Poland at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Poland at the
1976 Summer Olympics

IOC code| POL
NOC| Polish Olympic Committee
Website| www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Montreal, Canada
July 17, 1976 (1976-07-17) – August 1, 1976 (1976-08-01)
Competitors| 207 (180 men and 27 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer | Grzegorz Śledziewski
Medals
Ranked 6th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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* 2024

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

Poland competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 207 competitors, 180 men and 27 women, took part in 116 events in 18 sports.[1]

## Medalists

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### Gold

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* Irena Szewińska -- Athletics, Women's 400 metres
* Jacek Wszoła -- Athletics, Men's High Jump
* Tadeusz Ślusarski -- Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
* Jerzy Rybicki -- Boxing, Men's Light-Middleweight (67-71 kg)
* Janusz Pyciak-Peciak -- Modern Pentathlon, individual
* Włodzimierz Stefański, Bronislaw Bebel, Lech Łasko, Edward Skorek, Tomasz Wójtowicz, Wiesław Gawłowski, Mirosław Rybaczewski, Zbigniew Lubiejewski, Ryszard Bosek, Włodzimierz Sadalski, Zbigniew Zarzycki, Marek Karbarz, and Hubert Wagner (as coach); Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
* Kazimierz Lipień -- Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman (57-62 kg)

### Silver

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* Bronisław Malinowski -- Athletics, Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
* Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrej Kupczyk, Ryszard Podlas, and Jan Werner -- Athletics, 4 × 400 m relay men
* Tadeusz Mytnik, Mieczysław Nowicki, Stanisław Szozda, and Ryszard Szurkowski -- Cycling Road, Men's Team Time Trial
* Andrzej Gronowicz and Jerzy Opara -- Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 500 m (canoe double)
* Jan Benigier, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Jerzy Gorgoń, Henryk Kasperczak, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Grzegorz Lato, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Piotr Mowlik, Roman Ogaza, Wojciech Rudy, Andrzej Szarmach, Antoni Szymanowski, Jan Tomaszewski, Henryk Wawrowski, Henryk Wieczorek, and Władysław Żmuda -- Football, Men's Team Competition
* Grzegorz Cziura -- Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

### Bronze

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* Leszek Błażyński -- Boxing, Men's Flyweight (48-51 kg)
* Leszek Kosedowski -- Boxing, Men's Featherweight (54-57 kg)
* Kazimierz Szczerba -- Boxing, Men's Light-Welterweight (60-63.5 kg)
* Janusz Gortat -- Boxing, Men's Light-Heavyweight (75-81 kg)
* Mieczysław Nowicki -- Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
* Zdzisław Antczak, Janusz Brzozowski, Piotr Cieśla, Jan Gmyrek, Alfred Kałuziński, Jerzy Klempel, Zygfryd Kuchta, Jerzy Melcer, Ryszard Przybysz, Henryk Rozmiarek, Andrzej Sokołowski, Andrzej Szymczak, Mieczysław Wojczak, and Włodzimierz Zieliński -- Handball, Men's Team Competition
* Marian Tałaj -- Judo, Men's Half-Middleweight (63-70 kg)
* Wiesław Gawlikowski -- Shooting, skeet (125 targets) Mixed
* Jerzy Greszkiewicz -- Shooting, 50 m running target (30+30 shots) Mixed
* Kazimierz Czarnecki -- Weightlifting, 60-67.5 kg, total (lightweight)
* Tadeusz Rutkowski -- Weightlifting, 91-110 kg, total (heavyweight) Men
* Czesław Kwieciński -- Wrestling Greco-Roman, 82-90 kg (light-heavyweight)
* Andrzej Skrzydlewski -- Wrestling Greco-Roman, 90-100 kg (heavyweight)

## Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Poland entered two women and two men in the archery competition. It was the second time that Poland had sent archers to the Olympics. After winning a silver medal in the women's competition in 1972, Poland's best finisher in 1976 was Jadwiga Wilejto at 6th place. Both of the Polish men, however, improved considerably on the best male competitor of four years before. Poland placed eighth on the national leaderboard for archery.

