 3 |  | 13:13 | 11:17 | X | 11:8
4\.  |  Denmark | 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

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

#### Classification 9/10

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* Norway def. Poland, 23–20

###  Poland

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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

* Janusz Czerwiński

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## Hockey

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Main article: Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

### Preliminary round

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#### Group B

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | Pts

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India | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 12
Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11
Great Britain | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9
Australia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8
New Zealand | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7
Poland | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6
Kenya | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 3
Mexico | 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

[edit]

September 8, 1972

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

###  Poland

[edit]

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

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## Judo

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Main article: 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 / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Marian Tałaj | −63kg |  Robin Moffitt  (AUS)
W 1000–0000  |  Stanko Topolčnik (YUG)
W 1000–0000  |  Héctor Rodríguez (CUB)
L 0000–0100  | Did not advance
Antoni Zajkowski | −70kg |  Erwin García (NCA)
W 1000–0000  |  Gustavo Brito (PUR)
W 1000–0000  |  Patrick Vial (FRA)
W 0001–0000  |  Toyokazu Nomura (JPN)
L 0000–1000  | —  | BYE  |  Antal Hetényi (HUN)
W 0001–0000  |  Dietmar Hötger (GDR)
W 0001–0000  |  Toyokazu Nomura (JPN)
L 0000–1000  |
Adam Adamczyk | −80kg | BYE  |  Rick Littlewood (NZL)
L 0001–1000  | Did not advance
Włodzimierz Lewin  | −93kg |  Patrick Murphy (IRL)
W 0010–0000  |  Paul Barth (FRG)
L 0001–0100  | BYE  |  Helmut Howiller (GDR)
L 0000–0100  | Did not advance
Waldemar Sikorski | +93kg | BYE  | DNS  | Did not advance

## Modern pentathlon

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Main article: 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

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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
Ryszard Wach | 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

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Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

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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

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Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Open
Athlete  | Event  | Race  | Net points  | Final rank

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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

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Main article: 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

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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

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Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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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

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

### Preliminary round

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Pool A
Pos | Team

* v
* t
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1  |  Soviet Union | 5  | 5  | 0  | 10  | 15  | 3  | 5.000  | 257  | 196  | 1.311  | Semifinals
2  |  Bulgaria | 5  | 4  | 1  | 9  | 13  | 8  | 1.625  | 294  | 235  | 1.251
3  |  Czechoslovakia | 5  | 3  | 2  | 8  | 11  | 6  | 1.833  | 230  | 205  | 1.122  | 5th–8th semifinals
4  |  South Korea | 5  | 2  | 3  | 7  | 7  | 10  | 0.700  | 209  | 197  | 1.061
5  |  Poland | 5  | 1  | 4  | 6  | 8  | 12  | 0.667  | 237  | 259  | 0.915  | 9th place match
6  |  Tunisia | 5  | 0  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 15  | 0.000  | 90  | 225  | 0.400  | 11th place match

Source: [citation needed]

Date  |  | Score  |  | Set 1  | Set 2  | Set 3  | Set 4  | Set 5  | Total

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27 Aug  | Czechoslovakia | 3–0 |  Poland | 15–13  | 16–14  | 15–8  |  |  | 46–35
29 Aug  | Poland | 3–0 |  Tunisia | 15–6  | 15–11  | 15–1  |  |  | 45–18
31 Aug  | South Korea | 3–1 |  Poland | 15–7  | 13–15  | 15–11  | 15–6  |  | 58–39
02 Sep  | Bulgaria | 3–2 |  Poland | 14–16  | 12–15  | 15–7  | 15–3  | 15–10  | 71–51
05 Sep  | Soviet Union | 3–2 |  Poland | 11–15  | 15–12  | 15–12  | 10–15  | 15–13  | 66–67

### 9th–10th places

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#### 9th place match

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Date  |  | Score  |  | Set 1  | Set 2  | Set 3  | Set 4  | Set 5  | Total

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09 Sep  | Poland | 3–0 |  Cuba | 15–2  | 15–7  | 15–13  |  |  | 45–22

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

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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

