Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics

IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Rome, Italy 25 August 1960 (1960-08-25) – 11 September 1960 (1960-09-11)
Competitors	185 (156 men and 29 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Teodor Kocerka
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 4 Silver 6 Bronze 11 Total 21
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Poland competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 185 competitors, 156 men and 29 women, took part in 108 events in 17 sports.

Gold

Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak — Athletics, men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Józef Szmidt — Athletics, men's Triple jump
Kazimierz Paździor — Boxing, men's Lightweight
Ireneusz Paliński — Weightlifting, men's Light-heavyweight

Silver

Elżbieta Krzesińska — Athletics, women's Long jump
Jarosława Jóźwiakowska — Athletics, women's High jump
Jerzy Adamski — Boxing, men's Featherweight
Tadeusz Walasek — Boxing, men's Middleweight
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski — Boxing, men's Light heavyweight
Andrzej Piatkowski, Emil Ochyra, Wojciech Zabłocki, Jerzy Pawłowski, Ryszard Zub, Marian Kuszewski, — Fencing, men's team sabre

Bronze

Kazimierz Zimny — Athletics, men's 5000 metres
Tadeusz Rut — Athletics, men's Hammer throw
Teresa Wieczorek, Barbara Janiszewska, Celina Jesionowska, Halina Richter — Athletics, women's 4×100 metres relay
Brunon Bendig — Boxing, men's Bantamweight
Marian Kasprzyk — Boxing, men's Light welterweight
Leszek Drogosz — Boxing, men's Welterweight
Daniela Walkowiak — Canoeing, women's K-1 500 metres
Stefan Kapłaniak, Władysław Zieliński — Canoeing, men's K-2 1000 metres
Teodor Kocerka — Rowing, men's single sculls
Jan Bochenek — Weightlifting, men's Light-heavyweight
Tadeusz Trojanowski — Wrestling, men's Freestyle Bantamweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jerzy Chromik	3000 m steeplechase	9:06.68	7	—				Did not advance
Marian Foik	100 m	10.5	1 Q	10.4	3 Q	10.5	4	Did not advance
Marian Foik	200 m	21.1	1 Q	20.9	2 Q	21.0	2 Q	20.8	4
Marian Jochman	5000 m	14:31.29	8	—				Did not advance
Jerzy Kowalski	400 m	48.3	2 Q	46.7	4	Did not advance
Wiesław Król	400 m hurdles	52.52	5	Did not advance
Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	10000 m	—						28:52.75	7
Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	3000 m steeplechase	8:49.92	1 Q	—				8:34.30 OR
Zdzisław Kumiszcze	400 m hurdles	53.47	5	Did not advance
Stefan Lewandowski	800 m	1:51.75	4	Did not advance
Stefan Lewandowski	1500 m	3:59.75	11	Did not advance
Zbigniew Makomaski	800 m	1:52.70	3 Q	1:51.72	4	Did not advance
Roman Muzyk	110 m hurdles	14.94	3 Q	14.68	4	Did not advance
Zbigniew Orywał	800 m	1:55.89	6	Did not advance
Zbigniew Orywał	1500 m	DNF		Did not advance
Stanisław Ożóg	10000 m	—						29:58.00	18
Stanisław Swatowski	400 m	48.1	3 Q	47.4	5	Did not advance
Kazimierz Zimny	5000 m	14:07.75	3 Q	—				13:45.09
Kazimierz Zimny	10000 m	—						DNF
Marian Foik Jan Jarzembowski Józef Szmidt Jerzy Juskowiak	4 × 100 m relay	40.73	DSQ	Did not advance
Edward Bożek Stanisław Swatowski Bogusław Gierajewski Jerzy Kowalski	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.67	2 Q	—		3:10.88	4	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Zenon Begier	Discus throw	53.03	14 Q	53.18	14
Olgierd Ciepły	Hammer throw	60.61	14 Q	64.57	5
Janusz Gronowski	Pole vault	4.20	18	Did not advance
Jan Jaskólski	Triple jump	15.04	24	Did not advance
Kazimierz Kropidłowski	Long jump	7.37	16	Did not advance
Andrzej Krzesiński	Pole vault	4.20	12 Q	4.30	12
Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski	Shot Put	16.71	16	Did not advance
Ryszard Malcherczyk	Triple jump	15.93	3 Q	16.01	6
Edmund Piątkowski	Discus throw	54.41	5	55.12	5
Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	Javelin throw	74.86	10 Q	77.31	7
Tadeusz Rut	Hammer throw	60.73	13 Q	65.64
Janusz Sidło	Javelin throw	85.14	1 Q	76.46	8
Piotr Sobotta	High jump	2.00	12 Q	2.00	15
Alfred Sosgórnik	Shot Put	17.06	10 Q	17.57	6
Józef Szmidt	Triple jump	16.44 OR	1 Q	16.81 OR

