Poland_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics

Poland at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Poland at the; 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Mexico City, Mexico; October 12, 1968 – October 27, 1968
Competitors	177 in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Waldemar Baszanowski
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 5 Silver 2 Bronze 11 Total 18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Austria (1908–1912); Russian Empire (1912)

Poland at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

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.^[1]

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrzej Badeński	400 m	45.52	1 Q	45.60	2 Q	45.50	3 Q	45.42	7
Jan Balachowski	400 m	46.23	2 Q	46.33	5	Did not advance
Roland Brehmer	5000 m	15:13.8	10	Did not advance
Roland Brehmer	10000 m	DNS		Did not advance
Jan Cych	3000 m steeplechase	9:50.78	11	—				Did not advance
Marian Dudziak	100 m	10.46	3 Q	10.32	5	Did not advance
Jerzy Maluśki	1500 m	3:54.83	9	Did not advance
Wiesław Maniak	100 m	10.49	4	Did not advance
Zenon Nowosz	100 m	10.57	5	Did not advance
Edward Romanowski	200 m	20:95	3 Q	20:85	3 Q	20:80	6	Did not advance
Mieczysław Rutyna	20 km walk	—						1:47:29	26
Mieczysław Rutyna	50 km walk	—						4:58:03.8	22
Henryk Szordykowski	800 m	1:47.48	2 Q	—		DNS		Did not advance
Henryk Szordykowski	1500 m	3:59.34	3 Q	—		3:54.24	4 Q	3:46.69	7
Wilhelm Weistand	400 m hurdles	50.7	5	Did not advance
Jan Werner	400 m	45.97	1 Q	45.63	1 Q	45.75	5	Did not advance
Wiesław Maniak Edward Romanowski Zenon Nowosz Marian Dudziak	4×100 m relay	40.27	3 Q	—		38.99	4 Q	39.22	8
Stanisław Grędziński Jan Balachowski Jan Werner Andrzej Badeński	4×400 m relay	3:03.02	1 Q	—				3:00.58	4

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lech Gajdziński	Discus throw	54.92	18	Did not advance
Jan Jaskólski	Triple jump	16.04	14	Did not advance
Władysław Komar	Shot Put	19.09	9 Q	19.28	6
Władysław Nikiciuk	Javelin throw	81.00	8 Q	85.70	4
Edmund Piątkowski	Discus throw	58.24	12 Q	59.40	7
Janusz Sidło	Javelin throw	80.12	10 Q	80.58	7
Andrzej Stalmach	Long jump	7.70	15 Q	7.94	8
Józef Szmidt	Triple jump	16.19	11 Q	16.89	7

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Danuta Straszyńska	80 m hurdles	10.7	3 Q	—		10.5	3 Q	10.6	6
Teresa Sukniewicz	80 m hurdles	10.7	2 Q	—		10.9	6	Did not advance
Irena Szewińska	100 m	11.3	1 Q	11.1	1 Q	11.3	1 Q	11.1
Irena Szewińska	200 m	23.2	1 Q	—		23.2	3 Q	22.5 WR
Elżbieta Żebrowska	80 m hurdles	10.8	2Q	—		10.6	4 Q	10.6	7
Danuta Straszyńska Mirosława Sarna Urszula Jóźwik Irena Szewińska	4×100 m relay	53.00	7	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Daniela Jaworska	Javelin throw	—		56.06	5
Lucyna Krawcewicz	Javelin throw	—		51.54	12
Mirosława Sarna	Long jump	6.44	5 Q	6.47	5
Irena Szewińska	Long jump	6.19	16	Did not advance

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	7	0	642	408	+234	14
Brazil	6	1	561	418	+143	13
Mexico	5	2	493	443	+50	12
Poland	4	3	473	504	−31	11
Bulgaria	3	4	456	478	−22	10
Cuba	2	5	514	532	−18	9
South Korea	1	6	453	530	−77	8
Morocco	0	7	355	634	−279	7

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Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hubert Skrzypczak	Light Flyweight	—	Mohamed Sohem (EGY) W 5-0	Tahar Aziz (MAR) W 4-1	Joseph Donovan (AUS) W 3-2	Jee Yong-Ju (KOR) W 1-4	Did not advance
Artur Olech	Flyweight	—	BYE	Constantin Ciuca (ROU) W 3-2	Nikolay Novikov (URS) W TKO	Leo Rwabwogo (UGA) W 3-2	Ricardo Delgado (MEX) L 0-5
Jan Gałązka	Bantamweight	BYE	Domingo Casco Catalina (ARG) L 2-3	Did not advance
Jan Wadas	Featherweight	—	Ivan Mihailov (BUL) L 1-4	Did not advance
Józef Grudzień	Lightweight	Su-Lung Ho (TPE) W 5-0	Roberto Caminero Perez (CUB) W 5-0	Anthony Quinn (IRL) W 4-1	Enzo Petriglia (ITA) W 5-0	Zvonimir Vujin (YUG) W 5-0	Ronnie Harris (USA) L 0-5
Jerzy Kulej	Light-Welterweight	BYE	János Kajdi (HUN) W 3-2	Gianbattista Capretti (ITA) W 4-1	Peter Tiepold (GDR) W 3-2	Arto Nilsson (FIN) W 5-0	Enrique Regüeiferos (CUB) W 3-2
Marian Kasprzyk	Welterweight	BYE	Armando Muniz (USA) L 1-4	Did not advance
Witold Stachurski	Light Middleweight	—	Janos Covaci (ROU) L 2-3	Did not advance
Wiesław Rudkowski	Middleweight	—	BYE	Charles Amos (GUY) W RSC	Aleksei Kiselyov (URS) L 0-5	Did not advance		5
Stanislaw Dragan	Light Heavyweight	—	BYE	Jorge Clemente (PUR) W WO	Walter Facchinetti (ITA) W 4-1	Ion Monea (ROU) L 1-4	Did not advance
Lucjan Trela	Heavyweight	—		George Foreman (USA) L 1-4	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Władysław Szuszkiewicz	K-1 1000 m	4:03.4	1 Q	BYE		4:05.72	1 Q	4:06.36	4
Ewald Janusz Rafal Piszcz Władysław Zieliński Ryszard Marchlik	K-4 1000 m	3:21.7	3 Q	BYE		3:21.29	3 Q	3:22.10	8