Men
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Jan Popowicz | Individual | 1154  | 22  | 1201  | 20  | 2355  | 17
Wojciech Szymańczyk | 1137  | 25  | 1209  | 16  | 2346  | 22

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Jadwiga Wilejto | Individual | 1200  | 4  | 1195  | 9  | 2395  | 6
Irena Szydłowska | 1127  | 8  | 1137  | 18  | 2264  | 20

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Bogusław Duda | 20 km walk | —  | 1:33:53.4  | 21
Marian Gęsicki | 800 m | 1:47.06  | 6  | did not advance
Bogdan Grzejszczak | 200 m | 21.35  | 2 Q | 21.02  | 2 Q | 21.14  | 4 Q | 20.91  | 6
Jerzy Hewelt | 400 m hurdles | 51.39  | 3 Q | —  | 50.57  | 7  | did not advance
Zbigniew Jaremski | 400 m | 46.68  | 3 Q | 47.10  | 6  | did not advance
Zenon Licznerski | 100 m | 10.60  | 2 Q | 10.52  | 6  | did not advance
Bronisław Malinowski | 1500 m | 3:41.67  | 6  | did not advance
3000 m steeplechase | 8:18.56  | 1 Q | —  | 8:09.11  |
Zenon Nowosz | 200 m | 21.29  | 2 Q | 21.22  | 6  | did not advance
Kazimierz Orzeł | Marathon | —  | 2:17:43  | 15
Jan Ornoch | 20 km walk | —  | 1:32:19.2  | 17
Jerzy Pietrzyk | 400 m | 46.92  | 2 Q | 46.30  | 3 Q | 45.65  | 5  | did not advance
Andrzej Świerczyński | 100 m | 10.62  | 2 Q | 10.59  | 5  | did not advance
Jan Werner | 400 m | 46.19  | 3 Q | 45.88  | 2 Q | 45.44  | 4 Q | 45.63  | 8
Marian Woronin | 100 m | 10.56  | 2 Q | 10.53  | 4 Q | 10.69  | 8  | did not advance
200 m | 21.90  | 5  | did not advance
Andrzej Świerczyński
Marian Woronin
Bogdan Grzejszczak
Zenon Licznerski | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.09  | 1 Q | —  | 38.83  | 4
Ryszard Podlas
Jan Werner
Zbigniew Jaremski
Jerzy Pietrzyk | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.03  | 1 Q | —  | 3:01.43  |

Field events
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Piotr Bielczyk | Javelin throw | 82.56  | 7 q | 86.50  | 4
Eugeniusz Biskupski | Triple jump | 16.46  | 9 Q | 16.49  | 7
Wojciech Buciarski | Pole vault | 5.10  | 1 Q | 5.45  | 5
Grzegorz Cybulski | Long jump | 7.71  | 13  | did not advance
Michał Joachimowski | Triple jump | 16.29  | 13  | did not advance
Władysław Kozakiewicz | Pole vault | 5.10  | 1 Q | 5.25  | 11
Andrzej Sontag | Triple jump | 15.82  | 20  | did not advance
Tadeusz Ślusarski | Pole vault | 5.10  | 16 Q | 5.50 OR |
Stanisław Wołodko | Discus throw | 59.42  | 18  | did not advance
Jacek Wszoła | High jump | 2.16  | 1 Q | 2.25 OR |

Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete  | Event  | 100 m  |  LJ  |  SP  |  HJ  | 400 m  |  100H  |  DT  |  PV  |  JT  | 1500 m  | Final  | Rank

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Ryszard Katus | Result  | 11.06  | 7.04  | 13.48  | 1.84  | 49.87  | 14.51  | 42.28  | 4.50  | 57.54  | 4:47.00  | 7616  | 12
Points  | 790  | 828  | 695  | 716  | 810  | 902  | 730  | 932  | 731  | 482
Ryszard Skowronek | Result  | 11.02  | 7.26  | 13.74  | 1.91  | 47.91  | 14.75  | 45.34  | 4.80  | 62.22  | 4:29.89  | 8113  | 5
Points  | 799  | 873  | 712  | 779  | 903  | 876  | 788  | 1005  | 788  | 590

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

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Bożena Nowakowska | 100 m hurdles | 13.05  | 1 Q | —  | 13.04  | 5  | did not advance
Grażyna Rabsztyn | 100 m hurdles | 13.09  | 2 Q | —  | 13.35  | 2 Q | 12.96  | 5
Irena Szewińska | 400 m | 52.75  | 3 Q | 52.00  | 4 Q | 50.48 OR | 1 Q | 49.29 WR |

Field events
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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Danuta Rosani | Discus throw | ~~57.78~~ | ~~11 q~~ | DSQ*

Results have been removed due to her disqualification for using anabolic steroids, the first case of such a disqualification in the sport at the Olympics.

