Poland at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codePOL
NOCPolish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in London
Competitors217 in 22 sports
Flag bearers Agnieszka Radwańska (opening)
Michał Jeliński (closing)
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
6
Total
11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Austria (1908–1912)
 Russian Empire (1912)

Poland competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twentieth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having missed the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the Soviet boycott. The Polish Olympic Committee (Polish: Polski Komitet Olimpijski, PKO) sent a total of 218 athletes to the Games, 130 men and 88 women, to compete in 22 sports.

Poland left London with a total of 11 Olympic medals (3 gold, 2 silver, and 6 bronze), tying with Beijing for the nation's highest overall number of medals. Two of the medals were awarded to the team in athletics, sailing, and weightlifting. Among the nation's medalists were shot putter Tomasz Majewski, who successfully defended his Olympic title from Beijing, and double sculls pair Magdalena Fularczyk and Julia Michalska, who became the first Polish women to claim an Olympic rowing medal in 32 years. Windsurfers Przemysław Miarczyński and Zofia Klepacka recaptured their nation's success in sailing, as they each won the bronze medal.

Several Polish athletes, however, suffered setbacks at these Olympic Games. Tennis player Agnieszka Radwańska, who ranked second by the Women's Tennis Association, was surprisingly eliminated in the first round of women's singles.[1] Meanwhile, the men's indoor volleyball team, champions of the 2012 FIVB World League, failed to advance into the semi-finals for the third consecutive time, after losing to Russia in the quarterfinals. Star sailor and double Olympic medalist Mateusz Kusznierewicz, and the men's quadruple sculls team, led by Michał Jeliński, finished outside of the medal standings in the final race.

Medalists

Delegation

Polski Komitet Olimpijski (POK) selected a team of 218 athletes, 130 men and 88 women, to compete in 22 sports; it was the nation's fourth-largest team sent to the Olympics. Men's volleyball was the only team-based sport in which Poland had its representation in these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in boxing, equestrian eventing, rhythmic gymnastics, and taekwondo. Athletics was the largest team by sport, with a total of 60 competitors.

The Polish team included five past Olympic champions, two of them defending (shot putter Tomasz Majewski, and the men's quadruple sculls team, led by Michał Jeliński). Five Polish athletes, on the other hand, competed at their fifth Olympic Games: rowers Marek Kolbowicz and Adam Korol, sailor and double medalist Mateusz Kusznierewicz, hammer thrower and former champion Szymon Ziółkowski, and sprint kayaker and three-time medalist Aneta Konieczna. Dressage rider Katarzyna Milczarek, at age 46, was the oldest athlete of the team, while relay swimmer Diana Sokołowska was the youngest at age 17.

Other notable Polish athletes featured table tennis player Natalia Partyka, who competed for the second time at both Olympic and Paralympic games, swimmer and triple Olympic medalist Otylia Jędrzejczak in the women's butterfly event, double Olympic medalist Sylwia Gruchała in women's foil fencing, windsurfer and multiple-time world champion Przemysław Miarczyński, and sisters Agnieszka and Urszula Radwańska, who both played in the women's tennis doubles. Agnieszka Radwańska, who ranked second by the Women's Tennis Association, became the first Polish female flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[2]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 1 2
Athletics 34 25 59
Badminton 4 2 6
Boxing 0 1 1
Canoeing 8 5 13
Cycling 8 4 12
Equestrian 2 2 4
Fencing 2 5 7
Gymnastics 1 2 3
Judo 3 3 6
Modern pentathlon 1 2 3
Rowing 20 6 26
Sailing 7 4 11
Shooting 0 4 4
Swimming 10 8 18
Table tennis 1 3 4
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Tennis 3 4 7
Triathlon 1 2 3
Volleyball 14 0 14
Weightlifting 6 3 9
Wrestling 2 2 4
Total 129 88 217

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Poland has qualified one archer for the men's individual event, and the other for the women's individual event.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Rafał Dobrowolski Men's individual 672 14  Xavier (BRA) (51)
W 7–3 		 Banerjee (IND) (46)
W 7–3 		 Oh J-h (KOR) (3)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Natalia Leśniak Women's individual 639 38  Xu J (CHN) (27)
L 2–6 		Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Polish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[3][4]

