Poland at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Poland
games=2000 Summer
competitors=187 (129 men and 58 women)
sports=20
flagbearer=Andrzej Wroński
gold=6
silver=5
bronze=3
total=14
rank=14

Poland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Poland finished in fourteenth position in the final medal rankings, with six gold medals and 14 medals overall.

Gold

* Robert Korzeniowski — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

* Robert Korzeniowski — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk

* Szymon Ziółkowski — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw

* Kamila Skolimowska — Athletics, Women's Hammer Throw

* Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz — Rowing, Men's Lightweight Double Sculls

* Renata Mauer — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

Silver

* Pawel Baraszkiewicz and Daniel Jędraszko — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs

* Krzysztof Kolomanski and Michal Staniszewski — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs

* Sylwia Gruchała, Magdalena Mroczkiewicz, Anna Rybicka, and Barbara Wolnicka — Fencing, Women's Foil Team

* Szymon Kolecki — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight

* Agata Wróbel — Weightlifting, Women's >75 kg

Bronze

* Dariusz Bialkowski, Grzegorz Kotowicz, Adam Seroczynski, and Marek Witkowski — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours

* Aneta Pastuszka and Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs

* Leszek Blanik — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault

Results by event

=Archery=

Poland entered three women and two men in its seventh appearance in Olympic archery. Four of the five archers won their first match, with Joanna Nowicka making it to the quarterfinal and taking eighth place.

Women's team:
* Nowicka, Lecka, and Bulwa — round of 16 (→ 11th place, 0-1)

=Athletics=

Men's competition

Men's 100 m
* Marcin Nowak
*# Round 1 — 10.27
*# Round 2 — 10.37 (→ did not advance)

* Piotr Balcerzak
*# Round 1 — 10.42
*# Round 2 — 10.38 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m
* Marcin Urbas
*# Round 1 — 20.62
*# Round 2 — 20.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m
* Robert Mackowiak
*# Round 1 — 45.39
*# Round 2 — 45.01
*# Semifinal — 45.53
*# Final — 45.14 (→ 5th place)

* Piotr Haczek
*# Round 1 — 45.61
*# Round 2 — 45.43
*# Semifinal — 45.66 (→ did not advance)

* Piotr Rysiukiewicz
*# Round 1 — 46.67 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles
* Tomasz Scigaczewski
*# Round 1 — 13.53
*# Round 2 — 13.6
*# Semifinal — 13.51 (→ did not advance)

* Marcin Kuszewski
*# Round 1 — DNF (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles
* Pawel Januszewski
*# Round 1 — 51.40
*# Semifinal — 48.42
*# Final — 48.44 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4x100 m
* Piotr Balcerzak, Marcin Nowak, Ryszard Pilarczyk, and Marcin Urbas
*# Round 1 — 38.74
*# Semifinal — 38.6
*# Final — 38.96 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x400 m
* Jacek Bocian, Piotr Dlugosielski, Piotr Haczek, Robert Mackowiak, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, and Filip Walotka
*# Round 1 — 03:01.30
*# Semifinal — 03:00.66
*# Final — 03:03.22 (→ 6th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
* Rafal Wojcik
*# Round 1 — 08:33.51 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus
* Olgierd Stanski
*# Qualifying — 59.31 (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw
* Dariusz Trafas
*# Qualifying — 83.98
*# Final — 82.30 (→ 10th place)

Men's Hammer Throw
* Szymon Ziolkowski
*# Qualifying — 77.81
*# Final — 80.02 (→ Gold Medal)

* Maciej Palyszko
*# Qualifying — 76.33 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk
* Robert Korzeniowski
*# Final — 1:18:59 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 50 km Walk
* Robert Korzeniowski
*# Final — 3:42:22 (→ Gold Medal)

* Roman Magdziarczyk
*# Final — 3:48:17 (→ 8th place)

* Tomasz Lipiec
*# Final — DNF

Men's Marathon
* Piotr Gladki
*# Final — DNF

Women's competition

Women's 200 m
* Zuzanna Radecka
*# Round 1 — 23.57 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 m
* Anna Jakubczak
*# Round 1 — 04:08.13
*# Semifinal — 04:07.03
*# Final — 04:06.49 (→ 6th place)