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek	100 m	12.25	3 Q	12.14	3 Q	12.05	5	Did not advance
Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek	80 m hurdles	11.46	2 Q	—		11.40	5	Did not advance
Celina Jesionowska	200 m	24.45	2 Q	—		25.45	6	Did not advance
Barbara Lerczak-Janiszewska-Sobotta	200 m	24.08	1 Q	—		24.36	3 Q	24.96	5
Krystyna Nowakowska	800 m	2:09.81	3	—				Did not advance
Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann	100 m	12.13	3 Q	12.10	3 Q	11.93	4	Did not advance
Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann	200 m	24.31	4	—		Did not advance
Barbara Sosgórnik	80 m hurdles	11.56	2 Q	—		11.46	6	Did not advance
Zofia Walasek	800 m	2:16.44	6	—				Did not advance
Beata Żbikowska	800 m	2:09.57	2 2	—				2:11.91	8
Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek Barbara Lerczak-Janiszewska-Sobotta Celina Jesionowska Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann	4 × 100 m relay	45.40	3 Q	—				45.19

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Urszula Figwer	Javelin throw	48.04	13 Q	52.33	5
Jarosława Jóźwiakowska	High jump	1.65	4 Q	1.71
Jadwiga Klimaj	Shot Put	14.85	9 Q	14.66	10
Elżbieta Duńska-Krzesińska	Long jump	6.13	4 Q	6.27
Maria Kusion		5.92	11 Q	5.86	13
Maria Chojnacka		5.95	10 Q	5.98	11
Eugenia Rusin	Shot Put	14.50	12 Q	14.55	11
Kazimiera Rykowska	Discus throw	46.75	13	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Roster

Poland

Preliminary round

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	1	228	225	+3	5
Poland	3	2	1	233	207	+26	5
Philippines	3	1	2	228	248	−20	4
Spain	3	1	2	222	231	−9	4

26 August
14:30

Philippines	68–86	Poland
Scoring by half: 31–44, 37–42
Pts: Badion (17)		Pts: Nartowski (29)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: V. Pinto

E. Kassai

27 August
20:00

Uruguay	76–72	Poland
Scoring by half: 39–38, 37–34
Pts: Poyet (15)		Pts: Wichowski (29)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: E. Alvarez Frausto

E. Luglini

29 August
16:00

Poland	100–63	Spain
Scoring by half: 36–29, 64–35
Pts: Korneev (18)		Pts: Vicens (14)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: E. Kassai

V. Pinto

Semifinals

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	240	221	+19	6
Italy	3	2	1	226	216	−10	5
Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	236	237	−1	4
Poland	3	0	3	211	239	−28	3

1 September
23:00

Czechoslovakia	88–75	Poland
Scoring by half: 44–30, 44–45
Pts: Baumruk (18)		Pts: Wichowski (24)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: E. Kassai

Aznar

2 September
20:00

Brazil	77–68	Poland
Scoring by half: 39–46, 38–22
Pts: Baumruk, Konecny (18)		Pts: Wichowski (24)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: B. Takev

Harvey

3 September
20:00

Italy	74–68	Poland
Scoring by half: 40–32, 34–36
Pts: Alesini (12)		Pts: Wichowski (16)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: Bilek

