# Poland at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Poland competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 207 competitors, 180 men and 27 women, took part in 116 events in 18 sports.

## Medalists
### Gold

* Irena Szewińska — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
* Jacek Wszoła — Athletics, Men's High Jump
* Tadeusz Ślusarski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
* Jerzy Rybicki — Boxing, Men's Light-Middleweight (67–71 kg)
* Janusz Pyciak-Peciak — Modern Pentathlon, individual
* Włodzimierz Stefański, Bronislaw Bebel, Lech Łasko, Edward Skorek, Tomasz Wójtowicz, Wiesław Gawłowski, Mirosław Rybaczewski, Zbigniew Lubiejewski, Ryszard Bosek, Włodzimierz Sadalski, Zbigniew Zarzycki, Marek Karbarz, and Hubert Wagner (as coach); Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
* Kazimierz Lipień — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman (57–62 kg)

### Silver

* Bronisław Malinowski — Athletics, Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
* Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrej Kupczyk, Ryszard Podlas, and Jan Werner — Athletics, 4 × 400 m relay men
* Tadeusz Mytnik, Mieczysław Nowicki, Stanisław Szozda, and Ryszard Szurkowski — Cycling Road, Men's Team Time Trial
* Andrzej Gronowicz and Jerzy Opara — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 500 m (canoe double)
* Jan Benigier, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Jerzy Gorgoń, Henryk Kasperczak, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Grzegorz Lato, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Piotr Mowlik, Roman Ogaza, Wojciech Rudy, Andrzej Szarmach, Antoni Szymanowski, Jan Tomaszewski, Henryk Wawrowski, Henryk Wieczorek, and Władysław Żmuda — Football, Men's Team Competition
* Grzegorz Cziura — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

### Bronze

* Leszek Błażyński — Boxing, Men's Flyweight (48–51 kg)
* Leszek Kosedowski — Boxing, Men's Featherweight (54–57 kg)
* Kazimierz Szczerba — Boxing, Men's Light-Welterweight (60–63.5 kg)
* Janusz Gortat — Boxing, Men's Light-Heavyweight (75–81 kg)
* Mieczysław Nowicki — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
* Zdzisław Antczak, Janusz Brzozowski, Piotr Cieśla, Jan Gmyrek, Alfred Kałuziński, Jerzy Klempel, Zygfryd Kuchta, Jerzy Melcer, Ryszard Przybysz, Henryk Rozmiarek, Andrzej Sokołowski, Andrzej Szymczak, Mieczysław Wojczak, and Włodzimierz Zieliński — Handball, Men's Team Competition
* Marian Tałaj — Judo, Men's Half-Middleweight (63–70 kg)
* Wiesław Gawlikowski — Shooting, skeet (125 targets) Mixed
* Jerzy Greszkiewicz — Shooting, 50 m running target (30+30 shots) Mixed
* Kazimierz Czarnecki — Weightlifting, 60–67.5 kg, total (lightweight)
* Tadeusz Rutkowski — Weightlifting, 91–110 kg, total (heavyweight) Men
* Czesław Kwieciński — Wrestling Greco-Roman, 82–90 kg (light-heavyweight)
* Andrzej Skrzydlewski — Wrestling Greco-Roman, 90–100 kg (heavyweight)

