Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Poland at the Olympic Games

Flag of Poland – Flag bearers
IOC code  POL
NOC Polish Olympic Committee
Website www.pkol.pl (Polish)
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors 290 in 22 sports
Medals
Rank: 7		 Gold
7		 Silver
5		 Bronze
9		 Total
21
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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]

Contents

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Med 1.png Gold

[edit] Med 2.png Silver

[edit] Med 3.png Bronze

[edit] Archery

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.

Women's:

Men's:

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

  • First Heat — 10.89s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:48.5
  • Semifinals — 1:46.7
  • Final — 1:47.1 (→ 7th place)

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 3:44.2
  • Semifinals — 3:42.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Heat — 13:48.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

  • Heat — 39.11s
  • Semifinals — 38.90s
  • Final — 39.03s (→ 6th place)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification Round — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification Round — 52.40 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

[edit] Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

  • Poland - 10th place
  • Preliminary round - (2-5)
  • Semi–Final - defeated Spain (87 - 76)
  • Final - lost to Australia (83 -91)

[edit] Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Final — 1:07.22 (→ 5th place)

Men's Tandem

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

[edit] Football

Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Poland - gold medal
  • First round: 3-0-0
  • Second round: 2-1-0
  • Gold medal match: defeated Hungary, 1-0

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Handball

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.

Men's:

  • Poland - 10th place (2-2-1)

[edit] Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men's team competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated Kenya (1-0)
  • Lost to The Netherlands (2-4)
  • Defeated Mexico (3-0)
  • Drew with India (2-2)
  • Drew with New Zealand (3-3)
  • Lost to Australia (0-1)
  • Lost to Great Britain (1-2)
  • Semi Final Round
  • Lost to Australia (1-2)
  • Classification Match
  • 11th/12th place: Defeated France (7-4) after extra time → 11th place
  • Team Roster

[edit] Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Wach, Pyciak-Peciak, and Skwira — 14285 points (→ 9th place)

Alternate Member:

[edit] Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Coxed Pairs

  • Heat — 7:57.23
  • Repechage — 8:10.87
  • Semi Finals — 8:20.69
  • Final — 7:28.92 (→ 6th place)

[edit] Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 55.97s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:01.28 (→ did not advance)

[edit] Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3)
  • Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
  • Lost to South Korea (1-3)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (2-3)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (2-3)
  • Classification Match
  • 9th/10th place: Defeated Cuba (3-0) → Ninth place
  • Team Roster

[edit] Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Poland at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/POL/summer/1972/. Retrieved 2011-02-19. 
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