# Poland at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Poland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Poland returned to the Summer Olympic Games after having boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics. 143 competitors, 111 men and 32 women, took part in 105 events in 19 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Andrzej Wroński | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg | 21 September |
| Gold | Waldemar Legień | Judo | Men's 78 kg | 28 September |
| Silver | Joachim Halupczok Zenon Jaskuła Marek Leśniewski Andrzej Sypytkowski | Cycling | Men's team time trial | 18 September |
| Silver | Andrzej Głąb | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg | 20 September |
| Silver | Janusz Olech | Fencing | Men's sabre | 23 September |
| Silver | Janusz Pawłowski | Judo | Men's 65 kg | 26 September |
| Silver | Marek Dopierała Marek Łbik | Canoeing | Men's C-2 500 metres | 30 September |
| Bronze | Józef Tracz | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg | 21 September |
| Bronze | Artur Wojdat | Swimming | Men's 400 metre freestyle | 23 September |
| Bronze | Sławomir Zawada | Weightlifting | Men's 90 kg | 25 September |
| Bronze | Jan Dydak | Boxing | Welterweight | 29 September |
| Bronze | Henryk Petrich | Boxing | Light heavyweight | 29 September |
| Bronze | Andrzej Gołota | Boxing | Heavyweight | 29 September |
| Bronze | Janusz Zarenkiewicz | Boxing | Super heavyweight | 29 September |
| Bronze | Izabela Dylewska-Światowiak | Canoeing | Women's K-1 500 metres | 30 September |
| Bronze | Marek Dopierała Marek Łbik | Canoeing | Men's C-2 1000 metres | 1 October |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Athletics | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| Boxing | 7 | – | 7 |
| Canoeing | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Cycling | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Diving | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Equestrian | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Fencing | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Judo | 6 | – | 6 |
| Modern pentathlon | 3 | – | 3 |
| Rowing | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Sailing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shooting | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Swimming | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Table tennis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 7 | – | 7 |
| Wrestling | 18 | – | 18 |
| Total | 111 | 32 | 143 |

## Archery

Poland entered three women in its fourth appearance in Olympic archery.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Score | Seed | Score | Seed | Score | Seed | Score | Rank |
| Joanna Helbin | Individual | 1207 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Beata Iwanek | Individual | 1222 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joanna Kwaśna | Individual | 1252 | 16 | 304 | 17 | 303 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joanna Helbin Beata Iwanek Joanna Kwaśna | Team | 3681 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 945 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Jacek Bednarek | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3:58:31 | 24 |
| Tomasz Jędrusik | 400 m | 46.12 | 3 Q | 45.27 | 4 Q | 46.17 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bogusław Mamiński | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:45.72 | 6 | — | — | 8:18.28 | 6 | 8:15.97 | 8 |
| Ryszard Ostrowski | 800 m | 1:49.04 | 3 Q | 1:47.72 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zdzisław Szlapkin | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:27:23 | 36 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Mirosław Chmara | Pole vault | 5.40 | 4 q | NM | NM |
| Andrzej Grabarczyk | Triple jump | 16.24 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marian Kolasa | Pole vault | 5.40 | 4 q | NM | NM |
| Krzysztof Krawczyk | High jump | 2.25 | 15 q | 2.31 | 12 |
| Helmut Krieger | Shot put | 19.75 | 10 Q | 1.89 | 19.51 |
| Artur Partyka | High jump | 2.19 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jacek Pastusiński | Triple jump | 16.66 | 5 Q | 16.72 | 8 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Genowefa Błaszak | 400 m hurdles | 56.18 | 3 Q | — | — | 56.76 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jolanta Janota | 100 m | 11.71 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jolanta Janota | 200 m | 23.40 | 3 Q | 23.34 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wanda Panfil | 10,000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Wanda Panfil | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.34:35 | 22 |
| Ewa Pisiewicz | 100 m | 11.84 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Agnieszka Siwek | 200 m | 23.10 | 2 Q | 22.96 | 4 Q | 23.20 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joanna Smolarek | 100 m | 11.43 | 3 Q | 11.35 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jolanta Janota Ewa Pisiewicz Agnieszka Siwek Joanna Smolarek | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.98 | 4 Q | — | — | 43.44 | 4 Q | 43.93 | 6 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Jolanta Bartczak | Long jump | 6.30 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Agata Karczmarek | Long jump | 6.67 | 8 | 6.60 | 7 |
| Renata Katewicz | Discus throw | 60.34 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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 | Rank |
| Grzegorz Jabłoński | Bantamweight | BYE | Nyamaagiin Altankhuyag (MGL) L 2-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tomasz Nowak | Featherweight | Djingarey Mamodou (NIG) W 5–0 | Ulaipalota Tautauma (SAM) W WO | Eugene Seymour (BAH) W 5-0 | Lee Jae-Hyuk (KOR) L 0-5 | Did not advance | 5 |
| Andrzej Możdżeń | Light Welterweight | BYE | Duke Chinyadza (ZIM) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jan Dydak | Welterweight | BYE | José García (VEN) W 4-1 | Humberto Aranda (CRC) W 4-1 | Adewale Adgebusi (NIG) W 4-1 | Robert Wangila (KEN) L WO | |
| Henryk Petrich | Light Heavyweight | Park Byun-Jin (KOR) W RSC | Niels Madsen (DEN) W 5-0 | — | Ahmed Elnaggar (EGY) W 5-0 | Andrew Maynard (USA) L AB | |
| Andrzej Golota | Heavyweight | BYE | Svilen Rusinov (BUL) W 5-0 | — | Harold Obunga (KEN) W 5-0 | Baik Hyun-Man (KOR) L RSC | |
| Janusz Zarenkiewicz | Super Heavyweight | BYE | Harold Arroyo (PUR) W 5-0 | — | Andreas Schnieders (FRG) W 3-2 | Lennox Lewis (CAN) L WO | |