T. Hata

Classification 5–8

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	284	240	+44	6
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	282	262	+20	5
Poland	3	1	2	220	245	−25	4
Uruguay	3	0	3	217	256	−39	3

7 September
23:30

Yugoslavia	95–81	Poland
Scoring by half: 55–44, 40–37
Pts: Korac (33)		Pts: Wichowski (24)

Palazzo dello Sport, Rome
Referees: R. Righetto

G. Follati

9 September
21:00

Poland	64–62	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 35–31, 29–31
Pts: Sitkowski (14)		Pts: Blixen (18)

Palazzo dello Sport, Rome
Referees: R. Weber

B. Takev

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Henryk Kukier	Flyweight	BYE	Manfred Homberg (EUA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Brunon Bendig	Bantamweight	BYE	John Sentongo (UGA) W 5-0	Jan de Rooij (NED) W 5-0	Horst Rascher (EUA) W 3-2	Oleg Grigoryev (URS) L 1-4	Did not advance
Jerzy Adamski	Featherweight	—	Sumith Liyanage (CEY) W 5-0	Shinetsu Suzuki (JPN) W 5-0	Ernest Chervet (SUI) W 5-0	William Meyers (RSA) W 4-1	Francesco Musso (ITA) L 1-4
Kazimierz Paździor	Lightweight	BYE	Taha Abdul Karim (IRQ) W 5-0	Harry Lempio (EUA) W 4-1	Salah Shokweir (EGY) W 5-0	Richard McTaggart (GBR) W 3-2	Sandro Lopopolo (ITA) W 4-1
Marian Kasprzyk	Light-Welterweight	BYE	Carmelo García (ESP) W KO 2:20	György Pal (HUN) W 5-0	Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) W 5-0	Clement Quartey (GHA) L WO	Did not advance
Leszek Drogosz	Welterweight	BYE	Benny Nielsen (DEN) W 5-0	Ghasem Yavarkandi (IRI) W 5-0	Henry Loubscher (RSA) W 5-0	Yuri Radonyak (URS) L 2-3	Did not advance
Henryk Dampc	Light Middleweight	—	Leif Otto Hansen (DEN) W 4-1	Michael Reid (IRL) W 5-0	William Fisher (GBR) L 1-4	Did not advance		5
Tadeusz Walasek	Middleweight	—	Sultan Mahmoud (PAK) W 5-0	Teifion Davies (AUS) W 5-0	Frik Van Rooyen (RSA) W 5-0	Yevgeny Feofanov (URS) W 4-1	Eddie Crook Jr. (USA) L 2-3
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski	Light Heavyweight	—	Carl Crawford (GUY) W 5-0	Emil Willer (EUA) W 5-0	Petar Spasov (BUL) W 5-0	Giulio Saraudi (ITA) W 4-1	Cassius Clay (USA) L 0-5
Władysław Jędrzejewski	Heavyweight	—	BYE	Daniel Bekker (RSA) L RSC1	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryszard Skwarski	K-1 1000 m	4:12.70	5 R	4:06.99	1 Q	4:09.26	5	Did not advance
Stefan Kapłaniak Władysław Zieliński	K-2 1000 m	3:39.41	3 Q	BYE		3:48.62	1 Q	3:37.34
Stefan Kapłaniak Władysław Zieliński Ryszard Skwarski Ryszard Marchlik	K-1 4 × 500 metres	8:06.98	4 R	8:06.80	2 Q	7:57.54	2 Q	7:49.93	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daniela Walkowiak	K-1 500 m	2:15.34	1 Q	BYE		2:11.07	1 Q	2:15.68
Daniela Walkowiak Janina Mendalska	K-2 500 m	2:01.03	1 Q	BYE		—		1:59.03	4

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Five male cyclists represented Poland in 1960.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jan Chtiej	Men's road race	4:25:44	54
Bogusław Fornalczyk		4:20:57	11
Stanisław Gazda		4:20:57	6
Wiesław Podobas		DNF
Bogusław Fornalczyk Wiesław Podobas Jan Chtiej Mieczysław Wilczewski	Team time trial	2:23:44.16	10

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinal				Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jerzy Kowalewski	3 m springboard	46.54	25	Did not advance
Jerzy Kowalewski	10m platform	51.24	12 Q	35.98	15	87.22	15	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Marian Babirecki	Volt	Individual	(-127,00)	33	61.60	7	65.40	0	(-20.00)	20	85,40	8
Andrzej Kobyliński	Wolborz		(-124,00)	28	DSQ			Did not finish
Andrzej Orłoś	Krokosz		(-135,51)	42	(-22.00)	19	(-157.91)	Did not finish			Did not finish
Marek Roszczynialski	Wizma		(-153,51)	59	DSQ			Did not finish
Marian Babirecki Andrzej Kobyliński Andrzej Orłoś Marek Roszczynialski	See above	Team	(-386.51)	12	39.60	AC	(-92.51)	0	(-20.00)	AC	Did not finish

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

21 fencers, 16 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1960.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Bogdan Gonsior	Men's épée		3 Q		4 Q		4	Did not advance			13
Wiesław Glos			3 Q		3 Q		5	Did not advance			17
Janusz Kurczab			2 Q		1 Q		4	Did not advance			13
Jerzy Strzałka Wiesław Glos Bogdan Gonsior Janusz Kurczab Andrzej Kryński	Team épée	Spain (ESP) W 9-7 Belgium (BEL) W 8-8	1 Q	Luxembourg (LUX) L 8-8		Did not advance					9
Ryszard Parulski	Men's foil		2 Q		2 Q		1 Q		6	Did not advance	11
Janusz Różycki			1 Q		4 Q		2 Q		5	Did not advance	9
Witold Woyda			1 Q		1 Q		3 Q		2 Q		4
Witold Woyda Ryszard Parulski Janusz Różycki Egon Franke Ryszard Kunze	Team foil	Morocco (MAR) W 16-0 United States (USA) L 4-9 United Team of Germany (EUA) W 9-7	2 Q	Egypt (EGY) W 9-3		Soviet Union (URS) L 6-9		Did not advance			5
Jerzy Pawłowski	Men's sabre		1 Q		2 Q		2 Q		1 Q		6
Wojciech Zabłocki			1 Q		1 Q		1 Q		4 Q		5
Ryszard Zub			2 Q		1 Q	Rylsky (URS) W 5-4 Ferrari (ITA) L 2-5 Horváth (HUN) L 1-5 Van Der Auwera (BEL) L 4-5 Morales (USA) W 5-3	4	Did not advance			13
Emil Ochyra Jerzy Pawłowski Wojciech Zabłocki Marek Kuszewski Ryszard Zub Andrzej Piątkowski	Team sabre	Japan (JPN) W 14-2 Austria (AUT) W 9-3	1 Q	BYE		United Team of Germany (EUA) W 9-2		United States (USA) W 9-3		Hungary (HUN) L 7-9

Women

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Wanda Fukała-Kaczmarczyk	Women's foil	Orban-Szabo (ROU) L 0-4 Kleijweg (NED) L 1-4 Ragno-Lonzi (ITA) L 2-4 Melchers (BEL) Undapp (INA)	5	Did not advance					37
Sylwia Julito		Sákovicsné Dömölky (HUN) W 4-2 Grötzer (AUT) W 4-1 York-Romary (USA) L 0-4 Moulin (FIN) W 4-2 Leal (VEN) W 4-0	1 Q	Vicol (ROU) L 0-4 Rastvorova (URS) L 2-4 Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő (HUN) L 3-4 Ragno-Lonzi (ITA) Botbijl (NED) W 4-2	5	Did not advance			17
Elżbieta Pawlas		Camber-Corno (ITA) W 4-0 Leroux (FRA) L 1-4 Stafford (GBR) W 4-2 Gnauer (AUT) W 4-3 Sander (VEN) W 4-0	1 Q	Delbarre (FRA) L 1-4 Orb-Lazăr (ROU) L 2-4 Sheen (GBR) W 4-2 Sákovicsné Dömölky (HUN) W 4-2 Kleijweg (NED) W 4-2 Appart (BEL) W 4-2	2 Q	Schmid (EUA) Orb-Lazăr (ROU) Rastvorova (URS) W 4-2 Nyári-Kovács (HUN) W 4-1 Orb-Lazăr (ROU) W 4-1	2 Q	Schmid (EUA) W 4-2 Rastvorova (URS) L 0-4 Vicol (ROU) L 1-4 Gorokhova (URS) L 0-4 Orb-Lazăr (ROU) L 2-4 Roldán (HUN) W 4-0 Ebert (AUT) L 3-4	6
Sylwia Julito Barbara Orzechowska-Ryszel Genowefa Migas-Stawarz Elżbieta Pawlas Wanda Fukała-Kaczmarczyk	Team foil	United States (USA) W 8-8 France (FRA) W 9-6	1 Q	Italy (ITA) L 5-9		Did not advance			5

