Poland at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Poland at the
1968 Winter Olympics
Poland at the; 1968 Winter Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Grenoble
Competitors	31 (23 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Stanisław Szczepaniak, Biathlon
Medals	Gold0Silver0Bronze0Total0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated January 02, 2025

Poland competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryszard Ćwikła	Downhill					2:10.63	48
Andrzej Bachleda	Downhill					2:05.48	26
Ryszard Ćwikła	Giant Slalom	1:51.79	40	1:54.17	41	3:45.96	37
Andrzej Bachleda	Giant Slalom	1:46.46	14	1:49.25	13	3:35.71	13

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Ryszard Ćwikła	DSQ	–	54.47	1 QF	53.69	33	53.11	21	1:46.80	21
Andrzej Bachleda	53.48	1 QF	–	–	49.88	5	50.73	6	1:40.61	6

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Józef Gąsienica Sobczak	DNF	–	DNF	–
	Józef Stopka	1.22:17.7	12	1'34:17.7	48
	Stanisław Łukaszczyk	1'16:28.1	4	1'20:28.1	8
	Stanisław Szczepaniak	1'17:56.8	1	1'18:56.8	4

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
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Józef Rózak Andrzej Fiedor Stanisław Łukaszczyk Stanisław Szczepaniak	4	2'20:19.6	4

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

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Józef Rysula	50:38.5	21
50 km	Józef Rysula	2'35:30.9	21

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Anna Gębala-Duraj	18:02.7	26
	Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa	17:56.5	23
	Weronika Budny	17:38.2	19
	Stefania Biegun	17:03.4	9
10 km	Anna Gębala-Duraj	43:23.8	30
	Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa	40:59.9	25
	Weronika Budny	40:09.4	21
	Stefania Biegun	39:55.4	19

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Weronika Budny Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa Stefania Biegun	59:04.7	5

Figure skating

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Janina Poremska Piotr Scypa	15	13	272.2	129	15

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lucjan Kudzia	59.27	26	58.46	10	58.18	8	2:55.91	13
Tadeusz Radwan	59.03	21	59.01	15	59.19	22	2:57.23	22
Jerzy Wojnar	58.16	12	58.38	8	58.08	7	2:54.62	8
Zbigniew Gawior	57.55	4	58.35	6	57.61	3	2:53.51	4

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zbigniew Gawior Ryszard Gawior	49.01	7	48.84	4	1:37.85	6
Lucjan Kudzia Stanisław Paczka	49.09	9	49.08	7	1:38.17	9

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anna Mąka	49.69	8	50.05	6	50.66	6	2:30.40	7
Jadwiga Damse	49.64	6	50.43	11	50.08	1	2:30.15	5
Helena Macher	49.55	5	50.02	5	50.48	4	2:30.05	4

Nordic combined

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
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jan Kawulok	Individual	70.0	70.5	200.4	18	52:32.7	187.51	25	387.91	20
Józef Gąsienica Daniel		72.0	68.0	203.8	16	51:10.1	203.96	18	407.76	15
Erwin Fiedor		74.0	74.0	234.3	3	54:48.7	161.63	36	395.93	18
Józef Gąsienica		72.5	71.5	217.7	8	50:34.5	211.08	11	428.78	6

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Józef Kocjan	Normal hill	72.5	95.3	71.0	96.9	189.0	35
Józef Przybyła		72.5	96.8	69.0	93.7	193.7	27
Ryszard Witke		73.5	101.9	68.5	88.4	190.3	32
Erwin Fiedor		74.5	102.5	67.5	89.3	191.8	30
Józef Kocjan	Large hill	80.0	72.4	90.5	93.1	159.0	45
Ryszard Witke		88.5	89.8	88.0	89.6	179.4	31
Erwin Fiedor		92.0	96.2	84.0	83.5	179.7	30
Józef Przybyła		98.0	106.1	88.0	86.6	199.2	14

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