Poland at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Poland competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 207 competitors, 180 men and 27 women, took part in 116 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Poland at the 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Montreal, Canada July 17, 1976 (1976-07-17) – August 1, 1976 (1976-08-01)
Competitors	207 (180 men and 27 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Grzegorz Śledziewski
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 7 Silver 6 Bronze 13 Total 26
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Austria (1908–1912)  Russian Empire (1912)

Medalists

Gold

• Irena Szewińska — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
• Jacek Wszoła — Athletics, Men's High Jump
• Tadeusz Ślusarski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
• Jerzy Rybicki — Boxing, Men's Light-Middleweight (67–71 kg)
• Janusz Pyciak-Peciak — Modern Pentathlon, individual
• Włodzimierz Stefański, Bronislaw Bebel, Lech Łasko, Edward Skorek, Tomasz Wójtowicz, Wiesław Gawłowski, Mirosław Rybaczewski, Zbigniew Lubiejewski, Ryszard Bosek, Włodzimierz Sadalski, Zbigniew Zarzycki, Marek Karbarz, and Hubert Wagner (as coach); Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
• Kazimierz Lipień — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman (57–62 kg)

Silver

• Bronisław Malinowski — Athletics, Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
• Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrej Kupczyk, Ryszard Podlas, and Jan Werner — Athletics, 4 × 400 m relay men
• Tadeusz Mytnik, Mieczysław Nowicki, Stanisław Szozda, and Ryszard Szurkowski — Cycling Road, Men's Team Time Trial
• Andrzej Gronowicz and Jerzy Opara — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 500 m (canoe double)
• Jan Benigier, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Jerzy Gorgoń, Henryk Kasperczak, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Grzegorz Lato, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Piotr Mowlik, Roman Ogaza, Wojciech Rudy, Andrzej Szarmach, Antoni Szymanowski, Jan Tomaszewski, Henryk Wawrowski, Henryk Wieczorek, and Władysław Żmuda — Football, Men's Team Competition
• Grzegorz Cziura — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

Bronze

• Leszek Błażyński — Boxing, Men's Flyweight (48–51 kg)
• Leszek Kosedowski — Boxing, Men's Featherweight (54–57 kg)
• Kazimierz Szczerba — Boxing, Men's Light-Welterweight (60–63.5 kg)
• Janusz Gortat — Boxing, Men's Light-Heavyweight (75–81 kg)
• Mieczysław Nowicki — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
• Zdzisław Antczak, Janusz Brzozowski, Piotr Cieśla, Jan Gmyrek, Alfred Kałuziński, Jerzy Klempel, Zygfryd Kuchta, Jerzy Melcer, Ryszard Przybysz, Henryk Rozmiarek, Andrzej Sokołowski, Andrzej Szymczak, Mieczysław Wojczak, and Włodzimierz Zieliński — Handball, Men's Team Competition
• Marian Tałaj — Judo, Men's Half-Middleweight (63–70 kg)
• Wiesław Gawlikowski — Shooting, skeet (125 targets) Mixed
• Jerzy Greszkiewicz — Shooting, 50 m running target (30+30 shots) Mixed
• Kazimierz Czarnecki — Weightlifting, 60–67.5 kg, total (lightweight)
• Tadeusz Rutkowski — Weightlifting, 91–110 kg, total (heavyweight) Men
• Czesław Kwieciński — Wrestling Greco-Roman, 82–90 kg (light-heavyweight)
• Andrzej Skrzydlewski — Wrestling Greco-Roman, 90–100 kg (heavyweight)

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Poland entered two women and two men in the archery competition. It was the second time that Poland had sent archers to the Olympics. After winning a silver medal in the women's competition in 1972, Poland's best finisher in 1976 was Jadwiga Wilejto at 6th place. Both of the Polish men, however, improved considerably on the best male competitor of four years before. Poland placed eighth on the national leaderboard for archery.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total score
		Score	Seed	Score	Seed	Score	Seed
Jan Popowicz	Individual	1154	22	1201	20	2355	17
Wojciech Szymańczyk		1137	25	1209	16	2346	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total score
		Score	Seed	Score	Seed	Score	Seed
Jadwiga Wilejto	Individual	1200	4	1195	9	2395	6
Irena Szydłowska		1127	8	1137	18	2264	20

