Poland

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 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. Polish athletes were represented by the Polish Olympic Committee

Polish Olympic Committee

-List of presidents:* Stefan Lubomirski * Kazimierz Lubomirski * Kazimierz Glabisz * Alfred Loth * Włodzimierz Reczek * Bolesław Kapitan * Marian Renke * Bolesław Kapitan...

 (PKOl).

A total number of 202 athletes from Poland competed in 21 sports in Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, the Polish anthem, was played when Polish athletes won gold medals. Swimmer Bartosz Kizierowski

Bartosz Kizierowski

Bartłomiej Kizierowski is a freestyle swimmer from Poland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996....

 was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony

2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony

The Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games was held on August 13, 2004 at the Olympic Stadium in Maroussi, Greece, a suburb of Athens. 72,000 spectators attended the event, with approximately 15,000 athletes from 202 countries participating in the ceremony as well...

.

It turned out to be the worst Polish performance at the Olympic Games since Melbourne 1956

1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...

. Among the ten Polish medal winners only two reached the Olympic podium for the first time. Seven out of ten medals were won by women who constituted less than a third of all Polish athletes at the Olympics.

Gold

• Otylia Jędrzejczak
  Otylia Jedrzejczak
  Otylia Jędrzejczak is a Polish swimmer. She is the Olympic champion from Athens 2004 in the 200 metre butterfly. She finished 4th in this event in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also swam in a third Olympiad, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In Athens 2004 she also silvered in...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...
  
  , Women's 200 m Butterfly (18 Aug)
• Tomasz Kucharski
  Tomasz Kucharski
  Tomasz Kucharski is a Polish competition rower and Olympic champion.Together with Robert Sycz Kucharski won two gold medals in lightweit double sculls, at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics.For his sport achievements, he received the Order of Polonia Restituta: Knight's...
  
   and Robert Sycz
  Robert Sycz
  Robert Sycz is a Polish rower, and double Olympic Champion.Sycz started his rowing career with SWOS 2 in Warsaw. He currently competes for RTW Bydgostia in Bydgoszcz. Together with Tomasz Kucharski, Rober Sycz won two gold Olympic medals in men's lightweight double sculls...
  
   — Rowing
  Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events....
  
  , Men's Lightweight Double Sculls (22 Aug)
• Robert Korzeniowski
  Robert Korzeniowski
  Robert Korzeniowski is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships....
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...
  
  , Men's 50 km Walk (27 Aug)

Silver

• Otylia Jędrzejczak
  Otylia Jedrzejczak
  Otylia Jędrzejczak is a Polish swimmer. She is the Olympic champion from Athens 2004 in the 200 metre butterfly. She finished 4th in this event in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also swam in a third Olympiad, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In Athens 2004 she also silvered in...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...
  
  , Women's 100 m Butterfly (15 Aug)
• Otylia Jędrzejczak
  Otylia Jedrzejczak
  Otylia Jędrzejczak is a Polish swimmer. She is the Olympic champion from Athens 2004 in the 200 metre butterfly. She finished 4th in this event in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also swam in a third Olympiad, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In Athens 2004 she also silvered in...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...
  
  , Women's 400 m Freestyle (15 Aug)

Bronze

• Sylwia Gruchała — Fencing
  Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Fencing Hall at the Helliniko Olympic Complex. Ten gold medals were awarded in individual and team events further divided into three styles of fencing: épée, foil and sabre....
  
  , Women's Individual Foil (18 Aug)
• Mateusz Kusznierewicz
  Mateusz Kusznierewicz
  Mateusz Kusznierewicz is a Polish sailor, specialising in the Finn and Star classes.His first sailing success came in 1985, where he won the Puchar Spójni at the Zalew Zegrzyński in Warsaw...
  
   — Sailing
  Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre with eleven events being contested.The events were split into four classes for men, four for women, and three mixed classes that were open to both men and women...
  
  , Men's Finn Individual Competition (21 Aug)
• Agata Wróbel
  Agata Wróbel
  Agata Wróbel is a Polish weightlifter, and is a world record-breaker in the +75 kg category....
  
   — Weightlifting
  Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, fifteen events in weightlifting were contested, in eight classes for men and seven for women. Competition was held in the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall.-Doping:...
  
  , Women's + 75 kg Category (21 Aug)
• Anna Rogowska
  Anna Rogowska
  Anna Rogowska is a Polish pole vaulter, current reigning World Champion.-Career:Born in Gdynia, she won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, narrowly beating Monika Pyrek, another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia. Early 2005 brought success as she won the silver medal in the European Indoor...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...
  
  , Women's Pole Vault (24 Aug)
• Aneta Pastuszka
  Aneta Pastuszka
  Aneta Konieczna, née Pastuszka, born May 11, 1978 in Krosno Odrzańskie) is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s...
  
   and Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza — Canoeing
  Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines....
  