## Archery

Poland entered two women and two men in the archery competition. It was the second time that Poland had sent archers to the Olympics. After winning a silver medal in the women's competition in 1972, Poland's best finisher in 1976 was Jadwiga Wilejto at 6th place. Both of the Polish men, however, improved considerably on the best male competitor of four years before. Poland placed eighth on the national leaderboard for archery.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total score | Total score |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Score | Seed | Score | Seed |
| Jan Popowicz | Individual | 1154 | 22 | 1201 | 20 | 2355 | 17 |
| Wojciech Szymańczyk | Individual | 1137 | 25 | 1209 | 16 | 2346 | 22 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total score | Total score |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Score | Seed | Score | Seed |
| Jadwiga Wilejto | Individual | 1200 | 4 | 1195 | 9 | 2395 | 6 |
| Irena Szydłowska | Individual | 1127 | 8 | 1137 | 18 | 2264 | 20 |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Bogusław Duda | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:33:53.4 | 21 |
| Marian Gęsicki | 800 m | 1:47.06 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bogdan Grzejszczak | 200 m | 21.35 | 2 Q | 21.02 | 2 Q | 21.14 | 4 Q | 20.91 | 6 |
| Jerzy Hewelt | 400 m hurdles | 51.39 | 3 Q | — | — | 50.57 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zbigniew Jaremski | 400 m | 46.68 | 3 Q | 47.10 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zenon Licznerski | 100 m | 10.60 | 2 Q | 10.52 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bronisław Malinowski | 1500 m | 3:41.67 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bronisław Malinowski | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:18.56 | 1 Q | — | — | — | — | 8:09.11 | |
| Zenon Nowosz | 200 m | 21.29 | 2 Q | 21.22 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kazimierz Orzeł | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:17:43 | 15 |
| Jan Ornoch | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:32:19.2 | 17 |
| Jerzy Pietrzyk | 400 m | 46.92 | 2 Q | 46.30 | 3 Q | 45.65 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Andrzej Świerczyński | 100 m | 10.62 | 2 Q | 10.59 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jan Werner | 400 m | 46.19 | 3 Q | 45.88 | 2 Q | 45.44 | 4 Q | 45.63 | 8 |
| Marian Woronin | 100 m | 10.56 | 2 Q | 10.53 | 4 Q | 10.69 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marian Woronin | 200 m | 21.90 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Andrzej Świerczyński Marian Woronin Bogdan Grzejszczak Zenon Licznerski | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.09 | 1 Q | — | — | — | — | 38.83 | 4 |
| Ryszard Podlas Jan Werner Zbigniew Jaremski Jerzy Pietrzyk | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.03 | 1 Q | — | — | — | — | 3:01.43 | |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Piotr Bielczyk | Javelin throw | 82.56 | 7 q | 86.50 | 4 |
| Eugeniusz Biskupski | Triple jump | 16.46 | 9 Q | 16.49 | 7 |
| Wojciech Buciarski | Pole vault | 5.10 | 1 Q | 5.45 | 5 |
| Grzegorz Cybulski | Long jump | 7.71 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Michał Joachimowski | Triple jump | 16.29 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Władysław Kozakiewicz | Pole vault | 5.10 | 1 Q | 5.25 | 11 |
| Andrzej Sontag | Triple jump | 15.82 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tadeusz Ślusarski | Pole vault | 5.10 | 16 Q | 5.50 OR | |
| Stanisław Wołodko | Discus throw | 59.42 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jacek Wszoła | High jump | 2.16 | 1 Q | 2.25 OR | |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 100H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Ryszard Katus | Result | 11.06 | 7.04 | 13.48 | 1.84 | 49.87 | 14.51 | 42.28 | 4.50 | 57.54 | 4:47.00 | 7616 | 12 |
| Ryszard Katus | Points | 790 | 828 | 695 | 716 | 810 | 902 | 730 | 932 | 731 | 482 | 7616 | 12 |
| Ryszard Skowronek | Result | 11.02 | 7.26 | 13.74 | 1.91 | 47.91 | 14.75 | 45.34 | 4.80 | 62.22 | 4:29.89 | 8113 | 5 |
| Ryszard Skowronek | Points | 799 | 873 | 712 | 779 | 903 | 876 | 788 | 1005 | 788 | 590 | 8113 | 5 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Bożena Nowakowska | 100 m hurdles | 13.05 | 1 Q | — | — | 13.04 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Grażyna Rabsztyn | 100 m hurdles | 13.09 | 2 Q | — | — | 13.35 | 2 Q | 12.96 | 5 |
| Irena Szewińska | 400 m | 52.75 | 3 Q | 52.00 | 4 Q | 50.48 OR | 1 Q | 49.29 WR | |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Danuta Rosani | Discus throw | 57.78 | 11 q | DSQ* | DSQ* |
Results have been removed due to her disqualification for using anabolic steroids, the first case of such a disqualification in the sport at the Olympics.

