# Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Poland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 290 competitors, 252 men and 38 women, took part in 150 events in 22 sports.

## Medalists
### Gold

* Wladyslaw Komar - Athletics, Men's Shot Put
* Jan Szczepański - Boxing, Men's Flyweight
* Witold Woyda - Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
* Marek Dąbrowski, Jerzy Kaczmarek, Lech Koziejowski, Witold Woyda, and Arkadiusz Godel - Fencing, Men's Foil Team
* Anczok, Ćmikiewicz, Deyna, Gadocha, Gorgoń, Gut, Jarosik, Kmiecik, Kostka, Kraska, Lato, Lubański, Marx, Maszczyk, Ostafiński, Szeja, Szołtysik, Szymanowski, and Szymczak - Football, Men's Team Competition
* Józef Zapędzki - Shooting, 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (60 shots)
* Zygmunt Smalcerz - Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight

### Silver

* Irena Szydłowska - Archery, Women's Individual Competition
* Wiesław Rudkowski - Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
* Lucjan Lis, Edward Barcik, Stanisław Szozda, and Ryszard Szurkowski　- Cycling, Men's Road Team Time Trial
* Antoni Zajkowski - Judo, Men's Half-Middleweight
* Norbert Ozimek - Weightlifting, Men's Light-Heavyweight

### Bronze

* Irena Szewińska - Athletics, Women's 200m
* Ryszard Katus - Athletics, Men's Decathlon
* Leszek Błażyński - Boxing, Men's Flyweight
* Janusz Gortat - Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
* Władysław Szuszkiewicz and Rafal Maciej Piszcz - Canoe, Men's Kayak Flatwater K-2 1.000m
* Andrzej Bek, and Benedykt Kocot - Cycling Track, Men's 2.000m Tandem
* Zbigniew Kaczmarek - Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
* Kazimierz Lipień - Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Featherweight
* Czesław Kwieciński - Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Light-Heavyweight

## Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Poland entered one man and three women. They took home a silver medal in the women's competition.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total score | Total score |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Score | Seed | Score | Seed |
| Tomasz Leżański | Individual | 1128 | 41 | 1109 | 48 | 2237 | 46 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total score | Total score |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Score | Seed | Score | Seed |
| Maria Mączyńska | Individual | 1173 | 12 | 1198 | 5 | 2371 | 6 |
| Jadwiga Szoszler-Wilejto | Individual | 1165 | 14 | 1132 | 22 | 2297 | 18 |
| Irena Szydłowska | Individual | 1224 OR | 1 | 1183 | 9 | 2407 | |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Andrzej Badeński | 400 m | 46.21 | 1 Q | 46.19 | 2 Q | 46.38 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tadeusz Cuch | 100 m | 10.89 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tadeusz Gorzechowski | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Zbigniew Jaremski | 400 m | 46.20 | 2 Q | 46.52 | 3 Q | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marek Jóźwik | 110 m hurdles | 14.06 | 2 Q | — | — | 14.06 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tadeusz Kulczycki | 400 m hurdles | 50.19 | 4 Q | — | — | 50.80 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrzej Kupczyk | 800 m | 1:48.5 | 2 Q | — | — | 1:46.69 | 4 Q | 1:47.10 | 7 |
| Bronisław Malinowski | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:28.2 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 8:28.0 | 4 |
| Bronisław Malinowski | 5000 m | 13:48.2 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kazimierz Maranda | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:50.4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ludomir Nitkowski | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Winicjusz Nowosielski | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Zenon Nowosz | 100 m | 10.36 | 3 Q | 10.40 | 4 Q | 10.42 | 4 Q | 10.46 | 7 |
| Zenon Nowosz | 200 m | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jan Ornoch | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:32:01.6 | 7 |
| Jan Ornoch | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Andrzej Siennicki | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Edward Stawiarz | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:28:12 | 40 |
| Henryk Szordykowski | 1500 m | 3:44.2 | 3 Q | — | — | 3:42.5 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stanisław Wagner | 100 m | 10.62 | 3 Q | 10.61 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jan Werner | 400 m | 45.93 | 4 Q | 46.02 | 3 Q | 46.26 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leszek Wodzyński | 110 m hurdles | 14.03 | 3 Q | — | — | 13.81 | 3 Q | 13.72 | 6 |
| Mirosław Wodzyński | 110 m hurdles | 14.02 | 4 Q | — | — | 14.63 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tadeusz Zieliński | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:49.8 | 11 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stanisław Wagner Tadeusz Cuch Jerzy Czerbniak Zenon Nowosz | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.11 | 1 Q | — | — | 38.90 | 3 Q | 39.03 | 6 |
| Jan Werner Jan Balachowski Zbigniew Jaremski Andrzej Badeński | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.52 | 1 Q | — | — | — | — | 3:01.05 | 5 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Bogusław Białek | High jump | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Wojciech Buciarski | Pole vault | 5.00 | 12 q | 5.00 | 10 |
| Grzegorz Cybulski | Long jump | 8.01 | 3 Q | 7.58 | 12 |
| Jerzy Homziuk | Long jump | 7.63 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michał Joachimowski | Triple jump | 16.43 | 6 Q | 16.69 | 7 |
| Edmund Jaworski | Javelin throw | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Jan Kobuszewski | Long jump | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Władysław Komar | Shot put | 20.60 | 1 Q | 21.18 | |
| Stanisław Lubiejewski | Hammer throw | 64.80 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tadeusz Ślusarski | Pole vault | 5.00 | 11 q | NM | NM |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 100H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Tadeusz Janczenko | Result | 10.64 | 7.28 | 14.45 | 2.04 | 49.10 | 16.89 | 45.26 | 4.50 | 63.80 | 5:01.5 | 7861 | 8 |
| Tadeusz Janczenko | Points | 895 | 877 | 756 | 891 | 847 | 670 | 786 | 932 | 807 | 400 | 7861 | 8 |
| Ryszard Katus | Result | 10.89 | 7.09 | 14.39 | 1.92 | 49.10 | 14.41 | 43.00 | 4.50 | 59.96 | 4:31.9 | 7984 | |
| Ryszard Katus | Points | 831 | 838 | 752 | 788 | 847 | 914 | 744 | 932 | 761 | 577 | 7984 | |
| Ryszard Skowronek | Result | 10.78 | 7.42 | 14.24 | 1.98 | 48.10 | 15.74 | 33.66 | NM | DNS | DNS | DNF | DNF |
| Ryszard Skowronek | Points | 859 | 905 | 743 | 840 | 893 | 773 | 555 | 0 | DNS | DNS | DNF | DNF |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Krystyna Kacperczyk | 400 m | 53.85 | 5 Q | 54.39 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Teresa Nowak | 100 m hurdles | 13.16 | 3 Q | — | — | 13.10 | 4 Q | 13.17 | 5 |
| Danuta Piecyk | 400 m | 53.08 | 3 Q | 52.62 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Grażyna Rabsztyn | 100 m hurdles | 13.29 | 1 Q | — | — | 13.24 | 4 Q | 13.44 | 8 |
| Elżbieta Skowrońska | 800 m | 2:03.26 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Danuta Straszyńska | 100 m hurdles | 13.03 | 2 Q | — | — | 12.91 | 2 Q | 13.18 | 6 |
| Irena Szewińska | 100 m | 11.33 | 2 Q | 11.49 | 2 Q | 11.54 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Irena Szewińska | 200 m | 23.37 | 1 Q | 22.79 | 1 Q | 22.92 | 3 Q | 22.74 | |
| Bożena Zientarska | 400 m | 54.20 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Helena Kerner Barbara Bakulin Urszula Jóźwik Danuta Jedrejek | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.19 | 4 Q | — | — | — | — | 44.20 | 8 |
| Bozena Zientarska Krystyna Kacperczyk Elzbieta Skowronska Danuta Piecyk | 4 × 400 m relay | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Ludwika Chlewińska | Shot Put | 17.40 | 10 Q | 18.24 | 10 |
| Ewa Gryziecka | Javelin throw | 53.68 | 11 q | 57.00 | 7 |
| Daniela Jaworska | Javelin throw | 52.40 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Krystyna Nadolna | Discus throw | 52.52 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Irena Szewinska | Long jump | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Basketball
### Group B

* Qualified for the semifinals
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | 1st Tie | 2nd Tie |
| Soviet Union | 7 | 0 | 639 | 479 | +160 | 14 | | |
| Italy | 5 | 2 | 547 | 471 | +76 | 12 | 1W–1L | 1.072 |
| SFR Yugoslavia | 5 | 2 | 582 | 484 | +98 | 12 | 1W–1L | 1.013 |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 2 | 570 | 531 | +39 | 12 | 1W–1L | 0.917 |
| West Germany | 3 | 4 | 482 | 518 | −36 | 10 | | |
| Poland | 2 | 5 | 520 | 536 | −16 | 9 | | |
| Philippines | 1 | 6 | 526 | 666 | −140 | 8 | | |
| Senegal | 0 | 7 | 405 | 586 | −181 | 7 | | |
* August 27 9:00
| Poland | 90–75 | Philippines |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich
* August 28 21:30
| Poland | 64–85 | SFR Yugoslavia |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich
* August 29 10:30
| Senegal | 59–95 | Poland |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich
* August 30 9:00
| Soviet Union | 94–64 | Poland |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich
* September 1 20:00
| Italy | 71–59 | Poland |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich
* September 2 14:30
| West Germany | 67–65 | Poland |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich
* September 3 14:30
| Poland | 83–85 | Puerto Rico |
* Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

