Szymanowski Ryszard Szymczak Head Coach Kazimierz Górski Gymnastics Artistic Men Individual finals Women Handball Poland tied Sweden and defeated Denmark but lost to the Soviet Union in the first round to finish in third place in the division. This put the team into the ninth- to twelfth-place consolation round, where they defeated Iceland to set up a match with Norway for ninth and tenth places. Poland lost this match. Preliminary round Group A Sweden tied Poland, 13-13 Poland def. Denmark, 11-8 Soviet Union def. Poland, 17-11 Classification 9-12 Poland def. Iceland, 20-17 Norway def. Japan, 19-17 Classification 9/10 Norway def. Poland, 23-20 10th place Zdzisław Antczak Zbigniew Dybol Franciszek Gąsior Jan Gmyrek Bogdan Kowalczyk Zygfryd Kuchta Andrzej Lech Jerzy Melcer Helmut Pniocinski Wladyslaw Popielarski Hendryk Rozmiarek Andrzej Sokołowski Engelbert Szolc Andrzej Szymczak Wlodzimierz Wachowicz Robert Zawada Head Coach Janusz Czerwiński Hockey Men's team competition Preliminary round Group B August 27, 1972 Kenya – Poland 0-1 (0-1) August 28, 1972 Netherlands – Poland 4-2 (3-0) August 30, 1972 Poland – Mexico 3-0 (1-0) August 31, 1972 India – Poland 2-2 (1-0) September 2, 1972 New Zealand – Poland 3-3 (1-2) September 3, 1972 Australia – Poland 1-0 (1-0) September 4, 1972 Poland – Great Britain 1-2 (1-1) Men's Classification Matches September 8, 1972 11th/12th place: France – Poland 4-7 (2-1) after extra time 12th place Jerzy Choroba Aleksander Ciazynski Boleslaw Czainski Jerzy Czajka Henryk Grotowski Stanisław Iskrzynski Zbigniew Juszczak Stanisław Kasprzyk Stanisław Kazmierczak Marek Krus Zbigniew Loj Wlodzimierz Matuszynski Stefan Otulakowski Ryszard Twardowski Stanisław Wegnerski Aleksander Wrona Józef Wybieralski Witold Ziaja Head Coach Judo Men Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Poland in 1972. Alternate Member: Krzysztof Trybusiewicz Rowing Men Sailing Open Shooting Thirteen shooters, 12 men and one woman, represented Poland in 1972. Józef Zapędzki won gold in the 25 m rapid fire pistol. Open Swimming Men Volleyball Preliminary round Pool A |} |} 9th–10th places 9th place match |} Weightlifting Men Wrestling Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman References Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics 1972 Summer Olympics 1972 in Polish sport