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle
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  | Round 6
Result  | Final round
Result  | Rank
Andrzej Kudelski | −52 kg |  Wanelge Castillo  (PAN)
W T 8:57  |  Gordon Bertie (CAN)
L P  |  Kiyomi Kato (JPN)
L T 2:55  | —  | Did not advance  | 11
Zbigniew Żedzicki | −57 kg |  An Jea-Won (KOR)
W P  |  Hideaki Yanagida (JPN)
L P  |  Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE)
W T 1:16  |  Ivan Shavov (BUL)
L T 1:23  | —  | Did not advance  | 10
Zdzisław Stolarski | −62 kg |  Satpal Singh (IND)
L P  |  Orlando Gonçalves  (POR)
W T 5:27  |  Théodule Toulotte (FRA)
L P  | —  | Did not advance  | 11
Włodzimierz Cieślak | −68 kg |  André Chardonnens (SUI)
W P  |  Kikuo Wada (JPN)
L P  |  Joseph Gilligan (GBR)
W T 7:29  |  Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE)
W P  |  Dan Gable (USA)
L T 4:13  | —  | Did not advance  | 7
Jan Wypiorczyk | −82 kg |  Lupe Lara (CUB)
W T 8:41  |  Ghulam Dastagir (AFG)
W T 5:58  |  John Peterson (USA)
L T 6:35  |  Peter Neumair  (FRG)
L P  | —  | Did not advance  | 8
Paweł Kurczewski | −90 kg |  Ben Peterson (USA)
L P  |  George Saunders (CAN)
W P  |  Raúl García (MEX)
W P  |  Gennadi Strakhov (URS)
L T 1:52  | —  | Did not advance  | 9
Ryszard Długosz | −100 kg |  Julio Tamussin (ITA)
W P  |  József Csatári (HUN)
L T 8:28  | BYE  |  Vasil Todorov (BUL)
L P  | —  | Did not advance  | 6
Stanisław Makowiecki | +100 kg |  Yorihide Isogai (JPN)
W P  |  Ştefan Stîngu  (ROU)
L P  |  Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRN)
L T 2:35  | —  | Did not advance  | 8

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  | Round 6
Result  | Final round
Result  | Rank
Bernard Szczepański | −48 kg |  Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA)
L P  |  Sotirios Ventas (GRE)
L T 1:32  | —  | Did not advance  | 14
Jan Michalik | −52 kg |  Pertti Ukkola (FIN)
W P  | BYE  |  Petar Kirov  (BUL)
L P  |  Miroslav Zeman (TCH)
W P  |  Giuseppe Bognanni  (ITA)
L P  | —  | Did not advance  | 5
Józef Lipień | −57 kg |  Francesco Scuderi (ITA)
W P  |  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL)
W T 1:17  |  Rustam Kazakov (URS)
L T 8:39  |  Hristo Traikov (BUL)
L P  | —  | Did not advance  | 8
Kazimierz Lipień | −62 kg |  Théodule Toulotte (FRA)
W T 8:34  |  László Réczi (HUN)
W P  |  Stelios Mygiakis  (GRE)
W T 5:37  |  Slavko Koletić (YUG)
W P  |  Heinz-Helmut Wehling  (GDR)
L T 7:00  | —  |  Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)
W P  |
Andrzej Supron | −68 kg |  Simion Popescu  (ROU)
L T 5:58  |  Sotirios Nakos (GRE)
W T 8:38  |  Mohammad Dalirian  (IRI)
W T 2:26  |  Shamil Khisamutdinov  (URS)
L T 8:10  | —  | Did not advance  | 9
Stanisław Krzesiński | −74 kg |  Werner Schröter (FRG)
L P  |  Jiichiro Date (JPN)
W P  |  Jan Karlsson (SWE)
L T 8:47  | —  | Did not advance  | 11
Adam Ostrowski | −82 kg |  J Robinson (USA)
W P  |  Ali Yağmur (TUR)
W P  |  Csaba Hegedűs (SWE)
L T 0:00  | —  | Did not advance  | 9
Czesław Kwieciński | −90 kg |  Lothar Metz (GDR)
L P  |  Stoyan Ivanov (BUL)
W P  |  Josip Čorak (YUG)
L P  | BYE  |  József Pércsi (HUN)
W T 2:04  | —  |  Valeri Rezantsev (URS)
L P  |
Andrzej Skrzydlewski | −100 kg |  Lorenz Hecher (FRG)
W P  |  Burke Deadrich  (USA)
W T 1:23  |  Ferenc Kiss (HUN)
L P  |  Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)
L T 1:25  | —  | Did not advance  | 7
Edward Wojda | +100 kg |  Aleksandar Tomov (FRG)
L T 5:59  |  Victor Dolipschi (ROU)
L T 1:23  | —  | Did not advance  | 8

## References

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1. ^ "Poland at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-19.

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