# Poland at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Poland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 306 competitors, 232 men and 74 women, took part in 162 events in 21 sports.

## Medalists
### Gold

* Bronisław Malinowski — Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase
* Władysław Kozakiewicz — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
* Jan Kowalczyk — Equestrian, Jumping Individual

### Silver

* Leszek Dunecki, Zenon Licznerski, Marian Woronin, and Krzysztof Zwoliński — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
* Jacek Wszoła — Athletics, Men's High Jump
* Tadeusz Ślusarski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
* Urszula Kielan — Athletics, Women's High Jump
* Paweł Skrzecz — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
* Czesław Lang — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
* Janusz Bobik, Wiesław Hartman, Jan Kowalczyk, and Marian Kozicki — Equestrian, Jumping Team
* Piotr Jablkowski, Andrzej Lis, Mariusz Strzalka, and Leszek Swornowski — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
* Małgorzata Dłużewska and Czesława Kościańska — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
* Józef Lipień — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
* Andrzej Supron — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
* Jan Dołgowicz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
* Roman Bierła — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
* Władysław Stecyk — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight

### Bronze

* Lucyna Langer — Athletics, Women's 100 m Hurdles
* Krzysztof Kosedowski — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
* Kazimierz Adach — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
* Kazimierz Szczerba — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
* Jerzy Rybicki — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
* Lech Koziejowski, Adam Robak, Marian Sypniewski, and Bogusław Zych — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
* Barbara Wysoczańska — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
* Janusz Pawłowski — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)
* Ryszard Kubiak, Grzegorz Nowak, Ryszard Stadniuk, Grzegorz Stellak, and Adam Tomasiak — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
* Agnieszka Czopek — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
* Tadeusz Dembończyk — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
* Marek Seweryn — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
* Tadeusz Rutkowski — 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.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total score | Total score |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Score | Seed | Score | Seed |
| Krzysztof Włosik | Individual | 1178 | 19 | 1232 | 4 | 2410 | 10 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total score | Total score |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Score | Seed | Score | Seed |
| Maria Szeliga | Individual | 1190 | 6 | 1175 | 8 | 2365 | 7 |
| Jadwiga Wilejto | Individual | 1165 | 11 | 1163 | 12 | 2328 | 11 |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Bohdan Bułakowski | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:28:36.3 | 7 |
| Bohdan Bułakowski | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Leszek Dunecki | 100 m | 10.42 | 2 Q | 10.40 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leszek Dunecki | 200 m | 21.30 | 2 Q | 20.87 | 3 Q | 20.82 | 3 Q | 20.68 | 6 |
| Zenon Licznerski | 400 m | 21.36 | 4 Q | 21.22 | 5 | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bronisław Malinowski | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:29.8 | 1 Q | — | — | 8:21.2 | 1 Q | 8:09.7 | |
| Bogusław Mamiński | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:24.0 | 3 Q | — | — | 8:18.8 | 3 Q | 8:19.5 | 7 |
| Ryszard Marczak | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Zbigniew Pierzynka | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:20:03 | 26 |
| Jerzy Pietrzyk | 400 m | 47.18 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jan Pusty | 110 m hurdles | 13.84 | 2 Q | — | — | 13.81 | 4 | 13.68 | 5 |
| Stanisław Rola | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | 4:07:07 | 4:07:07 | 7 | 7 |
| Andrzej Sajkowski | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Andrzej Stępień | 400 m | 47.99 | 3 Q | 46.31 | 5 | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ryszard Szparak | 400 m hurdles | 50.45 | 4 Q | — | — | 50.41 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Krzysztof Wesołowski | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:35.6 | 4 Q | — | — | 8:33.1 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marian Woronin | 100 m | 10.35 | 2 Q | 10.27 | 2 Q | 10.43 | 4 Q | 10.46 | 7 |
| Marian Woronin | 200 m | 21.63 | 1 Q | 20.97 | 2 Q | 20.75 | 3 Q | 20.81 | 7 |
| Krzysztof Zwoliński | 100 m | 10.60 | 3 Q | 10.54 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mirosław Żerkowski | 1500 m | 3:39.2 | 5 Q | — | — | 3:48.2 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Krzysztof Zwoliński Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Woronin | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.83 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 38.33 | |
| Jan Pawłowicz Jerzy Pietrzyk Adam Starostka Andrzej Stępień | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Dariusz Adamus | Javelin throw | 76.82 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ireneusz Golda | Hammer throw | 70.88 | 9 q | 73.74 | 8 |
| Zdzisław Hoffmann | Triple jump | 15.35 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stanisław Jaskułka | Long jump | 8.07 | 3 Q | 8.13 | 5 |
| Andrzej Klimaszewski | Long jump | 7.76 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mariusz Klimczyk | Pole vault | 5.40 | 1 Q | 5.55 | 10 |
| Władysław Kozakiewicz | Pole vault | 5.40 | 5 Q | 5.78 WR | |
| Tadeusz Ślusarski | Pole vault | 5.40 | 2 Q | 5.65 | |
| Janusz Trzepizur | High jump | 2.21 | 11 Q | 2.18 | 12 |
| Jacek Wszoła | High jump | 2.21 | 8 Q | 2.31 | |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 100H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Dariusz Ludwig | Result | 11.35 | 7.51 | 13.22 | 2.08 | 50.55 | 15.38 | 45.82 | 4.80 | 58.38 | 4:29.70 | 7978 | 6 |
| Dariusz Ludwig | Points | 721 | 923 | 685 | 925 | 781 | 809 | 797 | 1005 | 741 | 591 | 7978 | 6 |
| Janusz Szczerkowski | Result | 11.22 | 7.38 | 14.06 | 2.00 | 49.64 | 14.57 | 44.74 | 4.90 | 45.22 | 4:44.90 | 7822 | 10 |
| Janusz Szczerkowski | Points | 752 | 897 | 732 | 857 | 821 | 896 | 777 | 1028 | 567 | 495 | 7822 | 10 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Grażyna Oliszewska | 400 m | 52.62 | 4 Q | 52.36 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zofia Bielczyk | 100 m hurdles | 13.21 | 3 Q | — | — | 13.09 | 8 Q | 13.08 | 8 |
| Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein | 400 m | 52.57 | 3 Q | — | — | 53.13 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Grażyna Rabsztyn | 100 m hurdles | 12.72 | 1 Q | — | — | 12.64 | 1 Q | 12.74 | 5 |
| Anna Bukis | 800 m | 1:58.9 | 4 Q | — | — | 2:00.3 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anna Bukis | 1500 m | 4:06.0 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jolanta Januchta | 800 m | 1:59.7 | 2 Q | — | — | 1:58.9 | 3 Q | 1:58.3 | 6 |
| Elżbieta Skowrońska-Katolik | 800 m | 2:01.2 | 4 Q | — | — | 2:01.1 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lucyna Langer | 100 m hurdles | 12.75 | 2 Q | — | — | 12.91 | 5 Q | 12.65 | |
| Elżbieta Stachurska | 100 m | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elżbieta Stachurska | 200 m | 23.58 | 4 Q | 23.11 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Małgorzata Dunecka | 400 m | 51.81 | 4 Q | — | — | 51.93 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lucyna Langer Elżbieta Stachurska Zofia Bielczyk Grażyna Rabsztyn | 4 × 100 m relay | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44.49 | 7 |
| Grażyna Oliszewska Jolanta Januchta Elżbieta Skowrońska-Katolik Małgorzata Dunecka | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.7 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 3:27.9 | 6 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Barbara Baran-Wojnar | Long jump | 6.44 | 12 q | 6.33 | 11 |
| Bernadetta Blechacz | Javelin throw | 59.90 | 10 q | 61.46 | 9 |
| Danuta Bulkowska | High jump | 1.85 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Urszula Kielan | High jump | 1.88 | 1 Q | 1.94 | |
| Elżbieta Krawczuk | High jump | 1.85 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anna Włodarczyk | Long jump | 6.58 | 6 Q | 6.95 | 4 |

