Poland at the Olympics

Poland at the Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpijski.pl (in Polish)
Medals	Gold 75 Silver 90 Bronze 141 Total 306
Summer appearances
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Other related appearances
Austria (1908–1912)  Russian Empire (1912)

Poland first participated at the Olympic Games in 1924, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the 1984 Games, when they participated in the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics. Poland has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games.

Polish athletes have won a total of 306 medals: 75 gold, 90 silver, 141 bronze. Poland is the third most successful country (after Hungary and Romania) of those who have never hosted the Olympics.

Its most successful teams have been football and volleyball. Poland ranks fifth all-time in modern pentathlon, seventh in athletics, and has also been successful in weightlifting, martial arts and nordic skiing.

The Polish Olympic Committee was created in 1918 and recognized in 1919.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924 Paris 65 0 1 1 2 22 1928 Amsterdam 93 1 1 3 5 21 1932 Los Angeles 51 2 1 4 7 14 1936 Berlin 143 0 3 3 6 22 1948 London 37 0 0 1 1 34 1952 Helsinki 125 1 2 1 4 20 1956 Melbourne 64 1 4 4 9 17 1960 Rome 185 4 6 11 21 9 1964 Tokyo 140 7 6 10 23 7 1968 Mexico City 177 5 2 11 18 11 1972 Munich 290 7 5 9 21 7 1976 Montreal 207 7 6 13 26 6 1980 Moscow 306 3 14 15 32 10 1984 Los Angeles Did not participate 1988 Seoul 143 2 5 9 16 20 1992 Barcelona 201 3 6 10 19 19 1996 Atlanta 165 7 5 5 17 11 2000 Sydney 187 6 5 3 14 14 2004 Athens 194 3 2 5 10 23 2008 Beijing 268 4 5 2 11 17 2012 London 218 3 1 7 11 24 2016 Rio de Janeiro 242 2 3 6 11 33 2020 Tokyo Future event 2024 Paris Future event 2028 Los Angeles Future event Total 68 83 133 284 19

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix 7 0 0 0 0 – 1928 St. Moritz 26 0 0 0 0 – 1932 Lake Placid 15 0 0 0 0 – 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 20 0 0 0 0 – 1948 St. Moritz 29 0 0 0 0 – 1952 Oslo 30 0 0 0 0 – 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 51 0 0 1 1 12 1960 Squaw Valley 13 0 1 1 2 11 1964 Innsbruck 51 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Grenoble 31 0 0 0 0 – 1972 Sapporo 47 1 0 0 1 13 1976 Innsbruck 56 0 0 0 0 – 1980 Lake Placid 30 0 0 0 0 – 1984 Sarajevo 30 0 0 0 0 – 1988 Calgary 32 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Albertville 53 0 0 0 0 – 1994 Lillehammer 28 0 0 0 0 – 1998 Nagano 39 0 0 0 0 – 2002 Salt Lake City 27 0 1 1 2 21 2006 Turin 45 0 1 1 2 20 2010 Vancouver 47 1 3 2 6 15 2014 Sochi 58 4 1 1 6 11 2018 Pyeongchang 62 1 0 1 2 20 2022 Beijing Future event Total 7 7 8 22 24

Medals by summer sport

   Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Athletics	25	18	14	57	7
Boxing	8	9	26	43	8
Weightlifting	6	5	23	34	9
Wrestling	5	9	12	26	16
Fencing	4	9	9	22	9
Rowing	4	3	11	18	17
Shooting	4	3	5	12	21
Judo	3	3	2	8	11
Modern pentathlon	3	0	1	4	5
Equestrian	1	3	2	6	17
Swimming	1	3	2	6	32
Football	1	2	0	3	9
Gymnastics	1	1	2	4	29
Sailing	1	0	3	4	28
Volleyball	1	0	2	3	9
Canoeing	0	7	13	20	31
Cycling	0	7	4	11	32
Archery	0	1	1	2	13
Handball	0	0	1	1	20
Total	68	83	133	284

Medals by winter sport

   Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Ski jumping	4	3	2	9	5
Cross country skiing	2	1	2	5	11
Speed skating	1	2	3	6	17
Biathlon	0	1	0	1	20
Nordic combined	0	0	1	1	14
Total	7	7	8	22

