# Poland at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Poland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Wojciech Fortuna | Ski jumping | Large hill individual |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Andrzej Bachleda | Giant Slalom | 1:34.40 | 17 | 1:38.02 | 4 | 3:12.42 | 9 |

### Men's slalom

| Athlete | Classification | Classification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Andrzej Bachleda | bye | bye | 57.04 | 10 | 55.22 | 11 | 1:52.26 | 10 |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Andrzej Fiedor | 1'19:17.25 | 11 | 1'30:17.25 | 48 |
| 20 km | Józef Stopka | 1'19:18.66 | 8 | 1'27:18.66 | 35 |
| 20 km | Andrzej Rapacz | 1'17:21.02 | 9 | 1'26:21.02 | 33 |
| 20 km | Aleksander Klima | 1'17:00.86 | 2 | 1'19:00.86 | 9 |
    $^1$ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

### Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^2$ | Time | Rank |
| Józef Rózak Józef Stopka Andrzej Rapacz Aleksander Klima | 4 | 1'58:09.92 | 7 |
    $^2$ A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Jan Staszel | 48:46.72 | 33 |
| 30 km | Jan Staszel | 1'43:35.68 | 29 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km | Anna Gębala-Duraj | 18:13.43 | 29 |
| 5 km | Władysława Majerczyk | 17:56.55 | 23 |
| 5 km | Józefa Chromik | 17:55.41 | 21 |
| 5 km | Weronika Budny | 17:38.74 | 13 |
| 10 km | Władysława Majerczyk | 38:19.66 | 34 |
| 10 km | Józefa Chromik | 36:45.39 | 21 |
| 10 km | Anna Gębala-Duraj | 36:32.65 | 15 |
| 10 km | Weronika Budny | 35:57.59 | 11 |

### Women's 3 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Anna Gębala-Duraj Józefa Chromik Weronika Budny | 51:49.13 | 7 |

## Figure skating
### Pairs

| Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Grazyna Kostrzewinska Adam Brodecki | 11 | 11 | 377.8 | 95.5 | 11 |

## Ice hockey
### First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Poland | 4–0 | West Germany |

### Medal round

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 9 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 6 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 6 |
| 4 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 5 |
| 5 | Finland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 4 |
| 6 | Poland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 0 |
* Czechoslovakia 14-1 Poland
* Finland 5-1 Poland
* Sweden 5-3 Poland
* USSR 9-3 Poland
* USA 6-1 Poland
* Team Roster
   * Walery Kosyl
   * Andrzej Tkacz
   * Ludwik Czachowski
   * Marian Feter
   * Stanislaw Fryslweicz
   * Robert Goralczyk
   * Adam Kopszynski
   * Jerzy Potz
   * Andrzej Szczepaniec
   * Jozef Batkiewicz
   * Krzysztof Bialynicki
   * Stefan Chowaniec
   * Feliks Goralczyk
   * Tadeusz Kacik
   * Tadeusz Obloj
   * Jozef Slovakiewicz
   * Leszek Tokarz
   * Wieslaw Tokarz
   * Walenty Zietara

## Luge
### Men

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ryszard Gawior | 54.72 | 24 | 54.09 | 20 | 53.26 | 21 | 52.87 | 16 | 3:34.94 | 19 |
| Mirosław Więckowski | 54.43 | 22 | 54.82 | 27 | 54.61 | 34 | 53.75 | 30 | 3:37.61 | 27 |
| Lucjan Kudzia | 54.14 | 19 | 53.58 | 15 | 52.36 | 11 | 52.75 | 13 | 3:32.83 | 13 |
| Janusz Grzemowski | 53.07 | 8 | 53.12 | 10 | 52.66 | 15 | 52.59 | 12 | 3:31.44 | 12 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mirosław Więckowski Wojciech Kublik | 44.88 | 6 | 44.78 | 4 | 1:29.66 | 5 |
| Lucjan Kudzia Ryszard Gawior | 45.28 | 9 | 45.40 | 11 | 1:30.68 | 9 |

### Women

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Barbara Piecha | 45.96 | 9 | 46.24 | 10 | 45.89 | 8 | 44.98 | 6 | 3:03.07 | 9 |
| Wiesława Martyka | 45.68 | 7 | 46.12 | 9 | 45.47 | 6 | 45.06 | 7 | 3:02.33 | 6 |
| Halina Kanasz | 45.66 | 6 | 45.98 | 7 | 45.52 | 7 | 45.17 | 9 | 3:02.33 | 6 |

## 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 |
| Kazimierz Długopolski | Individual | 73.0 | 73.5 | 184.9 | 10 | 51:38.5 | 190.960 | 24 | 375.860 | 12 |
| Józef Gąsienica | Individual | 67.5 | 64.5 | 146.8 | 34 | 51:29.4 | 192.325 | 21 | 339.125 | 31 |
| Stefan Hula | Individual | 72.5 | 71.0 | 178.2 | 18 | 51:29.4 | 192.325 | 21 | 370.525 | 17 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Stanisław Gąsienica Daniel | Normal hill | 73.5 | 97.3 | 72.5 | 96.7 | 194.0 | 39 |
| Tadeusz Pawlusiak | Normal hill | 73.5 | 98.8 | 71.5 | 99.1 | 197.9 | 32 |
| Adam Krzysztofiak | Normal hill | 75.5 | 105.0 | 73.5 | 102.3 | 207.3 | 24 |
| Wojciech Fortuna | Normal hill | 82.0 | 115.4 | 76.5 | 106.6 | 222.0 | 6 |
| Stanisław Gąsienica Daniel | Large hill | 83.0 | 83.2 | 86.0 | 87.9 | 171.1 | 31 |
| Adam Krzysztofiak | Large hill | 84.0 | 85.6 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 173.1 | 29 |
| Tadeusz Pawlusiak | Large hill | 87.0 | 89.3 | 90.0 | 94.0 | 183.3 | 18 |
| Wojciech Fortuna | Large hill | 111.0 | 130.4 | 87.5 | 89.5 | 219.9 | |