### Combined events – Pentathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | LJ | SP | HJ | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Małgorzata Guzowska | Result | 14.16 | 13.63 | 1.80 | 6.21 | 2:29.3 | 4326 | 12 |
| Małgorzata Guzowska | Points | 846 | 817 | 1031 | 952 | 680 | 4326 | 12 |

## Basketball
### Group B

* Qualified for the quarterfinals
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 0 | 328 | 249 | +79 | 6 |
| Spain | 2 | 1 | 289 | 241 | +48 | 5 |
| Poland | 1 | 2 | 256 | 297 | −41 | 4 |
| Senegal | 0 | 3 | 196 | 282 | −86 | 3 |
* July 21
| Poland | 81–104 | Spain |
* Olympiiski, Moscow
* July 22
| Yugoslavia | 129–91 | Poland |
* Olympiiski, Moscow
* July 23
| Senegal | 64–84 | Poland |
* Olympiiski, Moscow

### Classification round

Results between Poland vs. Senegal, Australia vs. Sweden and Czechoslovakia vs. India were carried over from the preliminary round.
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | 1st Tie |
| Poland | 4 | 1 | 453 | 359 | +94 | 9 | 1W–0L |
| Australia | 4 | 1 | 417 | 381 | +36 | 9 | 0W–1L |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 474 | 377 | +97 | 8 | 1W–0L |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 375 | 341 | +34 | 8 | 0W–1L |
| Senegal | 1 | 4 | 345 | 396 | −51 | 6 | |
| India | 0 | 5 | 329 | 539 | −210 | 5 | |
* July 25
| Poland | 113–67 | India |
* CSCA Sports Palace, Moscow
* July 26
| Australia | 74–101 | Poland |
* CSCA Sports Palace, Moscow
* July 27
| Czechoslovakia | 84–88 | Poland |
* CSCA Sports Palace, Moscow
* July 28
| Sweden | 70–67 | Poland |
* CSCA Sports Palace, Moscow