### Classification brackets

9th–12th place
| Semifinals (September 5) | Semifinals (September 5) | Semifinals (September 5) | 9th place (September 9) | 9th place (September 9) | 9th place (September 9) |
| A5 | Spain | 76 | | | |
| B6 | Poland | 87 | | | |
| B6 | Poland | 87 | B6 | Poland | 83 |
| | | | A6 | Australia | 91 |
| B5 | West Germany | 69 | A6 | Australia | 91 |
| A6 | Australia | 70 | 11th place (September 8) | 11th place (September 8) | 11th place (September 8) |
| | | | A5 | Spain | 84 |
| | | | B5 | West Germany | 83 |
* Team roster
Poland - 10th place

## 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 |
| Roman Rozek | Light Flyweight | Lee Suk-Un (KOR) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leszek Blazynski | Flyweight | BYE | Chander Narayanan (IND) W 3–2 | Arturo Delgado (MEX) W 5–0 | You Man-Chong (KOR) W 3–2 | Georgi Kostadinov (BUL) L 0–5 | Did not advance | |
| Józef Reszpondek | Bantamweight | Aldo Cosentino (FRA) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ryszard Tomczyk | Featherweight | Juan Francisco García (MEX) W 4–1 | Rudolf Vogel (SUI) W KO-2 | Boris Kuznetsov (URS) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jan Szczepanski | Lightweight | BYE | Kasamiro Marchlo (SUD) W 5–0 | James Busceme (USA) W 5–0 | Charlie Nash (IRL) W TKO-3 | Samuel Mbugua (KEN) W WO | László Orbán (HUN) W 5–0 | |
| Krzysztof Pierwieniecki | Light Welterweight | Walter Desiderio Gomez (ARG) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alfons Stawski | Welterweight | BYE | Richard Murunga (KEN) W 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wiesław Rudkowski | Light Middleweight | BYE | Antonio Castellini (ITA) W 5–0 | Nayden Stanchev (BUL) W 5–0 | Rolando Garbey (CUB) W 4–1 | Peter Tiepold (GDR) W 4–1 | Dieter Kottysch (FRG) L 2–3 | |
| Witold Stachurski | Middleweight | BYE | Peter Dula (KEN) W 4–1 | Reima Virtanen (FIN) L TKO-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Janusz Gortat | Light Heavyweight | Jaroslav Kral (TCH) W 5–0 | Raymond Russell (USA) W 3–2 | — | Rudi Hornig (FRG) W TKO-1 | Mate Parlov (YUG) L 0–5 | Did not advance | |
| Ludwik Denderys | Heavyweight | Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) L TKO-1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank |
| Jan Frączek Ryszard Seruga | Men's C-2 | 366.31 | 5 | 386.78 | 6 | 366.31 | 5 |
| Jerzy Jeż Wojciech Kudlik | Men's C-2 | DNF | DNF | 416.10 | 13 | 416.10 | 13 |
| Maciej Rychta Zbigniew Leśniak | Men's C-2 | 459.64 | 12 | 455.70 | 16 | 455.70 | 17 |
| Jerzy Stanuch | Men's K-1 | 317.09 | 8 | 480.52 | 34 | 317.09 | 14 |
| Wojciech Gawroński | Men's K-1 | 343.10 | 13 | 355.11 | 20 | 343.10 | 23 |
| Maria Ćwiertniewicz | Women's K-1 | 450.64 | 3 | 432.30 | 3 | 432.30 | 4 |
| Kunegunda Godawska-Olchawa | Women's K-1 | 473.26 | 5 | 441.05 | 5 | 441.05 | 5 |

### Sprint
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jerzy Opara | C-1 1000 m | 4:32.39 | 3 Q | — | — | BYE | BYE | 4:21.05 | 9 |
| Jan Żukowski Andrzej Gronowicz | C-2 1000 m | 4:27.94 | 5 R | 4:05.42 | 3 Q | 4:01.40 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Grezgorz Śledziewski | K-1 1000 m | 4:03.40 | 3 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:55.45 | 2 Q | 3:53.22 | 8 |
| Władysław Szuzkiewicz Rafal Piszcz | K-2 1000 m | 3:48.13 | 2 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:34.50 | 2 Q | 3:33.63 | |
| Zbigniew Niewiadomski Jerzy Dziadkowiec Zdzisław Tomyślak Andrzej Matysiak | K-4 1000 m | 3:24.59 | 2 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:12.46 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Stanisława Szydłowska | K-1 500 m | 2:14.75 | 5 | 2:10.04 | 2 Q | 2:08.89 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ewa Grajkowska Izabella Antonowicz | K-2 500 m | 2:04.30 | 4 Q | — | — | 1:55.50 | 1 Q | 1:57.45 | 6 |

