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 MedalNameSportEventDate Nordic combined Men's individual January 31
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJan ZaryckiDownhillDSQ–Andrzej Gąsienica Roj3:09.315Andrzej Gąsienica RojGiant Slalom3:48.654Józef Marusarz3:29.335Włodzimierz Czarniak3:24.228Jan Zarycki3:22.323Jan ZaryckiSlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Andrzej Gąsienica Roj1:50.6372:05.2183:55.823Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak1:33.8172:06.2203:40.016
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMaria Gąsienica Daniel-SzatkowskaDownhillDNF–Maria Kowalska1:51.919Barbara Grocholska1:51.717Maria Gąsienica Daniel-SzatkowskaGiant Slalom2:10.935Barbara Grocholska2:05.530Maria Kowalska2:02.820Maria Gąsienica Daniel-SzatkowskaSlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Maria Kowalska58.781:23.0302:21.722
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPOL-1Aleksy KoniecznyZbigniew SkowrońskiTwo-man1:27.21161:27.23211:27.87201:28.54185:50.8519POL-2Stefan CiapałaAleksander HabalaTwo-man1:27.70211:26.49151:26.24131:25.92105:46.3516
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPOL-1Stefan CiapałaJerzy OlesiakJózef SzymańskiAleksander HabalaFour-man1:19.95121:20.25141:21.10141:22.19195:23.4915POL-2Aleksy KoniecznyZygmunt KoniecznyWłodzimierz ŹróbikZbigniew Skowroński (both participated...Jan Dąbrowski ...in two runs) Four-mann/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a5:28.4021
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmJózef Gąsienica-Sobczak56:3944Józef Rubiś54:4734Andrzej Mateja53:4223Tadeusz Kwapień52:451630 kmStanisław Bukowski1'56:2629Józef Rubiś1'53:5723Tadeusz Kwapień1'49:091250 kmStanisław Bukowski3'10:4913
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankJózef RubiśJózef Gąsienica-SobczakTadeusz KwapieńAndrzej Mateja2'25:559
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 kmHelena Gąsienica Daniel43:0924Zofia Krzeptowska41:3718Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa41:2817Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska41:0916
Women's 3 x 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankMaria Gąsienica Bukowa-KowalskaJózefa Czerniawska-PęksaZofia Krzeptowska1'13:205
Ice hockey
Group B Top two teams advanced to Medal Round. RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts1220012642 2110742320203120
USA 4-0 Poland Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland
Games for 7th-10th places RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts733002176832101210493120121821030309190
Poland 6-2 Switzerland Poland 4-3 Austria Italy 5-2 Poland
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
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.) 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankJózef Daniel KrzeptowskiIndividual62.060.5173.5331'00:48222.60018396.10029Jan Raszka65.064.5182.5291'05:15205.40032387.90032Franciszek Gąsienica Groń72.571.5203.01057:55233.8007436.800Aleksander Kowalski74.075.0210.551'03:37211.70029422.20015
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankJózef HuczekNormal hill70.595.52867.089.536185.030Władysław Tajner74.098.02676.5103.012201.016Roman Gąsienica Sieczka77.5101.52171.588.040189.525Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel78.0102.01874.596.522198.520
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com