Poland at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Poland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Poland at the 1998 Winter Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Nagano
Competitors	39 (24 men, 15 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Jan Ziemianin (biathlon)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Andrzej Bachleda	Downhill			1:53.62	22
	Giant slalom	1:24.17	1:22.07	2:46.24	24
	Slalom	57.45	DNF	DNF

Men's combined

Athlete	Event	Downhill	Slalom		Total
		Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Andrzej Bachleda	Combined	49.02	45.47	1:37.04	3:11.53	5

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Wojciech Kozub	Sprint	29:28.5	3	23
	Individual	1:00:41.1	4	30
Tomasz Sikora	Sprint	29:40.8	1	28
	Individual	1:02:39.9	5	47
Wiesław Ziemianin	Sprint	29:34.4	1	26
	Individual	1:02:39.9	4	47
Wiesław Ziemianin Tomasz Sikora Jan Ziemianin Wojciech Kozub	Team relay	1:24:09.8	0	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Halina Nowak-Guńka	Sprint	25:39.0	5	42
Halina Pitoń	Individual	1:02:45.0	6	42
Anna Stera-Kustucz	Sprint	23:53.1	2	6
	Individual	57:56.0	2	17
Agata Suszka	Sprint	25:45.1	3	45
	Individual	1:01:35.4	6	42
Agata Suszka Halina Pitoń Iwona Daniluk Anna Stera-Kustucz	Team relay	1:45:45.5	2	13

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
POL-1	Tomasz Żyła Dawid Kupczyk Krzysztof Sieńko Tomasz Gatka	Four-man	54.71	22	54.45	21	54.63	19	2:43.79	22

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Janusz Krężelok	10 km classical					32:02.8	76
	Pursuit	32:02.8	76	42:34.5	50	1:14:37.3	53
	50 km freestyle					2:19:04.4	40

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska	5 km classical					19:17.3	39
	Pursuit	19:17.3	39	31:10.9	47	50:27.9	43
	15 km classical					51:40.7	33
	30 km freestyle					1:32:37.6	33
Katarzyna Gębala	15 km classical					19:58.8	60
	Pursuit	19:58.8	60	32:43.3	61	52:41.3	59
Dorota Kwaśny	5 km classical					20:03.1	61
	Pursuit	20:03.1	61	31:12.6	48	51:15.6	49
	15 km classical					53:42.6	50
	30 km freestyle					DNF
Małgorzata Ruchała	5 km classical					19:06.4	33
	Pursuit	19:06.4	33	30:46.2	41	49:52.2	35
Eliza Surdyka	15 km classical					55:37.5	58
Katarzyna Gębala Małgorzata Ruchała Dorota Kwaśny Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska	Team relay					59:56.7	13

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	CD1	CD2	SP/OD	FS/FD	TFP	Rank
Anna Rechnio	Ladies			13	20	26.5	19
Dorota Zagorska Mariusz Siudek	Pair skating			10	11	16.0	10
Sylwia Nowak Sebastian Kolasiński	Ice dance	12	12	11	12	23.4	12

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Piotr Orslowski Robert Mieszała	Doubles	52.062	15	51.445	13	1:43.507	15

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Maciej Pryczek	Men's 500 metres	46.652	3	did not advance
	Men's 1000 metres	1:33.555	4	did not advance

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Krystian Długopolski	Men's normal hill	61.0	45.0	62	did not advance
Łukasz Paweł Kruczek	Men's large hill	102.0	81.6	45	did not advance
Adam Małysz	Men's normal hill	69.5	70.5	51	did not advance
	Men's large hill	97.0	71.1	52	did not advance
Robert Mateja	Men's normal hill	81.5	98.0	21 Q	82.0	99.5	197.5	21
	Men's large hill	116.5	107.7	19 Q	118.0	111.9	219.6	20
Wojciech Skupień	Men's normal hill	76.0	85.0	32	did not advance
	Men's large hill	117.0	111.1	12 Q	125.5	126.4	237.5	11
Adam Małysz Łukasz Paweł Kruczek Wojciech Skupień Robert Mateja	Men's large team	95.2 87.4 44.5 99.6	326.7	7	108.5 78.4 90.6 93.7	371.2	684.2	8

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Jagna Marczułajtis	Women's giant slalom	DNF	DNS	DNF
Małgorzata Rosiak		1:19.41	1:22.16	2:41.57	19
Łukasz Starowicz	Men's giant slalom	1:03.50	1:08.81	2:12.31	19

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Łukasz Starowicz	Men's halfpipe	27.2	34	26.5	27	did not advance

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paweł Abratkiewicz	500 metres	36.76	24	36.51	20	73.27	22
	1000 metres					1:12.80	26
Tomasz Świst	500 metres	36.86	28	36.68	25	73.54	26
	1000 metres					1:15.55	41
Paweł Zygmunt	1500 metres					1:53.73	34
	5000 metres					6:45.59	18

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com