Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Poland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 290 competitors, 252 men and 38 women, took part in 150 events in 22 sports.
Medalists
Gold
- Wladyslaw Komar - Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- Jan Szczepański - Boxing, Men's Flyweight
- Witold Woyda - Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
- Marek Dąbrowski, Jerzy Kaczmarek, Lech Koziejowski, Witold Woyda, and Arkadiusz Godel - Fencing, Men's Foil Team
- Anczok, Ćmikiewicz, Deyna, Gadocha, Gorgoń, Gut, Jarosik, Kmiecik, Kostka, Kraska, Lato, Lubański, Marx, Maszczyk, Ostafiński, Szeja, Szołtysik, Szymanowski, and Szymczak - Football, Men's Team Competition
- Józef Zapędzki - Shooting, 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
- Zygmunt Smalcerz - Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight
Silver
- Irena Szydłowska - Archery, Women's Individual Competition
- Wiesław Rudkowski - Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
- Lucjan Lis, Edward Barcik, Stanisław Szozda, and Ryszard Szurkowski - Cycling, Men's Road Team Time Trial
- Antoni Zajkowski - Judo, Men's Half-Middleweight
- Norbert Ozimek - Weightlifting, Men's Light-Heavyweight
Bronze
- Irena Szewińska - Athletics, Women's 200m
- Ryszard Katus - Athletics, Men's Decathlon
- Leszek Błażyński - Boxing, Men's Flyweight
- Janusz Gortat - Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Władysław Szuszkiewicz and Rafal Maciej Piszcz - Canoe, Men's Kayak Flatwater K-2 1.000m
- Andrzej Bek, and Benedykt Kocot - Cycling Track, Men's 2.000m Tandem
- Zbigniew Kaczmarek - Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
- Kazimierz Lipień - Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Featherweight
- Czesław Kwieciński - Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Light-Heavyweight
Archery
;Men
;Women
Athletics
;Men;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
Basketball
Preliminary round
Group B
| Team | Pts | |||||||
| 7 | 0 | 639 | 479 | +160 | 14 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 547 | 471 | +76 | 12 | 1W–1L | 1.072 | |
| 5 | 2 | 582 | 484 | +98 | 12 | 1W–1L | 1.013 | |
| 5 | 2 | 570 | 531 | +39 | 12 | 1W–1L | 0.917 | |
| 3 | 4 | 482 | 518 | −36 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 5 | 520 | 536 | −16 | 9 | |||
| 1 | 6 | 526 | 666 | −140 | 8 | |||
| 0 | 7 | 405 | 586 | −181 | 7 |
Classification brackets
9th–12th place- Team Roster
- Ryszard Bialowas
- Janusz Ceglinski
- Eugeniusz Durejko
- Jan Dolczewski
- Andrzej Kasprzak
- Grzegorz Korcz
- Waldemar Kozak
- Piotr Langosz
- Mieczyslaw Łopatka
- Franciszek Niemiec
- Andrzej Pasiorowski
- Andrzej Seweryn
Boxing
;MenCanoeing
Slalom
Sprint
;Men;Women
Cycling
Twelve cyclists represented Poland in 1972.Road
Track
;1000m time trial| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Janusz Kierzkowski | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:07.22 | 5 |
;Men's Sprint
;Pursuit
;Men's Tandem
Diving
;Men;Women
Equestrian
Eventing
Show jumping
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1972.Men
Individual
Team
Women
Individual
Team
Football
First round
Group D
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Second round
Group 2
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Gold Medal match
Gold Medal- Zygmunt Anczok
- Lesław Ćmikiewicz
- Kazimierz Deyna
- Robert Gadocha
- Jerzy Gorgoń
- Zbigniew Gut
- Andrzej Jarosik
- Kazimierz Kmiecik
- Hubert Kostka
- Jerzy Kraska
- Grzegorz Lato
- Włodzimierz Lubański
- Joachim Marx
- Zygmunt Maszczyk
- Marian Ostafiński
- Marian Szeja
- Zygfryd Szołtysik
- Antoni Szymanowski
- Ryszard Szymczak
- Kazimierz Górski
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men;Individual finals
;Women
Handball
Poland tied Sweden and defeated Denmark but lost to the Soviet Union in the first round to finish in third place in the division. This put the team into the ninth- to twelfth-place consolation round, where they defeated Iceland to set up a match with Norway for ninth and tenth places. Poland lost this match.Preliminary round
Group A
- Sweden tied Poland, 13-13
- Poland def. Denmark, 11-8
- Soviet Union def. Poland, 17-11
Classification 9-12
- Poland def. Iceland, 20-17
- Norway def. Japan, 19-17
Classification 9/10
- Norway def. Poland, 23-20
- Zdzisław Antczak
- Zbigniew Dybol
- Franciszek Gąsior
- Jan Gmyrek
- Bogdan Kowalczyk
- Zygfryd Kuchta
- Andrzej Lech
- Jerzy Melcer
- Helmut Pniocinski
- Wladyslaw Popielarski
- Hendryk Rozmiarek
- Andrzej Sokołowski
- Engelbert Szolc
- Andrzej Szymczak
- Wlodzimierz Wachowicz
- Robert Zawada
- Janusz Czerwiński
Hockey
Preliminary Round
Group B
August 27, 1972
- Kenya - Poland 0-1
- Netherlands - Poland 4-2
- Poland - Mexico 3-0
- India - Poland 2-2
- New Zealand - Poland 3-3
- Australia - Poland 1-0
- Poland - Great Britain 1-2
Men's Classification Matches
- 11th/12th place: France - Poland 4-7 after extra time
- Jerzy Choroba
- Aleksander Ciazynski
- Boleslaw Czainski
- Jerzy Czajka
- Henryk Grotowski
- Stanisław Iskrzynski
- Zbigniew Juszczak
- Stanisław Kasprzyk
- Stanisław Kazmierczak
- Marek Krus
- Zbigniew Loj
- Wlodzimierz Matuszynski
- Stefan Otulakowski
- Ryszard Twardowski
- Stanisław Wegnerski
- Aleksander Wrona
- Józef Wybieralski
- Witold Ziaja
Judo
;MenModern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1972.| Athlete | Event | Shooting | Fencing | Swimming | Riding | Running | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Janusz Pyciak-Peciak | Men's | 1070 | 905 | 560 | 1060 | 1222 | 4832 | 21 |
| Stanisław Skwira | Men's | 785 | 791 | 846 | 1160 | 904 | 4495 | 40 |
| Ryszard Wach | Men's | 1100 | 715 | 956 | 1076 | 1126 | 4958 | 13 |
| Janusz Pyciak-Peciak Stanisław Skwira Ryszard Wach | Team | 2955 | 2420 | 2362 | 3296 | 3252 | 14785 | 8 |
Alternate Member:
- Krzysztof Trybusiewicz
Rowing
Sailing
;OpenShooting
Thirteen shooters, 12 men and one woman, represented Poland in 1972. Józef Zapędzki won gold in the 25 m rapid fire pistol.;Open
Swimming
;MenVolleyball
Preliminary round
Pool A
9th–10th places
9th place match
Weightlifting
;MenWrestling
;Men's freestyle;Men's Greco-Roman