Poland at the 1964 Summer Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
inTokyo, Japan 10 October 1964 (1964-10-10) – 24 October 1964 (1964-10-24)
Competitors	140 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Waldemar Baszanowski
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 7 Silver 6 Bronze 10 Total 23
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900, 1912)  Austria (1908–1912)

Poland competed at the1964 Summer Olympics inTokyo,Japan. 140 competitors, 115 men and 25 women, took part in 87 events in 12 sports.^[1]

• Józef Szmidt — Athletics, Men's Triple jump
• Teresa Ciepły,Irena Kirszenstein,Halina Górecka,Ewa Kłobukowska — Athletics, Women's 4×100 metres relay
• Jozef Grudzien, — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
• Jerzy Kulej — Boxing, Men's Light welterweight
• Marian Kasprzyk — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
• Egon Franke — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
• Waldemar Baszanowski — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (67.5 kg)

• Andrzej Zieliński,Wiesław Maniak,Marian Foik,Marian Dudziak — Athletics, Men's 4×100 metres relay
• Teresa Ciepły — Athletics, Women's 80 metres hurdles
• Irena Kirszenstein — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
• Irena Kirszenstein — Athletics, Women's Long jump
• Artur Olech — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Witold Woyda,Zbigniew Skrudlik,Ryszard Parulski,Egon Franke,Janusz Rozycki — Fencing, Men's Foil Team

• Andrzej Badeński — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
• Ewa Kłobukowska — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
• Józef Grzesiak — Boxing, Men's Light middleweight
• Tadeusz Walasek — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
• Zbigniew Pietrzykowski — Boxing, Men's Light heavyweight
• Emil Ochyra,Jerzy Pawłowski,Ryszard Zub,Andrzej Piatkowski,Wojciech Zabłocki — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
• Krystyna Czajkowska,Josefa Ledwignowa,Maria Golimowska,Jadwiga Rutkowska,Danuta Kordaczuk,Krystyna Jakubowska,Jadwiga Marko,Maria Sliwkowa,Zofia Szczesniewska,Krystina Krupowa,Hanna Krystyna Busz andBarbara Hermela-Niemczyk — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
• Mieczysław Nowak — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (60 kg)
• Marian Zieliński — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (67.5 kg)
• Ireneusz Paliński — Weightlifting, Men's Middle heavyweight (90 kg)

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrzej Badeński	400 m	46.4	1Q	46.5	1Q	46.2	2Q	45.6
Witold Baran	1500 m	3:45.3	1Q	—		3:38.9	2Q	3:40.3	6
Lech Boguszewicz	5000 m	13:52.8	4	Did not advance
Marian Dudziak	100 m	10.6	1Q	10.5	6	Did not advance
Marian Foik	200 m	21.1	1Q	21.0	2Q	20.9	4Q	20.8	6
Boguslaw Gierajewski	400 m hurdles	52.80	5	Did not advance
Ireneusz Kluczek	400 m	47.3	4Q	DNS	Did not advance
Wiesław Maniak	100 m	10.5	1Q	10.3	2Q	10.1	2Q	10.4	4
Mieczysław Rutyna	20 km walk	—						1:48:41	26
	50 km walk	—						DSQ
Stanisław Swatowski	400 m	47.6	5	Did not advance
Zbigniew Syka	100 m	10.7	5	Did not advance
Edward Szklarczyk	3000 m steeplechase	8:48.0	8	—				Did not advance
Andrzej Zieliński	200 m	21.2	2Q	21.5	5	Did not advance
Andrzej Zieliński Wiesław Maniak Marian Foik Marian Dudziak	4 × 100 m relay	39.9	2Q	—		39.6	2Q	39.3
Marian Filipiuk Ireneusz Kluczek Stanisław Swatowski Andrzej Badeński	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.2	2Q	—				3:05.3	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Zenon Begier	Discus throw	56.31	7Q	57.06	6
Olgierd Ciepły	Hammer throw	63.66	14Q	64.83	8
Edward Czernik	High jump	2.06	1Q	2.06	11
Jan Jaskólski	Triple jump	16.10	6Q	15.82	12
Władysław Komar	Shot Put	18.05	6Q	18.20	9
Władysław Nikiciuk	Javelin throw	73.45	8q	73.11	9
Edmund Piątkowski	Shot Put	DNS		Did not advance
	Discus throw	55.22	9q	55.81	7
Tadeusz Rut	Hammer throw	65.03	6Q	64.52	10
Janusz Sidło	Javelin throw	76.93	2q	80.17	4
Zdzislaw Smolinski	Hammer throw	66.00	4Q	62.90	14
Włodzimierz Sokołowski	Pole vault	NM	28	Did not advance
Alfred Sosgórnik	Shot Put	17.06	10Q	17.57	6
Andrzej Stalmach	Long jump	7.46	10q	7.26	8
Józef Szmidt	Triple jump	16.18	5	16.85OR

