Poland at the
1964 Summer Olympics
IOC codePOL
NOCPolish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Tokyo, Japan
10 October 1964 (1964-10-10) – 24 October 1964 (1964-10-24)
Competitors140 in 12 sports
Flag bearer Waldemar Baszanowski
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
7
Silver
6
Bronze
10
Total
23
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Austria (1908–1912)
 Russian Empire (1912)

Poland competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 140 competitors, 115 men and 25 women, took part in 87 events in 12 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Andrzej Badeński 400 m 46.4 1 Q 46.5 1 Q 46.2 2 Q 45.6
Witold Baran 1500 m 3:45.3 1 Q — 3:38.9 2 Q 3:40.3 6
Lech Boguszewicz 5000 m 13:52.8 4 Did not advance
Marian Dudziak 100 m 10.6 1 Q 10.5 6 Did not advance
Marian Foik 200 m 21.1 1 Q 21.0 2 Q 20.9 4 Q 20.8 6
Boguslaw Gierajewski 400 m hurdles 52.80 5 Did not advance
Ireneusz Kluczek 400 m 47.3 4 Q DNS Did not advance
Wiesław Maniak 100 m 10.5 1 Q 10.3 2 Q 10.1 2 Q 10.4 4
Mieczysław Rutyna 20 km walk — 1:48:41 26
50 km walk — DSQ
Stanisław Swatowski 400 m 47.6 5 Did not advance
Zbigniew Syka 100 m 10.7 5 Did not advance
Edward Szklarczyk 3000 m steeplechase 8:48.0 8 — Did not advance
Andrzej Zieliński 200 m 21.2 2 Q 21.5 5 Did not advance
Andrzej Zieliński
Wiesław Maniak
Marian Foik
Marian Dudziak 		4 × 100 m relay 39.9 2 Q — 39.6 2 Q 39.3
Marian Filipiuk
Ireneusz Kluczek
Stanisław Swatowski
Andrzej Badeński 		4 × 400 m relay 3:07.2 2 Q — 3:05.3 6
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Zenon Begier Discus throw 56.31 7 Q 57.06 6
Olgierd Ciepły Hammer throw 63.66 14 Q 64.83 8
Edward Czernik High jump 2.06 1 Q 2.06 11
Jan Jaskólski Triple jump 16.10 6 Q 15.82 12
Władysław Komar Shot Put 18.05 6 Q 18.20 9
Władysław Nikiciuk Javelin throw 73.45 8 q 73.11 9
Edmund Piątkowski Shot Put DNS Did not advance
Discus throw 55.22 9 q 55.81 7
Tadeusz Rut Hammer throw 65.03 6 Q 64.52 10
Janusz Sidło Javelin throw 76.93 2 q 80.17 4
Zdzislaw Smolinski Hammer throw 66.00 4 Q 62.90 14
Włodzimierz Sokołowski Pole vault NM 28 Did not advance
Alfred Sosgórnik Shot Put 17.06 10 Q 17.57 6
Andrzej Stalmach Long jump 7.46 10 q 7.26 8
Józef Szmidt Triple jump 16.18 5 16.85 OR
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek 80 m hurdles 10.7 3 Q — 10.7 2 Q 10.5
Halina Richter-Górecka 100 m 11.5 2 Q 11.5 2 Q 11.7 4 Q 11.8 7
200 m DNS Did not advance
Irena Kirszenstein 200 m 23.8 1 Q — 23.6 2 Q 23.1
Ewa Kłobukowska 100 m 11.5 1 Q 11.4 1 Q 11.4 2 Q 11.6
Maria Piątkowska 80 m hurdles 10.6 1 Q — 10.7 4 Q 10.7 6
Barbara Sobotta 100 m 11.8 2 Q 11.8 5 Did not advance
200 m 24.1 2 Q — 23.7 4 Q 23.9 6
Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek
Irena Kirszenstein
Halina Richter-Górecka
Ewa Kłobukowska 		4 × 100 m relay 44.6 1 Q — 43.6 WR
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Jarosława Bieda High jump 1.70 5 Q 1.71 10
Irena Kirszenstein Long jump 6.43 3 Q 6.60

