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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Women’s 20km Walk | Katarzyna Zdzieblo | |
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 |
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Mixed 4x400m Relay | Wiktor Suwara Rafal Omelko Iga Baumgart-Witan Justyna Swiety-Ersetic Anna Kielbasinska Malgorzata Holub-Kowalik |
Canoeing
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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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 |
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Women’s K4 500m | Karolina Naja Anna Pulawska Katarzyna Kolodziejczyk Helena Wisniewska |
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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 |
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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 | |
Men’s Team Sprint | Qualified Via Rankings | |
Women’s Team Sprint | Qualified Via Rankings | |
Men’s Individual Sprint | Eligible to Compete | |
Eligible to Compete | ||
Women’s Individual Sprint | Eligible to Compete | |
Eligible to Compete | ||
Men’s Keirin | Eligible to Compete | |
Eligible to Compete | ||
Women’s Keirin | Eligible to Compete | |
Eligible to Compete | ||
Men’s Madison | Qualified Via Rankings | |
Women’s Madison | Qualified Via Rankings | |
Men’s Omnium | Eligible to Compete | |
Women’s Omnium | Eligible to Compete |
Equestrian
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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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 |
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Women’s Artistic Individual Events | Gabriela Janik |
Modern Pentathlon
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s Individual | Lukasz Gutkowski |
Rowing
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s Double Sculls | Miroslaw Zietarski Mateusz Biskup |
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Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls | Jerzy Kowalski Artur Mikolajczewski |
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Men’s Coxless Four | Mateusz Wilangowski Mikolaj Burda Marcin Brzezinski Michal Szpakowski |
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Women’s Coxless Four | Joanna Dittmann Olga Michalkiewicz Monika Chabel Maria Wierzbowska |
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Men’s Quadruple Sculls | Dominik Czaja Wiktor Chabel Szymon Posnik Fabian Baranski |
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Women’s Quadruple Sculls | Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska Marta Wieliczko Maria Springwald Katarzyna Zillmann |
Sailing
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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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 |
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Men’s 49er | Lukasz Przybytek Pawel Kolodzinski |
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Women’s 49erFX | Aleksandra Melzacka Kinga Loboda |
Shooting
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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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 |
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Women’s Combined | Aleksandra Miroslaw |
Swimming
Men’s Events
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s 50m Freestyle | Pawe Juraszek | |
Men’s 800m Freestyle | Wojciech Wojdak | |
Men’s 1500m 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 |
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Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay | Jan Switkowski Jan Holub Jakub Kraska Kacper Majchrzak |
Women’s Events
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s 50m Freestyle | Katarzyna Wasick | |
Women’s 100m Freestyle | Katarzyna Wasick | |
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay | Katarzyna Wilk Alicja Tchorz Dominika Kossakowska Aleksandra Polanska |
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Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay | Aleksandra Polanska Dominika Kossakowska Marta Klimek Aleksandra Knop |
Mixed Events
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay | Alicja Tchorz Jan Kalusowski Konrad Czerniak Katarzyna Wilk |
Table Tennis
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s Singles | From Team Quota | |
From Team Quota | ||
Women’s Team | Qian Li Natalia Partyka Natalia Bajor Julia Slazak |
Taekwondo
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s +67kg | Aleksandra Kowalczuk |
Volleyball
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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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 |
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Men’s Freestyle -74kg | Kamil Rybicki | |
Men’s Greco-Roman -97kg | Tadeusz Michalik | |
Women’s Freestyle -53kg | Roksana Zasina | |
Women’s Freestyle -57kg | Jowita Wrzesien |