Football

Roster

Poland

Coach: Czesław Krug

Group play

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	3	0	8	4	+4	6
Argentina	3	2	1	6	4	+2	4
Poland	3	1	2	7	5	+2	2
Tunisia	3	0	3	3	11	−8	0

26 August 1960
13:00

Poland	6 – 1	Tunisia
Pohl 7', 40', 42', 84', 89' Hachorek 67'	Report	Kerrit 3'

RomeAttendance: 3.000Referee: Lo Bello (ITA)

29 August 1960
12:00

Denmark	2 – 1	Poland
H. Nielsen 15' Pedersen 86'	Report	Gadecki 62'

LivornoAttendance: 3.700Referee: Lo Bello (ITA)

1 September 1960
12:00

Argentina	2 – 0	Poland
Oleniak 38' Pérez 55'	Report

NapoliAttendance: 10.000Referee: S. Garan (TUR)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yugoslavia (YUG)	5	3	2	0	17	6	+1	8
2	Denmark (DEN)	5	4	0	1	11	7	+4	8
3	Hungary (HUN)	5	4	0	1	17	6	+11	8
4	Italy (ITA)	5	2	2	1	11	7	+4	6
5	Bulgaria (BUL)	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	5
6	Brazil (BRA)	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	4
7	Argentina (ARG)	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
8	Great Britain (GBR)	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	3
9	France (FRA)	3	1	1	1	3	9	–6	3
10	Poland (POL)	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	2
11	Peru (PER)	3	1	0	2	6	9	–3	2
12	Egypt (EGY)	3	0	1	2	4	11	–7	1
13	India (IND)	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3	2
14	Turkey (TUR)	3	0	1	2	3	10	–7	2
15	Tunisia (TUN)	3	0	0	3	3	11	–8	1
16	Formosa (ROC)	3	0	0	3	3	12	–9	1

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Final Standings								Apparatus Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Ernest Hawełek	All-around	18.05	17.95	18.25	18.00	17.80	18.50	108.55	60	Did not advance
Jerzy Jokiel	All-around	18.90	17.80	18.00	18.00	18.10	17.65	108.45	61	Did not advance
Andrzej Konopka	All-around	18.50	17.95	18.45	17.45	18.35	18.50	109.20	46	Did not advance
Alfred Kucharczyk	All-around	18.70	17.95	17.60	17.95	18.25	18.25	108.70	56	Did not advance
Józef Rajnisz	All-around	17.35	18.50	18.70	17.70	17.05	18.05	107.35	72	Did not advance
Aleksander Rokosa	All-around	18.20	17.50	18.60	16.55	18.55	17.40	106.80	74	Did not advance
Ernest Hawełek Jerzy Jokiel Andrzej Konopka Alfred Kucharczyk Józef Rajnisz Aleksander Rokosa	Team all-around	92.35	90.35	92.15	89.35	91.10	91.30	546.60	10	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Final Standings						Apparatus Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Brygida Dziuba	All-around	18.800	17.933	17.899	17.266	71.898	52	Did not advance
Barbara Eustachiewicz	All-around	18.600	17.999	18.466	18.233	73.298	24	Did not advance
Natalia Kot	All-around	19.066	18.466	18.999	18.333	74.864	12	Did not advance
Eryka Mondry-Kost	All-around	18.566	17.699	18.199	18.300	72.764	32	Did not advance
Gizela Niedurny	All-around	18.832	17.866	18.966	16.983	72.647	37	Did not advance
Danuta Nowak-Stachow	All-around	19.066	18.099	18.533	18.232	73.930	17	Did not advance
Brygida Dziuba Barbara Eustachiewicz Natalia Kot Eryka Mondry-Kost Gizela Niedurny Danuta Nowak-Stachow	Team all-around	94.430	90.563	93.163	90.464	368.620	5	—

