page_title: List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Poland
section_title: Skaters
hierarchical_section_title: List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Poland / Skaters
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Andrzej Świątek, hokeista
context_page_description: Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced as a demonstration sport at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and made a permanent sport when the Winter Olympics began in 1924. The Polish national team has participated in thirteen tournaments, first in 1928 and most recently in 1992. A total of 18 goaltenders and 136 skaters have represented Poland at the Olympics.
  Poland has never finished higher than fourth at the Olympics, which they achieved at the 1932 Winter Olympics, when only four teams participated. Their lowest finish was eleventh, of twelve teams, in 1992. Since 1992, Poland has not participated in the Olympics, though the team has played in Olympic qualifying tournaments.
  The Olympic Games were originally intended for amateur athletes, so the players of the National Hockey League and other professional leagues were not allowed to compete. The countries that benefited most were the Soviet Bloc countries of Eastern Europe, where top athletes were state-sponsored while retaining their status as amateurs.
caption: Andrzej Świątek scored one goal at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
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