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Poland at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
POL

Competitors
  
177 in 16 sports

Website
  
www.pkol.pl (Polish)

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Poland at the 1968 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Polish Olympic Committee

MedalsRanked 11th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal521118

Poland competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 177 competitors, 140 men and 37 women, took part in 112 events in 16 sports.

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Gold

  • Irena Szewińska — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
  • Jerzy Kulej — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
  • Jerzy Pawłowski — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
  • Józef Zapędzki — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
  • Waldemar Baszanowski — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight

    • Silver

  • Artur Olech — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
  • Józef Grudzień — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

    • Bronze

  • Irena Szewińska — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
  • Hubert Skrzypczak — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
  • Stanisław Dragan — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
  • Janusz Kierzkowski — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
  • Zbigniew Skrudlik, Witold Woyda, Egon Franke, Adam Lisewski, and Ryszard Parulski — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
  • Henryk Nielaba, Bohdan Gonsior, Michał Butkiewicz, Bohdan Andrzejewski, and Kazimierz Barburski — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition
  • Elżbieta Porzec, Zofia Szczęśniewska, Wanda Wiecha, Barbara Hermela-Niemczyk, Krystyna Ostromęcka, Krystyna Krupa, Jadwiga Książęk, Józefa Ledwig, Krystyna Jakubowska, Lidia Chmielnicka, Krystyna Czajkowska, and Halina Aszkiełowicz — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
  • Henryk Trębicki — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
  • Marian Zieliński — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
  • Norbert Ozimek — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
  • Marek Gołąb — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight

    • Shooting

    Eleven shooters, ten men and one woman, represented Poland in 1968. Józef Zapędzki won gold in the 25 metre pistol.

    References

    Poland at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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