Key
Henryk Szost finished ninth in men's marathon.
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Rafał Augustyn 20 km walk — 1:23:17 29
Rafał Fedaczyński 50 km walk — DNF
Kamil Kryński 200 m 20.66 3 Q — 20.83 6 Did not advance
Adam Kszczot 800 m 1:45.99 3 Q — 1:45.34 3 Did not advance
Dariusz Kuć 100 m Bye 10.24 4 Did not advance
Marcin Lewandowski 800 m 1:47.64 5 q* — 1:45.08 4 Did not advance
Marcin Marciniszyn 400 m 46.35 6 — Did not advance
Artur Noga 110 m hurdles DNF — Did not advance
Łukasz Nowak 50 km walk — 3:42:47 6
Łukasz Parszczyński 3000 m steeplechase 8:30.08 9 — Did not advance
Rafał Sikora 50 km walk — 3:47:47 15
Grzegorz Sudoł 20 km walk — 1:22:40 24
Henryk Szost Marathon — 2:12:28 9
Dawid Tomala 20 km walk — 1:21:55 19
Jakub Adamski
Kamil Kryński
Robert Kubaczyk
Dariusz Kuć
Kamil Masztak
Artur Zaczek 		4 × 100 m relay 38.31 6 — Did not advance
Kamil Budziejewski
Patryk Dobek
Kacper Kozłowski
Marcin Marciniszyn
Michał Pietrzak
Piotr Wiaderek 		4 × 400 m relay 3:02.86 5 — Did not advance

* Advanced by judges decision after being pushed by Kuwait's Mohammad Al-Azemi in the prelims.

Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Przemysław Czajkowski Discus throw 61.08 22 Did not advance
Paweł Fajdek Hammer throw NM — Did not advance
Igor Janik Javelin throw 78.90 19 Did not advance
Tomasz Majewski Shot put 21.03 3 Q 21.89 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Piotr Małachowski Discus throw 64.65 7 q 67.19 5
Łukasz Michalski Pole vault 5.60 8 q 5.50 11
Bartosz Osewski Javelin throw 71.19 42 Did not advance
Paweł Rakoczy 77.36 28 Did not advance
Robert Urbanek Discus throw 59.56 32 Did not advance
Paweł Wojciechowski Pole vault NM — Did not advance
Szymon Ziółkowski Hammer throw 76.22 7 q 77.10 7
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Paulina Buziak 20 km walk — 1:35:23 45
Agnieszka Dygacz — 1:31:28 23
Karolina Jarzyńska Marathon — 2:30:57 36
Marta Jeschke 100 m Bye 11.42 6 Did not advance
Anna Jesień 400 m hurdles 55.44 4 q — 56.28 7 Did not advance
Anna Kiełbasińska 200 m 23.67 7 — Did not advance
Katarzyna Kowalska 3000 m steeplechase 9:48.60 11 — Did not advance
Renata Pliś 1500 m 4:19.62 13 — Did not advance
Matylda Szlęzak 3000 m steeplechase 10:08.84 14 — Did not advance
Agnieszka Szwarnóg 20 km walk — 1:31:14 22
Marta Jeschke
Anna Kiełbasińska
Daria Korczyńska
Martyna Opoń
Marika Popowicz
Ewelina Ptak 		4 × 100 m relay 43.07 4 — Did not advance
Iga Baumgart
Agata Bednarek
Magdalena Gorzkowska
Anna Jesień
Justyna Święty
Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz 		4 × 400 m relay 3:30.15 5 — Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Joanna Fiodorow Hammer throw 70.48 12 q 72.37 8
Żaneta Glanc Discus throw 59.88 24 Did not advance
Monika Pyrek Pole vault 4.40 15 Did not advance
Anna Rogowska 4.55 5 q NM —
Anita Włodarczyk Hammer throw 75.68 1 Q 77.60 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Karolina Tymińska Result 13.22 1.68 13.74 23.71 DNS — — DNF
Points 1091 830 777 1009 0 — —

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Przemysław Wacha Men's singles  Chen J (CHN)
L 21–15, 21–8 		— 2 Did not advance
Adam Cwalina
Michał Łogosz* 		Men's doubles  Ko S-h /
Yoo Y-s (KOR)
L 21–17, 7–21, 13–21 		 Isara /
Jongjit (THA)
L 0–21, 0–21 		 Ahsan /
Septano (INA)
L 0–21, 0–21 		4 — Did not advance
Kamila Augustyn Women's singles  Baun (DEN)
L 11–21, 6–21 		 Prokopenko (RUS)
L 16–21, 17–21 		— 3 Did not advance
Robert Mateusiak
Nadieżda Zięba 		Mixed doubles  Fischer Nielsen /
Pedersen (DEN)
L 9–21, 21–14, 17–21 		 Ikeda /
Shiota (JPN)
W 21–18, 22–20 		 Ng /
Gao (CAN)
W 21–13, 21–16 		2 Q —  Xu C /
Ma J (CHN)
L 21–19, 16–21, 21–23 		Did not advance

* Adam Cwalina / Michał Łogosz retired after first match. All matches after were valued as 0-21, 0-21

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Karolina Michalczuk Flyweight  Kom (IND)
L 14–19 		Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Grzegorz Kiljanek Men's C-1 101.03 11 93.50 5 93.50 8 Q 106.14 9 Did not advance
Mateusz Polaczyk Men's K-1 88.51 4 88.60 7 88.51 7 Q 96.36 2 Q 96.14 4
Marcin Pochwała
Piotr Szczepański 		Men's C-2 105.58 7 101.00 3 101.00 5 Q 109.81 4 Q 110.51 5
Natalia Pacierpnik Women's K-1 110.58 11 102.38 7 102.38 9 Q 107.79 1 Q 115.80 7

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Piotr Kuleta C-1 200 m 44.645 5 Q 45.348 7 Did not advance
C-1 1000 m 4:04.889 5 Q 3:53.802 5 FB 3:54.414 9
Piotr Siemionowski K-1 200 m 35.990 2 Q 36.507 6 FB 38.585 14
Marcin Grzybowski
Tomasz Kaczor 		C-2 1000 m 3:38.759 5 Q 3:37.695 4 FB 3:37.692 9
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marta Walczykiewicz K-1 200 m 42.290 2 Q 40.905 2 FA 45.500 5
Aneta Konieczna K-1 500 m 1:52.069 3 Q 1:52.193 4 FB 1:53.356 10
Beata Mikołajczyk
Karolina Naja 		K-2 500 m 1:48.271 5 Q 1:41.873 3 FA 1:44.000 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Aneta Konieczna
Beata Mikołajczyk
Karolina Naja
Marta Walczykiewicz 		K-4 500 m 1:35.943 5 Q 1:30.338 1 FA 1:31.607 4

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Maciej Bodnar Men's road race 5:46:37 84
Men's time trial 55:49.67 25
Michał Gołaś Men's road race Did not finish
Michał Kwiatkowski 5:46:37 60
Katarzyna Pawłowska Women's road race 3:35:56 11

Track

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 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
Damian Zieliński Men's sprint 10.323
69.747 		14  Dmitriev (RUS)
L 		 Nakagawa (JPN)
L 		Did not advance
Team sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Maciej Bielecki
Kamil Kuczyński
Damian Zieliński 		Men's team sprint 44.712
60.386 		10 Did not advance
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Kamil Kuczyński Men's keirin 4 Q 4 Did not advance 13
Omnium
Athlete Event Flying lap Points race Elimination race Individual pursuit Scratch race Time trial Total points Rank
Time Rank Points Rank Rank Time Rank Rank Time Rank
Małgorzata Wojtyra Women's omnium 14.754 13 34 1 10 3:45.083 12 13 36.790 14 63 11

