Poland at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 207 in 18 sports | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 6 |
Gold 7 |
Silver 6 |
Bronze 13 |
Total 26 |
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Poland competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 207 competitors, 180 men and 27 women, took part in 116 events in 18 sports.[1]
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[edit] Medalists
[edit] 
Gold
- Irena Szewińska — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
- Jacek Wszola — 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 Jurek Welcz (as coach); Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
- Kazimierz Lipień — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman (57–62 kg)
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Silver
- Bronisław Malinowski — Athletics, Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
- Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrej Kupczyk, Ryszard Podlas, and Jan Werner — Athletics, 4x400 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
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Bronze
- 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)
[edit] Archery
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.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Jadwiga Wilejto — 2395 points (→ 6th place)
- Irena Szydłowska — 2264 points (→ 20th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Jan Popowicz — 2355 points (→ 17th place)
- Woj. Szymanczyk — 2346 points (→ 22nd place)
[edit] Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Men's 200 metres
Men's 400 metres
Men's 800 metres
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- Heat — 1:46.36
- Semi Final — 1:47.06 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
Men's 4x100m Relay
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- Heat — 39.41
- Semi Final — 39.09
- Final — 38.83s (→ 4th place)
Men's 4x400m Relay
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- Heat — 3:03.03
- Final — 3:01.43 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 400m Hurdles
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- Heats — 51.39s
- Semi Finals — 50.57s (→ did not advance)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
Men's Marathon
- Kazimier Orzel — 2:17:43 (→ 15th place)
- Jerzy Gros — 2:28.45 (→ 47th place)
Men's High Jump
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- Qualification — 2.16m
- Final — 2.25m (→ Gold Medal)
Men's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 7.71m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
Men's Javelin Throw
Men's Pole Vault
Men's Discus Throw
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- Qualification — 59.42m (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Race Walk
- Jan Ornoch — 1:32:19 (→ 17th place)
- Boguslaw Duda — 1:33:53 (→ 21st place)
Men's Decathlon
[edit] Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Henryk Średnicki
- First Round — Defeated Luis Curtis (USA), 5:0
- Second Round — Lost to Li Byong-Uk (PRK), 2:3
[edit] Canoeing
[edit] Cycling
Men's Individual Road Race
- Mieczysław Nowicki — 4:47:23 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Stanisław Szozda — 4:49:01 (→ 11th place)
- Ryszard Szurkowski — 4:49:01 (→ 12th place)
- Jan Brzezny — 4:49:01 (→ 30th place)
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
- Janusz Kierzkowski — 1:07.660 (→ 4th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
- Benedykt Kocot — 13th place
Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit
- Jan Jankiewicz — 10th place
[edit] Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1976.
- Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska, Barbara Wysoczańska, Kamilla Składanowska, Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska, Grażyna Staszak-Makowska
[edit] Football
[edit] Gymnastics
[edit] Handball
[edit] Judo
[edit] Modern pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition:
- Janusz Pyciak-Peciak — 5520 points (→ Gold Medal)
- Zbigniew Pacelt — 5028 points (→ 19th place)
- Krzyszto Trybusiewicz — 4823 points (→ 34th place)
Men's Team Competition:
- Pyciak-Peciak, Pacelt, and Trybusiewicz — 15343 points (→ 4th place)
[edit] Rowing
[edit] Sailing
[edit] Shooting
[edit] Swimming
[edit] Volleyball
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Defeated South Korea 3-2 (12-15 6-15 15-6 15-6 15-5)
- Defeated Canada 3-0 (15-4 15-7 15-6)
- Defeated Cuba 3-2 (13-15 10-15 15-6 15-9 20-18)
- Defeated Czechoslovakia 3-1 (8-15 15-11 15-5 16-14)
- Semi Final
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- Defeated Japan 3-2 (15-17 15-6 15-6 10-15 15-10)
- Final
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- Defeated Soviet Union 3-2 (11-15 15-13 13-15 19-17 15-7) → Gold Medal
- Defeated Soviet Union 3-2 (11-15 15-13 13-15 19-17 15-7) →
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Hubert Wagner
[edit] Weightlifting
[edit] Wrestling
[edit] References
- ^ "Poland at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/POL/summer/1976/. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
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