Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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]

Poland at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codePOL
NOCPolish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Munich
Competitors290 (252 men and 38 women) in 22 sports
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
7
Silver
5
Bronze
9
Total
21
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Austria (1908–1912)
 Russian Empire (1912)

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

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.

Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Total score
Score Seed Score Seed Score Seed
Tomasz Leżański Individual 1128 41 1109 48 2237 46
Women
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Total score
Score Seed Score Seed Score Seed
Maria Mączyńska Individual 1173 12 1198 5 2371 6
Jadwiga Szoszler-Wilejto 1165 14 1132 22 2297 18
Irena Szydłowska 1224 OR 1 1183 9 2407

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Andrzej Badeński 400 m 46.21 1 Q 46.19 2 Q 46.38 8 Did not advance
Tadeusz Cuch 100 m 10.89 5 Did not advance
Tadeusz Gorzechowski 20 km walk N/A DNS
Zbigniew Jaremski 400 m 46.20 2 Q 46.52 3 Q DNS Did not advance
Marek Jóźwik 110 m hurdles 14.06 2 Q N/A 14.06 5 Did not advance
Tadeusz Kulczycki 400 m hurdles 50.19 4 Q N/A 50.80 5 Did not advance
Andrzej Kupczyk 800 m 1:48.5 2 Q N/A 1:46.69 4 Q 1:47.10 7
Bronisław Malinowski 3000 m steeplechase 8:28.2 2 Q N/A 8:28.0 4
5000 m 13:48.2 8 Did not advance
Kazimierz Maranda 3000 m steeplechase 8:50.4 10 N/A Did not advance
Ludomir Nitkowski 20 km walk N/A DNS
Winicjusz Nowosielski 50 km walk N/A DNS
Zenon Nowosz 100 m 10.36 3 Q 10.40 4 Q 10.42 4 Q 10.46 7
200 m DNS Did not advance
Jan Ornoch 20 km walk N/A 1:32:01.6 7
50 km walk N/A DNF
Andrzej Siennicki 50 km walk N/A DNS
Edward Stawiarz Marathon N/A 2:28:12 40
Henryk Szordykowski 1500 m 3:44.2 3 Q N/A 3:42.5 6 Did not advance
Stanisław Wagner 100 m 10.62 3 Q 10.61 4 Did not advance
Jan Werner 400 m 45.93 4 Q 46.02 3 Q 46.26 6 Did not advance
Leszek Wodzyński 110 m hurdles 14.03 3 Q N/A 13.81 3 Q 13.72 6
Mirosław Wodzyński 14.02 4 Q N/A 14.63 8 Did not advance
Tadeusz Zieliński 3000 m steeplechase 8:49.8 11 N/A Did not advance
Stanisław Wagner
Tadeusz Cuch
Jerzy Czerbniak
Zenon Nowosz		 4 × 100 m relay 39.11 1 Q N/A 38.90 3 Q 39.03 6
Jan Werner
Jan Balachowski
Zbigniew Jaremski
Andrzej Badeński		 4 × 400 m relay 3:02.52 1 Q N/A 3:01.05 5
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Bogusław Białek High jump N/A DNS
Wojciech Buciarski Pole vault 5.00 12 q 5.00 10
Grzegorz Cybulski Long jump 8.01 3 Q 7.58 12
Jerzy Homziuk 7.63 20 Did not advance
Michał Joachimowski Triple jump 16.43 6 Q 16.69 7
Edmund Jaworski Javelin throw N/A DNS
Jan Kobuszewski Long jump N/A DNS
Władysław Komar Shot put 20.60 1 Q 21.18
Stanisław Lubiejewski Hammer throw 64.80 23 Did not advance
Tadeusz Ślusarski Pole vault 5.00 11 q NM
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 100H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Tadeusz Janczenko Result 10.64 7.28 14.45 2.04 49.10 16.89 45.26 4.50 63.80 5:01.5 7861 8
Points 895 877 756 891 847 670 786 932 807 400
Ryszard Katus Result 10.89 7.09 14.39 1.92 49.10 14.41 43.00 4.50 59.96 4:31.9 7984
Points 831 838 752 788 847 914 744 932 761 577
Ryszard Skowronek Result 10.78 7.42 14.24 1.98 48.10 15.74 33.66 NM DNS DNS DNF
Points 859 905 743 840 893 773 555 0 DNS DNS
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Krystyna Kacperczyk 400 m 53.85 5 Q 54.39 8 Did not advance
Teresa Nowak 100 m hurdles 13.16 3 Q N/A 13.10 4 Q 13.17 5
Danuta Piecyk 400 m 53.08 3 Q 52.62 5 Did not advance
Grażyna Rabsztyn 100 m hurdles 13.29 1 Q N/A 13.24 4 Q 13.44 8
Elżbieta Skowrońska 800 m 2:03.26 4 Did not advance
Danuta Straszyńska 100 m hurdles 13.03 2 Q N/A 12.91 2 Q 13.18 6
Irena Szewińska 100 m 11.33 2 Q 11.49 2 Q 11.54 6 Did not advance
200 m 23.37 1 Q 22.79 1 Q 22.92 3 Q 22.74
Bożena Zientarska 400 m 54.20 4 Did not advance
Helena Kerner
Barbara Bakulin
Urszula Jóźwik
Danuta Jedrejek		 4 × 100 m relay 44.19 4 Q N/A 44.20 8
Bozena Zientarska
Krystyna Kacperczyk
Elzbieta Skowronska
Danuta Piecyk		 4 × 400 m relay DSQ Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Ludwika Chlewińska Shot Put 17.40 10 Q 18.24 10
Ewa Gryziecka Javelin throw 53.68 11 q 57.00 7
Daniela Jaworska Javelin throw 52.40 14 Did not advance
Krystyna Nadolna Discus throw 52.52 15 Did not advance
Irena Szewinska Long jump DNS Did not advance

