Poland at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Poland at the 2014 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | POL |
NOC | Polish Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Sochi | |
Competitors | 59 in 11 sports |
Flag bearers | Dawid Kupczyk (opening)[1][2] Zbigniew Bródka (closing)[3] |
Medals Ranked 11th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Poland competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The Polish team consisted of 59 athletes in 11 sports, which was the largest ever Polish team, surpassing the 56 athletes that competed in 1972.[4][5] With 4 gold medals won (and 6 medals overall), this was the most successful Winter Olympics for Poland in its history.
Medalists
[edit]Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Kamil Stoch | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill individual | 9 February |
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Justyna Kowalczyk | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 kilometre classical | 13 February |
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Zbigniew Bródka | Speed skating | Men's 1500 metres | 15 February |
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Kamil Stoch | Ski jumping | Men's large hill individual | 15 February |
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Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Natalia Czerwonka Luiza Złotkowska Katarzyna Woźniak |
Speed skating | Women's team pursuit | 22 February |
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Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański |
Speed skating | Men's team pursuit | 22 February |
Alpine skiing
[edit]According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Poland qualified six athletes.[6]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Maciej Bydliński | Super-G | — | 1:22.51 | 38 | |||
Slalom | DNF | ||||||
Combined | 1:57.36 | 35 | DNF | ||||
Mateusz Garniewicz | Slalom | 54.93 | 53 | DNF | |||
Michał Jasiczek | 52.88 | 45 | 1:00.60 | 22 | 1:53.48 | 23 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
Karolina Chrapek | Downhill | — | 1:46.90 | 33 | ||||
Super-G | — | DNF | ||||||
Giant slalom | 1:23.89 | 36 | 1:21.92 | 32 | 2:45.81 | 33 | ||
Slalom | DNF | |||||||
Combined | 1:47.28 | 28 | 54.52 | 17 | 2:41.80 | 17 | ||
Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel | Super-G | — | DNF | |||||
Giant slalom | 1:23.18 | 35 | 1:22.32 | 34 | 2:45.50 | 32 | ||
Slalom | DNF | |||||||
Aleksandra Kluś | Slalom | DNF |
Biathlon
[edit]Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Poland qualified 5 men and 5 women.[7]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Grzegorz Guzik | Sprint | 29:17.2 | 5 (4+1) | 85 |
Individual | 1:00:20.7 | 4 (1+2+0+1) | 86 | |
Krzysztof Pływaczyk | Sprint | 27:02.3 | 1 (0+1) | 64 |
Individual | 58:12.5 | 5 (3+0+0+1) | 77 | |
Rafał Lepel | Sprint | 29:25.8 | 2 (1+1) | 86 |
Łukasz Słonina | Individual | 1:00:29.5 | 3 (0+2+0+1) | 87 |
Łukasz Szczurek | Sprint | 27:57.2 | 2 (2+0) | 77 |
Individual | 55:18.6 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 51 | |
Rafał Lepel Krzysztof Pływaczyk Łukasz Słonina Łukasz Szczurek |
Team relay | LAP | 14 (2+12) | 19 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Magdalena Gwizdoń | Sprint | 22:51.2 | 2 (1+1) | 40 |
Pursuit | 33:14.3 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 38 | |
Individual | 48:44.1 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | 32 | |
Monika Hojnisz | Sprint | 21:55.1 | 0 (0+0) | 21 |
Pursuit | 31:14.0 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | 19 | |
Individual | 46:44.3 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | 12 | |
Mass start | 36:20.5 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 5 | |
Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak | Sprint | 21:37.6 | 1 (1+0) | 7 |
Pursuit | 31:25.4 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 20 | |
Individual | 48:35.2 | 4 (1+1+2+0) | 31 | |
Mass start | 37:35.9 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | 19 | |
Krystyna Pałka | Sprint | 22:27.8 | 1 (1+0) | 33 |
Pursuit | 32:56.3 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 34 | |
Individual | 46:27.3 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 10 | |
Mass start | 37:33.9 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 18 | |
Magdalena Gwizdoń Monika Hojnisz Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak Krystyna Pałka |
Team relay | 1:12:34.4 | 12 (4+8) | 10 |
- Mixed
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Krystyna Pałka Magdalena Gwizdoń Łukasz Szczurek Krzysztof Pływaczyk |
Team relay | 1:13:36.0 | 6 (0+6) | 13 |
Bobsleigh
[edit]Poland had two sleds in qualification position.
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Dawid Kupczyk* Paweł Mróz |
Two-man | 57.90 | 26 | 58.07 | 28 | 57.98 | 27 | Did not advance | 2:53.95 | 27 | |
Dawid Kupczyk* Paweł Mróz Michał Kasperowicz Daniel Zalewski |
Four-man | 56.57 | 28 | 56.45 | 27 | 56.47 | 25 | Did not advance | DSQ | DSQ |
* – Denotes the driver of each sled
The Four Man Bobsleigh Sled was Disqualified.
