History

Poland made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1924 and has competed ever since, with the exception of 1984 where it participated in the Soviet Union led boycott. The nation sends one of the largest delegations to the Olympics with over 200 athletes participating at the last three Olympics. The athletes compete in a wide range of sports with athletics, canoeing, cycling, rowing and swimming being well represented.

Poland has won at least one medal at each Olympics it has participated in. In total the nation has won around 280 medals across 19 sports. Their most successful sports include athletics, boxing, weightlifting and wrestling. The most successful athlete is sprinter Irena Szewinska whom won seven medals across four Olympics (1964-1976); in the women’s 100m (1 bronze), 200m (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze), 400m (1 gold), long jump (1 silver) and the 4x100m relay (1 gold). In 2016 Poland won 11 medals.

Qualified Quotas

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 800m	MArcin Lewandowski
	Adam Kszczot
Men’s 1500m	Marcin Lewandowski
Men’s 400m Hurdles	Patryk Dobek
Men’s 50km Walk	Artur Brzozowski
	Rafal Augustyn
Men’s Pole Vault	Piotr Lisek
	Pawl Wojciechowski
Men’s Shot Put	Michal Haratyk
	Konrad Bukowiecki
Men’s Discus Throw	Piotr Malachowski
Men’s Hammer Throw	Pawel Fajdek
	Wojciech Nowicki
Men’s Javelin Throw	Marcin Krukowski

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m	Ewa Swoboda
Women’s 400m	Justyna Swiety-Ersetic
	Iga Baumgart-Witan
Women’s 1500m	Sofia Ennaoui
Women’s 100m Hurdles	Karolina Koleczek
	Klaudia Siciarz
Women’s 400m Hurdles	Joanna Linkiewicz
Women’s 4x400m Relay	Iga Baumgart-Witan Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Malgorzata Holub-Kowalik Justyna Swiety-Ersetic Anna Kielbasinska
Women’s Marathon	Karolina Nadolska
Women’s High Jump	Kamila Licwinko
Women’s Shot Put	Paulina Guba
Women’s Hammer Throw	Anita Wlodarczyk
	Joanna Fiodorow
	Katarzyna Furmanek

Mixed Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Mixed 4x400m Relay	Wiktor Suwara Rafal Omelko Iga Baumgart-Witan Justyna Swiety-Ersetic Anna Kielbasinska Malgorzata Holub-Kowalik

Canoeing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s K1 Slalom	Natalia Pacierpnik
Men’s C1 Slalom	Grzegorz Hedwig
Women’s K1 200m	Marta Walczykiewicz
Women’s K2 500m	Karolina Naja Anna Pulawska
Women’s K4 500m	Karolina Naja Anna Pulawska Katarzyna Kolodziejczyk Helena Wisniewska
Men’s C1 1000m	Tomasz Kaczor
Women’s C1 200m	Dorota Borowska
Men’s C2 1000m	Michal Kudla Mateusz Kaminski

Cycling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Road Race	Qualified Via Rankings
Women’s Road Race	Qualified Via Rankings
Men’s Time Trial	Qualified Via Rankings
Women’s Time Trial	Qualified Via Rankings

Equestrian

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Individual Eventing	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Team Eventing	Pawel Warszawski Horse: Aristo A-Z Joanna Pawlak Horse: Fantastic Frieda Pawel Spisak Horse: Banderas Mariusz Kleniuk Horse: Winona

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Artistic Individual Events	Gabriela Janik

Modern Pentathlon

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual	Lukasz Gutkowski

Rowing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Double Sculls	Miroslaw Zietarski Mateusz Biskup
Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls	Jerzy Kowalski Artur Mikolajczewski
Men’s Coxless Four	Mateusz Wilangowski Mikolaj Burda Marcin Brzezinski Michal Szpakowski
Women’s Coxless Four	Joanna Dittmann Olga Michalkiewicz Monika Chabel Maria Wierzbowska
Men’s Quadruple Sculls	Dominik Czaja Wiktor Chabel Szymon Posnik Fabian Baranski
Women’s Quadruple Sculls	Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska Marta Wieliczko Maria Springwald Katarzyna Zillmann

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s RS:X	Pawel Tarnowski
Women’s RS:X	Zofia Noceti-Klepacka
Women’s Laser Radial	Magdalena Kwasna
Women’s 470	Agnieszka Skrzypulec Jolanta Ogar
Men’s 49er	Lukasz Przybytek Pawel Kolodzinski
Women’s 49erFX	Aleksandra Melzacka Kinga Loboda

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Tomasz Bartnik
Women’s 10m Air Pistol	Klaudia Beres
Women’s Skeet	Aleksandra Jarmolinska

Sport Climbing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Combined	Aleksandra Miroslaw

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Freestyle	Pawe Juraszek
Men’s 800m Freestyle	Wojciech Wojdak
Men’s 200m Backstroke	Radoslaw Kawecki
Men’s 200m Butterfly	Michal Poprawa
Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Kacper Majchrzak Przemys Gawrysiak Jan Hołub Jakub Kraska
Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Jan Switkowski Jan Holub Jakub Kraska Kacper Majchrzak

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Katarzyna Wilk Alicja Tchorz Dominika Kossakowska Aleksandra Polanska
Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Aleksandra Polanska Dominika Kossakowska Marta Klimek Aleksandra Knop

Mixed Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay	Alicja Tchorz Jan Kalusowski Konrad Czerniak Katarzyna Wilk

Taekwondo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s +67kg	Aleksandra Kowalczuk

Volleyball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Indoor Volleyball	Piotr Nowakowski Maciej Muzaj Dawid Konarski Artur Szalpuk Wilfredo Leon Venero Damian Wojtaszek Fabian Drzyzga Grzegorz Lomacz Michal Kubiak Aleksander Sliwka Pawel Zatorski Bartosz Kwolek Mateusz Bieniek Karol Klos

Wrestling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Greco-Roman -97kg	Tadeusz Michalik
Women’s Freestyle -53kg	Roksana Zasina
Women’s Freestyle -57kg	Jowita Wrzesien