  , Women's K2 500 m (28 Aug)

Highlights

• Best ever performance by the swimmers, who double the all-time medal tally in their discipline thanks to Otylia Jędrzejczak
  Otylia Jedrzejczak
  Otylia Jędrzejczak is a Polish swimmer. She is the Olympic champion from Athens 2004 in the 200 metre butterfly. She finished 4th in this event in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also swam in a third Olympiad, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In Athens 2004 she also silvered in...
  
  's three medals.
• Robert Sycz
  Robert Sycz
  Robert Sycz is a Polish rower, and double Olympic Champion.Sycz started his rowing career with SWOS 2 in Warsaw. He currently competes for RTW Bydgostia in Bydgoszcz. Together with Tomasz Kucharski, Rober Sycz won two gold Olympic medals in men's lightweight double sculls...
  
   and Tomasz Kucharski
  Tomasz Kucharski
  Tomasz Kucharski is a Polish competition rower and Olympic champion.Together with Robert Sycz Kucharski won two gold medals in lightweit double sculls, at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics.For his sport achievements, he received the Order of Polonia Restituta: Knight's...
  
   defend their Olympic title in rowing.
• Fourth Olympic gold for Robert Korzeniowski
  Robert Korzeniowski
  Robert Korzeniowski is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships....
  
   in the last start of his career.
• Convinced it is the last round of the semifinal with all-time rival Valentina Vezzali
  Valentina Vezzali
  Maria Valentina Vezzali is an Italian fencer who has won five Olympic gold medals in foil competitions.-Career:...
  
  , fencer Sylwia Gruchała launches desperate attacks in the end of the second round of the duel only to get touched the final, 15th time. In the end Gruchała manages to win the bronze medal playoff.
• Mateusz Kusznierewicz
  Mateusz Kusznierewicz
  Mateusz Kusznierewicz is a Polish sailor, specialising in the Finn and Star classes.His first sailing success came in 1985, where he won the Puchar Spójni at the Zalew Zegrzyński in Warsaw...
  
   returns to the podium in sailing after eight years despite false starts in two races.
• Agata Wróbel
  Agata Wróbel
  Agata Wróbel is a Polish weightlifter, and is a world record-breaker in the +75 kg category....
  
  , known from Eurosport's Road to Athens, wins the second Olympic medal in her career.
• In a dramatic contest Anna Rogowska
  Anna Rogowska
  Anna Rogowska is a Polish pole vaulter, current reigning World Champion.-Career:Born in Gdynia, she won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, narrowly beating Monika Pyrek, another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia. Early 2005 brought success as she won the silver medal in the European Indoor...
  
   beats Monika Pyrek
  Monika Pyrek
  Monika Pyrek is a Polish pole vaulter.Born in Gdynia, competing at the 2004 Olympics, she placed fourth with 4.55 metres, just behind another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia, Anna Rogowska. Monika Pyrek won a silver medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics with the result 4.60 m...
  
   to the women's pole vault bronze medal.
• Medal favourite canoeist Aneta Pastuszka
  Aneta Pastuszka
  Aneta Konieczna, née Pastuszka, born May 11, 1978 in Krosno Odrzańskie) is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s...
  
   gets disqualified as her K1 turns out to be underweight but goes on to win a bronze in K2 in team with Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza.

Archery

Women's Individual Competition:

• Justyna Mospinek
  Justyna Mospinek
  Justyna Mospinek is an athlete from Poland. She competes in archery.-2004 Summer Olympics:Mospinek represented Poland at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 7th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 657. In the first round of elimination, she faced 58th-ranked Maydenia...
  
   — 14th place
• Iwona Marcinkiewicz
  Iwona Marcinkiewicz
  Iwona Marcinkiewicz is an athlete from Poland. She competes in archery.Marcinkiewicz represented Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.For her sport achievements, she received:...
  
   — 20th place
• Małgorzata Sobieraj — 29th place

Women's Team Competition:

• Iwona Marcinkiewicz, Małgorzata Sobieraj and Justyna Mospinek — 15th place

Men's Individual Competition:

• Jacek Proć
  Jacek Proc
  Jacek Proć is an archer from Poland.Proć competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He was defeated in the first round of elimination by Yavor Hristov and placed 55th overall.-2008 Summer Olympics:...
  
   — 55th place

Athletics

Women's 200 m:

• Anna Pacholak — 25th place, did not qualify to semifinals

Women's 400 m:

• Grażyna Prokopek
  Grazyna Prokopek
  Grażyna Prokopek is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres and 4x400 m relay.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.67 s *200 metres - 23.22 s *400 metres - 51.29 s -External links:...
  
   — 21st place, did not qualify to the final

Women's 1,500 m:

• Lidia Chojecka
  Lidia Chojecka
  Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....
  
