Poland at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Poland at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Poland
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpijski.pl (in Polish)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea 9–25 February 2018
Competitors	62 (36 men and 26 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Zbigniew Bródka[1]
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Poland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. It was the nation's 23rd appearance at the Winter Olympics, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1924. The Polish team consisted of 62 athletes in 12 sports, which is the largest ever Polish team, surpassing the 59 athletes that competed in 2014. Polish ski jumpers won one gold and one bronze medal, earning the 20th place at the medal table.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kamil Stoch	Ski jumping	Men's large hill individual	17 February
Bronze	Maciej Kot Stefan Hula Jr. Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch	Ski jumping	Men's large hill team	19 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	1	3
Biathlon	2	5	7
Bobsleigh	4	0	4
Cross-country skiing	3	4	7
Figure skating	1	1	2
Freestyle skiing	0	1	1
Luge	4	2	6
Nordic combined	4	0	4
Short track speed skating	1	2	3
Ski jumping	5	0	5
Snowboarding	2	4	6
Speed skating	8	6	14
Total	36	26	62

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Poland qualified three athletes, two males and one female.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michał Jasiczek	Men's slalom	51.64	30	DNF
Michał Kłusak	Men's downhill	—				1:45.42	42
	Men's super-G	—				DNF
	Men's combined	1:22.64	46	DNF
Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel	Women's downhill	—				1:43.30	24
	Women's super-G	—				1:23.21	26
	Women's giant slalom	1:13.89	24	1:11.80	28	2:25.69	27
	Women's combined	1:44.35	19	42.84	13	2:27.19	16

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Poland has qualified 5 women ^[3] and 2 men.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Grzegorz Guzik	Sprint	25:52.2	2 (0+2)	59
	Pursuit	39:07.3	6 (2+1+2+1)	56
	Individual	51:51.8	2 (0+0+1+1)	33
Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec	Sprint	25:59.2	2 (2+0)	67
	Individual	55:39.9	5 (2+1+1+1)	79

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Magdalena Gwizdoń	Sprint	23:35.7	3 (0+3)	56
	Pursuit	36:07.0	5 (1+2+2+0)	49
	Individual	51:49.7	8 (1+2+3+2)	83
Krystyna Guzik	Sprint	22:43.3	1 (1+0)	28
	Pursuit	34:24.3	4 (1+1+1+1)	36
	Individual	46:49.5	4 (1+0+2+1)	52
Monika Hojnisz	Sprint	23:20.6	3 (1+2)	45
	Pursuit	35:05.6	4 (1+1+2+0)	43
	Individual	43:02.0	1 (0+1+0+0)	6
	Mass start	36:59.2	0 (0+0+0+0)	15
Weronika Nowakowska	Sprint	23:03.2	2 (1+1)	34
	Pursuit	33:46.2	2 (0+1+1+0)	30
	Individual	44:34.6	2 (0+0+0+2)	21
Krystyna Guzik Magdalena Gwizdoń Monika Hojnisz Weronika Nowakowska	Team relay	1:12:47.0	15 (8+7)	7

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Grzegorz Guzik Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec Magdalena Gwizdoń Kamila Żuk	Team relay	1:12:17.9	8 (4+4)	16

Bobsleigh

Main articles: Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, Poland has qualified Two man and Four man received the reallocated quota place.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mateusz Luty * Krzysztof Tylkowski	Two-man	49.87	21	50.10	23	49.92	24	Eliminated		2:29.89	24
Mateusz Luty * Grzegorz Kossakowski Łukasz Miedzik Arnold Zdebiak	Four-man	49.04	7	49.59	18	49.46	12	49.80	17	3:17.89	13

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Poland qualified six athletes, two male and two female and two yet to be determined.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Dominik Bury	15 km freestyle	—				36:11.1	+2:27.2	33
	30 km skiathlon	21:38.9	59	38:44.4	51	1:23:20.3	+7:00.3	52
Kamil Bury	15 km freestyle	—				38:38.7	+4:54.8	78
Maciej Staręga		—				38:58.9	+5:15.0	82

