Poland at the Olympics: Difference between revisions

Template:Infobox Olympics Poland 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 participated in 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 287 medals, with athletics the most successful sport. Poland is the third most successful country (after Hungary and Romania) of those who have never hosted the Olympics.

The Polish Olympic Committee was created in 1918 and recognized in 1919.

Medal tables by Games

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924 Paris	65	0	1	1	2	22
1928 Amsterdam	93	1	1	3	5	21
1932 Los Angeles	51	2	1	4	7	14
1936 Berlin	143	0	3	3	6	22
1948 London	37	0	0	1	1	34
1952 Helsinki	125	1	2	1	4	20
1956 Melbourne	64	1	4	4	9	17
1960 Rome	185	4	6	11	21	9
1964 Tokyo	140	7	6	10	23	7
1968 Mexico City	177	5	2	11	18	11
1972 Munich	290	7	5	9	21	7
1976 Montreal	207	7	6	13	26	6
1980 Moscow	306	3	14	15	32	10
1984 Los Angeles	did not participate
1988 Seoul	143	2	5	9	16	20
1992 Barcelona	201	3	6	10	19	19
1996 Atlanta	165	7	5	5	17	11
2000 Sydney	187	6	5	3	14	14
2004 Athens	194	3	2	5	10	23
2008 Beijing	268	3	6	1	10	20
2012 London	218	2	2	6	10	30
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
Total		64	82	125	271	19

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	2
2018 Pyeongchang
Total		4	6	6	16	28

Medals by summer sport

Athletics	23	18	13	54
Boxing	8	9	26	43
Wrestling	5	9	11	25
Weightlifting	5	6	21	32
Fencing	4	9	9	22
Shooting	4	3	5	12
Rowing	3	3	10	16
Judo	3	3	2	8
Modern pentathlon	3	0	0	3
Equestrian	1	3	2	6
Swimming	1	3	2	6
Football	1	2	0	3
Gymnastics	1	1	2	4
Sailing	1	0	3	4
Volleyball	1	0	2	3
Canoeing	0	6	12	18
Cycling	0	6	3	9
Archery	0	1	1	2
Handball	0	0	1	1
Total	64	82	125	271

Medals by winter sport

Ski jumping	2	3	1	6
Cross-country skiing	2	1	2	5
Speed skating	0	1	2	3
Biathlon	0	1	0	1
Nordic combined	0	0	1	1
Total	4	6	6	16

Polish Multi-medalists

Athlete	Sport	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Robert Korzeniowski	Athletics	1996–2004	4	0	0	4
Irena Szewińska	Athletics	1964–1972	3	2	2	7
Justyna Kowalczyk	Cross-country skiing	2006–2010	2	1	2	5
Witold Woyda	Fencing	1964–1972	2	1	1	4
Renata Mauer	Shooting	1992–2004	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	1956–1978	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
Adam Małysz	Ski jumping	2002–2010	0	3	1	4

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Poland
• Poland at the Paralympics

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
• "Polish Olympic Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-12-08.