Poland at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Poland at the 1952 Winter Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl  (in Polish)
in Oslo
Competitors	30 (27 men, 3 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Stanisław Marusarz
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Poland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Józef Marusarz	Downhill					2:58.7	43
Andrzej Czarniak						2:56.4	42
Stefan Dziedzic						2:49.4	29
Andrzej Gąsienica Roj						2:44.3	22
Józef Marusarz	Giant Slalom					2:55.5	48
Andrzej Gąsienica Roj						2:52.2	41
Jan Płonka						2:51.5	39
Stefan Dziedzic						2:50.3	38
Stefan Dziedzic	Slalom	1:25.1	71	did not advance
Jan Płonka		1:16.6	57	did not advance
Andrzej Gąsienica Roj		1:06.1	28 Q	1:23.5	28	2:29.6	28
Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak		1:05.2	26 Q	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Teresa Kodelska	Downhill					DSQ	–
Maria Kowalska						2:27.4	34
Barbara Grocholska						1:54.1	13
Maria Kowalska	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Barbara Grocholska						DSQ	–
Teresa Kodelska						2:32.6	34
Maria Kowalska	Slalom	1:30.1	36	1:25.5	36	2:55.6	34
Teresa Kodelska		1:14.7	25	1:19.0	35	2:33.7	32
Barbara Grocholska		1:10.2	16	1:10.1	18	2:20.3	14

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Taduesz Kwapień	1'11:40	41

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	71	14	15
United States	8	6	1	1	43	21	13
Sweden	9	7	2	0	53	22	14
Czechoslovakia	9	6	3	0	50	23	12
Switzerland	8	4	4	0	40	40	8
Poland 6th	8	2	5	1	21	56	5
Finland	8	2	6	0	21	60	4
West Germany	8	1	6	1	21	53	3
Norway	8	0	8	0	15	46	0

• Czechoslovakia 8-2 Poland
• Sweden 17-1 Poland
• Switzerland 6-3 Poland
• Canada 11-0 Poland
• Poland 4-4 Germany FR
• USA 5-3 Poland
• Poland 4-2 Finland
• Norway 3-4 Poland

Contestants

• Michał Antuszewicz
• Henryk Bromowicz
• Kazimierz Chodakowski
• Stefan Csorich
• Rudolf Czech
• Alfred Gansiniec
• Jan Hampel
• Marian Jeżak
• Eugeniusz Lewacki
• Roman Penczek
• Hilary Skarżyński
• Tadeusz Świcarz
• Stanisław Szlendak
• Zdzisław Trojanowski
• Antoni Wróbel
• Alfred Wróbel

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Leopold Tajner	Normal hill	57.0	88.0	39	56.5	90.0	38	178.0	39
Stanisław Marusarz		59.0	93.0	35	60.5	96.0	24	189.0	27
Jakub Węgrzynkiewicz		60.5	94.0	33	58.5	91.0	35	185.0	33
Antoni Wieczorek		60.5	96.5	24	60.5	94.5	25	191.0	24

References

• Petersen, Rolf, ed. (1952). The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo (PDF). Oslo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
• Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com