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

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jan Pinczura | C-1 500 m | 2:00.20 | 5 Q | AC | 2 Q | 1:57.61 | 2 Q | 1:59.97 | 5 |
| Jan Pinczura | C-1 1000 m | 4:14.10 | 5 Q | 4:24.10 | 3 Q | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała | C-2 500 m | 1:43.09 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 1:49.06 | 2 Q | 1:43.61 | |
| Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała | C-2 1000 m | 3:44.24 | 2 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:50.45 | 1 Q | 3:54.33 | |
| Maciej Freimut Wojciech Kurpiewski | K-2 500 m | 1:34.72 | 4 Q | 1:41.99 | 3 Q | 1:35.33 | 3 Q | 1:36.22 | 6 |
| Maciej Freimut Wojciech Kurpiewski Grzegorz Krawców Kazimierz Krzyżański | K-4 1000 m | 3:06.52 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:10.87 | 2 Q | 3:04.73 | 5 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Izabela Dylewska | K-1 500 m | 1:57.42 | 2 Q | — | — | 1:56.47 | 1 Q | 1:57.38 | |
| Bożena Ksiąźek Jolanta Łukaszewicz | K-2 500 m | 1:51.55 | 3 Q | BYE | BYE | 1:54.30 | 3 Q | 1:51.13 | 9 |
| Bożena Ksiąźek Elżbieta Urbańczyk Katarzyna Weiss Jolanta Łukaszewicz | K-4 500 m | 1:41.07 | 4 Q | — | — | 1:42.55 | 2 Q | 1:47.40 | 8 |

## Cycling

Eleven male cyclists represented Poland in 1988.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Jacek Bodyk | Men's road race | 4:32:56 | 28 |
| Andrzej Mierzejewski | Men's road race | 4:48:06 | 108 |
| Zdzisław Wrona | Men's road race | 4:32:56 | 17 |
| Andrzej Sypytkowski Joachim Halupczok Zenon Jaskuła Marek Leśniewski | Team time trial | 1:57:54.2 | |