* Lidia Chojecka
*# Round 1 — 04:10.34
*# Semifinal — 04:05.78
*# Final — 04:06.42 (→ 5th place)

Women's 400 m Hurdles
* Anna Olichwierczuk
*# Round 1 — 57.36 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m
* Joanna Nielacna, Marzena Pawlak, Zuzanna Radecka, and Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz
*# Round 1 — 44.05
*# Semifinal — 44.07 (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put
* Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska
*# Qualifying — 18.93
*# Final — 19.18 (→ 5th place)

* Katarzyna Zakowicz
*# Qualifying — 16.95 (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw
* Kamila Skolimowska
*# Qualifying — 66.30
*# Final — 71.16 (→ Gold Medal and "Olympic Record")

Women's Pole Vault
* Monika Pyrek
*# Qualifying — 4.30
*# Final — 4.40 (→ 7th place)

Women's 20 km Walk
* Katarzyna Radtke
*# Final — DNF

Women's Heptathlon
* Urszula Wlodarczyk
*# 100 m Hurdles — 13.33
*# High Jump — 1.78
*# Shot Put — 14.45
*# 200 m — 24.29
*# Long Jump — 6.31
*# Javelin Throw — 46.16
*# 800 m — 02:12.15
*# Points — 6470 (→ 4th place)

=Badminton=

Men's Doubles
*Michal Logosz, Robert Mateusiak
*# Round of 32: Defeated David Bamford, Peter Blackburn of Australia
*# Round of 16: Lost to Simon Archer, Nathan Robertson of Great Britain

Women's Singles
*Katarzyna Krawowska
*# Round of 64: Lost to Nicole Grether of Germany

=Basketball=

Women's Basketball
*Preliminaries (3-2)
*#Defeated New Zealand (75-52)
*#Lost to Russia (46-84)
*#Defeated Korea (77-62)
*#Defeated Cuba (72-65)
*#Lost to United States (57-76)
*Quarterfinals
*#Lost to Australia (48-76)
*Classification 7-8
*#Lost to Slovakia (57-64) — 8th place

=Boxing=

Men's 51 kg
*Andrzej Rzany
**Round 1 — Defeated Celestin Augustin of Madagascar
**Round 2 — Defeated Arlan Lerio of Philippines
**Quarterfinal — Lost to Vladimir Sidorenko of Ukraine (→ did not advance)

Men's 63.5 kg
*Mariusz Cendrowski
**Round 1 — Lost to Sung-Bum Hwang of Korea (→ did not advance)

Men's 75 kg
*Pawel Kakietek
**Round 1 — Defeated Abuduyeheman of China
**Round 2 — Lost to Jeff Lacy of United States (→ did not advance)

Men's 91 kg
*Wojciech Bartnik
**Round 1 — Bye
**Round 2 — Lost to Michael Bennett of United States (→ did not advance)

Men's +91 kg
*Grzegorz Kielsa
**Round 1 — Bye
**Round 2 — Lost to Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)

=Canoe / Kayak=

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m
* Grzegorz Kotowicz
*# Qualifying Heat — 01:40.204
*# Semifinal — 01:41.198
*# Final — 02:07.711 (→ 9th place)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m
* Rafal Glazewski
*# Qualifying Heat — 03:46.765
*# Semifinal — 03:46.761 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m
* Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki
*# Qualifying Heat — 01:32.350
*# Semifinal — 01:30.026
*# Final — 01:48.963 (→ 5th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m
* Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki
*# Qualifying Heat — 03:15.909
*# Semifinal — 03:18.026
*# Final — 03:19.939 (→ 8th place)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m
* Dariusz Bialkowski, Grzegorz Kotowicz, Adam Seroczynski, and Marek Witkowski
*# Qualifying Heat — 03:00.166
*# Semifinal — Bye
*# Final — 02:57.192 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m
* Michal Gajownik
*# Qualifying Heat — 02:04.704 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m
* Daniel Jedraszko
*# Qualifying Heat — 04:25.726 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m
* Pawel Baraszkiewicz and Daniel Jedraszko
*# Qualifying Heat — 01:41.511
*# Semifinal — Bye
*# Final — 01:51.536 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m
* Pawel Baraszkiewicz and Michal Gajownik
*# Qualifying Heat — 03:39.311
*# Semifinal — Bye
*# Final — 03:52.229 (→ 8th place)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m
* Elzbieta Urbanczyk
*# Qualifying Heat — 01:53.202
*# Semifinal — Bye
*# Final — 02:18.018 (→ 5th place)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m
* Aneta Pastuszka, Beata Sokolowska
*# Qualifying Heat — 01:42.905
*# Semifinal — Bye
*# Final — 01:58.784 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Kayak Fours 500 m
* Aneta Pastuszka, Aneta Michalak, Joanna Showron, and Beata Sokolowska
*# Qualifying Heat — 01:35.887
*# Semifinal — Bye
*# Final — 01:37.076 (→ 4th place)

