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 Put
Jan Szczepański - Boxing, Men's Flyweight
Witold Woyda - Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
Marek Dąbrowski, Jerzy Kaczmarek, Lech Koziejowski, Witold Woyda, and Arkadiusz Godel - Fencing, Men's Foil Team
Anczok, Ćmikiewicz, Deyna, Gadocha, Gorgoń, Gut, Jarosik, Kmiecik, Kostka, Kraska, Lato, Lubański, Marx, Maszczyk, Ostafiński, Szeja, Szołtysik, Szymanowski, and Szymczak - Football, Men's Team Competition
Józef Zapędzki - Shooting, 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (60 shots)
Zygmunt Smalcerz - Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight
Irena Szydłowska - Archery, Women's Individual Competition
Wiesław Rudkowski - Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
Lucjan Lis, Edward Barcik, Stanisław Szozda, and Ryszard Szurkowski - Cycling, Men's Road Team Time Trial
Antoni Zajkowski - Judo, Men's Half-Middleweight
Norbert Ozimek - Weightlifting, Men's Light-Heavyweight
Irena Szewińska - Athletics, Women's 200m
Ryszard Katus - Athletics, Men's Decathlon
Leszek Błażyński - Boxing, Men's Flyweight
Janusz Gortat - Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
Władysław Szuszkiewicz and Rafal Maciej Piszcz - Canoe, Men's Kayak Flatwater K-2 1.000m
Andrzej Bek, and Benedykt Kocot - Cycling Track, Men's 2.000m Tandem
Zbigniew Kaczmarek - Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
Kazimierz Lipień - Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Featherweight
Czesław Kwieciński - Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Light-Heavyweight
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
Women
Men
Track & road events
Field events
Combined events – Decathlon
Women
Track & road events
Field events
9th–12th place
Team Roster
Poland - 10th place
Men
Men
Women
Twelve cyclists represented Poland in 1972.
1000m time trial
Men's Sprint
Pursuit
Men's Tandem
Men
Women
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1972.
Poland
Gold Medal
Men
Individual finals
Women
Handball
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, 13-13
Poland def. Denmark, 11-8
Soviet Union def. Poland, 17-11
Poland def. Iceland, 20-17
Norway def. Japan, 19-17
Norway def. Poland, 23-20
Poland
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 time
Poland
12th place
Men
Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1972.
Alternate Member:
Krzysztof Trybusiewicz
Men
Open
Thirteen shooters, 12 men and one woman, represented Poland in 1972. Józef Zapędzki won gold in the 25 m rapid fire pistol.
Open
Men
Men
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