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Roster

Poland

Preliminary round

Group B

26 August
15:00

Poland	2–1 (1–0)	Japan
Flinik 33' Wiśniewski 56'		Iijima 68'

Stadio dei Marmi
Umpires:
Lichtenfeld (GER), Schinner (GER)

29 August
16:30

Pakistan	8–0 (4–0)	Poland
H. Abdul 6', 24', 55' Noor 18' Mutti 22' W. Abdul 45', 69' Nasir 60'

Stadio dei Marmi
Umpires:
Whitelaw (GBR), McIldowie (RSA)

1 September
16:30

Australia	1–1 (0–0)	Poland
Crossman 62'		Kubiak 48' (ps)

Olympic Velodrome
Umpires:
Asselman (BEL), de Bourguignon (BEL)

Group standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Pakistan	3	3	0	0	21	0	6
Australia	3	1	1	1	9	5	3
Poland	3	1	1	1	3	10	3
Japan	3	0	0	3	2	20	0

Pakistan advanced to the quarter-finals. Australia and Poland played a tie-breaker match to determine second place in the group. Japan continued to the classification matches for 13th–16th place.

3 September
08:30

Australia	2–0 (0–0)	Poland
Crossman 55' Currie 66'

Campo Tre Fontane
Umpires:
McIldowie (RSA), Whitelaw (GBR)

Australia advanced to the quarter-finals. Poland continued to the classification matches for 9th–12th place.

Ninth to twelfth place

Poland declined to participate in the classification matches and was therefore awarded twelfth place. The other three teams played a round-robin set of matches.

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Poland in the 1960 Games.

Athlete	Event	Riding (show jumping)	Fencing (épée one touch)	Shooting (10 m air pistol)	Swimming (200 m freestyle)	Running (3000 m)	Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Points	Points	Points	Points	Total points	Final rank
Kazimierz Mazur	Individual	1129	586	960	710	1126	4511	20
Kazimierz Paszkiewicz		1075	563	840	1010	1108	4596	14
Stanisław Przybylski		1111	747	860	815	1198	4731	7
Stanisław Przybylski Kazimierz Paszkiewicz Kazimierz Mazur	Team	3315	1804	2660	2535	3432	13746	5

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Poland had five male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1960.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Teodor Kocerka	Single sculls	7:33.38	3 R	7:24.31	1 Q	7:21.26
Benedykt Augustyniak Kazimierz Neumann Bogdan Poniatowski Antoni Rosołowicz	Coxless four	6:34.20	3 R	6:48.50	3	—	11

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Henryk Górski	Men's 300 metre rifle three positions	543	26 Q	1098	17
Henryk Górski	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	384	32 Q	583	13
Jerzy Nowicki	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	565	3 Q	1137	5
Jerzy Nowicki	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	381	49 Q	579	26
Stefan Masztak	Men's 300 metre rifle three positions	550	16 Q	1105	13
Stanisław Romik	50 m pistol	365	4 Q	548	5
Adam Smelczyński	Trap	88	24 Q	184	7
Andrzej Tomza	50 m pistol	347	29 Q	530	28
Czesław Zając	25 m rapid fire pistol	—		582	7