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Group B
Qualified for the semifinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts 1st Tie 2nd Tie
 Soviet Union70639479+16014
 Italy52547471+76121W–1L1.072
 SFR Yugoslavia52582484+98121W–1L1.013
 Puerto Rico52570531+39121W–1L0.917
 West Germany34482518−3610
 Poland25520536−169
 Philippines16526666−1408
 Senegal07405586−1817
August 27
9:00
Poland  90–75  Philippines
August 28
21:30
Poland  64–85  SFR Yugoslavia
August 29
10:30
Senegal  59–95  Poland
August 30
9:00
Soviet Union  94–64  Poland
September 1
20:00
Italy  71–59  Poland
September 2
14:30
West Germany  67–65  Poland
September 3
14:30
Poland  83–85  Puerto Rico

Classification brackets

9th–12th place

  Semifinals (September 5)     9th place (September 9)
                 
  A5  Spain 76  
  B6  Poland 87    
      B6  Poland 83
      A6  Australia 91
  B5  West Germany 69    
  A6  Australia 70   11th place (September 8)
 
A5  Spain 84
  B5  West Germany 83
  • Team Roster

 Poland - 10th place

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Roman Rozek Light Flyweight  Lee Suk-Un (KOR)
L 0-5		 Did not advance
Leszek Blazynski Flyweight BYE  Chander Narayanan (IND)
W 3-2		  Arturo Delgado  (MEX)
W 5-0		  You Man-Chong (KOR)
W 3-2		  Georgi Kostadinov (BUL)
L 0-5		 Did not advance
Józef Reszpondek Bantamweight  Aldo Cosentino (FRA)
L 0-5		 Did not advance
Ryszard Tomczyk Featherweight  Juan Francisco García (MEX)
W 4-1		  Rudolf Vogel (SUI)
W KO-2		  Boris Kuznetsov (URS)
L 0-5		 Did not advance
Jan Szczepanski Lightweight BYE  Kasamiro Marchlo (SUD)
W 5-0		  James Busceme (USA)
W 5-0		  Charlie Nash (IRL)
W TKO-3		  Samuel Mbugua (KEN)
W WO		  László Orbán (HUN)
W 5-0
Krzysztof Pierwieniecki Light Welterweight  Walter Desiderio Gomez (ARG)
L 0-5		 Did not advance
Alfons Stawski Welterweight BYE  Richard Murunga (KEN)
W 1-4		 Did not advance
Wiesław Rudkowski Light Middleweight BYE  Antonio Castellini  (ITA)
W 5-0		  Nayden Stanchev  (BUL)
W 5-0		  Rolando Garbey  (CUB)
W 4-1		  Peter Tiepold (GDR)
W 4-1		  Dieter Kottysch (FRG)
L 2-3
Witold Stachurski Middleweight BYE  Peter Dula (KEN)
W 4-1		  Reima Virtanen  (FIN)
L TKO-3		 Did not advance
Janusz Gortat Light Heavyweight  Jaroslav Kral (TCH)
W 5-0		  Raymond Russell (USA)
W 3-2		 N/A  Rudi Hornig (FRG)
W TKO-1		  Mate Parlov (YUG)
L 0-5		 Did not advance
Ludwik Denderys Heavyweight  Teófilo Stevenson (CUB)
L TKO-1		 Did not advance