Cross-country skiing
[edit]According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Poland qualified eight athletes.[6]
- Distance
- Men
Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Jan Antolec | 30 km skiathlon | 41:32.2 | 68 | 36:12.8 | 57 | 1:18:18.8 | +10:03.4 | 64 |
Sebastian Gazurek | 15 km classical | — | 43:06.7 | +4:37.0 | 55 | |||
Maciej Kreczmer | 15 km classical | — | 40:58.7 | +2:29.0 | 29 | |||
30 km skiathlon | 37:07.5 | 35 | 34:05.5 | 40 | 1:11:47.6 | +3:32.2 | 39 | |
Maciej Staręga | 15 km classical | — | 44:07.1 | +5:37.4 | 66 | |||
Paweł Klisz | 15 km classical | — | 43:51.6 | +5:21.9 | 64 | |||
30 km skiathlon | 40:09.3 | 61 | 36:39.5 | 62 | 1:17:18.5 | +9:03.1 | 61 | |
Maciej Kreczmer Sebastian Gazurek Maciej Staręga Jan Antolec |
4×10 km relay | — | 1:35:46.5 | +7:04.5 | 15 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Sylwia Jaśkowiec | 30 km freestyle | — | 1:15:47.6 | +4:42.4 | 33 | |||
Justyna Kowalczyk | 10 km classical | — | 28:17.8 | 0.0 | ![]() | |||
15 km skiathlon | 19:12.9 | 6 | 19:37.2 | 10 | 39:29.7 | +56.1 | 6 | |
30 km freestyle | — | DNF | ||||||
Kornelia Kubińska | 10 km classical | — | 30:43.5 | +2:25.7 | 26 | |||
15 km skiathlon | 20:23.5 | 39 | 20:20.7 | 31 | 41:19.4 | +2:45.8 | 34 | |
30 km freestyle | — | 1:19:57.7 | +8:52.5 | 43 | ||||
Paulina Maciuszek | 10 km classical | — | 31:25.8 | +3:08.0 | 39 | |||
15 km skiathlon | 20:15.0 | 32 | 20:09.2 | 25 | 41:00.6 | +2:27.0 | 29 | |
30 km freestyle | — | 1:18:44.7 | +7:39.5 | 41 | ||||
Agnieszka Szymańczak | 15 km skiathlon | 20:42.9 | 47 | 21:03.1 | 45 | 42:22.3 | +3:48.7 | 45 |
Kornelia Kubińska Justyna Kowalczyk Sylwia Jaśkowiec Paulina Maciuszek |
4×5 km relay | — | 54:38.9 | +1:36.2 | 6 |
- Sprint
- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Sebastian Gazurek | Sprint | 3:46.12 | 57 | Did not advance | |||||
Maciej Staręga | 3:51.84 | 67 | Did not advance | ||||||
Maciej Kreczmer Maciej Staręga |
Team sprint | — | 23:53.09 | 8 | Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Sylwia Jaśkowiec | Sprint | 3:01.21 | 63 | Did not advance | |||||
Agnieszka Szymańczak | 2:43.06 | 41 | Did not advance | ||||||
Sylwia Jaśkowiec Justyna Kowalczyk |
Team sprint | — | 16:49.43 | 2 Q | 16:35.54 | 5 |
Freestyle skiing
[edit]According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Poland qualified one athlete.[6]
- Ski cross
Athlete | Event | Seeding | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||
Karolina Riemen-Żerebecka | Women's ski cross | 1:24.86 | 18 | 2 Q | DNF | Did not advance | 15 |
Luge
[edit]Poland achieved the following quota places:
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Maciej Kurowski | Men's singles | 53.234 | 25 | 52.988 | 24 | 52.637 | 23 | 52.538 | 20 | 3:31.397 | 23 |
Karol Mikrut Patryk Poręba |
Men's doubles | 51.010 | 17 | 51.170 | 15 | — | 1:42.180 | 15 | |||
Ewa Kuls | Women's singles | 51.362 | 22 | 51.031 | 18 | 51.424 | 21 | 51.550 | 22 | 3:25.367 | 21 |
Natalia Wojtuściszyn | 51.138 | 16 | 51.168 | 22 | 51.141 | 19 | 51.199 | 18 | 3:24.646 | 16 | |
Maciej Kurowski Karol Mikrut Patryk Poręba Natalia Wojtuściszyn |
Team relay | 54.937 | 7 | 56.737 | 9 | 58.079 | 10 | — | 2:49.753 | 8 |
Nordic combined
[edit]According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Poland qualified one athlete.[6]
Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Adam Cieślar | Normal hill/10 km | 90.5 | 104.1 | 42 | 25:18.7 | 35 | 27:08.7 | 39 |
Large hill/10 km | 122.0 | 97.8 | 32 | 24:10.8 | 36 | 26:15.8 | 37 |
Short track speed skating
[edit]Poland qualified one skater for the women's 500 m and 1000 m events for the Olympics during the two World Cup events in November 2013.