Multiple medallists

Athlete	Sport	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Robert Korzeniowski	Athletics	1996–2004	4	0	0	4
Irena Szewińska	Athletics	1964–1976	3	2	2	7
Kamil Stoch	Ski jumping	2014–2018	3	0	1	4
Justyna Kowalczyk	Cross country skiing	2006–2014	2	1	2	5
Witold Woyda	Fencing	1964–1972	2	1	1	4
Renata Mauer	Shooting	1992–2004	2	0	1	3
Józef Szmidt	Athletics	1960–1964	2	0	0	2
Waldemar Baszanowski	Weightlifting	1964–1968	2	0	0	2
Jerzy Kulej	Boxing	1964–1968	2	0	0	2
Józef Zapędzki	Shooting	1968–1972	2	0	0	2
Waldemar Legień	Judo	1988–1992	2	0	0	2
Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek	Modern pentathlon	1992	2	0	0	2
Andrzej Wroński	Wrestling	1988–1996	2	0	0	2
Robert Sycz	Rowing	2000–2004	2	0	0	2
Tomasz Kucharski	Rowing	2000–2004	2	0	0	2
Tomasz Majewski	Athletics	2008–2012	2	0	0	2
Anita Włodarczyk	Athletics	2012–2016	2	0	0	2
Jerzy Pawłowski	Fencing	1956–1964	1	3	1	5
Otylia Jędrzejczak	Swimming	2000–2004	1	2	0	3
Teresa Ciepły	Athletics	1960–1964	1	1	1	3
Egon Franke	Fencing	1964–1968	1	1	1	3
Stanisława Walasiewicz	Athletics	1932–1936	1	1	0	2
Elżbieta Krzesińska	Athletics	1956–1960	1	1	0	2
Józef Grudzień	Boxing	1964–1968	1	1	0	2
Lesław Ćmikiewicz	Football	1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Kazimierz Deyna	Football	1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Jerzy Gorgoń	Football	1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Kazimierz Kmiecik	Football	1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Grzegorz Lato	Football	1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Zygmunt Maszczyk	Football	1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Antoni Szymanowski	Football	1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Bronisław Malinowski	Athletics	1976–1980	1	1	0	2
Tadeusz Ślusarski	Athletics	1976–1980	1	1	0	2
Jacek Wszoła	Athletics	1976–1980	1	1	0	2
Jan Kowalczyk	Equestrian	1980	1	1	0	2
Szymon Kołecki	Weightlifting	2000–2008	1	1	0	2
Ireneusz Paliński	Weightlifting	1960–1964	1	0	1	2
Halina Górecka	Athletics	1960–1964	1	0	1	2
Marian Kasprzyk	Boxing	1960–1964	1	0	1	2
Ewa Kłobukowska	Athletics	1964	1	0	1	2
Lech Koziejowski	Fencing	1972–1980	1	0	1	2
Kazimierz Lipień	Wrestling	1972–1976	1	0	1	2
Jerzy Rybicki	Boxing	1976–1980	1	0	1	2
Mateusz Kusznierewicz	Sailing	2000–2004	1	0	1	2
Leszek Blanik	Gymnastics	2000–2008	1	0	1	2
Magdalena Fularczyk	Rowing	2012–2016	1	0	1	2
Zbigniew Bródka	Speed skating	2014	1	0	1	2
Adam Małysz	Ski jumping	2002–2010	0	3	1	4
Andrzej Piątkowski	Fencing	1956–1964	0	2	1	3
Ryszard Zub	Fencing	1956–1964	0	2	1	3
Wojciech Zabłocki	Fencing	1956–1964	0	2	1	3
Marian Kuszewski	Fencing	1956–1960	0	2	0	2
Artur Olech	Boxing	1964–1968	0	2	0	2
Stanisław Szozda	Cycling	1972–1976	0	2	0	2
Ryszard Szurkowski	Cycling	1972–1976	0	2	0	2
Piotr Małachowski	Athletics	2008–2016	0	2	0	2
Maja Włoszczowska	Cycling	2008–2016	0	2	0	2
Aneta Konieczna	Canoeing	2000–2008	0	1	2	3
Beata Mikołajczyk	Canoeing	2008–2016	0	1	2	3
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski	Boxing	1956–1964	0	1	2	3
Józef Tracz	Wrestling	1988–1996	0	1	2	3
Michał Antoniewicz	Equestrian	1928	0	1	1	2
Marek Dopierała	Canoeing	1988	0	1	1	2
Marek Łbik	Canoeing	1988	0	1	1	2
Izabela Dylewska	Canoeing	1988–1992	0	1	1	2
Artur Partyka	Athletics	1992–1996	0	1	1	2
Sylwia Gruchała	Fencing	2000–2004	0	1	1	2
Agata Wróbel	Weightlifting	2000–2004	0	1	1	2
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś	Speed skating	2010–2014	0	1	1	2
Katarzyna Woźniak	Speed skating	2010–2014	0	1	1	2
Luiza Złotkowska	Speed skating	2010–2014	0	1	1	2
Marian Zieliński	Weightlifting	1956–1968	0	0	3	3
Krystyna Czajkowska	Volleyball	1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Krystyna Jakubowska	Volleyball	1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Krystyna Krupa	Volleyball	1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Jadwiga Książek	Volleyball	1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Józefa Ledwig	Volleyball	1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Zofia Szczęśniewska	Volleyball	1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Leszek Błażyński	Boxing	1972–1976	0	0	2	2
Janusz Gortat	Boxing	1972–1976	0	0	2	2
Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza	Canoeing	2000–2004	0	0	2	2
Karolina Naja	Canoeing	2012–2016	0	0	2	2

See also

• List of flag bearers for Poland at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Poland
• Poland at the Paralympics

External links

• "Poland". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists — Poland". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Poland". Sports-Reference.com.