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | 3 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Henryk Pielesiak | Light Flyweight | BYE | Li Byong-Uk (PRK) L 2-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Henryk Średnicki | Flyweight | BYE | BYE | Webby Mwango (ZAM) W 5-0 | Viktor Miroshnichenko (URS) L 0-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ryszard Czerwinski | Bantamweight | BYE | Firmin Abissi (BEN) W KO-1 | Dumitru Cipere (ROU) L 0-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Krzysztof Kosedowski | Featherweight | BYE | Gu Young-Jo (PRK) W 5-0 | Dejan Marovic (YUG) W 4-1 | Sidnei dal Rovere (BRA) W 5-0 | Adolfo Horta (CUB) L WO | Did not advance | |
| Kazimierz Adach | Lightweight | — | Bounphisith Songkhamphou (LAO) W KO-1 | Omari Golaya (TAN) W 5-0 | Florian Livadaru (ROU) W KO-1 | Ángel Herrera (CUB) L 0-5 | Did not advance | |
| Bogdan Gajda | Light Welterweight | — | Shadrach Odhiambo (SWE) L 1-4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kazimierz Szczerba | Welterweight | — | Miroslav Pavlov (TCH) W KO-1 | Kebede Sahilu (ETH) W 5-0 | Ionel Budusan (ROU) W KO-1 | John Mugabi (UGA) L 2-3 | Did not advance | |
| Zygmunt Gosiewski | Light Middleweight | — | Armando Martínez (CUB) L 0-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jerzy Rybicki | Middleweight | — | BYE | Tarmo Uusivirta (FIN) W KO-1 | Peter Odhiambo (UGA) W 5-0 | Viktor Savchenko (URS) L INJ | Did not advance | |
| Pawel Skrzecz | Light Heavyweight | — | — | Mohamed Bouchiche (ALG) W WO | Georgica Donici (ROU) W 4-1 | Ricardo Rojas (CUB) W 3-2 | Slobodan Kacar (YUG) L 1-4 | |
| Grzegorz Skrzecz | Heavyweight | — | — | William Isangura (TAN) W KO-1 | Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) L KO-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Sprint
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Marek Łbik | C-1 500 m | 1:55.60 | 3 Q | — | — | BYE | BYE | 1:55.90 | 5 |
| Marek Łbik | C-1 1000 m | 4:13.34 | 5 q | — | — | 4:20.87 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marek Wisła Jerzy Dunajski | C-2 500 m | 1:45.67 | 1 Q | — | — | BYE | BYE | 1:45.10 | 4 |
| Marek Dopierała Jan Pinczura | C-2 1000 m | 3:58.77 | 6 q | — | — | 3:55.99 | 3 Q | 3:53.01 | 6 |
| Grzegorz Śledziewski | K-1 500 m | 1:47.17 | 3 Q | BYE | BYE | 1:47.31 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Waldemar Merk | K-1 1000 m | 3:48.82 | 4 R | 3:52.27 | 3 Q | 3:58.35 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Waldemar Merk Zdzisław Szubski | K-2 500 m | 1:41.24 | 3 Q | BYE | BYE | 1:37.45 | 3 Q | 1:37.20 | 7 |
| Krzysztof Lepianka Andrzej Klimaszewski | K-2 1000 m | 3:31.80 | 5 R | 3:33.31 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ryszard Oborski Grzegorz Kołtan Daniel Wełna Grzegorz Śledziewski | K-4 1000 m | 3:09.92 | 2 Q | — | — | BYE | BYE | 3:16.33 | 4 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ewa Kamińska-Eichler | K-1 500 m | 1:59.75 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 2:01.23 | 5 |
| Ewa Kamińska-Eichler Ewa Wojtaszek | K-2 500 m | 1:52.14 | 3 Q | BYE | BYE | 1:51.31 | 7 |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Jan Jankiewicz | Men's road race | DNF | DNF |
| Czesław Lang | Men's road race | 4:51:26.9 | |
| Krzysztof Sujka | Men's road race | 4:57:38.9 | 22 |
| Tadeusz Wojtas | Men's road race | 4:56:12.9 | 5 |
| Stefan Ciekański Jan Jankiewicz Czesław Lang Witold Plutecki | Team time trial | 2:04:13.8 | 4 |

### Track
#### 1000m time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Andrzej Michalak | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:07.891 | 11 |

#### Men's Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Repechage Finals | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Round 3 | Repechage 3 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Benedykt Kocot | Men's sprint | BYE | BYE | BYE | Tucker (AUS) L | Veldt (NED) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1/8 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Zbigniew Woźnicki | Men's individual pursuit | 4:53.53 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marek Kulesza Andrzej Michalak Janusz Sałach Zbigniew Woźnicki | Team pursuit | 4:28.38 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Roman Godzinski | 3 m springboard | 462.48 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Ewa Kucinska | 10 m platform | 308.88 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrian
### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Elżbieta Morciniec | Sum | Individual | 954 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wanda Wąsowska | Damask | Individual | 930 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jozef Zagor | Helios | Individual | 1061 | 11 Q | 804 | 10 | 804 | 10 |
| Elżbieta Morciniec Wanda Wąsowska Jozef Zagor | See above | Team | 2945 | 4 | — | — | 2945 | 4 |

### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| Total |||
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Mirosław Szłapka | Chutor | Individual | 52.40 | 3 | 184.40 | 236.80 | 6 | 5.00 | 241.80 | 6 | 241.80 | 6 |
| Jacek Wierzchowiecki | Bastion | Individual | 43.00 | 1 | 368.80 | 411.80 | 14 | 0.00 | 411.80 | 13 | 411.80 | 13 |
| Jacek Daniluk | Len | Individual | 49.20 | 2 | DQ | DNF | DNF | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNF | AC |
| Stanisław Jasiński | Hangar | Individual | 55.80 | 10 | DQ | DNF | DNF | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNF | AC |
| Mirosław Szłapka Jacek Wierzchowiecki Jacek Daniluk Stanisław Jasiński | See above | Team | 144.60 | 1 | DNF | DNF | AC | DNF | DNF | AC | DNF | DNF |

### Show jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Marian Kozicki | Bremen | Individual | 12.00 | 7 | 12.50 | 10 | 24.50 | 8 |
| Jan Kowalczyk | Artemor | Individual | 4.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 8.00 | |
| Wiesław Hartman | Norton | Individual | 4.00 | 1 | 12.00 | 8 | 16.00 | 6 |
| Marian Kozicki Jan Kowalczyk Janusz Bobik Wiesław Hartman | See above | Team | 32,00 | 2 | 24,00 | 3 | 56,00 | |

## Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1980.

### Men
#### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Group round I | Group round I | Group round II | Group round II | Elimination round I | Elimination round II | Repechage round I | Repechage round II | Repechage Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Lech Koziejowski | Men's foil | Haertter (GDR) Harper (GBR) Betancourt Scull (CUB) | 14 Q | Romankov (URS) Pietruszka (FRA) Harper (GBR) Ganeff (BEL) Demeny (HUN) | 5 Q | Behrens (GDR) | Romankov (URS) | Did not advance | Kotzmann (GER) | Pietruszka (FRA) | Smirnov (URS) Jolyot (FRA) Romankov (URS) Ruziev (URS) Kuki (ROU) | 5 |
| Adam Robak | Men's foil | Smirnov (URS) Szelei (HUN) Hamou (ALG) Haddad (LIB) | 5 Q | Ruziev (URS) Jolyot (FRA) Haertter (GDR) Cervi (ITA) Roca Carbonell (ESP) | 2 Q | Ruziev (URS) | Did not advance | Haertter (GDR) | Szelei (HUN) | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Bogusław Zych | Men's foil | Kuki (ROM) Behrens (GDR) Favier Sando (CUB) Al-Ahmed (KUW) | 12 Q | Smirnov (URS) Szelei (HUN) Kotzmann (GER) Gonzalez Xiques (CUB) Flament (FRA) | 16 Q | Smirnov (URS) | Did not advance | Pietruszka (FRA) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |

#### Team

| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Elimination round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Piotr Jabłkowski Andrzej Lis Leszek Swornowski Ludomir Chronowski Mariusz Strzałka | Team épée | Cuba (CUB) W 12-4 Soviet Union (URS) L 5-7 | 2 Q | Sweden (SWE) W 8-6 | Romania (ROM) W 8-4 | France (FRA) L 4-8 | |
| Adam Robak Lech Koziejowski Bogusław Zych Marian Sypniewski | Team foil | Kuwait (KUW) W 15-1 East Germany (GDR) W 9-5 | 1 Q | Hungary (HUN) W 9-7 | Soviet Union (URS) L 7-9 | East Germany (GDR) W 9-5 | |
| Tadeusz Piguła Leszek Jabłonowski Jacek Bierkowski Andrzej Kostrzewa Marian Sypniewski | Team sabre | East Germany (GDR) W 9-7 Bulgaria (BUL) W 9-7 | 1 Q | Romania (ROM) W 9-7 | Italy (ITA) L 5-10 | Hungary (HUN) L 6-9 | 4 |

### Women
#### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Group round I | Group round I | Group round II | Group round II | Elimination round I | Elimination round II | Repasage round I | Repasage round II | Repasage Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Barbara Wysoczanska | Women's foil | Belova (URS) 2:5 Ardeleanu (ROU) 5:4 Alfonso (CUB) 5:3 Borghs (BEL) 4:5 | 18 Q | Belova (URS) 5:0 Gaudin (FRA) 5:2 Janke (GDR) 5:0 Rodríguez (VEN) 5:3 Ferguson (AUS) 5:1 | 1 Q | Sidorova (URS) | Trinquet (FRA) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Trinquet (FRA) 5:1 Gaudin (HUN) 2:5 Stahl (ROU) 2:5 Gaudin (FRA) 5:3 Vaccaroni (ITA) 5:0 | |
| Delfina Skąpska | Women's foil | Gaudin (FRA) 2:5 Gilyazova (URS) 5:3 Font (CUB) 5:4 Borghs (BEL) 5:3 | 7 Q | Gilyazova (URS) 2:5 Niklaus (GDR) 5:1 Brouquier (FRA) 5:2 Font (CUB) 5:2 Moldovan (ROU) 5:3 | 4 Q | Lokšová (TCH) | Did not advance | Brouquier (FRA) | Schwarczenberger (HUN) | Trinquet (FRA) | Did not advance | 7 |
| Jolanta Królikowska | Women's foil | Vaccaroni (ITA) 4:5 Lokšová (TCH) 4:5 Hertramf (GDR) 1:5 Schwarczenberger (HUN) 1:5 Smith (AUS) 5:2 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 30 |

