Poland at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Poland at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Flag of Poland.svg
IOC code POL
NOC Polish Olympic Committee
Website www.pkol.pl  (in Polish)
in Turin
Competitors45 (28 men, 17 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearers Paulina Ligocka (opening)
Tomasz Sikora (closing) [1] [2]
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Poland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Contents

Poland sent 45 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, and snowboarder Paulina Ligocka was the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies, while biathlete Tomasz Sikora was the flag bearer at the closing ceremonies.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tomasz Sikora Biathlon Men's mass start 25 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Justyna Kowalczyk Cross-country skiing Women's 30 km freestyle 24 February

Alpine skiing

AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3TotalRank
Michał Kałwa Men's downhill n/a1:56.8144
Men's super-G n/a1:36.2545
Men's slalom 59.82did not finish
Men's combined 1:42.72did not finish
Dagmara Krzyżynska Women's giant slalom 1:03.861:12.05n/a2:15.9125
Katarzyna Karasińska Women's slalom 45.4148.89n/a1:34.3030

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Men
AthleteEventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Grzegorz Bodziana Sprint 30:08.4168
Individual 1:03:39.6572
Michał Piecha Sprint 30:08.4264
Krzysztof Pływaczyk Individual 1:04:12.9475
Tomasz Sikora Sprint 27:54.3219
Pursuit 37:31.61618
Mass start 47:26.31 Silver medal icon.svg
Individual 57:22.1321
Wiesław Ziemianin Sprint 28:10.1025
Pursuit 38:42.36128
Individual 1:01:16.0453
Wiesław Ziemianin
Tomasz Sikora
Michał Piecha
Krzysztof Pływaczyk
Relay 1:26:57.01213
Women
AthleteEventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Magdalena Grzywa Individual 1:00:41.3771
Magdalena Gwizdoń Sprint 23:54.7120
Pursuit 41:12.62421
Mass start 45:59.5529
Individual 55:17.5433
Magdalena Nykiel Sprint 25:32.2156
Pursuit Lapped
Krystyna Pałka Sprint 24:07.3125
Pursuit 43:26.56637
Mass start 46:31.5330
Individual 51:50.705
Katarzyna Ponikwia Sprint 26:17.3163
Individual 57:32.7456
Krystyna Pałka
Magdalena Gwizdoń
Katarzyna Ponikwia
Magdalena Grzywa
Relay 1:20:29.387

Bobsleigh

AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRank
Dawid Kupczyk
Michał Zblewski
Mariusz Latkowski
Marcin Płacheta
Four-man 55.8955.7955.8555.493:43.0215

Cross-country skiing

Distance
AthleteEventFinal
TotalRank
Justyna Kowalczyk Women's 10 km classical Did not finish
Women's 15 km pursuit 43:25.68
Women's 30 km freestyle 1:22:27.5 Bronze medal icon.svg
Janusz Krężelok Men's 15 km classical 40:24.526
Sprint
AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TotalRankTotalRankTotalRankTotalRank
Justyna Kowalczyk Women's sprint 2:21.1944Did not advance44
Maciej Kreczmer Men's sprint 2:20.8333Did not advance33
Janusz Krężelok Men's sprint 2:20.0423 Q2:21.64Did not advance19
Maciej Kreczmer
Janusz Krężelok
Men's team sprint n/a17:27.15 Q17:26.37

Figure skating

AthleteEventCDSP/ODFS/FDTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Dorota Zagórska
Mariusz Siudek
Pairs n/a56.109109.858165.959
Aleksandra Kauc
Michał Zych
Ice dance 24.932142.062269.6122136.6021

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Luge

AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRank
Ewelina Staszulonek Women's singles 48.65347.66648.29347.5673:12.17915
Krzysztof Lipiński
Marcin Piekarski
Doubles 49.82948.616n/a1:38.44517

Short track speed skating

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Dariusz Kulesza Men's 500 m 43.4162 Qdisqualified
Men's 1000 m 1:29.1022 Q1:30.5564did not advance11
Men's 1500 m 2:24.1185did not advance22

Skeleton

AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2TotalRank
Monika Wołowiec Women's 1:02.311:02.992:05.3015

Ski jumping

AthleteEventQualifyingFirst roundFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsTotalRank
Stefan Hula Normal hill 110.524 Q115.527 Q102.5218.029
Adam Małysz Normal hill 130.54 PQ130.08 Q131.0261.07
Large hill 114.111 PQ111.410 Q111.3222.714
Robert Mateja Normal hill 127.04 Q115.028 Q114.0229.025
Large hill 80.328 Q84.838did not advance38
Rafał Śliż Large hill 63.143did not advance43
Kamil Stoch Normal hill 122.511 Q125.515 Q121.5247.016
Large hill 83.027 Q96.230 Q103.8200.026
Stefan Hula
Adam Małysz
Robert Mateja
Kamil Stoch
Team n/a445.25 Q449.2894.45

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Halfpipe
AthleteEventQualifying run 1Qualifying run 2Final
PointsRankPointsRankRun 1Run 2Rank
Paulina Ligocka Women's halfpipe 31.81131.811did not advance17
Mateusz Ligocki Men's halfpipe 11.6384.038did not advance44
Michał Ligocki Men's halfpipe 11.34026.923did not advance29

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Blanka Isielonis Women's parallel giant slalom 1:25.8727did not advance27
Jagna Marczułajtis Women's parallel giant slalom 1:23.1217did not advance17

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard Cross
AthleteEventQualifying1/8 finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRank
Mateusz Ligocki Men's snowboard cross 1:21.8113 Q4did not advance20
Rafał Skarbek-Malczewski Men's snowboard cross 1:22.0716 Q4did not advance22

Speed skating

AthleteEventRace 1Final
TimeRankTimeRank
Konrad Niedźwiedzki Men's 1000 m n/a1:09.9513
Men's 1500 m n/a1:48.0912
Maciej Ustynowicz Men's 500 m 36.0951.921:28.0136
Men's 1000 m disqualified
Artur Waś Men's 500 m 36.4336.611:13.0432
Katarzyna Wójcicka Women's 1000 m n/a1:17.288
Women's 1500 m n/a1:59.9611
Women's 3000 m n/a4:09.6110
Women's 5000 m n/a7:28.0916
Paweł Zygmunt Men's 5000 m n/a6:35.0118

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References

  1. "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony" . Retrieved 30 March 2009.
  2. "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony" . Retrieved 30 March 2009.

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