Poland at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Poland at the
2010 Winter Olympics
Poland at the; 2010 Winter Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Vancouver
Competitors	47 in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Konrad Niedźwiedzki (opening); Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś (closing)
Medals ; Ranked 15th	Gold1Silver3Bronze2Total6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924 ; 1928 ; 1932 ; 1936 ; 1948 ; 1952 ; 1956 ; 1960 ; 1964 ; 1968 ; 1972 ; 1976 ; 1980 ; 1984 ; 1988 ; 1992 ; 1994 ; 1998 ; 2002 ; 2006 ; 2010 ; 2014 ; 2018 ; 2022 ;

Last updated February 09, 2024

Poland participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Justyna Kowalczyk	Cross-country skiing	Women's 30 km classical	27 February
Silver	Adam Małysz	Ski jumping	Normal hill individual	13 February
Silver	Justyna Kowalczyk	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint	17 February
Silver	Adam Małysz	Ski jumping	Large hill individual	20 February
Bronze	Justyna Kowalczyk	Cross-country skiing	Women's 15 km pursuit	19 February
Bronze	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska	Speed skating	Women's team pursuit	27 February

Alpine skiing

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Agnieszka Gąsienica-Daniel	Women's downhill			1:55.10	32
	Women's combined	Downhill 1:30.28	Slalom 45.96	2:16.24	25
	Women's super-G			1:24.31	23
	Women's slalom	57.06	55.13	1:52.19	35
	Women's giant slalom	DNF			DNF

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Tomasz Sikora	Sprint	26:16.2	2	29
	Pursuit	35:14.3	3	18
	Individual	49:43.8	2	7
	Mass start	36:13.1	3	11
Łukasz Szczurek	Sprint	29:02.0	2	85
Łukasz Szczurek	Individual	54:36.7	3	59

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Agnieszka Cyl	Sprint	21:55.2	0	42
	Pursuit	33:08.4	1	25
	Individual	42:32.5	1	7
	Mass start	37:54.7	5	23
Magdalena Gwizdoń	Sprint	21:48.5	0	35
	Pursuit	33:45.8	2	31
	Individual	46:46.7	4	59
	Mass start	DNS
Weronika Nowakowska	Sprint	21:49.4	3	36
	Pursuit	33:24.2	2	28
	Individual	41:57.5	1	5
	Mass start	37:34.0	4	21
Krystyna Pałka	Sprint	20:54.3	0	21
	Pursuit	33:07.6	2	24
	Individual	43:09.6	1	15
	Mass start	37:22.6	1	20

Women's relay

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Krystyna Pałka Magdalena Gwizdoń Weronika Nowakowska Agnieszka Cyl	4 x 6 km relay	1:12:54.3	13	12

Paulina Bobak was a member of the biathlon team, but did not participate in any event.

Bobsleigh

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Dawid Kupczyk Marcin Niewiara	Two-man	52.45	52.91	52.42	52.72	3:30.50	16
Dawid Kupczyk Paweł Mróz Marcin Niewiara Michał Zblewski	Four-man	51.94	51.96	52.32	52.28	3:28.53	14

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Maciej Kreczmer	15 km freestyle							37:38.0	66
Maciej Kreczmer	Sprint	3:41.35	28 Q	3:39.6	5	did not advance
Janusz Krężelok	Sprint	3:41.34	27 Q	3:41.1	6	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Sylwia Jaśkowiec	10 km freestyle							26:37.2	28
	15 km pursuit							42:54.8	34
	30 km classical							1:34:59.1	25
Justyna Kowalczyk	10 km freestyle							25:20.1	5
	15 km pursuit							21:02.2
	Sprint	3:43.35	5 Q	3:38.8	1 Q	3:38.0	1 Q	3:40.3
	30 km classical							1:30:33.7
Paulina Maciuszek	10 km freestyle							27:22.1	45
	15 km pursuit							44:56.6	52
	30 km classical							1:36:31.7	29
Kornelia Marek	10 km freestyle							27:12.16	39
	15 km pursuit							42:56.9	35
	30 km classical							1:33:15.4	11
Kornelia Marek Justyna Kowalczyk Paulina Maciuszek Sylwia Jaśkowiec	4 x 5 kilometre relay							56:29.4	DQ (6)

Figure skating

Poland has qualified 1 entrant in men's singles, 1 in ladies singles, and 1 in pair skating, for a total of 4 athletes.^[1]

Athlete(s)	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
Athlete(s)	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Przemysław Domański	Men			52.14	28	Did not advance to free skate
Anna Jurkiewicz	Ladies'			36.10	30	Did not advance to free skate
Joanna Sulej / Mateusz Chruściński ^[2]	Pairs			39.30	20	86.52	18	125.82	18

Freestyle skiing

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Karolina Riemen	Women's ski cross	1:21.36	26 Q	2 Q	3	did not advance		16

Luge

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Maciej Kurowski	Men's singles	49.427	49.200	49.361	49.039	3:17.027	23
Ewelina Staszulonek	Women's singles	41.975	41.816	41.948	41.882	2:47.621	8

Short track speed skating

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jakub Jaworski	Men's 1500 metres	2:19.163	4			did not advance
Paula Bzura	Women's 1000 metres	1:31.338	2 Q	1:32.662	4	did not advance
Paula Bzura	Women's 1500 metres	DSQ	DSQ			did not advance
Patrycja Maliszewska	Women's 500 metres	58.649	4	did not advance
Patrycja Maliszewska	Women's 1500 metres	2:25.586	4			did not advance