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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

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Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Henryk Średnicki | Light Flyweight |  Louis Curtis (USA)
W 5-0  |  Li Byong-Uk (PRK)
L 2:3  | did not advance
Leszek Blażyński | Flyweight | BYE  |  Antônio Toledo Filho (BRA)
W KO-2  |  Fazlija Šaćirović (YUG)
W 3-2  |  Alfredo Pérez (VEN)
W 3-2  |  Leo Randolph (USA)
L 1-4  | Did not advance  |
Leszek Borkowski | Bantamweight | BYE  |  Patrick Cowdell (GBR)
L 0-5  | did not advance
Leszek Kosedowski | Featherweight | BYE  |  Cornelius Boza Edwards (UGA)
W WO  |  Camille Huard (CAN)
W 5-0  |  Bratislav Ristić (YUG)
W 5-0  |  Richard Nowakowski (GDR)
L 0-5  | Did not advance  |
Bogdan Gajda | Lightweight | BYE  |  Cleveland Denny  (GUY)
W WO  |  Vassily Solomin (URS)
L 0-5  | did not advance
Kazimierz Szczerba | Light Welterweight | BYE  |  Josiah Nhlengethwa (SWZ)
W WO  |  Sodnomyn Gombo (MGL)
W 3-2  |  Luis Portillo (ARG)
W 5-0  |  Ray Leonard (USA)
L 0-5  | Did not advance  |
Zbigniew Kicka | Welterweight | BYE  |  Clinton Jackson  (USA)
W 0-5  | did not advance
Jerzy Rybicki | Light Middleweight | BYE  |  Chuck Walker (USA)
W 3-2  | —  |  Wilfredo Guzmán (PUR)
W 5-0  |  Viktor Savchenko (URS)
W 3-2  |  Tadija Kačar (YUG)
W5-0  |
Ryszard Pasiewicz | Middleweight | BYE  |  Jean-Pierre Malavasi (FRA)
W KO-2  | —  |  Michael Spinks (USA)
L 0-5  | did not advance
Janusz Gortat | Light Heavyweight |  Miloslav Popović (YUG)
W 3-2  |  Georgi Stoymenov (BUL)
W AB-3  | —  |  Juan Domingo Suárez (ARG)
W 4-1  |  Leon Spinks (USA)
L 0-5  | Did not advance  |
Andrzej Biegalski | Heavyweight |  John Tate (USA)
L 0-5  | did not advance

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

### Sprint

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

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Ryszard Kosiński | C-1 500 m | 2:16.60  | 6 R | 2:08.06  | 3 Q | 2:12.71  | 4  | did not advance
Jerzy Opara
Andrzej Gronowicz | C-2 500 m | 1:58.90  | 3 Q | BYE  | 1:49.04  | 1 Q | 1:47.77  |
Jerzy Opara
Andrzej Gronowicz | C-2 1000 m | 3:52.58  | 1 Q | BYE  | 3:59.34  | 1 Q | 3:59.56  | 4
Grzegorz Śledziewski | K-1 500 m | 1:54.27  | 1 Q | BYE  | 1:52.39  | 1 Q | 1:48.49  | 5
K-1 1000 m | 3:55.76  | 2 Q | BYE  | 3:46.88  | 1 Q | 3:54.29  | 8
Ryszard Oborski
Grzegorz Śledziewski | K-2 500 m | 1:46.31  | 6 R | 1:47.30  | 2 Q | 1:41.65  | 4  | did not advance
Ryszard Tylewski
Daniel Wełna | K-2 1000 m | 3:36.57  | 3 Q | BYE  | 3:29.07  | 4  | did not advance
Henryk Budzicz
Kazimierz Górecki
Grzegorz Kołtan
Ryszard Oborski | K-4 1000 m | 3:07.91  | 2 Q | BYE  | 3:13.62  | 3 Q | 3:12.17  | 5

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

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Ewa Kamińska | K-1 500 m | 2:12.38  | 1 Q | BYE  | 2:08.48  | 1Q | 2:05.16  | 4
Maria Kazanecka
Katarzyna Kulczak | K-2 500 m | 2:01.45  | 3 Q | —  | 1:53.50  | 3 Q | 1:55.05  | 6

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

### Road

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Jan Brzeźny | Men's road race | 4:19:09  | 30
Mieczysław Nowicki | 4:47:23.0  |
Stanisław Szozda | 4:49:01.0  | 11
Ryszard Szurkowski | 4:49:01.0  | 12
Ryszard Szurkowski
Tadeusz Mytnik
Mieczysław Nowicki
Stanisław Szozda | Team time trial | 2:09:13.0  |

### Track

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1000m time trial
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Janusz Kierzkowski | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:07.660  | 4

Men's Sprint
Athlete  | Event  | Round 1  | Repechage 1  | Round 2  | Repechage 2  | 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)  | Rank
Benedykt Kocot | Men's sprint |  Rawlins (TRI)
Chin (JAM)
W 11.79  | BYE  |  Fredborg (DEN)
Berkmann (ITA)
L |  Tormen Mendez (CHI)
Smith (BAR)
L | did not advance

Pursuit
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Round 1/8  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Opposition
Time  | Opposition
Time  | Opposition
Time  | Rank
Jan Jankiewicz | Men's individual pursuit | 4:51.48  | 7 Q |  Klasa (TCH)
L 4:54.94  | did not advance  | 10
Czesław Lang
Jan Jankiewicz
Krzysztof Sujka
Zbigniew Szczepkowski | Team pursuit | 4:27.21  | 5 Q | —  |  Great Britain (GBR)
L 4:27.13  | did not advance  | 5

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1976.

### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Losers Round 1  | Losers Round 2  | Losers Round 3  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Jerzy Janikowski | Men's épée |  | 2 Q |  | 3 Q |  | 4 Q |  Behr (FRG) W 10-9  |  Jacobson (SWE) W 10-7  | BYE  |  Push (FRG) L 4-5
Hehn (FRG) L 3-5
Kulcsár (HUN) L 3-5
Osztrics (HUN) W 5-4
Edling (SWE) W 5-2  | 5
Zbigniew Matwiejew |  | 1 Q |  | 5  | did not advance  |
Marceli Wiech |  | 4  | Did not advance  |
Jerzy Janikowski
Zbigniew Matwiejew
Leszek Swornowski
Marceli Wiech | Team épée |  France (FRA)
L 1-13
Hungary (HUN)
L 4-11  | 4  | Did not advance  | 11
Marek Dąbrowski | Men's foil |  | 3 Q |  | 4 Q |  | 4 Q |  Noël (FRA) W 10-8  |  Stankovych (URS) L 3-10  | BYE  |  Noël (FRA) L 5-10  | did not advance  | 12
Lech Koziejowski |  | 3 Q |  | 4 Q |  | 5  | did not advance  |
Ziemowit Wojciechowski |  | 2 Q |  | 2 Q |  | 6  | did not advance  |
Leszek Martewicz
Lech Koziejowski
Ziemowit Wojciechowski
Arkadiusz Godel
Marek Dąbrowski | Team foil |  Hong Kong (HKG)
W 15-1
Iran (IRN)
W 13-3
United States (USA)
W 9-2  | 1 Q | —  |  West Germany (FRG)
L 4-9  |  France (FRA)
W 9-3  | —  |  Great Britain (GBR)
W 9-1  | 5
Jacek Bierkowski | Men's sabre |  | 2 Q |  | 3 Q |  | 3 Q |  de la Torre (CUB) L 7-10  | —  |  Westbrook (USA) W 10-8  |  de la Torre (CUB) L 9-10  | did not advance  | 9
Leszek Jabłonowski |  | 2 Q |  | 4 Q |  | 6  | did not advance  | 23
Józef Nowara |  Nazlymov (URS) L 3-5
Bonissent (FRA) W 5-0
Méndez (ARG) L 2-5
Fathi (IRN) W 5-1  | 2 Q |  Ortiz (CUB) L 4-5
Maffei (ITA) L 1-5
Dudenkov (BUL) W 5-3
Bena (FRA) W 5-3
Urban (CAN) W 5-1  | 3 Q |  Pop (ROU) L 4-5
Arcidiacono (ITA) W 5-4
Ortiz (CUB) L 3-5
Marót (HUN) L 4-5
Bonissent (FRA) W 5-2  | 3 Q |  Sidyak (URS) L 7-10  | —  |  Arcidiacono (ITA) L 6-10  | did not advance  | 15
Leszek Jabłonowski
Józef Nowara
Sylwester Królikowski
Jacek Bierkowski | Team sabre |  Argentina (ARG)
W 10-6
Iran (IRN)
W 9-7
Hungary (HUN)
L 6-8  | 2 Q | —  |  Romania (ROU)
L 4-9  |  United States (USA)
W 9-3  | —  |  Cuba (CUB)
W 9-6  | 6

### Women

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Athlete  | Event  | Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Losers Round 1  | Losers Round 2  | Losers Round 3  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska | Women's foil |  |  |  |  | did not advance  |
Grażyna Staszak-Makowska |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | —  |  | did not advance  |
Barbara Wysoczańska |  |  |  |  |  |  | did not advance  |
Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska
Kamilla Składanowska
Barbara Wysoczańska
Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska
Grażyna Staszak-Makowska | Team foil |  Canada (CAN)
W 9-7
Soviet Union (URS)
L 2-9  | 2 Q | —  |  France (FRA)
L 5-9  |  Great Britain (GBR)
W 8-8  | —  |  Italy (ITA)
L 7-9  | 6

## Football

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Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

### First round

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#### Group C

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Poland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3
Iran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2
Cuba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1

