Poland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 306 competitors, 232 men and 74 women, took part in 162 events in 21 sports.
Medalists
Gold Bronisław Malinowski — Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase Władysław Kozakiewicz — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault Jan Kowalczyk — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
Silver Leszek Dunecki, Zenon Licznerski, Marian Woronin, and Krzysztof Zwoliński — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Jacek Wszoła — Athletics, Men's High Jump Tadeusz Ślusarski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault Urszula Kielan — Athletics, Women's High Jump Paweł Skrzecz — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight Czesław Lang — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race Janusz Bobik, Wiesław Hartman, Jan Kowalczyk, and Marian Kozicki — Equestrian, Jumping Team Piotr Jablkowski, Andrzej Lis, Mariusz Strzalka, and Leszek Swornowski — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Małgorzata Dłużewska and Czesława Kościańska — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs Józef Lipień — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight Andrzej Supron — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight Jan Dołgowicz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight Roman Bierła — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight Władysław Stecyk — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight
Bronze Lucyna Langer — Athletics, Women's 100 m Hurdles Krzysztof Kosedowski — Boxing, Men's Featherweight Kazimierz Adach — Boxing, Men's Lightweight Kazimierz Szczerba — Boxing, Men's Welterweight Jerzy Rybicki — Boxing, Men's Middleweight Lech Koziejowski, Adam Robak, Marian Sypniewski, and Bogusław Zych — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Barbara Wysoczańska — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Janusz Pawłowski — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg) Ryszard Kubiak, Grzegorz Nowak, Ryszard Stadniuk, Grzegorz Stellak, and Adam Tomasiak — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours Agnieszka Czopek — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley Tadeusz Dembończyk — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight Marek Seweryn — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight Tadeusz Rutkowski — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight Aleksander Cichoń — Wrestling, Freestyle Light Heavyweight Adam Sandurski — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
Archery
Poland entered two women and one man in its third appearance in Olympic archery. Men AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Total scoreScoreSeedScoreSeedScoreSeedKrzysztof WłosikIndividual1178 19123242410 10
Women AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Total scoreScoreSeedScoreSeedScoreSeedMaria Szeliga Individual1190 6117582365 7Jadwiga Wilejto1165 111163 12232811
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankBohdan Bułakowski20 km walkcolspan=6 1:28:36.3750 km walkcolspan=6 DNSLeszek Dunecki100 m10.422 Q10.405Did not advance200 m21.302 Q20.873 Q20.823 Q20.686Zenon Licznerski400 m21.364 Q21.225DNSDid not advanceBronisław Malinowski3000 m steeplechase8:29.81 Qcolspan=2 8:21.21 Q8:09.7Bogusław Mamiński8:24.03 Qcolspan=2 8:18.83 Q8:19.57Ryszard MarczakMarathoncolspan=6 DNFZbigniew PierzynkaMarathoncolspan=6 2:20:0326Jerzy Pietrzyk400 m47.185Did not advanceJan Pusty110 m hurdles13.842 Qcolspan=2 13.81413.685Stanisław Rola50 km walkcolspan=4 4:07:077Andrzej SajkowskiMarathoncolspan=6 DNFAndrzej Stępień400 m47.993 Q46.315DNSDid not advanceRyszard Szparak400 m hurdles50.454 Qcolspan=2 50.416Did not advanceKrzysztof Wesołowski3000 m steeplechase8:35.64 Qcolspan=2 8:33.19Did not advanceMarian Woronin100 m10.352 Q10.272 