Poland at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Poland participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Poland at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.olimpijski.pl/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	71 in 17 sports
Medals Ranked 70th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 4
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Jakub Kraska	Swimming	Boys' 100m Freestyle	11 October
Bronze	Jan Kałusowski	Swimming	Boys' 200m Breaststroke	09 October
Bronze	Jakub Kraska Jan Kałusowski Jakub Majerski Bartłomiej Koziejko	Swimming	Boys' 4 × 100m Medley Relay	09 October
Bronze	Gracjan Kozak	Athletics	Boys' Discus	14 October

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Poland qualified a girls' team based on their performance at 2017-18 European Youth Continental Cup Final.^[1]

• Girls' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes

• Boys' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Poznański Miszczuk	Boys' tournament	Veretiuk–Shekunov (RUS) L 0-2	Lammel–Droguett (CHI) W 2-0	Jeffrey–Joe (NZL) W 2-0	2	N Phichakon–T Phanupong (THA) L 0-2	did not advance
Gierczynska Jundziłł	Girls' tournament	J.J. Zeng–Sh. T. Cao (CHN) L 1-2	Juárez–Alvarado (GUA) W 2-0	Niro–Nada (EGY) W 2-0	2	Villar–Churín (ARG) L 0-2	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Natalia Gajewska	-75 kg	Ryabets (KAZ) L 0–5	did not advance		5

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Poland qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.^[2]

• Boys' K1 - 1 boat

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Wojciech Pilarz	K1 sprint	1:42.64	4	Bye		Yakovlev (KAZ) W 1:42.63	Vangeel (BEL) L 1:41.22	Rossi (ARG) L 1:41.11	4
	K1 slalom	1:17.65	8	1:17.13	4	Bouchardon (FRA) L 1:19.57	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Poland qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings.^[3]

• Boys' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes
• Girls' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes

Dancesport

Main article: Dancesport at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Poland qualified one dancer based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.^[4]

• B-Boys - Axel

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

• Boys' tournament - 1 team of 9 athletes
• Girls' tournament - 1 team of 9 athletes

Boys' tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina (H)	5	5	0	0	36	6	+30	15	Quarterfinals
2	Malaysia	5	4	0	1	31	11	+20	12
3	Poland	5	2	0	3	29	17	+12	6
4	Zambia	5	2	0	3	29	23	+6	6
5	Mexico	5	2	0	3	19	20	−1	6	9th place game
6	Vanuatu	5	0	0	5	5	72	−67	0	11th place game

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

7 October 2018 09:30 Poland  6–3  Mexico T. Bembenek  5' Nitka  9', 18' E. Bembenek  12' Zabłocki  13' Jarzyński  17' Report Villegas  6', 19' Estrada  16' Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)

8 October 2018 16:15 Zambia  4–3  Poland Mubanga  4', 13' Siwale  11' Bwali  18' Report Jarzyński  1' Nowkowski  3' E. Bembenek  16' Umpires: Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND) James Unkles (AUS)

9 October 2018 13:15 Poland  2–5  Argentina Nitka  4' Nowkowski  20' Report Garrone  3' Sarto  9', 14' Marcucci  11' Ibarra  20' Umpires: Peter Kabaso (KEN) Nick Saunders (NZL)

10 October 2018 15:30 Vanuatu  1–15  Poland Katmatem  19' Report Jarzyński  1', 7' E. Bembenek  1', 9', 15', 18', 20' Chumeńczuk  8' Zabłocki  9', 13', 14' Nowkowski  10', 15', 16' T. Bembenek  13' Umpires: Peter Kabaso (KEN) Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

11 October 2018 10:15 Poland  3–4  Malaysia Jarzyński  7' E. Bembenek  7' Nowkowski  11' Report Anuar  1', 16', 17' Azahar  3' Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) James Unkles (AUS)

5–8th place semifinals

13 October 2018 09:00 Bangladesh  4–5  Poland Sobuj  13', 15', 17' Mohammad  20' Report Nitka  4' Nowkowski  6' Jarzyński  9', 14', 18' Umpires: Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND) James Unkles (AUS)

Fifth place game

14 October 2018 10:30 Poland  4–4  Australia E. Bembenek  16' Jarzyński  18' Nowkowski  20' T. Bembenek  20' Report Carr  4' Davis  8' Marais  10' Collins  14' Penalties E. Bembenek Chumeńczuk Jarzyński Chumeńczuk 2–1 Collins Carr Murray Collins Umpires: Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND) Nick Saunders (NZL)

Girls' tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	5	5	0	0	29	1	+28	15	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	5	2	1	2	23	8	+15	7
3	Poland	5	2	1	2	4	14	−10	7
4	Namibia	5	1	2	2	9	17	−8	5
5	Zimbabwe	5	1	1	3	6	23	−17	4	9th place game
6	Mexico	5	0	3	2	5	13	−8	3	11th place game

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.