* **Ghana withdrew

July 18, 1976
12:00

Poland | 0 - 0|  Cuba

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Lansdowne Park, Ottawa

Attendance: 29.417

Referee: Abraham Klein

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July 20, 1976
12:00

Iran | 1 - 0|  Cuba

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Mazloumi 28' | Report |

Lansdowne Park, Ottawa

Attendance: 11.324

Referee: Adolf Prokop

* * *

July 22, 1976
12:00

Poland | 3 - 2|  Iran

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Szarmach 48' 75'
Deyna 51' | Report | Parvin 6'
Rowshan 79'

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 32.309

Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

### Bracket

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| July 25 – Ottawa| | | | |

|  East Germany| 4

| July 27 – Montreal

|  France| 0 |

|  East Germany| 2

| July 25 – Sherbrooke

| |  Soviet Union| 1 |

|  Soviet Union| 2

| | July 31 – Montreal

|  Iran| 1 |

|  East Germany| 3

| July 25 – Toronto

| |  Poland| 1

|  Brazil| 4

| July 27 – Toronto|

|  Israel| 1 |

|  Poland| 2

| July 25 – Montreal

| |  Brazil| 0 | | Bronze medal match

|  Poland| 5

| | July 29 – Montreal

|  North Korea| 0 |

|  Soviet Union| 2

|  Brazil| 0

### Quarter-finals

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July 25, 1976
12:00

Poland | 5 - 0|  North Korea

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Szarmach 13' 49'
Lato 59' 79'
Szymanowski 64' | Report |

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 46.885

Referee: Paul Schiller

### Semi-finals

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July 27, 1976
12:00

Poland | 2 - 0|  Brazil

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Szarmach 51' 82' | Report |

Varsity Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 21.743

Referee: John Paterson

### Gold Medal match

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July 31, 1976

East Germany | 3 - 1|  Poland

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Schade 7'
Hoffmann 14'
Häfner 84' | Report | Lato 59'

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 71.617

Referee: Ramón Barreto

### Team roster

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Poland - Silver Medal

* Jan Tomaszewski
* Piotr Mowlik
* Antoni Szymanowski
* Jerzy Gorgoń
* Wojciech Rudy
* Władysław Żmuda

* Zygmunt Maszczyk
* Grzegorz Lato
* Henryk Wawrowski
* Henryk Kasperczak
* Roman Ogaza
* Kazimierz Kmiecik

* Kazimierz Deyna
* Andrzej Szarmach
* Henryk Wieczorek
* Leslaw Cmikiewicz
* Jan Benigier

Head coach

* Kazimierz Górski

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## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

### Artistic

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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F  |  PH  |  R  |  V  |  PB  |  HB  |  F  |  PH  |  R  |  V  |  PB  |  HB
Grzegorz Ciastek | All-around | 17.65  | 17.45  | 17.80  | 18.15  | 17.25  | 17.05  | 105.35  | 74  | Did not advance
Marian Pieczka | All-around | 18.05  | 18.35  | 17.60  | 18.70  | 16.75  | 18.30  | 107.75  | 61  | Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna | All-around | 19.00  | 18.70  | 18.95  | 19.10  | 19.00  | 19.10  | 113.85  | 11 Q | 9.600  | 9.600  | 9.600  | 9.800  | 9.550  | 9.550  | 114.625  | 6
Roman Tkaczyk | All-around | 17.75  | 17.30  | 17.65  | 18.15  | 17.80  | 17.70  | 106.35  | 69  | Did not advance
Łukasz Uhma | All-around | 17.20  | 17.80  | 17.80  | 18.55  | 18.05  | 17.40  | 106.80  | 65  | Did not advance
Mariusz Zasada | All-around | 16.60  | 18.40  | 18.45  | 18.20  | 17.35  | 17.10  | 106.10  | 71  | Did not advance
Grzegorz Ciastek
Marian Pieczka
Andrzej Szajna
Roman Tkaczyk
Łukasz Uhma
Mariusz Zasada | Team all-around | 89.65  | 90.45  | 90.05  | 93.10  | 90.55  | 91.05  | 544.85  | 11  | —

Individual finals
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Andrzej Szajna | Pommel horse | —  | 18.950  | —  | 18.950  | 6

## Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

### Preliminary round

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#### Group B

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

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1\.  |  Romania (ROU) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 71 | 7 |  | X | 17:15 | 23:18 | 19:19 | 32:19
2\.  |  Poland (POL) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 71 | 6 |  | 15:17 | X | 18:16 | 21:18 | 26:20
3\.  |  Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 82 | 4 |  | 18:23 | 16:18 | X | 22:20 | 36:21
4\.  |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 85 | 82 | 3 |  | 19:19 | 18:21 | 20:22 | X | 28:20
5\.  |  United States (USA) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 122 | 0 |  | 19:32 | 20:26 | 21:36 | 20:28 | X