   — 6th place
• Anna Jakubczak
  Anna Jakubczak
  Anna Jakubczak is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:00.78 min *1500 metres - 4:00.15 min *3000 metres - 9:17.75 min -External links:...
  
   — 7th place
• Wioletta Janowska
  Wioletta Janowska
  Wioletta Frankiewicz is a Polish runner. She competes in the 1500 metres, but she competes also in the 3000 metre steeplechase event, as she did in the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. She weighs 58 kilograms and is 1.77 metres tall. She won National Indoor...
  
   — 23rd place, did not qualify to the final

Women's 100 m hurdles:

• Aurelia Trywiańska
  Aurelia Trywiańska
  Aurelia Trywiańska-Kollasch is a Polish hurdler. She finished fifth at the 2003 World Championships, the 2006 European Championships and the 2006 World Cup. She also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but did not progress from her heat...
  
   — 17th place, did not qualify to semifinals

Women's 400 m hurdles:

• Małgorzata Pskit — 13th place, did not qualify to the final
• Anna Jesień
  Anna Jesien
  Anna Jesień, née Olichwierczuk is a Polish hurdler.She won the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich...
  
   — 21st place, did not qualify to semifinals

Women's 4x400 m relay:

• Monika Bejnar
  Monika Bejnar
  Monika Bejnar is a Polish sprint athlete.She finished 4th in the 200m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.She also competed in the 4 x 400m relay team for Poland in the 2004 Olympics....
  
  , Małgorzata Pskit
  Małgorzata Pskit
  Małgorzata Pskit is a retired Polish athlete specializing in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*200m 24.86*400m 53.10 *400m hurdles 54.75 *800m 2:04.88Indoor...
  
  , Grażyna Prokopek
  Grazyna Prokopek
  Grażyna Prokopek is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres and 4x400 m relay.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.67 s *200 metres - 23.22 s *400 metres - 51.29 s -External links:...
  
   and Zuzanna Radecka — 5th place

Women's 20 km walk:

• Sylwia Korzeniowska
  Sylwia Korzeniowska
  Sylwia Korzeniowska is a Polish-born French race walker. She changed her nationality on June 1, 2010. She is the younger sister of former world record holder Robert Korzeniowski.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   — 21st place

Women's Marathon:

• Małgorzata Sobańska — 17th place
• Grażyna Syrek — 41st place
• Monika Drybulska — did not finish

Women's Shot Put:

• Krystyna Zabawska
  Krystyna Zabawska
  Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska is a former Polish shot putter.She was born as Krystyna Danilczyk in Kopczany near Dąbrowa Białostocka. She has competed under her maiden name and as Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska, as well as Krystyna Zabawska...
  
   — 6th place, initially placed 7th, moved up one spot after Irina Korzhanenko's disqualification

Women's Discus Throw:

• Joanna Wiśniewska
  Joanna Wisniewska
  Joanna Wiśniewska is a female discus thrower from Poland. Her personal best throw is 63.97 metres, achieved at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma. She competed at the 2004 and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics....
  
   — 10th place
• Wioletta Potępa
  Wioletta Potepa
  Wioletta Potępa is a female discus thrower from Poland. Her personal best throw is 66.01 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Halle.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   — 16th place, did not qualify to the final

Women's Javelin Throw:

• Barbara Madejczyk
  Barbara Madejczyk
  Barbara Madejczyk is a retired female javelin thrower from Poland. Her personal best throw is 64.08 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Malaga.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   — 12th place

Women's hammer throw:

• Kamila Skolimowska
  Kamila Skolimowska
  Kamila Skolimowska was a Polish hammer thrower. She was known for her gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which made her the youngest Olympic hammer champion, as well as for her two medals from the European Championships. Her personal best throw, and Polish record, was 76.83 metres,...
  
   — 5th place

Women's triple jump:

• Liliana Zagacka
  Liliana Zagacka
  Liliana Zagacka is a Polish triple jumper.She finished ninth in long jump at the 2002 European Championships. She also competed at the 2001 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the finals....
  
   — 29th place, did not qualify to the final

Women's pole vault:

• Anna Rogowska
  Anna Rogowska
  Anna Rogowska is a Polish pole vaulter, current reigning World Champion.-Career:Born in Gdynia, she won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, narrowly beating Monika Pyrek, another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia. Early 2005 brought success as she won the silver medal in the European Indoor...
  
   — 3rd place
• Monika Pyrek
  Monika Pyrek
  Monika Pyrek is a Polish pole vaulter.Born in Gdynia, competing at the 2004 Olympics, she placed fourth with 4.55 metres, just behind another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia, Anna Rogowska. Monika Pyrek won a silver medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics with the result 4.60 m...
  