## Cycling

Twelve cyclists represented Poland in 1972.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Lucjan Lis | Men's road race | 4:19:09 | 36 |
| Jan Smyrak | Men's road race | DNF | DNF |
| Stanisław Szozda | Men's road race | 4:20:41 | 76 |
| Ryszard Szurkowski | Men's road race | 4:14:37 | 31 |
| Lucjan Lis Edward Barcik Stanisław Szozda Ryszard Szurkowski | Team time trial | 2:11:47.5 | |

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

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Janusz Kierzkowski | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:07.22 | 5 |

#### Men's Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Round 3 | Repechage 3 | 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) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Andrzej Bek | Men's sprint | Pkhakadze (URS) Chin (JAM) L | Cambroni (MEX) W 11.86 | Vačkář (TCH) Cardi (ITA) L | Berkmann (GDR) W 11.87 | Balk (NED) Kravtsov (URS) L | Vačkář (TCH) Pedersen (DEN) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Benedykt Kocot | Men's sprint | Cooke (GBR) Snellinx (BEL) W | BYE | BYE | Geschke (GDR) Crutchlow (GBR) L | Balk (NED) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Mieczysław Nowicki | Men's individual pursuit | 5:02.28 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
| Bernard Kręczyński Paweł Kaczorowski Janusz Kierzkowski Mieczysław Nowicki Jerzy Głowacki | Team pursuit | 4:29.00 | 6 Q | Soviet Union (URS) W 4:25.72 | East Germany (GDR) L 4:26.39 | Great Britain (GBR) L 4:26.06 | 4 |

#### Men's Tandem

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Repechage Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 |
| Andrzej Bek Benedykt Kocot | Tandem | Verzini Rossi (ITA) W 10.56 | BYE | BYE | Barth Müller (FRG) W 2:0 (10.57; 10.46) | Geschke Otto (GDR) L 0:2 | Morelon Trentin (FRA) W 2:0 (10.76; 10.67) | |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Jakub Puchow | 10 m platform | 281.34 | 17 | 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 |
| Regina Krajnow | 3 m springboard | 248.91 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Regina Krajnow | 10 m platform | 179.79 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elżbieta Wierniuk | 3 m springboard | 277.32 | 6 Q | 131.04 | 8 | 408.36 | 8 |
| Elżbieta Wierniuk | 10 m platform | 188.10 | 10 | 121.98 | 11 | 310.08 | 11 |

## Equestrian
### 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 |
| Marek Małecki | Signor | Individual | 57,00 | 30 | 32.00 | 89.00 | 51 | 20.00 | 109,00 | 31 | 109,00 | 31 |
| Wojciech Mickunas | Tenor | Individual | 64,67 | 49 | DQ | DNF | DNF | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNF | AC |
| Jan Skoczylas | Wandal | Individual | 45,33 | 13 | 132,13 | 132.13 | 58 | 10.00 | 142,13 | 36 | 142,13 | 36 |
| Jacek Wierzchowiecki | Gniew | Individual | 39,67 | 7 | 10,47 | 10.47 | 19 | 20.00 | 30,47 | 18 | 30,47 | 18 |
| Marek Małecki Wojciech Mickunas Jan Skoczylas Jacek Wierzchowiecki | See above | Team | 142.00 | 5 | 34.80 | 126.54 | 11 | 50.00 | 281,60 | 10 | 281,60 | 10 |

### Show jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Stefan Grodzicki | Biszka | Individual | 8.00 | 17 Q | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | 17 |
| Marian Kozicki | Bronz | Individual | 8.50 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 21 |
| Jan Kowalczyk | Chandzar | Individual | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| Marian Kozicki Stefan Grodzicki Piotr Wawryniuk Jan Kowalczyk | Bronz Biszka Poprad Jastarnia | Team | 107.25 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1972.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Bogdan Gonsior | Men's épée | | 3 Q | | 4 Q | | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Jerzy Janikowski | Men's épée | | 3 Q | | 3 Q | | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | |
| Henryk Nielaba | Men's épée | | 2 Q | | 1 Q | | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | |
| Henryk Nielaba Bohdan Andrzejewski Bogdan Gonsior Jerzy Janikowski Kazimierz Barburski | Team épée | Luxembourg (LUX) W 9–6 Mexico (MEX) W 11–5 Switzerland (SUI) L 6–9 | 2 Q | — | — | Hungary (HUN) L 1–9 | Hungary (HUN) L 1–9 | Sweden (SWE) W 9–7 | Sweden (SWE) W 9–7 | Romania (ROU) L 3–9 | 6 |
| Marek Dąbrowski | Men's foil | | 2 Q | | 2 Q | | 1 Q | | 6 | Did not advance | 11 |
| Lech Koziejowski | Men's foil | | 1 Q | | 4 Q | | 2 Q | | 5 | Did not advance | 9 |
| Witold Woyda | Men's foil | | 1 Q | | 1 Q | | 3 Q | | 2 Q | | |
| Witold Woyda Lech Koziejowski Jerzy Kaczmarek Marek Dąbrowski Arkadiusz Godel | Team foil | Italy (ITA) W 11–5 West Germany (FRG) L 7–8 | 2 Q | — | — | Japan (JPN) W 9–5 | Japan (JPN) W 9–5 | Hungary (HUN) W 8–7 | Hungary (HUN) W 8–7 | Soviet Union (URS) W 9–5 | |
| Janusz Majewski | Men's sabre | | 1 Q | | 2 Q | | 2 Q | | 1 Q | | 6 |
| Józef Nowara | Men's sabre | | 1 Q | | 1 Q | | 1 Q | | 4 Q | | 5 |
| Jerzy Pawłowski | Men's sabre | | 2 Q | | 1 Q | Rylsky (URS) W 5–4 Ferrari (ITA) L 2–5 Horváth (HUN) L 1–5 Van Der Auwera (BEL) L 4–5 Morales (USA) W 5–3 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | |
| Józef Nowara Jerzy Pawłowski Krzysztof Grzegorek Zygmunt Kawecki Janusz Majewski | Team sabre | Austria (AUT) W 12–4 Switzerland (SUI) W 12–4 West Germany (FRG) W 11–5 | 1 Q | — | — | Italy (ITA) L 2–9 | Italy (ITA) L 2–9 | France (FRA) W 9–6 | France (FRA) W 9–6 | Cuba (CUB) W 9–5 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Elimination round | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Halina Balon | Women's foil | | 1 Q | | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | |
| Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman | Women's foil | | 2 Q | | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | |
| Kamilla Składanowska | Women's foil | | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | |
| Halina Balon Kamilla Składanowska Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska | Team foil | United States (USA) W 8-8 Germany (GER) L 8-8 Italy (ITA) L 10–3 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |

## Football
### First round
#### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 |
| East Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 4 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 |
| Ghana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |

### Second round
#### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
| Morocco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |

### Poland

Gold 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 |
| Jerzy Kruża | All-around | 17.75 | 17.60 | 17.55 | 18.00 | 17.65 | 17.80 | 106.35 | 50 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mikołaj Kubica | All-around | 18.20 | 18.55 | 18.50 | 18.75 | 18.85 | 18.40 | 111.25 | 13 Q | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Sylwester Kubica | All-around | 19.00 | 18.30 | 18.80 | 18.40 | 18.50 | 17.75 | 110.75 | 17 Q | 9.15 | 9.30 | 9.25 | 9.40 | 8.40 | 9.45 | 110.325 | 22 |
| Wilhelm Kubica | All-around | 18.35 | 18.70 Q | 18.10 | 18.50 | 18.40 | 17.85 | 109.90 | 23 Q | 9.10 | 9.40 | 9.35 | 9.00 | 9.40 | 9.30 | 110.550 | 20 |
| Mieczysław Strzałka | All-around | 17.65 | 18.05 | 17.90 | 18.30 | 16.65 | 17.90 | 106.45 | 48 | 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 | 18.85 | 17.90 | 18.85 | 18.20 | 18.60 | 18.75 | 111.15 | 15 Q | 9.25 | 8.75 | 9.00 | 9.50 | 9.35 | 9.55 | 110.975 | 15 |
| Jerzy Kruża Mikołaj Kubica Sylwester Kubica Wilhelm Kubica Mieczysław Strzałka Andrzej Szajna | Team all-around | 92.20 | 91.50 | 92.15 | 92.30 | 92.00 | 90.95 | 551.10 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

#### Individual finals

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Wilhelm Kubica | Pommel horse | — | 18.750 | — | — | — | — | 18.750 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Małgorzata Barlak-Kamasińska | All-around | 17.85 | 17.50 | 17.10 | 17.25 | 69.70 | 63 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joanna Bartosz | All-around | 18.45 | 17.55 | 18.15 | 16.60 | 70.75 | 52 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Danuta Fidusiewicz-Prusinowska | All-around | 17.65 | 17.30 | 16.95 | 17.20 | 69.10 | 72 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dorota Klencz | All-around | 17.50 | 17.15 | 17.25 | 16.65 | 68.55 | 80 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Danuta Lubowska | All-around | 17.60 | 17.70 | 16.75 | 16.30 | 68.35 | 84 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Łucja Matraszek-Chydzińska | All-around | 18.05 | 18.00 | 18.50 | 16.60 | 71.15 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Małgorzata Barlak-Kamasińska Joanna Bartosz Danuta Fidusiewicz-Prusinowska Dorota Klencz Danuta Lubowska Łucja Matraszek-Chydzińska | Team all-around | 89.60 | 88.10 | 88.50 | 84.70 | 350.90 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Handball

Poland tied Sweden and defeated Denmark but lost to the Soviet Union in the first round to finish in third place in the division. This put the team into the ninth- to twelfth-place consolation round, where they defeated Iceland to set up a match with Norway for ninth and tenth places. Poland lost this match.

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | | | | |
| 1. | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 34 | 4 | X | 11:11 | 13:13 | 16:10 |
| 2. | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 34 | 4 | 11:11 | X | 17:11 | 12:12 |
| 3. | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 38 | 3 | 13:13 | 11:17 | X | 11:8 |
| 4. | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 39 | 1 | 10:16 | 12:12 | 8:11 | X |
* Sweden tied Poland, 13–13
* Poland def. Denmark, 11–8
* Soviet Union def. Poland, 17–11

#### Classification 9-12

* Poland def. Iceland, 20–17
* Norway def. Japan, 19–17

#### Classification 9/10

* Norway def. Poland, 23–20

### Poland

10th place

## Hockey
### Preliminary round
#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| India | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 12 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11 |
| Great Britain | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
| Australia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
| Poland | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 3 |
| Mexico | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 0 |
August 27, 1972
* Kenya – Poland 0-1 (0–1)
August 28, 1972
* Netherlands – Poland 4-2 (3–0)
August 30, 1972
* Poland – Mexico 3-0 (1–0)
August 31, 1972
* India – Poland 2-2 (1–0)
September 2, 1972
* New Zealand – Poland 3-3 (1–2)
September 3, 1972
* Australia – Poland 1-0 (1–0)
September 4, 1972
* Poland – Great Britain 1-2 (1-1)

### Men's Classification Matches

September 8, 1972
* 11th/12th place: France – Poland 4-7 (2–1) after extra time

### Poland

12th place

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Marian Tałaj | −63kg | Robin Moffitt (AUS) W 1000–0000 | Stanko Topolčnik (YUG) W 1000–0000 | Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) L 0000–0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Antoni Zajkowski | −70kg | Erwin García (NCA) W 1000–0000 | Gustavo Brito (PUR) W 1000–0000 | Patrick Vial (FRA) W 0001–0000 | Toyokazu Nomura (JPN) L 0000–1000 | — | BYE | Antal Hetényi (HUN) W 0001–0000 | Dietmar Hötger (GDR) W 0001–0000 | Toyokazu Nomura (JPN) L 0000–1000 | |
| Adam Adamczyk | −80kg | BYE | Rick Littlewood (NZL) L 0001–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Włodzimierz Lewin | −93kg | Patrick Murphy (IRL) W 0010–0000 | Paul Barth (FRG) L 0001–0100 | BYE | BYE | Helmut Howiller (GDR) L 0000–0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Waldemar Sikorski | +93kg | BYE | DNS | Did not advance | 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 1972.
| 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 |
| Janusz Pyciak-Peciak | Men's | 1070 | 905 | 560 | 1060 | 1222 | 4832 | 21 |
| Stanisław Skwira | Men's | 785 | 791 | 846 | 1160 | 904 | 4495 | 40 |
| Ryszard Wach | Men's | 1100 | 715 | 956 | 1076 | 1126 | 4958 | 13 |
| Janusz Pyciak-Peciak Stanisław Skwira Ryszard Wach | Team | 2955 | 2420 | 2362 | 3296 | 3252 | 14785 | 8 |
Alternate Member:
* Krzysztof Trybusiewicz

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Roman Kowalewski Kazimierz Lewandowski | Double sculls | 7:21.05 | 5 R | 7:08.27 | 2 Q | 7:59.52 | 6 FB | 7:31.97 | 12 |
| Jerzy Broniec Alfons Ślusarski | Coxless pair | 7:24.16 | 2 R | 7:34.77 | 1 Q | 7:42.41 | 1 Q | 7:02.24 | 5 |
| Wojciech Repsz Wieslaw Dlugosz Jacek Rylski | Coxed pair | 7:57.23 | 2 R | 8:10.87 | 2 Q | 8:20.69 | 3 Q | 7:28.92 | 6 |
| Jerzy Ulczyński Marian Siejkowski Krzysztof Marek Jan Młodzikowski Grzegorz Stellak Marian Drażdżewski Ryszard Giło Sławomir Maciejowski Ryszard Kubiak | Eight | 6:26.95 | 4 R | 6:16.23 | 3 Q | 6:31.10 | 3 Q | 6:29.35 | 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 |
| Blazej Wyszkowski | Finn | 25 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 20 | DNF | 26 | 159.0 | 24 |
| Zbigniew Kania Krzysztof Szymczak | Flying Dutchman | 7 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 23 | DSQ | 137.0 | 21 |
| Tomasz Holc Roman Rutkowski | Tempest | 10 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 95.7 | 12 |
| Zygfryd Perlicki Józef Błaszczyk Stanisław Stefański | Soling | 19 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 | — | 75.0 | 8 |
| Lech Poklewski Tadeusz Piotrowski Aleksander Bielaczyc | Dragon | 20 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 21 | — | 106.0 | 20 |

