| Poland at the 1998 Winter Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | POL |
| NPC | Polish Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Nagano | |
| Competitors | 26 in 3 sports |
| Medals Ranked 21st |
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| Winter Paralympics appearances | |
Poland competed at the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Japan. 26 competitors from Poland won 2 medals, both bronze, and finished 21st in the medal table. [1]
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run | Rank | Calculated Time | Rank | ||
| Marek Brix | Slalom LW6/8 | DNF | DNF | ||
| Giant slalom LW6/8 | 3:17.32 | 15 | 3:17.32 | 15 | |
| Super gigant LW6/8 | 1:33.65 | 23 | 1:33.65 | 23 | |
| Piotr Marek | Slalom LW6/8 | 2:15.17 | 14 | 2:16.07 | 14 |
| Giant slalom LW6/8 | 2:58.07 | 13 | 2:58.07 | 13 | |
| Super gigant LW6/8 | 1:25.39 | 22 | 1:25.39 | 22 | |
| Łukasz Szeliga | Slalom LW2 | 2:13.40 | 15 | 2:13.40 | 15 |
| Giant slalom LW2 | DNF | DNF | |||
| Super gigant LW2 | 1:32.60 | 25 | 1:41.19 | 25 | |
| Janusz Hojka | Slalom LW4 | 2:19.45 | 8 | 2:20.80 | 8 |
| Giant slalom LW2 | 3:09.30 | 8 | 3:11.39 | 8 | |
| Super gigant LW2 | 1:32.64 | 13 | 1:33.49 | 13 | |
| Janusz Wasil | Slalom LW4 | 2:30.01 | 9 | 2:31.46 | 9 |
| Giant slalom LW2 | 3:09.63 | 9 | 3:11.72 | 9 | |
| Super gigant LW2 | 1:32.64 | 13 | 1:33.49 | 13 | |
| Athlete | Events | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Factor | Finish time | Rank | |||
| Zenona Baniewicz | Standing Pursuit LW2-4,6/8,9 | 41:59.9 | 5 | 96 | 43:32.4 | 8 | |
| Wieslaw Fiedor | Sitting Pursuit LW12 | 35:36.7 | 3 | 100 | 35:36.7 | 5 | |
| Grazyna Gron | Standing Pursuit LW2-4,6/8,9 | 36:58.2 | 1 | 95 | 38:51.8 | 5 | |
| Bogumiła Kapłoniak | Standing Pursuit LW2-4,6/8,9 | DNS | |||||
| Jan Kołodziej | Sitting Pursuit LW2,3,4,5/7,9 | 31:42.2 | 1 | 84 | 37:33.2 | 10 | |
| Piotr Kosewicz | Sitting Pursuit LW10 | 44:30.2 | 1 | 84 | 52:47.4 | 8 | |
| Marcin Koś | Sitting Pursuit LW2,3,4,5/7,9 | 30:27.6 | 4 | 85 | 35:07.8 | 8 | |
| Marcin Królikowski | Sitting Pursuit LW11 | 42:57.1 | 5 | 93 | 45:48.6 | 6 | |
| Andrzej Pietrzyk | Sitting Pursuit LW2,3,4,5/7,9 | 33:10.0 | 3 | 95 | 34:45.3 | 12 | |
| Beata Pomietło | Sitting Pursuit LW10-12 | 44:33.6 | 3 | 100 | 44:33.6 | 4 | |
| Mariusz Pyziak | Sitting Pursuit LW2,3,4,5/7,9 | 34:16.1 | 1 | 95 | 36:01.2 | 13 | |
| Piotr Sulkowski | Sitting Pursuit LW2,3,4,5/7,9 | DNS | |||||
| Jerzy Szlęzak | Sitting Pursuit LW2,3,4,5/7,9 | 37:48.3 | 7 | 85 | 43:14.5 | 12 | |
| Robert Wator | Sitting Pursuit LW12 | 37:54.1 | 4 | 100 | 37:54.1 | 6 | |
| Jarosław Wiśniewski | Sitting Pursuit LW2,3,4,5/7,9 | DNS | |||||
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