From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Poland at the
1948 Summer Olympics
IOC codePOL
NOC Polish Olympic Committee
Website www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in London, Great Britain
29 July 1948 (1948-07-29) – 14 August 1948 (1948-08-14)
Competitors37 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Mieczysław Łomowski
Medals
Ranked 34th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview)
Other related appearances
  Austria (1908–1912)
  Russian Empire (1912)

Poland competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 37 competitors, 30 men and 7 women, took part in 26 events in 5 sports. [1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Bronze Aleksy Antkiewicz Boxing Men's featherweight

Athletics

Men
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Edward Adamczyk Long jump 7,030 9 q 6.735 11
Witold Gerutto Shot put 14.450 12 q 14.37 10
Mieczysław Łomowski Shot put 14.700 7 Q 15.43 4
Women
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Henryka Słomczewska-Nowak Long jump 5.180 17 Did not advance
Melania Sinoracka Javelin throw 35.74 11
Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz Discus throw 39.30 4

Boxing

Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Janusz Kasperczak Flyweight   Ronald Gower ( AUS)
L PTS
did not advance
Wawrzyniec Bazarnik Bantamweight   Celestino González ( CHI)
L PTS
did not advance
Aleksy Antkiewicz Featherweight   Leon Trani ( PHI)
W PTS
  Pedro Garcia ( PER)
W PTS
  Seo Byeong-Ran ( KOR)
W PTS
  Ernesto Formenti ( PHI)
L PTS
  Francisco Núñez ( ARG)
W PTS
Zygmunt Chychła Welterweight   Frits Wijngaard ( KOR)
W PTS
  Alex Obeysekere ( CEY)
W KO2
  Alessandro D'Ottavio ( ITA)
L PTS
did not advance 5
Antoni Kolczyński Middleweight BYE   Dogomar Martínez  ( URU)
L PTS
did not advance
Franciszek Szymura Light Heavyweight   Mac Joachim ( IND)
W PTS
  Israel Quitcón ( PUR)
W RSC1
  Mauro Cía ( ARG)
L PTS
did not advance 5

Canoeing

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Czesław Sobieraj K-1 1000 m 4:46.5 5 did not advance
K-1 10000 m 52:51.0 7
Alfons Jeżewski
Marian Matłotka
K-2 1000 m NT 8 did not advance
K-2 10000 m 48:25.6 10

Fencing

Seven fencers, six men and one woman, represented Poland in 1948.

Men

Athlete Event Group round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Rajmund Karwicki Men's épée   Zappelli ( SUI)
  Haro ( MEX)
  Parfitt ( GBR)
  Skotidas ( GRE)
  Henkart ( BEL)
  Mikla ( HUN)
6 did not advance 62
Jan Nawrocki Men's épée   Dunay ( HUN)
  Han ( CAN)
  De Beaumont ( GBR)
  Radoux ( BEL)
  Camargo ( BRA)
  Karamazakidis ( GRE)
  Valeronecio ( MEX)
7 did not advance 55
Bolesław Banaś
Antoni Sobik
Teodor Zaczyk
Jan Nawrocki
Rajmund Karwicki
Team épée   Argentina (ARG)
L 6-10
  Cuba (CUB)
W 8-6
2 Q   Italy (ITA)
L 1-14
  Hungary (HUN)
L 6-10
4 did not advance 10
Bolesław Banaś Men's sabre   Tredgold ( GBR)
  Molnar ( BRA)
  Sama ( PER)
  Eriksson ( SWE)
  Ruckstuhl ( SUI)
5 did not advance 49
Antoni Sobik Men's sabre   Pomini ( ARG)
  Morman ( NED)
  Widemann ( SUI)
  Asselin ( CAN)
  Martinez ( CUB)
2 Q   Dare ( ITA)
  Lefevre ( FRA)
  Worth ( USA)
  Van Der Berg ( NED)
  Huergo ( ARG)
  Molnar ( BRA)
  Putzl ( AUT)
4 Q   Lefevre ( FRA)
  Gerevich ( HUN)
  Dare ( ITA)
  Haro ( MEX)
  Berczelly ( HUN)
  Cetrulo ( USA)
  Loisel ( AUT)
5 did not advance 12
Teodor Zaczyk Men's sabre   Cermeson ( ARG)
  Gramain ( FRA)
  Zuficar ( HUN)
  Goldstein ( CHI)
  Nahopoulos ( GRE)
4 did not advance 40
Bolesław Banaś
Antoni Sobik
Teodor Zaczyk
Jerzy Wójcik
Team sabre   Turkey (TUR)
W 11-5
2 Q   Austria (AUT)
W 8-8 (59:55)
2 Q   Belgium (BEL)
L 7-9
  Hungary (HUN)
L 3-12
3 Did not advance 5

Women

Athlete Event Group round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Irena Nawrocka Women's foil   Cerna ( USA)
  Klupfel ( SUI)
  Kuh ( HUN)
  Olsen ( DEN)
  Meyer ( NED)
  Dermody ( IRL)
5 did not advance 31

Art competitions

Athlete Event Category Title Rank
Zbigniew Turski Music Choral and orchestral Olympic Symphony

References

  1. ^ "Poland at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-06-21.

