Poland at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Poland at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Poland at the; 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Melbourne, Australia/Stockholm, Sweden; 22 November 1956 – 8 December 1956
Competitors	64 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Tadeusz Rut
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; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1900, 1912); Austria (1908–1912)

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]

Quick facts Poland at the 1956 Summer Olympics, IOC code ...

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jerzy Chromik	5000 metres	14:51.4	19	—				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
Jan Jarzembowski	200 m	21.91	4	did not advance
Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	3000 m steeplechase	8:48.0	10 Q	—				DNF
Edward Szmidt	200 m	22.03	2 Q	21.73	6	did not advance
Kazimierz Zimny	5000 metres	DNF		—				did not advance
Zenon Baranowski Marian Foik Janusz Jarzembowski Edward Szmidt	4×100 m relay	40.97	1 Q	—		41.12	2 Q	40.75	6

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Tadeusz Rut	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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Barbara Janiszewska	200 m	24.8	2 Q	—		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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Medals

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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	—
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	—	Boris Nikolov (BUL) W P	László Papp (HUN) L P	—
Zbigniew Piórkowski	Middleweight	Ramón Tapia (CHI) L KO	did not advance
Andrzej Wojciechowski	Light Heavyweight	Lennart Risberg (SWE) W KO	—	Carlos Lucas (CHI) L P	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	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	—		47:21.5	10

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daniela Walkowiak	K-1 500 m	2:25.8	3 Q	2:24.1	6

Athlete	Event	Final Standings						Apparatus Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel	All-around	17.366	18.233	18.200	17.866	71.666	27	—
Natalia Kot	All-around	18.366	18.500	18.600	18.166	73.633	9	—
Danuta Nowak-Stachow	All-around	17.833	17.866	18.533	17.566	71.800	25	—
Helena Rakoczy	All-around	18.366	18.500	18.700	18.133	73.700	8	—		18.700	—	18.700	5
Lidia Szczerbińska	All-around	17.733	17.733	17.200	17.633	70.300	47	—
Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska	All-around	17.733	17.566	17.900	17.333	70.533	45	—
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	—