| 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.
| 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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Australia competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. A total number of 24 athletes competed, participating in alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, short track speed skating, and snowboarding, which appeared for the first time at the Olympics. Freestyle skiers Kirstie Marshall and Jacqui Cooper were some of Australia's best gold medal hopes, but both missed the aerials finals. Zali Steggall won Australia's first individual Winter Olympics medal, gaining bronze in slalom.
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Japan was the host nation for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. It was the second time that Japan has hosted the Winter Games, after the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, and the third time overall, after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Ukraine competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
The United States competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. With Salt Lake City as the host of the 2002 Winter Olympics, a cultural segment of the city was shown at the closing ceremony.
Russia competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
France competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Norway competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Italy competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Switzerland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Hungary competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Finland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Germany competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
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Romania competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Latvia competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
The People's Republic of China competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
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