Poland at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Poland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Poland at the 1972 Winter Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Sapporo
Competitors	47 (39 men, 8 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Andrzej Bachleda, Alpine Skiing
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Austria (1908–1912)  Russian Empire (1912)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Wojciech Fortuna	Ski jumping	Large hill individual

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrzej Bachleda	Giant Slalom	1:34.40	17	1:38.02	4	3:12.42	9

Men's slalom

Athlete	Classification		Final
	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Andrzej Bachleda	bye		57.04	10	55.22	11	1:52.26	10

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ^1	Rank
20 km	Andrzej Fiedor	1'19:17.25	11	1'30:17.25	48
	Józef Stopka	1'19:18.66	8	1'27:18.66	35
	Andrzej Rapacz	1'17:21.02	9	1'26:21.02	33
	Aleksander Klima	1'17:00.86	2	1'19:00.86	9

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^2	Time	Rank
Józef Rózak Józef Stopka Andrzej Rapacz Aleksander Klima	4	1'58:09.92	7

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Jan Staszel	48:46.72	33
30 km	Jan Staszel	1'43:35.68	29

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km	Anna Gębala-Duraj	18:13.43	29
	Władysława Majerczyk	17:56.55	23
	Józefa Chromik	17:55.41	21
	Weronika Budny	17:38.74	13
10 km	Władysława Majerczyk	38:19.66	34
	Józefa Chromik	36:45.39	21
	Anna Gębala-Duraj	36:32.65	15
	Weronika Budny	35:57.59	11

Women's 3 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Anna Gębala-Duraj Józefa Chromik Weronika Budny	51:49.13	7

Figure skating

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Grazyna Kostrzewinska Adam Brodecki	11	11	377.8	95.5	11

Ice hockey

First Round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Poland	4–0	West Germany

Medal round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	4	0	1	33	13	9
2	United States	5	3	2	0	18	15	6
3	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	26	13	6
4	Sweden	5	2	2	1	17	13	5
5	Finland	5	2	3	0	14	24	4
6	Poland	5	0	5	0	9	39	0

• Czechoslovakia 14-1 Poland
• Finland 5-1 Poland
• Sweden 5-3 Poland
• USSR 9-3 Poland
• USA 6-1 Poland
• Team Roster

• Walery Kosyl
• Andrzej Tkacz
• Ludwik Czachowski
• Marian Feter
• Stanislaw Fryslweicz
• Robert Goralczyk
• Adam Kopszynski
• Jerzy Potz
• Andrzej Szczepaniec
• Jozef Batkiewicz
• Krzysztof Bialynicki
• Stefan Chowaniec
• Feliks Goralczyk
• Tadeusz Kacik
• Tadesusz Obloj
• Jozef Slovakiewicz
• Leszek Tokarz
• Wieslaw Tokarz
• Walenty Zietara

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryszard Gawior	54.72	24	54.09	20	53.26	21	52.87	16	3:34.94	19
Mirosław Więckowski	54.43	22	54.82	27	54.61	34	53.75	30	3:37.61	27
Lucjan Kudzia	54.14	19	53.58	15	52.36	11	52.75	13	3:32.83	13
Janusz Grzemowski	53.07	8	53.12	10	52.66	15	52.59	12	3:31.44	12

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mirosław Więckowski Wojciech Kublik	44.88	6	44.78	4	1:29.66	5
Lucjan Kudzia Ryszard Gawior	45.28	9	45.40	11	1:30.68	9

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Barbara Piecha	45.96	9	46.24	10	45.89	8	44.98	6	3:03.07	9
Wiesława Martyka	45.68	7	46.12	9	45.47	6	45.06	7	3:02.33	6
Halina Kanasz	45.66	6	45.98	7	45.52	7	45.17	9	3:02.33	6

Nordic combined

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kazimierz Długopolski	Individual	73.0	73.5	184.9	10	51:38.5	190.960	24	375.860	12
Józef Gąsienica		67.5	64.5	146.8	34	51:29.4	192.325	21	339.125	31
Stefan Hula		72.5	71.0	178.2	18	51:29.4	192.325	21	370.525	17

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Stanisław Gąsienica Daniel	Normal hill	73.5	97.3	72.5	96.7	194.0	39
Tadeusz Pawlusiak		73.5	98.8	71.5	99.1	197.9	32
Adam Krzysztofiak		75.5	105.0	73.5	102.3	207.3	24
Wojciech Fortuna		82.0	115.4	76.5	106.6	222.0	6
Stanisław Gąsienica Daniel	Large hill	83.0	83.2	86.0	87.9	171.1	31
Adam Krzysztofiak		84.0	85.6	85.0	87.5	173.1	29
Tadeusz Pawlusiak		87.0	89.3	90.0	94.0	183.3	18
Wojciech Fortuna		111.0	130.4	87.5	89.5	219.9

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com