## Shooting

Thirteen shooters, 12 men and one woman, represented Poland in 1972. Józef Zapędzki won gold in the 25 m rapid fire pistol.

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Zygmunt Bogdziewicz | Running target | 541 | 17 |
| Zbigniew Fedyczak | 50 m pistol | 546 | 23 |
| Zbigniew Fedyczak | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 587 | 14 |
| Wiesław Gawlikowski | Skeet | 185 | 39 |
| Roman Kuzior | Running target | 536 | 21 |
| Eugeniusz Pędzisz | 300 metre free rifle | 1131 | 19 |
| Eugeniusz Pędzisz | Men's 50 metre rifle three positions | 1128 | 36 |
| Artur Rogowski | Skeet | 190 | 20 |
| Eulalia Rolińska | 50 metre rifle prone | 593 | 28 |
| Andrzej Sieledcow | 300 metre free rifle | 1135 | 16 |
| Andrzej Sieledcow | 50 metre rifle three positions | 1151 | 6 |
| Adam Smelczyński | Trap | 190 | 11 |
| Rajmund Stachurski | 50 m pistol | 559 | 4 |
| Grzegorz Strouhal | Trap | 179 | 35 |
| Andrzej Trajda | 50 metre rifle prone | 597 | 9 |
| Józef Zapędzki | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 595 OR | |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Andrzej Chudziński | 100 metre butterfly | 1:00.22 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrzej Chudziński | 200 metre butterfly | 2:12.62 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Piotr Dłucik | 100 metre backstroke | 1:01.94 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zbigniew Pacelt | 100 metre freestyle | 55.97 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zbigniew Pacelt | 200 metre freestyle | 2:01.28 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zbigniew Pacelt | 200 metre medley | 2:17.35 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zbigniew Pacelt | 400 metre medley | 4:55.38 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cezary Śmiglak | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:10.53 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cezary Śmiglak | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:34.51 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Władysław Wojtakajtis | 400 metre freestyle | 4:16.04 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Władysław Wojtakajtis | 1500 metre freestyle | 17:23.47 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Piotr Dłucik Cezary Śmiglak Andrzej Chudziński Zbigniew Pacelt | 4 x 200 metre freestyle | 4:07.87 | 15 | 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 | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 5.000 | 257 | 196 | 1.311 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1.625 | 294 | 235 | 1.251 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1.833 | 230 | 205 | 1.122 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0.700 | 209 | 197 | 1.061 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 5 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 0.667 | 237 | 259 | 0.915 | 9th place match |
| 6 | Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 90 | 225 | 0.400 | 11th place match |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 27 Aug | Czechoslovakia | 3–0 | Poland | 15–13 | 16–14 | 15–8 | | | 46–35 |
| 29 Aug | Poland | 3–0 | Tunisia | 15–6 | 15–11 | 15–1 | | | 45–18 |
| 31 Aug | South Korea | 3–1 | Poland | 15–7 | 13–15 | 15–11 | 15–6 | | 58–39 |
| 02 Sep | Bulgaria | 3–2 | Poland | 14–16 | 12–15 | 15–7 | 15–3 | 15–10 | 71–51 |
| 05 Sep | Soviet Union | 3–2 | Poland | 11–15 | 15–12 | 15–12 | 10–15 | 15–13 | 66–67 |

### 9th–10th places
#### 9th place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 09 Sep | Poland | 3–0 | Cuba | 15–2 | 15–7 | 15–13 | | | 45–22 |