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Slalom
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank
Jan Frączek
Ryszard Seruga		 Men's C-2 366.31 5 386.78 6 366.31 5
Jerzy Jeż
Wojciech Kudlik		 DNF 416.10 13 416.10 13
Maciej Rychta
Zbigniew Leśniak		 459.64 12 455.70 16 455.70 17
Jerzy Stanuch Men's K-1 317.09 8 480.52 34 317.09 14
Wojciech Gawroński 343.10 13 355.11 20 343.10 23
Maria Ćwiertniewicz Women's K-1 450.64 3 432.30 3 432.30 4
Kunegunda Godawska-Olchawa 473.26 5 441.05 5 441.05 5

Sprint
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jerzy Opara C-1 1000 m 4:32.39 3 Q N/A BYE 4:21.05 9
Jan Żukowski
Andrzej Gronowicz		 C-2 1000 m 4:27.94 5 R 4:05.42 3 Q 4:01.40 4 Did not advance
Grezgorz Śledziewski K-1 1000 m 4:03.40 3 Q BYE 3:55.45 2 Q 3:53.22 8
Władysław Szuzkiewicz
Rafal Piszcz		 K-2 1000 m 3:48.13 2 Q BYE 3:34.50 2 Q 3:33.63
Zbigniew Niewiadomski
Jerzy Dziadkowiec
Zdzisław Tomyślak
Andrzej Matysiak		 K-4 1000 m 3:24.59 2 Q BYE 3:12.46 4 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Stanisława Szydłowska K-1 500 m 2:14.75 5 2:10.04 2 Q 2:08.89 4 Did not advance
Ewa Grajkowska
Izabella Antonowicz		 K-2 500 m 2:04.30 4 Q N/A 1:55.50 1 Q 1:57.45 6

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Twelve cyclists represented Poland in 1972.

Road
Athlete Event Time Rank
Lucjan Lis Men's road race 4:19:09 36
Jan Smyrak DNF
Stanisław Szozda 4:20:41 76
Ryszard Szurkowski 4:14:37 31
Lucjan Lis
Edward Barcik
Stanisław Szozda
Ryszard Szurkowski		 Team time trial 2:11:47.5

Track
1000m time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Janusz Kierzkowski Men's 1000m time trial 1:07.22 5
Men's Sprint
Athlete Event Heats Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Round 3 Repechage 3 Repechage Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank
Andrzej Bek Men's sprint  Pkhakadze (URS)
 Chin (JAM)
L		  Cambroni (MEX)
W 11.86		  Vackar (TCH)
 Cardi (ITA)
L		  Berkmann (GDR)
W 11.87		  Balk (NED)
 Kravtsov (URS)
L		  Vackar (TCH)
 Pedersen (DEN)
L		 Did not advance
Benedykt Kocot  Cooke (GBR)
 Snellinx (BEL)
W		 BYE  Geschke (GDR)
 Crutchlow (GBR)
L		  Balk (NED)
L		 Did not advance
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Rank
Mieczysław Nowicki Men's individual pursuit 5:02.28 14 Did not advance 14
Bernard Kręczyński
Paweł Kaczorowski
Janusz Kierzkowski
Mieczysław Nowicki
Jerzy Głowacki		 Team pursuit 4:29.00 6 Q  Soviet Union (URS)
W 4:25.72		  East Germany (GDR)
L 4:26.39		  Great Britain (GBR)
L 4:26.06		 4
Men's Tandem
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Repechage Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank
Andrzej Bek
Benedykt Kocot		 Tandem  Verzini
Rossi (ITA)
W 10.56		 BYE  Barth
Müller (FRG)
W 2:0 (10.57; 10.46)		  Geschke
Otto (GDR)
L 0:2		  Morelon
Trentin (FRA)
W 2:0 (10.76; 10.67)