Q10.434 Q10.467200 m21.631 Q20.972 Q20.753 Q20.817Krzysztof Zwoliński100 m10.603 Q10.547Did not advanceMirosław Żerkowski1500 m3:39.25 Qcolspan=2 3:48.29Did not advance Krzysztof ZwolińskiZenon Licznerski Leszek DuneckiMarian Woronin4 × 100 m relay38.832 Qcolspan=4 38.33Jan PawłowiczJerzy PietrzykAdam StarostkaAndrzej Stępień4 × 400 m relay3:05.84colspan=4 Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionDariusz AdamusJavelin throw76.8215Did not advanceIreneusz GoldaHammer throw70.889 q73.748Zdzisław HoffmannTriple jump15.3516Did not advanceStanisław JaskułkaLong jump8.073 Q8.135Andrzej Klimaszewski7.7614Did not advanceMariusz KlimczykPole vault5.401 Q5.5510Władysław Kozakiewicz5.405 Q5.78 WRTadeusz Ślusarski5.402 Q5.65Janusz TrzepizurHigh jump2.21 11 Q2.1812Jacek Wszoła 2.21 8 Q2.31
Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankDariusz LudwigResult11.357.5113.222.0850.5515.3845.824.8058.384:29.7079786Points721923685925781809 7971005741591Janusz SzczerkowskiResult11.227.3814.062.0049.6414.5744.744.9045.224:44.907822 10Points752897 7328578218967771028567495
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankGrażyna Oliszewska400 m52.624 Q52.3615Did not advanceZofia Bielczyk100 m hurdles13.213 Qcolspan=2 13.098 Q13.088Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein400 m52.573 Qcolspan=2 53.1316Did not advanceGrażyna Rabsztyn100 m hurdles12.721 Qcolspan=2 12.641 Q12.745Anna Bukis800 m 1:58.94 Qcolspan=2 2:00.37Did not advance1500 m4:06.05Did not advanceJolanta Januchta800 m1:59.72 Qcolspan=2 1:58.93 Q1:58.36Elżbieta Skowrońska-Katolik800 m2:01.24 Qcolspan=2 2:01.17Did not advanceLucyna Langer 100 m hurdles12.752 Qcolspan=2 12.915 Q12.65Elżbieta Stachurska100 mDSQDid not advance200 m23.58 4 Q23.117Did not advanceMałgorzata Dunecka400 m51.814 Qcolspan=2 51.9314Did not advance Lucyna LangerElżbieta Stachurska Zofia BielczykGrażyna Rabsztyn4 × 100 m relaycolspan=6 44.497Grażyna OliszewskaJolanta JanuchtaElżbieta Skowrońska-KatolikMałgorzata Dunecka4 × 400 m relay 3:29.72 Qcolspan=4 3:27.96
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionBarbara Baran-WojnarLong jump 6.44 12 q6.3311Bernadetta BlechaczJavelin throw59.90 10 q61.469Danuta BulkowskaHigh jump1.8514Did not advanceUrszula Kielan1.881 Q 1.94Elżbieta Krawczuk1.8513Did not advanceAnna WłodarczykLong jump6.586 Q6.954
Combined events – Pentathlon AthleteEvent 1500 mFinalRankMałgorzata GuzowskaResult14.16 13.63 1.80 6.212:29.3 432612Points8468171031952680
Basketball
Preliminary round
Group B Qualified for the quarterfinals TeamPts 3 0 328 249 +79 6 2 1 289 241 +48 5 1 2 256 297 −41 4 0 3 196 282 −86 3
Classification round Results between Poland vs. Senegal, Australia vs. Sweden and Czechoslovakia vs. India were carried over from the preliminary round.
TeamPts 4 1 453 359 +94 9 1W–0L 4 1 417 381 +36 9 0W–1L 3 2 474 377 +97 8 1W–0L 3 2 375 341 +34 8 0W–1L 1 4 345 396 −51 6 0 5 329 539 −210 5
Boxing
Men AthleteEvent1 Round 2 Round 3 Round QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHenryk PielesiakLight FlyweightL 2-3Did not advanceHenryk ŚrednickiFlyweightcolspan=2 W 5-0L 0-5Did not advanceRyszard CzerwinskiBantamweightW KO-1L 0-5Did not advanceKrzysztof KosedowskiFeatherweightW 5-0W 4-1W 5-0L WODid not advanceKazimierz AdachLightweightW KO-1W 5-0W KO-1L 0-5Did not advanceBogdan GajdaLight WelterweightL 1-4Did not advanceKazimierz SzczerbaWelterweightW KO-1W 5-0W KO-1L 2-3Did not advanceZygmunt GosiewskiLight MiddleweightL 0-5Did not advanceJerzy RybickiMiddleweightW KO-1W 5-0L INJDid not advancePawel SkrzeczLight Heavyweightcolspan=2 W WOW 4-1W 3-2L 1-4Grzegorz SkrzeczHeavyweightcolspan=2 W KO-1L KO-3Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMarek ŁbikC-1 500 m1:55.603 Qcolspan=2 colspan=2 1:55.905C-1 1000 m4:13.345 qcolspan=2 4:20.874Did not advanceMarek WisłaJerzy DunajskiC-2 500 m1:45.671 Qcolspan=2 colspan=2 1:45.104Marek DopierałaJan Pinczura C-2 1000 m3:58.77 6 qcolspan=2 3:55.99 3 Q3:53.016Grzegorz Śledziewski K-1 500 m1:47.173 Qcolspan=2 1:47.314Did not advanceWaldemar Merk K-1 1000 m3:48.824 R3:52.273 Q3:58.355Did not advanceWaldemar MerkZdzisław SzubskiK-2 500 m1:41.243 Qcolspan=2 1:37.45 3 Q1:37.20 7Krzysztof LepiankaAndrzej KlimaszewskiK-2 1000 m3:31.805 R3:33.314Did not advanceRyszard OborskiGrzegorz KołtanDaniel WełnaGrzegorz Śledziewski K-4 1000 m3:09.922 Qcolspan=2 colspan=2 3:16.334