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Military press | Military press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Zygmunt Smalcerz | 52 kg | 112,5 OR | 1 | 100 | 2 | 125 | 3 | 337,5 OR | |
| Waldemar Korcz | 52 kg | 102,5 | 5 | 92,5 | 9 | 0 | NVL | 195 | AC |
| Henryk Trębicki | 56 kg | 122.5 | 3 | 107.5 | 3 | 135 | 6 | 365 | 4 |
| Grzegorz Cziura | 56 kg | 120 | 4 | 102.5 | 7 | 0 | NVL | 222,5 | AC |
| Mieczysław Nowak | 60 kg | 120 | 8 | 110 | 8 | 145 | 6 | 375 | 7 |
| Jan Wojnowski | 60 kg | 120 | 7 | 120 | 1 | 0 | NVL | 240 | AC |
| Zbigniew Kaczmarek | 67,5 kg | 145 | 4 | 130 | 2 | 167,5 | 3 | 437,5 | |
| Waldemar Baszanowski | 67,5 kg | 142,5 | 5 | 130 | 3 | 162,5 | 6 | 435 | 4 |
| Norbert Ozimek | 82.5 kg | 165 | 4 | 145 | 4 | 187.5 | 2 | 497,5 | |

## 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 |
| Andrzej Kudelski | −52 kg | Wanelge Castillo (PAN) W T 8:57 | Gordon Bertie (CAN) L P | Kiyomi Kato (JPN) L T 2:55 | — | — | — | Did not advance | 11 |
| Zbigniew Żedzicki | −57 kg | An Jea-Won (KOR) W P | Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) L P | Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE) W T 1:16 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) L T 1:23 | — | — | Did not advance | 10 |
| Zdzisław Stolarski | −62 kg | Satpal Singh (IND) L P | Orlando Gonçalves (POR) W T 5:27 | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) L P | — | — | — | Did not advance | 11 |
| Włodzimierz Cieślak | −68 kg | André Chardonnens (SUI) W P | Kikuo Wada (JPN) L P | Joseph Gilligan (GBR) W T 7:29 | Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE) W P | Dan Gable (USA) L T 4:13 | — | Did not advance | 7 |
| Jan Wypiorczyk | −82 kg | Lupe Lara (CUB) W T 8:41 | Ghulam Dastagir (AFG) W T 5:58 | John Peterson (USA) L T 6:35 | Peter Neumair (FRG) L P | — | — | Did not advance | 8 |
| Paweł Kurczewski | −90 kg | Ben Peterson (USA) L P | George Saunders (CAN) W P | Raúl García (MEX) W P | Gennadi Strakhov (URS) L T 1:52 | — | — | Did not advance | 9 |
| Ryszard Długosz | −100 kg | Julio Tamussin (ITA) W P | József Csatári (HUN) L T 8:28 | BYE | Vasil Todorov (BUL) L P | — | — | Did not advance | 6 |
| Stanisław Makowiecki | +100 kg | Yorihide Isogai (JPN) W P | Ştefan Stîngu (ROU) L P | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRN) L T 2:35 | — | — | — | Did not advance | 8 |

### 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 |
| Bernard Szczepański | −48 kg | Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA) L P | Sotirios Ventas (GRE) L T 1:32 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | 14 |
| Jan Michalik | −52 kg | Pertti Ukkola (FIN) W P | BYE | Petar Kirov (BUL) L P | Miroslav Zeman (TCH) W P | Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA) L P | — | Did not advance | 5 |
| Józef Lipień | −57 kg | Francesco Scuderi (ITA) W P | Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL) W T 1:17 | Rustam Kazakov (URS) L T 8:39 | Hristo Traikov (BUL) L P | — | — | Did not advance | 8 |
| Kazimierz Lipień | −62 kg | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) W T 8:34 | László Réczi (HUN) W P | Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) W T 5:37 | Slavko Koletić (YUG) W P | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) L T 7:00 | — | Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) W P | |
| Andrzej Supron | −68 kg | Simion Popescu (ROU) L T 5:58 | Sotirios Nakos (GRE) W T 8:38 | Mohammad Dalirian (IRI) W T 2:26 | Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) L T 8:10 | — | — | Did not advance | 9 |
| Stanisław Krzesiński | −74 kg | Werner Schröter (FRG) L P | Jiichiro Date (JPN) W P | Jan Karlsson (SWE) L T 8:47 | — | — | — | Did not advance | 11 |
| Adam Ostrowski | −82 kg | J Robinson (USA) W P | Ali Yağmur (TUR) W P | Csaba Hegedűs (SWE) L T 0:00 | — | — | — | Did not advance | 9 |
| Czesław Kwieciński | −90 kg | Lothar Metz (GDR) L P | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) W P | Josip Čorak (YUG) L P | BYE | József Pércsi (HUN) W T 2:04 | — | Valeri Rezantsev (URS) L P | |
| Andrzej Skrzydlewski | −100 kg | Lorenz Hecher (FRG) W P | Burke Deadrich (USA) W T 1:23 | Ferenc Kiss (HUN) L P | Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) L T 1:25 | — | — | Did not advance | 7 |
| Edward Wojda | +100 kg | Aleksandar Tomov (FRG) L T 5:59 | Victor Dolipschi (ROU) L T 1:23 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | 8 |