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bogusław Duda	20 km walk	—						1:33:53.4	21
Marian Gęsicki	800 m	1:47.06	6	did not advance
Bogdan Grzejszczak	200 m	21.35	2 Q	21.02	2 Q	21.14	4 Q	20.91	6
Jerzy Hewelt	400 m hurdles	51.39	3 Q	—		50.57	7	did not advance
Zbigniew Jaremski	400 m	46.68	3 Q	47.10	6	did not advance
Zenon Licznerski	100 m	10.60	2 Q	10.52	6	did not advance
Bronisław Malinowski	1500 m	3:41.67	6	did not advance
	3000 m steeplechase	8:18.56	1 Q	—				8:09.11
Zenon Nowosz	200 m	21.29	2 Q	21.22	6	did not advance
Kazimierz Orzeł	Marathon	—						2:17:43	15
Jan Ornoch	20 km walk	—						1:32:19.2	17
Jerzy Pietrzyk	400 m	46.92	2 Q	46.30	3 Q	45.65	5	did not advance
Andrzej Świerczyński	100 m	10.62	2 Q	10.59	5	did not advance
Jan Werner	400 m	46.19	3 Q	45.88	2 Q	45.44	4 Q	45.63	8
Marian Woronin	100 m	10.56	2 Q	10.53	4 Q	10.69	8	did not advance
	200 m	21.90	5	did not advance
Andrzej Świerczyński Marian Woronin Bogdan Grzejszczak Zenon Licznerski	4 × 100 m relay	39.09	1 Q	—				38.83	4
Ryszard Podlas Jan Werner Zbigniew Jaremski Jerzy Pietrzyk	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.03	1 Q	—				3:01.43

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Piotr Bielczyk	Javelin throw	82.56	7 q	86.50	4
Eugeniusz Biskupski	Triple jump	16.46	9 Q	16.49	7
Wojciech Buciarski	Pole vault	5.10	1 Q	5.45	5
Grzegorz Cybulski	Long jump	7.71	13	did not advance
Michał Joachimowski	Triple jump	16.29	13	did not advance
Władysław Kozakiewicz	Pole vault	5.10	1 Q	5.25	11
Andrzej Sontag	Triple jump	15.82	20	did not advance
Tadeusz Ślusarski	Pole vault	5.10	16 Q	5.50 OR
Stanisław Wołodko	Discus throw	59.42	18	did not advance
Jacek Wszoła	High jump	2.16	1 Q	2.25 OR

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	100H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Ryszard Katus	Result	11.06	7.04	13.48	1.84	49.87	14.51	42.28	4.50	57.54	4:47.00	7616	12
	Points	790	828	695	716	810	902	730	932	731	482
Ryszard Skowronek	Result	11.02	7.26	13.74	1.91	47.91	14.75	45.34	4.80	62.22	4:29.89	8113	5
	Points	799	873	712	779	903	876	788	1005	788	590

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bożena Nowakowska	100 m hurdles	13.05	1 Q	—		13.04	5	did not advance
Grażyna Rabsztyn	100 m hurdles	13.09	2 Q	—		13.35	2 Q	12.96	5
Irena Szewińska	400 m	52.75	3 Q	52.00	4 Q	50.48 OR	1 Q	49.29 WR

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Danuta Rosani	Discus throw	57.78	11 q	DSQ*

Results have been removed due to her disqualification for using anabolic steroids, the first case of such a disqualification in the sport at the Olympics.