### Bronze medal match

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July 28, 1976

Poland| 21 - 18|  West Germany

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### Roster

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Poland –  Bronze Medal

* Zdzisław Antczak
* Janusz Brzozowski
* Piotr Cieśla
* Jan Gmyrek
* Alfred Kałuziński

* Jerzy Klempel
* Zygfryd Kuchta
* Jerzy Melcer
* Ryszard Przybysz
* Henryk Rozmiarek

* Mieczysław Wojczak
* Włodzimierz Zieliński
* Andrzej Sokołowski
* Andrzej Szymczak

Head coach

* Janusz Czerwiński

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## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3  | Round 4  | Repechage 1  | Repechage 2  | Final / BM

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Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Marian Standowicz | −63kg |  Manuel Luna (VEN)
W 0001-0000  |  Héctor Rodriguez Torres (CUB)
L 0000-0010  | BYE  |  José Gomes (POR)
W 0010-0000  |  József Tuncsik (HUN)
L 0000-0100  | 5
Marian Tałaj | −70kg |  Vladimir Nevzorov (URS)
W 0000-1000  | BYE  |  Thomas Hagman (SUI)
W 0010-0000  |  John Van Hoek (AUS)
W 0001-0000  |  Chang-Seon Lee (KOR)
W 1000-0000  |
Adam Adamczyk | −80kg |  Daniel Guldemont (BEL)
W 1000-0000  |  Slavko Obadov (YUG)
L 0001-1000  | did not advance
Antoni Reiter | −93kg | BYE  |  Paul Buchel (LIE)
W 1000-0000  |  Dietmar Lorenz (GDR)
L 0001-0100  | did not advance
Waldemar Zausz | +93kg |  Keith Remfry (GBR)
L 0000–0010  | did not advance
Open |  Jen-Luc Rouge (FRA)
L 0000–1000  | did not advance

## Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1976. Janusz Pyciak-Peciak won an individual gold medal.

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
Zbigniew Pacelt | Men's | 1100  | 592  | 890  | 1308  | 1138  | 5028  | 19
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak | 1066  | 928  | 1044  | 1164  | 1318  | 5520  |
Krzysztof Trybusiewicz | 1004  | 640  | 978  | 1072  | 1129  | 4823  | 34
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak
Zbigniew Pacelt
Krzysztof Trybusiewicz | Team | 3170  | 2160  | 2912  | 3544  | 3585  | 15343  | 4

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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

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Zbigniew Ślusarski
Alfons Ślusarski | Coxless pair | 6:58.98  | 2 Q | BYE  | 6:44.64  | 5 FB | 7:35.53  | 11
Ryszard Stadniuk
Grzegorz Stellak
Ryszard Kubiak | Coxed pair | 7:43.45  | 4 R | 7:23.17  | 1 Q | 7:09.33  | 3 Q | 8:23.02  | 6
Jerzy Broniec
Adam Tomasiak
Jerzy Ulczyński
Ryszard Burak
Włodzimierz Chmielewski | Coxed four | 6:42.55  | 4 R | 6:22.16  | 1 Q | 6:13.53  | 5 FB | 6:51.85  | 8

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Final

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Ewa Ambroziak | Single sculls | 3:58.09  | 5 R | 4:16.74  | 4 FB | 4:26.60  | 9
Anna Krzemińska-Karbowiak
Małgorzata Kawalska | Coxless pair | 3:41.05  | 5 R | 4:02.20  | 4 FB | 4:03.26  | 8
Anna Brandysiewicz
Bogusława Kozłowska-Tomasiak
Barbara Wenta-Wojciechowska
Danuta Konkalec
Róża Data
Mieczysława Franczyk
Maria Stadnicka
Aleksandra Kaczyńska
Dorota Zdanowska | Eight | 3:06.67  | 3 R | 3:18.18  | 5 FB | 3:32.48  | 7

## Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Open
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Ryszard Blaszka | Finn | 22  | 22  | 4  | 5  | 4  | ~~25~~ | 25  | 113.0  | 16

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Open
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Zygmunt Bogdziewicz | Running target | 553  | 15
Wiesław Gawlikowski | Skeet | 196  |
Jerzy Greszkiewicz | Running target | 571  |
Stanisław Marucha | 50 metre rifle prone | 587  | 37
Maciej Orlik | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 585  | 27
Eugeniusz Pędzisz | 50 metre rifle three positions | 1144  | 14
Sławomir Romanowski | 50 m pistol | 553  | 12
Romuald Siemionow | 50 metre rifle three positions | 1137  | 24
Adam Smelczyński | Trap | 183  | 6
Andrzej Socharski | Skeet | 192  | 14
Andrzej Trajda | 50 metre rifle prone | 589  | 28
Józef Zapędzki | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 556  | 45

