Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Poland
Poland at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	www.pkol.pl (Polish)
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors	290 (252 men and 38 women) in 22 sports
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016;
Winter Games
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014;
	Other related appearances
	Austria (1908–1912); Russian Empire (1912)

Poland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 290 competitors, 252 men and 38 women, took part in 150 events in 22 sports.^[1]

1 Medalists
- 1.1 Gold
- 1.2 Silver
- 1.3 Bronze
2 Archery
3 Athletics
4 Basketball
- 4.1 Preliminary round
- 4.2 Group B
- 4.3 Classification brackets
5 Boxing
6 Canoeing
- 6.1 Slalom
- 6.2 Sprint
7 Cycling
- 7.1 Road
- 7.2 Track
8 Diving
9 Equestrian
- 9.1 Eventing
- 9.2 Show jumping
10 Fencing
- 10.1 Men
  - 10.1.1 Individual
  - 10.1.2 Team
- 10.2 Women
  - 10.2.1 Individual
  - 10.2.2 Team
11 Football
- 11.1 First round
  - 11.1.1 Group D
- 11.2 Second round
  - 11.2.1 Group 2
- 11.3 Gold Medal match
- 11.4 Poland
12 Gymnastics
13 Handball
- 13.1 Preliminary round
- 13.2 Poland
14 Hockey
- 14.1 Preliminary Round
  - 14.1.1 Group B
- 14.2 Men's Classification Matches
- 14.3 Poland
15 Judo
16 Modern pentathlon
17 Rowing
18 Sailing
19 Shooting
20 Swimming
21 Volleyball
- 21.1 Preliminary round
- 21.2 Pool A
- 21.3 9th–10th places
  - 21.3.1 9th place match
22 Weightlifting
23 Wrestling
24 References

Medalists

Gold

Wladyslaw Komar - Athletics, Men's Shot Put
Jan Szczepański - Boxing, Men's Flyweight
Witold Woyda - Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
Marek Dąbrowski, Jerzy Kaczmarek, Lech Koziejowski, Witold Woyda, and Arkadiusz Godel - Fencing, Men's Foil Team
Anczok, Ćmikiewicz, Deyna, Gadocha, Gorgoń, Gut, Jarosik, Kmiecik, Kostka, Kraska, Lato, Lubański, Marx, Maszczyk, Ostafiński, Szeja, Szołtysik, Szymanowski, and Szymczak - Football, Men's Team Competition
Józef Zapędzki - Shooting, 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (60 shots)
Zygmunt Smalcerz - Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight

Silver

Irena Szydłowska - Archery, Women's Individual Competition
Wiesław Rudkowski - Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
Lucjan Lis, Edward Barcik, Stanisław Szozda, and Ryszard Szurkowski　- Cycling, Men's Road Team Time Trial
Antoni Zajkowski - Judo, Men's Half-Middleweight
Norbert Ozimek - Weightlifting, Men's Light-Heavyweight

Bronze

Irena Szewińska - Athletics, Women's 200m
Ryszard Katus - Athletics, Men's Decathlon
Leszek Błażyński - Boxing, Men's Flyweight
Janusz Gortat - Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
Władysław Szuszkiewicz and Rafal Maciej Piszcz - Canoe, Men's Kayak Flatwater K-2 1.000m
Andrzej Bek, and Benedykt Kocot - Cycling Track, Men's 2.000m Tandem
Zbigniew Kaczmarek - Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
Kazimierz Lipień - Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Featherweight
Czesław Kwieciński - Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Light-Heavyweight

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Poland entered one man and three women. They took home a silver medal in the women's competition.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total score
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Score	Seed	Score	Seed
Tomasz Leżański	Individual	1128	41	1109	48	2237	46

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total score
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Score	Seed	Score	Seed
Maria Mączyńska	Individual	1173	12	1198	5	2371	6
Jadwiga Szoszler-Wilejto		1165	14	1132	22	2297	18
Irena Szydłowska		1224 OR	1	1183	9	2407

