Poland at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Poland at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Poland.svg
IOC code POL
NOC Polish Olympic Committee
Website www.olimpijski.pl  (in Polish)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
9–25 February 2018
Competitors62 (36 men and 26 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer Zbigniew Bródka [1]
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kamil Stoch Ski jumping Men's large hill individual 17 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Maciej Kot
Stefan Hula Jr.
Dawid Kubacki
Kamil Stoch
Ski jumping Men's large hill team 19 February

Competitors

Slubowanie sportowcow reprezentujacych Polske na olimpiadzie w PyeongChang 2018 (39198687855).jpg

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 213
Biathlon 257
Bobsleigh 404
Cross-country skiing 347
Figure skating 112
Freestyle skiing 011
Luge 426
Nordic combined 404
Short track speed skating 123
Ski jumping 505
Snowboarding 246
Speed skating 8614
Total362662

Alpine skiing

Poland qualified three athletes, two males and one female. [2]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Michał Jasiczek Men's slalom 51.6430DNF
Michał Kłusak Men's downhill N/A1:45.4242
Men's super-G N/ADNF
Men's combined 1:22.6446DNF
Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel Women's downhill N/A1:43.3024
Women's super-G N/A1:23.2126
Women's giant slalom 1:13.89241:11.80282:25.6927
Women's combined 1:44.351942.84132:27.1916

Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Poland has qualified 5 women [3] and 2 men.

Men
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Grzegorz Guzik Sprint 25:52.22 (0+2)59
Pursuit 39:07.36 (2+1+2+1)56
Individual 51:51.82 (0+0+1+1)33
Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec Sprint 25:59.22 (2+0)67
Individual 55:39.95 (2+1+1+1)79
Women
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Magdalena Gwizdoń Sprint 23:35.73 (0+3)56
Pursuit 36:07.05 (1+2+2+0)49
Individual 51:49.78 (1+2+3+2)83
Krystyna Guzik Sprint 22:43.31 (1+0)28
Pursuit 34:24.34 (1+1+1+1)36
Individual 46:49.54 (1+0+2+1)52
Monika Hojnisz Sprint 23:20.63 (1+2)45
Pursuit 35:05.64 (1+1+2+0)43
Individual 43:02.01 (0+1+0+0)6
Mass start 36:59.20 (0+0+0+0)15
Weronika Nowakowska Sprint 23:03.22 (1+1)34
Pursuit 33:46.22 (0+1+1+0)30
Individual 44:34.62 (0+0+0+2)21
Krystyna Guzik
Magdalena Gwizdoń
Monika Hojnisz
Weronika Nowakowska
Team relay 1:12:47.015 (8+7)7
Mixed
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Grzegorz Guzik
Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec
Magdalena Gwizdoń
Kamila Żuk
Team relay 1:12:17.98 (4+4)16

Bobsleigh

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, Poland has qualified Two man and Four man received the reallocated quota place.

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mateusz Luty *
Krzysztof Tylkowski
Two-man 49.872150.102349.9224Eliminated2:29.8924
Mateusz Luty *
Grzegorz Kossakowski
Łukasz Miedzik
Arnold Zdebiak
Four-man 49.04749.591849.461249.80173:17.8913

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

Poland qualified six athletes, two male and two female and two yet to be determined. [4]

Men
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Dominik Bury 15 km freestyle N/A36:11.1+2:27.233
30 km skiathlon 21:38.95938:44.4511:23:20.3+7:00.352
Kamil Bury 15 km freestyle N/A38:38.7+4:54.878
Maciej Staręga N/A38:58.9+5:15.082
Women
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Martyna Galewicz 10 km freestyle N/A29:23.3+4:22.864
15 km skiathlon 24:06.44220:44.93444:51.3+4:06.441
Sylwia Jaśkowiec 10 km freestyle N/A27:21.5+2:21.024
15 km skiathlon 23:22.53120:33.82943:56.3+3:11.430
Justyna Kowalczyk 15 km skiathlon 22:01.11320:29.72542:30.8+1:45.917
30 km classical N/A1:27:21.8+5:04.214
Ewelina Marcisz 10 km freestyle N/A28:10.0+3:09.542
15 km skiathlon 23:21.93020:34.83043:56.7+3:11.831
Martyna Galewicz
Sylwia Jaśkowiec
Justyna Kowalczyk
Ewelina Marcisz
4×5 km relay N/A54:30.9+3:06.610
Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Kamil Bury Men's sprint 3:17.1528 Q3:25.796Did not advance
Maciej Staręga 3:19.4238Did not advance
Kamil Bury
Maciej Staręga
Men's team sprint N/A16:21.837Did not advance
Sylwia Jaśkowiec Women's sprint 3:27.9437Did not advance
Justyna Kowalczyk 3:20.0022 Q3:17.475Did not advance
Ewelina Marcisz 3:28.1138Did not advance
Sylwia Jaśkowiec
Justyna Kowalczyk
Women's team sprint N/A16:35.195 q16:32.487

Figure skating

Poland qualified one ice dancing pair, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. [5] This marks the country's reappearance in the sport at the Winter Olympics, after missing the last edition in 2014.

AthleteEventSDFDTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Ice dancing 66.0614 Q95.2915161.3514

Freestyle skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 22 January 2018, Poland qualified one athlete. On February 10, 2018 was announced that Karolina Riemen-Żerebecka won't be able to compete in the Games due to surgery of her spine. [6]

Ski cross
AthleteEventSeedingRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRank
Karolina Riemen-Żerebecka Women's ski cross Did not start

Luge

Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Poland earned the following start quotas: [7]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Maciej Kurowski Men's singles 48.1031848.4672448.1582247.885163:12.61319
Mateusz Sochowicz 49.0472648.2031948.93031Eliminated2:26.18027
Wojciech Chmielewski
Jakub Kowalewski
Men's doubles 46.6091346.47814N/A1:33.08712
Ewa Kuls-Kusyk Women's singles 47.0372046.9332247.21219Eliminated2:21.18220
Natalia Wojtuściszyn 49.1332946.7361747.29017Eliminated2:23.15925
Mixed team relay
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ewa Kuls-Kusyk
Maciej Kurowski
Wojciech Chmielewski
Jakub Kowalewski
Team relay 47.7111049.134849.56892:26.4138

Nordic combined

Poland qualified four athletes and a spot in the team relay.

AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotal
DistancePointsRankTimeRankTimeRank
Adam Cieślar Normal hill/10 km 81.068.74425:30.73929:38.742
Large hill/10 km 119.089.83324:07.42127:23.433
Szczepan Kupczak Normal hill/10 km 97.096.82026:47.64529:02.639
Large hill/10 km 129.0122.11225:34.34226:41.325
Wojciech Marusarz Normal hill/10 km 79.561.34526:50.54631:27.547
Large hill/10 km 114.082.339Did not finish
Paweł Słowiok Normal hill/10 km 92.588.33224:37.61227:26.622
Large hill/10 km 119.593.23224:13.32527:16.329
Adam Cieślar
Szczepan Kupczak
Wojciech Marusarz
Paweł Słowiok
Team large hill/4×5 km 472.5337.2848:28.81051:24.89

Short track speed skating

Poland has qualified one skater for men's 500 m events and two skaters for women's 500 m, 1000 m and 1500 m events for the Olympics during the four World Cup events in November 2017. [8]

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Bartosz Konopko Men's 500 m 41.0392 Q1:10.9965Did not advance
Natalia Maliszewska Women's 500 m 43.7252 Q43.3843Did not advance
Magdalena Warakomska Women's 500 m 44.3114Did not advance
Women's 1000 m 1:31.2592 Q1:31.6983Did not advance
Women's 1500 m 2:23.6934N/ADid not advance

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Ski jumping

According to the quota allocation released on 22 January 2018, Poland qualified five athletes. However Piotr Żyła did not start in any.

AthleteEventQualificationFirst roundFinalTotal
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Stefan Hula Men's normal hill 100.5122.79 Q111.0131.81 Q105.5117.011248.85
Maciej Kot 99.0122.011 Q99.0109.620 Q102.0107.419217.019
Dawid Kubacki 104.5129.63 Q88.092.035Did not advance
Kamil Stoch 104.0131.72 Q106.5125.92 Q105.5123.46249.34
Stefan Hula Men's large hill 127.0110.418 Q132.0131.212 Q129.5122.216253.415
Maciej Kot 138.0124.88 Q128.5124.217 Q129.5120.418244.619
Dawid Kubacki 127.0114.714 Q134.5137.45 Q126.0120.617258.010
Kamil Stoch 131.5125.67 Q135.0143.81 Q136.5141.93285.7Gold medal icon.svg
Maciej Kot
Stefan Hula
Dawid Kubacki
Kamil Stoch
Men's team large hill N/A537.0540.93 Q536.0531.531072.4Bronze medal icon.svg

Snowboarding

According to the quota allocation released on 22 January 2018, Poland qualified five athletes.

Parallel
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Oskar Kwiatkowski Men's giant slalom 1:25.7213 QFlag of France.svg  Dufour  (FRA)
L +0.10
Did not advance
Weronika Biela Women's giant slalom 1:35.9224Did not advance
Aleksandra Król 1:33.1310 QFlag of Switzerland.svg  Zogg  (SUI)
L +0.70
Did not advance
Karolina Sztokfisz DSQDid not advance
Snowboard cross
AthleteEventSeeding1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Run 1Run 2BestSeed
TimeRankTimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRank
Mateusz Ligocki Men's snowboard cross 1:19.48371:19.22131:19.223935Did not advance
Zuzanna Smykała Women's snowboard cross 1:23.41221:23.4491:23.4123N/A5Did not advance

Speed skating

Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2017–18 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, Poland earned the following start quotas:

Men
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Zbigniew Bródka 1500 m 1:46.3112
Sebastian Klosinski 1000 m 1:09.5917
Piotr Michalski 500 m 35.6433
1000 m 1:10.1731
Konrad Niedźwiedzki 1000 m 1:10.02623
1500 m 1:47.0720
Artur Nogal 500 m 58.7136
Jan Szymański 1500 m 1:46.4816
Artur Waś 500 m 35.0213
Adrian Wielgat 5000 m 6:31.7122
Women
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś 1500 m 1:58.5313
3000 m 4:12.5717
Karolina Bosiek 1000 m 1:18.5329
3000 m 4:12.4416
Natalia Czerwonka 1000 m 1:15.7712
1500 m 1:57.859
Luiza Złotkowska 1500 m 1:58.9917
3000 m 4:09.6914
Kaja Ziomek 500 m 39.2625
Mass start
AthleteEventSemifinalFinal
PointsTimeRankPointsTimeRank
Konrad Niedźwiedzki Men's mass start 18:24.7310Did not advance
Magdalena Czyszczoń Women's mass start 08:56.6611Did not advance
Luiza Złotkowska 39:08.418 Q18:47.349
Team pursuit
AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Opposition
Time
RankOpposition
Time
RankOpposition
Time
Rank
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś
Karolina Bosiek
Natalia Czerwonka
Luiza Złotkowska
Women's team pursuit Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
L 3:04.80
8Did not advanceFinal D
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)
W 3:03.11
7

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