Poland at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Poland at the Olympic Games
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At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck
Competitors	56 (43 men, 13 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Wojciech Truchan
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Poland competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roman Dereziński	Downhill					1:56.33	52
Roman Dereziński	Giant Slalom	1:55.44	49	1:58.27	39	3:53.71	38
Roman Dereziński	Slalom	1:04.93	23	1:09.80	22	2:14.73	21
Jan Bachleda-Curuś		1:03.76	20	1:05.05	6	2:08.81	11

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 1	Rank
20 km	Andrzej Rapacz	1'18:30.82	10	1'28:30.82	46
	Wojciech Truchan	1'18:02.62	8	1'24:09.93	28
	Jan Szpunar	1'17:27.20	4	1'21:27.20	19

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 2	Time	Rank
Jan Szpunar Andrzej Rapacz Ludwik Zięba Wojciech Truchan	9	2'11:46.54	12

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Jan Dragon	DNF	–
	Władysław Podgórski	48:18.62	44
	Jan Staszel	48:04.31	40
	Wiesław Gębala	46:59.00	22
30 km	Władysław Podgórski	DNF	–
	Jerzy Koryciak	1'39:02.46	47
	Jan Staszel	1'35:46.82	24
	Wiesław Gębala	1'35:09.65	20
50 km	Wiesław Gębala	DNF	–
	Jerzy Koryciak	DNF	–
	Jan Staszel	DNF	–

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Wiesław Gębala Jan Staszel Jan Dragon Władysław Podgórski	2'16:06.63	13

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km	Maria Trebunia	18:21.64	36
	Anna Gębala-Duraj	17:58.91	31
	Anna Pawlusiak	17:29.61	25
	Władysława Majerczyk	17:29.01	24
10 km	Maria Trebunia	34:14.44	33
	Anna Gębala-Duraj	33:13.21	27
	Anna Pawlusiak	33:01.47	26
	Władysława Majerczyk	32:30.68	20

Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Anna Pawlusiak Anna Gębala-Duraj Maria Trebunia Władysława Majerczyk	1'14:13.40	8

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Grazyna Dudek	20	20	17	159.48	159	18

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	FD	Points	Places	Rank
Teresa Weyna Piotr Bojanczyk	9	11	182.20	90	9

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

First Round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Poland	7–4	Romania

Medal round

Rank		Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	40	11	10
2	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	17	10	6
3	West Germany	5	2	3	0	21	24	4
4	Finland	5	2	3	0	19	18	4
5	United States	5	2	3	0	15	21	4
6	Poland	5	1	4	0	9	37	2

• West Germany 7-4 Poland
• USSR 16-1 Poland
• Poland 1-0* Czechoslovakia
• USA 7-2 Poland
• Finland 7-1 Poland

* Note: The score after the Czechoslovakia vs Poland match was 7-1, but due to the positive doping test of one of the Czechoslovakian players, the team was recorded a 0-1 loss. Poland didn't receive any points.

• Team Roster

• Walery Kosyl
• Andrzej Tkacz
• Robert Góralczyk
• Andrzej Iskrzycki
• Kordian Jajszczok
• Marek Marcinczak
• Jerzy Potz
• Andrzej Slowakiewicz
• Stefan Chowaniec
• Mieczyslaw Jaskierski
• Wieslaw Jobczyk
• Marian Kajzerek
• Leszek Kokoszka
• Tadesusz Obloj
• Henryk Pytel
• Andrzej Zabawa
• Walenty Ziętara
• Karol Zurek

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mirosław Więckowski	54.739	23	53.782	14	53.133	12	53.586	14	3:35.220	16
Andrzej Piekoszewski	54.474	21	54.166	21	53.502	18	54.117	21	3:36.259	19
Jan Kasielski	53.969	13	53.551	13	53.115	13	53.554	13	3:34.189	12

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrzej Żyła Jan Kasielski	43.748	10	43.989	11	1:27.737	10
Mirosław Więckowski Andrzej Kozik	44.025	13	43.977	10	1:28.002	12

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Barbara Piecha	44.060	13	43.722	13	43.378	13	43.800	14	2:54.960	13
Halina Kanasz	43.967	11	45.138	18	43.499	14	43.731	13	2:56.335	14
Teresa Bugajczyk	43.621	10	43.701	12	43.157	11	43.450	12	2:53.929	12

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 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
Stanisław Kawulok	Individual	64.0	69.0	172.8	29	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Jan Legierksi		66.0	68.0	175.7	28	49:39.05	205.38	5	291.08	18
Marek Pach		71.5	74.0	191.3	19	52:04.95	183.49	22	374.79	20
Stefan Hula		75.0	77.0	205.9	6	52:48.37	176.98	26	382.88	16

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Janusz Waluś	Normal hill	69.0	92.7	69.5	92.5	185.2	52
Adam Krzysztofiak		72.0	100.0	75.0	105.8	205.8	38
Stanisław Bobak		74.0	104.2	75.0	106.8	211.0	28
Tadeusz Pawlusiak		74.5	105.5	74.0	104.7	210.2	31
Tadeusz Pawlusiak	Large hill	75.0	74.0	67.0	56.8	130.8	52
Stanisław Bobak		81.0	81.4	71.5	86.6	168.0	37
Janusz Waluś		79.0	84.1	78.5	83.4	167.5	39
Marek Pach		85.0	88.5	78.0	76.2	164.7	40

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Ewa Malewicka	46.67	26
	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	45.37	18
	Stanisława Pietruszczak	44.68	14
1000 m	Janina Korowicka	1:35.81	26
	Ewa Malewicka	1:33.89	19
	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	1:31.59	10
1500 m	Janina Korowicka	2:24.30	19
	Ewa Malewicka	2:24.26	18
	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	2:19.69	8
3000 m	Ewa Malewicka	5:08.79	25
	Janina Korowicka	4:57.48	16
	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	4:50.95	10

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com