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bernard Aluchna	100 metre freestyle	57.9	4 Q	57.8	6	Did not advance
Andrzej Kłopotowski	200 metre breaststroke	2:41.4	2 Q	2:40.8	4 Q	2:41.2	7
Jan Lutomski	400 metre freestyle	4:42.8	5	—		Did not advance
Andrzej Salamon	100 metre freestyle	56.5	2 Q	56.9	3	Did not advance
Jerzy Tracz	400 metre freestyle	4:38.6	3	—		Did not advance
Andrzej Salamon Bernard Aluchna Jerzy Tracz Jan Lutomski	4 x 200 metre freestyle	8:32.0	9	—		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Marian Jankowski	56 kg	92,5	8	100	4	192.5	4	322.5	5
Marian Zieliński	67,5 kg	115	4	110	5	150	2	375	4
Waldemar Baszanowski	67,5 kg	105	19	117.5	2	147.5	4	370	5
Krzysztof Siemion	75 kg	135	2	117.5	8	147.5	11	400	5
Ireneusz Paliński	82,5 kg	130	2	132.5	1 OR	180	1 WR	442.5
Jan Bochenek	82,5 kg	130	2	120	7	170	2	420
Czesław Białas	90 kg	130	9	122.5	9	157.5	9	410	7

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
Athlete	Event	Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Lesław Kropp	−52 kg	Jorge Rosado Garcia (MEX) W T 5:46	André Georges Zoete (FRA) L T 3:57	Mohamed Ibrahim Seifpour Saidabadi (IRI) L T 6:02	Did not advance				11
Tadeusz Trojanowski	−57 kg	Paul Hänni (FIN) W T 4:24	Geoffrey Jameson (AUS) W T 4:25	Alfred Kammerer (EUA) W P	BYE	Neżdet Zalew (BUL) L P	Terrence McCann (USA) L P	—
Jan Żurawski	−62 kg	Tamiji Sato (JPN) L P	Abraham Geldenhuys (RSA) W P	Muhammad Akhtar (PAK) L P	Did not advance				12
Jan Kuczyński	−67 kg	Władimir Siniawskij (URS) L P	Kazuo Abe (JPN) L T 6:26	Did not advance					20
Lucjan Sosnowski	+87 kg	Hamit Kaplan (TUR) L T 6:49	BYE	Pietro Marascalchi (ITA) L T 7:45	Did not advance				10

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
Athlete	Event	Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Stefan Hajduk	−52 kg	Heikki Hakola (FIN) L E	Jørgen Jensen (NOR) W P	Mohamed Paziraie (IRI) L P	Did not advance				10
Bernard Knitter	−57 kg	Gilberto Gramellini (ITA) L P	Reino Tuominen (FIN) W T 4:09	Masamitsu Ichiguchi (JPN) W E	Imre Hodos (HUN) W T 11:35	Ion Cernea (ROU) L P	Did not advance		7
Kazimierz Macioch	−62 kg	Rudolf Pedersen (DEN) L P	Müzahir Sille (TUR) L P	Did not advance					19
Ernest Gondzik	−67 kg	Erik Thomsen (DEN) W P	Dimităr Stojanow Janczew (BUL) L E	Ramazan Gungor (TUR) W E	Mitsuharu Kitamura (JPN) L E	Did not advance			5
Edward Żuławnik	−73 kg	René Schiermeyer (FRA) W T 10:22	Sam Azoulay (MAR) L WO	Did not advance					25
Bolesław Dubicki	−79 kg	Oddvar Barlie (NOR) L E	Hammou Haddaoui Khadir (MAR) W T 5:44	Pentti Punkari (FIN) W P	Ion Taranu (ROU) L E	Kazim Ayvaz (TUR) W E	Pentti Punkari (FIN) D	Did not advance	5
Włodzimierz Smoliński	−87 kg	Krali Bimbalow Pejczev (BUL) L P	Antonio Cerroni (ITA) W P	Tevfik Kis (TUR) L P	Did not advance				11
Lucjan Sosnowski	+87 kg	Viktor Ahven (FIN) W P	Kanji Shigeoka (JPN) W T 2:39	Radoslaw Kasabow Petrow (BUL) L E	István Kozma (HUN) L P	Did not advance			5

References

"Poland at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Poland Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

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