Poland at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Poland competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The two medals won by Adam Małysz were the first for Poland in the Winter Olympic Games since 1972.

Poland at the 2002 Winter Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors	27 (22 men, 5 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Mariusz Siudek (figure skating)
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Adam Małysz	Ski jumping	Men's large hill
Bronze	Adam Małysz	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Andrzej Bachleda	Slalom	51.43	53.22	1:44.65	10

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Wojciech Kozub	Sprint	26:31.9	1	18
	Pursuit	36:27.8	4	34
	Individual	59:35.1	5	69
Tomasz Sikora	Sprint	26:59.3	1	31
	Pursuit	35:30.0	1	25
	Individual	57:08.5	4	46
Krzysztof Topór	Sprint	28:02.2	3	61
	Individual	1'00:36.8	6	74
Wiesław Ziemianin	Sprint	27:47.0	2	58
	Pursuit	38:45.7	4	50
	Individual	55:35.2	1	30
Wiesław Ziemianin Wojciech Kozub Krzysztof Topór Tomasz Sikora	Team relay	1'27:35.4	1	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Anna Stera-Kustucz	Sprint	23:24.6	0	43
	Pursuit	36:59.3	4	43
	Individual	54:47.1	4	54

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
POL-1	Tomasz Żyła Dawid Kupczyk Krzysztof Sieńko Tomasz Gatka	Four-man	47.22	18	47.48	22	47.93	20	48.10	18	3:10.73	18

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Janusz Krężelok	Pursuit	27:14.6	25 Q	25:30.3	32	51:37.3	32

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Janusz Krężelok	Men's sprint	2:50.67	3 Q	3:00.7	3 ADV	3:00.6	5	did not advance

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	CD1	CD2	SP/OD	FS/FD	TFP	Rank
Dorota Zagorska Mariusz Siudek	Pair skating			8	7	11.0	7
Sylwia Nowak Sebastian Kolasiński	Ice dance	13	13	13	13	26.0	13

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Krystian Zdrojkowski	Men's 500 metres	44.117	4	did not advance
	Men's 1000 metres	1:30.026	3	did not advance
	Men's 1500 metres	2:23.015	5	did not advance

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Adam Małysz	Men's normal hill	Pre-qualified			98.5	129.5	3 Q	98.0	133.5	263.0
	Men's large hill	Pre-qualified			131.0	137.3	3 Q	128.0	132.4	269.7
Robert Mateja	Men's normal hill	90.0	115.5	10 Q	85.5	104.5	37	did not advance
	Men's large hill	118.0	111.4	5 Q	117.0	108.6	29 Q	109.5	93.6	202.2	29
Tomasz Pochwała	Men's normal hill	88.0	108.5	22 Q	85.0	102.0	40	did not advance
	Men's large hill	110.5	94.4	26 Q	110.5	93.9	43	did not advance
Wojciech Skupień	Men's normal hill	83.0	97.0	31 Q	83.5	98.0	42	did not advance
Tomisław Tajner	Men's large hill	112.5	98.0	18 Q	113.0	98.4	39	did not advance
Robert Mateja Tomisław Tajner Tomasz Pochwała Adam Małysz	Men's large team				104.1 90.2 108.6 132.3	435.2	6	87.3 93.1 109.8 122.7	412.9	848.1	6

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Points	Rank	Points	Points	Points	Points	Rank
Marek Sąsiadek	Men's halfpipe	18.8	29	34.0	11	did not advance

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Jagna Marczułajtis	Women's parallel giant slalom	42.39	9 Q	Dagi Mair unter der Eggen W	Maria Kirchgasser W	Isabelle Blanc L	Lidia Trettel L	4

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paweł Abratkiewicz	500 metres	35.40	16	35.04	16	70.44	16
	1000 metres					1:10.21	29
Tomasz Świst	500 metres	35.72	23	35.55	26	71.27	22
	1000 metres					1:09.48	21
Paweł Zygmunt	5000 metres					6:29.71	14
	10000 metres					13:35.50	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Total
		Time	Rank
Katarzyna Wójcicka	1500 metres	2:00.59	26
	3000 metres	4:19.10	26

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 2002, full results by sports-reference.com