   — 4th place

Women's heptathlon:

• Magdalena Szczepańska — 21st place

Men's 100 m:

• Łukasz Chyła
  Lukasz Chyla
  Łukasz Chyła is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Poland.Chyła represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Marcin Jędrusiński, Dariusz Kuć and Marcin Andrzej Nowak...
  
   — 21st place, did not qualify to semifinals (10.35 s, 10.23 s)

Men's 200 m:

• Marcin Jędrusiński
  Marcin Jedrusinski
  Marcin Jędrusiński is a Polish sprint athlete.Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariusz Kuc, Lukasz Chyla and Marcin Andrzej Nowak. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the...
  
   — 14th place, did not qualify to the final
• Marcin Urbas
  Marcin Urbas
  Marcin Urbaś is a former Polish track and field athlete. He is the Polish record holder for 200 metres dash with 19.98 seconds. He is now a sprinting coach. -Track and field:...
  
   — 31st place, did not finish the round 2 run

Men's 400 m:

• Piotr Klimczak
  Piotr Klimczak
  Piotr Klimczak is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   — 35th place, did not qualify to semifinals

Men's 3000 m steeplechase:

• Radosław Popławski — 12th place
• Jan Zakrzewski
  Jan Zakrzewski (athlete)
  Jan Zakrzewski is a long-distance and steeplechase runner. He was an Olympian at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece where he competed in 3000 metre steeplechase. Zakrzewski won a national championship in 3000 metres steeplechase , 10000 metres and in cross country running...
  
   — 16th place, did not qualify to the final
• Jakub Czaja — 38th place, did not qualify to the final

Men's 110 m hurdles:

• Tomasz Ścigaczewski
  Tomasz Scigaczewski
  Tomasz Ścigaczewski is a Polish hurdler.His personal best time for the 110 m hurdles is 13.29 seconds, achieved in June 1999 in Oslo. This ranks him second among Polish 110 m hurdlers, only behind Artur Kohutek....
  
   — sustained an injury in training and did not start

Men's 400 m hurdles:

• Marek Plawgo
  Marek Plawgo
  Marek Plawgo is a Polish athlete. He mainly competes in the 400 meters hurdles, but he also starts in the 400 meters and the 4x400 meters relay....
  
   — 6th place

Men's 4x100 m relay:

• Łukasz Chyła, Marcin Jędrusiński
  Marcin Jedrusinski
  Marcin Jędrusiński is a Polish sprint athlete.Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariusz Kuc, Lukasz Chyla and Marcin Andrzej Nowak. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the...
  
  , Marcin Urbaś
  Marcin Urbas
  Marcin Urbaś is a former Polish track and field athlete. He is the Polish record holder for 200 metres dash with 19.98 seconds. He is now a sprinting coach. -Track and field:...
  
   and Zbigniew Tulin — 5th place

Men's 4x400 m relay:

• Piotr Klimczak
  Piotr Klimczak
  Piotr Klimczak is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  , Marcin Marciniszyn
  Marcin Marciniszyn
  Marcin Marciniszyn is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*200 metres - 21.07 s *400 metres - 45.27 s Indoor...
  
  , Marek Plawgo
  Marek Plawgo
  Marek Plawgo is a Polish athlete. He mainly competes in the 400 meters hurdles, but he also starts in the 400 meters and the 4x400 meters relay....
  
   and Piotr Rysiukiewicz
  Piotr Rysiukiewicz
  Piotr Grzegorz Rysiukiewicz is a Polish sprinter who has won various medals for the Polish 4 x 400 metres relay team. He was a member of the best Polish relay 4 x 400 in the 1990s...
  
   — 10th place, did not qualify to the final

Men's 20 km walk:

• Beniamin Kuciński — 12th place

Men's 50 km walk:

• Robert Korzeniowski
  Robert Korzeniowski
  Robert Korzeniowski is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships....
  
   — 1st place
• Roman Magdziarczyk
  Roman Magdziarczyk
  Roman Magdziarczyk is a Polish race walker.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   — 6th place
• Grzegorz Sudoł
  Grzegorz Sudol
  Grzegorz Sudoł is a male race walker from Poland.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   — 7th place

Men's marathon:

• Waldemar Glinka — 34th place
• Michał Bartoszak — 37th place

Men's shot put:

• Tomasz Majewski
  Tomasz Majewski
  Tomasz Majewski is a Polish Olympic gold medalist shot putter. He is 204 cm tall and weighs 140 kg ....
  
   — 18th place, did not qualify to the final

Men's hammer throw:

• Szymon Ziółkowski — 13th place, did not qualify to the final, initially placed 14th, moved up one spot after Adrian Annus' disqualification

Men's high jump:

• Grzegorz Sposób
  Grzegorz Sposób
  Grzegorz Sposób is a Polish high jumper. He finished sixth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris with a jump of 2.29 metres. The next year he competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool....
  