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Henryk Średnicki	Light Flyweight	Louis Curtis (USA) W 5-0	Li Byong-Uk (PRK) L 2:3	did not advance
Leszek Blażyński	Flyweight	BYE	Antônio Toledo Filho (BRA) W KO-2	Fazlija Šaćirović (YUG) W 3-2	Alfredo Pérez (VEN) W 3-2	Leo Randolph (USA) L 1-4	Did not advance
Leszek Borkowski	Bantamweight	BYE	Patrick Cowdell (GBR) L 0-5	did not advance
Leszek Kosedowski	Featherweight	BYE	Cornelius Boza Edwards (UGA) W WO	Camille Huard (CAN) W 5-0	Bratislav Ristić (YUG) W 5-0	Richard Nowakowski (GDR) L 0-5	Did not advance
Bogdan Gajda	Lightweight	BYE	Cleveland Denny  (GUY) W WO	Vassily Solomin (URS) L 0-5	did not advance
Kazimierz Szczerba	Light Welterweight	BYE	Josiah Nhlengethwa (SWZ) W WO	Sodnomyn Gombo (MGL) W 3-2	Luis Portillo (ARG) W 5-0	Ray Leonard (USA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Zbigniew Kicka	Welterweight	BYE	Clinton Jackson  (USA) W 0-5	did not advance
Jerzy Rybicki	Light Middleweight	BYE	Chuck Walker (USA) W 3-2	—	Wilfredo Guzmán (PUR) W 5-0	Viktor Savchenko (URS) W 3-2	Tadija Kačar (YUG) W5-0
Ryszard Pasiewicz	Middleweight	BYE	Jean-Pierre Malavasi (FRA) W KO-2	—	Michael Spinks (USA) L 0-5	did not advance
Janusz Gortat	Light Heavyweight	Miloslav Popović (YUG) W 3-2	Georgi Stoymenov (BUL) W AB-3	—	Juan Domingo Suárez (ARG) W 4-1	Leon Spinks (USA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Andrzej Biegalski	Heavyweight	John Tate (USA) L 0-5	did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryszard Kosiński	C-1 500 m	2:16.60	6 R	2:08.06	3 Q	2:12.71	4	did not advance
Jerzy Opara Andrzej Gronowicz	C-2 500 m	1:58.90	3 Q	BYE		1:49.04	1 Q	1:47.77
Jerzy Opara Andrzej Gronowicz	C-2 1000 m	3:52.58	1 Q	BYE		3:59.34	1 Q	3:59.56	4
Grzegorz Śledziewski	K-1 500 m	1:54.27	1 Q	BYE		1:52.39	1 Q	1:48.49	5
	K-1 1000 m	3:55.76	2 Q	BYE		3:46.88	1 Q	3:54.29	8
Ryszard Oborski Grzegorz Śledziewski	K-2 500 m	1:46.31	6 R	1:47.30	2 Q	1:41.65	4	did not advance
Ryszard Tylewski Daniel Wełna	K-2 1000 m	3:36.57	3 Q	BYE		3:29.07	4	did not advance
Henryk Budzicz Kazimierz Górecki Grzegorz Kołtan Ryszard Oborski	K-4 1000 m	3:07.91	2 Q	BYE		3:13.62	3 Q	3:12.17	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ewa Kamińska	K-1 500 m	2:12.38	1 Q	BYE		2:08.48	1Q	2:05.16	4
Maria Kazanecka Katarzyna Kulczak	K-2 500 m	2:01.45	3 Q	—		1:53.50	3 Q	1:55.05	6

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jan Brzeźny	Men's road race	4:19:09	30
Mieczysław Nowicki		4:47:23.0
Stanisław Szozda		4:49:01.0	11
Ryszard Szurkowski		4:49:01.0	12
Ryszard Szurkowski Tadeusz Mytnik Mieczysław Nowicki Stanisław Szozda	Team time trial	2:09:13.0

Track

1000m time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Janusz Kierzkowski	Men's 1000m time trial	1:07.660	4

Men's Sprint

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Repechage Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Benedykt Kocot	Men's sprint	Rawlins (TRI)  Chin (JAM) W 11.79	BYE	Fredborg (DEN)  Berkmann (ITA) L	Tormen Mendez (CHI)  Smith (BAR) L	did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1/8	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Jan Jankiewicz	Men's individual pursuit	4:51.48	7 Q	Klasa (TCH) L 4:54.94	did not advance			10
Czesław Lang Jan Jankiewicz Krzysztof Sujka Zbigniew Szczepkowski	Team pursuit	4:27.21	5 Q	—	Great Britain (GBR) L 4:27.13	did not advance		5

