Poland at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Poland at the Olympic Games
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors	125 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Teodor Kocerka
Medals Rank: 20	Gold 1	Silver 2	Bronze 1	Total 4
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Poland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 125 competitors, 103 men and 22 women, took part in 74 events in 11 sports. Zygmunt Chychła became first post-War Olympic gold champion.

Medalists

Gold

• Zygmunt Chychla — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

Silver

• Aleksy Antkiewicz — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
• Jerzy Jokiel — Gymnastic, Men's Floor exercise

Bronze

• Teodor Kocerka — Rowing, Single sculls

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Roman Budzyński	200 m	23.37	2 Q	22.51	6	Did not advance
Mieczysław Długoborski	1500 metres	3:57.8	6	Did not advance
Alojzy Graj	5000 metres	14:30.0	7	N/A				Did not advance
Jan Kielas	3000 m steeplechase	9:15.4	7	Did not advance
Emil Kiszka	100 m	11.13	3	Did not advance
Roman Korban	800 metres	1:54.7	4	Did not advance
Stefan Lewandowski	1500 metres	4:00.8	7	Did not advance
Gerard Mach	200 m	22.16	2 Q	22.12	4	Did not advance
	400 m	48.64	2 Q	DNS		Did not advance
Winand Osiński	Marathon	N/A						2:54:38.2	47
Edmund Potrzebowski	800 metres	1:52.6	2 Q	1:53.7	5	Did not advance
	1500 metres	3:56.8	6	Did not advance
Zdobysław Stawczyk	200 m	22.22	2 Q	22.12	4	Did not advance
Zygmunt Buhl Emil Kiszka Zdobysław Stawczyk Dominik Sucheński	4×100 m relay	41.8	3 Q	N/A		41.8	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Henryk Grabowski	Long jump	6.77	21	Did not advance
Stanisław Kowal	Triple jump	14.03	28	Did not advance
Tadeusz Krzyżanowski	Shot put	14.90	11 Q	15.08	10
Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	Javelin throw	61.50	20	Did not advance
Janusz Sidło	Javelin throw	62.16	18	Did not advance
Zygfryd Weinberg	Triple jump	14.65	9 Q	14.76	10

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maria Arndt	200 m	25.9	6	Did not advance
Elzbieta Bocian	100 m	12.9	4	Did not advance
Genowefa Minicka	200 m	25.9	4	Did not advance
Eulalia Szwajkowska	200 m	25.5	1 Q	N/A		25.2	6	Did not advance
Maria Arndt Maria Piątkowska Genowefa Minicka Eulalia Szwajkowska	4×100 m relay	48.1	4	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Magdalena Breguła	Shot put	13.05	6 Q	12.93	10
Maria Ciach	Javelin throw	39.96	12 Q	44.31	7
Elżbieta Krysińska	Shot put	11.50	16	Did not advance
Elżbieta Krzesińska-Duńska	Long jump	5.43	18 Q	5.65	12
Maria Piątkowska	Long jump	5.09	32	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 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	Edgar Basel (GER) L 0:3	Did not advance
Henryk Niedźwiedzki	Bantamweight	Ronald Charles Gower (AUS) W TKO	Pentti Hamalainen (FIN) L 0:3	Did not advance
Leszek Drogosz	Featherweight	22x20px Kyar Ba Nyein (BIR) W 3:0	Pedro Galasso (BRA) W 3:0	Sergio Caprari (ITA) L 0:3	Did not advance
Aleksy Antkiewicz	Lightweight	22x20px Benjamin Enriquez (PHI) W 3:0	Hans-Werner Wohlers (GER) W 3:0	Frederick Reardon (GBR) W 3:0	Gheorghe Fiat (ROU) W WO	Aureliano Bolognesi (ITA) L 0:3
Leszek Kudłacik	Light Welterweight	Rene Weismann (FRA) L 1:2	Did not advance
Zygmunt Chychla	Welterweight	Pierre Wouters (BEL) W 3:0	José Luis Dávalos Noriega (MEX) W 3:0	Július Torma (TCH) W 2:1	Günther Heidemann (GER) W 2:1	22x20px Sergei Scherbakov (URS) W 3:0
Jerzy Krawczyk	Light Middleweight	BYE	22x20px Boris Tishin (URS) L TKO	Did not advance
Henryk Nowara	Middleweight	Khan Mohammad (PAK) L 1:2	Did not advance
Tadeusz Grzelak	Light Heavyweight	BYE	Franz Pfitscher (AUT) W 3:0	Norvel Lee (USA) L 0:3	Did not advance
Antoni Gościański	Heavyweight	22x20px Algirdas Šocikas (URS) L TKO	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

13 fencers, 10 male and 3 female, represented Poland in 1952.

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrzej Przeździecki Wojciech Rydz Jan Nawrocki Adam Krajewski Zygmunt Grodner	Team épée	Great Britain (GBR) L 6-10  Sweden (SWE) L 0-9	3	Did not advance					7
Jerzy Twardokens Jerzy Pawłowski Wojciech Zabłocki Zygmunt Pawlas Leszek Suski	Team sabre	Romania (ROU) W 8-8  France (FRA) W 6-1	1 Q	Egypt Egypt (EGY) W 10-6	1 Q	United States (USA) L 6-10  Italy (ITA) L 4-11	4	Did not advance	5

Football

Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round results

Poland v France

July 15, 1952 19:00

Poland	2–1	France
Trampisz  31' Krasówka  49'	Report	Leblond  30'

Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti Referee: Karel van der Meer (NED) Attendance: 3.752

