Poland at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Poland at the 1960 Winter Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Squaw Valley
Competitors	13 (7 men, 6 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Józef Karpiel
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
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Poland competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Elwira Seroczyńska	Speed skating	Women's 1500m
Bronze	Helena Pilejczyk	Speed skating	Women's 1500m

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Andrzej Mateja	58:09.1	43
	Józef Gut Misiaga	58:03.6	41
	Kazimierz Zelek	55:59.4	28
	Józef Rysula	54:13.3	18
30 km	Józef Gąsienica Sobczak	2'06:12.7	34
	Andrzej Mateja	2'01:54.7	23
	Kazimierz Zelek	2'01:27.1	22
50 km	Andrzej Mateja	DNF	–

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Andrzej Mateja Józef Rysula Józef Gut Misiaga Kazimierz Zelek	2'26:25.3	6

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km	Helena Gąsienica Daniel	45:08.2	21
	Anna Krzeptowska-Żebracka	44:36.1	20
	Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa	42:45.5	14
	Stefania Biegun	42:45.5	13

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Stefania Biegun Helena Gąsienica Daniel Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa	1'07:24.6	4

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Józef Karpiel	Individual	56.5	65.0	194.5	25	1'02:14.0	225.484	16	419.984	19

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Władysław Tajner	Normal hill	78.5	87.6	39	79.5	100.6	23	188.2	31

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Helena Pilejczyk	48.2	12
	Elwira Seroczyńska	46.8	6
1000 m	Elwira Seroczyńska	DNF	–
	Helena Pilejczyk	1:35.8	5
1500 m	Helena Pilejczyk	2:27.1
	Elwira Seroczyńska	2:25.7
3000 m	Elwira Seroczyńska	5:27.3	7
	Helena Pilejczyk	5:26.2	6

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1960, full results by sports-reference.com