## 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 Średnicki | Light Flyweight | Louis Curtis (USA) W 5-0 | Li Byong-Uk (PRK) L 2:3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leszek Blażyński | Flyweight | BYE | Antônio Toledo Filho (BRA) W KO-2 | Fazlija Šaćirović (YUG) W 3-2 | Alfredo Pérez (VEN) W 3-2 | Leo Randolph (USA) L 1-4 | Did not advance | |
| Leszek Borkowski | Bantamweight | BYE | Patrick Cowdell (GBR) L 0-5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leszek Kosedowski | Featherweight | BYE | Cornelius Boza Edwards (UGA) W WO | Camille Huard (CAN) W 5-0 | Bratislav Ristić (YUG) W 5-0 | Richard Nowakowski (GDR) L 0-5 | Did not advance | |
| Bogdan Gajda | Lightweight | BYE | Cleveland Denny (GUY) W WO | Vassily Solomin (URS) L 0-5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kazimierz Szczerba | Light Welterweight | BYE | Josiah Nhlengethwa (SWZ) W WO | Sodnomyn Gombo (MGL) W 3-2 | Luis Portillo (ARG) W 5-0 | Ray Leonard (USA) L 0-5 | Did not advance | |
| Zbigniew Kicka | Welterweight | BYE | Clinton Jackson (USA) W 0-5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jerzy Rybicki | Light Middleweight | BYE | Chuck Walker (USA) W 3-2 | — | Wilfredo Guzmán (PUR) W 5-0 | Viktor Savchenko (URS) W 3-2 | Tadija Kačar (YUG) W5-0 | |
| Ryszard Pasiewicz | Middleweight | BYE | Jean-Pierre Malavasi (FRA) W KO-2 | — | Michael Spinks (USA) L 0-5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Janusz Gortat | Light Heavyweight | Miloslav Popović (YUG) W 3-2 | Georgi Stoymenov (BUL) W AB-3 | — | Juan Domingo Suárez (ARG) W 4-1 | Leon Spinks (USA) L 0-5 | Did not advance | |
| Andrzej Biegalski | Heavyweight | John Tate (USA) L 0-5 | did not advance | did not advance | 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 |
| Ryszard Kosiński | C-1 500 m | 2:16.60 | 6 R | 2:08.06 | 3 Q | 2:12.71 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jerzy Opara Andrzej Gronowicz | C-2 500 m | 1:58.90 | 3 Q | BYE | BYE | 1:49.04 | 1 Q | 1:47.77 | |
| Jerzy Opara Andrzej Gronowicz | C-2 1000 m | 3:52.58 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:59.34 | 1 Q | 3:59.56 | 4 |
| Grzegorz Śledziewski | K-1 500 m | 1:54.27 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 1:52.39 | 1 Q | 1:48.49 | 5 |
| Grzegorz Śledziewski | K-1 1000 m | 3:55.76 | 2 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:46.88 | 1 Q | 3:54.29 | 8 |
| Ryszard Oborski Grzegorz Śledziewski | K-2 500 m | 1:46.31 | 6 R | 1:47.30 | 2 Q | 1:41.65 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ryszard Tylewski Daniel Wełna | K-2 1000 m | 3:36.57 | 3 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:29.07 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Henryk Budzicz Kazimierz Górecki Grzegorz Kołtan Ryszard Oborski | K-4 1000 m | 3:07.91 | 2 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:13.62 | 3 Q | 3:12.17 | 5 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ewa Kamińska | K-1 500 m | 2:12.38 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 2:08.48 | 1Q | 2:05.16 | 4 |
| Maria Kazanecka Katarzyna Kulczak | K-2 500 m | 2:01.45 | 3 Q | — | — | 1:53.50 | 3 Q | 1:55.05 | 6 |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Jan Brzeźny | Men's road race | 4:19:09 | 30 |
| Mieczysław Nowicki | Men's road race | 4:47:23.0 | |
| Stanisław Szozda | Men's road race | 4:49:01.0 | 11 |
| Ryszard Szurkowski | Men's road race | 4:49:01.0 | 12 |
| Ryszard Szurkowski Tadeusz Mytnik Mieczysław Nowicki Stanisław Szozda | Team time trial | 2:09:13.0 | |

