Poland at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Poland at the 1980 Winter Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Lake Placid
Competitors	30 (29 men, 1 woman) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Józef Łuszczek (cross-country skiing)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Poland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Józef Łuszczek	15 km	42:59.03	6
	30 km	1'29:03.64	5
	50 km	2'36:38.05	17

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics

First Round - Red Division

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team advanced to Consolation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	51	11	10
Finland	5	3	2	0	26	18	6
Canada	5	3	2	0	28	12	6
Poland	5	2	3	0	15	23	4
Netherlands	5	1	3	1	16	43	3
Japan	5	0	4	1	7	36	1

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 1980 20:00

Poland

5 – 4 (1–0, 4–3, 0–1)

Finland

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Haley
	Zabawa (Jobczyk, Małysiak) (PP) - 14:48 1 – 0 1 – 1 21:16 - Levo (Litma, Hakulinen) (PP) Zabawa (Jobczyk, Małysiak) - 27:13 2 – 1 Kokoszka (Chowaniec) - 29:52 3 – 1 3 – 2 30:27 - Porvari (Leinonen, Suoraniemi) Jobczyk (Małysiak, Zabawa) - 33:08 4 – 2 Kokoszka (Dziubiński, Marcinczak) - 34:40 5 – 2 5 – 3 36:57 - Leinonen (Kiimalainen, Porvari) 5 – 4 46:05 - Leppänen (Levo, Peltonen)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	49

14 February 1980 17:00

Poland

1 – 5 (0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Canada

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Kompalla
	0 – 1 03:17 - Zupancich (Pirie, d'Alvise) Jobczyk (Zabawa) - 23:17 1 – 1 1 – 2 30:56 - Watters (G. Anderson, Spring) 1 – 3 32:06 - Berry (Maxwell, MacLean) 1 – 4 47:42 - Devaney (Hindmarch, Gregg) 1 – 5 53:29 - Primeau
	0 min	Penalties	0 min
	25	Shots	36

16 February 1980 16:30

Soviet Union

8 – 1 (5–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Poland

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Neagles
	Skvortsov (Zhluktov) - 01:53 1 – 0 Balderis (Zhluktov, Skvortsov) - 10:27 2 – 0 Balderis (Zhluktov) - 10:36 3 – 0 Mikhailov (Fetisov, Kharlamov) - 13:37 4 – 0 4 – 1 17:15 - Małysiak (Jobczyk) (PP) Balderis (Pervukhin, Bilyaletdinov) - 23:12 5 – 1 Kharlamov - 25:19 6 – 1 Bilyaletdinov (Kharlamov) (PP) - 43:41 7 – 1 Maltsev (Fetisov) - 48:58 8 – 1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	60	Shots	19

18 February 1980 16:30

Netherlands

5 – 3 (3–1, 2–1, 0–1)

Poland

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Kompalla
	Klooster (van Gog, Pluymers) - 01:39 1 – 0 1 – 1 05:51 - Janiszewski (Zabawa) (PP) de Heer (Peternousek, Janssen) (PP) - 08:18 2 – 1 de Heer (van Wieren, Janssen) - 13:58 3 – 1 3 – 2 21:37 - Jobczyk (Małysiak, Janiszewski) Klooster (van Gog, deGraauw) - 24:42 4 – 2 de Heer (van Wieren) - 36:05 5 – 2 5 – 3 47:36 - Kokoszka (Potz)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	30

20 February 1980 16:30

Poland

5 – 1 (3–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Japan

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Lindgren
	Zabawa (Małysiak, Janiszewski) - 03:03 1 – 0 Dziubiński (Kokoszka, Chowaniec) - 04:20 2 – 0 Małysiak (Jobczyk, Zabawa) - 11:37 3 – 0 Jobczyk (Małysiak, Zabawa) - 26:05 4 – 0 Pytel (Marcinczak, Ujwary) (PP) - 43:57 5 – 0 5 – 1 54:50 - Fujii (Misawa, Hanzawa)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	53	Shots	12

Contestants Henryk Wojtynek Paweł Łukaszka Andrzej Ujwary Henryk Janiszewski Henryk Gruth Andrzej Jańczy Jerzy Potz Ludwik Synowiec Marek Marcińczak Stefan Chowaniec Wiesław Jobczyk Tadeusz Obłój Dariusz Sikora Leszek Kokoszka Andrzej Zabawa Henryk Pytel Stanisław Klocek Leszek Jachna Bogdan Dziubiński Andrzej Małysiak

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jan Legierski	Individual	74.5	74.0	183.3	19	48:00.3	217.630	2	400.930	10
Józef Pawlusiak		75.0	81.5	203.6	10	52:04.5	181.000	24	384.600	17
Kazimierz Długopolski		70.0	73.0	171.1	25	50:39.2	193.795	21	364.895	24
Stanisław Kawulok		71.5	71.5	169.1	28	50:30.9	195.040	20	364.140	26

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Stanisław Pawlusiak	Normal hill	72.0	94.9	70.0	88.2	183.1	40
Piotr Fijas		79.5	109.4	59.0	34.6	144.0	47
Stanisław Bobak		86.0	124.8	82.0	117.4	242.2	10
Stanisław Pawlusiak	Large hill	92.0	92.5	88.5	86.6	179.1	43
Stanisław Bobak		104.0	112.3	97.0	102.0	214.3	22
Piotr Fijas		107.0	118.0	101.0	108.1	226.1	14

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Jan Józwik	39.01	9
1000 m	Jan Józwik	1:18.83	13

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	43.52	11
1000 m	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	1:28.82	16
1500 m	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	2:16.29	17
3000 m	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	4:37.89	5

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com