Women AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankEwa Kamińska-EichlerK-1 500 m1:59.751 Qcolspan=2 2:01.235Ewa Kamińska-EichlerEwa Wojtaszek K-2 500 m1:52.143 Qcolspan=2 1:51.317
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRank Jan JankiewiczMen's road race DNFCzesław Lang4:51:26.9Krzysztof Sujka4:57:38.9 22Tadeusz Wojtas4:56:12.95Stefan CiekańskiJan JankiewiczCzesław Lang Witold PluteckiTeam time trial2:04:13.8 4
Track
1000m time trial AthleteEventTimeRankAndrzej MichalakMen's 1000m time trial1:07.891 11
Men's Sprint AthleteEventRound 1Repechage 1Repechage FinalsRound 2Repechage 2Round 3Repechage 3QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankBenedykt KocotMen's sprintcolspan=3 LLDid not advance
Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationRound 1/8QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankZbigniew WoźnickiMen's individual pursuit4:53.5312Did not advanceMarek KuleszaAndrzej MichalakJanusz SałachZbigniew WoźnickiTeam pursuit4:28.38 9Did not advance
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminariesFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankRoman Godzinski3 m springboard462.4819Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminariesFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankEwa Kucinska10 m platform308.8813Did not advance
Equestrian
Dressage AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalOverallScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankElżbieta MorciniecSumIndividual95413Did not advanceWanda Wąsowska Damask93014Did not advanceJozef ZagorHelios106111 Q8041080410Elżbieta MorciniecWanda WąsowskaJozef ZagorSee aboveTeam29454colspan=2 29454
Eventing AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotalFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank Mirosław SzłapkaChutorIndividual52.40 3184.40236.80 65.00241.806241.806Jacek WierzchowieckiBastion43.001368.80411.80140.00411.8013411.8013Jacek DanilukLen49.202DQDNFDNSDNFACStanisław JasińskiHangar55.8010DQDNFDNSDNFACMirosław SzłapkaJacek WierzchowieckiJacek DanilukStanisław JasińskiSee aboveTeam144.601DNFACDNFACDNF
Show jumping AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankMarian KozickiBremenIndividual12.00712.501024.508Jan KowalczykArtemor4.0014.0018.00Wiesław HartmanNorton4.00112.00816.006Marian KozickiJan KowalczykJanusz BobikWiesław HartmanSee aboveTeam32,00224,00356,00
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1980.
Men
Individual AthleteEventGroup round IGroup round IIElimination round IElimination round IIRepechage round IRepechage round IIRepechage FinalFinalOppositionResultRankOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLech KoziejowskiMen's foil14 Q5 QDid not advance5Adam RobakMen's foil5 Q2 QDid not advanceDid not advance9Bogusław ZychMen's foil12 Q16 QDid not advanceDid not advance13
Team AthleteEventElimination round QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionResultRankOppositionResultRankOppositionResultRankPiotr JabłkowskiAndrzej LisLeszek SwornowskiLudomir ChronowskiMariusz StrzałkaTeam épée W 12-4 L 5-72 Q W 8-6 W 8-4 L 4-8Adam RobakLech KoziejowskiBogusław ZychMarian SypniewskiTeam foil W 15-1 W 9-51 Q W 9-7 L 7-9 W 9-5Tadeusz PigułaLeszek JabłonowskiJacek BierkowskiAndrzej KostrzewaMarian SypniewskiTeam sabre W 9-7 W 9-71 Q W 9-7 L 5-10 L 6-94
Women
Individual