Mountain biking

Marek Konwa in men's cross-country race
Athlete Event Time Rank
Piotr Brzózka Men's cross-country 1:38:37 32
Marek Konwa 1:32:41 16
Aleksandra Dawidowicz Women's cross-country 1:33:20 7
Paula Gorycka 1:39:18 22

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Katarzyna Milczarek Ekwador Individual 69.286 38 Did not advance
Michał Rapcewicz Randon 66.915 45 Did not advance
Beata Stremler Martini 69.422 36 Did not advance
Katarzyna Milczarek
Michał Rapcewicz
Beata Stremler 		See above Team 68.541 8 Did not advance — 68.541 8

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Paweł Spisak Wag Individual 54.80 51 22.40 77.20 40 Withdrew 77.20 57

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Poland has qualified 7 athletes.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Radosław Zawrotniak Individual épée —  Bouzaid (SEN)
L 9–15 		Did not advance
Adam Skrodzki Individual sabre  Lam (HKG)
W 15–10 		 Limbach (GER)
L 8–15 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Magdalena Piekarska Individual épée Bye  Géroudet (SUI)
L 14–15 		Did not advance
Sylwia Gruchała Individual foil Bye  Ikehata (JPN)
L 8–9 		Did not advance
Martyna Synoradzka Bye  Gafurzianova (RUS)
L 8–15 		Did not advance
Małgorzata Wojtkowiak Bye  Chen Jy (CHN)
L 8–15 		Did not advance
Karolina Chlewińska
Sylwia Gruchała
Martyna Synoradzka
Małgorzata Wojtkowiak 		Team foil —  France (FRA)
L 31–42 		Classification semi-final
 Great Britain (GBR)
W 45–30 		5th place final
 United States (USA)
W 45–39 		5
Aleksandra Socha Individual sabre —  Sassine (CAN)
W 15–7 		 Vougiouka (GRE)
L 7–15 		Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Roman Kulesza All-around 13.933 12.966 13.466 14.900 14.700 14.733 84.698 28 Q 13.866 13.000 13.866 14.400 15.100 13.933 84.165 24
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Marta Pihan-Kulesza All-around 14.333 13.833 14.033 12.166 54.365 26 Q 14.266 13.933 14.333 12.933 55.465 19

Rhythmic

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Joanna Mitrosz Individual 27.425 27.250 27.625 27.450 109.750 8 Q 27.475 27.150 26.850 27.425 108.900 9

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Paweł Zagrodnik −66 kg Bye  Cunha (BRA)
W 0011–0001 		 Nazaryan (ARM)
W 0111–0102 		 Ungvári (HUN)
L 0002–0010 		Did not advance  Karimov (AZE)
W 0010–0000 		 Ebinuma (JPN)
L 0101–0110 		5
Tomasz Adamiec −73 kg Bye  Legrand (FRA)
L 0000–0010 		Did not advance
Janusz Wojnarowicz +100 kg —  Riner (FRA)
L 0003–0010 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Katarzyna Kłys −70 kg  Chen F (CHN)
L 0000–1001 		Did not advance
Daria Pogorzelec −78 kg  Velenšek (SLO)
W 0001–0000 		 Wollert (GER)
W 0020–0000 		 Aguiar (BRA)
L 0000–0020 		Did not advance  Joó (HUN)
L 0022–1012 		Did not advance 7
Urszula Sadkowska +78 kg Bye  Tong W (CHN)
L 0000–0101 		Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch) 		Swimming
(200 m freestyle) 		Riding
(show jumping) 		Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3000 m) 		Total points Final rank
Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Szymon Staśkiewicz Men's 14–21 29 736 2:11.54 32 1224 20 4 1180 10:56.31 18 2376 5516 24
Sylwia Gawlikowska Women's 17–18 19 808 2:17.35 13 1152 52 10 1148 12:15.27 14 2060 5168 13
Katarzyna Wójcik 16–19 22 784 2:20.94 24 1112 60 14 1140 12:17.69 16 2052 5088 19

