Poland at the
1998 Winter Olympics
IOC codePOL
NOCPolish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Nagano
Competitors39 (24 men, 15 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer Jan Ziemianin (biathlon)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Poland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Andrzej Bachleda Downhill 1:53.62 22
Giant slalom 1:24.17 1:22.07 2:46.24 24
Slalom 57.45 DNF DNF

Men's combined

Athlete Event Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Total time Rank
Andrzej Bachleda Combined 49.02 45.47 1:37.04 3:11.53 5

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Wojciech Kozub Sprint 29:28.5 3 23
Individual 1:00:41.1 4 30
Tomasz Sikora Sprint 29:40.8 1 28
Individual 1:02:39.9 5 47
Wiesław Ziemianin Sprint 29:34.4 1 26
Individual 1:02:39.9 4 47
Wiesław Ziemianin
Tomasz Sikora
Jan Ziemianin
Wojciech Kozub 		Team relay 1:24:09.8 0 5
Women
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Halina Nowak-Guńka Sprint 25:39.0 5 42
Halina Pitoń Individual 1:02:45.0 6 42
Anna Stera-Kustucz Sprint 23:53.1 2 6
Individual 57:56.0 2 17
Agata Suszka Sprint 25:45.1 3 45
Individual 1:01:35.4 6 42
Agata Suszka
Halina Pitoń
Iwona Daniluk
Anna Stera-Kustucz 		Team relay 1:45:45.5 2 13

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
POL-1 Tomasz Żyła
Dawid Kupczyk
Krzysztof Sieńko
Tomasz Gatka 		Four-man 54.71 22 54.45 21 54.63 19 2:43.79 22

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Janusz Krężelok 10 km classical 32:02.8 76
Pursuit 32:02.8 76 42:34.5 50 1:14:37.3 53
50 km freestyle 2:19:04.4 40
Women
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska 5 km classical 19:17.3 39
Pursuit 19:17.3 39 31:10.9 47 50:27.9 43
15 km classical 51:40.7 33
30 km freestyle 1:32:37.6 33
Katarzyna Gębala 15 km classical 19:58.8 60
Pursuit 19:58.8 60 32:43.3 61 52:41.3 59
Dorota Kwaśny 5 km classical 20:03.1 61
Pursuit 20:03.1 61 31:12.6 48 51:15.6 49
15 km classical 53:42.6 50
30 km freestyle DNF
Małgorzata Ruchała 5 km classical 19:06.4 33
Pursuit 19:06.4 33 30:46.2 41 49:52.2 35
Eliza Surdyka 15 km classical 55:37.5 58
Katarzyna Gębala
Małgorzata Ruchała
Dorota Kwaśny
Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska 		Team relay 59:56.7 13
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event CD1 CD2 SP/OD FS/FD TFP Rank
Anna Rechnio Ladies 13 20 26.5 19
Dorota Zagorska
Mariusz Siudek 		Pair skating 10 11 16.0 10
Sylwia Nowak
Sebastian Kolasiński 		Ice dance 12 12 11 12 23.4 12

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Piotr Orslowski
Robert Mieszała 		Doubles 52.062 15 51.445 13 1:43.507 15

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Maciej Pryczek Men's 500 metres 46.652 3 did not advance
Men's 1000 metres 1:33.555 4 did not advance

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Points Rank
Krystian Długopolski Men's normal hill 61.0 45.0 62 did not advance
Łukasz Paweł Kruczek Men's large hill 102.0 81.6 45 did not advance
Adam Małysz Men's normal hill 69.5 70.5 51 did not advance
Men's large hill 97.0 71.1 52 did not advance
Robert Mateja Men's normal hill 81.5 98.0 21 Q 82.0 99.5 197.5 21
Men's large hill 116.5 107.7 19 Q 118.0 111.9 219.6 20
Wojciech Skupień Men's normal hill 76.0 85.0 32 did not advance
Men's large hill 117.0 111.1 12 Q 125.5 126.4 237.5 11
Adam Małysz
Łukasz Paweł Kruczek
Wojciech Skupień
Robert Mateja 		Men's large team 95.2
87.4
44.5
99.6 		326.7 7 108.5
78.4
90.6
93.7 		371.2 684.2 8

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Slalom
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Jagna Marczułajtis Women's giant slalom DNF DNS DNF
Małgorzata Rosiak 1:19.41 1:22.16 2:41.57 19
Łukasz Starowicz Men's giant slalom 1:03.50 1:08.81 2:12.31 19
Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Łukasz Starowicz Men's halfpipe 27.2 34 26.5 27 did not advance

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Paweł Abratkiewicz 500 metres 36.76 24 36.51 20 73.27 22
1000 metres 1:12.80 26
Tomasz Świst 500 metres 36.86 28 36.68 25 73.54 26
1000 metres 1:15.55 41
Paweł Zygmunt 1500 metres 1:53.73 34
5000 metres 6:45.59 18

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