Poland at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Poland
Poland at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (Polish)
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
Competitors	93 in 11 sports
	Olympic history (summary)
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	Other related appearances
	Austria (1908–1912); Russian Empire (1912)

Poland competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 93 competitors, 82 men and 11 women, took part in 44 events in 11 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

Halina Konopacka — Athletics, Women's discus throw

Silver

Michał Antoniewicz, Kazimierz Gzowski, Kazimierz Szosland — Equestrian, Team jumping

Bronze

Michał Antoniewicz, Karol Rómmel, Józef Trenkwald — Equestrian, Team eventing
Tadeusz Friedrich, Kazimierz Laskowski, Aleksander Małecki, Adam Papée, Władysław Segda, Jerzy Zabielski — Fencing, Men's team sabre
Leon Birkholc, Franciszek Bronikowski, Bolesław Drewek, Edmund Jankowski, Bernard Ormanowski — Rowing, Men's coxed four

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Klemens Biniakowski	400 m	50.8	3	Did not advance
Józef Jaworski	1500 m	4:14.0	7	Did not advance
Stefan Kostrzewski	400 m	52.2	4	Did not advance
Stefan Kostrzewski	400 m hurdles	56.0	2 Q	N/A		58.0	5	Did not advance
Feliks Malanowski	800 m	1:59.8	5	Did not advance
Wojciech Trojanowski	110 m hurdles	16.0	6	Did not advance
Zygmunt Weiss	400 m	50.8	3	Did not advance
Feliks Zuber	400 m	52.6	4	Did not advance
Klemens Biniakowski Stefan Kostrzewski Zygmunt Weiss Feliks Zuber	4×400 m relay	3:24.2	4	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Józef Baran-Bilewski	Discus throw	41.77	18	Did not advance
Zdzisław Nowak	Long jump	6.57	33	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	100H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Antoni Cejzik	Result	12.2	5.92	12.11	1.70	53.0	18.4	39.43	2.90	43.96	5:11.4	5415	18
Antoni Cejzik	Points	567	569	613	544	676	464	653	333	500	496	5415	18

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gertruda Kilosówna	800 m	2:28.0	3 Q	N/A				2:28.0	8
Otylia Tabacka	800 m	2:33.0	7	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Genowefa Kobielska	Discus throw	32.72	8	Did not advance
Halina Konopacka	Discus throw	39.17 OR	1 Q	39.62 WR

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stefan Glon	Bantamweight	Osvaldo Sánchez (CHI) L PTS	Did not advance
Jan Górny	Featherweight	BYE	22x20px Frederick Volkert (CAN) W PTS	Lucian Biquet (BEL) L PTS	Did not advance
Witold Majchrzycki	Lightweight	Sandor Szobolevszky (HUN) W PTS	Stephen Halaiko (USA) L PTS	Did not advance
Jerzy Snoppek	Middleweight	BYE	Fred Mallin (GBR) L PTS	Did not advance

Cycling

Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Poland in 1928.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stanisław Kłosowicz	Men's road race	5:51:31	57
Eugeniusz Michalak		5:37:02	49
Józef Popowski		5:55:39	61
Józef Stefański		5:47:15	54
Eugeniusz Michalak Józef Stefański Stanisław Kłosowicz Józef Popowski	Team road race	17:16:35	13

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage 1	Repechage Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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
Jerzy Koszutski	Men's sprint	Van Massenhove (BEL) Knabenhans (SUI) 2 L	Donnelly (IRL) Plūme (LAT) W	Malvassi (ARG) Cozens (GBR) Knabenhans (SUI) W	Hansen (AUS) L 13.2	Did not advance		5

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Józef Lange	Men's time trial	1:18.0	6

Team Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Józef Lange Alfred Reul Jan Zybert Józef Oksiutycz	Team pursuit	Belgium L q	Netherlands L	Did not advance		5

Tandem

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Stanisław Podgórski Ludwik Turowski	Tandem	Hans Bernhardt Karl Köther (GER) L12.4	Did not advance		5