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrzej Badeński	400 m	46.21	1 Q	46.19	2 Q	46.38	8	Did not advance
Tadeusz Cuch	100 m	10.89	5	Did not advance
Tadeusz Gorzechowski	20 km walk	N/A						DNS
Zbigniew Jaremski	400 m	46.20	2 Q	46.52	3 Q	DNS		Did not advance
Marek Jóźwik	110 m hurdles	14.06	2 Q	N/A		14.06	5	Did not advance
Tadeusz Kulczycki	400 m hurdles	50.19	4 Q	N/A		50.80	5	Did not advance
Andrzej Kupczyk	800 m	1:48.5	2 Q	N/A		1:46.69	4 Q	1:47.10	7
Bronisław Malinowski	3000 m steeplechase	8:28.2	2 Q	N/A				8:28.0	4
Bronisław Malinowski	5000 m	13:48.2	8	Did not advance
Kazimierz Maranda	3000 m steeplechase	8:50.4	10	N/A				Did not advance
Ludomir Nitkowski	20 km walk	N/A						DNS
Winicjusz Nowosielski	50 km walk	N/A						DNS
Zenon Nowosz	100 m	10.36	3 Q	10.40	4 Q	10.42	4 Q	10.46	7
Zenon Nowosz	200 m	DNS		Did not advance
Jan Ornoch	20 km walk	N/A						1:32:01.6	7
Jan Ornoch	50 km walk	N/A						DNF
Andrzej Siennicki	50 km walk	N/A						DNS
Edward Stawiarz	Marathon	N/A						2:28:12	40
Henryk Szordykowski	1500 m	3:44.2	3 Q	N/A		3:42.5	6	Did not advance
Stanisław Wagner	100 m	10.62	3 Q	10.61	4	Did not advance
Jan Werner	400 m	45.93	4 Q	46.02	3 Q	46.26	6	Did not advance
Leszek Wodzyński	110 m hurdles	14.03	3 Q	N/A		13.81	3 Q	13.72	6
Mirosław Wodzyński	110 m hurdles	14.02	4 Q	N/A		14.63	8	Did not advance
Tadeusz Zieliński	3000 m steeplechase	8:49.8	11	N/A				Did not advance
Stanisław Wagner Tadeusz Cuch Jerzy Czerbniak Zenon Nowosz	4×100 m relay	39.11	1 Q	N/A		38.90	3 Q	39.03	6
Jan Werner Jan Balachowski Zbigniew Jaremski Andrzej Badeński	4×400 m relay	3:02.52	1 Q	N/A				3:01.05	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Bogusław Białek	High jump	N/A		DNS
Wojciech Buciarski	Pole vault	5.00	12 q	5.00	10
Grzegorz Cybulski	Long jump	8.01	3 Q	7.58	12
Jerzy Homziuk	Long jump	7.63	20	Did not advance
Michał Joachimowski	Triple jump	16.43	6 Q	16.69	7
Edmund Jaworski	Javelin throw	N/A		DNS
Jan Kobuszewski	Long jump	N/A		DNS
Władysław Komar	Shot put	20.60	1 Q	21.18
Stanisław Lubiejewski	Hammer throw	64.80	23	Did not advance
Tadeusz Ślusarski	Pole vault	5.00	11 q	NM

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	100H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Tadeusz Janczenko	Result	10.64	7.28	14.45	2.04	49.10	16.89	45.26	4.50	63.80	5:01.5	7861	8
Tadeusz Janczenko	Points	895	877	756	891	847	670	786	932	807	400	7861	8
Ryszard Katus	Result	10.89	7.09	14.39	1.92	49.10	14.41	43.00	4.50	59.96	4:31.9	7984
Ryszard Katus	Points	831	838	752	788	847	914	744	932	761	577	7984
Ryszard Skowronek	Result	10.78	7.42	14.24	1.98	48.10	15.74	33.66	NM	DNS	DNS	DNF
Ryszard Skowronek	Points	859	905	743	840	893	773	555	0	DNS	DNS	DNF

