Poland at the Olympics

Poland first participated at the Olympic Games in 1924, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the 1984 Games, when they were forced to be part of the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics. Poland has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games.
Polish athletes have won a total of 331 medals in 21 different summer and 5 different winter sports and the country currently ranks 21st in the all-time Olympic Games medal count, with athletics as the top medal-producing sport. Poland is the second most successful country in total medals of those who have never hosted the Olympics. The nation's best overall performance at the Olympics occurred at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, with the country's athletes winning 7 gold, 6 silver and 13 bronze medals and finishing sixth in the medal table.
Its most successful teams have been football and volleyball. Poland ranks fifth all-time in modern pentathlon, seventh in athletics, and has also been successful in weightlifting, martial arts and nordic skiing.
The National Olympic Committee for Poland is the Polish Olympic Committee. The entity was created in 1918 and recognized in 1919.

WWW olimpijski.pl

History

Poland officially made its debut at the Olympics in 1924, however, Polish athletes did participate in earlier editions of the Olympic Games representing other nations. The first ever Olympic medal for Poland was won by track cyclists in team pursuit Franciszek Szymczyk, Jan Lazarski, Józef Lange and Tomasz Stankiewicz at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris while the first gold medal for Poland was won by discus thrower Halina Konopacka at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. The first Polish sportsperson who individually won two Olympic medals was equestrian Michał Antoniewicz in 1928.
After setting its gold medal record in Montreal at the 1976 Summer Games, Poland won its largest number of medals to date at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Poland was forced to boycott the next Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles by the Soviet Union, alongside another 13 Eastern Bloc countries in response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The most successful Polish Olympian to date is Irena Szewińska with seven Olympic medals altogether. With four gold medals, Robert Korzeniowski is the most successful Polish Olympian in terms of the number of gold medals.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Art competitions are not included in the medal table above, as they were non-sports events formerly part of the Olympic Games. Poland won a total of [|eight art competition medals], across the 1928, 1932, 1936, and 1948 Summer Olympics.