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Jakub Puchow 10 m platform 281.34 17 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Regina Krajnow 3 m springboard 248.91 18 Did not advance
10 m platform 179.79 17 Did not advance
Elżbieta Wierniuk 3 m springboard 277.32 6 Q 131.04 8 408.36 8
10 m platform 188.10 10 121.98 11 310.08 11

Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Eventing
Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Marek Małecki Signor Individual 57,00 30 32.00 89.00 51 20.00 109,00 31 109,00 31
Wojciech Mickunas Tenor 64,67 49 DQ DNF DNS DNF AC
Jan Skoczylas Wandal 45,33 13 132,13 132.13 58 10.00 142,13 36 142,13 36
Jacek Wierzchowiecki Gniew 39,67 7 10,47 10.47 19 20.00 30,47 18 30,47 18
Marek Małecki
Wojciech Mickunas
Jan Skoczylas
Jacek Wierzchowiecki		 See above Team 142.00 5 34.80 126.54 11 50.00 281,60 10 281,60 10

Show jumping
Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Stefan Grodzicki Biszka Individual 8.00 17 Q DNF Did not advance 17
Marian Kozicki Bronz 8.50 21 Did not advance 21
Jan Kowalczyk Chandzar DNS
Marian Kozicki
Stefan Grodzicki
Piotr Wawryniuk
Jan Kowalczyk		 Bronz
Biszka
Poprad
Jastarnia		 Team 107.25 12 Did not advance

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Rank
Bogdan Gonsior Men's épée 3 Q 4 Q 4 Did not advance 13
Jerzy Janikowski 3 Q 3 Q 5 Did not advance
Henryk Nielaba 2 Q 1 Q 4 Did not advance
Henryk Nielaba
Bohdan Andrzejewski
Bogdan Gonsior
Jerzy Janikowski
Kazimierz Barburski		 Team épée  Luxembourg (LUX)
W 9-6
 Mexico (MEX)
W 11-5
 Switzerland (SUI)
L 6-9		 2 Q N/A  Hungary (HUN)
L 1-9		  Sweden (SWE)
W 9-7		  Romania (ROU)
L 3-9		 6
Marek Dąbrowski Men's foil 2 Q 2 Q 1 Q 6 Did not advance 11
Lech Koziejowski 1 Q 4 Q 2 Q 5 Did not advance 9
Witold Woyda 1 Q 1 Q 3 Q 2 Q
Witold Woyda
Lech Koziejowski
Jerzy Kaczmarek
Marek Dąbrowski
Arkadiusz Godel		 Team foil  Italy (ITA)
W 11-5
 West Germany (FRG)
L 7-8		 2 Q N/A  Japan (JPN)
W 9-5		  Hungary (HUN)
W 8-7		  Soviet Union (URS)
W 9-5
Janusz Majewski Men's sabre 1 Q 2 Q 2 Q 1 Q 6
Józef Nowara 1 Q 1 Q 1 Q 4 Q 5
Jerzy Pawłowski 2 Q 1 Q  Rylsky (URS) W 5-4
 Ferrari (ITA) L 2-5
 Horváth (HUN) L 1-5
 Van Der Auwera (BEL) L 4-5
 Morales (USA) W 5-3		 4 Did not advance
Józef Nowara
Jerzy Pawłowski
Krzysztof Grzegorek
Zygmunt Kawecki
Janusz Majewski		 Team sabre  Austria (AUT)
W 12-4
 Switzerland (SUI)
W 12-4
 West Germany (FRG)
W 11-5		 1 Q N/A  Italy (ITA)
L 2-9		  France (FRA)
W 9-6		  Cuba (CUB)
W 9-5		 5

Women
Athlete Event Elimination round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Rank
Halina Balon Women's foil 1 Q 5 Did not advance
Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman 2 Q 4 Did not advance
Kamilla Składanowska 5 Did not advance
Halina Balon
Kamilla Składanowska
Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman
Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska
Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska		 Team foil  United States (USA)
W 8-8
 Germany (GER)
L 8-8
 Italy (ITA)
L 10-3		 3 Did not advance 7