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Krystyna Kacperczyk	400 m	53.85	5 Q	54.39	8	Did not advance
Teresa Nowak	100 m hurdles	13.16	3 Q	N/A		13.10	4 Q	13.17	5
Danuta Piecyk	400 m	53.08	3 Q	52.62	5	Did not advance
Grażyna Rabsztyn	100 m hurdles	13.29	1 Q	N/A		13.24	4 Q	13.44	8
Elżbieta Skowrońska	800 m	2:03.26	4	Did not advance
Danuta Straszyńska	100 m hurdles	13.03	2 Q	N/A		12.91	2 Q	13.18	6
Irena Szewińska	100 m	11.33	2 Q	11.49	2 Q	11.54	6	Did not advance
Irena Szewińska	200 m	23.37	1 Q	22.79	1 Q	22.92	3 Q	22.74
Bożena Zientarska	400 m	54.20	4	Did not advance
Helena Kerner Barbara Bakulin Urszula Jozwik Danuta Jedrejek	4×100 m relay	44.19	4 Q	N/A				44.20	8
Bozena Zientarska Krystyna Kacperczyk Elzbieta Skowronska Danuta Piecyk	4×400 m relay	DSQ		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ludwika Chlewińska	Shot Put	17.40	10 Q	18.24	10
Ewa Gryziecka	Javelin throw	53.68	11 q	57.00	7
Daniela Jaworska	Javelin throw	52.40	14	Did not advance
Krystyna Nadolna	Discus throw	52.52	15	Did not advance
Irena Szewinska	Long jump	DNS		Did not advance

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group B

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	1st Tie	2nd Tie
Soviet Union	7	0	639	479	+160	14
Italy	5	2	547	471	+76	12	1W–1L	1.072
SFR Yugoslavia	5	2	582	484	+98	12	1W–1L	1.013
Puerto Rico	5	2	570	531	+39	12	1W–1L	0.917
West Germany	3	4	482	518	−36	10
Poland	2	5	520	536	−16	9
Philippines	1	6	526	666	−140	8
Senegal	0	7	405	586	−181	7

August 27
9:00

Poland

90–75

Philippines

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 28
21:30

Poland

64–85

SFR Yugoslavia

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 29
10:30

Senegal

59–95

Poland

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 30
9:00

Soviet Union

94–64

Poland

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 1
20:00

Italy

71–59

Poland

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 2
14:30

West Germany

67–65

Poland

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 3
14:30

Poland

83–85

Puerto Rico

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

Classification brackets

9th–12th place

Semifinals (September 5)			9th place (September 9)

A5	23x15px Spain	76
B6	Poland	87
			B6	Poland	83
			A6	Australia	91
B5	West Germany	69
A6	Australia	70	11th place (September 8)

			A5	23x15px Spain	84
			B5	West Germany	83

Team Roster

Poland - 10th place

Head Coach

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Roman Rozek	Light Flyweight	22x20px Lee Suk-Un (KOR) L 0-5	Did not advance
Leszek Blazynski	Flyweight	BYE	Chander Narayanan (IND) W 3-2	Arturo Delgado (MEX) W 5-0	22x20px You Man-Chong (KOR) W 3-2	Georgi Kostadinov (BUL) L 0-5	Did not advance
Józef Reszpondek	Bantamweight	Aldo Cosentino (FRA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Ryszard Tomczyk	Featherweight	Juan Francisco García (MEX) W 4-1	Rudolf Vogel (SUI) W KO-2	Boris Kuznetsov (URS) L 0-5	Did not advance
Jan Szczepanski	Lightweight	BYE	Kasamiro Marchlo (SUD) W 5-0	James Busceme (USA) W 5-0	Charlie Nash (IRL) W TKO-3	Samuel Mbugua (KEN) W WO	László Orbán (HUN) W 5-0
Krzysztof Pierwieniecki	Light Welterweight	Walter Desiderio Gomez (ARG) L 0-5	Did not advance
Alfons Stawski	Welterweight	BYE	Richard Murunga (KEN) W 1-4	Did not advance
Wiesław Rudkowski	Light Middleweight	BYE	Antonio Castellini (ITA) W 5-0	Nayden Stanchev (BUL) W 5-0	Rolando Garbey (CUB) W 4-1	Peter Tiepold (GDR) W 4-1	Dieter Kottysch (FRG) L 2-3
Witold Stachurski	Middleweight	BYE	Peter Dula (KEN) W 4-1	Reima Virtanen (FIN) L TKO-3	Did not advance
Janusz Gortat	Light Heavyweight	Jaroslav Kral (TCH) W 5-0	Raymond Russell (USA) W 3-2	N/A	Rudi Hornig (FRG) W TKO-1	Mate Parlov (YUG) L 0-5	Did not advance
Ludwik Denderys	Heavyweight	Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) L TKO-1	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank
Jan Frączek Ryszard Seruga	Men's C-2	366.31	5	386.78	6	366.31	5
Jerzy Jeż Wojciech Kudlik		DNF		416.10	13	416.10	13
Maciej Rychta Zbigniew Leśniak		459.64	12	455.70	16	455.70	17
Jerzy Stanuch	Men's K-1	317.09	8	480.52	34	317.09	14
Wojciech Gawroński	Men's K-1	343.10	13	355.11	20	343.10	23
Maria Ćwiertniewicz	Women's K-1	450.64	3	432.30	3	432.30	4
Kunegunda Godawska-Olchawa	Women's K-1	473.26	5	441.05	5	441.05	5