   — 20th place, did not qualify to the final
• Robert Wolski
  Robert Wolski
  Robert Wolski is a Polish high jumper.He finished eighth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool....
  
   — 26th place, did not qualify to the final

Men's pole vault:

• Adam Kolasa
  Adam Kolasa
  Adam Kolasa is a Polish pole vaulter.He finished eighth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton in a personal best of 5.75 metres, won the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie, finished fourth at the 2002 European Indoor Championships in Vienna and ninth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris...
  
   — 31st place, did not qualify to the final

Badminton

Men's singles:

• Przemysław Wacha — defeated in round of 32

Men's doubles:

• Michał Łogosz and Robert Mateusiak
  Robert Mateusiak
  Robert Bogumił Mateusiak is a male badminton player from Poland.-Career:Mateusiak competed in badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics, both times in men's doubles with partner Michał Łogosz....
  
   — defeated in round of 16

Boxing

Men's fly weight (51 kg):

• Andrzej Rżany
  Andrzej Rzany
  Andrzej Rżany is a boxer from Poland.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native European country...
  
   — 5th place, defeated in quarterfinals

Men's bantam weight (54 kg):

• Andrzej Liczik
  Andrzej Liczik
  Andrzej Liczik is a boxer from Poland.He participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country...
  
   — defeated in round of 16

Men's light heavy weight (81 kg):

• Aleksy Kuziemski
  Aleksy Kuziemski
  Aleksy Kuziemski is a boxer from Poland.-Amateur:Kuziemski won the bronze medal at light heavy at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and another bronze at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics...
  
   — defeated in round of 32

Canoeing

Women's flatwater K1 500 m:

• Aneta Pastuszka
  Aneta Pastuszka
  Aneta Konieczna, née Pastuszka, born May 11, 1978 in Krosno Odrzańskie) is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s...
  
   — disqualified after semifinals because of improper kayak weight

Women's flatwater K2 500 m:

• Aneta Pastuszka and Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza — 3rd place

Women's flatwater K4 500 m:

• Aneta Białkowska-Michalak, Małgorzata Czajczyńska
  Małgorzata Czajczyńska
  Małgorzata Czajczyńska is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. She won two silver medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships ....
  
  , Karolina Sadalska
  Karolina Sadalska
  Karolina Sadalska is a Polish sprint canoer who won competed in the early to mid 2000s. She won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold , two silvers , and two bronzes .Sadalska also finished fourth in the K-4 500 m event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in...
  
   and Joanna Skowroń
  Joanna Skowroń
  Joanna Skowroń is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s...
  
   — 4th place

Men's flatwater K1 500 m:

• Paweł Baumann — 23rd place, did not qualify to the final

Men's flatwater K1 1000 m:

• Adam Seroczyński
  Adam Seroczynski
  Adam Dariusz Seroczyński is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1997 to 2008. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Sydney in 2000....
  
   — 10th place, did not qualify to the final

Men's flatwater K2 500 m:

• Marek Twardowski
  Marek Twardowski
  Marek Twardowski is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds , nine silvers , and four...
  
   and Adam Wysocki
  Adam Wysocki
  Adam Wysocki is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1994 to 2008. He has won eighteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds , ten silvers , and six...
  
   — 4th place

Men's flatwater C2 500 m:

• Paweł Baraszkiewicz and Daniel Jędraszko
  Daniel Jedraszko
  Daniel Jędraszko is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He has been world champion four times in the Canadian canoe C-2 event with partner Paweł Baraszkiewicz....
  
   — 9th place

Men's flatwater C2 1000 m:

• Michał Śliwiński and Łukasz Woszczyński — 5th place

Men's flatwater K4 1000 m:

• Dariusz Białkowski, Rafał Głażewski, Tomasz Mendelski
  Tomasz Mendelski
  Tomasz Mendelski is a Polish sprint canoer. Mendelski has represented Poland in both the K-1 200 m and 500 m, but specialises in the former discipline, the shortest race-distance...
  
   and Adam Seroczyński — 8th place

Women's slalom K1:

• Agnieszka Stanuch
  Agnieszka Stanuch
  Agnieszka Stanuch is a Polish slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of fifth in the K-1 event at Beijing in 2008. She is daughter of Jerzy Stanuch....
  
   — 13th place, did not qualify to the final

Men's slalom K1:

• Grzegorz Polaczyk
  Grzegorz Polaczyk
  Grzegorz Polaczyk is a Polish slalom canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 team event at the 2006 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Prague....
  
   — 7th place

Men's slalom C1:

• Mariusz Wieczorek
  Mariusz Wieczorek
  Mariusz Wieczorek is a Polish slalom canoer who has competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 team event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell....
  
   — 10th place, did not qualify to the final
• Krzysztof Supowicz
  Krzysztof Supowicz
  Krzysztof Supowicz is a Polish slalom canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he was eliminated in the qualifying round of the C-1 event.-References:*...
  
