Poland_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics

Poland at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Poland at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation


Poland competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, because of the Soviet boycott. The Polish Olympic Committee (Polish: Polski Komitet Olimpijski, PKO) sent a total of 194 athletes to the Games, 132 men and 62 women, to compete in 21 sports. Men's volleyball was the only team-based sport in which Poland had its representation in these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in women's taekwondo.

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The Polish team featured six defending Olympic champions from Sydney: race walker Robert Korzeniowski, rifle shooter Renata Mauer-Różańska, rowing pair Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz, and hammer throwers Kamila Skolimowska, and Szymon Ziółkowski. Greco-Roman wrestler and 1996 Olympic champion Ryszard Wolny and sprint canoeist Michał Śliwiński (previously competed for the Soviet Union, Unified Team, and Ukraine) had made their fifth Olympic appearance as the most sophisticated athletes of the team. Show jumper Grzegorz Kubiak, aged 41, was the oldest athlete of the team, while rhythmic gymnast Martyna Dąbkowska was the youngest at age 15. Swimming star Bartosz Kizierowski, who finished fifth in Sydney four years earlier in the men's 50 m freestyle, became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1]

Poland left Athens with a total of ten medals, three golds, two silver, and five bronze, the lowest in Summer Olympic history since 1956.[2] Seven of these medals were dominated by women, who constituted less than a third of all Polish athletes at these Games. Among the nation's medalists, two of them climbed the Olympic podium for the first time: Anna Rogowska, who beat her teammate Monika Pyrek to take home the bronze in women's pole vault,[3] and Otylia Jędrzejczak, who became the most decorated Polish athlete at these Games with three medals, including the nation's first gold in swimming.[4] Kucharski and Sycz managed to repeat their golden streak in the men's double sculls, while Korzeniowski ended an illustrious Olympic career with a historic milestone as the first athlete to defend his Olympic title in men's 50 km race walk for the third consecutive time.[5]

Medalists

Archery

Four Polish archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot for the women's team.

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Athletics

Polish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).[6][7]

Key
  • NoteRanks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
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Field events
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Women
Track & road events
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Combined events – Heptathlon
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Badminton

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Boxing

Poland sent three boxers to Athens.

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Canoeing

Slalom

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Sprint

Men
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Women
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Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Road

Men
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Women
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Track

Sprint
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Time trial
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Keirin
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Mountain biking

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Equestrian

Eventing

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Show jumping

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Fencing

Men
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Women
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Gymnastics

Rhythmic

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Judo

Six Polish judoka (four men and two women) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men
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Women
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Modern pentathlon

Four Polish athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the European and UIPM Championships.

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Rowing

Polish rowers qualified the following boats:

Men
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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Polish sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men
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Open
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M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Five Polish shooters (two men and three women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
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Swimming

Polish swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men
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Table tennis

Two Polish table tennis players qualified for the following events.

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Taekwondo

Poland has qualified a single taekwondo jin.

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Tennis

Poland nominated two male tennis players to compete in the tournament.

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Volleyball

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Polish roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[8]

Head coach: Stanisław Gościniak

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Group play
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Source: FIVB
15 August 2004
09:00
Serbia and Montenegro  0–3  Poland Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Luciano Gaspari (ITA)
(21–25, 17–25, 16–25)
result
17 August 2004
19:30
Greece  3–1  Poland Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 8,600
Referees: Luciano Gaspari (ITA), Jarmo Salonen (FIN)
(21–25, 25–18, 25–21, 25–20)
result
19 August 2004
14:00
Poland  0–3  France Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 5,230
Referees: Jarmo Salonen (FIN), Luciano Gaspari (ITA)
(15–25, 18–25, 17–25)
result
21 August 2004
14:00
Tunisia  1–3  Poland Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 4,600
Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
(18–25, 25–23, 19–25, 23–25)
result
23 August 2004
16:00
Poland  3–2  Argentina Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 6,295
Referees: Kun-Tae Kim (KOR), Hiroyuki Ito (JPN)
(25–19, 25–22, 23–25, 22–25, 20–18)
result
Quarterfinal
25 August 2004
22:25
Poland  0–3  Brazil Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 4,150
Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Fernando Nava (MEX)
(22–25, 25–27, 18–25)
result

Weightlifting

Seven Polish weightlifters qualified for the following events:

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Wrestling

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
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Men's Greco-Roman
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See also


References

  1. "Kizierowski chorążym polskiej ekipy" [Kizierowski will be the flag bearer for the Polish team]. Sport.pl (in Polish). Bankier.pl. 11 August 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  2. "2004 Athens: Medal Tally". USA Today. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. "Isinbayeva wins pole vault". BBC Sport. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  4. Andersson, Astrid (21 December 2004). "Olympic champion's heart of gold". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  5. "Polish walker earns fourth Olympic gold". USA Today. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  6. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.

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