Poland at the Olympics

Poland at the
Olympics
Poland at the; Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpijski.pl (in Polish)
Medals; Ranked 23rd	Gold 79 Silver 96 Bronze 146 Total 321
Summer appearances
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Winter appearances
	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)

Poland first participated at the Olympic Games in 1924, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the 1984 Games, when they were forced to be part of the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics. Poland has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games.

Polish athletes have won a total of 321 medals (79 gold, 96 silver, 146 bronze) in 19 different summer and 5 different winter sports. Poland is the second most successful country in total medals (after Hungary) of those who have never hosted the Olympics. The nation's best overall performance at the Olympics occurred at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, with the country's athletes winning 7 gold, 6 silver and 13 bronze medals finishing sixth in the medal table.

Its most successful teams have been football and volleyball. Poland ranks fifth all-time in modern pentathlon, seventh in athletics, and has also been successful in weightlifting, martial arts and nordic skiing.

The National Olympic Committee for Poland is the Polish Olympic Committee (Polish: Polski Komitet Olimpijski, PKOl). The entity was created in 1918 and recognized in 1919.^[1]

History

Poland officially made its debut at the Olympics in 1924, however, Polish athletes did participate in earlier editions of the Olympic Games representing other nations. The first ever Olympic medal for Poland (silver) was won by track cyclists in team pursuit Franciszek Szymczyk, Jan Lazarski, Józef Lange and Tomasz Stankiewicz at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris while the first gold medal for Poland was won by discus thrower Halina Konopacka at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.^[2] The first Polish sportsperson who individually won two Olympic medals (silver and bronze) was equestrian Michał Antoniewicz in 1928.

After setting its gold medal record (7) in Montreal at the 1976 Summer Games, Poland won its largest number of medals to date (32) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Poland was forced to boycott the next Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles by the Soviet Union, alongside another 13 Eastern Bloc countries in response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The most successful Polish Olympian to date is Irena Szewińska with seven Olympic medals altogether.^[3] With four gold medals, Robert Korzeniowski is the most successful Polish Olympian in terms of the number of gold medals.^[4]

Medal tables

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924 Chamonix	7	0	0	0	0	–
1928 St. Moritz	26	0	0	0	0	–
1932 Lake Placid	15	0	0	0	0	–
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	20	0	0	0	0	–
1948 St. Moritz	29	0	0	0	0	–
1952 Oslo	30	0	0	0	0	–
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	51	0	0	1	1	12
1960 Squaw Valley	13	0	1	1	2	11
1964 Innsbruck	51	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Grenoble	31	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Sapporo	47	1	0	0	1	13
1976 Innsbruck	56	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Lake Placid	30	0	0	0	0	–
1984 Sarajevo	30	0	0	0	0	–
1988 Calgary	32	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Albertville	53	0	0	0	0	–
1994 Lillehammer	28	0	0	0	0	–
1998 Nagano	39	0	0	0	0	–
2002 Salt Lake City	27	0	1	1	2	21
2006 Turin	45	0	1	1	2	20
2010 Vancouver	47	1	3	2	6	15
2014 Sochi	58	4	1	1	6	11
2018 Pyeongchang	62	1	0	1	2	20
2022 Beijing	57	0	0	1	1	27
2026 Milan–Cortina	Future event
Total		7	7	9	23	24

Medals by winter sport


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Ski jumping	4	3	3	10
Cross country skiing	2	1	2	5
Speed skating	1	2	3	6
Biathlon	0	1	0	1
Nordic combined	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)	7	7	9	23

