Poland at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Poland at the
1956 Winter Olympics
IOC codePOL
NOCPolish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors51 (44 men, 7 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearerTadeusz Kwapień
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Poland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Franciszek Gąsienica Groń won Poland's first ever medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Franciszek Gąsienica Groń Nordic combined Men's individual January 31

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jan Zarycki Downhill DSQ –
Andrzej Gąsienica Roj 3:09.3 15
Andrzej Gąsienica Roj Giant Slalom 3:48.6 54
Józef Marusarz 3:29.3 35
Włodzimierz Czarniak 3:24.2 28
Jan Zarycki 3:22.3 23
Jan Zarycki Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ –
Andrzej Gąsienica Roj 1:50.6 37 2:05.2 18 3:55.8 23
Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak 1:33.8 17 2:06.2 20 3:40.0 16
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska Downhill DNF –
Maria Kowalska 1:51.9 19
Barbara Grocholska 1:51.7 17
Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska Giant Slalom 2:10.9 35
Barbara Grocholska 2:05.5 30
Maria Kowalska 2:02.8 20
Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ –
Maria Kowalska 58.7 8 1:23.0 30 2:21.7 22

Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
POL-1 Aleksy Konieczny
Zbigniew Skowroński 		Two-man 1:27.21 16 1:27.23 21 1:27.87 20 1:28.54 18 5:50.85 19
POL-2 Stefan Ciapała
Aleksander Habala 		Two-man 1:27.70 21 1:26.49 15 1:26.24 13 1:25.92 10 5:46.35 16
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
POL-1 Stefan Ciapała
Jerzy Olesiak
Józef Szymański
Aleksander Habala 		Four-man 1:19.95 12 1:20.25 14 1:21.10 14 1:22.19 19 5:23.49 15
POL-2 Aleksy Konieczny
Zygmunt Konieczny
Włodzimierz Źróbik
Zbigniew Skowroński (both participated...
Jan Dąbrowski ...in two runs) 		Four-man n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5:28.40 21

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Józef Gąsienica Sobczak 56:39 44
Józef Rubiś 54:47 34
Andrzej Mateja 53:42 23
Tadeusz Kwapień 52:45 16
30 km Stanisław Bukowski 1'56:26 29
Józef Rubiś 1'53:57 23
Tadeusz Kwapień 1'49:09 12
50 km Stanisław Bukowski 3'10:49 13
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Józef Rubiś
Józef Gąsienica Sobczak
Tadeusz Kwapień
Andrzej Mateja 		2'25:55 9
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km Helena Gąsienica Daniel 43:09 24
Zofia Krzeptowska 41:37 18
Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa 41:28 17
Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska 41:09 16
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska
Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa
Zofia Krzeptowska 		1'13:20 5

Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Group B

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Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Czechoslovakia 2 2 0 0 12 6 4
2  United States 2 1 1 0 7 4 2
3  Poland 2 0 2 0 3 12 0
  • USA 4-0 Poland
  • Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland

Games for 7th-10th places

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Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
7  Italy 3 3 0 0 21 7 6
8  Poland 3 2 1 0 12 10 4
9   Switzerland 3 1 2 0 12 18 2
10  Austria 3 0 3 0 9 19 0
  • Poland 6-2 Switzerland
  • Poland 4-3 Austria
  • Italy 5-2 Poland
Contestants
Władysław Pabisz
Edward Kocząb
Janusz Zawadzki
Kazimierz Chodakowski
Stanisław Olczyk
Mieczysław Chmura
Henryk Bromowicz
Józef Kurek
Zdzisław Nowak
Szymon Janiczko
Adolf Wróbel
Kazimierz Bryniarski
Marian Herda
Hilary Skarżyński
Bronisław Gosztyła
Rudolf Czech
Alfred Wróbel

Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Józef Daniel Krzeptowski Individual 62.0 60.5 173.5 33 1'00:48 222.600 18 396.100 29
Jan Raszka 65.0 64.5 182.5 29 1'05:15 205.400 32 387.900 32
Franciszek Gąsienica Groń 72.5 71.5 203.0 10 57:55 233.800 7 436.800 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Aleksander Kowalski 74.0 75.0 210.5 5 1'03:37 211.700 29 422.200 15

Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Józef Huczek Normal hill 70.5 95.5 28 67.0 89.5 36 185.0 30
Władysław Tajner 74.0 98.0 26 76.5 103.0 12 201.0 16
Roman Gąsienica Sieczka 77.5 101.5 21 71.5 88.0 40 189.5 25
Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel 78.0 102.0 18 74.5 96.5 22 198.5 20

References

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