Poland at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Poland competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 207 competitors, 180 men and 27 women, took part in 116 events in 18 sports.
Medalists
Gold
- Irena Szewińska — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
- Jacek Wszola — Athletics, Men's High Jump
- Tadeusz Ślusarski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- Jerzy Rybicki — Boxing, Men's Light-Middleweight
- Janusz Pyciak-Peciak — Modern Pentathlon, individual
- Włodzimierz Stefański, Bronislaw Bebel, Lech Łasko, Edward Skorek, Tomasz Wójtowicz, Wiesław Gawłowski, Mirosław Rybaczewski, Zbigniew Lubiejewski, Ryszard Bosek, Włodzimierz Sadalski, Zbigniew Zarzycki, Marek Karbarz, and Hubert Wagner ; Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
- Kazimierz Lipień — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman
Silver
- Bronisław Malinowski — Athletics, Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
- Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrej Kupczyk, Ryszard Podlas, and Jan Werner — Athletics, 4 × 400 m relay men
- Tadeusz Mytnik, Mieczysław Nowicki, Stanisław Szozda, and Ryszard Szurkowski — Cycling Road, Men's Team Time Trial
- Andrzej Gronowicz and Jerzy Opara — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 500 m
- Jan Benigier, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Jerzy Gorgoń, Henryk Kasperczak, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Grzegorz Lato, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Piotr Mowlik, Roman Ogaza, Wojciech Rudy, Andrzej Szarmach, Antoni Szymanowski, Jan Tomaszewski, Henryk Wawrowski, Henryk Wieczorek, and Władysław Żmuda — Football, Men's Team Competition
- Grzegorz Cziura — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
Bronze
- Leszek Błażyński — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
- Leszek Kosedowski — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
- Kazimierz Szczerba — Boxing, Men's Light-Welterweight
- Janusz Gortat — Boxing, Men's Light-Heavyweight
- Mieczysław Nowicki — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
- Zdzisław Antczak, Janusz Brzozowski, Piotr Cieśla, Jan Gmyrek, Alfred Kałuziński, Jerzy Klempel, Zygfryd Kuchta, Jerzy Melcer, Ryszard Przybysz, Henryk Rozmiarek, Andrzej Sokołowski, Andrzej Szymczak, Mieczysław Wojczak, and Włodzimierz Zieliński — Handball, Men's Team Competition
- Marian Tałaj — Judo, Men's Half-Middleweight
- Wiesław Gawlikowski — Shooting, skeet Mixed
- Jerzy Greszkiewicz — Shooting, 50 m running target Mixed
- Kazimierz Czarnecki — Weightlifting, 60-67.5 kg, total
- Tadeusz Rutkowski — Weightlifting, 91-110 kg, total Men
- Czesław Kwieciński — Wrestling Greco-Roman, 82-90 kg
- Andrzej Skrzydlewski — Wrestling Greco-Roman, 90-100 kg
Archery
;Men
;Women
Athletics
;Men;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
Results have been removed due to her disqualification for using anabolic steroids, the first case of such a disqualification in the sport at the Olympics.
Boxing
;MenCanoeing
Sprint
;Men;Women
Cycling
Road
Track
;1000m time trialAthlete | Event | Time | Rank |
Janusz Kierzkowski | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:07.660 | 4 |
;Men's Sprint
;Pursuit
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1976.Men
Individual
Team
Women
Individual
Team
Football
First round
Group C
- **Ghana withdrew
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Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Gold Medal match
Team roster
; - Silver Medal- Jan Tomaszewski
- Piotr Mowlik
- Antoni Szymanowski
- Jerzy Gorgoń
- Wojciech Rudy
- Władysław Żmuda
- Zygmunt Maszczyk
- Grzegorz Lato
- Henryk Wawrowski
- Henryk Kasperczak
- Roman Ogaza
- Kazimierz Kmiecik
- Kazimierz Deyna
- Andrzej Szarmach
- Henryk Wieczorek
- Leslaw Cmikiewicz
- Jan Benigier
- Kazimierz Górski
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men;Individual finals
Handball
Preliminary round
Group B
Bronze medal match
Roster
- Bronze Medal- Zdzisław Antczak
- Janusz Brzozowski
- Piotr Cieśla
- Jan Gmyrek
- Alfred Kałuziński
- Jerzy Klempel
- Zygfryd Kuchta
- Jerzy Melcer
- Ryszard Przybysz
- Henryk Rozmiarek
- Mieczysław Wojczak
- Włodzimierz Zieliński
- Andrzej Sokołowski
- Andrzej Szymczak
;Men
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1976. Janusz Pyciak-Peciak won an individual gold medal.Athlete | Event | Shooting | Fencing | Swimming | Riding | Running | Total points | Final rank |
Athlete | Event | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Total points | Final rank |
Zbigniew Pacelt | Men's | 1100 | 592 | 890 | 1308 | 1138 | 5028 | 19 |
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak | Men's | 1066 | 928 | 1044 | 1164 | 1318 | 5520 | |
Krzysztof Trybusiewicz | Men's | 1004 | 640 | 978 | 1072 | 1129 | 4823 | 34 |
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak Zbigniew Pacelt Krzysztof Trybusiewicz | Team | 3170 | 2160 | 2912 | 3544 | 3585 | 15343 | 4 |
Rowing
;Men;Women
Sailing
;OpenShooting
;OpenSwimming
;Men;Women
Volleyball
Preliminary round
Pool A
1st–4th places
Semifinals
Gold medal match
Weightlifting
;MenWrestling
;Men's freestyle;Men's Greco-Roman