Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Poland competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 185 competitors, 156 men and 29 women, took part in 108 events in 17 sports.
Gold
- Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak — Athletics, Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
- Józef Szmidt — Athletics, Men's Triple jump
- Kazimierz Paździor — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
- Ireneusz Paliński — Weightlifting, Men's Light-heavyweight
Silver
- Elżbieta Krzesińska — Athletics, Women's Long jump
- Jarosława Jóźwiakowska — Athletics, Women's High jump
- Jerzy Adamski — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
- Tadeusz Walasek — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
- Zbigniew Pietrzykowski — Boxing, Men's Light heavyweight
- Andrzej Piatkowski, Emil Ochyra, Wojciech Zabłocki, Jerzy Pawłowski, Ryszard Zub, Marian Kuszewski, — Fencing, Men's team sabre
Bronze
- Kazimierz Zimny — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres
- Tadeusz Rut — Athletics, Men's Hammer throw
- Teresa Wieczorek, Barbara Janiszewska, Celina Jesionowska, Halina Richter — Athletics, Women's 4×100 metres relay
- Brunon Bendig — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
- Marian Kasprzyk — Boxing, Men's Light welterweight
- Leszek Drogosz — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
- Daniela Walkowiak — Canoeing, Women's K-1 500 metres
- Stefan Kapłaniak, Władysław Zieliński — Canoeing, Men's K-2 1000 metres
- Teodor Kocerka — Rowing, Men's single sculls
- Jan Bochenek — Weightlifting, Men's Light-heavyweight
- Tadeusz Trojanowski — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
Athletics
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
Basketball
Roster
- Andrzej Nartowski
- Andrzej Pstrokoński
- Bohdan Przywarski
- Dariusz Świerczewski
- Janusz Wichowski
- Jerzy Młynarczyk
- Jerzy Piskun
- Krzysztof Sitkowski
- Mieczysław Łopatka
- Ryszard Olszewski
- Tadeusz Pacuła
- Zbigniew Dregier
Preliminary round
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 228 | 225 | +3 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 233 | 207 | +26 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 228 | 248 | −20 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 222 | 231 | −9 | 4 |
Semifinals
;Pool A| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 240 | 221 | +19 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 216 | −10 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 236 | 237 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 211 | 239 | −28 | 3 |
Classification 5–8
Boxing
;MenCanoeing
Sprint
;Men;Women
Cycling
Five male cyclists represented Poland in 1960.;Road
Diving
;MenEquestrian
Eventing
Fencing
21 fencers, 16 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1960.Men
Individual
Team
Women
Individual
Team
Football
Roster
Coach: Czesław Krug- Lucjan Brychczy
- Eugeniusz Faber
- Stefan Florenski
- Stanisław Fołtyn
- Zygmunt Gadecki
- Ryszard Grzegorczyk
- Henryk Grzybowski
- Stanisław Hachorek
- Engelbert Jarek
- Roman Lentner
- Marian Norkowski
- Hubert Pala
- Ernest Pol
- Henryk Szczepański
- Edward Szymkowiak
- Tomasz Stefaniszyn
- Marceli Strzykalski
- Edmund Zientara
- Jerzy Woźniak
Group play
| Team | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
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Final Ranking
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men;Women
Field hockey
Roster
- Alfons Flinik
- Czesław Kubiak
- Henryk Flinik
- Jan Flinik
- Jan Górny
- Kazimierz Dąbrowski
- Leon Wiśniewski
- Narcyz Maciaszczyk
- Roman Micał
- Ryszard Marzec
- Władysław Śmigielski
- Włodzimierz Różański
- Zdzisław Wojdylak
Preliminary round
Group B
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;Group standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
Pakistan advanced to the quarter-finals. Australia and Poland played a tie-breaker match to determine second place in the group. Japan continued to the classification matches for 13th–16th place.
Australia advanced to the quarter-finals. Poland continued to the classification matches for 9th–12th place.
Ninth to twelfth place
Poland declined to participate in the classification matches and was therefore awarded twelfth place. The other three teams played a round-robin set of matches.Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Poland in the 1960 Games.| Athlete | Event | Riding | Fencing | Shooting | Swimming | Running | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Kazimierz Mazur | Individual | 1129 | 586 | 960 | 710 | 1126 | 4511 | 20 |
| Kazimierz Paszkiewicz | Individual | 1075 | 563 | 840 | 1010 | 1108 | 4596 | 14 |
| Stanisław Przybylski | Individual | 1111 | 747 | 860 | 815 | 1198 | 4731 | 7 |
| Stanisław Przybylski Kazimierz Paszkiewicz Kazimierz Mazur | Team | 3315 | 1804 | 2660 | 2535 | 3432 | 13746 | 5 |
Rowing
Poland had five male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1960.;Men
Shooting
;MenSwimming
;MenWeightlifting
;MenWrestling
;Men's freestyle;Men's Greco-Roman