Equestrian

Five riders, represented Poland in 1928, all they won medals.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Michał Antoniewicz	Moja Miła	Individual	144.50	39	1438.0	3	1582.50	4	240.0	16	1822.50	19
Józef Trenkwald	Lwi Pazur		184.70	25	1250.5	29	1435.20	6	210.0	20	1645.20	25
Karol von Rómmel	Donese		90.22	45	1240.0	30	1330.22	2	270.0	12	1600.22	26
Michał Antoniewicz Józef Trenkwald Karol von Rómmel	See above	Team	419.42	12	3928.50	5	4347.92	5	720.00	2	5067.92

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Time	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Michał Antoniewicz	Readglet	Individual	1:31	6	20	Did not advance
Kazimierz Gzowski	Mylord		1:33	0	4 Q	2	4	Did not advance	4
Kazimierz Szosland	Alli		1:40	2	13	Did not advance
Michał Antoniewicz Kazimierz Gzowski Kazimierz Szosland	See above	Team	4:44	8	2	N/A		8

Fencing

Six fencers, all men, represented Poland in 1928.

Men

Ranks given are within the pool.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Fencer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Władysław Segda	Foil	Rozgonyi (HUN) L 1-5 Lion (AUT) L 2-5 Uggla (SWE) L 3-5 22x20px Garcia (ESP) L 2-5 Freund (YUG) W 5-1	5	Did not advance
Tadeusz Friedrich Adam Papée Aleksander Małecki Kazimierz Laskowski Władysław Segda Jerzy Zabielski	Team sabre	Great Britain (GBR) W 11-5 United States (USA) W 9-7	2 Q	N/A				Italy (ITA) L 0-16 Belgium (BEL) W 9-7	2 Q	Hungary (HUN) L 4-12 Germany (GER) W 9-7

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1928.

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
Franciszek Koprowski	Men's	28	34	30	23	27	142	34
Zenon Małłysko		18	19	9	18	13	77	12
Stefan Szelestowski		26	12	35	1	36	110	26

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Repechage		Round 2		Repechage		Round 3		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Franciszek Bronikowski Edmund Jankowski Leon Birkholc Bernard Ormanowski Bolesław Drewek	Coxed four	7:31.6	1 Q	BYE		7:47.6	1 Q	BYE		7:29.0	1 Q	7:29.0	1 Q	7:12.8
Otto Gordzialkowski Stanislaw Urban Andrzej Soltan-Peréswiat Marian Wodzianski Janusz Ślązak Waclaw Michalski Józef Laszewski Henryk Niezabitowski Jerzy Skolimowski	Eight	6:37.0	1 Q	BYE		6:43.2	2	6:24.6	1 Q	6:42.2	5	Did not advance

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary series				Net points	Final rank	Final series				Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	Net points	Final rank	1	2	3	4	Net points	Final rank
Władysław Krzyżanowski Adam Wolff	12' Dinghy	8	8	DNS	7	33	17	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Władysław Kuncewicz	100 metre freestyle	1:10.8	29	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Róża Kajzer	200 metre breaststroke	3:45.2	20	Did not advance

Wrestling

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	Rank	Final round Result	Rank
Henryk Ganzera	−56 kg	Kurt Leucht (GER) L F	Ðula Sabo (YUG) L F	N/A				14	Did not advance
Leon Mazurek	−61 kg	Ernst Steinig (GER) L F	Aage Meyer (DEN) L F	N/A				14	Did not advance
Ryszard Błażyca	−66 kg	Tayyar Yalaz (TUR) L F	Alberto Barbieri (ARG) W F	Harald Pettersson (SWE) W F	Ede Sperling (GER) L F	N/A		7	Did not advance
Jan Gałuszka	−79 kg	BYE	Ejnar Hansen (DEN) W F	Adolf Rieger (GER) L F	N/A			8	Did not advance

Art competitions

Athlete	Event	Category	Title	Rank
Kazimierz Wierzyński	Literature	Lyric works	Laur Olimpijski
Władysław Skoczylas	Painting	Drawings	Posters

References

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External links

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Poland at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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