7 October 2018 17:45 Poland  1–1  Mexico Balcerzak  17' Report Cuevas  7' Umpires: Margaux Brand (CAN) Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

8 October 2018 12:30 Zimbabwe  1–2  Poland A. Terblanche  4' Report Mazur  5' Balcerzak  6' Umpires: Cynthia Clement (GHA) Victoria Pazos (PAR)

9 October 2018 15:30 Poland  0–8  Australia Report Schonell  2', 3', 6', 7', 16' Smith  8' Sertorio  9', 18' Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Margaux Brand (CAN)

10 October 2018 11:00 Namibia  0–1  Poland Report Mazur  20' Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Ayu Zainuddin (MAS)

11 October 2018 17:45 Poland  0–4  China Report Ma  4', 11', 12', 19' Umpires: Lize Strydom (RSA) Ayu Zainuddin (MAS)

Quarterfinals

12 October 2018 14:00 India  3–0  Poland Lalremsiami  10' Tete  14' Kaur  14' Report Umpires: Lizé Srtydom (RSA) Chen Jianjun (CHN)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

13 October 2018 12:00 Poland  1–3  Austria Balcerzak  20' Report Klausbruckner  8' Felber  10' Herzog  17'

Seventh and eighth place

14 October 2018 09:30 Namibia  1–3  Poland Cormack  15' Report Balcerzak  5' Zimmermann  15', 20' Umpires: Margaux Brand (CAN) Cynthia Clement (GHA)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Poland qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.^[5]

• Boys' Foil - Maciej Bem
• Girls' Foil - Magdalena Lawska

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Poland qualified one pentathlete based on its performance at the European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[6]

• Boys' Individual - Kamil Kasperczak

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Poland qualified two boats based on its performance at the Techno 293+ European Qualifier. They later qualified one boat based on its performance at the African and European IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers.^[7]

• Boys' Techno 293+ - 1 boat
• Boys' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat
• Girls' Techno 293+ - 1 boat

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Poland qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2018 European Championships.^[8]

• Girls' 10m Air Rifle - 1 quota

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Wiktoria Zuzanna Bober	Girls' 10 m air rifle	618.3	10	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Miljan Dević (MNE)  Wiktoria Zuzanna Bober (POL)	Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle	823.5	8 Q	Volkart (ARG)  Zolfagharian (IRI) L 9–10	did not advance			12

Sport climbing

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Poland qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships.^[9]

• Girls' combined - 2 quota (Aleksandra Kałucka & Natalia Kałucka)

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Speed	Bouldering	Lead	Total	Rank	Speed	Bouldering	Lead	Total	Rank
Aleksandra Kałucka	Girls' combined	1	17	16	272	7	did not advance
Natalia Kałucka		2	12	14	336	8	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcelina Koszel	Girls' +63 kg	Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras (MAR) L 4-20	did not advance
Jakub Sadurski	Boys' +73 kg	Lee Meng-en (TPE) L 2-10	did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniel Michalski	Boys' singles	D N'tcha (BEN) W (6-4, 6-2)	O Štyler (CZE) W (6-2, 6-0)	H Gaston (FRA) L(4-6, 1-6)	did not advance
Iga Świątek	Girls' singles	E Molinaro (LUX) W (6-1, 6-4)	J Garland (TPE) W (4-6, 6-3, 6-1)	C Burel (FRA) L(4-6, 2-6)	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU)  Daniel Michalski (POL)	Boys' doubles	—	Mu (CHN) /  Tajima (JPN) L (7-65, 3-6, [4-10])	did not advance			9
K Juvan (SLO)  I Świątek (POL)	Girls' doubles	—	E Cocciaretto (ITA)  S Zünd (LIE) W (6-0, 6-2)	C Burel (FRA)  D Parry (FRA) W (6-0, 6-4)	ML Carlé (ARG)  Osorio (COL) W (6-2, 6-2)	Y Naito (JPN)  N Sato (JPN) W (6-7, 7-5, 10-4)
Daniel Michalski Iga Świątek	Mixed doubles	A Noel (USA)  T Boyer (USA) W (6-1, 6-4)	Y Naito (JPN)  N Tajima (JPN) L W/O	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jakub Jerzy Zieliński	+85 kg	140	5	173	5	313	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Paulina Rutkowska	−63 kg	84	5	103	5	187	5