Ski jumping

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First Round		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Stefan Hula	Normal hill	125.5	17 Q	112.5	31	did not advance
Stefan Hula	Large hill	127.6	14 Q	106.5	20 Q	110.7	217.2	19
Adam Małysz	Normal hill	Prequalified		132.5	3 Q	137.0	269.5
Adam Małysz	Large hill	Prequalified		138.1	2 Q	131.3	269.4
Krzysztof Miętus	Normal hill	126.5	15 Q	109.0	36	did not advance
Krzysztof Miętus	Large hill	127.0	16 Q	84.7	36	did not advance
Kamil Stoch	Normal hill	127.5	12 Q	118.5	22 Q	113.5	232.0	27
Kamil Stoch	Large hill	125.3	17 'Q	114.3	13 Q	109.8	224.1	14
Stefan Hula Łukasz Rutkowski Kamil Stoch Adam Małysz	Large hill team			484.0 122.2 108.4 116.2 137.2	6 Q	512.7 118.5 118.5 132.6 143.1	996.7	6

Snowboarding

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Points	Points	Rank
Michał Ligocki	Men's halfpipe	11.1	19	did not advance
Paulina Ligocka	Women's halfpipe	11.1	28	did not advance

Snowboard Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Maciej Jodko	Men's snowboard cross	1:24.11	27 Q	28	did not advance
Mateusz Ligocki	Men's snowboard cross	1:24.11	28 Q	29	did not advance

Speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maciej Biega	500 metres	36.642	38	37.934	38	74.57	38
Zbigniew Bródka	1500 metres					1:49.45	27
Sławomir Chmura	5000 metres					6:33.20	16
Sebastian Druszkiewicz	5000 metres					DNS
Sebastian Druszkiewicz	10000 metres					13:49.31	14
Konrad Niedźwiedzki	500 metres	36.183	33	36.179	30	72.36	31
	1000 metres					1:11.24	27
	1500 metres					1:48.15	17
Maciej Ustynowicz	500 metres	35.596	22	35.753	22	71.35	22
Maciej Ustynowicz	1000 metres					1:12.10	32

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś	1000 metres	1:19.00	31
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś	1500 metres	1:59.53	15
Natalia Czerwonka	1500 metres	2:05.00	36
Katarzyna Woźniak	3000 metres	4:22.35	28
Luiza Złotkowska	1500 metres	2:04.01	34
Luiza Złotkowska	3000 metres	4:19.13	24

Team Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś , Luiza Złotkowska , Katarzyna Woźniak	Women's team pursuit	Russia W 3:04.86	Japan L 3:02.73	Final B United States W 3:05.30	Bronze

Related Research Articles

Canada hosted and participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada previously hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Canada sent a team of 206 athletes, including participants in all 15 sports, and finished with 14 gold medals and 26 in total, surpassing their previous best medal performance at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The 14 gold medals also set the all-time record for most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics, one more than the previous record of 13 set by the former Soviet Union in 1976 and Norway in 2002. This record was matched at the 2018 PyeongChang Games when Germany and Norway tied it, and broken at the 2022 Beijing Games by Norway. Canada was the first host nation to win the gold medal count at a Winter Olympics since Norway at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The events took place between 14 and 27 February 2010.

Estonia competed at the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. These games are the eighth Winter Olympics games for Estonia.

The United States participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The U.S. team had a historic Winter Games, winning an unprecedented 37 medals. Team USA's medal haul, which included nine gold, marked the first time since the 1932 Lake Placid Games that the U.S. earned more medals than any other participant.

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and sent a team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. The team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom including Northern Ireland, whose athletes may elect to hold Irish citizenship, allowing them to represent either Great Britain or Ireland. Additionally some British overseas territories compete separately from Britain in Olympic competition.

Russia participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Spain participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Spanish NOC nominated 18 athletes on 28 January 2010.

Sweden participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 106 competitors competed in nine of the fifteen disciplines.

Italy participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

South Korea participated as the Republic of Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was their best performance at the Winter Olympics to date, ranking 5th in gold medals and 7th in overall medals.

Finland participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The Czech Republic participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, sending 92 participants, the largest Czech team ever to appear at the Winter Olympics. The Czechs competed in the majority of events, except curling, skeleton and women's ice hockey. Hockey player Jaromír Jágr served as flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Poland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. It was the nation's 23rd appearance at the Winter Olympics, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1924. The Polish team consisted of 62 athletes in 12 sports, which is the largest ever Polish team, surpassing the 59 athletes that competed in 2014. Polish ski jumpers won one gold and one bronze medal, earning the 20th place at the medal table.

Japan competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.

Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. The five events took place between 4 and 20 February 2022.

Austria competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.

Belgium competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.

Belarus competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.

Bulgaria competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.

References

↑ "International Skating Union Communication No. 1589: Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Entries/Participation Single & Pair Skatng[sic] And Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 28 September 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
↑ "Polska Reprezentacja Olimpijska już znana!". Polish Olympic Committee. 27 January 2010. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "International Skating Union Communication No. 1589: Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Entries/Participation Single & Pair Skatng[sic] And Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 28 September 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[2] "Polska Reprezentacja Olimpijska już znana!". Polish Olympic Committee. 27 January 2010. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010.

[1]

[2]

v t e National Olympic Committees at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada
Africa	Algeria Ethiopia Ghana Morocco Senegal South Africa
Americas	Argentina Bermuda Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Jamaica Mexico Peru United States
Asia	China Hong Kong India Iran Japan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Mongolia Nepal Pakistan Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Uzbekistan
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Macedonia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand