Poland at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Poland at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  POL
NOC Polish Olympic Committee
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At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors 48 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Paulina Ligocka (opening)
Tomasz Sikora (closing)
Medals
Rank: 20		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
1		 Total
2
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Poland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Poland sent 48 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, and snowboarder Paulina Ligocka was the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies, while biathlete Tomasz Sikora was the flag bearer at the Closing Ceremonies.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Top 10 finishes

[edit] 5th place

  • Biathlon
    • Women's 15 km individual: Krystyna Palka

[edit] 7th place

  • Biathlon
    • Women's 4x6 km relay: Krystyna Palka, Magdalena Gwizdon, Katarzyna Ponikwia, Magdalena Grzywa

[edit] Events

[edit] Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Men's combined
Name Downhill Slalom run 1 Slalom run 2 Total Final rank
Michal Kalwa 1:42.72 Did not finish - - -
Men's downhill
Name Time Final rank
Michal Kalwa 1:56.81 44th place
Men's slalom
Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Michal Kalwa 59.82 Did not finish - -
Men's Super-G
Name Time Final rank
Michal Kalwa 1:36.25 45th place
Women's giant slalom
Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Dagmara Krzyzynska 1:03.86 1:12.05 2:15.91 25th place
Women's slalom
Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Katarzyna Karasinkska 45.41 48.89 1:34.30 30th place

[edit] Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Men's 10 km sprint
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Tomasz Sikora 2 27:54.3 20th place
Wieslaw Ziemianin 0 28:10.1 26th place
Michael Piecha 2 30:01.6 66th place
Grzegorz Bodziana 1 30:08.4 69th place
Men's 12.5 km pursuit
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Tomasz Sikora 6 +2:11.4 18th place
Wieslaw Ziemianin 1 +3:22.1 30th place
Men's 15 km mass start
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Tomasz Sikora 1 47:26.3 Silver medal
Men's 20 km individual
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Tomasz Sikora 3 57:22.1 21st place
Wieslaw Ziemianin 4 1:01:16.0 53rd place
Grzegorz Bodziana 5 1:03:39.6 73rd place
Krzysztof Plywaczyk 4 1:04:12.9 76th place
Men's 4x6 km relay
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Wieslaw Ziemianin 1 20:56.5
Tomasz Sikora 1 20:01.2
Michal Piecha 7 23:37.6
Krzysztof Plywaczyk 3 22:21.7
Total 12 1:26:57.0 13th place
Women's 7.5 km sprint
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Magdalena Gwizdon 1 23:54.7 20th place
Krystyna Palka 1 24:07.3 25th place
Magdalena Nykiel 1 25:32.2 56th place
Katarzyna Ponikwia 1 26:17.3 63rd place
Women's 10 km pursuit
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Magdalena Gwizdon 4 +4:29.0 21st place
Krystyna Palka 6 +6:42.9 37th place
Magdalena Nykiel Lapped - -
Women's 12.5 km mass start
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Magdalena Gwizdon 5 45:49.5 29th place
Krystyna Palka 3 46:31.5 30th place
Women's 15 km individual
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Krystyna Palka 0 51:50.7 5th place
Magdalena Gwizdon 4 55:17.5 33rd place
Katarzyyna Ponikwia 4 57:32.7 56th place
Magdalena Grzywa 7 1:00:41.3 71st place
Women's 4x6 km relay
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Krystyna Palka 3 20:11.1
Magdalena Gwizdon 3 19:39.3
Katarzyna Ponikwia 2 20:15.5
Magdalena Grzywa 0 20:23.4
Total 8 1:20:29.3 7th place

[edit] Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Four-man

  • Dawid Kupczyk
  • Mariusz Latkowski
  • Marcin Płacheta
  • Michał Zblewski
  • Ireneusz Żurawicz
Run 1: 55.89
Run 2: 55.79
Run 3: 55.85
Run 4: 55.49
Total: 3:43.02 (15th place)

[edit] Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's 15 km classical

Men's sprint

Qualifications - 2:20.83 (33rd) - Did not qualify

Men's team sprint

Semifinal 2 - 17:27.1 (5th)
Final - 17:26.3 (7th place)

Women's 10 km classical

Final - Did not finish

Women's 15 km pursuit

Final - 43:25.6 (8th place)