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek	80 m hurdles	10.7	3Q	—		10.7	2Q	10.5
Halina Richter-Górecka	100 m	11.5	2Q	11.5	2Q	11.7	4Q	11.8	7
	200 m	DNS		Did not advance
Irena Kirszenstein	200 m	23.8	1Q	—		23.6	2Q	23.1
Ewa Kłobukowska	100 m	11.5	1Q	11.4	1Q	11.4	2Q	11.6
Maria Piątkowska	80 m hurdles	10.6	1Q	—		10.7	4Q	10.7	6
Barbara Sobotta	100 m	11.8	2Q	11.8	5	Did not advance
	200 m	24.1	2Q	—		23.7	4Q	23.9	6
Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek Irena Kirszenstein Halina Richter-Górecka Ewa Kłobukowska	4 × 100 m relay	44.6	1Q	—				43.6WR

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jarosława Bieda	High jump	1.70	5Q	1.71	10
Irena Kirszenstein	Long jump	6.43	3Q	6.60

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Soviet Union	7	0	562	424	+138	14
Puerto Rico	5	2	493	454	+39	12
Poland	4	3	467	448	+19	11	1W−0L
Italy	4	3	495	480	+15	11	0W−1L
Mexico	3	4	485	514	−29	10	1W−0L
Japan	3	4	421	428	−7	10	0W−1L
Hungary	2	5	407	469	−62	9
Canada	0	7	408	521	−113	7

11 October

13:30

Poland

56–53

Hungary

Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo

12 October

12:00

Poland

81–57

Japan

Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo

13 October

12:00

Italy

58–61

Poland

Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo

14 October

20:30

Mexico

71–70

Poland

Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo

16 October

20:30

Puerto Rico

66–60

Poland

Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo

17 October

12:00

Soviet Union

74–65

Poland

Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo

18 October

10:00

Poland

74–69

Canada

Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo

5th–8th Place

20 October

10:00

Poland

82–69

Uruguay

Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo

5th Place

22 October

10:00

Italy

79–59

Poland

Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Artur Olech	Flyweight	—	Stefan Panayotov (BUL) W 3–2	John Kamau (KEN) W 5–0	Constantin Ciucă (ROU) W 5–0	Stanislav Sorokin (URS) W WO	Fernando Atzori (ITA) W 1–4
Brunon Bendig	Bantamweight	—	Rainer Poser (EUA) W 3–2	Karimu Young (NGR) L 2–3	Did not advance
Piotr Gutman	Featherweight	—	Pat Fitzsimmons (IRL) W 5–0	Masataka Takayama (JPN) W RSC	Anthony Villanueva (PHI) L RSC	Did not advance		5
Jozef Grudzien	Lightweight	BYE	Tauno Halonen (FIN) W 4–1	Alex Oundo (KEN) W 4–1	Stoyan Pilitchev (BUL) W 5–0	Ronald Allen Harris (USA) W 4–1	Vellikton Barannikov (URS) W 5–0
Jerzy Kulej	Light welterweight	BYE	Roberto Amaya (ARG) W 5–0	Richard McTaggart (GBR) W 4–1	Iosif Mihalic (ROU) W 4–1	Edie Blay (GHA) W 5–0	Yevgeny Frolov (URS) W 5–0
Marian Kasprzyk	Welterweight	—	Misael Vilugron (CHI) W 3–2	Sikuru Alimi (NGR) W 5–0	Hamada Kichijiro (JPN) W 5–0	Silvano Bertini (ITA) W 3–2	Rikardas Tamulis (URS) W 4–1
Jozef Grzesiak	Light middleweight	—	Massimo Bruschini (ITA) W 5–0	Kurt Mattsson (FIN) W 5–0	Vasile Mirza (ROU) W 4–1	Boris Lagutin (URS) L 1–4	Did not advance
Tadeusz Walasek	Middleweight	—	John Bukowski (AUS) W 5–0	Juan Aguilar (ARG) W 5–0	Ahmed Hassan (EGY) W 5–0	Valery Popenchenko (URS) L KO	Did not advance
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski	Light heavyweight	—	BYE	Ronald Holmes (JAM) W DQ	Rafael Gargiulo (ARG) W 5–0	Aleksei Kiselyov (URS) L 1–4	Did not advance
Władysław Jędrzejewski	Heavyweight	—		Vadim Yemelyanov (URS) L RSC	Did not advance

Men

Women

Eight cyclists represented Poland in 1964.