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

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Janusz Kierzkowski | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:07.660 | 4 |

#### Men's Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Repechage Finals | 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) | Rank |
| Benedykt Kocot | Men's sprint | Rawlins (TRI) Chin (JAM) W 11.79 | BYE | Fredborg (DEN) Berkmann (ITA) L | Tormen Mendez (CHI) Smith (BAR) L | 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 |
| Jan Jankiewicz | Men's individual pursuit | 4:51.48 | 7 Q | Klasa (TCH) L 4:54.94 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 10 |
| Czesław Lang Jan Jankiewicz Krzysztof Sujka Zbigniew Szczepkowski | Team pursuit | 4:27.21 | 5 Q | — | Great Britain (GBR) L 4:27.13 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |

## Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1976.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Losers Round 1 | Losers Round 2 | Losers Round 3 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jerzy Janikowski | Men's épée | | 2 Q | | 3 Q | | 4 Q | Behr (FRG) W 10-9 | Jacobson (SWE) W 10-7 | BYE | BYE | BYE | Push (FRG) L 4-5 Hehn (FRG) L 3-5 Kulcsár (HUN) L 3-5 Osztrics (HUN) W 5-4 Edling (SWE) W 5-2 | 5 |
| Zbigniew Matwiejew | Men's épée | | 1 Q | | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | |
| Marceli Wiech | Men's épée | | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | |
| Jerzy Janikowski Zbigniew Matwiejew Leszek Swornowski Marceli Wiech | Team épée | France (FRA) L 1-13 Hungary (HUN) L 4-11 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |
| Marek Dąbrowski | Men's foil | | 3 Q | | 4 Q | | 4 Q | Noël (FRA) W 10-8 | Stankovych (URS) L 3-10 | BYE | Noël (FRA) L 5-10 | did not advance | did not advance | 12 |
| Lech Koziejowski | Men's foil | | 3 Q | | 4 Q | | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | |
| Ziemowit Wojciechowski | Men's foil | | 2 Q | | 2 Q | | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | |
| Leszek Martewicz Lech Koziejowski Ziemowit Wojciechowski Arkadiusz Godel Marek Dąbrowski | Team foil | Hong Kong (HKG) W 15-1 Iran (IRN) W 13-3 United States (USA) W 9-2 | 1 Q | — | — | — | — | West Germany (FRG) L 4-9 | France (FRA) W 9-3 | — | — | — | Great Britain (GBR) W 9-1 | 5 |
| Jacek Bierkowski | Men's sabre | | 2 Q | | 3 Q | | 3 Q | de la Torre (CUB) L 7-10 | — | Westbrook (USA) W 10-8 | de la Torre (CUB) L 9-10 | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |
| Leszek Jabłonowski | Men's sabre | | 2 Q | | 4 Q | | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 23 |
| Józef Nowara | Men's sabre | Nazlymov (URS) L 3-5 Bonissent (FRA) W 5-0 Méndez (ARG) L 2-5 Fathi (IRN) W 5-1 | 2 Q | Ortiz (CUB) L 4-5 Maffei (ITA) L 1-5 Dudenkov (BUL) W 5-3 Bena (FRA) W 5-3 Urban (CAN) W 5-1 | 3 Q | Pop (ROU) L 4-5 Arcidiacono (ITA) W 5-4 Ortiz (CUB) L 3-5 Marót (HUN) L 4-5 Bonissent (FRA) W 5-2 | 3 Q | Sidyak (URS) L 7-10 | — | Arcidiacono (ITA) L 6-10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 15 |
| Leszek Jabłonowski Józef Nowara Sylwester Królikowski Jacek Bierkowski | Team sabre | Argentina (ARG) W 10-6 Iran (IRN) W 9-7 Hungary (HUN) L 6-8 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | Romania (ROU) L 4-9 | United States (USA) W 9-3 | — | — | — | Cuba (CUB) W 9-6 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Losers Round 1 | Losers Round 2 | Losers Round 3 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska | Women's foil | | | | | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | |
| Grażyna Staszak-Makowska | Women's foil | | | | | | | | — | | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | |
| Barbara Wysoczańska | Women's foil | | | | | | | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | |
| Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska Kamilla Składanowska Barbara Wysoczańska Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska Grażyna Staszak-Makowska | Team foil | Canada (CAN) W 9-7 Soviet Union (URS) L 2-9 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | France (FRA) L 5-9 | Great Britain (GBR) W 8-8 | — | — | — | Italy (ITA) L 7-9 | 6 |