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Cezary Śmiglak | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:08.02  | 22  | Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke | 2:27.41  | 21  | Did not advance
Ryszard Żugaj | 100 metre backstroke | 1:00.16  | 16 Q | 59.90  | 16  | Did not advance
200 metre backstroke | 2:12.53  | 29  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Anna Skolarczyk | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:17.16  | 19  | Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke | 2:42.05  | 18  | Did not advance

## Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

### Preliminary round

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Pool A
Pos | Team

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1  |  Poland | 4  | 4  | 0  | 8  | 12  | 5  | 2.400  | 235  | 172  | 1.366  | Semifinals
2  |  Cuba | 4  | 3  | 1  | 7  | 11  | 4  | 2.750  | 208  | 142  | 1.465
3  |  Czechoslovakia | 4  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 8  | 7  | 1.143  | 182  | 177  | 1.028  | 5th–8th semifinals
4  |  South Korea | 4  | 1  | 3  | 5  | 6  | 9  | 0.667  | 146  | 187  | 0.781
5  |  Canada | 4  | 0  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 12  | 0.000  | 88  | 181  | 0.486  |

Source: [citation needed]

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

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18 Jul  | Czechoslovakia | 3–0 |  Canada | 15–4  | 16–14  | 15–11  |  |  | 46–29
18 Jul  | Poland | 3–2 |  South Korea | 12–15  | 6–15  | 15–6  | 15–6  | 15–5  | 63–47
19 Jul  | Poland | 3–0 |  Canada | 15–4  | 15–7  | 15–6  |  |  | 45–17
19 Jul  | Cuba | 3–1 |  Czechoslovakia | 15–6  | 10–15  | 15–5  | 15–6  |  | 55–32
21 Jul  | Poland | 3–2 |  Cuba | 13–15  | 10–15  | 15–6  | 15–9  | 20–18  | 73–63
21 Jul  | South Korea | 3–0 |  Canada | 15–7  | 15–5  | 15–8  |  |  | 45–20
23 Jul  | Cuba | 3–0 |  South Korea | 15–4  | 15–5  | 15–6  |  |  | 45–15
23 Jul  | Poland | 3–1 |  Czechoslovakia | 8–15  | 15–11  | 15–5  | 16–14  |  | 54–45
25 Jul  | Czechoslovakia | 3–1 |  South Korea | 15–9  | 15–9  | 14–16  | 15–5  |  | 59–39
25 Jul  | Cuba | 3–0 |  Canada | 15–10  | 15–9  | 15–3  |  |  | 45–22

### 1st–4th places

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| Semifinals| | Gold medal match

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|  Poland| 3

| 30 July

|  Japan| 2 |

|  Poland| 3

| 29 July

| |  Soviet Union| 2

|  Cuba| 0

|  Soviet Union| 3 |

| Bronze medal match

| 30 July

|  Japan| 0

|  Cuba| 3

### Semifinals

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29 Jul  | Poland | 3–2 |  Japan | 15–17  | 15–6  | 15–6  | 10–15  | 15–10  | 70–54

### Gold medal match

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30 Jul  | Poland | 3–2 |  Soviet Union | 11–15  | 15–13  | 12–15  | 19–17  | 15–7  | 72–67

### Team roster

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Poland –  Gold Medal

* Włodzimierz Stefański
* Bronislaw Bebel
* Lech Łasko
* Edward Skorek
* Tomasz Wójtowicz
* Wiesław Gawłowski
* Mirosław Rybaczewski
* Zbigniew Lubiejewski
* Ryszard Bosek
* Włodzimierz Sadalski
* Zbigniew Zarzycki
* Marek Karbarz

Head coach

* Hubert Wagner

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Snatch  | Clean & Jerk  | Total  | Rank

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Stefan Leletko | 52 kg | 95  | 7  | 125  | 6  | 220  | 6
Zygmunt Smalcerz | 0  | NVL  | 0  | DNS  | 0  | AC
Grzegorz Cziura | 56 kg | 115  | 2  | 137.5  | 4  | 252.5  |
Leszek Skorupa | 112.5  | 3  | 137.5  | 4  | 250.0  | 4
Antoni Pawlak | 60 kg | 120  | 4  | 0  | NVL  | 120  | AC
Jan Łostowski | 0  | NVL  | 0  | DNS  | 0  | AC
Kazimierz Czarnecki | 67,5 kg | 130  | 3  | 165  | 3  | 295  |
Zbigniew Kaczmarek | 135  | AC  | 172.5  | AC  | 307.5  | DQ
Tadeusz Rutkowski | 110 kg | 167.5  | 2  | 210  | 4  | 377.5  |