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Martyna Galewicz	10 km freestyle	—				29:23.3	+4:22.8	64
	15 km skiathlon	24:06.4	42	20:44.9	34	44:51.3	+4:06.4	41
Sylwia Jaśkowiec	10 km freestyle	—				27:21.5	+2:21.0	24
	15 km skiathlon	23:22.5	31	20:33.8	29	43:56.3	+3:11.4	30
Justyna Kowalczyk	15 km skiathlon	22:01.1	13	20:29.7	25	42:30.8	+1:45.9	17
	30 km classical	—				1:27:21.8	+5:04.2	14
Ewelina Marcisz	10 km freestyle	—				28:10.0	+3:09.5	42
	15 km skiathlon	23:21.9	30	20:34.8	30	43:56.7	+3:11.8	31
Martyna Galewicz Sylwia Jaśkowiec Justyna Kowalczyk Ewelina Marcisz	4×5 km relay	—				54:30.9	+3:06.6	10

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kamil Bury	Men's sprint	3:17.15	28 Q	3:25.79	6	Did not advance
Maciej Staręga		3:19.42	38	Did not advance
Kamil Bury Maciej Staręga	Men's team sprint	—				16:21.83	7	Did not advance
Sylwia Jaśkowiec	Women's sprint	3:27.94	37	Did not advance
Justyna Kowalczyk		3:20.00	22 Q	3:17.47	5	Did not advance
Ewelina Marcisz		3:28.11	38	Did not advance
Sylwia Jaśkowiec Justyna Kowalczyk	Women's team sprint	—				16:35.19	5 q	16:32.48	7

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Poland qualified one ice dancing pair, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.^[5] This marks the country's reappearance in the sport at the Winter Olympics, after missing the last edition in 2014.

Athlete	Event	SD		FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev	Ice dancing	66.06	14 Q	95.29	15	161.35	14

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics

According to the quota allocation released on 22 January 2018, Poland qualified one athlete. On February 10, 2018 was announced that Karolina Riemen-Żerebecka won't be able to compete in the Games due to surgery of her spine.^[6]

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Karolina Riemen-Żerebecka	Women's ski cross	Did not start

Luge

Main articles: Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Poland earned the following start quotas:^[7]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maciej Kurowski	Men's singles	48.103	18	48.467	24	48.158	22	47.885	16	3:12.613	19
Mateusz Sochowicz		49.047	26	48.203	19	48.930	31	Eliminated		2:26.180	27
Wojciech Chmielewski Jakub Kowalewski	Men's doubles	46.609	13	46.478	14	—				1:33.087	12
Ewa Kuls-Kusyk	Women's singles	47.037	20	46.933	22	47.212	19	Eliminated		2:21.182	20
Natalia Wojtuściszyn		49.133	29	46.736	17	47.290	17	Eliminated		2:23.159	25

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ewa Kuls-Kusyk Maciej Kurowski Wojciech Chmielewski Jakub Kowalewski	Team relay	47.711	10	49.134	8	49.568	9	2:26.413	8

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Poland qualified four athletes and a spot in the team relay.

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adam Cieślar	Normal hill/10 km	81.0	68.7	44	25:30.7	39	29:38.7	42
	Large hill/10 km	119.0	89.8	33	24:07.4	21	27:23.4	33
Szczepan Kupczak	Normal hill/10 km	97.0	96.8	20	26:47.6	45	29:02.6	39
	Large hill/10 km	129.0	122.1	12	25:34.3	42	26:41.3	25
Wojciech Marusarz	Normal hill/10 km	79.5	61.3	45	26:50.5	46	31:27.5	47
	Large hill/10 km	114.0	82.3	39	Did not finish
Paweł Słowiok	Normal hill/10 km	92.5	88.3	32	24:37.6	12	27:26.6	22
	Large hill/10 km	119.5	93.2	32	24:13.3	25	27:16.3	29
Adam Cieślar Szczepan Kupczak Wojciech Marusarz Paweł Słowiok	Team large hill/4×5 km	472.5	337.2	8	48:28.8	10	51:24.8	9

