Poland at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Poland at the 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	64 in 9 sports
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 4 4 9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other related appearances
Austria (1908–1912)  Russian Empire (1912)

Poland competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 64 competitors, 49 men and 15 women, took part in 48 events in 9 sports.

Medals

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Elżbieta Krzesińska-Duńska	Athletics	Women's long jump
02 ! Silver	Janusz Sidło	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
02 ! Silver	Adam Smelczyński	Shooting	Men's trap
02 ! Silver	Jerzy Pawłowski	Fencing	Men's sabre
02 ! Silver	Andrzej Piątkowski Zygmunt Pawlas Wojciech Zabłocki Jerzy Pawłowski Ryszard Zub Marian Kuszewski	Fencing	Men's team sabre
03 ! Bronze	Henryk Niedźwiedzki	Boxing	Men's featherweight
03 ! Bronze	Zbigniew Pietrzykowski	Boxing	Men's middleweight
03 ! Bronze	Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel Natalia Kot Danuta Nowak-Stachow Helena Rakoczy Lidia Szczerbińska Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska	Gymnastics	Women's team portable apparatus
03 ! Bronze	Marian Zieliński	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jerzy Chromik	5000 metres	14:51.4	19	N/A				Did not advance
Marian Foik	100 m	10.88	1 Q	10.83	3 Q	10.84	5	Did not advance
Jan Jarzembowski	100 m	10.95	2 Q	10.98	4	Did not advance
	200 m	21.91	4	Did not advance
Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	3000 m steeplechase	8:48.0	10 Q	N/A				DNF
Edward Szmidt	200 m	22.03	2 Q	21.73	6	Did not advance
Kazimierz Zimny	5000 metres	DNF		N/A				Did not advance
Zenon Baranowski Marian Foik Janusz Jarzembowski Edward Szmidt	4×100 m relay	40.97	1 Q	N/A		41.12	2 Q	40.75	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Henryk Grabowski	Long jump	7.52	1 Q	7.15	10
Zbigniew Janiszewski	Pole vault	4.15	2 Q	4.15	12
Jan Kopyto	Javelin throw	68.19	13 Q	74.28	5
Kazimierz Kropidlowski	Long jump	7.22	12 Q	7.30	6
Ryszard Malcherczyk	Triple jump	14.84	21 Q	15.54	10
Alfons Niklas	Hammer throw	58.46	4 Q	57.70	10
Tadeusz Rut	Discus throw	46.62	17	Did not advance
	Hammer throw	58.07	5 Q	53.43	14
Janusz Sidło	Javelin throw	72.00	6 Q	79.98
Zenon Ważny	Pole vault	4.15	8 Q	4.25	6

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maria Kusion-Bibro	100 m	12.2	4	Did not advance
Barbara Janiszewska	100 m	12.2	4	Did not advance
	200 m	24.8	2 Q	N/A		25.2	6	Did not advance
Genowefa Minicka	200 m	25.0	4	Did not advance
Halina Richter-Górecka	100 m	12.2	5	Did not advance
Maria Kusion-Bibro Barbara Janiszewska Genowefa Minicka Halina Richter-Górecka	4×100 m relay	46.58	4	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Urszula Figwer	Javelin throw	47.76	2 Q	48.16	6
Elżbieta Krzesińska-Duńska	Long jump	6.13	1 Q	6.35
Maria Kusion-Bibro	Long jump	5.80	6 Q	5.79	9
Genowefa Minicka	Long jump	5.72	12 Q	5.64	12
Anna Wojtaszek	Javelin throw	44.08	12 Q	46.92	9