### Track
#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Ryszard Dawidowicz | Men's individual pursuit | 4:36.21 | 5 Q | Gabriel Ovidio Curuchet (ARG) W 4:42.03 | Dean Woods (AUS) L 4:39.44 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Ryszard Dawidowicz Joachim Halupczok Andrzej Sikorski Marian Turowski | Men's team pursuit | 4:21.30 | 6 Q | — | West Germany (FRG) L 4:22.50 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |

#### Points race

| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
| Wojciech Pawłak | Men's points race | 8 | 0 | 16 |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Tomasz Rossa | 3 m springboard | 475.44 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrianism
### 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 |
| Bogusław Jarecki | Niewiaza | Individual | 56,60 | 12 | 44,80 | 101,40 | 11 | 10,00 | 111,40 | 12 | 111,40 | 12 |
| Eugeniusz Koczorski | Idrys | Individual | 90,00 | 46 | 110,80 | 260,80 | 36 | 16,50 | 277,30 | 33 | 277,30 | 33 |
| Krzysztof Rafalak | Dziwnograd | Individual | 72,40 | 32 | 56,40 | 158,40 | 23 | 5,00 | 163,40 | 21 | 163,40 | 21 |
| Krzysztof Rogowski | Alkierz | Individual | 80,20 | 41 | 25,60 | 109,80 | 15 | 5,00 | 114,80 | 13 | 114,80 | 13 |
| Bogusław Jarecki Krzysztof Rafalak Eugeniusz Koczorski Krzysztof Rogowski | See above | Team | 209,20 | 8 | 160,40 | 369,60 | 4 | 20,00 | 389,60 | 4 | 389,60 | 4 |
# – Indicates that points do not count in team total * Only three riders are eligible to qualify for the jumping final.

## Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1988.

### Men
#### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Round I | Repechage Round I | Round II | Repechage Round II | Round III | Repechage Round III | Round IV | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ludomir Chronowski | Individual épée | 33 | 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 | Did not advance |
| Witold Gadomski | Individual épée | 21 Q | Yun (KOR) W 10-6 | BYE | Rivias Nieto (COL) L 5-10 | Pentano (ITA) L 5-10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cezary Siess | Individual épée | 43 | 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 | Did not advance |
| Leszek Bandach | Individual foil | 29 Q | Enkelmann (FRG) L 5–10 | Soumagne (BEL) L 7-10 | 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 |
| Marian Sypniewski | Individual foil | 27 Q | Lewison (USA) L 6-10 | Harper (GBR) L 9–10 | 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 |
| Bogusław Zych | Individual foil | 15 Q | Rocheleau (CAN) W 10-3 | BYE | Gey (FRG) L 7-10 | Wendt (FRG) W 10-1 | Mamedow (URS) L 7-10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Robert Kościelniakowski | Individual sabre | 18 | 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 | Did not advance |
| Janusz Olech | Individual sabre | 2 Q | Scalzo (ITA) W 10-7 | BYE | Becker (FRG) L 7-10 | Piguła (POL) W 10-6 | — | — | — | Nolte (FRG) W 10-7 | Scalzo (ITA) W 10-9 | Lamour (FRA) L 10-4 | |
| Tadeusz Piguła | Individual sabre | 12 Q | Nebald (HUN) L 5-10 | Marin (ITA) W 10-9 | BYE | Olech (POL) L 6-10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Team

| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | 1/16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ludomir Chronowski Witold Gadomski Cezary Siess Bogusław Zych Piotr Kiełpikowski | Team épée | Kuwait (KUW) W 9-1 France (FRA) L 4-9 | Sweden (SWE) L 6-9 | — | — | — | 10 |
| Leszek Bandach Marian Sypniewski Bogusław Zych Waldemar Ciesielczyk Piotr Kiełpikowski | Team foil | Canada (CAN) W 9-2 Hong Kong (HKG) W 9-0 Soviet Union (URS) L 3-9 | BYE | East Germany (GDR) L 3-9 | Classification semi-final Italy (ITA) W 9-7 | 5th place final France (FRA) W 8-8 | 5 |
| Janusz Olech Robert Kościelniakowski Andrzej Kostrzewa Tadeusz Piguła Marek Gniewkowski | Team sabre | China (CHN) W 9-1 Canada (CAN) W 9-3 Soviet Union (URS) L 7-9 | — | Hungary (HUN) L 8-8 | — | 5th place final West Germany (FRG) W 9-4 | 5 |