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

Group A

Qualified for the semifinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Soviet Union 7 0 562 424 +138 14
 Puerto Rico 5 2 493 454 +39 12
 Poland 4 3 467 448 +19 11 1W−0L
 Italy 4 3 495 480 +15 11 0W−1L
 Mexico 3 4 485 514 −29 10 1W−0L
 Japan 3 4 421 428 −7 10 0W−1L
 Hungary 2 5 407 469 −62 9
 Canada 0 7 408 521 −113 7

11 October


13:30
Poland  56–53  Hungary

12 October


12:00
Poland  81–57  Japan

13 October


12:00
Italy  58–61  Poland

14 October


20:30
Mexico  71–70  Poland

16 October


20:30
Puerto Rico  66–60  Poland

17 October


12:00
Soviet Union  74–65  Poland

18 October


10:00
Poland  74–69  Canada

Classification brackets

5th–8th Place

20 October


10:00
Poland  82–69  Uruguay

5th Place

22 October


10:00
Italy  79–59 Poland 

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Artur Olech Flyweight —  Stefan Panayotov  (BUL)
W 3–2 		 John Kamau  (KEN)
W 5–0 		 Constantin Ciucă (ROU)
W 5–0 		 Stanislav Sorokin (URS)
W WO 		 Fernando Atzori (ITA)
W 1–4
Brunon Bendig Bantamweight —  Rainer Poser (EUA)
W 3–2 		 Karimu Young (NGR)
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Piotr Gutman Featherweight —  Pat Fitzsimmons  (IRL)
W 5–0 		 Masataka Takayama (JPN)
W RSC 		 Anthony Villanueva (PHI)
L RSC 		Did not advance 5
Jozef Grudzien Lightweight BYE  Tauno Halonen (FIN)
W 4–1 		 Alex Oundo (KEN)
W 4–1 		 Stoyan Pilitchev (BUL)
W 5–0 		 Ronald Allen Harris (USA)
W 4–1 		 Vellikton Barannikov (URS)
W 5–0
Jerzy Kulej Light welterweight BYE  Roberto Amaya (ARG)
W 5–0 		 Richard McTaggart (GBR)
W 4–1 		 Iosif Mihalic (ROU)
W 4–1 		 Edie Blay (GHA)
W 5–0 		 Yevgeny Frolov (URS)
W 5–0
Marian Kasprzyk Welterweight —  Misael Vilugron  (CHI)
W 3–2 		 Sikuru Alimi (NGR)
W 5–0 		 Hamada Kichijiro (JPN)
W 5–0 		 Silvano Bertini  (ITA)
W 3–2 		 Rikardas Tamulis  (URS)
W 4–1
Jozef Grzesiak Light middleweight —  Massimo Bruschini (ITA)
W 5–0 		 Kurt Mattsson (FIN)
W 5–0 		 Vasile Mirza (ROU)
W 4–1 		 Boris Lagutin (URS)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Tadeusz Walasek Middleweight —  John Bukowski (AUS)
W 5–0 		 Juan Aguilar (ARG)
W 5–0 		 Ahmed Hassan (EGY)
W 5–0 		 Valery Popenchenko (URS)
L KO 		Did not advance
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Light heavyweight — BYE  Ronald Holmes (JAM)
W DQ 		 Rafael Gargiulo  (ARG)
W 5–0 		 Aleksei Kiselyov (URS)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Władysław Jędrzejewski Heavyweight —  Vadim Yemelyanov (URS)
L RSC 		Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Władysław Szuszkiewicz K-1 1000 m 4:06.48 1 Q BYE 4:08.51 4 Did not advance
Stefan Kapłaniak
Władysław Zieliński 		K-2 1000 m 3:47.71 4 R 3:52.49 3 Q 3:49.24 4 Did not advance
Stanislaw Jankowiak
Rafal Piszcz
Robert Ruszkowski
Ryszard Marchlik 		K-4 1000 m 3:28.14 5 R 3:22.84 2 Q 3:25.43 4 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Daniela Walkowiak K-1 500 m 2:13.38 5 q 2:14.71 2 Q 2:17.52 7
Daniela Walkowiak
Izabella Antonowicz 		K-2 500 m 2:05.86 5 q 2:11.02 2 Q 2:04.31 8

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Eight cyclists represented Poland in 1964.