Multiple medalists

Athlete	Sport	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Robert Korzeniowski	Athletics	1996–2004	4	0	0	4
Irena Szewińska	Athletics	1964–1976	3	2	2	7
Kamil Stoch	Ski jumping	2014–2018	3	0	1	4
Anita Włodarczyk	Athletics	2008–2020	3	0	0	3
Justyna Kowalczyk	Cross country skiing	2006–2014	2	1	2	5
Witold Woyda	Fencing	1964–1972	2	1	1	4
Renata Mauer	Shooting	1996–2000	2	0	1	3
Józef Szmidt	Athletics	1960–1964	2	0	0	2
Waldemar Baszanowski	Weightlifting	1964–1968	2	0	0	2
Jerzy Kulej	Boxing	1964–1968	2	0	0	2
Józef Zapędzki	Shooting	1968–1972	2	0	0	2
Waldemar Legień	Judo	1988–1992	2	0	0	2
Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek	Modern pentathlon	1992	2	0	0	2
Andrzej Wroński	Wrestling	1988–1996	2	0	0	2
Robert Sycz	Rowing	2000–2004	2	0	0	2
Tomasz Kucharski	Rowing	2000–2004	2	0	0	2
Tomasz Majewski	Athletics	2008–2012	2	0	0	2
Jerzy Pawłowski	Fencing	1956–1968	1	3	1	5
Otylia Jędrzejczak	Swimming	2000–2004	1	2	0	3
Teresa Ciepły	Athletics	1960–1964	1	1	1	3
Egon Franke	Fencing	1964–1968	1	1	1	3
Stanisława Walasiewicz	Athletics	1932–1936	1	1	0	2
Elżbieta Krzesińska	Athletics	1956–1960	1	1	0	2
Józef Grudzień	Boxing	1964–1968	1	1	0	2
Lesław Ćmikiewicz	Football	1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Kazimierz Deyna	Football	1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Jerzy Gorgoń	Football	1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Kazimierz Kmiecik	Football	1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Grzegorz Lato	Football	1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Zygmunt Maszczyk	Football	1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Antoni Szymanowski	Football	1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Bronisław Malinowski	Athletics	1976–1980	1	1	0	2
Tadeusz Ślusarski	Athletics	1976–1980	1	1	0	2
Jacek Wszoła	Athletics	1976–1980	1	1	0	2
Jan Kowalczyk	Equestrian	1980	1	1	0	2
Szymon Kołecki	Weightlifting	2000–2008	1	1	0	2
Iga Baumgart-Witan	Athletics	2020	1	1	0	2
Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik	Athletics	2020	1	1	0	2
Natalia Kaczmarek	Athletics	2020	1	1	0	2
Justyna Święty-Ersetic	Athletics	2020	1	1	0	2
Ireneusz Paliński	Weightlifting	1960–1964	1	0	1	2
Halina Górecka	Athletics	1960–1964	1	0	1	2
Marian Kasprzyk	Boxing	1960–1964	1	0	1	2
Ewa Kłobukowska	Athletics	1964	1	0	1	2
Lech Koziejowski	Fencing	1972–1980	1	0	1	2
Kazimierz Lipień	Wrestling	1972–1976	1	0	1	2
Jerzy Rybicki	Boxing	1976–1980	1	0	1	2
Mateusz Kusznierewicz	Sailing	1996–2004	1	0	1	2
Leszek Blanik	Gymnastics	2000–2008	1	0	1	2
Zbigniew Bródka	Speed skating	2014	1	0	1	2
Magdalena Fularczyk	Rowing	2012–2016	1	0	1	2
Wojciech Nowicki	Athletics	2016-2020	1	0	1	2
Adam Małysz	Ski jumping	2002–2010	0	3	1	4
Andrzej Piątkowski	Fencing	1956–1964	0	2	1	3
Ryszard Zub	Fencing	1956–1964	0	2	1	3
Wojciech Zabłocki	Fencing	1956–1964	0	2	1	3
Marian Kuszewski	Fencing	1956–1960	0	2	0	2
Artur Olech	Boxing	1964–1968	0	2	0	2
Stanisław Szozda	Cycling	1972–1976	0	2	0	2
Ryszard Szurkowski	Cycling	1972–1976	0	2	0	2
Piotr Małachowski	Athletics	2008–2016	0	2	0	2
Maja Włoszczowska	Cycling	2008–2016	0	2	0	2
Karolina Naja	Canoeing	2012–2020	0	1	3	4
Aneta Konieczna	Canoeing	2000–2008	0	1	2	3
Beata Mikołajczyk	Canoeing	2008–2016	0	1	2	3
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski	Boxing	1956–1964	0	1	2	3
Józef Tracz	Wrestling	1988–1996	0	1	2	3
Michał Antoniewicz	Equestrian	1928	0	1	1	2
Janusz Pawłowski	Judo	1980–1988	0	1	1	2
Marek Dopierała	Canoeing	1988	0	1	1	2
Marek Łbik	Canoeing	1988	0	1	1	2
Izabela Dylewska	Canoeing	1988–1992	0	1	1	2
Artur Partyka	Athletics	1992–1996	0	1	1	2
Sylwia Gruchała	Fencing	2000–2004	0	1	1	2
Agata Wróbel	Weightlifting	2000–2004	0	1	1	2
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś	Speed skating	2010–2014	0	1	1	2
Katarzyna Woźniak	Speed skating	2010–2014	0	1	1	2
Luiza Złotkowska	Speed skating	2010–2014	0	1	1	2
Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska	Rowing	2016–2020	0	1	1	2
Maria Sajdak	Rowing	2016–2020	0	1	1	2
Anna Puławska	Canoeing	2020	0	1	1	2
Marian Zieliński	Weightlifting	1956–1968	0	0	3	3
Teodor Kocerka	Rowing	1952–1960	0	0	2	2
Krystyna Czajkowska	Volleyball	1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Krystyna Jakubowska	Volleyball	1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Krystyna Krupa	Volleyball	1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Jadwiga Książek	Volleyball	1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Józefa Ledwig	Volleyball	1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Zofia Szczęśniewska	Volleyball	1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Leszek Błażyński	Boxing	1972–1976	0	0	2	2
Janusz Gortat	Boxing	1972–1976	0	0	2	2
Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza	Canoeing	2000–2004	0	0	2	2
Dawid Kubacki	Ski jumping	2018–2022	0	0	2	2