Poland at the 2018 Winter Olympics
# Poland at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Poland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. It was the nation's 23rd appearance at the Winter Olympics, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1924. The Polish team consisted of 62 athletes in 12 sports, which is the largest ever Polish team, surpassing the 59 athletes that competed in 2014. Polish ski jumpers won one gold and one bronze medal, earning the 20th place at the medal table.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Kamil Stoch | Ski jumping | Men's large hill individual | 17 February |
| Bronze | Maciej Kot Stefan Hula Jr. Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch | Ski jumping | Men's large hill team | 19 February |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Alpine skiing | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Biathlon | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Bobsleigh | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Cross-country skiing | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Figure skating | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Freestyle skiing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Luge | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Nordic combined | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Short track speed skating | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ski jumping | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Snowboarding | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Speed skating | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Total | 36 | 26 | 62 |

## Alpine skiing

Poland qualified three athletes, two males and one female.

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Michał Jasiczek | Men's slalom | 51.64 | 30 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Michał Kłusak | Men's downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:45.42 | 42 |
| Michał Kłusak | Men's super-G | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Michał Kłusak | Men's combined | 1:22.64 | 46 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel | Women's downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:43.30 | 24 |
| Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel | Women's super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:23.21 | 26 |
| Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel | Women's giant slalom | 1:13.89 | 24 | 1:11.80 | 28 | 2:25.69 | 27 |
| Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel | Women's combined | 1:44.35 | 19 | 42.84 | 13 | 2:27.19 | 16 |

## Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Poland has qualified 5 women and 2 men.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Grzegorz Guzik | Sprint | 25:52.2 | 2 (0+2) | 59 |
| Grzegorz Guzik | Pursuit | 39:07.3 | 6 (2+1+2+1) | 56 |
| Grzegorz Guzik | Individual | 51:51.8 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 33 |
| Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec | Sprint | 25:59.2 | 2 (2+0) | 67 |
| Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec | Individual | 55:39.9 | 5 (2+1+1+1) | 79 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Magdalena Gwizdoń | Sprint | 23:35.7 | 3 (0+3) | 56 |
| Magdalena Gwizdoń | Pursuit | 36:07.0 | 5 (1+2+2+0) | 49 |
| Magdalena Gwizdoń | Individual | 51:49.7 | 8 (1+2+3+2) | 83 |
| Krystyna Guzik | Sprint | 22:43.3 | 1 (1+0) | 28 |
| Krystyna Guzik | Pursuit | 34:24.3 | 4 (1+1+1+1) | 36 |
| Krystyna Guzik | Individual | 46:49.5 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | 52 |
| Monika Hojnisz | Sprint | 23:20.6 | 3 (1+2) | 45 |
| Monika Hojnisz | Pursuit | 35:05.6 | 4 (1+1+2+0) | 43 |
| Monika Hojnisz | Individual | 43:02.0 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 6 |
| Monika Hojnisz | Mass start | 36:59.2 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 15 |
| Weronika Nowakowska | Sprint | 23:03.2 | 2 (1+1) | 34 |
| Weronika Nowakowska | Pursuit | 33:46.2 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 30 |
| Weronika Nowakowska | Individual | 44:34.6 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | 21 |
| Krystyna Guzik Magdalena Gwizdoń Monika Hojnisz Weronika Nowakowska | Team relay | 1:12:47.0 | 15 (8+7) | 7 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Grzegorz Guzik Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec Magdalena Gwizdoń Kamila Żuk | Team relay | 1:12:17.9 | 8 (4+4) | 16 |

## Bobsleigh

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, Poland has qualified Two man and Four man received the reallocated quota place.

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mateusz Luty * Krzysztof Tylkowski | Two-man | 49.87 | 21 | 50.10 | 23 | 49.92 | 24 | Eliminated | Eliminated | 2:29.89 | 24 |
| Mateusz Luty * Grzegorz Kossakowski Łukasz Miedzik Arnold Zdebiak | Four-man | 49.04 | 7 | 49.59 | 18 | 49.46 | 12 | 49.80 | 17 | 3:17.89 | 13 |

