Poland at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Poland competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 207 competitors, 180 men and 27 women, took part in 116 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

Gold

• Irena Szewińska — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
• Jacek Wszoła — Athletics, Men's High Jump
• Tadeusz Ślusarski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
• Jerzy Rybicki — Boxing, Men's Light-Middleweight (67–71 kg)
• Janusz Pyciak-Peciak — Modern Pentathlon, individual
• Włodzimierz Stefański, Bronislaw Bebel, Lech Łasko, Edward Skorek, Tomasz Wójtowicz, Wiesław Gawłowski, Mirosław Rybaczewski, Zbigniew Lubiejewski, Ryszard Bosek, Włodzimierz Sadalski, Zbigniew Zarzycki, Marek Karbarz, and Hubert Wagner (as coach); Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
• Kazimierz Lipień — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman (57–62 kg)

Silver

• Bronisław Malinowski — Athletics, Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
• Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrej Kupczyk, Ryszard Podlas, and Jan Werner — Athletics, 4 × 400 m relay men
• Tadeusz Mytnik, Mieczysław Nowicki, Stanisław Szozda, and Ryszard Szurkowski — Cycling Road, Men's Team Time Trial
• Andrzej Gronowicz and Jerzy Opara — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 500 m (canoe double)
• Jan Benigier, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Jerzy Gorgoń, Henryk Kasperczak, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Grzegorz Lato, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Piotr Mowlik, Roman Ogaza, Wojciech Rudy, Andrzej Szarmach, Antoni Szymanowski, Jan Tomaszewski, Henryk Wawrowski, Henryk Wieczorek, and Władysław Å»muda — Football, Men's Team Competition
• Grzegorz Cziura — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

Bronze

• Leszek Błażyński — Boxing, Men's Flyweight (48–51 kg)
• Leszek Kosedowski — Boxing, Men's Featherweight (54–57 kg)
• Kazimierz Szczerba — Boxing, Men's Light-Welterweight (60–63.5 kg)
• Janusz Gortat — Boxing, Men's Light-Heavyweight (75–81 kg)
• Mieczysław Nowicki — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
• Zdzisław Antczak, Janusz Brzozowski, Piotr Cieśla, Jan Gmyrek, Alfred Kałuziński, Jerzy Klempel, Zygfryd Kuchta, Jerzy Melcer, Ryszard Przybysz, Henryk Rozmiarek, Andrzej Sokołowski, Andrzej Szymczak, Mieczysław Wojczak, and Włodzimierz Zieliński — Handball, Men's Team Competition
• Marian Tałaj — Judo, Men's Half-Middleweight (63–70 kg)
• Wiesław Gawlikowski — Shooting, skeet (125 targets) Mixed
• Jerzy Greszkiewicz — Shooting, 50 m running target (30+30 shots) Mixed
• Kazimierz Czarnecki — Weightlifting, 60–67.5 kg, total (lightweight)
• Tadeusz Rutkowski — Weightlifting, 91–110 kg, total (heavyweight) Men
• Czesław Kwieciński — Wrestling Greco-Roman, 82–90 kg (light-heavyweight)
• Andrzej Skrzydlewski — Wrestling Greco-Roman, 90–100 kg (heavyweight)

Archery

Poland entered two women and two men in the archery competition. It was the second time that Poland had sent archers to the Olympics. After winning a silver medal in the women's competition in 1972, Poland's best finisher in 1976 was Jadwiga Wilejto at 6th place. Both of the Polish men, however, improved considerably on the best male competitor of four years before. Poland placed eighth on the national leaderboard for archery.

Men

Women

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Results have been removed due to her disqualification for using anabolic steroids, the first case of such a disqualification in the sport at the Olympics.

Boxing

Men

Canoeing

Sprint

Men

Women

Cycling

Road

Track

1000m time trial

Men's Sprint

Pursuit

Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1976.

Men

Women

Football

First round

Group C

• **Ghana withdrew

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Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold Medal match

Team roster

– Silver Medal

• Jan Tomaszewski
• Piotr Mowlik
• Antoni Szymanowski
• Jerzy Gorgoń
• Wojciech Rudy
• Władysław Å»muda

• Zygmunt Maszczyk
• Grzegorz Lato
• Henryk Wawrowski
• Henryk Kasperczak
• Roman Ogaza
• Kazimierz Kmiecik

• Kazimierz Deyna
• Andrzej Szarmach
• Henryk Wieczorek
• Leslaw Cmikiewicz
• Jan Benigier

Head coach

• Kazimierz Górski

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Individual finals

Handball

Preliminary round

Group B

Bronze medal match

Roster

– Bronze Medal

• Zdzisław Antczak
• Janusz Brzozowski
• Piotr Cieśla
• Jan Gmyrek
• Alfred Kałuziński

• Jerzy Klempel
• Zygfryd Kuchta
• Jerzy Melcer
• Ryszard Przybysz
• Henryk Rozmiarek

• Mieczysław Wojczak
• Włodzimierz Zieliński
• Andrzej Sokołowski
• Andrzej Szymczak

Head coach

• Janusz Czerwiński

Judo

Men

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1976. Janusz Pyciak-Peciak won an individual gold medal.

Rowing

Men

Women

Sailing

Open

Shooting

Open

Swimming

Men

Women

Volleyball

Preliminary round

Pool A

1st–4th places

Semifinals

Gold medal match

Team roster

– Gold Medal

• Włodzimierz Stefański
• Bronislaw Bebel
• Lech Łasko
• Edward Skorek
• Tomasz Wójtowicz
• Wiesław Gawłowski
• Mirosław Rybaczewski
• Zbigniew Lubiejewski
• Ryszard Bosek
• Włodzimierz Sadalski
• Zbigniew Zarzycki
• Marek Karbarz

Head coach

• Hubert Wagner

Weightlifting

Men

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

References