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1976.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Losers Round 1	Losers Round 2	Losers Round 3	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jerzy Janikowski	Men's épée		2 Q		3 Q		4 Q	Behr (FRG) W 10-9	Jacobson (SWE) W 10-7	BYE			Push (FRG) L 4-5  Hehn (FRG) L 3-5  Kulcsár (HUN) L 3-5  Osztrics (HUN) W 5-4  Edling (SWE) W 5-2	5
Zbigniew Matwiejew			1 Q		5	did not advance
Marceli Wiech			4	Did not advance
Jerzy Janikowski Zbigniew Matwiejew Leszek Swornowski Marceli Wiech	Team épée	France (FRA) L 1-13  Hungary (HUN) L 4-11	4	Did not advance										11
Marek Dąbrowski	Men's foil		3 Q		4 Q		4 Q	Noël (FRA) W 10-8	Stankovych (URS) L 3-10	BYE	Noël (FRA) L 5-10	did not advance		12
Lech Koziejowski			3 Q		4 Q		5	did not advance
Ziemowit Wojciechowski			2 Q		2 Q		6	did not advance
Leszek Martewicz Lech Koziejowski Ziemowit Wojciechowski Arkadiusz Godel Marek Dąbrowski	Team foil	Hong Kong (HKG) W 15-1  Iran (IRN) W 13-3  United States (USA) W 9-2	1 Q	—				West Germany (FRG) L 4-9	France (FRA) W 9-3	—			Great Britain (GBR) W 9-1	5
Jacek Bierkowski	Men's sabre		2 Q		3 Q		3 Q	de la Torre (CUB) L 7-10	—	Westbrook (USA) W 10-8	de la Torre (CUB) L 9-10	did not advance		9
Leszek Jabłonowski			2 Q		4 Q		6	did not advance						23
Józef Nowara		Nazlymov (URS) L 3-5  Bonissent (FRA) W 5-0  Méndez (ARG) L 2-5  Fathi (IRN) W 5-1	2 Q	Ortiz (CUB) L 4-5  Maffei (ITA) L 1-5  Dudenkov (BUL) W 5-3  Bena (FRA) W 5-3  Urban (CAN) W 5-1	3 Q	Pop (ROU) L 4-5  Arcidiacono (ITA) W 5-4  Ortiz (CUB) L 3-5  Marót (HUN) L 4-5  Bonissent (FRA) W 5-2	3 Q	Sidyak (URS) L 7-10	—	Arcidiacono (ITA) L 6-10	did not advance			15
Leszek Jabłonowski Józef Nowara Sylwester Królikowski Jacek Bierkowski	Team sabre	Argentina (ARG) W 10-6  Iran (IRN) W 9-7  Hungary (HUN) L 6-8	2 Q	—				Romania (ROU) L 4-9	United States (USA) W 9-3	—			Cuba (CUB) W 9-6	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Losers Round 1	Losers Round 2	Losers Round 3	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska	Women's foil					did not advance
Grażyna Staszak-Makowska									—		did not advance
Barbara Wysoczańska								did not advance
Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska Kamilla Składanowska Barbara Wysoczańska Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska Grażyna Staszak-Makowska	Team foil	Canada (CAN) W 9-7  Soviet Union (URS) L 2-9	2 Q	—				France (FRA) L 5-9	Great Britain (GBR) W 8-8	—			Italy (ITA) L 7-9	6

Football

Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

First round

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3
Iran	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
Cuba	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

• **Ghana withdrew

Poland	0 – 0	Cuba
	Report

July 18, 1976
12:00

Lansdowne Park, Ottawa

Attendance: 29.417

Referee: Abraham Klein

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Iran	1 – 0	Cuba
Mazloumi 28'	Report

July 20, 1976
12:00

Lansdowne Park, Ottawa

Attendance: 11.324

Referee: Adolf Prokop

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Poland	3 – 2	Iran
Szarmach 48' 75' Deyna 51'	Report	Parvin 6' Rowshan 79'

July 22, 1976
12:00

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 32.309

Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	July 25 – Ottawa
	East Germany	4
					July 27 – Montreal
	France	0
					East Germany	2
	July 25 – Sherbrooke
					Soviet Union	1
	Soviet Union	2
									July 31 – Montreal
	Iran	1
									East Germany	3
	July 25 – Toronto
									Poland	1
	Brazil	4
					July 27 – Toronto
	Israel	1
					Poland	2
	July 25 – Montreal
					Brazil	0			Bronze medal match
	Poland	5
									July 29 – Montreal
	North Korea	0
									Soviet Union	2
									Brazil	0

Quarter-finals

Poland	5 – 0	North Korea
Szarmach 13' 49' Lato 59' 79' Szymanowski 64'	Report

July 25, 1976
12:00

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 46.885

Referee: Paul Schiller

Semi-finals

Poland	2 – 0	Brazil
Szarmach 51' 82'	Report

July 27, 1976
12:00

Varsity Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 21.743

Referee: John Paterson

Gold Medal match

East Germany	3 – 1	Poland
Schade 7' Hoffmann 14' Häfner 84'	Report	Lato 59'