## Football
### First round
#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Poland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| Iran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Cuba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
* **Ghana withdrew

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| July 25 – Ottawa | July 25 – Ottawa | | | |
| East Germany | 4 | | | |
| East Germany | 4 | July 27 – Montreal | July 27 – Montreal | | |
| France | 0 | July 27 – Montreal | July 27 – Montreal | |
| France | 0 | East Germany | 2 | |
| July 25 – Sherbrooke | July 25 – Sherbrooke | | East Germany | 2 | |
| July 25 – Sherbrooke | July 25 – Sherbrooke | Soviet Union | 1 | |
| Soviet Union | 2 | Soviet Union | 1 | |
| Soviet Union | 2 | | | | July 31 – Montreal | July 31 – Montreal |
| Iran | 1 | | | | July 31 – Montreal | July 31 – Montreal |
| Iran | 1 | | | | East Germany | 3 |
| July 25 – Toronto | July 25 – Toronto | | | | | East Germany | 3 |
| July 25 – Toronto | July 25 – Toronto | | | | Poland | 1 |
| Brazil | 4 | | | | Poland | 1 |
| Brazil | 4 | July 27 – Toronto | July 27 – Toronto | | | |
| Israel | 1 | July 27 – Toronto | July 27 – Toronto | | | |
| Israel | 1 | Poland | 2 | | | |
| July 25 – Montreal | July 25 – Montreal | | Poland | 2 | | | |
| July 25 – Montreal | July 25 – Montreal | Brazil | 0 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Poland | 5 | Brazil | 0 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Poland | 5 | | | | July 29 – Montreal | July 29 – Montreal |
| North Korea | 0 | | | | July 29 – Montreal | July 29 – Montreal |
| North Korea | 0 | | | | Soviet Union | 2 |
| | | | | | Brazil | 0 |

### Team roster
#### Poland – Silver Medal
## 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 |
| Grzegorz Ciastek | All-around | 17.65 | 17.45 | 17.80 | 18.15 | 17.25 | 17.05 | 105.35 | 74 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marian Pieczka | All-around | 18.05 | 18.35 | 17.60 | 18.70 | 16.75 | 18.30 | 107.75 | 61 | 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 | 19.00 | 18.70 | 18.95 | 19.10 | 19.00 | 19.10 | 113.85 | 11 Q | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.800 | 9.550 | 9.550 | 114.625 | 6 |
| Roman Tkaczyk | All-around | 17.75 | 17.30 | 17.65 | 18.15 | 17.80 | 17.70 | 106.35 | 69 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Łukasz Uhma | All-around | 17.20 | 17.80 | 17.80 | 18.55 | 18.05 | 17.40 | 106.80 | 65 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mariusz Zasada | All-around | 16.60 | 18.40 | 18.45 | 18.20 | 17.35 | 17.10 | 106.10 | 71 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Grzegorz Ciastek Marian Pieczka Andrzej Szajna Roman Tkaczyk Łukasz Uhma Mariusz Zasada | Team all-around | 89.65 | 90.45 | 90.05 | 93.10 | 90.55 | 91.05 | 544.85 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

#### Individual finals

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Andrzej Szajna | Pommel horse | — | 18.950 | — | — | — | — | 18.950 | 6 |

## Handball
### Preliminary round
#### Group B

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | | | | | |
| 1. | Romania (ROU) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 71 | 7 | X | 17:15 | 23:18 | 19:19 | 32:19 |
| 2. | Poland (POL) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 71 | 6 | 15:17 | X | 18:16 | 21:18 | 26:20 |
| 3. | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 82 | 4 | 18:23 | 16:18 | X | 22:20 | 36:21 |
| 4. | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 85 | 82 | 3 | 19:19 | 18:21 | 20:22 | X | 28:20 |
| 5. | United States (USA) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 122 | 0 | 19:32 | 20:26 | 21:36 | 20:28 | X |