Football
Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Poland 3300112+96
 East Germany 3201113+84
 Colombia 3102512−72
 Ghana 3003111−100
Poland 5 – 1 Colombia
Deyna  16'  32'
Gadocha  42'  49'  72'		 Report Morón  63'
Attendance: 4.000
Referee: A. Salih Gindil
Poland 4 – 0 Ghana
Lubański  40'
Gadocha  59'  89'
Deyna  86'		 Report
Attendance: 2.200
Referee: Kan-Chee Lee
Poland 2 – 1 East Germany
Gorgoń  6'  63' Report Streich  45'
Attendance: 10.000

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Poland 321082+65
 Soviet Union 320182+64
 Denmark 311146−23
 Morocco 3003111−100
Denmark 1 – 1 Poland
Heino Hansen  27' Report Deyna  36'
Attendance: 4.000
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi
Soviet Union 1 – 2 Poland
Blokhin  28' Report Deyna  79' (pen.)
Szołtysik  87'
Attendance: 5.000
Referee: Henry Oberg
Poland 5 – 0 Morocco
Kmiecik  3'
Lubański 10'
Deyna  45' (pen.)  63'
Gadocha  53'		 Report
Attendance: 500

Gold Medal match
Poland 2 – 1 Hungary
Deyna  47'  68' Report Várady  42'
Attendance: 80.000

 Poland

Gold Medal

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Artistic
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Jerzy Kruża All-around 17.75 17.60 17.55 18.00 17.65 17.80 106.35 50 Did not advance
Mikołaj Kubica All-around 18.20 18.55 18.50 18.75 18.85 18.40 111.25 13 Q Did not finish
Sylwester Kubica All-around 19.00 18.30 18.80 18.40 18.50 17.75 110.75 17 Q 9.15 9.30 9.25 9.40 8.40 9.45 110.325 22
Wilhelm Kubica All-around 18.35 18.70 Q 18.10 18.50 18.40 17.85 109.90 23 Q 9.10 9.40 9.35 9.00 9.40 9.30 110.550 20
Mieczysław Strzałka All-around 17.65 18.05 17.90 18.30 16.65 17.90 106.45 48 Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna All-around 18.85 17.90 18.85 18.20 18.60 18.75 111.15 15 Q 9.25 8.75 9.00 9.50 9.35 9.55 110.975 15
Jerzy Kruża
Mikołaj Kubica
Sylwester Kubica
Wilhelm Kubica
Mieczysław Strzałka
Andrzej Szajna		 Team all-around 92.20 91.50 92.15 92.30 92.00 90.95 551.10 4 N/A
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Wilhelm Kubica Pommel horse N/A 18.750 N/A 18.750 6
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Małgorzata Barlak-Kamasińska All-around 17.85 17.50 17.10 17.25 69.70 63 Did not advance
Joanna Bartosz All-around 18.45 17.55 18.15 16.60 70.75 52 Did not advance
Danuta Fidusiewicz-Prusinowska All-around 17.65 17.30 16.95 17.20 69.10 72 Did not advance
Dorota Klencz All-around 17.50 17.15 17.25 16.65 68.55 80 Did not advance
Danuta Lubowska All-around 17.60 17.70 16.75 16.30 68.35 84 Did not advance
Łucja Matraszek-Chydzińska All-around 18.05 18.00 18.50 16.60 71.15 45 Did not advance
Małgorzata Barlak-Kamasińska
Joanna Bartosz
Danuta Fidusiewicz-Prusinowska
Dorota Klencz
Danuta Lubowska
Łucja Matraszek-Chydzińska		 Team all-around 89.60 88.10 88.50 84.70 350.90 10 N/A

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.

