| Poland at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | POL |
| NOC | Polish Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Nagano | |
| Competitors | 39 (24 men, 15 women) in 10 sports |
| Flag bearer | Jan Ziemianin (biathlon) |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Poland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Biathlon | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Bobsleigh | 4 | – | 4 |
| Cross-country skiing | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Figure skating | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Luge | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Short track speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ski jumping | 5 | – | 5 |
| Snowboarding | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Speed skating | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 24 | 15 | 39 |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Andrzej Bachleda | Downhill | 1:53.62 | 22 | ||
| Giant slalom | 1:24.17 | 1:22.07 | 2:46.24 | 24 | |
| Slalom | 57.45 | DNF | DNF | ||
Men's combined
| Athlete | Event | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank | ||
| Andrzej Bachleda | Combined | 49.02 | 45.47 | 1:37.04 | 3:11.53 | 5 |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wojciech Kozub | Sprint | 29:28.5 | 3 | 23 |
| Individual | 1:00:41.1 | 4 | 30 | |
| Tomasz Sikora | Sprint | 29:40.8 | 1 | 28 |
| Individual | 1:02:39.9 | 5 | 47 | |
| Wiesław Ziemianin | Sprint | 29:34.4 | 1 | 26 |
| Individual | 1:02:39.9 | 4 | 47 | |
| Wiesław Ziemianin Tomasz Sikora Jan Ziemianin Wojciech Kozub | Team relay | 1:24:09.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halina Nowak-Guńka | Sprint | 25:39.0 | 5 | 42 |
| Halina Pitoń | Individual | 1:02:45.0 | 6 | 42 |
| Anna Stera-Kustucz | Sprint | 23:53.1 | 2 | 6 |
| Individual | 57:56.0 | 2 | 17 | |
| Agata Suszka | Sprint | 25:45.1 | 3 | 45 |
| Individual | 1:01:35.4 | 6 | 42 | |
| Agata Suszka Halina Pitoń Iwona Daniluk Anna Stera-Kustucz | Team relay | 1:45:45.5 | 2 | 13 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| POL-1 | Tomasz Żyła Dawid Kupczyk Krzysztof Sieńko Tomasz Gatka | Four-man | 54.71 | 22 | 54.45 | 21 | 54.63 | 19 | 2:43.79 | 22 |
| Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Janusz Krężelok | 10 km classical | 32:02.8 | 76 | ||||
| Pursuit | 32:02.8 | 76 | 42:34.5 | 50 | 1:14:37.3 | 53 | |
| 50 km freestyle | 2:19:04.4 | 40 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska | 5 km classical | 19:17.3 | 39 | ||||
| Pursuit | 19:17.3 | 39 | 31:10.9 | 47 | 50:27.9 | 43 | |
| 15 km classical | 51:40.7 | 33 | |||||
| 30 km freestyle | 1:32:37.6 | 33 | |||||
| Katarzyna Gębala | 15 km classical | 19:58.8 | 60 | ||||
| Pursuit | 19:58.8 | 60 | 32:43.3 | 61 | 52:41.3 | 59 | |
| Dorota Kwaśny | 5 km classical | 20:03.1 | 61 | ||||
| Pursuit | 20:03.1 | 61 | 31:12.6 | 48 | 51:15.6 | 49 | |
| 15 km classical | 53:42.6 | 50 | |||||
| 30 km freestyle | DNF | ||||||
| Małgorzata Ruchała | 5 km classical | 19:06.4 | 33 | ||||
| Pursuit | 19:06.4 | 33 | 30:46.2 | 41 | 49:52.2 | 35 | |
| Eliza Surdyka | 15 km classical | 55:37.5 | 58 | ||||
| Katarzyna Gębala Małgorzata Ruchała Dorota Kwaśny Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska | Team relay | 59:56.7 | 13 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | CD1 | CD2 | SP/OD | FS/FD | TFP | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Rechnio | Ladies | 13 | 20 | 26.5 | 19 | ||
| Dorota Zagorska Mariusz Siudek | Pair skating | 10 | 11 | 16.0 | 10 | ||
| Sylwia Nowak Sebastian Kolasiński | Ice dance | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 23.4 | 12 |
| Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Piotr Orslowski Robert Mieszała | Doubles | 52.062 | 15 | 51.445 | 13 | 1:43.507 | 15 |
| Athlete | Event | Round one | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Finals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank | ||
| Maciej Pryczek | Men's 500 metres | 46.652 | 3 | did not advance | |||||
| Men's 1000 metres | 1:33.555 | 4 | did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Krystian Długopolski | Men's normal hill | 61.0 | 45.0 | 62 | did not advance | |||
| Łukasz Paweł Kruczek | Men's large hill | 102.0 | 81.6 | 45 | did not advance | |||
| Adam Małysz | Men's normal hill | 69.5 | 70.5 | 51 | did not advance | |||
| Men's large hill | 97.0 | 71.1 | 52 | did not advance | ||||
| Robert Mateja | Men's normal hill | 81.5 | 98.0 | 21 Q | 82.0 | 99.5 | 197.5 | 21 |
| Men's large hill | 116.5 | 107.7 | 19 Q | 118.0 | 111.9 | 219.6 | 20 | |
| Wojciech Skupień | Men's normal hill | 76.0 | 85.0 | 32 | did not advance | |||
| Men's large hill | 117.0 | 111.1 | 12 Q | 125.5 | 126.4 | 237.5 | 11 | |
| Adam Małysz Łukasz Paweł Kruczek Wojciech Skupień Robert Mateja | Men's large team | 95.2 87.4 44.5 99.6 | 326.7 | 7 | 108.5 78.4 90.6 93.7 | 371.2 | 684.2 | 8 |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Jagna Marczułajtis | Women's giant slalom | DNF | DNS | DNF | |
| Małgorzata Rosiak | 1:19.41 | 1:22.16 | 2:41.57 | 19 | |
| Łukasz Starowicz | Men's giant slalom | 1:03.50 | 1:08.81 | 2:12.31 | 19 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Łukasz Starowicz | Men's halfpipe | 27.2 | 34 | 26.5 | 27 | did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Paweł Abratkiewicz | 500 metres | 36.76 | 24 | 36.51 | 20 | 73.27 | 22 |
| 1000 metres | 1:12.80 | 26 | |||||
| Tomasz Świst | 500 metres | 36.86 | 28 | 36.68 | 25 | 73.54 | 26 |
| 1000 metres | 1:15.55 | 41 | |||||
| Paweł Zygmunt | 1500 metres | 1:53.73 | 34 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 6:45.59 | 18 | |||||
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