### Women
#### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Round I | Repechage Round I | Round II | Repechage Round II | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Agnieszka Dubrawska | Individual foil | 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 |
| Jolanta Królikowska | Individual foil | 15 Q | Sadowskaja (URS) L6-8 | Bilodeaux (USA) L 6-8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anna Sobczak | Individual foil | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Team

| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Agnieszka Dubrawska Anna Sobczak Jolanta Królikowska Małgorzata Breś Hanna Prusakowska | Team foil | France (FRA) L 3-9 Soviet Union (URS) L 6-9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |

## Gymnastics
### Rhythmic gymnastics

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rope | Hoop | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Prelim Total | Total | Rank |
| Eliza Bialkowska | Individual | 9.700 | 9.88 | 9.650 | 9.650 | 38.800 | 19.400 | 58.200 | 14 |
| Teresa Folga | Individual | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.700 | 9.900 | 39.200 | 19.425 | 58.625 | 7 |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | 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 |
| Ireneusz Kiejda | −60 kg | BYE | Helmut Dietz (FRG) L 0000-0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Janusz Pawłowski | −66 kg | Philip Laats (BEL) W 0010–0000 | Tommy Mortensen (DEN) W 0100–0000 | Ivo Kostadinov (BUL) W 1000–0000 | Arthur Cooper (NZL) W 0001–0000 | Yosuke Yamamoto (JPN) W 1000–0000 | BYE | BYE | BYE | Gyeong-Geun Lee (KOR) L 0000–0000 | |
| Wiesław Błach | −71 kg | Siao Chin Chong (HKG) W 1000–0000 | Luiz Onmura (BRA) L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Waldemar Legień | −78 kg | BYE | Walid Hussain (EGY) W 1000–0000 | Dario Garcia Aguilar (ARG) W 1000–0000 | Kevin Doherty (CAN) W 0100–0000 | Baszir Warajew (URS) W 0000–0000 | BYE | BYE | BYE | Frank Wieneke (FRG) W 1000–0000 | |
| Jacek Beutler | −95 kg | — | BYE | Ahmed Barbach (MAR) W 0100–0000 | Theodorus Meijer (NED) W 1000–0000 | Marc Meiling (FRG) L 0000–0001 | Robert Van De Valle (BEL) L 1000–0000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrzej Basik | +95 kg | — | Clemens Jehle (SUI) W 0010–0000 | Helder Ina De Carvalho (ANG) W 1000–0000 | Yong-Cheol Jo (KOR) L 0000–0010 | 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 1988.
| 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 |
| Wiesław Chmielewski | Men's | 576 | 847 | 1224 | 958 | 1096 | 4501 | 53 |
| Maciej Czyżowicz | Men's | 770 | 847 | 1308 | 1000 | 1123 | 5048 | 15 |
| Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek | Men's | 1040 | 660 | 1312 | 934 | 1036 | 4982 | 23 |
| Wiesław Chmielewski Maciej Czyżowicz Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek | Team | 2386 | 2354 | 3844 | 2692 | 3255 | 14531 | 9 |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kajetan Broniewski | Single sculls | 7:13.77 | 4 R | 7:04.39 | 2 Q | 7:03.90 | 3 Q | 7:03.67 | 5 |
| Wojciech Jankowski Jacek Streich Ireneusz Omięcki | Coxed pair | 7:21.89 | 4 R | 7:18.21 | 2 Q | 7:13.48 | 5 FB | 7:18.60 | 9 |
| Sławomir Cieślakowski Andrzej Krzepiński Mirosław Mruk Tomasz Świątek | Quadruple sculls | 5:52.41 | 5 R | 5:57.61 | 2 Q | 5:57.32 | 3 FB | 5:55.39 | 7 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Elżbieta Jankowska Zyta Jarka Elwira Lorenz Czesława Szczepińska Grażyna Błąd-Kotwica | Coxed four | 7:29.72 | 3 R | 7:32.55 | 4 FB | — | — | 7:22.59 | 8 |