Group A
Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1.  Sweden 312040344X11:1113:1316:10
2.  Soviet Union 31204034411:11X17:1112:12
3.  Poland 31113538313:1311:17X11:8
4.  Denmark 30123039110:1612:128:11X
  • Sweden tied Poland, 13-13
  • Poland def. Denmark, 11-8
  • Soviet Union def. Poland, 17-11

Classification 9-12
  • Poland def. Iceland, 20-17
  • Norway def. Japan, 19-17

Classification 9/10
  • Norway def. Poland, 23-20

 Poland

10th place

Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men's team competition

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 India 761025812
 Netherlands 751120911
 Great Britain 741215109
 Australia 73221888
 New Zealand 723216117
 Poland 722312126
 Kenya 71158173
 Mexico 70071400


August 27, 1972

  • Kenya – Poland 0-1 (0-1)

August 28, 1972

  • Netherlands – Poland 4-2 (3-0)

August 30, 1972

  • Poland – Mexico 3-0 (1-0)

August 31, 1972

  • India – Poland 2-2 (1-0)

September 2, 1972

  • New Zealand – Poland 3-3 (1-2)

September 3, 1972

  • Australia – Poland 1-0 (1-0)

September 4, 1972

  • Poland – Great Britain 1-2 (1-1)

Men's Classification Matches

September 8, 1972

  • 11th/12th place: France – Poland 4-7 (2-1) after extra time

 Poland

12th place

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Marian Tałaj −63kg  Robin Moffitt  (AUS)
W 1000-0000		  Stanko Topolčnik (YUG)
W 1000-0000		  Héctor Rodríguez (CUB)
L 0000-0100		 Did not advance
Antoni Zajkowski −70kg  Erwin García (NCA)
W 1000-0000		  Gustavo Brito (PUR)
W 1000-0000		  Patrick Vial (FRA)
W 0001-0000		  Toyokazu Nomura (JPN)
L 0000-1000		 N/A BYE  Antal Hetényi (HUN)
W 0001-0000		  Dietmar Hötger (GDR)
W 0001-0000		  Toyokazu Nomura (JPN)
L 0000-1000
Adam Adamczyk −80kg BYE  Rick Littlewood (NZL)
L 0001-1000		 Did not advance
Włodzimierz Lewin −93kg  Patrick Murphy (IRL)
W 0010-0000		  Paul Barth (FRG)
L 0001-0100		 BYE  Helmut Howiller (GDR)
L 0000-0100		 Did not advance
Waldemar Sikorski +93kg BYE DNS Did not advance

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1972.

Athlete Event Shooting
(10 m air pistol)		 Fencing
(épée one touch)		 Swimming
(200 m freestyle)		 Riding
(show jumping)		 Running
(3000 m)		 Total points Final rank
Points Points Points Points Points
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak Men's 1070 905 560 1060 1222 4832 21
Stanisław Skwira 785 791 846 1160 904 4495 40
Ryszard Wach 1100 715 956 1076 1126 4958 13
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak
Stanisław Skwira
Ryszard Wach		 Team 2955 2420 2362 3296 3252 14785 8

Alternate Member:

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Roman Kowalewski
Kazimierz Lewandowski		 Double sculls 7:21.05 5 R 7:08.27 2 Q 7:59.52 6 FB 7:31.97 12
Jerzy Broniec
Alfons Ślusarski		 Coxless pair 7:24.16 2 R 7:34.77 1 Q 7:42.41 1 Q 7:02.24 5
Wojciech Repsz
Wieslaw Dlugosz
Jacek Rylski		 Coxed pair 7:57.23 2 R 8:10.87 2 Q 8:20.69 3 Q 7:28.92 6
Jerzy Ulczyński
Marian Siejkowski
Krzysztof Marek
Jan Młodzikowski
Grzegorz Stellak
Marian Drażdżewski
Ryszard Giło
Sławomir Maciejowski
Ryszard Kubiak		 Eight 6:26.95 4 R 6:16.23 3 Q 6:31.10 3 Q 6:29.35 6

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Blazej Wyszkowski Finn 25 21 27 5 20 DNF 26 159.0 24
Zbigniew Kania
Krzysztof Szymczak		 Flying Dutchman 7 18 13 18 22 23 DSQ 137.0 21
Tomasz Holc
Roman Rutkowski		 Tempest 10 14 16 6 15 4 13 95.7 12
Zygfryd Perlicki
Józef Błaszczyk
Stanisław Stefański		 Soling 19 14 5 9 5 14 N/A 75.0 8
Lech Poklewski
Tadeusz Piotrowski
Aleksander Bielaczyc		 Dragon 20 21 17 2 22 21 N/A 106.0 20

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Thirteen shooters, 12 men and one woman, represented Poland in 1972. Józef Zapędzki won gold in the 25 m rapid fire pistol.