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Patrycja Maliszewska | 500 m | 44.154 | 3 | Did not advance | 18 | ||||
1000 m | 1:32.975 | 2 Q | 1:32.376 | 4 | Did not advance | 14 |
Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
Ski jumping
[edit]According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Poland qualified five athletes.[6]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | First round | Final | Total | |||||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Maciej Kot | Men's normal hill | 98.5 | 123.7 | 5 Q | 101.5 | 131.6 | 7 Q | 98.5 | 124.2 | 14 | 255.8 | 7 |
Dawid Kubacki | 95.5 | 115.7 | 13 Q | 97.5 | 118.3 | 31 | Did not advance | |||||
Kamil Stoch | BYE | 105.5 | 142.0 | 1 Q | 103.5 | 134.7 | 1 | 278.0 | ![]() | |||
Jan Ziobro | 95.0 | 113.2 | 22 Q | 101.0 | 130.6 | 9 Q | 99.0 | 121.8 | 17 | 252.4 | 13 | |
Maciej Kot | Men's large hill | 126.0 | 115.4 | 9 Q | 126.0 | 125.4 | 12 Q | 123.5 | 125.0 | 12 | 250.4 | 12 |
Kamil Stoch | BYE | 139.0 | 143.4 | 1 Q | 132.5 | 135.3 | 4 | 278.7 | ![]() | |||
Jan Ziobro | 123.0 | 109.0 | 13 Q | 128.5 | 122.1 | 16 Q | 129.5 | 124.5 | 13 | 246.6 | 15 | |
Piotr Żyła | 118.0 | 101.3 | 27 Q | 118.0 | 108.7 | 34 | Did not advance | |||||
Maciej Kot Piotr Żyła Jan Ziobro Kamil Stoch |
Men's team large hill | — | 513.5 | 489.2 | 4 Q | 529.0 | 522.6 | 1 | 1011.8 | 4 |
Snowboarding
[edit]According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Poland qualified five athletes.[6]
- Alpine
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Rank | ||
Aleksandra Król | Women's giant slalom | DSQ | Did not advance | |||||
Women's slalom | 1:07.42 | 30 | Did not advance | |||||
Karolina Sztokfisz | Women's giant slalom | 2:08.40 | 28 | Did not advance | ||||
Women's slalom | 1:06.01 | 25 | Did not advance |
- Freestyle
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | ||
Michał Ligocki | Men's halfpipe | 4.50 | 55.00 | 55.00 | 16 | Did not advance | |||||||
Joanna Zając | Women's halfpipe | 47.75 | 39.75 | 47.75 | 11 | Did not advance |
Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal
- Snowboard cross
Athlete | Event | Seeding | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||
Maciej Jodko | Men's snowboard cross | CAN | 4 | Did not advance | =25 | |||
Mateusz Ligocki | CAN | 5 | Did not advance | =33 |
Speed skating
[edit]Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, Poland earned the following start quotas:
- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Artur Nogal | 500 m | 35.83 | 38 | 35.66 | 33 | 71.49 | 36 |
Artur Waś | 35.01 | 8 | 35.19 | 12 | 70.20 | 9 | |
Konrad Niedźwiedzki | 1000 m | — | 1:09.76 | 16 | |||
Zbigniew Bródka | — | 1:09.66 | 14 | ||||
Konrad Niedźwiedzki | 1500 m | — | 1:47.77 | 20 | |||
Zbigniew Bródka | — | 1:45.006 | ![]() | ||||
Jan Szymański | — | 1:46.86 | 15 | ||||
Sebastian Druszkiewicz | 5000 m | — | 6:37.16 | 23 | |||
Jan Szymański | — | 6:26.35 | 13 | ||||
Sebastian Druszkiewicz | 10000 m | — | 13:45.31 | 14 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Time | Rank | ||
Natalia Czerwonka | 1000 m | 1:17.933 | 23 |
Luiza Złotkowska | 1:18.38 | 29 | |
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś | 1500 m | 1:57.18 | 6 |
Natalia Czerwonka | 1:58.46 | 15 | |
Luiza Złotkowska | 1:58.18 | 11 | |
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś | 3000 m | DSQ | |
Natalia Czerwonka | 4:13.26 | 16 | |
Luiza Złotkowska | 4:14.19 | 18 | |
Katarzyna Woźniak | 5000 m | 7:28.53 | 15 |
- Team pursuit
Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |
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Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Rank | ||
Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański |
Men's team pursuit | ![]() W 3:42.78 |
![]() L 3:52.08 |
Final B ![]() W 3:41.94 |
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Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Natalia Czerwonka Luiza Złotkowska Katarzyna Woźniak |
Women's team pursuit | ![]() W 3:02.12 |
![]() W 3:00.60 |
Final A ![]() L 3:05.55 |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wyrwa, Michał (21 January 2014). "Pilot bobsleja chorążym Polski w Soczi" [Bobsleigh rider is Poland's flag bearer in Sochi]. sport.fakt.pl (in Polish). Fakt. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). www.olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ Kowalska, Karolina (7 February 2014). "59 athletes to represent Poland in Sochi". en.poland.gov.pl. Government of Poland. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "Polish Olympic team welcomed in Sochi". Polskie Radio. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014
- ^ "2014 Winter Olympics Biathlon NOC quota". Real Biathlon. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
External links
[edit]- Poland at the 2014 Winter Olympics Archived 2014-07-19 at the Wayback Machine