Poland at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Poland at the
1972 Winter Olympics

IOC code

POL

NOC

Polish Olympic Committee

Website

www.pkol.pl (Polish)

in Sapporo

Competitors

47 (39 men, 8 women) in 8 sports

Flag bearer

Andrzej Bachleda, Alpine Skiing

Medals
Ranked 13th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	0	0	1

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Other related appearances

Austria (1908–1912)

Russian Empire (1912)

Poland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Fortuna, WojciechWojciech Fortuna	Ski jumping	Large hill individual

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrzej Bachleda	Giant Slalom	1:34.40	17	1:38.02	4	3:12.42	9

Men's slalom

Athlete	Classification		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Andrzej Bachleda	bye		57.04	10	55.22	11	1:52.26	10

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Andrzej Fiedor	1'19:17.25	11	1'30:17.25	48
	Józef Stopka	1'19:18.66	8	1'27:18.66	35
	Andrzej Rapacz	1'17:21.02	9	1'26:21.02	33
	Aleksander Klima	1'17:00.86	2	1'19:00.86	9

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Józef Rózak Józef Stopka Andrzej Rapacz Aleksander Klima	4	1'58:09.92	7

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Jan Staszel	48:46.72	33
30 km	Jan Staszel	1'43:35.68	29

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Anna Gębala-Duraj	18:13.43	29
	Władysława Majerczyk	17:56.55	23
	Józefa Chromik	17:55.41	21
	Weronika Budny	17:38.74	13
10 km	Władysława Majerczyk	38:19.66	34
	Józefa Chromik	36:45.39	21
	Anna Gębala-Duraj	36:32.65	15
	Weronika Budny	35:57.59	11

Women's 3 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Anna Gębala-Duraj Józefa Chromik Weronika Budny	51:49.13	7

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Grazyna Kostrzewinska Adam Brodecki	11	11	377.8	95.5	11

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics

First Round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Poland	4–0	West Germany

Medal round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	4	0	1	33	13	9
2	United States	5	3	2	0	18	15	6
3	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	26	13	6
4	Sweden	5	2	2	1	17	13	5
5	Finland	5	2	3	0	14	24	4
6	Poland	5	0	5	0	9	39	0

Czechoslovakia 14-1 Poland
Finland 5-1 Poland
Sweden 5-3 Poland
USSR 9-3 Poland
USA 6-1 Poland
Team Roster

Walery Kosyl
Andrzej Tkacz
Ludwik Czachowski
Marian Feter
Stanislaw Fryslweicz
Robert Goralczyk
Adam Kopszynski
Jerzy Potz
Andrzej Szczepaniec
Jozef Batkiewicz
Krzysztof Bialynicki
Stefan Chowaniec
Feliks Goralczyk
Tadeusz Kacik
Tadesusz Obloj
Jozef Slovakiewicz
Leszek Tokarz
Wieslaw Tokarz
Walenty Zietara

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryszard Gawior	54.72	24	54.09	20	53.26	21	52.87	16	3:34.94	19
Mirosław Więckowski	54.43	22	54.82	27	54.61	34	53.75	30	3:37.61	27
Lucjan Kudzia	54.14	19	53.58	15	52.36	11	52.75	13	3:32.83	13
Janusz Grzemowski	53.07	8	53.12	10	52.66	15	52.59	12	3:31.44	12

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mirosław Więckowski Wojciech Kublik	44.88	6	44.78	4	1:29.66	5
Lucjan Kudzia Ryszard Gawior	45.28	9	45.40	11	1:30.68	9

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Barbara Piecha	45.96	9	46.24	10	45.89	8	44.98	6	3:03.07	9
Wiesława Martyka	45.68	7	46.12	9	45.47	6	45.06	7	3:02.33	6
Halina Kanasz	45.66	6	45.98	7	45.52	7	45.17	9	3:02.33	6

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 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
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kazimierz Długopolski	Individual	73.0	73.5	184.9	10	51:38.5	190.960	24	375.860	12
Józef Gąsienica		67.5	64.5	146.8	34	51:29.4	192.325	21	339.125	31
Stefan Hula		72.5	71.0	178.2	18	51:29.4	192.325	21	370.525	17

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Stanisław Gąsienica Daniel	Normal hill	73.5	97.3	72.5	96.7	194.0	39
Tadeusz Pawlusiak		73.5	98.8	71.5	99.1	197.9	32
Adam Krzysztofiak		75.5	105.0	73.5	102.3	207.3	24
Wojciech Fortuna		82.0	115.4	76.5	106.6	222.0	6
Stanisław Gąsienica Daniel	Large hill	83.0	83.2	86.0	87.9	171.1	31
Adam Krzysztofiak		84.0	85.6	85.0	87.5	173.1	29
Tadeusz Pawlusiak		87.0	89.3	90.0	94.0	183.3	18
Wojciech Fortuna		111.0	130.4	87.5	89.5	219.9	01 !

References

Nations at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan

Africa	none

America	Argentina Canada United States

Asia	Republic of China Iran Japan North Korea South Korea Lebanon Mongolia Philippines

Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

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