| Poland at the 2002 Winter Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | POL |
| NPC | Polish Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Salt Lake City | |
| Competitors | 14 in 3 sports |
| Medals Ranked 17th |
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| Winter Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Poland competed at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, United States. A total of 14 competitors from Poland won 3 medals, 1 gold and 2 bronze, and finished 17th in the medal table. [1]
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run | Rank | Calculated Time | Rank | ||
| Tomasz Gajos | Slalom LW6/8 | 1:54.47 | 14 | 1:55.74 | 14 |
| Giant slalom LW6/8 | DNF | DNF | |||
| Super gigant LW6/8 | 1:27.04 | 14 | 1:27.04 | 14 | |
| Tomasz Juszczak | Slalom LW6/8 | DNF | DNF | ||
| Giant slalom LW6/8 | DNF | DNF | |||
| Super gigant LW6/8 | 1:28.15 | 15 | 1:28.15 | 15 | |
| Piotr Marek | Slalom LW6/8 | 1:49.60 | 12 | 1:50.81 | 12 |
| Giant slalom LW6/8 | 2:30.30 | 11 | 2:30.30 | 11 | |
| Super gigant LW6/8 | 1:24.81 | 12 | 1:24.81 | 12 | |
| Ireneusz Słabicki | Slalom LW11 | DNF | DNF | ||
| Giant slalom LW11 | DNF | DNF | |||
| Super gigant LW11 | 1:49.78 | 12 | 2:12.58 | 12 | |
| Agata Striuzik | Slalom LW10-11 | 2:22.28 | 5 | 3:09.27 | 5 |
| Giant slalom LW10-12 | 2:52.90 | 5 | 3:26.76 | 5 | |
| Super gigant LW10-12 | 1:34.93 | 10 | 1:54.53 | 10 | |
| Łukasz Szeliga | Slalom LW2 | 1:44.08 | 13 | 1:44.08 | 13 |
| Giant slalom LW2 | 2:33.22 | 11 | 2:46.13 | 11 | |
| Super gigant LW2 | 1:25.34 | 14 | 1:32.63 | 14 | |
| Athlete | Events | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Factor | Misses | Finish time | Rank | |||
| Wieslaw Fiedor | Sitting Pursuit | 26:49.4 | 0 | 100 | 26:49.4 | 4 | |
| Grazyna Gron | Standing Pursuit | 30:48.4 | 3 | 97 | 28:40.1 | 6 | |
| Bogumiła Kapłoniak | Standing Pursuit | 27:49.7 | 3 | 97 | 25:35.8 |  | |
| Piotr Kosewicz | Sitting Pursuit | 32:34.8 | 2 | 85 | 35:58.6 | 23 | |
| Beata Pomietło | Sitting Pursuit | DNF | |||||
| Robert Wator | Sitting Pursuit | DNQ | |||||
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