## Sailing
### Men

| 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 |
| Grzegorz Myszkowski | Lechner Division II | 16 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 128.7 | 17 |
| Henryk Blaszka | Finn | 18 | 19 | 10 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 127.0 | 20 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Jerzy Greszkiewicz | 50 metre running target | — | — | 584 | 12 |
| Adam Kaczmarek | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 595 | 5 Q | 691 | 5 |
| Wojciech Karkusiewicz | 50 metre running target | — | — | 582 | 15 |
| Krzysztof Kucharczyk | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 591 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jerzy Pietrzak | 10 m air pistol | 582 | 7 Q | 678.3 | 7 |
| Jerzy Pietrzak | 50 m pistol | 557 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Dorota Bidołach | 25 m pistol | 582 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dorota Bidołach | 10 m air pistol | 378 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final B | Final B | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mateusz Podkościelny | 200 metre freestyle | 1:50.95 | 14 | 1:51.63 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mateusz Podkościelny | 400 metre freestyle | 3:49.51 | 1 OR | Did not advance | Did not advance | 3:48.59 | 5 |
| Mateusz Podkościelny | 1500 metre freestyle | 15:11.19 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15:14.76 | 4 |
| Rafał Szukała | 100 metre butterfly | 54.83 | 15 | 54.80 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rafał Szukała | 200 metre butterfly | 2:01.91 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Artur Wojdat | 200 metre freestyle | 1:48.02 | 1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 1:48.40 | 4 |
| Artur Wojdat | 400 metre freestyle | 3:49.68 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 3:47.34 | |
| Artur Wojdat | 1500 metre freestyle | 15:37.52 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final B | Final B | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Dorota Chylak | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:12.38 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dorota Chylak | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:39.38 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kornelia Stawicka | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:15.41 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kornelia Stawicka | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:36.86 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Andrzej Grubba | Men's singles | Q | Q | Jörgen Persson (SWE) L1-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leszek Kucharski | Men's singles | Q | Q | Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE) L 2-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrzej Grubba Leszek Kucharski | Men's doubles | Q | Q | Chen Longcan / Wei Qingguang (CHN) L 1–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Wojciech Kowalski | Singles | Tony Mmoh (NGR) L 2–6, 4–6, 4-6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Jacek Gutowski | −52 kg | 112,5 | 3 | 135 | 5 | 247,5 | 5 |
| Marek Seweryn | −67,5 kg | 145 | 4 | 172,5 | 4 | 317,5 | 4 |
| Waldemar Kosinski | −75 kg | 152,5 | 5 | 180 | 6 | 332,5 | 6 |
| Krzysztof Siemion | −82,5 kg | 162,5 | 4 | 195 | 5 | 357,5 | 5 |
| Sławomir Zawada | −90 kg | 180 | 2 | 220 | 3 | 400 | |
| Andrzej Piotrowski | −90 kg | 165 | 5 | 220 | 4 | 365 | 4 |
| Stanisław Małysa | −110 kg | 180 | 7 | 215 | 8 | 395 | 7 |

