Poland at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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Poland at the 1956 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia

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Poland at the 1956 Winter Olympics

IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors	51 (44 men, 7 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Tadeusz Kwapień
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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

Poland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Franciszek Gąsienica Groń won Poland's first ever medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Franciszek Gąsienica Groń	Nordic combined	Men's individual	January 31

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jan Zarycki	Downhill					DSQ	–
Andrzej Gąsienica Roj	Downhill					3:09.3	15
Andrzej Gąsienica Roj	Giant Slalom					3:48.6	54
Józef Marusarz						3:29.3	35
Włodzimierz Czarniak						3:24.2	28
Jan Zarycki						3:22.3	23
Jan Zarycki	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Andrzej Gąsienica Roj		1:50.6	37	2:05.2	18	3:55.8	23
Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak		1:33.8	17	2:06.2	20	3:40.0	16

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska	Downhill					DNF	–
Maria Kowalska						1:51.9	19
Barbara Grocholska						1:51.7	17
Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska	Giant Slalom					2:10.9	35
Barbara Grocholska						2:05.5	30
Maria Kowalska						2:02.8	20
Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Maria Kowalska	Slalom	58.7	8	1:23.0	30	2:21.7	22

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
POL-1	Aleksy Konieczny Zbigniew Skowroński	Two-man	1:27.21	16	1:27.23	21	1:27.87	20	1:28.54	18	5:50.85	19
POL-2	Stefan Ciapała Aleksander Habala	Two-man	1:27.70	21	1:26.49	15	1:26.24	13	1:25.92	10	5:46.35	16

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
POL-1	Stefan Ciapała Jerzy Olesiak Józef Szymański Aleksander Habala	Four-man	1:19.95	12	1:20.25	14	1:21.10	14	1:22.19	19	5:23.49	15
POL-2	Aleksy Konieczny Zygmunt Konieczny Włodzimierz Źróbik Zbigniew Skowroński (both participated... Jan Dąbrowski ...in two runs)	Four-man	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5:28.40	21

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Józef Rubiś Józef Gąsienica Sobczak Tadeusz Kwapień Andrzej Mateja	2'25:55	9

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km	Helena Gąsienica Daniel	43:09	24
	Zofia Krzeptowska	41:37	18
	Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa	41:28	17
	Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska	41:09	16

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa Zofia Krzeptowska	1'13:20	5

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

	Contestants Władysław Pabisz Edward Kocząb Janusz Zawadzki Kazimierz Chodakowski Stanisław Olczyk Mieczysław Chmura Henryk Bromowicz Józef Kurek Zdzisław Nowak Szymon Janiczko Adolf Wróbel Kazimierz Bryniarski Marian Herda Hilary Skarżyński Bronisław Gosztyła Rudolf Czech Alfred Wróbel

Events:

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Józef Daniel Krzeptowski	Individual	62.0	60.5	173.5	33	1'00:48	222.600	18	396.100	29
Jan Raszka		65.0	64.5	182.5	29	1'05:15	205.400	32	387.900	32
Franciszek Gąsienica Groń		72.5	71.5	203.0	10	57:55	233.800	7	436.800
Aleksander Kowalski		74.0	75.0	210.5	5	1'03:37	211.700	29	422.200	15

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Józef Huczek	Normal hill	70.5	95.5	28	67.0	89.5	36	185.0	30
Władysław Tajner		74.0	98.0	26	76.5	103.0	12	201.0	16
Roman Gąsienica Sieczka		77.5	101.5	21	71.5	88.0	40	189.5	25
Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel		78.0	102.0	18	74.5	96.5	22	198.5	20

v t e Nations at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Africa	none
America	Bolivia Canada Chile United States
Asia	Iran Japan South Korea Lebanon
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia

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