### Roster

Poland – Bronze Medal

## 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 Standowicz | −63kg | Manuel Luna (VEN) W 0001-0000 | Héctor Rodriguez Torres (CUB) L 0000-0010 | BYE | BYE | BYE | José Gomes (POR) W 0010-0000 | József Tuncsik (HUN) L 0000-0100 | 5 |
| Marian Tałaj | −70kg | Vladimir Nevzorov (URS) W 0000-1000 | BYE | BYE | BYE | Thomas Hagman (SUI) W 0010-0000 | John Van Hoek (AUS) W 0001-0000 | Chang-Seon Lee (KOR) W 1000-0000 | |
| Adam Adamczyk | −80kg | Daniel Guldemont (BEL) W 1000-0000 | Slavko Obadov (YUG) L 0001-1000 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Antoni Reiter | −93kg | BYE | Paul Buchel (LIE) W 1000-0000 | Dietmar Lorenz (GDR) L 0001-0100 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Waldemar Zausz | +93kg | Keith Remfry (GBR) L 0000–0010 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Waldemar Zausz | Open | Jen-Luc Rouge (FRA) L 0000–1000 | 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 1976. Janusz Pyciak-Peciak won an individual gold medal.
| 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 |
| Zbigniew Pacelt | Men's | 1100 | 592 | 890 | 1308 | 1138 | 5028 | 19 |
| Janusz Pyciak-Peciak | Men's | 1066 | 928 | 1044 | 1164 | 1318 | 5520 | |
| Krzysztof Trybusiewicz | Men's | 1004 | 640 | 978 | 1072 | 1129 | 4823 | 34 |
| Janusz Pyciak-Peciak Zbigniew Pacelt Krzysztof Trybusiewicz | Team | 3170 | 2160 | 2912 | 3544 | 3585 | 15343 | 4 |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Zbigniew Ślusarski Alfons Ślusarski | Coxless pair | 6:58.98 | 2 Q | BYE | BYE | 6:44.64 | 5 FB | 7:35.53 | 11 |
| Ryszard Stadniuk Grzegorz Stellak Ryszard Kubiak | Coxed pair | 7:43.45 | 4 R | 7:23.17 | 1 Q | 7:09.33 | 3 Q | 8:23.02 | 6 |
| Jerzy Broniec Adam Tomasiak Jerzy Ulczyński Ryszard Burak Włodzimierz Chmielewski | Coxed four | 6:42.55 | 4 R | 6:22.16 | 1 Q | 6:13.53 | 5 FB | 6:51.85 | 8 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ewa Ambroziak | Single sculls | 3:58.09 | 5 R | 4:16.74 | 4 FB | 4:26.60 | 9 |
| Anna Krzemińska-Karbowiak Małgorzata Kawalska | Coxless pair | 3:41.05 | 5 R | 4:02.20 | 4 FB | 4:03.26 | 8 |
| Anna Brandysiewicz Bogusława Kozłowska-Tomasiak Barbara Wenta-Wojciechowska Danuta Konkalec Róża Data Mieczysława Franczyk Maria Stadnicka Aleksandra Kaczyńska Dorota Zdanowska | Eight | 3:06.67 | 3 R | 3:18.18 | 5 FB | 3:32.48 | 7 |

## 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 Blaszka | Finn | 22 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 113.0 | 16 |