#### Team

| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Elimination round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Delfina Skąpska Agnieszka Dubrawska Jolanta Królikowska Barbara Wysoczańska Kamilla Składanowska | Team foil | Hungary (HUN) L 6-10 Great Britain (GBR) W 12-4 | 1 Q | Cuba (CUB) W 9-7 | Soviet Union (URS) L 3-9 | Hungary (HUN) L 7-9 | 4 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Krzysztof Potaczek | All-around | 17.70 | 18.55 | 16.80 | 18.70 | 18.45 | 17.85 | 108.05 | 63 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrzej Szajna | All-around | 19.05 | 18.90 | 18.90 | 19.20 | 18.10 | 18.70 | 112.85 | 30 Q | 9.250 | 9.600 | 9.750 | 9.850 | 9.550 | 9.800 | 114.225 | 17 |
| Waldemar Woźniak | All-around | 18.10 | 18.20 | 18.30 | 19.25 | 18.55 | 18.45 | 110.85 | 47 Q | 9.100 | 8.950 | 9.750 | 9.850 | 8.900 | 9.600 | 111.575 | 29 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Agata Jaroszek-Karczmarek | All-around | 18.40 | 18.90 | 18.60 | 17.75 | 73.65 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anita Jokiel | All-around | 18.95 | 18.80 | 18.75 | 18.45 | 74.95 | 38 Q | 9.30 | 8.85 | 9.45 | 9.75 | 74.825 | 18 |
| Małgorzata Majza | All-around | 19.15 | 18.70 | 18.90 | 18.45 | 75.20 | 37 Q | 9.65 | 8.85 | 9.00 | 9.40 | 74.500 | 20 |
| Łucja Matraszek-Chydzińska | All-around | 19.00 | 19.05 | 19.15 | 18.95 | 76.15 | 32 Q | DNF | DNF | DNF | 8.40 | 46.475 | 36 |
| Katarzyna Snopko | All-around | 18.75 | 18.70 | 18.35 | 17.65 | 73.45 | 44 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wiesława Żelaskowska | All-around | 18.95 | 18.50 | 18.10 | 18.75 | 74.30 | 41 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Agata Jaroszek-Karczmarek Anita Jokiel Małgorzata Majza Łucja Matraszek-Chydzińska Katarzyna Snopko Wiesława Żelaskowska | Team all-around | 94.80 | 94.35 | 93.95 | 93.05 | 376.15 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## 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.

#### Group A

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | | | | | | |
| 1. | East Germany (GDR) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 92 | 9 | X | 14:14 | 21:17 | 22:21 | 24:20 | 27:20 |
| 2. | Hungary (HUN) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 88 | 8 | 14:14 | X | 20:17 | 20:20 | 16:15 | 26:22 |
| 3. | Spain (ESP) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 102 | 106 | 5 | 17:21 | 17:20 | X | 24:22 | 20:19 | 24:24 |
| 4. | Poland (POL) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 123 | 97 | 5 | 21:22 | 20:20 | 22:24 | X | 26:12 | 34:19 |
| 5. | Denmark (DEN) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 104 | 2 | 20:24 | 15:16 | 19:20 | 12:26 | X | 30:18 |
| 6. | Cuba (CUB) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 103 | 141 | 1 | 20:27 | 22:26 | 24:24 | 19:34 | 18:30 | X |
* 20 July 18:30
| Poland | 20-20 | Hungary |
* 22 July 17:00
| Poland | 34-19 | Cuba |
* 24 July 18:30
| Denmark | 12-26 | Poland |
* 26 July 20:00
| East Germany | 22-21 | Poland |
* 28 July 18:30
| Poland | 22-24 | Spain |

### Final Round
#### 7th place match

* 30 July 13:00
| Poland | 23-22 | Switzerland |
Team roster
Poland – 7th place

## Hockey
### Preliminary round

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 9 |
| India | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 8 |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 6 |
| Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 5 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 2 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 0 |
* 20 July
| Poland | 7 – 1 | Cuba |
* 21 July
| Poland | 2 – 2 | India |
* 23 July
| Soviet Union | 5 – 1 | Poland |
* 24 July
| Poland | 0 – 6 | Spain |
* 26 July
| Tanzania | 1 – 9 | Poland |

### Third place match

* 26 July
| Soviet Union | 2 – 1 | Poland |

### Team roster

Poland – 4th place

#### Women's team competition
### Preliminary Pool

| Rk | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| | Zimbabwe | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 |
| | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 |
| | Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | Austria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| 6 | Poland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
* 25 July
| Poland | 0 – 4 | Zimbabwe |
* 27 July
| India | 4 – 0 | Poland |
* 28 July
| Austria | 3 – 0 | Poland |
* 30 July
| Soviet Union | 6 – 0 | Poland |
* 31 July
| Poland | 0 – 1 | Czechoslovakia |

