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Poland at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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Poland at the 1956 Winter Olympics

NOC
  
Polish Olympic Committee

Competitors
  
51 (44 men, 7 women) in 6 sports

MedalsRanked 12th
  
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Poland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Franciszek Gąsienica Groń won Poland's first ever medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

Contents

Alpine skiing

Men
Women

Cross-country skiing

Men
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Group B

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

  • USA 4-0 Poland
  • Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland

    • Games for 7th-10th places

  • Poland 6-2 Switzerland
  • Poland 4-3 Austria
  • Italy 5-2 Poland

    • Nordic combined

    Events:

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

    • References

    Poland at the 1956 Winter Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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