Poland at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City

Competitors

177 in 16 sports

Medals
Rank: 11

Gold
5

Silver
2

Bronze
11

Total
18

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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]

Medalists

Gold

Irena Szewińska — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
Jerzy Kulej — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
Jerzy Pawłowski — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
Józef Zapędzki — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
Waldemar Baszanowski — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight

Silver

Artur Olech — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
Józef Grudzień — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

Bronze

Irena Szewińska — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
Hubert Skrzypczak — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
Stanisław Dragan — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
Janusz Kierzkowski — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
Zbigniew Skrudlik, Witold Woyda, Egon Franke, Adam Lisewski, and Ryszard Parulski — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
Henryk Nielaba, Bohdan Gonsior, Michał Butkiewicz, Bohdan Andrzejewski, and Kazimierz Barburski — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition
Elżbieta Porzec, Zofia Szczęśniewska, Wanda Wiecha, Barbara Hermela-Niemczyk, Krystyna Ostromęcka, Krystyna Krupa, Jadwiga Książęk, Józefa Ledwig, Krystyna Jakubowska, Lidia Chmielnicka, Krystyna Czajkowska, and Halina Aszkiełowicz — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
Henryk Trębicki — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
Marian Zieliński — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
Norbert Ozimek — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
Marek Gołąb — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men
Track & road events

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	N/A				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	N/A						1:47:29	26
Mieczysław Rutyna	50 km walk	N/A						4:58:03.8	22
Henryk Szordykowski	800 m	1:47.48	2 Q	N/A		DNS		Did not advance
Henryk Szordykowski	1500 m	3:59.34	3 Q	N/A		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	N/A		38.99	4 Q	39.22	8
Stanisław Grędziński Jan Balachowski Jan Werner Andrzej Badeński	4×400 m relay	3:03.02	1 Q	N/A				3:00.58	4

Field events

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
Wladysław 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

Women
Track & road events

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	N/A		10.5	3 Q	10.6	6
Teresa Sukniewicz	80 m hurdles	10.7	2 Q	N/A		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	N/A		23.2	3 Q	22.5 WR
Elżbieta Żebrowska	80 m hurdles	10.8	2Q	N/A		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

Field events

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

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Group B

	Qualified for the semifinals

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

October 13

Soviet Union

91–50

Poland

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 14

Poland

77–67

South Korea

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 15

Poland

78–75

Cuba

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 16

Poland

51–88

Brazil

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 18

Morocco

48–85

Poland

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 19

Bulgaria

67–69

Poland

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 20

Mexico

68–63

Poland

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 19

Bulgaria

67–69

Poland

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 20

Mexico

68–63

Poland

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

Classification brackets

5th–8th Place

October 22

Italy

52–66

Poland

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

5th-6th Place

October 25

Mexico

75–65

Poland

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men

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	N/A	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	N/A	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	N/A	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	N/A	Janos Covaci (ROU) L 2-3	Did not advance
Wiesław Rudkowski	Middleweight	N/A	BYE	Charles Amos (GUY) W RSC	Aleksei Kiselyov (URS) L 0-5	Did not advance		5
Stanislaw Dragan	Light Heavyweight	N/A	BYE	Jorge Clemente (PUR) W WO	Walter Facchinetti (ITA) W 4-1	Ion Monea (ROU) L 1-4	Did not advance
Lucjan Trela	Heavyweight	N/A		George Foreman (USA) L 1-4	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stanisława Szydłowska	K-1 500 m	2:12.1	5 q	2:15.32	4	Did not advance
Izabella Antonowicz Jadwiga Doering	K-2 500 m	2:06.8	5 q	2:03.48	1 Q	2:04.20	9

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Ten cyclists represented Poland in 1968.

Road

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

Track

1000m time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Janusz Kierzkowski	Men's 1000m time trial	1:04.63	7

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Rajmund Zieliński	Men's individual pursuit	4:46.03	10	N/A	Did not advance			10
Wojciech Matusiak Janusz Kierzkowski Wacław Latocha Rajmund Zieliński	Team pursuit	N/A		Czechoslovakia (TCH) L 4:23.77 Q	West Germany (FRG) L 4:38.91	Did not advance		5

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Bogusława Pietkiewicz	3 m springboard	76.45	20	Did not advance
Bogusława Pietkiewicz	10 m platform	49.53	4 Q	45.56	8	95.09	5
Elżbieta Wierniuk	3 m springboard	87.62	9 Q	34.80	12	122.42	11
Elżbieta Wierniuk	10 m platform	47.26	15	Did not advance

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Show jumping

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

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1968.