External links

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Poland at the
1948 Summer Olympics
IOC codePOL
NOC Polish Olympic Committee
Website www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in London, Great Britain
29 July 1948 (1948-07-29) – 14 August 1948 (1948-08-14)
Competitors37 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Mieczysław Łomowski
Medals
Ranked 34th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview)
Other related appearances
  Austria (1908–1912)
  Russian Empire (1912)

Poland competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 37 competitors, 30 men and 7 women, took part in 26 events in 5 sports. [1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Bronze Aleksy Antkiewicz Boxing Men's featherweight

Athletics

Men
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Edward Adamczyk Long jump 7,030 9 q 6.735 11
Witold Gerutto Shot put 14.450 12 q 14.37 10
Mieczysław Łomowski Shot put 14.700 7 Q 15.43 4
Women
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Henryka Słomczewska-Nowak Long jump 5.180 17 Did not advance
Melania Sinoracka Javelin throw 35.74 11
Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz Discus throw 39.30 4

Boxing

Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Janusz Kasperczak Flyweight   Ronald Gower ( AUS)
L PTS
did not advance
Wawrzyniec Bazarnik Bantamweight   Celestino González ( CHI)
L PTS
did not advance
Aleksy Antkiewicz Featherweight   Leon Trani ( PHI)
W PTS
  Pedro Garcia ( PER)
W PTS
  Seo Byeong-Ran ( KOR)
W PTS
  Ernesto Formenti ( PHI)
L PTS
  Francisco Núñez ( ARG)
W PTS
Zygmunt Chychła Welterweight   Frits Wijngaard ( KOR)
W PTS
  Alex Obeysekere ( CEY)
W KO2
  Alessandro D'Ottavio ( ITA)
L PTS
did not advance 5
Antoni Kolczyński Middleweight BYE   Dogomar Martínez  ( URU)
L PTS
did not advance
Franciszek Szymura Light Heavyweight   Mac Joachim ( IND)
W PTS
  Israel Quitcón ( PUR)
W RSC1
  Mauro Cía ( ARG)
L PTS
did not advance 5

Canoeing

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Czesław Sobieraj K-1 1000 m 4:46.5 5 did not advance
K-1 10000 m 52:51.0 7
Alfons Jeżewski
Marian Matłotka
K-2 1000 m NT 8 did not advance
K-2 10000 m 48:25.6 10

Fencing

Seven fencers, six men and one woman, represented Poland in 1948.

Men

Athlete Event Group round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Rajmund Karwicki Men's épée   Zappelli ( SUI)
  Haro ( MEX)
  Parfitt ( GBR)
  Skotidas ( GRE)
  Henkart ( BEL)
  Mikla ( HUN)
6 did not advance 62
Jan Nawrocki Men's épée   Dunay ( HUN)
  Han ( CAN)
  De Beaumont ( GBR)
  Radoux ( BEL)
  Camargo ( BRA)
  Karamazakidis ( GRE)
  Valeronecio ( MEX)
7 did not advance 55
Bolesław Banaś
Antoni Sobik
Teodor Zaczyk
Jan Nawrocki
Rajmund Karwicki
Team épée   Argentina (ARG)
L 6-10
  Cuba (CUB)
W 8-6
2 Q   Italy (ITA)
L 1-14
  Hungary (HUN)
L 6-10
4 did not advance 10
Bolesław Banaś Men's sabre   Tredgold ( GBR)
  Molnar ( BRA)
  Sama ( PER)
  Eriksson ( SWE)
  Ruckstuhl ( SUI)
5 did not advance 49
Antoni Sobik Men's sabre   Pomini ( ARG)
  Morman ( NED)
  Widemann ( SUI)
  Asselin ( CAN)
  Martinez ( CUB)
2 Q   Dare ( ITA)
  Lefevre ( FRA)
  Worth ( USA)
  Van Der Berg ( NED)
  Huergo ( ARG)
  Molnar ( BRA)
  Putzl ( AUT)
4 Q   Lefevre ( FRA)
  Gerevich ( HUN)
  Dare ( ITA)
  Haro ( MEX)
  Berczelly ( HUN)
  Cetrulo ( USA)
  Loisel ( AUT)
5 did not advance 12
Teodor Zaczyk Men's sabre   Cermeson ( ARG)
  Gramain ( FRA)
  Zuficar ( HUN)
  Goldstein ( CHI)
  Nahopoulos ( GRE)
4 did not advance 40
Bolesław Banaś
Antoni Sobik
Teodor Zaczyk
Jerzy Wójcik
Team sabre   Turkey (TUR)
W 11-5
2 Q   Austria (AUT)
W 8-8 (59:55)
2 Q   Belgium (BEL)
L 7-9
  Hungary (HUN)
L 3-12
3 Did not advance 5

Women

Athlete Event Group round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Irena Nawrocka Women's foil   Cerna ( USA)
  Klupfel ( SUI)
  Kuh ( HUN)
  Olsen ( DEN)
  Meyer ( NED)
  Dermody ( IRL)
5 did not advance 31

Art competitions

Athlete Event Category Title Rank
Zbigniew Turski Music Choral and orchestral Olympic Symphony

References

  1. ^ "Poland at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-06-21.

External links


Videos

Youtube | Vimeo | Bing

Websites

Google | Yahoo | Bing

Encyclopedia

Google | Yahoo | Bing

Facebook