### Team roster

Poland – 6th place

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Marian Donat | −60kg | João Fernandes Vitor De Mendonça (POR) L 0000-0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Janusz Pawłowski | −65kg | Imre Gelencser (URS) W 0100-0000 | Gerardo Padilla (MEX) W 0010-0000 | Djibril Sambou (SEN) W 1000-0000 | Tsendiin Damdin (MGL) L 0000-0010 | BYE | BYE | Yves Delvingt (FRA) W 1000-0000 | |
| Edward Alkśnin | −71kg | Anelson Guerra (URS) W 1000-0000 | Halldór Gudbjornsson (ISL) W 1000-0000 | Neil Adams (GBR) L 0000-1000 | BYE | BYE | Michael Picken (AUS) W 0010-0000 | Karl-Heinz Lehmann (GDR) L 0000-0001 | 5 |
| Jarosław Brawata | −78kg | Berkane Lakhdar Adda (ALG) L 0001-1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Krzysztof Kurczyna | −86kg | Marcus Carew (AUS) W 0010-0000 | Aleksandrs Jackevičs (URS) L 0000-0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dariusz Nowakowski | −95kg | Tengiz Khubuluri (URS) L 0000-0100 | BYE | BYE | BYE | Daniel Radu (ROU) L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Wojciech Reszko | +95kg | BYE | Angelo Parisi (FRA) L 0000–0010 | BYE | BYE | Vladimír Kocman (TCH) L 0000-0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |
| Wojciech Reszko | Open | András Ozsvár (HUN) L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1980.
| Athlete | Event | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Running (3000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Marek Bajan | Men's | 1100 | 844 | 890 | 1244 | 1069 | 5147 | 18 |
| Jan Olesiński | Men's | 1038 | 818 | 978 | 1160 | 1225 | 5219 | 11 |
| Janusz Pyciak-Peciak | Men's | 1070 | 844 | 978 | 1172 | 1204 | 5268 | 6 |
| Marek Bajan Jan Olesiński Janusz Pyciak-Peciak | Team | 3208 | 2506 | 2846 | 3576 | 3498 | 15634 | 4 |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Wiesław Kujda Piotr Tobolski Wiesław Piasćik | Double sculls | 7:01.79 | 2 R | 6:47.38 | 2 Q | — | — | 6:39.66 | 6 |
| Andrzej Skowroński Zbigniew Andruszkiewicz Ryszard Burak Stanisław Wierzbicki | Quadruple sculls | 6:27.24 | 6 R | 6:16.69 | 5 FB | — | — | 5:58.63 | 7 |
| Mirosław Jarzembowski Mariusz Trzciński Henryk Trzciński Marek Niedziałkowski | Coxless four | 6:55.28 | 5 R | 6:30.26 | 4 FB | — | — | 6:22.31 | 8 |
| Grzegorz Stellak Adam Tomasiak Grzegorz Nowak Ryszard Stadniuk Ryszard Kubiak | Coxed four | 6:47.61 | 2 R | 6:32.28 | 1 Q | — | — | 6:22.52 | |
| Paweł Borkowski Wiesław Kujda Grzegorz Stellak Adam Tomasiak Grzegorz Nowak Mirosław Kowalewski Ryszard Stadniuk Władysław Beszterda Ryszard Kubiak | Eight | 6:00.43 | 3 R | 5:47.35 | 3 FB | — | — | DNS | DNS |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Beata Dziadura | Single sculls | 4:02.11 | 2 Q | 3:49.06 | 3 Q | 3:51.45 | 6 |
| Hanna Jarkiewicz Janina Klucznik | Double sculls | 3:34.11 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:27.25 | 5 |
| Małgorzata Dłużewska Czesława Kościańska | Coxless pair | 3:56.08 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:30.95 | |
| Bogusława Kozłowska-Tomasiak Mariola Abrahamczyk Maria Kobylińska Aleksandra Kaczyńska Maria Dzieża | Quadruple sculls | 3:27.95 | 3 R | 3:22.75 | 4 Q | 3:20.95 | 5 |
| Urszula Niebrzydowska Ewa Lewandowska Wanda Piątkowska Beata Kamuda Jolanta Modlińska Teresa Soroka Krystyna Ambros Wiesława Kiełsznia Grażyna Różańska | Eight | 3:25.15 | 3 R | 3:24.04 | 4 | 3:24.04 | 6 |

## Sailing
### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Ryszard Skarbinski | Finn | 7 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 71.1 | 7 |
| Leon Wróbel Tomasz Stocki | 470 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 53.0 | 5 |
| Andrzej Iwinski Ludwik Raczynski | Flying Dutchman | 11 | DSQ | 7 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 96.0 | 11 |
| Bogdan Kramer Jarogniew Krüger | Tornado | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 89.0 | 9 |
| Tomasz Holc Zbigniew Malicki | Star | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | DNF | DNF | 3 | 89.7 | 12 |
| Jan Bartosik Jerzy Wujecki Zdzislaw Kotla | Soling | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 76.7 | 9 |

