Poland at the
2002 Winter Olympics
IOC codePOL
NOCPolish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors27 (22 men, 5 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer Mariusz Siudek (figure skating)
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Poland competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The two medals won by Adam Małysz were the first for Poland in the Winter Olympic Games since 1972.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Adam Małysz Ski jumping Men's large hill
 Bronze Adam Małysz Ski jumping Men's normal hill

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Andrzej Bachleda Slalom 51.43 53.22 1:44.65 10

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Wojciech Kozub Sprint 26:31.9 1 18
Pursuit 36:27.8 4 34
Individual 59:35.1 5 69
Tomasz Sikora Sprint 26:59.3 1 31
Pursuit 35:30.0 1 25
Individual 57:08.5 4 46
Krzysztof Topór Sprint 28:02.2 3 61
Individual 1'00:36.8 6 74
Wiesław Ziemianin Sprint 27:47.0 2 58
Pursuit 38:45.7 4 50
Individual 55:35.2 1 30
Wiesław Ziemianin
Wojciech Kozub
Krzysztof Topór
Tomasz Sikora 		Team relay 1'27:35.4 1 9
Women
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Anna Stera-Kustucz Sprint 23:24.6 0 43
Pursuit 36:59.3 4 43
Individual 54:47.1 4 54

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
POL-1 Tomasz Żyła
Dawid Kupczyk
Krzysztof Sieńko
Tomasz Gatka 		Four-man 47.22 18 47.48 22 47.93 20 48.10 18 3:10.73 18

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Distance
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Janusz Krężelok Pursuit 27:14.6 25 Q 25:30.3 32 51:37.3 32
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualifying Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank
Janusz Krężelok Men's sprint 2:50.67 3 Q 3:00.7 3 ADV 3:00.6 5 did not advance

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event CD1 CD2 SP/OD FS/FD TFP Rank
Dorota Zagorska
Mariusz Siudek 		Pair skating 8 7 11.0 7
Sylwia Nowak
Sebastian Kolasiński 		Ice dance 13 13 13 13 26.0 13

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Krystian Zdrojkowski Men's 500 metres 44.117 4 did not advance
Men's 1000 metres 1:30.026 3 did not advance
Men's 1500 metres 2:23.015 5 did not advance

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Qualification Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Points Rank
Adam Małysz Men's normal hill Pre-qualified 98.5 129.5 3 Q 98.0 133.5 263.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's large hill Pre-qualified 131.0 137.3 3 Q 128.0 132.4 269.7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Robert Mateja Men's normal hill 90.0 115.5 10 Q 85.5 104.5 37 did not advance
Men's large hill 118.0 111.4 5 Q 117.0 108.6 29 Q 109.5 93.6 202.2 29
Tomasz Pochwała Men's normal hill 88.0 108.5 22 Q 85.0 102.0 40 did not advance
Men's large hill 110.5 94.4 26 Q 110.5 93.9 43 did not advance
Wojciech Skupień Men's normal hill 83.0 97.0 31 Q 83.5 98.0 42 did not advance
Tomisław Tajner Men's large hill 112.5 98.0 18 Q 113.0 98.4 39 did not advance
Robert Mateja
Tomisław Tajner
Tomasz Pochwała
Adam Małysz 		Men's large team 104.1
90.2
108.6
132.3 		435.2 6 87.3
93.1
109.8
122.7 		412.9 848.1 6

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Points Rank Points Points Points Points Rank
Marek Sąsiadek Men's halfpipe 18.8 29 34.0 11 did not advance
Slalom
Athlete Event Qualifying Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank
Jagna Marczułajtis Women's parallel giant slalom 42.39 9 Q Italy Dagi Mair unter der Eggen W Austria Maria Kirchgasser W France Isabelle Blanc L Italy Lidia Trettel L 4

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Paweł Abratkiewicz 500 metres 35.40 16 35.04 16 70.44 16
1000 metres 1:10.21 29
Tomasz Świst 500 metres 35.72 23 35.55 26 71.27 22
1000 metres 1:09.48 21
Paweł Zygmunt 5000 metres 6:29.71 14
10000 metres 13:35.50 14
Women
Athlete Event Total
Time Rank
Katarzyna Wójcicka 1500 metres 2:00.59 26
3000 metres 4:19.10 26

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