Poland at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Poland at the Olympic Games
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At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors	37 in 5 sports
Medals Rank: 34	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
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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

Bronze

• Aleksy Antkiewicz — Boxing, Men's Featherweight

Athletics

Men

Field events

Women

Field events

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	Celestine 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

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

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database