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jerzy Opara	C-1 1000 m	4:32.39	3 Q	N/A		BYE		4:21.05	9
Jan Żukowski Andrzej Gronowicz	C-2 1000 m	4:27.94	5 R	4:05.42	3 Q	4:01.40	4	Did not advance
Grezgorz Śledziewski	K-1 1000 m	4:03.40	3 Q	BYE		3:55.45	2 Q	3:53.22	8
Władysław Szuzkiewicz Rafal Piszcz	K-2 1000 m	3:48.13	2 Q	BYE		3:34.50	2 Q	3:33.63
Zbigniew Niewiadomski Jerzy Dziadkowiec Zdzisław Tomyślak Andrzej Matysiak	K-4 1000 m	3:24.59	2 Q	BYE		3:12.46	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stanisława Szydłowska	K-1 500 m	2:14.75	5	2:10.04	2 Q	2:08.89	4	Did not advance
Ewa Grajkowska Izabella Antonowicz	K-2 500 m	2:04.30	4 Q	N/A		1:55.50	1 Q	1:57.45	6

Cycling

Twelve cyclists represented Poland in 1972.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lucjan Lis	Men's road race	4:19:09	36
Jan Smyrak		DNF
Stanisław Szozda		4:20:41	76
Ryszard Szurkowski		4:14:37	31
Lucjan Lis Edward Barcik Stanisław Szozda Ryszard Szurkowski	Team time trial	2:11:47.5

Track

1000m time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Janusz Kierzkowski	Men's 1000m time trial	1:07.22	5

Men's Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Repechage Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Andrzej Bek	Men's sprint	Pkhakadze (URS) Chin (JAM) L	Cambroni (MEX) W 11.86	Vackar (TCH) Cardi (ITA) L	Berkmann (GDR) W 11.87	Balk (NED) Kravtsov (URS) L	Vackar (TCH) Pedersen (DEN) L	Did not advance
Benedykt Kocot	Men's sprint	Cooke (GBR) Snellinx (BEL) W	BYE		Geschke (GDR) Crutchlow (GBR) L	Balk (NED) L	Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Mieczysław Nowicki	Men's individual pursuit	5:02.28	14	Did not advance			14
Bernard Kręczyński Paweł Kaczorowski Janusz Kierzkowski Mieczysław Nowicki Jerzy Głowacki	Team pursuit	4:29.00	6 Q	Soviet Union (URS) W 4:25.72	East Germany (GDR) L 4:26.39	Great Britain (GBR) L 4:26.06	4

Men's Tandem

Athlete	Event	Heats	Repechage	Repechage Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Andrzej Bek Benedykt Kocot	Tandem	Verzini Rossi (ITA) W 10.56	BYE		Barth Müller (FRG) W 2:0 (10.57; 10.46)	Geschke Otto (GDR) L 0:2	Morelon Trentin (FRA) W 2:0 (10.76; 10.67)

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Jakub Puchow	10 m platform	281.34	17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Regina Krajnow	3 m springboard	248.91	18	Did not advance
Regina Krajnow	10 m platform	179.79	17	Did not advance
Elżbieta Wierniuk	3 m springboard	277.32	6 Q	131.04	8	408.36	8
Elżbieta Wierniuk	10 m platform	188.10	10	121.98	11	310.08	11