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marian Kegel	Men's road race	4:44:00	10
Kazimierz Jasiński		5:08:25	59
Zygmunt Hanusik		5:20:59	62
Zenon Czechowski		DNF
Andrzej Bławdzin Zenon Czechowski Jan Magiera Marian Kegel	Team time trial	2:14:40.98	6

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Jerzy Kowalewski	3 m springboard	79.97	21	Did not advance
Jerzy Kowalewski	10 m platform	85.08	22	Did not advance
Wlodzimierz Mejsak	10 m platform	89.41	13	Did not advance
Jakub Puchow	3 m springboard	88.65	15	Did not advance
Jakub Puchow	10 m platform	85.14	21	Did not advance

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Marian Kozicki	Braz	Individual	28.00	35	Did not advance
Antoni Pacyński	Cyrrus		37.25	38	Did not advance
Piotr Wawryniuk	Farys		52.75	39	Did not advance
Marian Kozicki Antoni Pacyński Piotr Wawryniuk	See above	Team	123.50	12	223,25	11

Athlete	Event	Final Standings								Apparatus Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Andrzej Gonera	All-around	17.80	17.95	18.30	18.25	18.55	18.40	109.25	38	Did not advance
Jerzy Kruża	All-around	17.85	18.10	17.70	18.15	18.10	18.25	108.15	53	Did not advance
Mikołaj Kubica	All-around	18.50	19.00	18.75	18.70	19.05	18.80	112.80	13	Did not advance
Sylwester Kubica	All-around	18.45	18.40	17.80	18.05	18.70	18.40	109.80	31	Did not advance
Wilhelm Kubica	All-around	18.55	19.10 Q	18.60	18.55	19.15	19.20	113.15	11	—	19.15	Did not advance				19.15	4
Aleksander Rokosa	All-around	18.00	17.55	18.25	18.40	18.40	18.25	108.85	44	Did not advance
Andrzej Gonera Jerzy Kruża Mikołaj Kubica Sylwester Kubica Wilhelm Kubica Aleksander Rokosa	Team all-around	91.45	92.55	91.85	92.20	93.85	93.50	555.40	5	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Andrzej Zawieja	Finn	6	17	19	10	25	11	17	115.7	12
Andrzej Iwiński Ludwik Raczyński	Flying Dutchman	20	18	24	25	25	17	26	165	24

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Włodzimierz Danek	Skeet	189	23
Ryszard Fandier	Men's 300 metre rifle three positions	1127	15
Ryszard Fandier	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	1139	25
Wiesław Gawlikowski	Skeet	188	24
Wacław Hamerliński	25 m rapid fire pistol	585	16
Paweł Małek	50 m pistol	556	5
Jerzy Nowicki	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	1140	24
Jerzy Nowicki	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	593	21
Adam Smelczyński	Trap	195	6
Rajmund Stachurski	50 m pistol	544	28
Eugeniusz Pędzisz	Men's 300 metre rifle three positions	1117	20
Eulalia Rolińska	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	593	22
Józef Zapędzki	25 m rapid fire pistol	593

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
13 Oct	Poland	3–2	South Korea	–	–	–	–
14 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	–	–	–	–
16 Oct	Poland	3–0	United States	–	–	–	–
19 Oct	Poland	3–2	Mexico	–	–	–	–
20 Oct	Japan	3–0	Poland	–	–	–	–
24 Oct	Poland	3–0	Czechoslovakia	–	–	–	–
25 Oct	Poland	3–1	Peru	–	–	–	–

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
Athlete	Event	Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Zbigniew Żedzicki	−57 kg	Horst Mayer (GDR) W P	Marco Terán (ECU) W T 2:10	Yojiro Uetake (JPN) L P	Bazaryn Sükhbaatar (MGL) W P	Ivan Shavov (BUL) W P	Did not advance		6
Tadeusz Godyń	−63 kg	Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL) L P	Yelkan Tedeyev (URS) L T 9:04	Did not advance					17
Janusz Pająk	−70 kg	Aka-Jahan Dastagir (AFG) W P	Severino Aguilar Fruto (PAN) W T 1:14	Iwao Horiuchi (JPN) L P	Wayne Wells (USA) L P	Did not advance			9
Jan Wypiorczyk	−87 kg	Shigeru Endo (JPN) W E	Boris Michail Gurevich (URS) L T 10:36	Did not advance					16
Ryszard Długosz	−97 kg	Alexis Nihon (JPN) W T 1:33	Edward Millard (CAN) L P	Nicolae Negut (ROU) W P	Ahmet Ayik (TUR) L P	Did not advance			7
Wiesław Bocheński	+97 kg	Erdene-Ochir Olziisaikhany (MGL) L P	Wilfried Dietrich (FRG) L DQ	Did not advance					10