Poland at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Poland at the Olympic Games
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At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville
Competitors	53 (41 men, 12 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Henryk Gruth (ice hockey)
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Other related appearances
Austria (1908–1912) Russian Empire (1912)

Poland competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Jakub Malczewski	Super-G			DNF	–
Marcin Szafrański				DNF	–
Jakub Malczewski	Giant Slalom	1:15.86	1:14.81	2:30.67	52
Marcin Szafrański		1:15.06	1:12.34	2:27.40	46
Marcin Szafrański	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Jakub Malczewski		1:00.59	DNF	DNF	–

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Marcin Szafrański	1:50.60	56.55	57.90	133.04	26

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Ewa Zagata	Giant Slalom	1:14.56	1:14.86	2:29.42	29
Ewa Zagata	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Jan Wojtas	2	28:56.5	56
	Krzysztof Sosna	3	28:37.4	46
	Jan Ziemianin	1	27:47.2	29
	Zbigniew Filip	1	27:23.7	16

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Zbigniew Filip	59:40.9	7	1'06:40.9	72
	Krzysztof Sosna	57:24.1	7	1'04:24.1	60
	Dariusz Kozłowski	1'00:17.2	4	1'04:17.2	58
	Jan Ziemianin	57:44.7	4	1'01:44.7	32

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Dariusz Kozłowski Jan Ziemianin Jan Wojtas Krzysztof Sosna	0	1'27:56.7	9

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Krystyna Liberda	7	29:39.9	60
	Zofia Kiełpińska	4	28:39.7	50
	Agata Suszka	3	28:23.6	46
	Halina Pitoń	4	28:11.7	40

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
15 km	Zofia Kiełpińska	52:15.1	11	1'03:15.1	62
	Krystyna Liberda	54:57.2	8	1'02:57.2	59
	Agata Suszka	53:30.2	6	59:30.2	46
	Halina Pitoń	52:07.2	4	56:07.2	20

Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Agata Suszka Zofia Kiełpińska Halina Pitoń	4	1'24:07.5	14

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Wiesław Cempa	32:13.9	63
	Andrzej Piotrowski	31:56.9	57
15 km pursuit^1 F	Wiesław Cempa	44:53.2	48
	Andrzej Piotrowski	44:52.9	47
30 km C	Andrzej Piotrowski	1'34:32.9	61
	Wiesław Cempa	1'32:25.4	52
50 km F	Andrzej Piotrowski	2'20:32.9	48
	Wiesław Cempa	2'15:06.7	32

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Halina Nowak-Guńka	16:56.1	55
	Małgorzata Ruchała	15:57.9	40
	Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska	15:47.4	36
	Dorota Kwaśny	15:16.5	24
10 km pursuit^2 F	Halina Nowak-Guńka	31:18.4	44
	Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska	29:14.3	27
	Dorota Kwaśny	28:54.7	21
15 km C	Katarzyna Popieluch	48:45.3	38
	Dorota Kwaśny	47:44.4	35
	Małgorzata Ruchała	47:36.3	34
	Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska	46:18.6	24
30 km F	Katarzyna Popieluch	DNF	–
	Halina Nowak-Guńka	1'31:56.2	25
	Małgorzata Ruchała	1'31:47.6	24
	Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska	1'31:44.3	23

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Małgorzata Ruchała Dorota Kwaśny Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska Halina Nowak-Guńka	1'03:23.0	10

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Grzegorz Filipowski	13	10	13.5	11

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Zuzanna Szwed	23	19	30.5	19

Ice hockey

Group A

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
United States	5	4	0	1	18	7	11	9
Sweden	5	3	0	2	22	11	11	8
Finland	5	3	1	1	22	11	11	7
Germany	5	2	3	0	11	12	-1	4
Italy	5	1	4	0	18	24	-6	2
Poland	5	0	5	0	4	30	-26	0

Sweden	7:2	Poland
Finland	9:1	Poland
Italy	7:1	Poland
United States	3:0	Poland
Germany	4:0	Poland

Consolation Round 9th-12th Places

Switzerland

7:2

Poland

11th Place Match

Poland 11th

4:1

Italy

Contestants

• Gabriel Samolej
• Marek Batkiewicz
• Mariusz Kieca
• Kazimierz Jurek
• Henryk Gruth
• Rafal Sroka
• Robert Szopinski
• Dariusz Garbocz
• Marek Cholewa
• Jerzy Sobera
• Andrzej Kadziolka
• Krzystof Kuzniecow
• Andrzej Swistak
• Mariusz Puzio
• Janusz Rajnos
• Miroslaw Tomasik
• Waldemar Klisiak
• Dariusz Platek
• Janusz Adamiec
• Krzystof Bujar
• Mariusz Czerkawski
• Wojciech Tkacz
• Slawomir Wieloch

• Head Coach: Leszek Lejczyk

Luge

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leszek Szarejko Adrian Przechewka	47.127	15	1:07.927	20	1:55.054	20

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
		Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Stefan Habas	Individual	191.8	33	+4:04.7	50:18.1	25
Stanisław Ustupski		202.6	18	+2:52.7	46:56.2	8

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Zbigniew Klimowski	Large hill	87.5	55.0	91.0	62.9	117.9	49

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Paweł Abratkiewicz	38.74	31
1000 m	Paweł Jaroszek	1:17.82	32
	Paweł Abratkiewicz	1:17.40	28
1500 m	Paweł Jaroszek	1:57.80	16
5000 m	Jaromir Radke	7:18.40	16
10,000 m	Jaromir Radke	14:42.60	14

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
1000 m	Ewa Wasilewska	1:24.28	18
1500 m	Ewa Wasilewska	2:09.64	14
3000 m	Ewa Wasilewska	4:44.56	24

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com