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 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
Władysław Stecyk | −52 kg |  Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL)
W T 8:30  |  Julien Mewis (BEL)
W T 1:26  |  Nermedin Selimov (BUL)
W 11-8  |  Yuji Takada  (JPN)
L T 5:39  |  Alexander Ivanov (URS)
L 5 – 26  | —  | Did not advance  | 6
Zbigniew Żedzicki | −57 kg | BYE  |  Joe Corso (USA)
W T 1:02  |  Li Ho-Pyong (PRK)
L 10-13  |  Miho Dukov (BUL)
L 7 – 14  | —  | Did not advance  | 8
Henryk Mazur | −82 kg |  Mehmet Uzun  (TUR)
W 9-4  |  Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (IRI)
W 13-10  |  Ibrahim Diop (SEN)
W T 5:21  |  Adolf Seger (FRG)
L 6 – 26  | —  | Did not advance  | 6
Paweł Kurczewski | −90 kg |  Géza Molnár (HUN)
W 6-3  |  Salah Uddin  (PAK)
W T 1:50  |  Horst Stottmeister (GDR)
L T 5:11  |  Keijo Manni  (FIN)
W T 0:57  |  Ben Peterson (USA)
W 4-13  | —  | Did not advance  | 6

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
Aleksander Zajączkowski | −48kg |  Sirvano Valdes (CUB)
L 6 – 11  |  Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)
L T 0:20  | —  | Did not advance  | 11
Czesław Stanjek | −52kg |  Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL)
W DQ 6:52  |  Antonino Caltabiano (ITA)
L 6-11  | DNS  | —  | Did not advance  | 9
Józef Lipień | −57kg |  Mihai Boţilă (ROU)
L DQ 8:00  |  Yoshima Suga (JPN)
W 16-12  |  Pertti Ukkola (FIN)
W 9-4  |  Farhat Mustafin  (URS)
L 4-29  | —  | Did not advance  | 10
Kazimierz Lipień  | −62kg |  Howard Stupp (CAN)
W 37-0  |  Joaquim Jesus Vieira (POR)
W T 1:59  |  Stoyan Lazarov  (BUL)
W 16-0  |  Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)
W DQ 8:55  | BYE  |  Nelson Davidyan (URS)
L 6 – 10  |  László Réczi (HUN)
W 13-4  |
Andrzej Supron | −68kg |  Ștefan Rusu (ROU)
L 1-13  |  Jacques van Lancker (BEL)
W T 5:04  |  Nedelcho Nedev (BUL)
W 9-7  |  Kim Hae-Myung (KOR)
W T 1:47  |  Suren Nalbandyan (URS)
L 4-7  | —  | Did not advance  | 5
Stanisław Krzesiński | −74kg |  Mikko Huhtala (FIN)
L DQ 5:15  |  Idalberto Barbán (CUB)
W DQ 7:53  |  Klaus-Peter Göpfert  (GDR)
L T 1:14  | —  | Did not advance  | 11
Adam Ostrowski | −82kg | BYE  |  Giuseppe Vitucci  (ITA)
W DQ 7:19  |  Keijo Manni  (FIN)
L DQ 7:56  |  Leif Andersson (SWE)
L 6-9  | —  | Did not advance  | 8
Czesław Kwieciński | −90kg | BYE  |  Sadao Sato (JPN)
W T 2:00  |  Hashem Kolahi (IRI)
W T 0:12  |  Valery Rezantsev (URS)
L 3-9  |  Darko Nišavić (YUG)
W DQ 8:00  | —  |  Stoyan Ivanov (BUL)
W T 6:46  |
Andrzej Skrzydlewski | −100kg |  Bahram Moshtaghi  (IRI)
W T 2:24  |  Daniel Verník (ARG)
W T 1:17  |  Brad Rheingans (USA)
L 7-9  |  Heinz Schäfer (FRG)
W T 2:59  |  Nikolai Balboshin  (URS)
L T 2:04  | —  |  Kamen Goranov  (BUL)
L 2-6  |
Henryk Tomanek | +100kg |  Alexander Kolchinsky (URS)
L T 2:40  |  Einar Gundersen  (NOR)
WDQ 6:54  |  William Lee (USA)
W DQ 8:35  |  Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)
L T 0:23  | —  | Did not advance  | 4

## References

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1. ^ "Poland at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2015.

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Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada

Africa|

* Cameroon*
* Egypt*
* Ivory Coast
* Morocco*
* Senegal
* Tunisia*
*withdrew from Games after competition began

America|

* Antigua
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Europe|

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Oceania|

* Australia
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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Matches drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
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