First round results

Denmark v Poland

July 21, 1952 19:00

Denmark	2–0	Poland
Seebach  17' S. Nielsen  69'	Report

Kupittaa, Turku Referee: Folke Bålstad (NOR) Attendance: 6.024

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Final Standings								Apparatus Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Paweł Gaca	All-around	17.30	17.80	10.35	18.20	17.90	17.75	99.30	113	N/A
Paweł Gawron	All-around	16.60	17.70	16.70	13.50	17.85	17.45	99.80	103	N/A
Jerzy Jokiel	All-around	19.15	12.80	16.00	16.65	17.10	17.30	99.00	117	19.15	N/A					19.15
Ryszard Kucjas	All-around	17.30	13.30	17.35	17.35	17.20	16.35	98.85	118	N/A
Zdzisław Lesiński	All-around	16.90	16.05	18.30	17.35	14.85	16.10	99.55	111	N/A
Szymon Sobala	All-around	17.90	17.90	18.00	17.15	18.15	17.85	106.95	60	N/A
Jerzy Solarz	All-around	18.30	15.70	15.30	16.05	17.45	9.50	92.30	148	N/A
Paweł Świętek	All-around	17.70	16.50	17.90	15.95	17.75	15.10	100.90	101	N/A
Paweł Gaca Paweł Gawron Jerzy Jokiel Ryszard Kucjas Zdzisław Leśniewski Szymon Sobala Jerzy Solarz Paweł Świętek	Team all-around	90.50	86.30	88.60	87.15	89.30	87.25	529.10	13	N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Final Standings						Apparatus Finall
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel	All-around	17.36	17.49	15.76	16.96	67.57	86	N/A
Zofia Kowalczyk	All-around	17.69	17.29	16.92	17.30	69.20	67	N/A
Urszula Łukomska	All-around	17.12	15.62	17.80	12.36	62.90	123	N/A
Honorata Marcińczak	All-around	17.00	17.36	17.46	17.03	68.85	69	N/A
Helena Rakoczy	All-around	18.29	18.79	16.00	17.66	70.74	43	N/A
Stefania Reindl	All-around	18.06	18.46	17.86	16.53	70.91	38	N/A
Stefania Świerzy	All-around	18.16	18.46	17.30	17.76	71.68	27	N/A
Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska	All-around	17.89	15.29	17.76	17.20	68.14	76	N/A
Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel Zofia Kowalczyk Urszula Łukomska Honorata Marcińczak Helena Rakoczy Stefania Reindl Stefania Świerzy Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska	Team all-around	141.57	138.76	136.86	132.80	483.72	8	N/A

Athlete	Event	Final
		Portable	Total	Rank
		Apparatus
Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel Zofia Kowalczyk Urszula Łukomska Honorata Marcińczak Helena Rakoczy Stefania Reindl Stefania Świerzy Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska	Team Portable apparatus	Hoop	64.20	14

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics

First round results

16 July 1952 07:30 Germany 7 – 2 Poland Stoltenberg Budinger Thielemann Flinik Marzec

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinal		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Teodor Kocerka	Single sculls	7:59.5	2 Q	BYE		9:10.6	4	7:41.8	1 Q	8:19.4
Jan Świątkowski Stanisław Wieśniak	Coxless pairs	DSQ		7:39.7	2	Did not advance
Czesław Lorenc Romuald Thomas Zdzisław Michalski	Coxed pairs	7:59.8	2 Q	BYE		8:12.1	3 Q	8:00.9	2	Did not advance	7
Edward Schwarzer Zbigniew Schwarzer Henryk Jagodziński Zbigniew Żarnowiecki	Coxless four	6:43.0	3 R	6:45.9	1 Q	BYE		6:43.0	1 Q	7:28.2	5

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Two shooters represented Poland in 1952.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Olgierd Darżynkiewicz	Trap	181	20
Józef Kiszkurno		185	9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jerzy Boniecki	100 metre backstroke	1:13.4	31	Did not advance
Gotfryd Gremlowski	400 metre freestroke	4:49.0	13 Q	4:47.4	13	Did not advance
	1500 metre freestroke	19:17.5	10	Did not advance
Marek Petrusewicz	200 metre breaststroke	2:44.0	19	Did not advance
Gotfryd Gremlowski Antoni Tołkaczewski Józef Lewicki Jerzy Boniecki	4 x 200 metre freestyle	9:13.7	13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Irena Milnikiel	100 metre backstroke	1:25.5	19	Did not advance
Aleksandra Mróz	200 metre breaststroke	DSQ		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Augustyn Dziedzic	56 kg	70	17	80	13	95	17	265	17
Henryk Skowronek	60 kg	77,5	22	85	21	110	19	272,5	21
Edward Ścigała	67.5 kg	77,5	23	90	21	120	19	290	21
Czesław Białas	82.5 kg	87,5	22	107,5	18	130	19	325	19

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool					Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Rudolf Toboła	−57 kg	22x20px Artem Teryan (URS) L T 4:53	Pietro Lombardi (ITA) L 0-3	Did not advance				12
Ernest Gondzik	−62 kg	Vojislav Torma (YUG) W 2-1	Francisc Horvath (ROU) W 2-1	Imre Polyák (HUN) L 0-3	Did not advance			8
Zbigniew Szajewski	−67 kg	André Verdaine (FRA) L 0-3	Aristides Perez (GUA) W T 0:30	Mikuláš Athanasov (TCH) L WO	Did not advance			10
Antoni Gołaś	−73 kg	Ahmet Semol (TUR) L 0-3	22x20px Semyon Marushkin (URS) L 0-3	Did not advance				13
Bolesław Dubicki	−79 kg	22x20px Nikolay Belov (URS) L T 2:17	Gyula Nemeti (HUN) L T 8:26	Did not advance				9

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database