Poland at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Poland competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 64 competitors, 49 men and 15 women, took part in 48 events in 9 sports.[1]

Poland at the 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	64 in 9 sports
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 1 Silver 4 Bronze 4 Total 9
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
Other related appearances
Austria (1908–1912)  Russian Empire (1912)

Medals

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Elżbieta Krzesińska-Duńska Athletics Women's long jump  Silver Janusz Sidło Athletics Men's javelin throw  Silver Adam Smelczyński Shooting Men's trap  Silver Jerzy Pawłowski Fencing Men's sabre  Silver Andrzej Piątkowski Zygmunt Pawlas Wojciech Zabłocki Jerzy Pawłowski Ryszard Zub Marian Kuszewski Fencing Men's team sabre  Bronze Henryk Niedźwiedzki Boxing Men's featherweight  Bronze Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Boxing Men's middleweight  Bronze Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel Natalia Kot Danuta Nowak-Stachow Helena Rakoczy Lidia Szczerbińska Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska Gymnastics Women's team portable apparatus  Bronze Marian Zieliński Weightlifting Men's 60 kg Athletics Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men Track & road events Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Jerzy Chromik 5000 metres 14:51.4 19 N/A Did not advance Marian Foik 100 m 10.88 1 Q 10.83 3 Q 10.84 5 Did not advance Jan Jarzembowski 100 m 10.95 2 Q 10.98 4 Did not advance 200 m 21.91 4 Did not advance Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak 3000 m steeplechase 8:48.0 10 Q N/A DNF Edward Szmidt 200 m 22.03 2 Q 21.73 6 Did not advance Kazimierz Zimny 5000 metres DNF N/A Did not advance Zenon Baranowski Marian Foik Janusz Jarzembowski Edward Szmidt 4×100 m relay 40.97 1 Q N/A 41.12 2 Q 40.75 6 Field events Athlete Event Qualification Final Distance Position Distance Position Henryk Grabowski Long jump 7.52 1 Q 7.15 10 Zbigniew Janiszewski Pole vault 4.15 2 Q 4.15 12 Jan Kopyto Javelin throw 68.19 13 Q 74.28 5 Kazimierz Kropidłowski Long jump 7.22 12 Q 7.30 6 Ryszard Malcherczyk Triple jump 14.84 21 Q 15.54 10 Alfons Niklas Hammer throw 58.46 4 Q 57.70 10 Tadeusz Rut Discus throw 46.62 17 Did not advance Hammer throw 58.07 5 Q 53.43 14 Janusz Sidło Javelin throw 72.00 6 Q 79.98 Zenon Ważny Pole vault 4.15 8 Q 4.25 6 Women Track & road events Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Maria Kusion-Bibro 100 m 12.2 4 Did not advance Barbara Janiszewska 100 m 12.2 4 Did not advance 200 m 24.8 2 Q N/A 25.2 6 Did not advance Genowefa Minicka 200 m 25.0 4 Did not advance Halina Richter-Górecka 100 m 12.2 5 Did not advance Maria Kusion-Bibro Barbara Janiszewska Genowefa Minicka Halina Richter-Górecka 4×100 m relay 46.58 4 Did not advance Field events Athlete Event Qualification Final Distance Position Distance Position Urszula Figwer Javelin throw 47.76 2 Q 48.16 6 Elżbieta Krzesińska-Duńska Long jump 6.13 1 Q 6.35 Maria Kusion-Bibro Long jump 5.80 6 Q 5.79 9 Genowefa Minicka Long jump 5.72 12 Q 5.64 12 Anna Wojtaszek Javelin throw 44.08 12 Q 46.92 9 Boxing Main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Henryk Kukier Flyweight BYE  Warner Batchelor (AUS) L P Did not advance Zenon Stefaniuk Bantamweight BYE  Claudio Barrientos (CHI) L P Did not advance Henryk Niedźwiedzki Featherweight BYE  Leonard Leisching  (RSA) W P  Tristan Falfán (ARG) W KO  Vladimir Safronov (URS) L P N/A Zygmunt Milewski Lightweight BYE  Pentti Niinivuori  (FIN) W P  Harry Kurschat (FRG) L KO Did not advance Leszek Drogosz Light Welterweight BYE  Vladimir Yengibaryan  (URS) L P Did not advance Tadeusz Walasek Welterweight  Fred Tiedt  (IRL) L P Did not advance Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Light Middleweight  Richard Karpov (URS) W P N/A  Boris Nikolov (BUL) W P  László Papp  (HUN) L P N/A Zbigniew Piórkowski Middleweight  