Poland at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Poland at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  POL
NOC Polish Olympic Committee
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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 320
Medals Gold
3		 Silver
14		 Bronze
15		 Total
32
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Poland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Contents

[edit] Medals

Poland finished in tenth position in the final medal rankings, with three gold medals and 32 medals overall.

[edit] Gold

  • Jan Kowalczyk — Equestrian, Jumping Individual

[edit] Silver

  • Czesław Lang — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
  • Janusz Bobik, Wiesław Hartman, Jan Kowalczyk, and Marian Kozicki — Equestrian, Jumping Team
  • Piotr Jablkowski, Andrzej Lis, Mariusz Strzalka, and Leszek Swornowski — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
  • Małgorzata Dłużewska and Czeslawa Koscianska — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
  • Andrzej Supron — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
  • Jan Dołgowicz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
  • Roman Bierla — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
  • Władysław Stecyk — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight

[edit] Bronze

  • Lech Koziejowski, Adam Robak, Marian Sypniewski, and Bogusław Zych — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
  • Barbara Wysoczawska — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
  • Janusz Pawłowski — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)
  • Ryszard Kubiak, Grzegorz Nowak, Ryszard Stadniuk, Grzegorz Stellak, and Adam Tomasiak — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
  • Agnieszka Czopek — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
  • Tadeusz Demborczyk — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
  • Marek Seweryn — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
  • Tadeusz Rutkowski — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight
  • Aleksander Cichon — Wrestling, Freestyle Light Heavyweight
  • Adam Sandurski — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Poland entered two women and one man in its third appearance in Olympic archery.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Maria Szeliga — 2365 points (→ 7th place)
  • Jadwiga Wilejto — 2328 points (→ 11th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Krzysztof Wlosik — 2410 points (→ 10th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Zbigniew Pierzynka
  • Final — 2:20:03 (→ 26th place)
  • Ryszard Marczak
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Andrzej Sajkowski
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Zdzislaw Hoffman
  • Qualification — 15.35 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Dariusz Adamus
  • Qualification — 76.82 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Men's Decathlon

  • Dariusz Ludwig
  • Final — 7978 points (→ 6th place)
  • Janusz Szczerkowski
  • Final — 7822 points (→ 10th place)


Women's Pentathlon

  • Małgorzata Guzowska — 4326 points (→ 12th place)
    1. 100 metres — 14.16s
    2. Shot Put — 13.63m
    3. High Jump — 1.80m
    4. Long Jump — 6.21m
    5. 800 metres — 2:29.30

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Henryk Pielesiak
    1. First Round — Lost to Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) on points (2-3)


Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Henryk Srednicki
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Webby Mwango (Zambia) on points (5-0)
    3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)


Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Ryszard Czerwinski
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Firmin Abissi (Benin) on knock-out in first round
    3. Third Round — Lost to Dumitru Cipere (Romania) on points (0-5)


Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Krzysztof Kosedowski → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Gu Young-Jo (North Korea) on points (5-0)
    3. Third Round — Defeated Dejan Marović (Yugoslavia) on points (4-1)
    4. Quarter Finals — Defeated Sidnei Dalrovere (Brazil) on points (5-0)
    5. Semi Finals — Lost to Adolfo Horta (Cuba) retired


Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • Kazimierz Adach → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Bounphisith Songkhamphou (Laos) after referee stopped contest in second round
    2. Second Round — Defeated Omari Golaya (Tanzania) on points (5-0)
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Florian Livădaru (Romania) after referee stopped contest in third round
    4. Semi Finals — Lost to Angel Herrera (Cuba) on points (0-5)


Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • Bogdan Gajda
    1. First Round — Lost to Shadrach Odhiambo (Sweden) on points (1-4)


Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Paweł Skrzecz → Silver Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Mohamed Bouchiche (Algeria) after walk-over
    2. Quarter Finals — Defeated Georgică Donici (Romania) on points (4-1)
    3. Semi Finals — Defeated Ricardo Rojas (Cuba) on points (3-2)
    4. Final — Lost to Slobodan Kačar (Yugoslavia) on points (1-4)


Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

  • Grzegorz Skrzecz
    1. First Round — Defeated William Isangura (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in first round
    2. Quarter Finals — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (Cuba) after knock-out in third round

[edit] Diving

Men's Springboard

  • Roman Godziński
  • Preliminary Round — 462.48 points (→ 19th place, did not advance)

[edit] Handball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Drew with Hungary (20-20)
  • Defeated Cuba (34-19)
  • Defeated Denmark (26-12)
  • Lost to East Germany (21-22)
  • Lost to Spain (22-24)
  • Classification Match
  • 7th/8th place: Defeated Switzerland (23-22) → 7th place


Team Roster

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
  • Poland — Cuba 7-1 (3-0)
  • Poland — India 2-2 (0-1)
  • Poland — Soviet Union 1-5 (0-2)
  • Poland — Spain 0-6 (0-5)
  • Poland — Tanzania 9-1 (3-1)
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Poland — Soviet Union 1-2 (0-2) → 4th place


Team Roster:

  • Zygfryd Józefiak
  • Andrzej Mikina
  • Krystian Bak
  • Włodzimierz Stanisławski
  • Leszek Hensler
  • Jan Sitek
  • Jerzy Wybieralski
  • Leszek Tórz
  • Zbigniew Rachwalski
  • Henryk Horwat
  • Andrzej Mysliwiec
  • Leszek Andrzejczak
  • Jan Mielniczak
  • Mariusz Kubiak
  • Adam Dolatowski
  • Krzysztof Glodowski


[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • Poland — Zimbabwe 0-4 (0-2)
  • Poland — India 0-4 (0-2)
  • Poland — Austria 0-3 (0-2)
  • Poland — Soviet Union 0-6 (0-3)
  • Poland — Czechoslovakia 0-1 (0-0) → 6th place


Team Roster:

  • Małgorzata Gajewska
  • Bogumila Pajor
  • Jolanta Sekulak
  • Jolanta Bledowska
  • Lucyna Matuszna
  • Danuta Stanislawska
  • Wiesława Ryłko
  • Lidia Zgajewska
  • Maria Kornek
  • Małgorzata Lipska
  • Halina Koldras
  • Lucyna Siejka
  • Dorota Bielska
  • Dorota Zaleczna
  • Michalina Plekaniec
  • Jadwiga Koldras

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Janusz Pyciak-Peciak — 5268 pts, 6th place
  • Jan Olesinski — 5219 pts, 11th place
  • Marek Bajan — 5147 pts, 18th place


Men's Team Competition:

  • Pyciak-Peciak, Olesinski, and Bajan — 15634 pts, 4th place

[edit] Swimming

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Leszek Gorski
  • Final — 4.28,89 (→ 7th place)


Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Dorota Brzozowska
  • Final — 2.14,12 (→ 5th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Agnieszka Czopek
  • Heats — 4:49.04
  • Final — 4:48.17 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Magdalena Białas
  • Heats — 4:51.59
  • Final — 4:53.30 (→ 8th place)

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated Yugoslavia (3-1)
  • Defeated Romania (3-1)
  • Defeated Libya (3-0)
  • Lost to Brazil (2-3)
  • Semi Finals
  • Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Lost to Romania (1-3) → 4th place


Team Roster

  • Robert Malinowski
  • Maciej Jarosz
  • Wiesław Czaja
  • Lech Lasko
  • Tomasz Wójtowiz
  • Wiesław Gawłowski
  • Wojciech Drzyzga
  • Bogusław Kanicki
  • Ryszard Bosek
  • Włodzimierz Nalazek
  • Leszek Molenda
  • Władysław Kustra