lalom

Men's Competition

Men's Canoe Singles
* Krzysztof Bieryt
*# Qualifying — 265.04
*# Final — 253.23 (→ 11th place)

Men's Canoe Doubles
* Slawomir Mordarski and Andrzej Wojs
*# Qualifying — 286.98
*# Final — 255.51 (→ 6th place)

* Michal Staniszewski and Krzysztof Kolomanski
*# Qualifying — 285.94
*# Final — 243.81 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles
* Beata Grzesik
*# Qualifying — 356.38 (→ did not advance)

=Cycling=

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
* Marek Galinski
*# Final — 2:17:35.54 (→ 21st place)

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial
* Piotr Wadecki
*# Final — 1:02:04 (→ 31st place)

Men's Road Race
* Piotr Wadecki
*# Final — 5:30:35 (→ 4th place)

* Zbigniew Spruch
*# Final — 5:30:46 (→ 20th place)

* Zbigniew Piatek
*# Final — 5:30:46 (→ 48th place)

* Piotr Przydzial
*# Final — 5:30:46 (→ 58th place)

* Piotr Chmielewski
*# Final — DNF (→ no ranking)

Track Cycling

Men's Sprint
*Bartlomiej Saczuk
**Qualifying — 11.106

Men's 1 km Time Trial
*Grzegorz Krejner
**Final — 01:04.156 (→ 7th place)

Men's Keirin
*Grzegorz Krejner
**First Round — Heat — 2; Place — 6
**Repechage — Heat — 1; Place — 3 (→ did not advance)

Men's Olympic Sprint
*Konrad Czajkowski, Grzegorz Krejner, Marcin Mientki
**Qualifying — 46.186 (→ did not advance)

=Field hockey=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Poland – Australia 0 – 4:* Poland – Spain 4 – 1:* Poland – Argentina 5 – 5:* Poland – South Korea 2 – 3:* Poland – India 1 – 1
*Classification Matches:* 9th/12th place: Poland – Canada 2 – 3:* 11th/12th place: Poland – Malaysia 2 – 3 → 12th place
*Team Roster:* [01.] Paweł Sobczak (gk):* [03.] Paweł Jakubiak:* [04.] Dariusz Małecki:* [06.] Tomasz Szmidt:* [07.] Robert Grzeszczak:* [08.] Zbigniew Juszczak:* [10.] Rafał Grotowski:* [13.] Krzysztof Wybieralski:* [14.] Tomasz Choczaj:* [15.] Piotr Mikuła:* [17.] Tomasz Cichy:* [19.] Dariusz Marcinkowski:* [20.] Łukasz Wybieralski:* [21.] Aleksander Korcz:* [25.] Eugeniusz Gaczkowski:* [30.] Marcin Pobuta (gk)
*Head Coach: Jerzy Wybieralski

=Modern pentathlon=

Women's Individual Competition:
* Paulina Boenisz — 5099 pts (→ 5th place)
* Dorota Idzi — 4721 pts (→ 16th place)

Men's Individual Competition:
* Igor Warabida — 5061 pts (→ 15th place)

=Sailing=

Poland competed in seven Sailing events with three top 10 finishes.