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Jan Kudra Men's road race 4:39:51.74 13
Jan Magiera 4:39:51.77 44
Andrzej Bławdzin 4:39:51.83 77
Rajmund Zieliński 4:39:51.83 82
Andrzej Bławdzin
Józef Beker
Jan Magiera
Rajmund Zieliński 		Team time trial 2:31:44.70 11

Track

1000m time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Wacław Latocha Men's 1000m time trial 1:11.12 7
Men's Sprint
Athlete Event Heats Repechage 1 Repechage Finals Round 2 Repechage 2 Repechage Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Zbysław Zając Men's sprint  Vanegas (COL)
 Johnson (AUS)
L 		 Văn Châu (VIE)
 Billing (IND)
W 12.31 		 Garcia (ARG)
W 12.09 		 Khitrov (URS)
 Pettenella (ITA)
W

12.06

BYE  Morelon (FRA)
L 		Did not advance
Pursuit
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time
Lucjan Józefowicz Men's individual pursuit  Giorgio Ursi (ITA)
L 5:05.01 QQ 		 Jiří Daler (TCH)
L 5:07.08 		Did not advance 5

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

15 fencers, all men, represented Poland in 1964.

Men

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Wiesław Glos Men's épée 3 Q 4 Q Did not advance
Bogdan Gonsior 3 Q 3 Q Did not advance
Henryk Nielaba 2 Q 1 Q Did not advance
Henryk Nielaba
Mikołaj Pomarnacki
Bogdan Gonsior
Bohdan Andrzejewski
Jerzy Pawłowski 		Team épée  United States (USA)
W 14-2
 France (FRA) 		1 Q — BYE  Italy (ITA)
L 6-9 		 Switzerland (SUI)
W 9-5 		 United Team of Germany (EUA)
W 8-8 		5
Egon Franke Men's foil 2 Q 2 Q
Ryszard Parulski 1 Q 4 Q 2 Q Did not advance
Witold Woyda 1 Q 1 Q 3 Q 2 Q
Witold Woyda
Zbigniew Skrudlik
Ryszard Parulski
Egon Franke
Janusz Różycki 		Team foil  Great Britain (GBR)
W 9-5
 Australia (AUS)
W 13-3
 Italy (ITA) 		1 Q —  Romania (ROM)
W 9-2 		 Japan (JPN)
W 9-4 		 Soviet Union (URS)
L 7-9
Emil Ochyra Men's sabre 1 Q 2 Q 2 Q 1 Q
Jerzy Pawłowski 1 Q 1 Q 1 Q 4 Q
Andrzej Piątkowski 2 Q 1 Q  Rylsky (URS) W 5-4
 Ferrari (ITA) L 2-5
 Horváth (HUN) L 1-5
 Van Der Auwera (BEL) L 4-5
 Morales (USA) W 5-3 		Did not advance
Emil Ochyra
Jerzy Pawłowski
Ryszard Zub
Andrzej Piątkowski
Wojciech Zabłocki 		Team sabre  Iran (IRN)
W 16-0
 United Team of Germany (EUA) 		1 Q —  United Team of Germany (EUA)
W 9-6 		 Soviet Union (URS)
L 7-9 		 France (FRA)
W 8-8

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1964 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
Jan Jankowicz All-around 18.60 17.55 18.30 18.60 18.80 18.75 110.60 45 Did not advance
Andrzej Konopka All-around 18.35 17.20 18.20 18.45 18.30 18.20 108.70 75 Did not advance
Mikołaj Kubica All-around 18.80 18.70 18.80 19.10 18.70 19.10 113.20 16 Did not advance
Wilhelm Kubica All-around 18.55 18.40 18.35 18.75 18.00 19.05 111.10 35 Did not advance
Alfred Kucharczyk All-around 18.85 18.20 18.50 19.30 17.60 18.60 111.05 37 Did not advance
Aleksander Rokosa All-around 18.85 18.10 18.60 18.85 18.80 18.75 111.95 25 Did not advance
Jan Jankowicz
Andrzej Konopka
Mikołaj Kubica
Wilhelm Kubica
Alfred Kucharczyk
Aleksander Rokosa 		Team all-around 93.65 94.60 93.35 94.25 92.55 91.10 559.50 5 —
Women
Athlete Event Final Standings Apparatus Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Elżbieta Apostolska All-around 18.533 18.533 18.133 18.632 73.831 37 Did not advance
Gerda Bryłka All-around 18.799 18.799 18.233 18.732 74.563 28 Did not advance
Barbara Eustachiewicz All-around 18.599 18.533 18.633 18.432 74.197 33 Did not advance
Dorota Miler All-around 18.199 18.700 18.100 18.466 73.465 43 Did not advance
Gizela Niedurny All-around 18.500 18.066 18.133 17.666 72.365 56 Did not advance
Małgorzata Wilczek All-around 18.699 18.866 18.299 18.699 74.563 28 Did not advance
Elżbieta Apostolska
Gerda Bryłka
Barbara Eustachiewicz
Dorota Miler
Gizela Niedurny
Małgorzata Wilczek 		Team all-around 93.431 91.531 93.195 93.130 371.287 7 —

