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Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
POL

Flag bearer
  
Teodor Kocerka

Website
  
www.pkol.pl (Polish)

Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Polish Olympic Committee

Competitors
  
185 (156 men and 29 women) in 17 sports

Medals Ranked 9th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 4 6 11 21

Poland competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 185 competitors, 156 men and 29 women, took part in 108 events in 17 sports.

Contents

Gold

  • Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak — Athletics, Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
  • Józef Szmidt — Athletics, Men's Triple jump
  • Kazimierz Paździor — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
  • Ireneusz Paliński — Weightlifting, Men's Light-heavyweight

    • Silver

  • Elżbieta Krzesińska — Athletics, Women's Long jump
  • Jarosława Jóźwiakowska — Athletics, Women's High jump
  • Jerzy Adamski — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
  • Tadeusz Walasek — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
  • Zbigniew Pietrzykowski — Boxing, Men's Light heavyweight
  • Andrzej Piatkowski, Emil Ochyra, Wojciech Zabłocki, Jerzy Pawłowski, Ryszard Zub, Marian Kuszewski, — Fencing, Men's team sabre

    • Bronze

  • Kazimierz Zimny — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres
  • Tadeusz Rut — Athletics, Men's Hammer throw
  • Teresa Wieczorek, Barbara Janiszewska, Celina Jesionowska, Halina Richter — Athletics, Women's 4×100 metres relay
  • Brunon Bendig — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
  • Marian Kasprzyk — Boxing, Men's Light welterweight
  • Leszek Drogosz — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
  • Daniela Walkowiak — Canoeing, Women's K-1 500 metres
  • Stefan Kapłaniak, Władysław Zieliński — Canoeing, Men's K-2 1000 metres
  • Teodor Kocerka — Rowing, Men's single sculls
  • Jan Bochenek — Weightlifting, Men's Light-heavyweight
  • Tadeusz Trojanowski — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

    • Athletics

    Men
    Track & road events
    Field events
    Women
    Track & road events
    Field events

    Preliminary round

    Group D

    Semifinals

    Pool A

    Boxing

    Men

    Sprint

    Men
    Women

    Cycling

    Five male cyclists represented Poland in 1960.

    Diving

    Men

    Fencing

    21 fencers, 16 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1960.

    Roster

    Coach: Czesław Krug

    Group play

    Group C

    Artistic

    Men
    Women
    Group standings

    Pakistan advanced to the quarter-finals. Australia and Poland played a tie-breaker match to determine second place in the group. Japan continued to the classification matches for 13th–16th place.

    Australia advanced to the quarter-finals. Poland continued to the classification matches for 9th–12th place.

    Ninth to twelfth place

    Poland declined to participate in the classification matches and was therefore awarded twelfth place. The other three teams played a round-robin set of matches.

    Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1960.

    Rowing

    Men

    Shooting

    Men

    Swimming

    Men

    Weightlifting

    Men

    Wrestling

    Men's freestyle
    Men's Greco-Roman

    References

    Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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