   — 13th place, did not qualify to the semifinal

Men's slalom C2:

• Marcin Pochwała and Paweł Sarna
  Paweł Sarna (canoer)
  Paweł Sarna is a Polish slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth in the C-2 event at Beijing in 2008.-References:*...
  
   — 10th place, did not qualify to the final

Cycling

Women's road race:

• Małgorzata Wysocka — 27th place
• Bogumiła Matusiak — 42nd place

Men's road race:

• Tomasz Brożyna
  Tomasz Brozyna
  Tomasz Brożyna is a former professional road racing cyclist. He entered professional cycling in 1995 and retired in 2006 at the age of 36...
  
   — 56th place
• Dawid Krupa — 75th place
• Sławomir Kohut — did not finish
• Radosław Romanik — did not finish
• Sylwester Szmyd
  Sylwester Szmyd
  Sylwester Szmyd is a Polish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .- Major achievements :200120022003...
  
   — did not finish

Men's individual time trial:

• Dawid Krupa — 31st place
• Sławomir Kohut — 37th place

Men's sprint:

• Damian Zieliński — 7th place
• Łukasz Kwiatkowski — did not qualify to 1/8 finals

Men's team sprint:

• Rafał Furman, Łukasz Kwiatkowski, Damian Zieliński — 9th place

Men's 1 km time trial:

• Grzegorz Krejner — 14th place

Men's keirin:

• Łukasz Kwiatkowski — 7th place

Men's cross country:

• Marek Galiński — 14th place
• Marcin Karczyński — 24th place

Women's cross country:

• Maja Włoszczowska — 6th place
• Anna Szafraniec — 11th place
• Magdalena Sadłecka — did not finish

Equestrian

Mixed individual jumping:

• Grzegorz Kubiak — 44th place

Mixed individual eventing:

• Kamil Rajnert — 39th place
• Andrzej Pasek — 52nd place
• Paweł Spisak — 66th place

Mixed team eventing:

• Kamil Rajnert, Andrzej Pasek and Paweł Spisak — 14th place

Fencing

Women's individual foil:

• Sylwia Gruchała — 3rd place

Women's individual sabre:

• Aleksandra Socha
  Aleksandra Socha
  Aleksandra Socha Szelagowski is a Polish fencer.Polish Female Sabre Champion for years 1999,2002,2003,2008 and 2010. As a member of Polish Sabre Fencing Team she won medals at the European Championships in 2001 , 2006 , and 2008...
  
   — 11th place, eliminated in round of 16

Men's individual sabre:

• Rafał Sznajder — 14th place, eliminated in round of 16

Gymnastics

Women's artistic individual all-round:

• Joanna Skowrońska — sustained an injury in training and did not start

Women's rhythmic group all-round:

• Justyna Banasiak, Martyna Dąbkowska, Małgorzata Ławrynowicz, Anna Mrozińska, Aleksandra Wójcik and Aleksandra Zawistowska — 10th place

Judo

Women's 48 kg category:

• Anna Żemła-Krajewska — 7th place, eliminated from main bracket in quarterfinal

Women's 70 kg category:

• Adriana Dadci — eliminated in round of 32

Men's 73 kg category:

• Krzysztof Wiłkomirski
  Krzysztof Wilkomirski
  Krzysztof Wiłkomirski is a Polish judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   — eliminated from main bracket in round of 16

Men's 81 kg category:

• Robert Krawczyk
  Robert Krawczyk
  Robert Krawczyk is a Polish judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   — 5th place, eliminated from main bracket in semifinal

Men's 90 kg category:

• Przemysław Matyjaszek
  Przemyslaw Matyjaszek
  Przemysław Matyjaszek is a Polish judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   — eliminated from main bracket in round of 32

Men's over 100 kg category:

• Grzegorz Eitel
  Grzegorz Eitel
  -Achievements:- Video :* Video footage of Grzegorz Eitel at Judovision-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   — eliminated in round of 32

Modern pentathlon

Women's individual:

• Sylwia Czwojdzińska — 6th place
• Paulina Boenisz — 10th place

Men's individual:

• Andrzej Stefanek — 30th place
• Marcin Horbacz — 32nd place

Rowing

Women's lightweight double sculls:

• Ilona Mokronowska
  Ilona Mokronowska
  Ilona Mokronowska is a Polish rower.- External links :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   and Magdalena Kemnitz
  Magdalena Kemnitz
  Magdalena Kemnitz is a Polish rower.- External links :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — 6th place

Men's lightweight double sculls:

• Tomasz Kucharski
  Tomasz Kucharski
  Tomasz Kucharski is a Polish competition rower and Olympic champion.Together with Robert Sycz Kucharski won two gold medals in lightweit double sculls, at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics.For his sport achievements, he received the Order of Polonia Restituta: Knight's...
  
   and Robert Sycz
  Robert Sycz
  Robert Sycz is a Polish rower, and double Olympic Champion.Sycz started his rowing career with SWOS 2 in Warsaw. He currently competes for RTW Bydgostia in Bydgoszcz. Together with Tomasz Kucharski, Rober Sycz won two gold Olympic medals in men's lightweight double sculls...
  