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Michał Słoma Single sculls 6:54.58 3 QF Bye 7:21.55 5 SC/D 7:39.00 3 FC 7:34.98 17
Jarosław Godek
Wojciech Gutorski 		Pair 6:19.98 3 SA/B Bye — 7:04.58 4 FB 6:56.00 10
Michał Jeliński
Marek Kolbowicz
Adam Korol
Konrad Wasielewski 		Quadruple sculls 5:40.56 2 SA/B Bye — 6:10.75 3 FA 5:51.74 6
Miłosz Bernatajtys
Łukasz Pawłowski
Paweł Rańda
Łukasz Siemion 		Lightweight four 5:53.52 4 R 6:04.46 4 — Did not advance
Krystian Aranowski
Marcin Brzeziński
Mikołaj Burda
Rafał Hejmej
Piotr Hojka
Piotr Juszczak
Zbigniew Schodowski
Michał Szpakowski
Daniel Trojanowski (cox) 		Eight 5:35.64 3 R 5:30.34 5 FA — 5:57.67 7
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Magdalena Fularczyk
Julia Michalska 		Double sculls 6:50.85 2 FA Bye 7:07.92 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Joanna Leszczyńska
Sylwia Lewandowska
Natalia Madaj
Kamila Soćko 		Quadruple sculls 6:21.44 3 R 6:23.19 5 FB 6:57.20 8

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Poland has so far qualified 1 boat for each of the following events:

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Przemysław Miarczyński RS:X 2 2 7 4 13 3 7 4 13 9 4 60 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kacper Ziemiński Laser 22 13 8 24 18 15 29 11 22 12 EL 145 17
Piotr Kula Finn 25 16 17 16 13 20 25 11 14 16 EL 148 16
Mateusz Kusznierewicz
Dominik Życki 		Star 9 3 12 10 3 4 2 9 13 2 9 72 8
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Zofia Klepacka RS:X 5 2 12 3 1 1 9 21 4 4 3 47 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Anna Weinzieher Laser Radial 16 26 25 21 20 16 22 24 15 27 EL 185 22
Jolanta Ogar
Agnieszka Skrzypulec 		470 13 14 20 18 7 2 18 8 11 10 EL 98 12
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M*
Paweł Kołodziński
Łukasz Przybytek 		49er 11 14 11 13 8 3 15 10 5 13 11 12 7 18 13 EL 146 13

