# Poland at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Poland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Franciszek Gąsienica Groń won Poland's first ever medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Franciszek Gąsienica Groń | Nordic combined | Men's individual | January 31 |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jan Zarycki | Downhill | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Andrzej Gąsienica Roj | Downhill | | | | | 3:09.3 | 15 |
| Andrzej Gąsienica Roj | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:48.6 | 54 |
| Józef Marusarz | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:29.3 | 35 |
| Włodzimierz Czarniak | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:24.2 | 28 |
| Jan Zarycki | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:22.3 | 23 |
| Jan Zarycki | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Andrzej Gąsienica Roj | Slalom | 1:50.6 | 37 | 2:05.2 | 18 | 3:55.8 | 23 |
| Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak | Slalom | 1:33.8 | 17 | 2:06.2 | 20 | 3:40.0 | 16 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska | Downhill | | | | | DNF | – |
| Maria Kowalska | Downhill | | | | | 1:51.9 | 19 |
| Barbara Grocholska | Downhill | | | | | 1:51.7 | 17 |
| Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:10.9 | 35 |
| Barbara Grocholska | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:05.5 | 30 |
| Maria Kowalska | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:02.8 | 20 |
| Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Maria Kowalska | Slalom | 58.7 | 8 | 1:23.0 | 30 | 2:21.7 | 22 |

## Bobsleigh

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| POL-1 | Aleksy Konieczny Zbigniew Skowroński | Two-man | 1:27.21 | 16 | 1:27.23 | 21 | 1:27.87 | 20 | 1:28.54 | 18 | 5:50.85 | 19 |
| POL-2 | Stefan Ciapała Aleksander Habala | Two-man | 1:27.70 | 21 | 1:26.49 | 15 | 1:26.24 | 13 | 1:25.92 | 10 | 5:46.35 | 16 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| POL-1 | Stefan Ciapała Jerzy Olesiak Józef Szymański Aleksander Habala | Four-man | 1:19.95 | 12 | 1:20.25 | 14 | 1:21.10 | 14 | 1:22.19 | 19 | 5:23.49 | 15 |
| POL-2 | Aleksy Konieczny Zygmunt Konieczny Włodzimierz Źróbik Zbigniew Skowroński (both participated... Jan Dąbrowski ...in two runs) | Four-man | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 5:28.40 | 21 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Józef Gąsienica Sobczak | 56:39 | 44 |
| 15 km | Józef Rubiś | 54:47 | 34 |
| 15 km | Andrzej Mateja | 53:42 | 23 |
| 15 km | Tadeusz Kwapień | 52:45 | 16 |
| 30 km | Stanisław Bukowski | 1'56:26 | 29 |
| 30 km | Józef Rubiś | 1'53:57 | 23 |
| 30 km | Tadeusz Kwapień | 1'49:09 | 12 |
| 50 km | Stanisław Bukowski | 3'10:49 | 13 |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Józef Rubiś Józef Gąsienica Sobczak Tadeusz Kwapień Andrzej Mateja | 2'25:55 | 9 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km | Helena Gąsienica Daniel | 43:09 | 24 |
| 10 km | Zofia Krzeptowska | 41:37 | 18 |
| 10 km | Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa | 41:28 | 17 |
| 10 km | Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska | 41:09 | 16 |

### Women's 3 x 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa Zofia Krzeptowska | 1'13:20 | 5 |

## Ice hockey
### Group B

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
* USA 4-0 Poland
* Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland

### Games for 7th-10th places

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 7 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 2 |
| 10 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 |
* Poland 6-2 Switzerland
* Poland 4-3 Austria
* Italy 5-2 Poland
* Contestants Władysław Pabisz Edward Kocząb Janusz Zawadzki Kazimierz Chodakowski Stanisław Olczyk Mieczysław Chmura Henryk Bromowicz Józef Kurek Zdzisław Nowak Szymon Janiczko Adolf Wróbel Kazimierz Bryniarski Marian Herda Hilary Skarżyński Bronisław Gosztyła Rudolf Czech Alfred Wróbel

## Nordic combined

Events:
* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Józef Daniel Krzeptowski | Individual | 62.0 | 60.5 | 173.5 | 33 | 1'00:48 | 222.600 | 18 | 396.100 | 29 |
| Jan Raszka | Individual | 65.0 | 64.5 | 182.5 | 29 | 1'05:15 | 205.400 | 32 | 387.900 | 32 |
| Franciszek Gąsienica Groń | Individual | 72.5 | 71.5 | 203.0 | 10 | 57:55 | 233.800 | 7 | 436.800 | |
| Aleksander Kowalski | Individual | 74.0 | 75.0 | 210.5 | 5 | 1'03:37 | 211.700 | 29 | 422.200 | 15 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Józef Huczek | Normal hill | 70.5 | 95.5 | 28 | 67.0 | 89.5 | 36 | 185.0 | 30 |
| Władysław Tajner | Normal hill | 74.0 | 98.0 | 26 | 76.5 | 103.0 | 12 | 201.0 | 16 |
| Roman Gąsienica Sieczka | Normal hill | 77.5 | 101.5 | 21 | 71.5 | 88.0 | 40 | 189.5 | 25 |
| Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel | Normal hill | 78.0 | 102.0 | 18 | 74.5 | 96.5 | 22 | 198.5 | 20 |