Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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 (60 shots) • 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==

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Poland entered one man and three women. They took home a silver medal in the women's competition. ;Men ;Women ==Athletics==

;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events – Decathlon ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events ==Basketball==

Preliminary round Group B Classification brackets 9th–12th place • Team roster - 10th place • Ryszard Bialowas • Janusz Ceglinski • Eugeniusz Durejko • Jan Dolczewski • Andrzej Kasprzak • Grzegorz Korcz • Waldemar Kozak • Piotr Langosz • Mieczyslaw Łopatka • Franciszek Niemiec • Andrzej Pasiorowski • Andrzej Seweryn Head coach ==Boxing==

Slalom Sprint ;Men ;Women ==Cycling==

Twelve cyclists represented Poland in 1972. Road Track ;1000m time trial ;Men's Sprint ;Pursuit ;Men's Tandem ==Diving==

Eventing Show jumping ==Fencing==

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1972. Men Women ==Football==

First round Group D ---- ---- Second round Group 2 ---- ---- 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 Head coach • 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 ====== 10th place • 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 Head coach • Janusz Czerwiński ==Hockey==

;Men's team competition Preliminary round Group B August 27, 1972 • Kenya – Poland 0-1 (0–1) August 28, 1972 • Netherlands – Poland 4-2 (3–0) August 30, 1972 • Poland – Mexico 3-0 (1–0) August 31, 1972 • India – Poland 2-2 (1–0) September 2, 1972 • New Zealand – Poland 3-3 (1–2) September 3, 1972 • Australia – Poland 1-0 (1–0) September 4, 1972 • Poland – Great Britain 1-2 (1-1) Men's Classification Matches September 8, 1972 • 11th/12th place: France – Poland 4-7 (2–1) after extra time ====== 12th place • 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 Head coach • ==Judo==

Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1972. Alternate Member: • Krzysztof Trybusiewicz ==Rowing==

Thirteen shooters, 12 men and one woman, represented Poland in 1972. Józef Zapędzki won gold in the 25 m rapid fire pistol. ;Open ==Swimming==

Preliminary round ;Pool A 9th–10th places 9th place match ==Weightlifting==

;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman ==References==