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Poland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Franciszek Gąsienica Groń won Poland's first ever medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
| Poland at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | POL |
| NOC | Polish Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
| Competitors | 51 (44 men, 7 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Tadeusz Kwapień |
| Medals Ranked 12th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Franciszek Gąsienica Groń | Nordic combined | Men's individual | January 31 |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jan Zarycki | Downhill | DSQ | – | ||||
| Andrzej Gąsienica Roj | 3:09.3 | 15 | |||||
| Andrzej Gąsienica Roj | Giant Slalom | 3:48.6 | 54 | ||||
| Józef Marusarz | 3:29.3 | 35 | |||||
| Włodzimierz Czarniak | 3:24.2 | 28 | |||||
| Jan Zarycki | 3:22.3 | 23 | |||||
| Jan Zarycki | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Andrzej Gąsienica Roj | 1:50.6 | 37 | 2:05.2 | 18 | 3:55.8 | 23 | |
| Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak | 1:33.8 | 17 | 2:06.2 | 20 | 3:40.0 | 16 | |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska | Downhill | DNF | – | ||||
| Maria Kowalska | 1:51.9 | 19 | |||||
| Barbara Grocholska | 1:51.7 | 17 | |||||
| Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska | Giant Slalom | 2:10.9 | 35 | ||||
| Barbara Grocholska | 2:05.5 | 30 | |||||
| Maria Kowalska | 2:02.8 | 20 | |||||
| Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Maria Kowalska | 58.7 | 8 | 1:23.0 | 30 | 2:21.7 | 22 | |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| POL-1 | Aleksy Konieczny Zbigniew Skowroński |
Two-man | 1:27.21 | 16 | 1:27.23 | 21 | 1:27.87 | 20 | 1:28.54 | 18 | 5:50.85 | 19 |
| POL-2 | Stefan Ciapała Aleksander Habala |
Two-man | 1:27.70 | 21 | 1:26.49 | 15 | 1:26.24 | 13 | 1:25.92 | 10 | 5:46.35 | 16 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| POL-1 | Stefan Ciapała Jerzy Olesiak Józef Szymański Aleksander Habala |
Four-man | 1:19.95 | 12 | 1:20.25 | 14 | 1:21.10 | 14 | 1:22.19 | 19 | 5:23.49 | 15 |
| POL-2 | Aleksy Konieczny Zygmunt Konieczny Włodzimierz Źróbik Zbigniew Skowroński (both participated... Jan Dąbrowski ...in two runs) |
Four-man | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 5:28.40 | 21 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Józef Gąsienica Sobczak | 56:39 | 44 |
| Józef Rubiś | 54:47 | 34 | |
| Andrzej Mateja | 53:42 | 23 | |
| Tadeusz Kwapień | 52:45 | 16 | |
| 30 km | Stanisław Bukowski | 1'56:26 | 29 |
| Józef Rubiś | 1'53:57 | 23 | |
| Tadeusz Kwapień | 1'49:09 | 12 | |
| 50 km | Stanisław Bukowski | 3'10:49 | 13 |
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Józef Rubiś Józef Gąsienica Sobczak Tadeusz Kwapień Andrzej Mateja |
2'25:55 | 9 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 10 km | Helena Gąsienica Daniel | 43:09 | 24 |
| Zofia Krzeptowska | 41:37 | 18 | |
| Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa | 41:28 | 17 | |
| Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska | 41:09 | 16 | |
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa Zofia Krzeptowska |
1'13:20 | 5 |
Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Czechoslovakia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 |  United States |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 |  Poland |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 |  Italy |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Poland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| 9 |  Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 2 |
| 10 |  Austria |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 |
Events:
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Józef Daniel Krzeptowski | Individual | 62.0 | 60.5 | 173.5 | 33 | 1'00:48 | 222.600 | 18 | 396.100 | 29 |
| Jan Raszka | 65.0 | 64.5 | 182.5 | 29 | 1'05:15 | 205.400 | 32 | 387.900 | 32 | |
| Franciszek Gąsienica Groń | 72.5 | 71.5 | 203.0 | 10 | 57:55 | 233.800 | 7 | 436.800 | | |
| Aleksander Kowalski | 74.0 | 75.0 | 210.5 | 5 | 1'03:37 | 211.700 | 29 | 422.200 | 15 | |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Józef Huczek | Normal hill | 70.5 | 95.5 | 28 | 67.0 | 89.5 | 36 | 185.0 | 30 |
| Władysław Tajner | 74.0 | 98.0 | 26 | 76.5 | 103.0 | 12 | 201.0 | 16 | |
| Roman Gąsienica Sieczka | 77.5 | 101.5 | 21 | 71.5 | 88.0 | 40 | 189.5 | 25 | |
| Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel | 78.0 | 102.0 | 18 | 74.5 | 96.5 | 22 | 198.5 | 20 | |
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