Poland at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Poland at the 1994 Winter Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (in Polish)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	28 (15 men, 13 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Tomasz Sikora (biathlon)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Poland was represented at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway by the Polish Olympic Committee.

In total, 28 athletes including 15 men and 13 women represented Poland in eight different sports including alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, figure skating, luge, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating. No athletes won medals but five top-10 finishes were achieved.

Competitors

In total, 28 athletes represented Poland at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway across eight different sports.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	0	1
Biathlon	5	5	10
Cross-country skiing	0	5	5
Figure skating	1	2	3
Luge	2	0	2
Nordic combined	1	–	1
Ski jumping	1	–	1
Speed skating	4	1	5
Total	15	13	28

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

One Polish athlete participated in the alpine skiing events – Marcin Szafrański.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Marcin Szafrański	Downhill			1:52.59	46
	Super-G			1:38.54	42
	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–

Men's combined

Athlete	Event	Downhill	Slalom		Total
		Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Marcin Szafrański	Combined	1:43.82	54.95	52.50	3:31.27	27

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics

In total, 10 Polish athletes participated in the biathlon events – Zofia Kiełpińska, Helena Mikołajczyk, Halina Pitoń, Tomasz Sikora, Anna Stera-Kustucz, Agata Suszka, Krzysztof Topór, Jan Wojtas ,Jan Ziemianin and Wiesław Ziemianin.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Tomasz Sikora	Sprint	31:02.6	3	32
Krzysztof Topór		32:37.7	3	61
Jan Wojtas	Individual	1:08:10.5	7	67
Jan Ziemianin	Sprint	30:44.2	2	27
	Individual	1:02:00.6	4	39
Wiesław Ziemianin		1:05:48.8	6	63
Tomasz Sikora Jan Ziemianin Wiesław Ziemianin Jan Wojtas	Team relay	1:33:49.3	0	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Zofia Kiełpińska	Sprint	31:11.1	7	68
Helena Mikołajczyk	Individual	59:44.8	7	52
Halina Pitoń	Sprint	29:39.2	4	57
	Individual	1:00:18.2	7	57
Anna Stera-Kustucz	Sprint	30:04.5	3	62
Agata Suszka	Individual	59:13.2	4	45
Anna Stera-Kustucz Helena Mikołajczyk Agata Suszka Halina Pitoń	Team relay	1:59:18.1	4	11

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Five Polish athletes participated in the cross-country skiing events – Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska, Dorota Kwaśny, Michalina Maciuszek, Halina Nowak-Guńka and Małgorzata Ruchała.

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska	5 km classical					15:47.1	31
	Pursuit	15:47.1	31	29:11.2	19	44:58.3	22
	15 km freestyle					44:12.8	18
	30 km classical					1:34:28.6	34
Dorota Kwaśny	5 km classical					16:04.3	38
	Pursuit	16:04.3	38	29:57.6	26	46:01.9	28
	15 km freestyle					44:43.1	22
	30 km classical					DNF
Michalina Maciuszek	15 km freestyle					46:43.0	40
	30 km classical					1:33:34.2	31
Halina Nowak-Guńka	5 km classical					16:46.1	58
	15 km freestyle					45:02.2	25
Małgorzata Ruchała	5 km classical					15:07.5	15
	Pursuit	15:07.5	15	28:50.7	15	43:58.2	14
	30 km classical					1:30:45.8	16
Michalina Maciuszek Małgorzata Ruchała Dorota Kwaśny Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska	Team relay					1:01:13.2	8

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Three Polish athletes participated in the figure skating events – Agnieszka Domańska, Marcin Głowacki and Anna Rechnio.

Athlete	Event	CD1	CD2	SP/OD	FS/FD	TFP	Rank
Anna Rechnio	Ladies			9	12	16.5	10
Agnieszka Domańska Marcin Głowacki	Ice dance	18	18	18	17	35.0	17

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Two Polish athletes participated in the luge events – Adrian Przechewka and Leszek Szarejko.

Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leszek Szarejko Adrian Przechewka	Doubles	49.104	14	49.800	18	1:38.904	16

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics

One Polish athlete participated in the Nodric combined events – Stanisław Ustupski.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
		Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Stanisław Ustupski	Individual	200.0	19	+5:13.0	46:06.8	21

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics

One Polish athlete participated in the ski jumping events – Wojciech Skupień.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Wojciech Skupień	Men's normal hill	84.5	100.5	86.5	106.0	206.5	29
	Men's large hill	94.5	65.1	100.0	76.5	141.6	31

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Five Polish athletes participated in the speed skating events – Paweł Jaroszek, Jaromir Radke, Artur Szafrański and Paweł Zygmunt.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Paweł Jaroszek	1500 m	1:54.49	11
Jaromir Radke	5000 m	6:50.40	7
	10000 m	14:03.84	5
Artur Szafrański	1500 m	DNF
Paweł Zygmunt		2:05.21	40
	5000 m	6:58.91	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Ewa Wasilewska	1500 m	2:07.44	18
	3000 m	4:28.86	16

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1994, full results by sports-reference.com