Men's Mistral
* Przemyslaw Miarczynski
*# Race 1 — (19)
*# Race 2 — 8
*# Race 3 — 7
*# Race 4 — 14
*# Race 5 — 2
*# Race 6 — 8
*# Race 7 — 15
*# Race 8 — (18)
*# Race 9 — 10
*# Race 10 — 6
*# Race 11 — 14
*# Final — 84 (→ 8th place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
* Mateusz Kusznierewicz
*# Race 1 — 1
*# Race 2 — 4
*# Race 3 — 11
*# Race 4 — 8
*# Race 5 — (15)
*# Race 6 — 3
*# Race 7 — (12)
*# Race 8 — 9
*# Race 9 — 5
*# Race 10 — 6
*# Race 11 — 1
*# Final — 48 (→ 4th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
* Tomasz Stanczyk and Tomasz Jukubiak
*# Race 2 — (27)
*# Race 3 — 25
*# Race 4 — 25
*# Race 5 — 26
*# Race 6 — 5
*# Race 7 — 14
*# Race 8 — 8
*# Race 9 — 5
*# Race 10 — 23
*# Race 11 — 13
*# Final — 144 (→ 20th place)

Women's Mistral
* Anna Galecka
*# Race 1 — 8
*# Race 2 — 7
*# Race 3 — (13)
*# Race 4 — 5
*# Race 5 — 8
*# Race 6 — 9
*# Race 7 — 12
*# Race 8 — 7
*# Race 9 — (14)
*# Race 10 — 13
*# Race 11 — 11
*# Final — 80 (→ 11th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
* Monika Bronicka
*# Race 1 — (14)
*# Race 2 — 11
*# Race 3 — 13
*# Race 4 — 14
*# Race 5 — (23)
*# Race 6 — 8
*# Race 7 — 12
*# Race 8 — 7
*# Race 9 — 12
*# Race 10 — 13
*# Race 11 — 5
*# Final — 95 (→ 14th place)

Open Laser
* Maciej Grabowski
*# Race 1 — 11
*# Race 2 — 24
*# Race 3 — (34)
*# Race 4 — 5
*# Race 5 — 2
*# Race 6 — 9
*# Race 7 — (30)
*# Race 8 — 13
*# Race 9 — 9
*# Race 10 — 2
*# Race 11 — 11
*# Final — 86 (→ 7th place)

Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
* Pawel Kacprowski and Pawel Kuzimicki
*# Race 1 — 12
*# Race 2 — 14
*# Race 3 — 8
*# Race 4 — (16)
*# Race 5 — (16)
*# Race 6 — 6
*# Race 7 — 7
*# Race 8 — 13
*# Race 9 — 14
*# Race 10 — 8
*# Race 11 — 12
*# Race 12 — 14
*# Race 13 — 13
*# Race 14 — 15
*# Race 15 — 3
*# Race 16 — 2
*# Final — 141 (→ 12th place)

=Swimming=

Men's 50 m Freestyle
* Bartosz Kizierowski
*# Preliminary Heat — 22.05
*# Semi-final — 22.35
*# Final — 22.22 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle
* Bartosz Kizierowski
*# Preliminary Heat — 49.84 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly
* Marcin Kaczmarek
*# Preliminary Heat — 54.32 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke
* Marek Krawczyk
*# Preliminary Heat — 01:03.00 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke
* Marek Krawczyk
*# Preliminary Heat — 02:16.08 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke
* Bartosz Kizierowski
*# Preliminary Heat — 55.14
*# Semi-final — 55.34
*# Final — 55.04 (→ 5th place)

* Mariusz Siembida
*# Preliminary Heat — 56.27 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly
* Otylia Jędrzejczak
*# Preliminary Heat — 58.66
*# Semi-final — 59.14 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly
* Otylia Jędrzejczak
*# Preliminary Heat — 02:08.70
*# Semi-final — 02:07.81
*# Final — 02:08.48 (→ 5th place)

* Anna Uryniuk
*# Preliminary Heat — 02:14.87 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke
* Alicja Pęczak
*# Preliminary Heat — 01:10.57 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke
* Alicja Pęczak
*# Preliminary Heat — 02:29.45
*# Semi-final — 02:30.02 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke
* Aleksandra Miciul
*# Preliminary Heat — 01:04.51 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke
* Aleksandra Miciul
*# Preliminary Heat — 02:16.71 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m Medley
* Otylia Jędrzejczak, Aleksandra Miciul, Alicja Peczak, Anna Uryniuk
*# Preliminary Heat — 04:11.08 (→ did not advance)

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