Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
competed at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in Moscow,
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
. 306 competitors, 232 men and 74 women, took part in 162 events in 21 sports.
Medalists
Gold
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Bronisław Malinowski
Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (; 7 April 1884 – 16 May 1942) was a Polish-British anthropologist and ethnologist whose writings on ethnography, social theory, and field research have exerted a lasting influence on the discipline of anthropol ...
— Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase
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Władysław Kozakiewicz
Władysław Kozakiewicz (born 8 December 1953) is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the pole vault. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the bras d'honneur gesture which he showed to th ...
— Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
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Jan Kowalczyk
Jan Kowalczyk (18 December 1941 – 24 February 2020) was a Polish show jumping competitor. He competed in the 1968, 1972 and 1980 Olympics and won an individual gold and a team silver medal in 1980.Leszek Dunecki,
Zenon Licznerski
Zenon Licznerski (born 27 November 1954 in Elbląg) is a Polish former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
He was Polish 100/200 metre champion in 1976, 77.
He was a member of the Polish sprint relay team that won Gold in the Europe ...
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Marian Woronin
Marian Jerzy Woronin (born 13 August 1956 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki) is a retired Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He is a four-time European Indoor Champion in the 60 metres. He won nine Polish outdoor ...
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Krzysztof Zwoliński
Krzysztof Zwoliński (born 2 January 1959 in Krapkowice) was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He was a Polish 60 metre indoor champion in 1986.
He competed for Poland at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Unio ...
— Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
* Jacek Wszoła — Athletics, Men's High Jump
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Tadeusz Ślusarski
Tadeusz Ślusarski (19 May 1950 in Żary – 17 August 1998 on the E65 road near Ostromice) was a Polish Olympic gold medalist in pole vault at the 1976 Olympics, as well as a silver medalist at the 1980 Olympics (behind another Polish champ ...
— Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
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Urszula Kielan
Urszula Kielan–Lipiec (born 10 October 1960 in Otwock) is a retired high jumper from Poland. She won four medals at the European Indoor Championships
The European Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played in Berlin, Germany. ...
— Athletics, Women's High Jump
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Paweł Skrzecz
Paweł Ludwik Skrzecz (born 25 August 1957 in Warsaw) is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the silver medal in the light heavyweight division (– 81 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. In the final ...
— Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
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Czesław Lang
Czesław Lang (born 17 May 1955 in Kołczygłowy) is a Polish former road racing cyclist.
He was a bronze medalist at the 1977 UCI Road World Championships in San Cristóbal and a silver medalist at the 1979 UCI Road World Championships in ...
— Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
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Janusz Bobik
Janusz Bobik (born 17 December 1955 in Środa Śląska) is a Polish show jumping equestrian, Olympic medalist from 1980.Wiesław Hartman
Wiesław Hartman (23 October 1950 – 24 November 2021) was a Polish show jumping equestrian, Olympic medallist.
Life and career
Hartman was born in Kwidzyn, Poland, on 23 October 1950.
He participated at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Mo ...
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Jan Kowalczyk
Jan Kowalczyk (18 December 1941 – 24 February 2020) was a Polish show jumping competitor. He competed in the 1968, 1972 and 1980 Olympics and won an individual gold and a team silver medal in 1980.Marian Kozicki — Equestrian, Jumping Team
* Piotr Jablkowski, Andrzej Lis,
Mariusz Strzalka Mariusz is a Slavic-language masculine name, and may refer to:
*Mariusz Czerkawski (b. 1972), Polish ice hockey player
*Mariusz Duda (b. 1975), Polish musician
*Mariusz Fyrstenberg (b. 1980), Polish tennis player
*Mariusz Jędra
*Mariusz Jop
*Marius ...
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Leszek Swornowski
Leszek Swornowski (born 28 March 1955) is a Polish fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée
The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern ...
Czesława Kościańska
Czesława Helena Kościańska-Szczepińska (born 22 May 1959 in Tczew) is a Polish rower.
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1959 births
Living people
Polish female rowers
Sportspeople from Tczew
Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Rowers at ...
— Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
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Józef Lipień
Józef Lipień (born 6 February 1949 in Jaczków) is a Polish wrestler (Greco-Roman
The Greco-Roman civilization (; also Greco-Roman culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in the Commonwealth), as understood by modern scholars and wr ...
Jan Dołgowicz
Jan Dołgowicz (born 21 December 1954 in Skarbiewo) is a Polish Amateur wrestling, wrestler who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Silver medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics in wrestling in 82 kg category (middleweight).
External l ...
— Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
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Roman Bierła
Roman Bierła (born 21 March 1957 in Katowice) is a Polish wrestler (Greco-Roman
The Greco-Roman civilization (; also Greco-Roman culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in the Commonwealth), as understood by modern scholars and writers, incl ...
— Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
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Władysław Stecyk
Władysław Stecyk (born 14 July 1951 in Radowo Małe) is a Polish wrestler who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics.
Silver medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics ...
— Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight
Bronze
* Lucyna Langer — Athletics, Women's 100 m Hurdles
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Krzysztof Kosedowski
Krzysztof Kazimierz Kosedowski (born December 12, 1960 in Tczew) is a retired boxing, boxer from Poland, who won the bronze medal in the featherweight division (– 57 kg) at the Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics i ...