## Shooting
### Open

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Zygmunt Bogdziewicz | Running target | 553 | 15 |
| Wiesław Gawlikowski | Skeet | 196 | |
| Jerzy Greszkiewicz | Running target | 571 | |
| Stanisław Marucha | 50 metre rifle prone | 587 | 37 |
| Maciej Orlik | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 585 | 27 |
| Eugeniusz Pędzisz | 50 metre rifle three positions | 1144 | 14 |
| Sławomir Romanowski | 50 m pistol | 553 | 12 |
| Romuald Siemionow | 50 metre rifle three positions | 1137 | 24 |
| Adam Smelczyński | Trap | 183 | 6 |
| Andrzej Socharski | Skeet | 192 | 14 |
| Andrzej Trajda | 50 metre rifle prone | 589 | 28 |
| Józef Zapędzki | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 556 | 45 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Cezary Śmiglak | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:08.02 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cezary Śmiglak | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:27.41 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ryszard Żugaj | 100 metre backstroke | 1:00.16 | 16 Q | 59.90 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ryszard Żugaj | 200 metre backstroke | 2:12.53 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anna Skolarczyk | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:17.16 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anna Skolarczyk | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:42.05 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Poland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2.400 | 235 | 172 | 1.366 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Cuba | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2.750 | 208 | 142 | 1.465 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1.143 | 182 | 177 | 1.028 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | South Korea | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0.667 | 146 | 187 | 0.781 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 5 | Canada | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.000 | 88 | 181 | 0.486 | |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 18 Jul | Czechoslovakia | 3–0 | Canada | 15–4 | 16–14 | 15–11 | | | 46–29 |
| 18 Jul | Poland | 3–2 | South Korea | 12–15 | 6–15 | 15–6 | 15–6 | 15–5 | 63–47 |
| 19 Jul | Poland | 3–0 | Canada | 15–4 | 15–7 | 15–6 | | | 45–17 |
| 19 Jul | Cuba | 3–1 | Czechoslovakia | 15–6 | 10–15 | 15–5 | 15–6 | | 55–32 |
| 21 Jul | Poland | 3–2 | Cuba | 13–15 | 10–15 | 15–6 | 15–9 | 20–18 | 73–63 |
| 21 Jul | South Korea | 3–0 | Canada | 15–7 | 15–5 | 15–8 | | | 45–20 |
| 23 Jul | Cuba | 3–0 | South Korea | 15–4 | 15–5 | 15–6 | | | 45–15 |
| 23 Jul | Poland | 3–1 | Czechoslovakia | 8–15 | 15–11 | 15–5 | 16–14 | | 54–45 |
| 25 Jul | Czechoslovakia | 3–1 | South Korea | 15–9 | 15–9 | 14–16 | 15–5 | | 59–39 |
| 25 Jul | Cuba | 3–0 | Canada | 15–10 | 15–9 | 15–3 | | | 45–22 |

### 1st–4th places

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 29 July | 29 July |
| Poland | 3 |
| Poland | 3 | 30 July | 30 July |
| Japan | 2 | 30 July | 30 July |
| Japan | 2 | Poland | 3 |
| 29 July | 29 July | | Poland | 3 |
| 29 July | 29 July | Soviet Union | 2 |
| Cuba | 0 | Soviet Union | 2 |
| Soviet Union | 3 | | |
| Soviet Union | 3 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 30 July | 30 July |
| | | Japan | 0 |
| | | Cuba | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 29 Jul | Poland | 3–2 | Japan | 15–17 | 15–6 | 15–6 | 10–15 | 15–10 | 70–54 |

### Gold medal match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 30 Jul | Poland | 3–2 | Soviet Union | 11–15 | 15–13 | 12–15 | 19–17 | 15–7 | 72–67 |

### Team roster

Poland – Gold Medal
* Włodzimierz Stefański
* Bronislaw Bebel
* Lech Łasko
* Edward Skorek
* Tomasz Wójtowicz
* Wiesław Gawłowski
* Mirosław Rybaczewski
* Zbigniew Lubiejewski
* Ryszard Bosek
* Włodzimierz Sadalski
* Zbigniew Zarzycki
* Marek Karbarz
Head coach
* Hubert Wagner

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Stefan Leletko | 52 kg | 95 | 7 | 125 | 6 | 220 | 6 |
| Zygmunt Smalcerz | 52 kg | 0 | NVL | 0 | DNS | 0 | AC |
| Grzegorz Cziura | 56 kg | 115 | 2 | 137.5 | 4 | 252.5 | |
| Leszek Skorupa | 56 kg | 112.5 | 3 | 137.5 | 4 | 250.0 | 4 |
| Antoni Pawlak | 60 kg | 120 | 4 | 0 | NVL | 120 | AC |
| Jan Łostowski | 60 kg | 0 | NVL | 0 | DNS | 0 | AC |
| Kazimierz Czarnecki | 67,5 kg | 130 | 3 | 165 | 3 | 295 | |
| Zbigniew Kaczmarek | 67,5 kg | 135 | AC | 172.5 | AC | 307.5 | DQ |
| Tadeusz Rutkowski | 110 kg | 167.5 | 2 | 210 | 4 | 377.5 | |