Ramón Tapia (CHI) L KO Did not advance Andrzej Wojciechowski Light Heavyweight  Lennart Risberg (SWE) W KO N/A  Carlos Lucas  (CHI) L P Did not advance Canoeing Main article: Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Sprint Men Athlete Event Heats Final Time Rank Time Rank Stefan Kapłaniak K-1 1000 m 4:35.4 1 Q 4:19.8 4 Ryszard Skwarski Jerzy Górski K-2 1000 m 4:12.6 4 Did not advance Stefan Kapłaniak Jerzy Górski K-2 10000 m N/A 47:21.5 10 Women Athlete Event Heats Final Time Rank Time Rank Daniela Walkowiak K-1 500 m 2:25.8 3 Q 2:24.1 6 Fencing Main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Six fencers, all men, represented Poland in 1956. Men Ranks given are within the pool. Fencer Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Jerzy Pawłowski Men's sabre BYE 5 1 Q N/A 5 2 Q 5 Wojciech Zabłocki BYE 4 3 Q N/A 4 4 Q 2 6 Marian Kuszewski BYE 2 6 Did not advance 19 Jerzy Pawłowski Wojciech Zabłocki Marian Kuszewski Ryszard Zub Andrzej Piątkowski Zygmunt Pawlas Team sabre  Great Britain (GBR) W 12-4 1 Q N/A  United States (USA) W 10-6 2 Q  Soviet Union (URS) W 9-7  France (FRA) W 10-6  Hungary (HUN) L 4-9 Gymnastics Main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics Artistic Women Athlete Event Final Standings Apparatus Final Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank F V UB BB F V UB BB Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel All-around 17.366 18.233 18.200 17.866 71.666 27 N/A Natalia Kot All-around 18.366 18.500 18.600 18.166 73.633 9 N/A Danuta Nowak-Stachow All-around 17.833 17.866 18.533 17.566 71.800 25 N/A Helena Rakoczy All-around 18.366 18.500 18.700 18.133 73.700 8 N/A 18.700 N/A 18.700 5 Lidia Szczerbińska All-around 17.733 17.733 17.200 17.633 70.300 47 N/A Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska All-around 17.733 17.566 17.900 17.333 70.533 45 N/A Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel Natalia Kot Danuta Nowak-Stachow Helena Rakoczy Lidia Szczerbińska Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska Team all-around 90.264 90.863 91.928 89.430 436.485 4 N/A Athlete Event Final Portable Total Rank Apparatus Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel Natalia Kot Danuta Nowak-Stachow Helena Rakoczy Lidia Szczerbińska Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska Team Portable apparatus Hoop 74.00 Rowing Main article: Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Poland had eight male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1956.[2] Men Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinal Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Teodor Kocerka Single sculls 7:28.1 2 Q BYE 9:05.7 2 Q 8:12.9 4 Zbigniew Schwarzer Henryk Jagodziński Bertold Mainka Coxed pair 7:43.7 2 Q BYE 9:22.8 1 Q 8:31.5 4 Kazimierz Błasiński Szczepan Grajczyk Zbigniew Paradowski Marian Nietupski Coxless four 6:46.3 2 R 8:29.3 1 Q 8:32.0 4 Did not advance Shooting Main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics Two shooters represented Poland in 1956, with Adam Smelczyński winning a silver medal in the trap event. Men Athlete Event Final Score Rank Adam Smelczyński Trap 190 Zygmunt Kiszkurno 170 15 Swimming Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics Women Athlete Event Heat Final Time Rank Time Rank Elżbieta Gellner 100 metre backstroke 1:16.2 5 Did not advance Weightlifting Main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men Athlete Event Military Press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Marian Zieliński 60 kg 105 3 102.5 3 127.5 4 335 Jan Czepułkowski 67.5 kg 120 2 105 7 135 10 360 6 Krzysztof Beck 75 kg 122.5 3 112.5 6 145 6 380 6 Jan Bochenek 120 5 112.5 6 150 3 382.5 4 Czesław Białas 90 kg 130 5 NVL DNS DNF References "Poland at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-10-19. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Poland Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2018. External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database