Equestrian

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Marek Małecki	Signor	Individual	57,00	30	32.00	89.00	51	20.00	109,00	31	109,00	31
Wojciech Mickunas	Tenor		64,67	49	DQ	DNF		DNS			DNF	AC
Jan Skoczylas	Wandal		45,33	13	132,13	132.13	58	10.00	142,13	36	142,13	36
Jacek Wierzchowiecki	Gniew		39,67	7	10,47	10.47	19	20.00	30,47	18	30,47	18
Marek Małecki Wojciech Mickunas Jan Skoczylas Jacek Wierzchowiecki	See above	Team	142.00	5	34.80	126.54	11	50.00	281,60	10	281,60	10

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Stefan Grodzicki	Biszka	Individual	8.00	17 Q	DNF		Did not advance	17
Marian Kozicki	Bronz		8.50	21	Did not advance			21
Jan Kowalczyk	Chandzar		DNS
Marian Kozicki Stefan Grodzicki Piotr Wawryniuk Jan Kowalczyk	Bronz Biszka Poprad Jastarnia	Team	107.25	12	Did not advance

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Poland in 1972.

Men

Individual

Team

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Henryk Nielaba Bohdan Andrzejewski Bogdan Gonsior Jerzy Janikowski Kazimierz Barburski	Team épée	Luxembourg (LUX) W 9-6 Mexico (MEX) W 11-5 Switzerland (SUI) L 6-9	2 Q	Hungary (HUN) L 1-9	Sweden (SWE) W 9-7	Romania (ROU) L 3-9	6
Witold Woyda Lech Koziejowski Jerzy Kaczmarek Marek Dąbrowski Arkadiusz Godel	Team foil	Italy (ITA) W 11-5 Germany (GER) L 7-8	2 Q	Japan (JPN) W 9-5	Hungary (HUN) W 8-7	Soviet Union (URS) W 9-5
Józef Nowara Jerzy Pawłowski Krzysztof Grzegorek Zygmunt Kawecki Janusz Majewski	Team sabre	Austria (AUT) W 12-4 Switzerland (SUI) W 12-4 Germany (GER) W 11-5	1 Q	Italy (ITA) L 2-9	France (FRA) W 9-6	Cuba (CUB) W 9-5	5

Women

Individual

Team

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Halina Balon Kamilla Składanowska Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska	Team foil	United States (USA) W 8-8 Germany (GER) L 8-8 Italy (ITA) L 10-3	3	Did not advance			7

Football

First round

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	3	0	11	2	+9	6
East Germany	3	2	1	11	3	+8	4
Colombia	3	1	2	5	12	−7	2
Ghana	3	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Poland v Colombia

August 28, 1972
12:00

Poland	5 – 1	Colombia
Deyna 16' 32' Gadocha 42' 49' 72'	Report	Morón 63'

Ingolstadt
Attendance: 4.000
Referee: A. Salih Gindil

Poland v Ghana

August 30, 1972
12:00

Poland	4 – 0	Ghana
Lubański 40' Gadocha 59' 89' Deyna 86'	Report

Regensburg
Attendance: 2.200
Referee: Kan-Chee Lee

Poland v East Germany

September 1, 1972
12:00

Poland	2 – 1	East Germany
Gorgoń 6' 63'	Report	Streich 45'

Nuremberg
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: Werner Winsemann

Second round

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	5
Soviet Union	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	4
Denmark	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	3
Morocco	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Denmark v Poland

September 3, 1972
12:00

Denmark	1 – 1	Poland
Heino Hansen 27'	Report	Deyna 36'

Regensburg
Attendance: 4.000
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi

Soviet Union v Poland

September 5, 1972
12:00

Soviet Union	1 – 2	Poland
Blokhin 28'	Report	Deyna 79' (pen.) Szołtysik 87'

Rosenaustadion, Augsburg
Attendance: 5.000
Referee: Henry Oberg

Poland v Morocco

September 8, 1972
12:00

Poland	5 – 0	Morocco
Kmiecik 3' Lubański 10' Deyna 45' (pen.) 63' Gadocha 53'	Report

Nuremberg
Attendance: 500
Referee: Francesco Francescon

Gold Medal match

Poland v Hungary

September 10, 1972

Poland	2 – 1	Hungary
Deyna 47' 68'	Report	Várady 42'

Olympic Stadium, Munich
Attendance: 80.000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher

Poland

Gold Medal

Gymnastics

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.