Women's sprint

Qualifications - 2:21.19 (44th place) - Did not qualify

Women's 30 km free, mass start

Final - 1h22:27.5 Bronze medal

[edit] Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Pairs

Ice dancing

  • Aleksandra Kauc and Michał Zych --- 21st place
    1. Compulsory dance - 24.93 (21st place)
    2. Original dance - 42.06 (22nd place)
    3. Free dance - 69.61 (22nd place)

[edit] Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Women's singles luge

Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Final rank
Ewelina Staszulonek 48:653 47.666 48.293 47.567 3:12.179 15th place

Doubles

Run 1 - 49.829
Run 2 - 48.616
Total - 1:38.445 (17th place)

[edit] Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's 500 m

  • Dariusz Kulesza
Heat 1 - 43.416 (2nd)
Quarterfinal 4 - disqualified

Men's 1000 m

  • Dariusz Kulesza
Heat 5 - 1:29.102 (2nd)
Quarterfinal 2 - 1:30.556 (4th)
Final ranking - 11th

Men's 1500 m

  • Dariusz Kulesza
Heat 1 - 2:24.118 (5th)
Final ranking - 22nd

[edit] Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Women's skeleton

Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Monika Wołowiec 01:02.31 01:02.99 02:05.30 15th place

[edit] Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's normal hill individual

    Final round jumps  
Name Qualification 1st round Final round Total Final rank
Adam Małysz 130.5 points (Pre-qualified) 130.0 points 131.0 points 261.0 points 7th place
Kamil Stoch 122.5 points 125.5 points 121.5 points 247.0 points 16th place
Robert Mateja 127.0 points 115.0 points 114.0 points 229.0 points 25th place
Stefan Hula 110.5 points 115.5 points 102.5 points 218.0 points 29th place

Men's large hill individual

    Final round jumps  
Name Qualification 1st round Final round Total Final rank
Adam Małysz 114.0 points (Pre-qualified) 111.4 points 111.3 points 222.7 points 14th place
Kamil Stoch 83.0 points 96.2 points 103.8 points 200.0 points 26th place
Robert Mateja 80.3 points 84.8 points - - 38th place
Rafał Śliż 63.1 points - - - -

Men's large hill team

Name 1st round Final round Total Final rank
Stefan Hula 99.90 points 101.20 points
Kamil Stoch 108.10 points 112.60 points
Robert Mateja 116.30 points 110.80 points
Adam Małysz 120.90 points 124.60 points
Total 445.20 points 449.20 points 894.40 points 5th place

[edit] Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

[edit] Giant slalom

Women's parallel giant slalom

  Qualification  
Name Blue course Red course Total 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Jagna Marczułajtis 40.60 42.52 01:23.12 - - - - -
Blanka Isielonis 42.86 43.01 01:25.87 - - - - -

[edit] Halfpipe

Men’s halfpipe

In men's halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. Shaun White from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. Andy Finch of the United States had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place.

  Qualification Final  
Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Final rank
Mateusz Ligocki 11.6 points 26.9 points - - -
Michał Ligocki 11.3 points 4.0 points - - -

Women’s halfpipe

In women's halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.

  Qualification Final  
Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Final rank
Paulina Ligocka 31.8 points 31.8 points - - -

[edit] Snowboard cross

Men's snowboard cross

  Qualification  
Name Run 1 Run 2 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Mateusz Ligocki 1:23.35 1:21.81 Heat 4
4th place		 - - - -
Rafał Skarbek-Malczewski 1:24.70 1:22.07 Heat 1
4th place		 - - - -

[edit] Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's 500 m

Name Race 1 Race 2 Total Rank
Artur Waś 36.43 36.61 73.04 32nd place
Maciej Ustynowicz 36.09 51.92 88.01 36th place

Men's 1000 m

Name Final Rank
Konrad Niedźwiedzki 1:09.95 13th place
Maciej Ustynowicz Disqualified

Men's 1500 m

Name Final Rank
Konrad Niedźwiedzki 01:48.09 12th place

Men's 5000 m

Name Final Rank
Paweł Zygmunt 6:35.01 18th place

Women's 1000 m

Name Final Rank
Katarzyna Wójcicka 01:17.28 8th place

Women's 1500 m

Name Final Rank
Katarzyna Wójcicka 01:59.96 11th place

Women's 3000 m

Name Final Rank
Katarzyna Wójcicka 4:09.61 10th place

Women's 5000 m

Name Final Rank
Katarzyna Wójcicka 07:28.09 16th place

[edit] References