## Shooting
### Open

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Wiesław Gawlikowski | Skeet | 192 | 19 |
| Jerzy Greszkiewicz | Running target | 576 | 10 |
| Eugeniusz Janczak | Running target | 555 | 17 |
| Piotr Kosmatko | 50 metre rifle prone | 596 | 10 |
| Andrzej Macur | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 591 | 14 |
| Ermin Matelski | 50 m pistol | 557 | 13 |
| Hubert Pawłowski | Skeet | 188 | 28 |
| Eugeniusz Pędzisz | 50 metre rifle three positions | 1156 | 8 |
| Sławomir Romanowski | 50 m pistol | 558 | 10 |
| Romuald Siemionow | 50 metre rifle three positions | 1153 | 11 |
| Krzysztof Stefaniak | 50 metre rifle prone | 598 | 4 |
| Józef Zapędzki | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 591 | 14 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Leszek Górski | 400 metre medley | 4:26.02 | 2 Q | — | — | 4:28.89 | 7 |
| Zbigniew Januszkiewicz | 200 metre backstroke | 2:08.11 | 7 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dariusz Wolny | 400 metre medley | 4:31.28 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bogusław Zychowicz | 100 metre butterfly | 57.21 | 4 Q | 57.43 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bogusław Zychowicz | 200 metre butterfly | 2:04.33 | 3 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Magdalena Białas | 200 metre backstroke | 2:26.85 | 8 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Magdalena Białas | 400 metre medley | 4:51.59 | 3 Q | — | — | 4:53.30 | 8 |
| Dorota Brzozowska | 100 metre butterfly | 1:04.04 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dorota Brzozowska | 200 metre butterfly | 2:14.74 | 2 Q | — | — | 2:14.12 | 5 |
| Agnieszka Czopek | 200 metre backstroke | 2:23.06 | | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Agnieszka Czopek | 400 metre medley | 4:49.04 | 2 Q | — | — | 4:48.17 | |
| Malgorzata Rózycka | 200 metre butterfly | 2:19.70 | 6 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Preliminary round
#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Poland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2.200 | 221 | 172 | 1.285 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Romania | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2.000 | 215 | 138 | 1.558 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Brazil | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1.125 | 215 | 196 | 1.097 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 189 | 177 | 1.068 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 5 | Libya | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.000 | 23 | 180 | 0.128 | 9th place match |
| Date | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 20 Jul | MAC | Poland | 3–1 | Yugoslavia | 15–11 | 11–15 | 15–3 | 15–7 | | 56–36 |
| 22 Jul | MAC | Poland | 3–1 | Romania | 9–15 | 15–12 | 15–13 | 15–13 | | 54–53 |
| 24 Jul | DMA | Poland | 3–0 | Libya | 15–1 | 15–3 | 15–1 | | | 45–5 |
| 28 Jul | DMA | Brazil | 3–2 | Poland | 13–15 | 18–20 | 17–15 | 15–11 | 15–5 | 78–66 |

### 1st–4th places

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 30 July | 30 July |
| Soviet Union | 3 |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 1 August | 1 August |
| Romania | 0 | 1 August | 1 August |
| Romania | 0 | Soviet Union | 3 |
| 30 July | 30 July | | Soviet Union | 3 |
| 30 July | 30 July | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | | |
| Poland | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 1 August | 1 August |
| | | Romania | 3 |
| | | Poland | 1 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 30 Jul | MAC | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Poland | 15–13 | 15–13 | 15–7 | | | 45–33 |
| 30 Jul | MAC | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Romania | 15–6 | 15–10 | 15–5 | | | 45–21 |

#### Bronze medal match

| Date | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 01 Aug | MAC | Romania | 3–1 | Poland | 15–10 | 9–15 | 15–13 | 15–9 | | 54–47 |

### Team roster

Poland – 4th place
* Robert Malinowski
* Maciej Jarosz
* Wiesław Czaja
* Lech Lasko
* Tomasz Wójtowicz
* Wiesław Gawłowski
* Wojciech Drzyzga
* Bogusław Kanicki
* Ryszard Bosek
* Włodzimierz Nalazek
* Leszek Molenda
* Władysław Kustra
Head coach

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Stefan Leletko | 52 kg | 105 | 6 | 135 | 2 | 240 | 5 |
| Tadeusz Dembończyk | 56 kg | 120 | 2 | 145 | 5 | 265 | |
| Marek Seweryn | 60 kg | 127.5 | 3 | 155 | 3 | 282.5 | |
| Antoni Pawlak | 60 kg | 120 | 7 | 155 | 4 | 275 | 4 |
| Zbigniew Kaczmarek | 67.5 kg | 140 | 8 | 177.5 | 5 | 317.5 | 6 |
| Jan Lisowski | 82.5 kg | 150 | 7 | 205 | 2 | 355 | 4 |
| Paweł Rabczewski | 82.5 kg | 155 | 5 | 195 | 6 | 350 | 6 |
| Witold Walo | 90 kg | 160 | 5 | 200 | 3 | 360 | 5 |
| Tadeusz Rutkowski | +110 kg | 180 | 4 | 227.5 | 2 | 407.5 | |
| Robert Skolimowski | +110 kg | 175 | 7 | 210 | 7 | 385 | 7 |

