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.

Gold

 * Irena Szewińska &mdash; Athletics, Women's 400 metres
 * Jacek Wszoła &mdash; Athletics, Men's High Jump
 * Tadeusz Ślusarski &mdash; Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
 * Jerzy Rybicki &mdash; Boxing, Men's Light-Middleweight (67–71 kg)
 * Janusz Pyciak-Peciak &mdash; 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 (as coach); Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
 * Kazimierz Lipień &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman (57–62 kg)

Silver

 * Bronisław Malinowski &mdash; Athletics, Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
 * Zbigniew Jaremski, Andrej Kupczyk, Ryszard Podlas, and Jan Werner &mdash; Athletics, 4 × 400 m relay men
 * Tadeusz Mytnik, Mieczysław Nowicki, Stanisław Szozda, and Ryszard Szurkowski &mdash; Cycling Road, Men's Team Time Trial
 * Andrzej Gronowicz and Jerzy Opara &mdash; Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 500 m (canoe double)
 * 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 &mdash; Football, Men's Team Competition
 * Grzegorz Cziura &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

Bronze

 * Leszek Błażyński &mdash; Boxing, Men's Flyweight (48–51 kg)
 * Leszek Kosedowski &mdash; Boxing, Men's Featherweight (54–57 kg)
 * Kazimierz Szczerba &mdash; Boxing, Men's Light-Welterweight (60–63.5 kg)
 * Janusz Gortat &mdash; Boxing, Men's Light-Heavyweight (75–81 kg)
 * Mieczysław Nowicki &mdash; 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 &mdash; Handball, Men's Team Competition
 * Marian Tałaj &mdash; Judo, Men's Half-Middleweight (63–70 kg)
 * Wiesław Gawlikowski &mdash; Shooting, skeet (125 targets) Mixed
 * Jerzy Greszkiewicz &mdash; Shooting, 50 m running target (30+30 shots) Mixed
 * Kazimierz Czarnecki &mdash; Weightlifting, 60–67.5 kg, total (lightweight)
 * Tadeusz Rutkowski &mdash; Weightlifting, 91–110 kg, total (heavyweight) Men
 * Czesław Kwieciński &mdash; Wrestling Greco-Roman, 82–90 kg (light-heavyweight)
 * Andrzej Skrzydlewski &mdash; Wrestling Greco-Roman, 90–100 kg (heavyweight)

Archery
Poland entered two women and two men in the archery competition. It was the second time that Poland had sent archers to the Olympics. After winning a silver medal in the women's competition in 1972, Poland's best finisher in 1976 was Jadwiga Wilejto at 6th place. Both of the Polish men, however, improved considerably on the best male competitor of four years before. Poland placed eighth on the national leaderboard for 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

 * Men

Sprint

 * Men


 * Women

Track

 * 1000m time trial


 * Men's Sprint


 * Pursuit

Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1976.

Group C

 * **Ghana withdrew

Team roster

 * 🇵🇱 poland – [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] 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

Head coach
 * Kazimierz Górski

Artistic

 * Men


 * Individual finals

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

Head coach
 * Janusz Czerwiński

Judo

 * Men

Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1976. Janusz Pyciak-Peciak won an individual gold medal.

Rowing

 * Men


 * Women

Sailing

 * Open

Shooting

 * Open

Swimming

 * Men


 * Women

Preliminary round

 * Pool A

Team roster
– Gold Medal

Head coach
 * Włodzimierz Stefański
 * Bronislaw Bebel
 * Lech Łasko
 * Edward Skorek
 * Tomasz Wójtowicz
 * Wiesław Gawłowski
 * Mirosław Rybaczewski
 * Zbigniew Lubiejewski
 * Ryszard Bosek
 * Włodzimierz Sadalski
 * Zbigniew Zarzycki
 * Marek Karbarz
 * Hubert Wagner

Weightlifting

 * Men

Wrestling

 * Men's freestyle
 * Men's Greco-Roman