Poland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Ski jumping Large hill individual
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAndrzej BachledaGiant Slalom1:34.40171:38.0243:12.429
Men's slalom
AthleteClassificationFinalTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankAndrzej Bachledabye57.041055.22111:52.2610
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmAndrzej Fiedor1'19:17.25111'30:17.2548Józef Stopka1'19:18.6681'27:18.6635Andrzej Rapacz1'17:21.0291'26:21.0233Aleksander Klima1'17:00.8621'19:00.869
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankJózef RózakJózef StopkaAndrzej RapaczAleksander Klima41'58:09.927
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmJan Staszel48:46.723330 kmJan Staszel1'43:35.6829
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmAnna Gębala-Duraj18:13.4329Władysława Majerczyk17:56.5523Józefa Chromik17:55.4121Weronika Budny17:38.741310 kmWładysława Majerczyk38:19.6634Józefa Chromik36:45.3921Anna Gębala-Duraj36:32.6515Weronika Budny35:57.5911
Women's 3 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankAnna Gębala-DurajJózefa ChromikWeronika Budny51:49.137
Figure skating
Pairs AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank Grazyna KostrzewinskaAdam Brodecki1111377.895.511
Ice hockey
First round Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.
Medal round RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts15401331392532018156353202613645221171355523014244650509390 Czechoslovakia 14-1 Poland Finland 5-1 Poland Sweden 5-3 Poland USSR 9-3 Poland USA 6-1 Poland Team Roster Walery Kosyl Andrzej Tkacz Ludwik Czachowski Marian Feter Stanislaw Fryslweicz Robert Goralczyk Adam Kopszynski Jerzy Potz Andrzej Szczepaniec Jozef Batkiewicz Krzysztof Bialynicki Stefan Chowaniec Feliks Goralczyk Tadeusz Kacik Tadeusz Obloj Jozef Slovakiewicz Leszek Tokarz Wieslaw Tokarz Walenty Zietara
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRyszard Gawior54.722454.092053.262152.87163:34.9419Mirosław Więckowski54.432254.822754.613453.75303:37.6127Lucjan Kudzia54.141953.581552.361152.75133:32.8313Janusz Grzemowski53.07853.121052.661552.59123:31.4412
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMirosław WięckowskiWojciech Kublik44.88644.7841:29.665Lucjan KudziaRyszard Gawior45.28945.40111:30.689
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBarbara Piecha45.96946.241045.89844.9863:03.079Wiesława Martyka45.68746.12945.47645.0673:02.336Halina Kanasz45.66645.98745.52745.1793:02.336
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankKazimierz DługopolskiIndividual73.073.5184.91051:38.5190.96024375.86012Józef Gąsienica67.564.5146.83451:29.4192.32521339.12531Stefan Hula72.571.0178.21851:29.4192.32521370.52517
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankStanisław Gąsienica DanielNormal hill73.597.372.596.7194.039Tadeusz Pawlusiak73.598.871.599.1197.932Adam Krzysztofiak75.5105.073.5102.3207.324Wojciech Fortuna82.0115.476.5106.6222.06Stanisław Gąsienica DanielLarge hill83.083.286.087.9171.131Adam Krzysztofiak84.085.685.087.5173.129Tadeusz Pawlusiak87.089.390.094.0183.318Wojciech Fortuna111.0130.487.589.5219.9
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com