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Henryk Kukier	Flyweight	BYE	Warner Batchelor (AUS) L P	Did not advance
Zenon Stefaniuk	Bantamweight	BYE	Claudio Barrientos (CHI) L P	Did not advance
Henryk Niedźwiedzki	Featherweight	BYE	Leonard Leisching  (RSA) W P	Tristan Falfán (ARG) W KO	Vladimir Safronov (URS) L P	N/A
Zygmunt Milewski	Lightweight	BYE	Pentti Niinivuori  (FIN) W P	Harry Kurschat (FRG) L KO	Did not advance
Leszek Drogosz	Light Welterweight	BYE	Vladimir Yengibaryan  (URS) L P	Did not advance
Tadeusz Walasek	Welterweight	Fred Tiedt  (IRL) L P	Did not advance
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski	Light Middleweight	Richard Karpov (URS) W P	N/A	Boris Nikolov (BUL) W P	László Papp  (HUN) L P	N/A
Zbigniew Piórkowski	Middleweight	Ramón Tapia (CHI) L KO	Did not advance
Andrzej Wojciechowski	Light Heavyweight	Lennart Risberg (SWE) W KO	N/A	Carlos Lucas  (CHI) L P	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stefan Kapłaniak	K-1 1000 m	4:35.4	1 Q	4:19.8	4
Ryszard Skwarski Jerzy Górski	K-2 1000 m	4:12.6	4	Did not advance
Stefan Kapłaniak Jerzy Górski	K-2 10000 m	N/A		47:21.5	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daniela Walkowiak	K-1 500 m	2:25.8	3 Q	2:24.1	6

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Six fencers, all men, represented Poland in 1956.

Men

Ranks given are within the pool.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jerzy Pawłowski	Men's sabre	BYE		5	1 Q	N/A		5	2 Q	5
Wojciech Zabłocki		BYE		4	3 Q	N/A		4	4 Q	2	6
Marian Kuszewski		BYE		2	6	Did not advance					19
Jerzy Pawłowski Wojciech Zabłocki Marian Kuszewski Ryszard Zub Andrzej Piątkowski Zygmunt Pawlas	Team sabre	Great Britain (GBR) W 12-4	1 Q	N/A				United States (USA) W 10-6	2 Q	Soviet Union (URS) W 9-7  France (FRA) W 10-6  Hungary (HUN) L 4-9

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Women

Athlete	Event	Final Standings						Apparatus Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel	All-around	17.366	18.233	18.200	17.866	71.666	27	N/A
Natalia Kot	All-around	18.366	18.500	18.600	18.166	73.633	9	N/A
Danuta Nowak-Stachow	All-around	17.833	17.866	18.533	17.566	71.800	25	N/A
Helena Rakoczy	All-around	18.366	18.500	18.700	18.133	73.700	8	N/A		18.700	N/A	18.700	5
Lidia Szczerbińska	All-around	17.733	17.733	17.200	17.633	70.300	47	N/A
Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska	All-around	17.733	17.566	17.900	17.333	70.533	45	N/A
Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel Natalia Kot Danuta Nowak-Stachow Helena Rakoczy Lidia Szczerbińska Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska	Team all-around	90.264	90.863	91.928	89.430	436.485	4	N/A

Athlete	Event	Final
		Portable	Total	Rank
		Apparatus
Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel Natalia Kot Danuta Nowak-Stachow Helena Rakoczy Lidia Szczerbińska Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska	Team Portable apparatus	Hoop	74.00

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Teodor Kocerka	Single sculls	7:28.1	2 Q	BYE		9:05.7	2 Q	8:12.9	4
Zbigniew Schwarzer Henryk Jagodziński Bertold Mainka	Coxed pair	7:43.7	2 Q	BYE		9:22.8	1 Q	8:31.5	4
Kazimierz Błasiński Szczepan Grajczyk Zbigniew Paradowski Marian Nietupski	Coxless four	6:46.3	2 R	8:29.3	1 Q	8:32.0	4	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Two shooters represented Poland in 1956, with Adam Smelczyński winning a silver medal in the trap event.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Adam Smelczyński	Trap	190
Zygmunt Kiszkurno		170	15

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elżbieta Gellner	100 metre backstroke	1:16.2	5	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marian Zieliński	60 kg	105	3	102.5	3	127.5	4	335
Jan Czepułkowski	67.5 kg	120	2	105	7	135	10	360	6
Krzysztof Beck	75 kg	122.5	3	112.5	6	145	6	380	6
Jan Bochenek		120	5	112.5	6	150	3	382.5	4
Czesław Białas	90 kg	130	5	NVL		DNS		DNF

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database