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Poland has qualified for four quota places in shooting events;[5]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Beata Bartków-Kwiatkowska 10 m air pistol 366 44 Did not advance
25 m pistol 567 35 Did not advance
Sylwia Bogacka 50 m rifle 3 positions 583 8 Q 681.9 4
10 m air rifle 399 1 Q 502.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Agnieszka Nagay 50 m rifle 3 positions 584 5 Q 678.2 8
Paula Wrońska 10 m air rifle 390 47 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Polish swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[6][7]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marcin Cieślak 200 m butterfly 1:57.07 19 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:00.45 19 Did not advance
Konrad Czerniak 100 m freestyle 48.63 10 Q 48.44 9 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 51.85 4 Q 51.78 7 Q 52.05 8
Radosław Kawęcki 200 m backstroke 1:58.18 14 Q 1:56.74 5 Q 1:55.59 4
Paweł Korzeniowski 200 m butterfly 1:56.09 11 Q 1:55.04 7 Q 1.55.08 7
Sławomir Kuczko 200 m breaststroke 2:12.51 21 Did not advance
Kacper Majchrzak 50 m freestyle 23.00 33 Did not advance
Mateusz Sawrymowicz 400 m freestyle 3:53.33 21 — Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 14:57.59 8 Q — 14:54.32 7
Dawid Szulich 100 m breaststroke 1:02.07 32 Did not advance
Marcin Tarczyński 100 m backstroke 55.06 27 Did not advance
Radosław Kawęcki
Paweł Korzeniowski
Kacper Majchrzak
Dawid Szulich 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:38.16 16 — Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Natalia Charlos 10 km open water — 1:59:58.7 15
Anna Dowgiert 50 m freestyle 25.59 30 Did not advance
Otylia Jędrzejczak 100 m butterfly 59.31 25 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:09.33 16 Q 2:13.09 16 Did not advance
Karolina Szczepaniak 400 m individual medley 4:52.50 31 — Did not advance
Alicja Tchórz 100 m backstroke 1:01.44 25 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:14.02 29 Did not advance
Katarzyna Wilk 100 m freestyle 56.13 27 Did not advance
Aleksandra Putra
Diana Sokołowska
Karolina Szczepaniak
Katarzyna Wilk 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:13.76 16 — Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Poland has qualified one athlete for singles table tennis events. Based on her world ranking as of 16 May 2011 Li Qian has qualified for the women's event.[8]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Wang Zeng Yi Men's singles Bye  Hoyama (BRA)
W 4–3 		 He Z W (ESP)
L 3–4 		Did not advance
Li Qian Women's singles Bye  Huang Y-h (TPE)
W 4–0 		 Ishikawa (JPN)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Natalia Partyka Bye  Skov (DEN)
W 4–3 		 Li J (NED)
L 2–4 		Did not advance
Katarzyna Grzybowska
Li Qian
Natalia Partyka 		Women's team —  Singapore (SIN)
L 1–3 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Poland has qualified 1 athlete.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Michał Łoniewski Men's −68 kg  Nikpai (AFG)
L 5–12 		Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Łukasz Kubot Singles  Dimitrov (BUL)
L 3–6, 6–7(4–7) 		Did not advance
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski 		Doubles —  Ferrer /
F. López (ESP)
L 6–7(7–9), 7–6(8–6), 6–8 		Did not advance
Agnieszka Radwańska in women's tennis singles.
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Agnieszka Radwańska Singles  Görges (GER)
L 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 4–6 		Did not advance
Urszula Radwańska  Barthel (GER)
W 6–4, 6–3 		 S. Williams (USA)
L 2–6, 3–6 		Did not advance
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
Alicja Rosolska 		Doubles —  Kirilenko /
Petrova (RUS)
L 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 2–6 		Did not advance
Agnieszka Radwańska
Urszula Radwańska 		—  Cibulková /
Hantuchová (SVK)
W 6–2, 6–1 		 Huber /
Raymond (USA)
L 4–6, 6–7(3–7) 		Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Agnieszka Radwańska
Marcin Matkowski 		Doubles  Stosur /
Hewitt (AUS)
L 3–6, 3–6 		Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Marek Jaskółka Men's 17:58 0:41 59:45 0:29 33:45 1:52:38 47
Maria Cześnik Women's 19:28 0:42 1:07:17 0:33 36:09 2:04:09 31
Agnieszka Jerzyk 19:47 0:41 1:06:57 0:32 34:55 2:02:52 25

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Poland has qualified men's teams for both the indoor tournament and the beach tournament.

Men's beach tournament

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Grzegorz Fijałek
Mariusz Prudel 		Men's Pool D
 Samoilovs – Sorokins (LAT)
L 1 – 2 (21–12, 15–21, 12–15)
 Gibb – Rosenthal (USA)
W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–18)
 Chiya – Goldschmidt (RSA)
W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–13) 		2  Chevallier –
Heyer (SUI)
W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–17) 		 Alison –
Emanuel (BRA)
L 1 – 2 (17–21, 21–16, 15–17) 		Did not advance 5

Men's indoor tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Team roster

The following is the Polish roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[9]

