Poland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Franciszek Gąsienica Groń won Poland's first ever medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | Franciszek Gąsienica Groń | Nordic combined | Men's individual | January 31 |
Alpine skiing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jan Zarycki | Downhill | DSQ | – | ||||
| Andrzej Gąsienica Roj | 3:09.3 | 15 | |||||
| Andrzej Gąsienica Roj | Giant Slalom | 3:48.6 | 54 | ||||
| Józef Marusarz | 3:29.3 | 35 | |||||
| Włodzimierz Czarniak | 3:24.2 | 28 | |||||
| Jan Zarycki | 3:22.3 | 23 | |||||
| Jan Zarycki | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Andrzej Gąsienica Roj | 1:50.6 | 37 | 2:05.2 | 18 | 3:55.8 | 23 | |
| Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak | 1:33.8 | 17 | 2:06.2 | 20 | 3:40.0 | 16 | |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska | Downhill | DNF | – | ||||
| Maria Kowalska | 1:51.9 | 19 | |||||
| Barbara Grocholska | 1:51.7 | 17 | |||||
| Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska | Giant Slalom | 2:10.9 | 35 | ||||
| Barbara Grocholska | 2:05.5 | 30 | |||||
| Maria Kowalska | 2:02.8 | 20 | |||||
| Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Maria Kowalska | 58.7 | 8 | 1:23.0 | 30 | 2:21.7 | 22 | |
Bobsleigh
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| POL-1 | Aleksy Konieczny Zbigniew Skowroński | Two-man | 1:27.21 | 16 | 1:27.23 | 21 | 1:27.87 | 20 | 1:28.54 | 18 | 5:50.85 | 19 |
| POL-2 | Stefan Ciapała Aleksander Habala | Two-man | 1:27.70 | 21 | 1:26.49 | 15 | 1:26.24 | 13 | 1:25.92 | 10 | 5:46.35 | 16 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| POL-1 | Stefan Ciapała Jerzy Olesiak Józef Szymański Aleksander Habala | Four-man | 1:19.95 | 12 | 1:20.25 | 14 | 1:21.10 | 14 | 1:22.19 | 19 | 5:23.49 | 15 |
| POL-2 | Aleksy Konieczny Zygmunt Konieczny Włodzimierz Źróbik Zbigniew Skowroński (both participated... Jan Dąbrowski ...in two runs) | Four-man | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 5:28.40 | 21 |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Józef Gąsienica Sobczak | 56:39 | 44 |
| Józef Rubiś | 54:47 | 34 | |
| Andrzej Mateja | 53:42 | 23 | |
| Tadeusz Kwapień | 52:45 | 16 | |
| 30 km | Stanisław Bukowski | 1'56:26 | 29 |
| Józef Rubiś | 1'53:57 | 23 | |
| Tadeusz Kwapień | 1'49:09 | 12 | |
| 50 km | Stanisław Bukowski | 3'10:49 | 13 |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Józef Rubiś Józef Gąsienica Sobczak Tadeusz Kwapień Andrzej Mateja | 2'25:55 | 9 |
- Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 10 km | Helena Gąsienica Daniel | 43:09 | 24 |
| Zofia Krzeptowska | 41:37 | 18 | |
| Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa | 41:28 | 17 | |
| Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska | 41:09 | 16 | |
- Women's 3 x 5 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa Zofia Krzeptowska | 1'13:20 | 5 |
Ice hockey
Group B
Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
- USA 4-0 Poland
- Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland
Games for 7th-10th places
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 2 |
| 10 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 |
- Poland 6-2 Switzerland
- Poland 4-3 Austria
- Italy 5-2 Poland
| Contestants Władysław Pabisz Edward Kocząb Janusz Zawadzki Kazimierz Chodakowski Stanisław Olczyk Mieczysław Chmura Henryk Bromowicz Józef Kurek Zdzisław Nowak Szymon Janiczko Adolf Wróbel Kazimierz Bryniarski Marian Herda Hilary Skarżyński Bronisław Gosztyła Rudolf Czech Alfred Wróbel |
Nordic combined
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Józef Daniel Krzeptowski | Individual | 62.0 | 60.5 | 173.5 | 33 | 1'00:48 | 222.600 | 18 | 396.100 | 29 |
| Jan Raszka | 65.0 | 64.5 | 182.5 | 29 | 1'05:15 | 205.400 | 32 | 387.900 | 32 | |
| Franciszek Gąsienica Groń | 72.5 | 71.5 | 203.0 | 10 | 57:55 | 233.800 | 7 | 436.800 | ||
| Aleksander Kowalski | 74.0 | 75.0 | 210.5 | 5 | 1'03:37 | 211.700 | 29 | 422.200 | 15 | |
Ski jumping
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Józef Huczek | Normal hill | 70.5 | 95.5 | 28 | 67.0 | 89.5 | 36 | 185.0 | 30 |
| Władysław Tajner | 74.0 | 98.0 | 26 | 76.5 | 103.0 | 12 | 201.0 | 16 | |
| Roman Gąsienica Sieczka | 77.5 | 101.5 | 21 | 71.5 | 88.0 | 40 | 189.5 | 25 | |
| Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel | 78.0 | 102.0 | 18 | 74.5 | 96.5 | 22 | 198.5 | 20 | |
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