1000m time trial

Men's Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats	Repechage 1	Repechage Finals	Round 2	Repechage 2	Repechage Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Zbysław Zając	Men's sprint	Vanegas (COL)  Johnson (AUS) L	Văn Châu (VIE)  Billing (IND) W 12.31	Garcia (ARG) W 12.09	Khitrov (URS)  Pettenella (ITA) W 12.06	BYE		Morelon (FRA) L	Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time
Lucjan Józefowicz	Men's individual pursuit	Giorgio Ursi (ITA) L 5:05.01 QQ	Jiří Daler (TCH) L 5:07.08	Did not advance		5

15 fencers, all men, represented Poland in 1964.

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wiesław Glos	Men's épée		3Q		4Q			Did not advance
Bogdan Gonsior			3Q		3Q			Did not advance
Henryk Nielaba			2Q		1Q			Did not advance
Henryk Nielaba Mikołaj Pomarnacki Bogdan Gonsior Bohdan Andrzejewski Jerzy Pawłowski	Team épée	United States (USA) W 14-2  France (FRA)	1Q	—			BYE	Italy (ITA) L 6-9	Switzerland (SUI) W 9-5	United Team of Germany (EUA) W 8-8	5
Egon Franke	Men's foil		2Q		2Q
Ryszard Parulski			1Q		4Q		2Q			Did not advance
Witold Woyda			1Q		1Q		3Q		2Q
Witold Woyda Zbigniew Skrudlik Ryszard Parulski Egon Franke Janusz Różycki	Team foil	Great Britain (GBR) W 9-5  Australia (AUS) W 13-3  Italy (ITA)	1Q	—				Romania (ROM) W 9-2	Japan (JPN) W 9-4	Soviet Union (URS) L 7-9
Emil Ochyra	Men's sabre		1Q		2Q		2Q		1Q
Jerzy Pawłowski			1Q		1Q		1Q		4Q
Andrzej Piątkowski			2Q		1Q	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		Did not advance
Emil Ochyra Jerzy Pawłowski Ryszard Zub Andrzej Piątkowski Wojciech Zabłocki	Team sabre	Iran (IRN) W 16-0  United Team of Germany (EUA)	1Q	—				United Team of Germany (EUA) W 9-6	Soviet Union (URS) L 7-9	France (FRA) W 8-8

Men

Women

Men

Six shooters represented Poland in 1964.

Men

Women's team competition

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Oct	Poland	3–0	United States	15–3	15–4	15–10			45–17
13 Oct	Poland	3–0	South Korea	15–5	15–5	15–11			45–21
15 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	15–9	15–5	15–5			45–19
18 Oct	Japan	3–1	Poland	15–4	15–5	13–15	15-2		58–26
22 Oct	Poland	3–0	Romania	15–7	15–6	15–8			45–21

Place	Team	Pts	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
	Japan	10	5	0	15	1	238	93
	Soviet Union	8	4	1	12	3	212	97
	Poland	6	3	2	10	6	180	162
4	Romania	4	2	3	6	9	140	172
5	United States	2	1	4	3	12	98	213
6	South Korea	0	0	5	0	15	94	225

• Team roster

 Poland

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Henryk Trębicki	56 kg	105	4	102.5	5	135	5	342.5	4
Mieczysław Nowak	60 kg	112.5	6	115	2	150	3	377.5
Rudolf Kozłowski		110	8	107.5	6	140	5	357.5	7
Waldemar Baszanowski	67.5 kg	132.5	3	135WR	1	165OR	1	432.5WR
Marian Zieliński		140WR	1	120	4	160	3	420
Jerzy Kaczkowski	82.5 kg	145	6	135	4	177.5	3	457.5	4
Ireneusz Paliński	90 kg	150	4	135	5	182.5OR	1	467.5

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Bernard Knitter	−57 kg	Siavash Shafizadeh (IRN) W P	Ion Cernea (ROU) L P	Vladlen Trostyansky (URS) L P	Did not advance				11
Kazimierz Macioch	−63 kg	Roman Rurua (URS) L P	Bandu Patil (IND) W WO	Joseph Mewis (BEL) W P	Koji Sakurama (JPN) L P	Did not advance			9
Bolesław Dubicki	−78 kg	Russell Camilleri (USA) W P	Albert Michiels (BEL) W P	Helmut Langle (AUT) W P	Antal Rizmayer (HUN) L E	Kiril Petkov (BUL) L E	Anatoly Kolesov (URS) L P	Bertil Nystrom (SWE) L E	4
Czesław Kwieciński	−87 kg	Lothar Metz (EUA) L P	Valentin Olenik (URS) L P	Did not advance					15
Lucjan Sosnowski	-97 kg	Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) W E	Petar Cucic (YUG) L E	Adelmo Bulgarelli (ITA) L P	Did not advance				12

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