Head coach: Italy Andrea Anastasi

№ Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2012 club
1 Piotr Nowakowski 18 December 1987 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 355 cm (140 in) 340 cm (130 in) Poland Asseco Resovia
2 Michał Winiarski 28 September 1983 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 355 cm (140 in) 335 cm (132 in) Poland PGE Skra
4 Grzegorz Kosok 2 March 1983 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 345 cm (136 in) 325 cm (128 in) Poland Asseco Resovia
5 Paweł Zagumny 18 October 1977 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 336 cm (132 in) 317 cm (125 in) Poland ZAKSA
6 Bartosz Kurek 29 August 1988 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 352 cm (139 in) 326 cm (128 in) Poland PGE Skra
7 Jakub Jarosz 10 February 1987 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 353 cm (139 in) 328 cm (129 in) Italy Top Volley
9 Zbigniew Bartman 4 May 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 352 cm (139 in) 320 cm (130 in) Poland Jastrzębski Węgiel
13 Michał Kubiak 23 February 1988 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 328 cm (129 in) 312 cm (123 in) Poland Jastrzębski Węgiel
14 Michał Ruciak 22 August 1983 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 336 cm (132 in) 305 cm (120 in) Poland ZAKSA
15 Łukasz Żygadło 2 August 1979 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 337 cm (133 in) 325 cm (128 in) Italy Trentino Volley
16 Krzysztof Ignaczak (L) 15 May 1978 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 330 cm (130 in) 315 cm (124 in) Poland Asseco Resovia
18 Marcin Możdżonek (C) 9 February 1985 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 358 cm (141 in) 338 cm (133 in) Poland PGE Skra
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Bulgaria 5 4 1 12 13 4 3.250 407 390 1.044
2  Poland 5 3 2 9 11 7 1.571 433 374 1.158
3  Argentina 5 3 2 9 10 7 1.429 382 367 1.041
4  Italy 5 3 2 8 10 9 1.111 426 413 1.031
5  Australia 5 2 3 7 8 10 0.800 395 397 0.995
6  Great Britain 5 0 5 0 0 15 0.000 274 376 0.729
Source:[citation needed]
29 July 2012 (2012-07-29)
20:00 		Italy  1–3  Poland Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
(25–21, 20–25, 23–25, 14–25)
Results Statistics
31 July 2012 (2012-07-31)
11:40 		Poland  1–3  Bulgaria Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 11,300
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
(22–25, 27–29, 25–13, 23–25)
Results Statistics
2 August 2012 (2012-08-02)
16:45 		Poland  3–0  Argentina Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
(25–18, 25–20, 25–16)
Results Statistics
4 August 2012 (2012-08-04)
11:30 		Great Britain  0–3  Poland Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,900
Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
(16–25, 19–25, 18–25)
Results Statistics
6 August 2012 (2012-08-06)
09:30 		Australia  3–1  Poland Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
(25–21, 25–22, 18–25, 25–22)
Results Statistics
Quarter-finals
8 August 2012 (2012-08-08)
19:30 		Poland  0–3  Russia Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
(17–25, 23–25, 21–25)
Results Statistics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Poland has qualified 6 men and 3 women.

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Krzysztof Zwarycz −77 kg 150 7 182 7 332 7
Adrian Zieliński −85 kg 174 2 211 1 385 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Arsen Kasabijew −94 kg 170 11 — — 170 DNF
Tomasz Zieliński 175 3 210 2 385 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Bartłomiej Bonk −105 kg 190 1 220 2 410 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Marcin Dołęga 190 DNF — — — DNF
Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Joanna Łochowska −53 kg 84 9 107 10 191 11
Aleksandra Klejnowska 84 10 112 4 196 5
Ewa Mizdal −75 kg 104 4 127 5 231 4

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Poland has qualified at least only four quota places in wrestling events.

Key:

Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Damian Janikowski −84 kg  Avluca (TUR)
W 3–0 PO 		 Hrustanović (AUT)
W 3–0 PO 		 Shorey (CUB)
W 5–0 VT 		 Gaber (EGY)
L 1–3 PP 		Bye  Noumonvi (FRA)
W 3–0 PO 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Łukasz Banak −120 kg Bye  Chebbi (TUN)
W 3–0 PO 		 Nabi (EST)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance Bye  Chugoshvili (BLR)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance 7
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Iwona Matkowska −48 kg  Bermúdez (ARG)
W 3–0 PO 		 Otgontsetseg (MGL)
W 5–0 VT 		 Stadnik (AZE)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance Bye  Chun (USA)
L 0–5 VT 		Did not advance 7
Monika Michalik −63 kg Bye  Oborududu (NGR)
W 3–0 PO 		 Jing Rx (CHN)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance Bye  Choe U-G (PRK)
W 3–1 PP 		 Volosova (RUS)
L 1–3 PP 		5

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