— Boxing, Men's Featherweight
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Kazimierz Adach
Kazimierz Piotr Adach (born 9 May 1957 in Ustka) is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the bronze medal in the lightweight division (– 60 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. In the semifinals he was beaten b ...
— Boxing, Men's Lightweight
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Kazimierz Szczerba
Kazimierz Wiesław Szczerba (born 4 March 1954 in Ciężkowice) is a Polish former amateur boxer who won a Light Welterweight Bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a Welterweight Bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
In 1976, ...
— Boxing, Men's Welterweight
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Jerzy Rybicki
Jerzy Rybicki (born 6 June 1953 in Warsaw) is a retired boxer from Poland, who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the light middleweight division (– 71 kg), ...
— Boxing, Men's Middleweight
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Lech Koziejowski
Lech Koziejowski (born 3 April 1949) is a Polish fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 19 ...
Barbara Wysoczańska
Barbara Wysoczańska (née Szeja).Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser XXX, Limburg a. d. Lahn 2008, vol 145, pp. 412-420, ISBN 978-3-7980-0845-8, OCLC 1570546 (born 12 August 1949) is a Polish fencer. She won a bronze medal in th ...
— Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
* Janusz Pawłowski — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)
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Ryszard Kubiak
Ryszard Kubiak (22 March 1950 – 6 February 2022) was a Polish rowing coxswain who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bro ...
Ryszard Stadniuk
Ryszard Tadeusz Stadniuk (born 27 October 1951) is a Polish rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Szczecin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''St ...
Marek Seweryn
Marek Seweryn (born 17 October 1957 in Katowice) is a Polish weightlifter
Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded wit ...
— Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
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Tadeusz Rutkowski
Tadeusz Rutkowski (born 25 April 1951 in Kraków) is a Polish former weightlifter who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1 ...
— Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight
* Aleksander Cichoń — Wrestling, Freestyle Light Heavyweight
* Adam Sandurski — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
Archery
Poland entered two women and one man in its third appearance in Olympic archery.
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;Women
Decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...
Pentathlon
A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) ( gr, πένταθλον). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of t ...
Basketball
Preliminary round
Group B
Classification round
Results between Poland vs. Senegal, Australia vs. Sweden and Czechoslovakia vs. India were carried over from the preliminary round.
Boxing
;Men
Canoeing
Sprint
;Men
;Women
Cycling
Road
Track
;1000m time trial
;Men's Sprint
;Pursuit
Diving
;Men
;Women
Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
Show jumping
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1980.
Men
Individual
Team
Women
Individual
Team
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men
;Women
Handball
Preliminary round
12 teams played each other in two groups to decide for which place each of them will compete in the Final Round.
Zbigniew Gawlik
Zbigniew Gawlik (born 1 July 1956) is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and at the 1982 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1982 World Men's Handball Championship was the 10th team handball World Champio ...
Marek Panas
Marek Andrzej Panas (born 7 November 1951 in Elbląg) is a former Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ...
Zbigniew Tłuczyński
Zbigniew Stanisław Tłuczyński (born 16 February 1956 in Skierniewice) is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye ...
Ryszard Jedliński
Ryszard Grzegorz Jedliński (born 9 September 1953) is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and at the 1982 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1982 World Men's Handball Championship was the 10th team han ...
Krystian Bak
Krystian is a Polish male given name that is a Polish form of the name Christian, which means "follower of Christ".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Krystian" Retrieved on 12 January 2016. The name may refer to:
*Krystian Aranowski (born 1988), Pol ...
Leszek Hensler
Leszek Hensler (4 February 1956 – 3 June 2015) was a Polish field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a roun ...
Henryk Horwat
Henryk Horwat (born 9 February 1956) is a Polish field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by ...
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Andrzej Mysliwiec
Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew.
Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej
* Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer
* Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and ma ...
Lucyna Matuszna
Lucyna Matuszna (born 29 July 1961) is a Polish field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyski ...
Maria Kornek
Maria Kornek (born 7 March 1960) is a Polish field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye ...
Lucyna Siejka
Lucyna Siejka (born 10 September 1962) is a former Polish field hockey player. She represented Poland at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) ...
Maciej Jarosz
Maciej Krzysztof Jarosz (born 4 March 1959) is a Polish former volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the Poland national team and took part in the Olympic Games Moscow 1980. He works as a volleyball commentator.
Personal life
He is th ...
Tomasz Wójtowicz
Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz (22 September 1953 – 24 October 2022) was a Polish volleyball player. In his later life, he worked as a volleyball commentator. As a member of the Poland men's national volleyball team, Poland national team, he won t ...
Wojciech Drzyzga
Wojciech Drzyzga (born 7 October 1958) is a Polish former volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the Poland national team from 1978 to 1985 and a participant in the 1980 Olympic Games. Drzyzga works as a volleyball commentator.
Pers ...
Ryszard Bosek
Ryszard Bosek (born 12 April 1950) is a Polish former volleyball player and coach, a member of the Poland national team in 1969–1986, a participant at the Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1980). During his career, he won the titles of the 1976 Oly ...
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...