## Wrestling
### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | 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 | Round 7 Result | Rank | Final round Result | Rank |
| Władysław Stecyk | −52 kg | Garba Lame (NGR) W 4–0 | Surya Saputera (INA) W 4–0 | Aslan Seyhanlı (TUR) L 1-3 | Thierry Bourdin (FRA) W 3-1 | Vladimir Toguzov (URS) L 0-4 | — | — | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dariusz Grzywiński | −57 kg | Lawrence Holmes (CAN) L 1-3 | Sergei Beloglazov (URS) L 0-4 | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marian Skubacz | −62 kg | Ali Dad (AFG) W 3–1 | Mika Lehto (FIN) W 3–1 | John Smith (USA) L 1–3 | Simeon Shterev (BUL) L 0–3 | — | — | — | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrzej Kubiak | −68 kg | René Neyer (SUI) W 3-1 | Alexander Leipold (FRG) L 1-3 | Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (BUL) L 1-3 | — | — | — | — | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrzej Radomski | −82 kg | Reiner Trik (FRG) L 1-3 | Alexander Nanev (BUL) W 3-1 | Mark Schultz (USA) L 1-3 | — | — | — | — | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jerzy Nieć | −90 kg | Rumen Alabakov (BUL) L 1-3 | Bodo Lukowski (FRG) L 1-3 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wojciech Wala | −100 kg | William Scherr (USA) L 0-4 | Noel Loban (GBR) L 1-3 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adam Sandurski | −130 kg | Andreas Schröder (GDR) L 0-4 | Ham Duk-Won (KOR) W 4-0 | Dan Payne (CAN) W 4-3 | Bruce Baumgartner (USA) L 0-4 | BYE | BYE | BYE | 4 | Ralf Bremmer (FRG) W 3-1 | 7 |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | 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 | Round 7 Result | Rank | Final round Result | Rank |
| Andrzej Głąb | −48 kg | Mahaddin Allahverdiyev (URS) W 3-1 | Dov Groverman (ISR) W 3-1 | József Faragó (HUN) W 3-0 | Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR) W 3-1 | BYE | BYE | BYE | 1 | Vincenzo Maenza (ITA) L 0-3 | |
| Roman Kierpacz | −52 kg | Csaba Vadász (HUN) W 3–0 | Jon Rønningen (NOR) L 1-3 | Hu Richa (CHN) W 3-1 | Peter Stjernberg (SWE) W 3-1 | BYE | Lee Jae-Suk (KOR) L 1-3 | BYE | 3 | Tibor Jankovics (TCH) W 3-0 | 5 |
| Ryszard Wolny | −57 kg | Yang Changling (CHN) L 1-3 | Shunji Nakadome (JPN) L 0.5-3.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mieczysław Tracz | −62 kg | Isaac Anderson (USA) L 1-3 | Brahim Loksairi (MAR) W 3-0 | Kamandar Madzhidov (URS) L 0-3 | — | — | — | — | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jerzy Kopański | −68 kg | Sümer Koçak (TUR) W 3-0 | Attila Repka (HUN) W 3-0 | Lars Lagerborg (SWE) W DQ | Georgi Karamanliev (BUL) W 3-0 | Levon Julfalakyan (HUN) L 0-4 | — | — | 3 | Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN) W 3-0 | 5 |
| Józef Tracz | −74 kg | David Butler (USA) W 3-1 | Óscar Sánchez (ESP) W 4-0 | Franc Podlesek (YUG) L 0-3 | Hiromichi Ito (JPN) W 3-1 | Kim Young-Nam (KOR) W DQ | BYE | — | 2 | János Takács (HUN) W 3-0 | |
| Bogdan Daras | −82 kg | Ernesto Razzino (ITA) W 3-1 | Ubaldo Rodríguez (PUR) W 4-0 | Mikhail Mamiashvili (URS) L 0-3 | Goran Kasum (YUG) L 0-3 | — | — | — | 4 | John Morgan (USA) L 0-4 | 8 |
| Andrzej Malina | −90 kg | Franz Pitschmann (BUL) L 0-4 | Yasutoshi Moriyama (JPN) W 3-0 | Christer Gulldén (SWE) L 0-3 | — | — | — | — | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrzej Wroński | −100 kg | BYE | Steve Marshall (CAN) W 3-0 | Guram Gedekhauri (URS) L 0-4 | Jožef Tertei (YUG) W 3-0 | Vasile Andrei (ROU) W 3-0 | Dennis Koslowski (USA) W 3-0 | BYE | 1 | Gerhard Himmel (FRG) W 3-1 | |
| Roman Wrocławski | −130 kg | Fabio Valguarnera (ITA) L 0-0 | Daniel Payne (CAN) W 4-0 | Rangel Gerovski (BUL) L 0-3 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | 4 | Duane Koslowski (USA) W 4-0 | 7 |