   — 1st place

Men's double sculls:

• Michał Jeliński and Adam Wojciechowski — 13th place, did not qualify to semifinals

Men's quadruple sculls:

• Adam Bronikowski
  Adam Bronikowski
  Adam Bronikowski is a Polish rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Marek Kolbowicz
  Marek Kolbowicz
  Marek Kolbowicz is a Polish rower. He won a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was world champion in 2005, 2006 and 2007.For his sport achievements, he received:...
  
  , Adam Korol
  Adam Korol
  Adam Korol is a Polish rower. He won a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics.For his sport achievements, he received: Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2008.- References :...
  
   and Sławomir Kruszkowski — 4th place

Men's four:

• Artur Rozalski, Rafał Smoliński, Mariusz Daniszewski and Jarosław Godek — 6th place

Men's eight:

• Rafał Hejmej, Wojciech Gutorski, Sebastian Kosiorek, Piotr Buchalski, Mikołaj Burda, Dariusz Nowak, Michał Stawowski, Daniel Trojanowski and Bogdan Zalewski — 8th place

Sailing

Women's Europe class:

• Monika Bronicka — 21st place

Women's Mistral class (windsurfing):

• Zofia Klepacka — 12th place

Mixed Laser class:

• Maciej Grabowski
  Maciej Grabowski
  Maciej Grabowski was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman and politician, Treasurer of the Crown Court from 1738. He became an archivist in the Crown Treasury in 1710. He became famous for his skillful administration and was envoy to many Diets. In 1742 he was Treasurer of the Great Crown. At the Diet of...
  
   — 11th place

Men's Finn class:

• Mateusz Kusznierewicz
  Mateusz Kusznierewicz
  Mateusz Kusznierewicz is a Polish sailor, specialising in the Finn and Star classes.His first sailing success came in 1985, where he won the Puchar Spójni at the Zalew Zegrzyński in Warsaw...
  
   — 3rd place

Men's Mistral class (windsurfing):

• Przemysław Miarczyński — 5th place

Men's 470 class:

• Tomasz Jakubiak and Tomasz Stańczyk — 21st place

Mixed 49er class:

• Marcin Czajkowski and Krzysztof Kierkowski — 18th place

Shooting

Women's 10 m air rifle:

• Renata Mauer-Różańska — 9th place
• Agnieszka Staroń — 14th place

Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions:

• Sylwia Bogacka — 17th place
• Renata Mauer-Różańska — 17th place

Men's 10 m air pistol:

• Wojciech Knapik — 11th place

Men's 50 m free pistol:

• Wojciech Knapik — 39th place

Men's skeet:

• Andrzej Głyda — 21st place

Swimming

Women's 100 m freestyle:

• Paulina Barzycka — 19th place, did not qualify to semifinals

Women's 200 m freestyle:

• Paulina Barzycka — 4th place

Women's 400 m freestyle:

• Otylia Jędrzejczak
  Otylia Jedrzejczak
  Otylia Jędrzejczak is a Polish swimmer. She is the Olympic champion from Athens 2004 in the 200 metre butterfly. She finished 4th in this event in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also swam in a third Olympiad, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In Athens 2004 she also silvered in...
  
   — 2nd place

Women's 100 m butterfly:

• Otylia Jędrzejczak — 2nd place

Women's 200 m butterfly:

• Otylia Jędrzejczak — 1st place

Men's 50 m freestyle:

• Bartosz Kizierowski
  Bartosz Kizierowski
  Bartłomiej Kizierowski is a freestyle swimmer from Poland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996....
  
   — 9th place, did not qualify to the final

Men's 200 m freestyle:

• Łukasz Drzewiński — 30th place, did not qualify semifinals

Men's 400 m freestyle:

• Przemysław Stańczyk — 9th place, did not qualify to the final
• Łukasz Drzewiński — 14th place, did not qualify to the final

Men's 1500 m freestyle:

• Paweł Korzeniowski — 9th place, did not qualify to the final

Men's 200 m butterfly:

• Paweł Korzeniowski — 4th place

Men's 100 m backstroke:

• Adam Mania — 23rd place, did not qualify to semifinals

Men's 200 m backstroke:

• Adam Mania — 27th place, did not qualify to semifinals

Table tennis

Men's singles:

• Tomasz Krzeszewski — defeated in round 2
• Lucjan Błaszczyk — defeated in round 3

Men's doubles:

• Tomasz Krzeszewski and Lucjan Błaszczyk — defeated in quarterfinals

Taekwondo

Women's 57 kg category:

• Aleksandra Uścińska — defeated in round of 16

Tennis

Men's doubles:

• Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Mariusz Fyrstenberg is a left-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Marcin Matkowski; they have been playing together since 2003....
  
   and Marcin Matkowski
  Marcin Matkowski
  Marcin Matkowski is a right-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Mariusz Fyrstenberg; they have been playing together since 2003, he occasionally plays mixed doubles with Caroline Wozniacki.Matkowski and Fyrstenberg qualified as the eighth...
  