July 31, 1976

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 71.617

Referee: Ramón Barreto

Team roster

 Poland – Silver Medal

Jan Tomaszewski Piotr Mowlik Antoni Szymanowski Jerzy Gorgoń Wojciech Rudy Władysław Żmuda

Zygmunt Maszczyk Grzegorz Lato Henryk Wawrowski Henryk Kasperczak Roman Ogaza Kazimierz Kmiecik

Kazimierz Deyna Andrzej Szarmach Henryk Wieczorek Leslaw Cmikiewicz Jan Benigier

Head coach Kazimierz Górski

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Grzegorz Ciastek	All-around	17.65	17.45	17.80	18.15	17.25	17.05	105.35	74	Did not advance
Marian Pieczka	All-around	18.05	18.35	17.60	18.70	16.75	18.30	107.75	61	Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna	All-around	19.00	18.70	18.95	19.10	19.00	19.10	113.85	11 Q	9.600	9.600	9.600	9.800	9.550	9.550	114.625	6
Roman Tkaczyk	All-around	17.75	17.30	17.65	18.15	17.80	17.70	106.35	69	Did not advance
Łukasz Uhma	All-around	17.20	17.80	17.80	18.55	18.05	17.40	106.80	65	Did not advance
Mariusz Zasada	All-around	16.60	18.40	18.45	18.20	17.35	17.10	106.10	71	Did not advance
Grzegorz Ciastek Marian Pieczka Andrzej Szajna Roman Tkaczyk Łukasz Uhma Mariusz Zasada	Team all-around	89.65	90.45	90.05	93.10	90.55	91.05	544.85	11	—

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Andrzej Szajna	Pommel horse	—	18.950	—				18.950	6

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

Group B

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Romania (ROU)	4	3	1	0	91	71	7		X	17:15	23:18	19:19	32:19
2.	Poland (POL)	4	3	0	1	80	71	6		15:17	X	18:16	21:18	26:20
3.	Hungary (HUN)	4	2	0	2	92	82	4		18:23	16:18	X	22:20	36:21
4.	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4	1	1	2	85	82	3		19:19	18:21	20:22	X	28:20
5.	United States (USA)	4	0	0	4	80	122	0		19:32	20:26	21:36	20:28	X

Bronze medal match

Poland	21 – 18	West Germany

July 28, 1976

Claude Robillard Centre, Montreal

Roster

 Poland – Bronze Medal

Zdzisław Antczak Janusz Brzozowski Piotr Cieśla Jan Gmyrek Alfred Kałuziński

Jerzy Klempel Zygfryd Kuchta Jerzy Melcer Ryszard Przybysz Henryk Rozmiarek

Mieczysław Wojczak Włodzimierz Zieliński Andrzej Sokołowski Andrzej Szymczak

Head coach Janusz Czerwiński

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marian Standowicz	−63kg	Manuel Luna (VEN) W 0001-0000	Héctor Rodriguez Torres (CUB) L 0000-0010	BYE			José Gomes (POR) W 0010-0000	József Tuncsik (HUN) L 0000-0100	5
Marian Tałaj	−70kg	Vladimir Nevzorov (URS) W 0000-1000	BYE			Thomas Hagman (SUI) W 0010-0000	John Van Hoek (AUS) W 0001-0000	Chang-Seon Lee (KOR) W 1000-0000
Adam Adamczyk	−80kg	Daniel Guldemont (BEL) W 1000-0000	Slavko Obadov (YUG) L 0001-1000	did not advance
Antoni Reiter	−93kg	BYE	Paul Buchel (LIE) W 1000-0000	Dietmar Lorenz (GDR) L 0001-0100	did not advance
Waldemar Zausz	+93kg	Keith Remfry (GBR) L 0000–0010	did not advance
	Open	Jen-Luc Rouge (FRA) L 0000–1000	did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1976. Janusz Pyciak-Peciak won an individual gold medal.