## Wrestling
### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Final round Result | Rank |
| Jan Falandys | −48 kg | Claudio Pollio (ITA) L 4-8 | Mohammad Aktar (AFG) W 23-0 | Gheorghe Raşovan (ROU) W T 1:47 | Mahabir Singh (IND) W 14-5 | Jang Se-Hong (PRK) L 8-13 | — | Did not advance | 4 |
| Władysław Stecyk | −52 kg | Petru Ciarnău (ROU) W DQ 8:08 | Luis Ocaña (CUB) W 20-3 | Ashok Kumar (IND) W 17-3 | BYE | Lajos Szabó (HUN) W DQ 8:13 | Anatoli Beloglazov (URS) L T 0:57 | Nermedin Selimov (BUL) W 6-5 | |
| Wiesław Kończak | −57 kg | Amrik Singh Gill (GBR) W 24-3 | Cris Brown (AUS) W 33-1 | Li Ho-Pyong (PRK) L 5-9 | Sergei Beloglazov (URS) L T 3:23 | — | — | Did not advance | 6 |
| Jan Szymański | −62 kg | Miho Dukov (BUL) L T 5:27 | Adnan Kudmani (SYR) W T 2:18 | Raúl Cascaret (CUB) L T 8:58 | — | — | — | Did not advance | 9 |
| Stanisław Chiliński | −68 kg | Saipulla Absaidov (URS) L T 5:34 | Said Admane (ALG) W T 7:16 | Eberhard Probst (GDR) L T 7:14 | — | — | — | Did not advance | 12 |
| Ryszard Ścigalski | −74 kg | Ibrahim Juma (IRQ) W T 2:45 | Isaie Tonye (CMR) W T 1:58 | Pavel Pinigin (URS) L T 7:11 | István Fehér (HUN) W DQ 6:48 | Valentin Raychev (BUL) L 4-9 | — | Did not advance | 5 |
| Henryk Mazur | −82 kg | Ahmadjan Khashan (AFG) W DQ 7:59 | Sören Claeson (SWE) W 11-5 | Mohammad El-Oulabi (SYR) W 15-6 | Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS) L T 5:49 | István Kovács (HUN) L 4-7 | — | Did not advance | 4 |
| Aleksander Cichoń | −90 kg | Amadou Diop (SEN) W T 3:58 | Jean-Claude Biloa (CMR) W T 2:56 | Mick Pikos (AUS) W DQ 7:56 | Christophe Andanson (FRA) W 12-1 | BYE | Sanasar Oganisyan (URS) L 3-12 | Uwe Neupert (GDR) L 2-6 | |
| Tomasz Busse | −100 kg | BYE | Satpal Singh (IND) W 18-3 | Július Strnisko (TCH) W 10-6 | Harald Büttner (GDR) L 4-4* | Ilya Mate (URS) L 2-9 | — | Did not advance | 5 |
| Adam Sandurski | +100 kg | Arturo Díaz (CUB) W T 1:15 | Mathew Clempner (GBR) W T 1:28 | Miguel Zambrano (PER) W T 2:06 | Andrei Ianko (ROU) W T 5:01 | Soslan Andiyev (URS) L 3-6 | BYE | József Balla (HUN) L 4-4* | |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Final round Result | Rank |
| Roman Kierpacz | −48kg | Ferenc Seres (HUN) L T 1:32 | Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (URS) L 10-13 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | 8 |
| Stanisław Wróblewski | −52kg | Nicu Gingă (ROU) L 6-7 | Abdulnasser El-Oulabi (SYR) W 19-6 | Lajos Rácz (HUN) L DQ 7:30 | — | — | — | Did not advance | 6 |
| Józef Lipień | −57kg | Josef Krysta (TCH) W 11-5 | Georgi Donev (BUL) W T 7:17 | BYE | Gyula Molnár (HUN) W 10-4 | Mihai Boţilă (ROU) W D 8:37 | Benni Ljungbeck (SWE) W D 8:25 | Shamil Serikov (URS) L 4-11 | |
| Kazimierz Lipień | −62kg | Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) L 2-4 | Lars Malmkvist (SWE) W DQ 5:29 | Panaiot Kirov (BUL) L 3-5 | — | — | — | Did not advance | 6 |
| Andrzej Supron | −68kg | Sakhidad Hamidi (AFG) W DQ 5:28 | Károly Gaál (HUN) W DQ 8:27 | Buyandelgeriin Bold (MGL) W T 7:10 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) W 4-2 | BYE | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) W T 3:08 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) L 2-3 | |
| Wiesław Dziadura | −74kg | Anatoly Bykov (URS) L 5-6 | Gheorghe Minea (ROU) W 4-3 | Mikko Huhtala (FIN) W 3-7 | — | — | — | Did not advance | 9 |
| Jan Dołgowicz | −82kg | Ion Draica (ROU) W D 7:06 | Jarmo Övermark (FIN) W T 2:17 | Mohammad El-Oulabi (SYR) W DQ 5:34 | Gennadi Korban (URS) L 4-11 | BYE | — | Pavel Pavlov (BUL) W T 1:28 | |
| 'Czesław Kwieciński | −90kg | Jamtsyn Bor (MGL) W 11-3 | Frank Andersson (SWE) L 0-19 | Igor Kanygin (URS) L 2-10 | — | — | — | Did not advance | 11 |
| Roman Bierła | −100kg | Svend Studsgaard (DEN) W DQ 5:58 | Georgios Pikilidis (GRE) W DQ 5:27 | Vasile Andrei (ROU) W DQ 7:24 | Refik Memišević (YUG) W 5-2 | BYE | — | Georgi Raikov (BUL) L D 7:52 | |
| Marek Galiński | +100kg | Arturo Díaz (CUB) L D 7:02 | Roman Codreanu (ROU) L DQ 4:46 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | 8 |