Short track speed skating

Main articles: Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Poland has qualified one skater for men's 500 m events and two skaters for women's 500 m, 1000 m and 1500 m events for the Olympics during the four World Cup events in November 2017.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bartosz Konopko	Men's 500 m	41.039	2 Q	1:10.996	5	Did not advance
Natalia Maliszewska	Women's 500 m	43.725	2 Q	43.384	3	Did not advance
Magdalena Warakomska	Women's 500 m	44.311	4	Did not advance
	Women's 1000 m	1:31.259	2 Q	1:31.698	3	Did not advance
	Women's 1500 m	2:23.693	4	—		Did not advance

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics

According to the quota allocation released on 22 January 2018, Poland qualified five athletes. However Piotr Żyła did not start in any.

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stefan Hula	Men's normal hill	100.5	122.7	9 Q	111.0	131.8	1 Q	105.5	117.0	11	248.8	5
Maciej Kot		99.0	122.0	11 Q	99.0	109.6	20 Q	102.0	107.4	19	217.0	19
Dawid Kubacki		104.5	129.6	3 Q	88.0	92.0	35	Did not advance
Kamil Stoch		104.0	131.7	2 Q	106.5	125.9	2 Q	105.5	123.4	6	249.3	4
Stefan Hula	Men's large hill	127.0	110.4	18 Q	132.0	131.2	12 Q	129.5	122.2	16	253.4	15
Maciej Kot		138.0	124.8	8 Q	128.5	124.2	17 Q	129.5	120.4	18	244.6	19
Dawid Kubacki		127.0	114.7	14 Q	134.5	137.4	5 Q	126.0	120.6	17	258.0	10
Kamil Stoch		131.5	125.6	7 Q	135.0	143.8	1 Q	136.5	141.9	3	285.7
Maciej Kot Stefan Hula Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch	Men's team large hill	—			537.0	540.9	3 Q	536.0	531.5	3	1072.4

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics

According to the quota allocation released on 22 January 2018, Poland qualified five athletes.

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Oskar Kwiatkowski	Men's giant slalom	1:25.72	13 Q	Dufour (FRA) L +0.10	Did not advance
Weronika Biela	Women's giant slalom	1:35.92	24	Did not advance
Aleksandra Król		1:33.13	10 Q	Zogg (SUI) L +0.70	Did not advance
Karolina Sztokfisz		DSQ		Did not advance

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding						1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Run 1		Run 2		Best	Seed
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank			Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Mateusz Ligocki	Men's snowboard cross	1:19.48	37	1:19.22	13	1:19.22	39	3	5	Did not advance
Zuzanna Smykała	Women's snowboard cross	1:23.41	22	1:23.44	9	1:23.41	23	—	5	Did not advance

Speed skating

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2017–18 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, Poland earned the following start quotas:

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Zbigniew Bródka	1500 m	1:46.31	12
Sebastian Klosinski	1000 m	1:09.59	17
Piotr Michalski	500 m	35.64	33
	1000 m	1:10.17	31
Konrad Niedźwiedzki	1000 m	1:10.026	23
	1500 m	1:47.07	20
Artur Nogal	500 m	58.71	36
Jan Szymański	1500 m	1:46.48	16
Artur Waś	500 m	35.02	13
Adrian Wielgat	5000 m	6:31.71	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś	1500 m	1:58.53	13
	3000 m	4:12.57	17
Karolina Bosiek	1000 m	1:18.53	29
	3000 m	4:12.44	16
Natalia Czerwonka	1000 m	1:15.77	12
	1500 m	1:57.85	9
Luiza Złotkowska	1500 m	1:58.99	17
	3000 m	4:09.69	14
Kaja Ziomek	500 m	39.26	25

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Konrad Niedźwiedzki	Men's mass start	1	8:24.73	10	Did not advance
Magdalena Czyszczoń	Women's mass start	0	8:56.66	11	Did not advance
Luiza Złotkowska		3	9:08.41	8 Q	1	8:47.34	9

Team pursuit

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Karolina Bosiek Natalia Czerwonka Luiza Złotkowska	Women's team pursuit	United States (USA) L 3:04.80	8	Did not advance		Final D  South Korea (KOR) W 3:03.11	7

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