Poland at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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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
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Men
Women
Men
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Women
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Events:
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics
1956 Winter Olympics
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This celebration of the Games was held from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which had originally been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics, beat out...
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina d'Ampezzo is a town and comune in the southern Alps located in Veneto, a region in Northern Italy. Located in the heart of the Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is a popular winter sport resort known for its ski-ranges, scenery, accommodations, shops and après-ski scene...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. Franciszek Gąsienica Groń won Poland's first ever medal at the Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...
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Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nordic combined Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics At the 1956 Winter Olympics, the Individual Nordic combined event was contested.-Individual:January 31, 1956The cross-country skiing distance was reduced from 18 km to 15 km starting with this Olympics.-References:*... |
Men's individual |
Alpine skiing
Men| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jan Zarycki | Downhill | DSQ | – | ||||
| Andrzej Gąsienica Roj | 3:09.3 | 15 | |||||
| Andrzej Gąsienica Roj | Giant Slalom | 3:48.6 | 54 | ||||
| Józef Marusarz | 3:29.3 | 35 | |||||
| Włodzimierz Czarniak | 3:24.2 | 28 | |||||
| Jan Zarycki | 3:22.3 | 23 | |||||
| Jan Zarycki | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Andrzej Gąsienica Roj | 1:50.6 | 37 | 2:05.2 | 18 | 3:55.8 | 23 | |
| Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak | 1:33.8 | 17 | 2:06.2 | 20 | 3:40.0 | 16 | |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska | Downhill | DNF | – | ||||
| Maria Kowalska | 1:51.9 | 19 | |||||
| Barbara Grocholska | 1:51.7 | 17 | |||||
| Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska | Giant Slalom | 2:10.9 | 35 | ||||
| Barbara Grocholska | 2:05.5 | 30 | |||||
| Maria Kowalska | 2:02.8 | 20 | |||||
| Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Maria Kowalska | 58.7 | 8 | 1:23.0 | 30 | 2:21.7 | 22 | |
Bobsleigh
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| POL-1 | Aleksy Konieczny Zbigniew Skowroński |
Two-man | 1:27.21 | 16 | 1:27.23 | 21 | 1:27.87 | 20 | 1:28.54 | 18 | 5:50.85 | 19 |
| POL-2 | Stefan Ciapała Aleksander Habala |
Two-man | 1:27.70 | 21 | 1:26.49 | 15 | 1:26.24 | 13 | 1:25.92 | 10 | 5:46.35 | 16 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| POL-1 | Stefan Ciapała Jerzy Olesiak Józef Szymański Aleksander Habala |
Four-man | 1:19.95 | 12 | 1:20.25 | 14 | 1:21.10 | 14 | 1:22.19 | 19 | 5:23.49 | 15 |
| POL-2 | Aleksy Konieczny Zygmunt Konieczny Zygmunt Konieczny Zygmunt Konieczny — Polish composer of theatre music and film music.Zygmunt Konieczny spent his childhood in the village of Szczyrzyc. He debuted in the 1950s in the cabaret Piwnica pod Baranami in Kraków. Since then Konieczny composed many pieces for film, theater performances and singers such as... Włodzimierz Źróbik Zbigniew Skowroński (both participated... Jan Dąbrowski ...in two runs) |
Four-man | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 5:28.40 | 21 |
Cross-country skiing
Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Józef Gąsienica Sobczak | 56:39 | 44 |
| Józef Rubiś | 54:47 | 34 | |
| Andrzej Mateja | 53:42 | 23 | |
| Tadeusz Kwapień Tadeusz Kwapien Taduesz Kwapień is a former Polish cross country skier who competed in the 1940s and the 1950s.He was born in Kościelisko.... |
52:45 | 16 | |
| 30 km | Stanisław Bukowski | 1'56:26 | 29 |
| Józef Rubiś | 1'53:57 | 23 | |
| Tadeusz Kwapień Tadeusz Kwapien Taduesz Kwapień is a former Polish cross country skier who competed in the 1940s and the 1950s.He was born in Kościelisko.... |
1'49:09 | 12 | |
| 50 km | Stanisław Bukowski | 3'10:49 | 13 |
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Józef Rubiś Józef Gąsienica Sobczak Tadeusz Kwapień Tadeusz Kwapien Taduesz Kwapień is a former Polish cross country skier who competed in the 1940s and the 1950s.He was born in Kościelisko.... Andrzej Mateja |
2'25:55 | 9 |
Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 10 km | Helena Gąsienica Daniel | 43:09 | 24 |
| Zofia Krzeptowska | 41:37 | 18 | |
| Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa | 41:28 | 17 | |
| Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska | 41:09 | 16 | |
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa Zofia Krzeptowska |
1'13:20 | 5 |
Ice hockey
Group B
Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
- USA 4-0 Poland
- Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland
Games for 7th-10th places
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 | |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4 | |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 2 | |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 |
- 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
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Józef Daniel Krzeptowski | Individual | 62.0 | 60.5 | 173.5 | 33 | 1'00:48 | 222.600 | 18 | 396.100 | 29 |
| Jan Raszka | 65.0 | 64.5 | 182.5 | 29 | 1'05:15 | 205.400 | 32 | 387.900 | 32 | |
| Franciszek Gąsienica Groń | 72.5 | 71.5 | 203.0 | 10 | 57:55 | 233.800 | 7 | 436.800 | ||
| Aleksander Kowalski Aleksander Kowalski Aleksander Marek Kowalski was a Polish ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics and in the 1932 Winter Olympics.... |
74.0 | 75.0 | 210.5 | 5 | 1'03:37 | 211.700 | 29 | 422.200 | 15 | |
Ski jumping
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Józef Huczek | Normal hill | 70.5 | 95.5 | 28 | 67.0 | 89.5 | 36 | 185.0 | 30 |
| Władysław Tajner | 74.0 | 98.0 | 26 | 76.5 | 103.0 | 12 | 201.0 | 16 | |
| Roman Gąsienica Sieczka | 77.5 | 101.5 | 21 | 71.5 | 88.0 | 40 | 189.5 | 25 | |
| Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel | 78.0 | 102.0 | 18 | 74.5 | 96.5 | 22 | 198.5 | 20 | |