## 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 |
| Władysław Stecyk | −52 kg | Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL) W T 8:30 | Julien Mewis (BEL) W T 1:26 | Nermedin Selimov (BUL) W 11-8 | Yuji Takada (JPN) L T 5:39 | Alexander Ivanov (URS) L 5 – 26 | — | Did not advance | 6 |
| Zbigniew Żedzicki | −57 kg | BYE | Joe Corso (USA) W T 1:02 | Li Ho-Pyong (PRK) L 10-13 | Miho Dukov (BUL) L 7 – 14 | — | — | Did not advance | 8 |
| Henryk Mazur | −82 kg | Mehmet Uzun (TUR) W 9-4 | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (IRI) W 13-10 | Ibrahim Diop (SEN) W T 5:21 | Adolf Seger (FRG) L 6 – 26 | — | — | Did not advance | 6 |
| Paweł Kurczewski | −90 kg | Géza Molnár (HUN) W 6-3 | Salah Uddin (PAK) W T 1:50 | Horst Stottmeister (GDR) L T 5:11 | Keijo Manni (FIN) W T 0:57 | Ben Peterson (USA) W 4-13 | — | Did not advance | 6 |

### 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 |
| Aleksander Zajączkowski | −48kg | Sirvano Valdes (CUB) L 6 – 11 | Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU) L T 0:20 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | 11 |
| Czesław Stanjek | −52kg | Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL) W DQ 6:52 | Antonino Caltabiano (ITA) L 6-11 | DNS | — | — | — | Did not advance | 9 |
| Józef Lipień | −57kg | Mihai Boţilă (ROU) L DQ 8:00 | Yoshima Suga (JPN) W 16-12 | Pertti Ukkola (FIN) W 9-4 | Farhat Mustafin (URS) L 4-29 | — | — | Did not advance | 10 |
| Kazimierz Lipień | −62kg | Howard Stupp (CAN) W 37-0 | Joaquim Jesus Vieira (POR) W T 1:59 | Stoyan Lazarov (BUL) W 16-0 | Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) W DQ 8:55 | BYE | Nelson Davidyan (URS) L 6 – 10 | László Réczi (HUN) W 13-4 | |
| Andrzej Supron | −68kg | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) L 1-13 | Jacques van Lancker (BEL) W T 5:04 | Nedelcho Nedev (BUL) W 9-7 | Kim Hae-Myung (KOR) W T 1:47 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) L 4-7 | — | Did not advance | 5 |
| Stanisław Krzesiński | −74kg | Mikko Huhtala (FIN) L DQ 5:15 | Idalberto Barbán (CUB) W DQ 7:53 | Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) L T 1:14 | — | — | — | Did not advance | 11 |
| Adam Ostrowski | −82kg | BYE | Giuseppe Vitucci (ITA) W DQ 7:19 | Keijo Manni (FIN) L DQ 7:56 | Leif Andersson (SWE) L 6-9 | — | — | Did not advance | 8 |
| Czesław Kwieciński | −90kg | BYE | Sadao Sato (JPN) W T 2:00 | Hashem Kolahi (IRI) W T 0:12 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) L 3-9 | Darko Nišavić (YUG) W DQ 8:00 | — | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) W T 6:46 | |
| Andrzej Skrzydlewski | −100kg | Bahram Moshtaghi (IRI) W T 2:24 | Daniel Verník (ARG) W T 1:17 | Brad Rheingans (USA) L 7-9 | Heinz Schäfer (FRG) W T 2:59 | Nikolai Balboshin (URS) L T 2:04 | — | Kamen Goranov (BUL) L 2-6 | |
| Henryk Tomanek | +100kg | Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) L T 2:40 | Einar Gundersen (NOR) WDQ 6:54 | William Lee (USA) W DQ 8:35 | Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) L T 0:23 | — | — | Did not advance | 4 |