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)	Fencing (épée one touch)	Swimming (200 m freestyle)	Riding (show jumping)	Running (3000 m)	Total points	Final rank
		Points	Points	Points	Points	Points
Zbigniew Pacelt	Men's	1100	592	890	1308	1138	5028	19
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak		1066	928	1044	1164	1318	5520
Krzysztof Trybusiewicz		1004	640	978	1072	1129	4823	34
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak Zbigniew Pacelt Krzysztof Trybusiewicz	Team	3170	2160	2912	3544	3585	15343	4

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zbigniew Ślusarski Alfons Ślusarski	Coxless pair	6:58.98	2 Q	BYE		6:44.64	5 FB	7:35.53	11
Ryszard Stadniuk Grzegorz Stellak Ryszard Kubiak	Coxed pair	7:43.45	4 R	7:23.17	1 Q	7:09.33	3 Q	8:23.02	6
Jerzy Broniec Adam Tomasiak Jerzy Ulczyński Ryszard Burak Włodzimierz Chmielewski	Coxed four	6:42.55	4 R	6:22.16	1 Q	6:13.53	5 FB	6:51.85	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ewa Ambroziak	Single sculls	3:58.09	5 R	4:16.74	4 FB	4:26.60	9
Anna Krzemińska-Karbowiak Małgorzata Kawalska	Coxless pair	3:41.05	5 R	4:02.20	4 FB	4:03.26	8
Anna Brandysiewicz Bogusława Kozłowska-Tomasiak Barbara Wenta-Wojciechowska Danuta Konkalec Róża Data Mieczysława Franczyk Maria Stadnicka Aleksandra Kaczyńska Dorota Zdanowska	Eight	3:06.67	3 R	3:18.18	5 FB	3:32.48	7

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ryszard Blaszka	Finn	22	22	4	5	4	25	25	113.0	16

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Zygmunt Bogdziewicz	Running target	553	15
Wiesław Gawlikowski	Skeet	196
Jerzy Greszkiewicz	Running target	571
Stanisław Marucha	50 metre rifle prone	587	37
Maciej Orlik	25 m rapid fire pistol	585	27
Eugeniusz Pędzisz	50 metre rifle three positions	1144	14
Sławomir Romanowski	50 m pistol	553	12
Romuald Siemionow	50 metre rifle three positions	1137	24
Adam Smelczyński	Trap	183	6
Andrzej Socharski	Skeet	192	14
Andrzej Trajda	50 metre rifle prone	589	28
Józef Zapędzki	25 m rapid fire pistol	556	45

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cezary Śmiglak	100 metre breaststroke	1:08.02	22	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:27.41	21	Did not advance
Ryszard Żugaj	100 metre backstroke	1:00.16	16 Q	59.90	16	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:12.53	29	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anna Skolarczyk	100 metre breaststroke	1:17.16	19	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:42.05	18	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

Main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	4	4	0	8	12	5	2.400	235	172	1.366	Semifinals
2	Cuba	4	3	1	7	11	4	2.750	208	142	1.465
3	Czechoslovakia	4	2	2	6	8	7	1.143	182	177	1.028	5th–8th semifinals
4	South Korea	4	1	3	5	6	9	0.667	146	187	0.781
5	Canada	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	88	181	0.486

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Jul	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Canada	15–4	16–14	15–11			46–29
18 Jul	Poland	3–2	South Korea	12–15	6–15	15–6	15–6	15–5	63–47
19 Jul	Poland	3–0	Canada	15–4	15–7	15–6			45–17
19 Jul	Cuba	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–6	10–15	15–5	15–6		55–32
21 Jul	Poland	3–2	Cuba	13–15	10–15	15–6	15–9	20–18	73–63
21 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Canada	15–7	15–5	15–8			45–20
23 Jul	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–5	15–6			45–15
23 Jul	Poland	3–1	Czechoslovakia	8–15	15–11	15–5	16–14		54–45
25 Jul	Czechoslovakia	3–1	South Korea	15–9	15–9	14–16	15–5		59–39
25 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Canada	15–10	15–9	15–3			45–22

1st–4th places

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	29 July
	Poland	3
					30 July
	Japan	2
					Poland	3
	29 July
					Soviet Union	2
	Cuba	0
	Soviet Union	3
					Bronze medal match
					30 July
					Japan	0
					Cuba	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jul	Poland	3–2	Japan	15–17	15–6	15–6	10–15	15–10	70–54

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	Poland	3–2	Soviet Union	11–15	15–13	12–15	19–17	15–7	72–67

Team roster

 Poland – Gold Medal

• Włodzimierz Stefański
• Bronislaw Bebel
• Lech Łasko
• Edward Skorek
• Tomasz Wójtowicz
• Wiesław Gawłowski
• Mirosław Rybaczewski
• Zbigniew Lubiejewski
• Ryszard Bosek
• Włodzimierz Sadalski
• Zbigniew Zarzycki
• Marek Karbarz

