Poland at the 1956 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	POL
Nocname:	Polish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1956
Website:
Location:	Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors:	51 (44 men, 7 women)
Sports:	6
Flagbearer:	Tadeusz Kwapień
Rank:	12
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(1908–1912) (1912)

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.

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		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						3:29.3	35
Włodzimierz Czarniak						3:24.2	28
Jan Zarycki						3:22.3	23
Jan Zarycki	Slalom	DSQ	-	-	-	DSQ	-
Andrzej Gąsienica Roj		1:50.6	37	2:05.2	18	3:55.8	23
Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak		1:33.8	17	2:06.2	20	3:40.0	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska	Downhill					DNF	-
Maria Kowalska						1:51.9	19
Barbara Grocholska						1:51.7	17
Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska	Giant Slalom					2:10.9	35
Barbara Grocholska						2:05.5	30
Maria Kowalska						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

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		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 2		Run 3		Run 4		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

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Men

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

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

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

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Group B

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		2	2	0	0	12	6	4
2		2	1	1	0	7	4	2
3		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		3	3	0	0	21	7	6
8		3	2	1	0	12	10	4
9		3	1	2	0	12	18	2
10		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

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			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		65.0	64.5	182.5	29	1'05:15	205.400	32	387.900	32
Franciszek Gąsienica Groń		72.5	71.5	203.0	10	57:55	233.800	7	436.800
Aleksander Kowalski		74.0	75.0	210.5	5	1'03:37	211.700	29	422.200	15

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			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		74.0	98.0	26	76.5	103.0	12	201.0	16
Roman Gąsienica Sieczka		77.5	101.5	21	71.5	88.0	40	189.5	25
Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel		78.0	102.0	18	74.5	96.5	22	198.5	20

References