Multiple medalists

Athlete	Sport	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Robert Korzeniowski		1996–2004	4	0	0	4
Irena Szewińska		1964–1976	3	2	2	7
Kamil Stoch		2014–2018	3	0	1	4
Anita Włodarczyk		2012–2020	3	0	0	3
Justyna Kowalczyk		2006–2014	2	1	2	5
Witold Woyda		1964–1972	2	1	1	4
Renata Mauer		1996–2000	2	0	1	3
Józef Szmidt		1960–1964	2	0	0	2
Waldemar Baszanowski		1964–1968	2	0	0	2
Jerzy Kulej		1964–1968	2	0	0	2
Józef Zapędzki		1968–1972	2	0	0	2
Waldemar Legień		1988–1992	2	0	0	2
Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek		1992	2	0	0	2
Andrzej Wroński		1988–1996	2	0	0	2
Robert Sycz		2000–2004	2	0	0	2
Tomasz Kucharski		2000–2004	2	0	0	2
Tomasz Majewski		2008–2012	2	0	0	2
Jerzy Pawłowski		1956–1968	1	3	1	5
Otylia Jędrzejczak		2000–2004	1	2	0	3
Teresa Ciepły		1960–1964	1	1	1	3
Egon Franke		1964–1968	1	1	1	3
Natalia Kaczmarek		2020-2024	1	1	1	3
Stanisława Walasiewicz		1932–1936	1	1	0	2
Elżbieta Krzesińska		1956–1960	1	1	0	2
Józef Grudzień		1964–1968	1	1	0	2
Lesław Ćmikiewicz		1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Kazimierz Deyna		1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Jerzy Gorgoń		1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Kazimierz Kmiecik		1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Grzegorz Lato		1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Zygmunt Maszczyk		1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Antoni Szymanowski		1972–1976	1	1	0	2
Bronisław Malinowski		1976–1980	1	1	0	2
Tadeusz Ślusarski		1976–1980	1	1	0	2
Jacek Wszoła		1976–1980	1	1	0	2
Jan Kowalczyk		1980	1	1	0	2
Szymon Kołecki		2000–2008	1	1	0	2
Iga Baumgart-Witan		2020	1	1	0	2
Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik		2020	1	1	0	2
Justyna Święty-Ersetic		2020	1	1	0	2
Ireneusz Paliński		1960–1964	1	0	1	2
Halina Górecka		1960–1964	1	0	1	2
Marian Kasprzyk		1960–1964	1	0	1	2
Ewa Kłobukowska		1964	1	0	1	2
Lech Koziejowski		1972–1980	1	0	1	2
Kazimierz Lipień		1972–1976	1	0	1	2
Jerzy Rybicki		1976–1980	1	0	1	2
Mateusz Kusznierewicz		1996–2004	1	0	1	2
Leszek Blanik		2000–2008	1	0	1	2
Zbigniew Bródka		2014	1	0	1	2
Magdalena Fularczyk		2012–2016	1	0	1	2
Wojciech Nowicki		2016-2020	1	0	1	2
Adam Małysz		2002–2010	0	3	1	4
Andrzej Piątkowski		1956–1964	0	2	1	3
Ryszard Zub		1956–1964	0	2	1	3
Wojciech Zabłocki		1956–1964	0	2	1	3
Marian Kuszewski		1956–1960	0	2	0	2
Artur Olech		1964–1968	0	2	0	2
Stanisław Szozda		1972–1976	0	2	0	2
Ryszard Szurkowski		1972–1976	0	2	0	2
Piotr Małachowski		2008–2016	0	2	0	2
Maja Włoszczowska		2008–2016	0	2	0	2
Karolina Naja		2012–2020	0	1	3	4
Aneta Konieczna		2000–2008	0	1	2	3
Beata Mikołajczyk		2008–2016	0	1	2	3
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski		1956–1964	0	1	2	3
Józef Tracz		1988–1996	0	1	2	3
Michał Antoniewicz		1928	0	1	1	2
Janusz Pawłowski		1980–1988	0	1	1	2
Marek Dopierała		1988	0	1	1	2
Marek Łbik		1988	0	1	1	2
Izabela Dylewska		1988–1992	0	1	1	2
Artur Partyka		1992–1996	0	1	1	2
Sylwia Gruchała		2000–2004	0	1	1	2
Agata Wróbel		2000–2004	0	1	1	2
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś		2010–2014	0	1	1	2
Katarzyna Woźniak		2010–2014	0	1	1	2
Luiza Złotkowska		2010–2014	0	1	1	2
Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska		2016–2020	0	1	1	2
Maria Sajdak		2016–2020	0	1	1	2
Anna Puławska		2020	0	1	1	2
Marian Zieliński		1956–1968	0	0	3	3
Teodor Kocerka		1952–1960	0	0	2	2
Krystyna Czajkowska		1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Krystyna Jakubowska		1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Krystyna Krupa		1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Jadwiga Książek		1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Józefa Ledwig		1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Zofia Szczęśniewska		1964–1968	0	0	2	2
Leszek Błażyński		1972–1976	0	0	2	2
Janusz Gortat		1972–1976	0	0	2	2
Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza		2000–2004	0	0	2	2
Dawid Kubacki		2018–2022	0	0	2	2

Medals in art competitions

In addition to its accomplishments in sport, Poland has also earned recognition in Olympic art competitions—one of the three non-sports events once included in the Olympic Games. The country won a total of eight art competition medals, across the 1928, 1932, 1936, and 1948 Summer Olympics. These events were part of the official Olympic program in seven Summer Games, from 1912 to 1948. In 1952, the International Olympic Committee formally discontinued all non-sport events, as well as awards for feats. These were subsequently removed from official national medal counts.

Flag bearers

– Anita Włodarczyk and Przemysław Zamojski
– Aleksandra Król and Zbigniew Bródka
– Paweł Korzeniowski, Maja Włoszczowska
– Zbigniew Bródka
– Karol Bielecki
– Dawid Kupczyk
– Agnieszka Radwańska
– Konrad Niedźwiedzki
– Marek Twardowski
– Paulina Ligocka
– Bartosz Kizierowski
– Mariusz Siudek
– Andrzej Wroński
– Jan Ziemianin
– Rafał Szukała
– Tomasz Sikora
– Waldemar Legień
– Henryk Gruth
– Bogdan Daras
– Henryk Gruth
– Józef Łuszczek
– Czesław Kwieciński
– Józef Łuszczek
– Grzegorz Śledziewski
– Wojciech Truchan
– Waldemar Baszanowski
– Andrzej Bachleda
– Waldemar Baszanowski
– Stanisław Szczepaniak
– Waldemar Baszanowski
– Jerzy Wojnar
– Teodor Kocerka
– Józef Karpiel
– Tadeusz Rut
– Tadeusz Kwapień
– Teodor Kocerka
– Stanisław Marusarz
– Mieczysław Łomowski
– Stanisław Marusarz
– Klemens Biniakowski
– Bronisław Czech
– Janusz Ślązak
– Józef Stogowski
– Marian Cieniewski
– Andrzej Krzeptowski I
– Sławosz Szydłowski
– Kazimierz Smogorzewski