Head coach

• Hubert Wagner

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Stefan Leletko	52 kg	95	7	125	6	220	6
Zygmunt Smalcerz		0	NVL	0	DNS	0	AC
Grzegorz Cziura	56 kg	115	2	137.5	4	252.5
Leszek Skorupa		112.5	3	137.5	4	250.0	4
Antoni Pawlak	60 kg	120	4	0	NVL	120	AC
Jan Łostowski		0	NVL	0	DNS	0	AC
Kazimierz Czarnecki	67,5 kg	130	3	165	3	295
Zbigniew Kaczmarek		135	AC	172.5	AC	307.5	DQ
Tadeusz Rutkowski	110 kg	167.5	2	210	4	377.5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Władysław Stecyk	−52 kg	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL) W T 8:30	Julien Mewis (BEL) W T 1:26	Nermedin Selimov (BUL) W 11-8	Yuji Takada  (JPN) L T 5:39	Alexander Ivanov (URS) L 5 – 26	—	Did not advance	6
Zbigniew Żedzicki	−57 kg	BYE	Joe Corso (USA) W T 1:02	Li Ho-Pyong (PRK) L 10-13	Miho Dukov (BUL) L 7 – 14	—		Did not advance	8
Henryk Mazur	−82 kg	Mehmet Uzun  (TUR) W 9-4	Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (IRI) W 13-10	Ibrahim Diop (SEN) W T 5:21	Adolf Seger (FRG) L 6 – 26	—		Did not advance	6
Paweł Kurczewski	−90 kg	Géza Molnár (HUN) W 6-3	Salah Uddin  (PAK) W T 1:50	Horst Stottmeister (GDR) L T 5:11	Keijo Manni  (FIN) W T 0:57	Ben Peterson (USA) W 4-13	—	Did not advance	6

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Aleksander Zajączkowski	−48kg	Sirvano Valdes (CUB) L 6 – 11	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU) L T 0:20	—				Did not advance	11
Czesław Stanjek	−52kg	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL) W DQ 6:52	Antonino Caltabiano (ITA) L 6-11	DNS	—			Did not advance	9
Józef Lipień	−57kg	Mihai Boţilă (ROU) L DQ 8:00	Yoshima Suga (JPN) W 16-12	Pertti Ukkola (FIN) W 9-4	Farhat Mustafin  (URS) L 4-29	—		Did not advance	10
Kazimierz Lipień	−62kg	Howard Stupp (CAN) W 37-0	Joaquim Jesus Vieira (POR) W T 1:59	Stoyan Lazarov  (BUL) W 16-0	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) W DQ 8:55	BYE	Nelson Davidyan (URS) L 6 – 10	László Réczi (HUN) W 13-4
Andrzej Supron	−68kg	Ștefan Rusu (ROU) L 1-13	Jacques van Lancker (BEL) W T 5:04	Nedelcho Nedev (BUL) W 9-7	Kim Hae-Myung (KOR) W T 1:47	Suren Nalbandyan (URS) L 4-7	—	Did not advance	5
Stanisław Krzesiński	−74kg	Mikko Huhtala (FIN) L DQ 5:15	Idalberto Barbán (CUB) W DQ 7:53	Klaus-Peter Göpfert  (GDR) L T 1:14	—			Did not advance	11
Adam Ostrowski	−82kg	BYE	Giuseppe Vitucci  (ITA) W DQ 7:19	Keijo Manni  (FIN) L DQ 7:56	Leif Andersson (SWE) L 6-9	—		Did not advance	8
Czesław Kwieciński	−90kg	BYE	Sadao Sato (JPN) W T 2:00	Hashem Kolahi (IRI) W T 0:12	Valery Rezantsev (URS) L 3-9	Darko Nišavić (YUG) W DQ 8:00	—	Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) W T 6:46
Andrzej Skrzydlewski	−100kg	Bahram Moshtaghi  (IRI) W T 2:24	Daniel Verník (ARG) W T 1:17	Brad Rheingans (USA) L 7-9	Heinz Schäfer (FRG) W T 2:59	Nikolai Balboshin  (URS) L T 2:04	—	Kamen Goranov  (BUL) L 2-6
Henryk Tomanek	+100kg	Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) L T 2:40	Einar Gundersen  (NOR) WDQ 6:54	William Lee (USA) W DQ 8:35	Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) L T 0:23	—		Did not advance	4