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.
Wladyslaw Komar - Athletics, Men's Shot PutJan Szczepański - Boxing, Men's FlyweightWitold Woyda - Fencing, Men's Foil IndividualMarek Dąbrowski, Jerzy Kaczmarek, Lech Koziejowski, Witold Woyda, and Arkadiusz Godel - Fencing, Men's Foil TeamAnczok, Ćmikiewicz, Deyna, Gadocha, Gorgoń, Gut, Jarosik, Kmiecik, Kostka, Kraska, Lato, Lubański, Marx, Maszczyk, Ostafiński, Szeja, Szołtysik, Szymanowski, and Szymczak - Football, Men's Team CompetitionJózef Zapędzki - Shooting, 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (60 shots)Zygmunt Smalcerz - Weightlifting, Men's FlyweightIrena Szydłowska - Archery, Women's Individual CompetitionWiesław Rudkowski - Boxing, Men's Light MiddleweightLucjan Lis, Edward Barcik, Stanisław Szozda, and Ryszard Szurkowski - Cycling, Men's Road Team Time TrialAntoni Zajkowski - Judo, Men's Half-MiddleweightNorbert Ozimek - Weightlifting, Men's Light-HeavyweightIrena Szewińska - Athletics, Women's 200mRyszard Katus - Athletics, Men's DecathlonLeszek Błażyński - Boxing, Men's FlyweightJanusz Gortat - Boxing, Men's Light HeavyweightWładysław Szuszkiewicz and Rafal Maciej Piszcz - Canoe, Men's Kayak Flatwater K-2 1.000mAndrzej Bek, and Benedykt Kocot - Cycling Track, Men's 2.000m TandemZbigniew Kaczmarek - Weightlifting, Men's LightweightKazimierz Lipień - Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's FeatherweightCzesław Kwieciński - Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Light-HeavyweightIn 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.
MenWomenMenTrack & road eventsField eventsCombined events – DecathlonWomenTrack & road eventsField events9th–12th place
Team Roster Poland - 10th place
MenMenWomenTwelve cyclists represented Poland in 1972.
1000m time trialMen's SprintPursuitMen's TandemMenWomen20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1972.
Poland
Gold Medal
MenIndividual finalsWomenHandball
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.
Sweden tied Poland, 13-13Poland def. Denmark, 11-8Soviet Union def. Poland, 17-11Poland def. Iceland, 20-17Norway def. Japan, 19-17Norway def. Poland, 23-20Poland
10th place
Men's team competition
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)September 8, 1972
11th/12th place: France – Poland 4-7 (2-1) after extra timePoland
12th place
MenThree male pentathletes represented Poland in 1972.
Alternate Member:
Krzysztof TrybusiewiczMenOpenThirteen shooters, 12 men and one woman, represented Poland in 1972. Józef Zapędzki won gold in the 25 m rapid fire pistol.
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