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Henryk Nielaba Michał Butkiewicz Bogdan Gonsior Bohdan Andrzejewski Kazimierz Barburski	Team épée	Argentina (ARG) W 16-0 Canada (CAN) W 10-6 East Germany (GDR) W 9-7	1 Q	France (FRA) W 9-7	Hungary (HUN) L 5-9	Germany (GER) W 9-6
Witold Woyda Zbigniew Skrudlik Ryszard Parulski Egon Franke Adam Lisewski	Team foil	Venezuela (VEN) W 10-6 Argentina (ARG) W 11-5 Hungary (HUN) W 9-4	1 Q	Germany (GER) W 9-4	France (FRA) L 7-9	Romania (ROU) W 9-3
Emil Ochyra Jerzy Pawłowski Józef Nowara Franciszek Sobczak Zygmunt Kawecki	Team sabre	Cuba (CUB) W 13-3 France (FRA) L 7-9	2 Q	France (FRA) L 2-9	Great Britain (GBR) W 9-2	United States (USA) W 9-5	5

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Halina Balon Kamilla Składanowska Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman Elżbieta Pawlas Wanda Fukała-Kaczmarczyk	Team foil	Soviet Union (URS) L 4-12 Romania (ROU) L 10-6	3	Did not advance			7

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zdzislaw Bromek	Single sculls	8:06.61	5 R	7:48.68	3 Q	8:13.92	6 FB	7:45.48	7
Jerzy Broniec Alfons Ślusarski	Coxless pairs	7:45.51	3 R	7:35.81	3 Q	7:40.10	6 FB	7:22.89	8

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Open

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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Eleven shooters, ten men and one woman, represented Poland in 1968. Józef Zapędzki won gold in the 25 metre pistol.

Open

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Józef Klukowski	100 metre breaststroke	1:11.0	22 Q	1:10.9	18	Did not advance
Józef Klukowski	200 metre breaststroke	2:41.6	25	Did not advance
Jacek Krawczyk	200 metre butterfly	2:22.1	24	Did not advance
	200 metre medley	2:23.8	25	Did not advance
	400 metre medley	5:15.1	22	Did not advance
Zbigniew Pacelt	200 metre freestyle	2:06.3	33	Did not advance
	200 metre medley	2:23.3	23	Did not advance
	400 metre medley	5:18.6	25	Did not advance
Władysław Wojtakajtis	200 metre freestyle	2:06.0	31	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:31.1	19	Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	18:32.4	18	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition

Round Robin

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	–	–	–	–

Poland

Bronze Medal

Head Coach

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Henryk Trębicki	56 kg	115.0	3	107.5	1	135	4	357.5
Jan Wojnowski	60 kg	117.5	5	115	3	150	2	382.5	4
Mieczysław Nowak	60 kg	117.5	5	110	6	147.5	4	375	5
Waldemar Baszanowski	67,5 kg	135	1	135	1 OR	167.5	1 OR	437.5 OR
Marian Zieliński	67,5 kg	135	1	125	4	160	4	420
Norbert Ozimek	82,5 kg	150	3	140	4	182.5	3	472.5
Marek Gołąb	90 kg	165	2	145	4	185	5	495

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle

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 Wypiórczyk	−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

Men's Greco-Roman

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
Jan Michalik	−52 kg	Gheorghe Stoiciu (ROU) L P	Jussi Vesterinen (FIN) W P	Did not advance					19
Józef Lipiec	−57 kg	Kaya Ozcan (TUR) L P	Cheon-Yeong An (KOR) L E	Risto Bjorlin (FIN) L T 9:00	Did not advance				16
Tadeusz Godyń	−63 kg	Nikolaos Lazarou (GRE) L P	António Morais (POR) L DQ	Did not advance					16
Adam Ostrowski	−78 kg	Dimitrios Savvas (GRE) W E	Milan Nenadic (YUG) W P	Jan Karstrom (SWE) L P	Did not advance				11
Czesław Kwieciński	−87 kg	László Sillai (HUN) W P	Julio Graffigna (ARG) W T 7:54	Valentin Oleynik (URS) L P	Richard Baughman (USA) L P	Did not advance			7
Wacław Orłowski	-97 kg	Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) L P	Takeshi Nagao (JPN) W T 2:42	Tore Hem (NOR) L P	Did not advance				6
Edward Wojda	+97 kg	Arje Nadbornik (FIN) W T 2:24	Bekir Aksu (TUR) L E	Sten Svensson (SWE) L P	Anatoly Roshchin (URS) L T 5:29	Did not advance			8

References

↑ "Poland at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

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