Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Poland at the Olympic Games

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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 11		 Gold
7		 Silver
5		 Bronze
5		 Total
17
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Poland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

  • Ryszard Wolny — Wrestling, Men's Lightweight (68 kg)
  • Andrzej Wronski — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight (100 kg)

[edit] Silver

  • Piotr Kielpikowski, Adam Krzesinski, and Ryszard Sobczak — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
  • Miroslaw Rzepkowski — Shooting, Men's Skeet
  • Jacek Fafinski — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight (90 kg)

[edit] Bronze

  • Renata Mauer — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
  • Andrzej Cofalik — Weightlifting , Men's Light Heavyweight (83 kg)
  • Józef Tracz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight (74 kg)


[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Poland entered three women and one man in its sixth appearance in Olympic archery. Veteran Joanna Nowicka had the best result of the individual round, while the women's team won the bronze medal.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Joanna Nowicka → Round of 16, 11th place (2-1)
  • Katarzyna Klata → Round of 32, 25th place (1-1)
  • Iwona Dzięcioł → Round of 64, 33rd place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Paweł Szymczak → Round of 32, 29th place (1-1)

Women's Team Competition:

  • Nowicka, Klata, and Dzięcioł → Bronze Medal Match → Bronze medal (3-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 4x400m Relay

  • Heat — 3:01.92
  • Semi Final — 3:02.29
  • Final — 3:00.96 (→ 6th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 49.63s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Leszek Beblo — 2:17.04 (→ 17th place)

Men's Decathlon

  • Final Result — 8249 points (→ 15th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 77.64m
  • Final — 76.64m (→ 10th place)


Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 6.70m
  • Final — 6.90m (→ 6th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Renata Katewicz
  • Qualification — 58.24m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6484 points (→ 4th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Malgorzata Sobanska — 2:31.52 (→ 11th place)
  • Aniela Nikiel — 2:36.44 (→ 29th place)

Women's 10km Walk

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

  • Jacek Bielski
    1. First Round — Defeated Luis Perez (Puerto Rico), 18-2
    2. Second Round — Lost to Mohamed Alalou (Algeria), 8-19

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

  • Tomasz Borowski
    1. First Round — Defeated Mohamed Mosbahi (Morocco), 9-6
    2. Second Round — Defeated Hirokuni Moto (Japan), 11-6
    3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Malik Beyleroglu (Turkey), 12-16

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Final — 1:07:08 (→ 9th place)
  • Final — 1:09:48 (→ 22nd place)

[edit] Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

  • Marek Galinski
  • Final — 2:45:54 (→ 29th place)
  • Slawomir Barul
  • Final — 2:53:56 (→ 36th place)

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Igor Warabida — 5452pts (→ 5th place)
  • Maciej Czyżowicz — 5021 pts (→ 27th place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Mariusz Siembida
    1. Heat – 56.16
    2. B-Final – 56.13 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Bartosz Sikora
    1. Heat – 2:00.99
    2. Final – 2:00.05 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Marek Krawczyk
    1. Heat – 1:03.57 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Marek Krawczyk
    1. Heat – 2:15.17
    2. Final – 2:14.84 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Konrad Galka
    1. Heat – 1:59.97
    2. B-Final – 2:00.91 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Marcin Maliński
    1. Heat – 2:05.42 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Marcin Maliński
    1. Heat – 4:18.34
    2. Final – 4:20.50 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay


Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Isabela Burczyk
    1. Heat – 2:16.91 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Alicja Pęczak
    1. Heat – 1:10.70
    2. B-Final – 1:10.44 (→ 14th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Alicja Pęczak
    1. Heat – 2:30.64
    2. B-Final – 2:30.99 (→ 13th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Anna Uryniuk
    1. Heat – 1:02.39 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Anna Uryniuk
    1. Heat – 2:13.90
    2. B-Final – 2:13.64 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Alicja Pęczak
    1. Heat – 2:17.48
    2. B-Final – 2:18.21 (→ 15th place)

[edit] Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

  • Aleksandra Olsza
    1. First round — Lost to Virag Csurgo (Hungary) 2-6 5-7

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Indoor Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to United States (0-3)
  • Lost to Cuba (0-3)
  • Lost to Brazil (0-3)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
  • Lost to Argentina (1-3) → did not advance, 11th place
  • Team Roster
  • Damian Dacewicz
  • Piotr Gruszka
  • Krzysztof Jańczak
  • Marcin Nowak
  • Robert Prygiel
  • Witold Roman (captain)
  • Krzysztof Śmigiel
  • Andrzej Stelmach
  • Krzysztof Stelmach
  • Mariusz Szyszko
  • Leszek Urbanowicz
  • Paweł Zagumny

[edit] Weightlifting

Men's Heavyweight (– 108 kg)

  • Dariusz Osuch
  • Snatch — 177.5 kg
  • Clean & Jerk — 215.0 kg
  • Total — 392.5 kg (→ 8th place)

[edit] References