Open
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Zygmunt Bogdziewicz Running target 541 17
Zbigniew Fedyczak 50 m pistol 546 23
25 m rapid fire pistol 587 14
Wiesław Gawlikowski Skeet 185 39
Roman Kuzior Running target 536 21
Eugeniusz Pędzisz 300 metre free rifle 1131 19
Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 1128 36
Artur Rogowski Skeet 190 20
Eulalia Rolińska 50 metre rifle prone 593 28
Andrzej Sieledcow 300 metre free rifle 1135 16
50 metre rifle three positions 1151 6
Adam Smelczyński Trap 190 11
Rajmund Stachurski 50 m pistol 559 4
Grzegorz Strouhal Trap 179 35
Andrzej Trajda 50 metre rifle prone 597 9
Józef Zapędzki 25 m rapid fire pistol 595 OR

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Andrzej Chudziński 100 metre butterfly 1:00.22 29 Did not advance
200 metre butterfly 2:12.62 25 Did not advance
Piotr Dłucik 100 metre backstroke 1:01.94 25 Did not advance
Zbigniew Pacelt 100 metre freestyle 55.97 36 Did not advance
200 metre freestyle 2:01.28 33 Did not advance
200 metre medley 2:17.35 26 Did not advance
400 metre medley 4:55.38 25 Did not advance
Cezary Śmiglak 100 metre breaststroke 1:10.53 33 Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke 2:34.51 30 Did not advance
Władysław Wojtakajtis 400 metre freestyle 4:16.04 22 Did not advance
1500 metre freestyle 17:23.47 27 Did not advance
Piotr Dłucik
Cezary Śmiglak
Andrzej Chudziński
Zbigniew Pacelt		 4 x 200 metre freestyle 4:07.87 15 Did not advance

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round
Qualified for the Semifinals
Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals
Qualified for the 9th place match
Qualified for the 11th place match

Pool A
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Soviet Union 10 5 0 15 3 5.000 257 196 1.311
2  Bulgaria 9 4 1 13 8 1.625 294 235 1.251
3  Czechoslovakia 8 3 2 11 6 1.833 230 205 1.122
4  South Korea 7 2 3 7 10 0.700 209 197 1.061
5  Poland 6 1 4 8 12 0.667 237 259 0.915
6  Tunisia 5 0 5 0 15 0.000 90 225 0.400
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
27 Aug Czechoslovakia  3–0  Poland 15–13 16–14 15–8     46–35
29 Aug Poland  3–0  Tunisia 15–6 15–11 15–1     45–18
31 Aug South Korea  3–1  Poland 15–7 13–15 15–11 15–6   58–39
02 Sep Bulgaria  3–2  Poland 14–16 12–15 15–7 15–3 15–10 71–51
05 Sep Soviet Union  3–2  Poland 11–15 15–12 15–12 10–15 15–13 66–67

9th place match
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
09 Sep Poland  3–0  Cuba 15–2 15–7 15–13     45–22

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Military press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Zygmunt Smalcerz 52 kg 112,5 OR 1 100 2 125 3 337,5 OR
Waldemar Korcz 102,5 5 92,5 9 0 NVL 195 AC
Henryk Trębicki 56 kg 122.5 3 107.5 3 135 6 365 4
Grzegorz Cziura 120 4 102.5 7 0 NVL 222,5 AC
Mieczysław Nowak 60 kg 120 8 110 8 145 6 375 7
Jan Wojnowski 120 7 120 1 0 NVL 240 AC
Zbigniew Kaczmarek 67,5 kg 145 4 130 2 167,5 3 437,5
Waldemar Baszanowski 142,5 5 130 3 162,5 6 435 4
Norbert Ozimek 82.5 kg 165 4 145 4 187.5 2 497,5

