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	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Poland competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

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

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
	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

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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
	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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

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

Women

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

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Janina Poremska Piotr Scypa	13	14	274.1	120	14

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
	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
	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
	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

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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
		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

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		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

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com