Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Poland
games=2008 Summer
competitors= 268
sports= 22
flagbearer= Marek Twardowski(opening)
Tomasz Majewski (closing)
gold=3
silver=6
bronze=1
total=10
rank=20

Poland competed at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. The country's delegation included 268 athletes. [ [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/27/content_8777691.htm "First Olympic delegation arrives in Beijing"] , Xinhua, July 27, 2008]

Natalia Partyka, in table tennis, is one of only two athletes competing at both the Beijing Olympics and the Beijing Paralympics - the other being South Africa's Natalie du Toit in swimming. [ [http://www.london2012.com/blog/2008/06/18/natalia-paralympic-and-olympic-athlete.php "Natalia: Paralympic AND Olympic athlete"] , official website of the 2012 London Olympics, June 18, 2008]

Medalists

Athletics

Men

Track Events

Field events

Women

Canoeing

Flatwater

;Men

Women

Road

Men

Keirin

Eventing

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men

Handball

Men's competition

;Roster
* Karol Bielecki
* Mateusz Jachlewski
* Bartłomiej Jaszka
* Mariusz Jurasik
* Bartosz Jurecki
* Michał Jurecki
* Rafał Kuptel
* Krzysztof Lijewski
* Marcin Lijewski
* Paweł Piwko
* Artur Siódmiak
* Sławomir Szmal
* Grzegorz Tkaczyk
* Tomasz Tłuczyński
* Marcin Wichary

Head Coach: Bogdan Wenta

Preliminary round - Pool A

Modern pentathlon

MenQualification
FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); S=Semifinals; Q=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Women

;Open

Swimming

Men:

Women

Triathlon

Men

Quarterfinals

volleyballbox
date = Aug 20,2008
time = 12:00
team1 = vb-rt|ITA
score = 3 – 2
team2 = vb|POL
set1 = 25
25
18
26
17
set= Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
set2 = 19
22
25
28
15
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 8,000
referee = Umit Sokullu (Turkey)

Women's competition

* Anna Barańska
* Agnieszka Bednarek
* Katarzyna Gajgał
* Małgorzata Glinka
* Joanna Kaczor
* Maria Liktoras
* Anna Podolec
* Milena Rosner
* Milena Sadurek
* Katarzyna Skorupa
* Katarzyna Skowrońska
* Mariola Zenik

Head Coach: Marco Bonitta

Preliminary round - Pool A

volleyballbox
date = Aug 9,2008
time = 14:30
team1 = vbw-rt|POL
score = 1 – 3
team2 = vbw|CUB
set1 = 25
17
20
17
-
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
set2 = 21
25
25
25
-
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance =14,000
referee = Kun-Tae Kim (Korea) ----volleyballbox
date = Aug 11,2008
time = 20:00
team1 = vbw-rt|CHN
score = 3 – 1
team2 = vbw|POL
set1 = 22
25
25
25
-
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
set2 = 25
15
20
22
-
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 12,000
referee = Rodriguez Victor Manuel (Puerto Rico)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 13,2008
time = 22:00
team1 = vbw-rt|POL
score = 2 – 3
team2 = vbw|JPN
set1 = 21
20
25
25
11
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
set2 = 25
25
18
23
15
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 5,400
referee = Humberto Salas (Mexico)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 15,2008
time = 12:30
team1 = vbw-rt|VEN
score = 0 – 3
team2 = vbw|POL
set1 = 12
12
20
-
-
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
set2 = 25
25
25
-
-
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance = 11,000
referee = Janpen Jirakakul (Thailand)----volleyballbox
date = Aug 17,2008
time = 12:30
team1 = vbw-rt|POL
score = 2 – 3
team2 = vbw|USA
set1 = 25
21
25
19
13
set=Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
set2 = 18
25
19
25
15
stadium = Capital Indoor Stadium
attendance =
referee = Ibrahim Al-Naama (Qatar)----

Wrestling

;Men's Freestyle

Records

Olympic records

Nationality records

ee also

* Poland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

* [http://sport.onet.pl/0,1258577,30427,0,tabela.html]

External links

* [http://olimpijski.pl/pl/files/Download/POLSKA_SKLAD_IO_PEKIN_2008.pdf Polish delegation at the 2008 Summer Olympics (pdf)]