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Elimination Pool Final round
Round 1
Result		 Round 2
Result		 Round 3
Result		 Round 4
Result		 Round 5
Result		 Round 6
Result		 Final round
Result		 Rank
Andrzej Kudelski −52 kg  Wanelge Castillo  (PAN)
W T 8:57		  Gordon Bertie (CAN)
L P		  Kiyomi Kato (JPN)
L T 2:55		 N/A Did not advance 11
Zbigniew Żedzicki −57 kg  An Jea-Won (KOR)
W P		  Hideaki Yanagida (JPN)
L P		  Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE)
W T 1:16		  Ivan Shavov (BUL)
L T 1:23		 N/A Did not advance 10
Zdzisław Stolarski −62 kg  Satpal Singh (IND)
L P		  Orlando Gonçalves  (POR)
W T 5:27		  Théodule Toulotte (FRA)
L P		 N/A Did not advance 11
Włodzimierz Cieślak −68 kg  André Chardonnens (SUI)
W P		  Kikuo Wada (JPN)
L P		  Joseph Gilligan (GBR)
W T 7:29		  Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE)
W P		  Dan Gable (USA)
L T 4:13		 N/A Did not advance 7
Jan Wypiorczyk −82 kg  Lupe Lara (CUB)
W T 8:41		  Ghulam Dastagir (AFG)
W T 5:58		  John Peterson (USA)
L T 6:35		  Peter Neumair  (FRG)
L P		 N/A Did not advance 8
Paweł Kurczewski −90 kg  Ben Peterson (USA)
L P		  George Saunders (CAN)
W P		  Raúl García (MEX)
W P		  Gennadi Strakhov (URS)
L T 1:52		 N/A Did not advance 9
Ryszard Długosz −100 kg  Julio Tamussin (ITA)
W P		  József Csatári (HUN)
L T 8:28		 BYE  Vasil Todorov (BUL)
L P		 N/A Did not advance 6
Stanisław Makowiecki +100 kg  Yorihide Isogai (JPN)
W P		  Ştefan Stîngu  (ROU)
L P		  Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRN)
L T 2:35		 N/A Did not advance 8
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Elimination Pool Final round
Round 1
Result		 Round 2
Result		 Round 3
Result		 Round 4
Result		 Round 5
Result		 Round 6
Result		 Final round
Result		 Rank
Bernard Szczepański −48 kg  Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA)
L P		  Sotirios Ventas (GRE)
L T 1:32		 N/A Did not advance 14
Jan Michalik −52 kg  Pertti Ukkola (FIN)
W P		 BYE  Petar Kirov  (BUL)
L P		  Miroslav Zeman (TCH)
W P		  Giuseppe Bognanni  (ITA)
L P		 N/A Did not advance 5
Józef Lipień −57 kg  Francesco Scuderi  (ITA)
W P		  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL)
W T 1:17		  Rustam Kazakov (URS)
L T 8:39		  Hristo Traikov (BUL)
L P		 N/A Did not advance 8
Kazimierz Lipień −62 kg  Théodule Toulotte (FRA)
W T 8:34		  László Réczi (HUN)
W P		  Stelios Mygiakis  (GRE)
W T 5:37		  Slavko Koletić (YUG)
W P		  Heinz-Helmut Wehling  (GDR)
L T 7:00		 N/A  Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)
W P
Andrzej Supron −68 kg  Simion Popescu  (ROU)
L T 5:58		  Sotirios Nakos (GRE)
W T 8:38		  Mohammad Dalirian  (IRI)
W T 2:26		  Shamil Khisamutdinov  (URS)
L T 8:10		 N/A Did not advance 9
Stanisław Krzesiński −74 kg  Werner Schröter (FRG)
L P		  Jiichiro Date (JPN)
W P		  Jan Karlsson (SWE)
L T 8:47		 N/A Did not advance 11
Adam Ostrowski −82 kg  J Robinson (USA)
W P		  Ali Yağmur (TUR)
W P		  Csaba Hegedűs (SWE)
L T 0:00		 N/A Did not advance 9
Czesław Kwieciński −90 kg  Lothar Metz (GDR)
L P		  Stoyan Ivanov (BUL)
W P		  Josip Čorak (YUG)
L P		 BYE  József Pércsi (HUN)
W T 2:04		 N/A  Valeri Rezantsev (URS)
L P
Andrzej Skrzydlewski −100 kg  Lorenz Hecher (FRG)
W P		  Burke Deadrich  (USA)
W T 1:23		  Ferenc Kiss (HUN)
L P		  Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)
L T 1:25		 N/A Did not advance 7
Edward Wojda +100 kg  Aleksandar Tomov (FRG)
L T 5:59		  Victor Dolipschi (ROU)
L T 1:23		 N/A Did not advance 8

References
  1. "Poland at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
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