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eugeniusz Kubiak Single sculls 8:08.96 3 R 7:44.75 3 FB DNS 13
Czesław Nawrot
Alfons Ślusarski 		Coxless pair 7:47.02 4 R 7:35.82 2 FB 7:08.38 8
Kazimierz Naskręcki
Marian Siejkowski
Stanisław Kozera 		Coxed pair 7:55.79 1 Q BYE 8:40.00 6
Szczepan Grajczyk
Marian Leszczyński
Ryszard Lubicki
Andrzej Nowaczyk
Jerzy Pawłowski 		Coxless four 6:58.64 3 R 7:11.74 1 Q 7:28.15 6

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Six shooters represented Poland in 1964.

Men
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Henryk Górski Men's 300 metre rifle three positions 1110 15
Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 1132 18
Kazimierz Kurzawski 50 m pistol 537 25
Jerzy Nowicki Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 1147 5
Stanisław Marucha Men's 50 metre rifle prone 591 16
Adam Smelczyński Trap 183 32
Józef Zapędzki 25 m rapid fire pistol 584 15

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Women's team competition

Round robin

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
12 Oct Poland  3–0  United States 15–3 15–4 15–10     45–17
13 Oct Poland  3–0  South Korea 15–5 15–5 15–11     45–21
15 Oct Soviet Union  3–0  Poland 15–9 15–5 15–5     45–19
18 Oct Japan  3–1  Poland 15–4 15–5 13–15 15-2   58–26
22 Oct Poland  3–0  Romania 15–7 15–6 15–8     45–21

Final standings

Place Team Pts W L SF SA PF PA
Gold  Japan 10 5 0 15 1 238 93
Silver  Soviet Union 8 4 1 12 3 212 97
Bronze  Poland 6 3 2 10 6 180 162
4  Romania 4 2 3 6 9 140 172
5  United States 2 1 4 3 12 98 213
6  South Korea 0 0 5 0 15 94 225

 Poland

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Military Press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Henryk Trębicki 56 kg 105 4 102.5 5 135 5 342.5 4
Mieczysław Nowak 60 kg 112.5 6 115 2 150 3 377.5
Rudolf Kozłowski 110 8 107.5 6 140 5 357.5 7
Waldemar Baszanowski 67.5 kg 132.5 3 135 WR 1 165 OR 1 432.5 WR
Marian Zieliński 140 WR 1 120 4 160 3 420
Jerzy Kaczkowski 82.5 kg 145 6 135 4 177.5 3 457.5 4
Ireneusz Paliński 90 kg 150 4 135 5 182.5 OR 1 467.5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1964 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 		Round 6
Result 		Final round
Result 		Rank
Bernard Knitter −57 kg  Siavash Shafizadeh (IRN)
W P 		 Ion Cernea (ROU)
L P 		 Vladlen Trioskansky (URS)
L P 		Did not advance 11
Kazimierz Macioch −63 kg  Roman Rurua (URS)
L P 		 Bandu Patil (IND)
W WO 		 Joseph Mewis (BEL)
W P 		 Koji Sakurama (JPN)
L P 		Did not advance 9
Bolesław Dubicki −78 kg  Russel Camilleri (USA)
W P 		 Albert Michiels (BEL)
W P 		 Helmut Langle (AUT)
W P 		 Antal Rizmayer (HUN)
L E 		 Kiril Petkov (BUL)
L E 		 Anatoly Kolesov (URS)
L P 		 Bertil Nystrom (SWE)
L E 		4
Czesław Kwieciński −87 kg  Lothar Metz (EUA)
L P 		 Valentin Olenik (URS)
L P 		Did not advance 15
Lucjan Sosnowski -97 kg  Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)
W E 		 Petar Cucic (YUG)
L E 		 Adelmo Bulgarelli (ITA)
L P 		Did not advance 12

References

  1. ^ "Poland at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2014.

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