Poland at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Poland at the 1992 Winter Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Albertville
Competitors	53 (41 men, 12 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Henryk Gruth (ice hockey)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Poland competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	1	3
Biathlon	5	4	9
Cross-country skiing	2	5	7
Figure skating	1	1	2
Ice hockey	23	–	23
Luge	2	0	2
Nordic combined	2	–	2
Ski jumping	1	–	1
Speed skating	3	1	4
Total	41	12	53

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Jakub Malczewski	Men's super-G				DNF	–
	Men's giant slalom	1:15.86	1:14.81		2:30.67	52
	Men's slalom	1:00.59	DNF		DNF	–
Marcin Szafrański	Men's super-G				DNF	–
	Men's giant slalom	1:15.06	1:12.34		2:27.40	46
	Men's slalom	DNF	–		DNF	–
	Men's combined	1:50.60	56.55	57.90	133.04	26

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Ewa Zagata	Women's giant slalom	1:14.56	1:14.86	2:29.42	29
	Women's slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Zbigniew Filip	Sprint	27:23.7	1	16
	Individual	1'06:40.9	7	72
Dariusz Kozłowski		1'04:17.2	4	58
Krzysztof Sosna	Sprint	28:37.4	3	46
	Individual	1'04:24.1	7	60
Jan Wojtas	Sprint	28:56.5	2	56
Jan Ziemianin		27:47.2	1	29
	Individual	1'01:44.7	4	32
Dariusz Kozłowski Jan Ziemianin Jan Wojtas Krzysztof Sosna	Team relay	1'27:56.7	0	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Zofia Kiełpińska	Sprint	28:39.7	4	50
	Individual	1'03:15.1	11	62
Krystyna Liberda	Sprint	29:39.9	7	60
	Individual	1'02:57.2	8	59
Halina Pitoń	Sprint	28:11.7	4	40
	Individual	56:07.2	4	20
Agata Suszka	Sprint	28:23.6	3	46
	Individual	59:30.2	6	46
Agata Suszka Zofia Kiełpińska Halina Pitoń	Team relay	1'24:07.5	4	14

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Wiesław Cempa	10 km classical	—				32:13.9	63
	Pursuit	32:13.9	63	40:16.2	40	1:12:29.2	48
	30 km classical	—				1:32:25.4	52
	50 km freestyle	—				2:15:06.7	32
Andrzej Piotrowski	10 km classical	—				31:56.9	57
	Pursuit	31:56.9	57	40:32.9	42	1:12:28.9	47
	30 km classical	—				1:34:32.9	61
	50 km freestyle	—				2:20:32.9	48

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska	5 km classical	—				15:47.4	36
	Pursuit	15:47.4	36	27:41.3	20	43:28.3	27
	15 km classical	—				46:18.6	24
	30 km freestyle	—				1:31:44.3	23
Dorota Kwaśny	5 km classical	—				15:16.5	24
	Pursuit	15:16.5	24	27:52.7	22	43:08.7	21
	15 km classical	—				47:44.4	35
Halina Nowak-Guńka	5 km classical	—				16:56.1	55
	Pursuit	16:56.1	55	28:36.4	35	45:32.4	44
	30 km freestyle	—				1:31:56.2	25
Katarzyna Popieluch	15 km classical	—				48:45.3	38
	30 km freestyle	—				DNF
Małgorzata Ruchała	5 km classical	—				15:57.9	40
	Pursuit	15:57.9	40	DNS		DNF
	15 km classical	—				47:36.3	14
	30 km freestyle	—				1:31:47.6	24
Małgorzata Ruchała Dorota Kwaśny Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska Halina Nowak-Guńka	Team relay	—				1:03:23.0	10

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Grzegorz Filipowski	Men's	13	10	13.5	11
Zuzanna Szwed	Ladies	23	19	30.5	19

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Group A

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the medal round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
United States	5	4	0	1	18	7	11	9
Sweden	5	3	0	2	22	11	11	8
Finland	5	3	1	1	22	11	11	7
Germany	5	2	3	0	11	12	-1	4
Italy	5	1	4	0	18	24	-6	2
Poland	5	0	5	0	4	30	-26	0

Sweden	7:2	Poland
Finland	9:1	Poland
Italy	7:1	Poland
United States	3:0	Poland
Germany	4:0	Poland

Consolation round 9th-12th places

Switzerland

7:2

Poland

11th-place match

Poland 11th

4:1

Italy

Contestants

• Gabriel Samolej
• Marek Batkiewicz
• Mariusz Kieca
• Kazimierz Jurek
• Henryk Gruth
• Rafal Sroka
• Robert Szopinski
• Dariusz Garbocz
• Marek Cholewa
• Jerzy Sobera
• Andrzej Kadziolka
• Krzystof Kuzniecow
• Andrzej Swistak
• Mariusz Puzio
• Janusz Rajnos
• Mirosław Tomasik
• Waldemar Klisiak
• Dariusz Platek
• Janusz Adamiec
• Krzystof Bujar
• Mariusz Czerkawski
• Wojciech Tkacz
• Slawomir Wieloch

• Head coach: Leszek Lejczyk

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leszek Szarejko Adrian Przechewka	Doubles	47.127	15	1:07.927	20	1:55.054	20

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
		Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Stefan Habas	Individual	191.8	33	+4:04.7	50:18.1	25
Stanisław Ustupski		202.6	18	+2:52.7	46:56.2	8

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Zbigniew Klimowski	Large hill	87.5	55.0	91.0	62.9	117.9	49

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Paweł Abratkiewicz	500 m	38.74	31
	1000 m	1:17.40	28
Paweł Jaroszek	1000 m	1:17.82	32
	1500 m	1:57.80	16
Jaromir Radke	5000 m	7:18.40	16
	10000 m	14:42.60	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Ewa Wasilewska	1000 m	1:24.28	18
	1500 m	2:09.64	14
	3000 m	4:44.56	24

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com