   — defeated in round 1

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Defeated Serbia and Montenegro (3-2)
• Lost to Greece (1-3)
• Lost to France (0-3)
• Defeated Tunisia (3-1)
• Defeated Argentina (3-2)
• Quarterfinals
• Lost to Brazil (0-3) → Fifth place (tied)
• Team Roster
• Michał Bąkiewicz
• Piotr Gabrych
• Arkadiusz Gołaś
• Piotr Gruszka
  Piotr Gruszka
  Piotr Łukasz Gruszka is a Polish volleyball player and captain of Polish national team. His first professional club was Hejnał Kęty, and he previously played for the junior national team of Poland in 1996...
  
  
• Krzysztof Ignaczak
  Krzysztof Ignaczak
  Krzysztof Ignaczak is a volleyball player from Poland.-Sporting Achievements:*Brown medal winner of the European championships of Cadets *The European championships of Juniors *World junior championships...
  
  
• Łukasz Kadziewicz
• Dawid Murek
  Dawid Murek
  Dawid Murek , is a volleyball player from Poland.-Sporting achievements:*Champion of Europe of Juniors *World Champion of Juniors *Champion of Poland , ,...
  
  
• Radosław Rybak
• Andrzej Stelmach
• Robert Szczerbaniuk
• Sebastian Świderski
  Sebastian Swiderski
  Sebastian Świderski is a Polish volleyball player.His first professional club was Znicz Gorzów Wlkp. and he currently plays for Lube Banca Macerata in Italy. He has also played for Mostostal-Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle in Poland and Perugia Volley in Italy.Świderski made his international debut for...
  
  
• Paweł Zagumny

Weightlifting

Women's 58 kg category:

• Aleksandra Klejnowska
  Aleksandra Klejnowska
  Aleksandra Klejnowska is a Polish weightlifter.She represented Poland at the 2000 Summer Olympics, ranking fifth in the 58 kg category, with a total of 202.5 kg....
  
   — 5th place

Women's over 75 kg category:

• Agata Wróbel
  Agata Wróbel
  Agata Wróbel is a Polish weightlifter, and is a world record-breaker in the +75 kg category....
  
   — 3rd place

Men's 77 kg category:

• Krzysztof Szramiak
  Krzysztof Szramiak
  Krzysztof Szramiak is a Polish weightlifter.He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 77 kg division finishing eighth with 352 kg. This beat his previous personal best by 2 kg....
  
   — did not complete any attempt in the clean and jerk

Men's 94 kg category:

• Tadeusz Drzazga
  Tadeusz Drzazga
  Tadeusz Drzazga is a retired male weightlifter from Poland. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing in 13th place in the men's middle-heavyweight division...
  
   — 13th place

Men's 105 kg category:

• Robert Dołęga — did not complete any attempt in the snatch

Men's over 105 kg category:

• Paweł Najdek — 6th place
• Grzegorz Kleszcz — 10th place

Wrestling

Men's freestyle 74 kg category:

• Krystian Brzozowski
  Krystian Brzozowski
  Krystian Brzozowski is a male freestyle wrestler from Poland.He participated in Men's freestyle 74 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the 1/16 of final losing with Arsen Gitinov....
  
   — 4th place

Men's freestyle 96 kg category:

• Bartłomiej Bartnicki — 11th place

Men's freestyle 120 kg category:

• Marek Garmulewicz — 11th place

Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg category:

• Dariusz Jabłoński — 15th place

Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg category:

• Włodzimierz Zawadzki
  Wlodzimierz Zawadzki
  Włodzimierz Jan Zawadzki is a Polish sport wrestler. He is a member of MZKS Orzeł Wierzbica and Legia Warszawa ....
  
   — 16th place

Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg category:

• Ryszard Wolny
  Ryszard Wolny
  Ryszard Wolny is a Polish wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Olympics:Wolny has competed in five Olympics, from 1988 to 2004. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the lightweight class.-References:...
  
   — 19th place

Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg category:

• Radosław Truszkowski — 18th place

Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg category:

• Marek Sitnik — 11th place

Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg category:

• Marek Mikulski
  Marek Mikulski
  Marek Mikulski is a Polish Greco-Roman wrestler who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and in the 2004 Summer Olympics....
  
  — 20th place