Poland at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Poland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Poland at the 1988 Winter Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Calgary
Competitors	32 (28 men, 4 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers	Henryk Gruth, ice hockey
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	0	1	1
Figure skating	2	1	3
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Nordic combined	1	–	1
Ski jumping	2	–	2
Speed skating	1	2	3
Total	28	4	32

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Katarzyna Szafrańska	Giant slalom	1:03.33	1:09.50	2:12.83	16
	Slalom	52.15	52.06	1:44.21	17

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	CF/CD	SP/OD	FS/FD	TFP	Rank
Grzegorz Filipowski	Men's	7	4	5	10.8	5
Honorata Górna Andrzej Dostatni	Ice dance	17	17	17	34.0	17

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Group A

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	5	3	1	1	22	8	7
Sweden	5	2	0	3	23	10	7
Canada	5	3	1	1	17	12	7
Switzerland	5	3	2	0	19	10	6
Poland	5	1	3	1	9	13	3
France	5	0	5	0	10	47	0

• Canada 1-0 Poland
• Sweden 1-1 Poland
• Poland 6-2 France*
• Switzerland 4-1 Poland
• Finland 5-1 Poland

* The Polish team was stripped of its victory after Jarosław Morawiecki tested positive for testosterone. France was recorded as having a 2-nil win, but received no points in the standings.

Game for 9th place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Austria	3–2	Poland

Contestants Andrzej Hanisz Gabriel Samolej Franciszek Kukla Robert Szopiński Marek Cholewa Henryk Gruth Andrzej Kądziołka Jerzy Potz Andrzej Świątek Jacek Szopiński Janusz Adamiec Roman Steblecki Jerzy Christ Mirosław Copija Leszek Jachna Marek Stebnicki Piotr Kwasigroch Ireneusz Pacula Krzysztof Podsiadło Krystian Sikorski Jan Stopczyk Jarosław Morawiecki

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
		Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Points	Rank
Tadeusz Bafia	Individual	211.3	8	1:54.7	43:00.0	400.355	18

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Piotr Fijas	Men's normal hill	84.5	102.3	80.0	93.1	195.4	10
	Men's large hill	107.5	99.9	102.0	92.7	192.6	13
Jan Kowal	Men's normal hill	79.0	90.5	77.0	83.8	174.3	34
	Men's large hill	102.0	89.7	93.0	74.6	164.3	37

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Jerzy Dominik	500 m	37.83	25
	1000 m	1:16.16	28
	1500 m	1:59.03	36

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Erwina Ryś-Ferens	500 m	41.38	19
	1000 m	1:21.44	10
	1500 m	2:04.68	7
	3000 m	4:22.59	5
	5000 m	7:50.43	21
Zofia Tokarczyk	500 m	41.37	18
	1000 m	1:21.80	13
	1500 m	2:08.54	17