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

## Cross-country skiing

Poland qualified six athletes, two male and two female and two yet to be determined.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Classical | Classical | Freestyle | Freestyle | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank |
| Dominik Bury | 15 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | 36:11.1 | +2:27.2 | 33 |
| Dominik Bury | 30 km skiathlon | 21:38.9 | 59 | 38:44.4 | 51 | 1:23:20.3 | +7:00.3 | 52 |
| Kamil Bury | 15 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | 38:38.7 | +4:54.8 | 78 |
| Maciej Staręga | 15 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | 38:58.9 | +5:15.0 | 82 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Classical | Classical | Freestyle | Freestyle | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank |
| Martyna Galewicz | 10 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | 29:23.3 | +4:22.8 | 64 |
| Martyna Galewicz | 15 km skiathlon | 24:06.4 | 42 | 20:44.9 | 34 | 44:51.3 | +4:06.4 | 41 |
| Sylwia Jaśkowiec | 10 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | 27:21.5 | +2:21.0 | 24 |
| Sylwia Jaśkowiec | 15 km skiathlon | 23:22.5 | 31 | 20:33.8 | 29 | 43:56.3 | +3:11.4 | 30 |
| Justyna Kowalczyk | 15 km skiathlon | 22:01.1 | 13 | 20:29.7 | 25 | 42:30.8 | +1:45.9 | 17 |
| Justyna Kowalczyk | 30 km classical | — | — | — | — | 1:27:21.8 | +5:04.2 | 14 |
| Ewelina Marcisz | 10 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | 28:10.0 | +3:09.5 | 42 |
| Ewelina Marcisz | 15 km skiathlon | 23:21.9 | 30 | 20:34.8 | 30 | 43:56.7 | +3:11.8 | 31 |
| Martyna Galewicz Sylwia Jaśkowiec Justyna Kowalczyk Ewelina Marcisz | 4×5 km relay | — | — | — | — | 54:30.9 | +3:06.6 | 10 |

### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kamil Bury | Men's sprint | 3:17.15 | 28 Q | 3:25.79 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maciej Staręga | Men's sprint | 3:19.42 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kamil Bury Maciej Staręga | Men's team sprint | — | — | — | — | 16:21.83 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sylwia Jaśkowiec | Women's sprint | 3:27.94 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Justyna Kowalczyk | Women's sprint | 3:20.00 | 22 Q | 3:17.47 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ewelina Marcisz | Women's sprint | 3:28.11 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sylwia Jaśkowiec Justyna Kowalczyk | Women's team sprint | — | — | — | — | 16:35.19 | 5 q | 16:32.48 | 7 |

## Figure skating

Poland qualified one ice dancing pair, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. This marks the country's reappearance in the sport at the Winter Olympics, after missing the last edition in 2014.

| Athlete | Event | SD | SD | FD | FD | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev | Ice dancing | 66.06 | 14 Q | 95.29 | 15 | 161.35 | 14 |

## Freestyle skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 22 January 2018, Poland qualified one athlete. On February 10, 2018 was announced that Karolina Riemen-Żerebecka won't be able to compete in the Games due to surgery of her spine.

### Ski cross

| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Seeding | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank |
| Karolina Riemen-Żerebecka | Women's ski cross | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |

## Luge

Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Poland earned the following start quotas:

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Maciej Kurowski | Men's singles | 48.103 | 18 | 48.467 | 24 | 48.158 | 22 | 47.885 | 16 | 3:12.613 | 19 |
| Mateusz Sochowicz | Men's singles | 49.047 | 26 | 48.203 | 19 | 48.930 | 31 | Eliminated | Eliminated | 2:26.180 | 27 |
| Wojciech Chmielewski Jakub Kowalewski | Men's doubles | 46.609 | 13 | 46.478 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 1:33.087 | 12 |
| Ewa Kuls-Kusyk | Women's singles | 47.037 | 20 | 46.933 | 22 | 47.212 | 19 | Eliminated | Eliminated | 2:21.182 | 20 |
| Natalia Wojtuściszyn | Women's singles | 49.133 | 29 | 46.736 | 17 | 47.290 | 17 | Eliminated | Eliminated | 2:23.159 | 25 |

### Mixed team relay

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ewa Kuls-Kusyk Maciej Kurowski Wojciech Chmielewski Jakub Kowalewski | Team relay | 47.711 | 10 | 49.134 | 8 | 49.568 | 9 | 2:26.413 | 8 |

## Nordic combined

Poland qualified four athletes and a spot in the team relay.

| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Adam Cieślar | Normal hill/10 km | 81.0 | 68.7 | 44 | 25:30.7 | 39 | 29:38.7 | 42 |
| Adam Cieślar | Large hill/10 km | 119.0 | 89.8 | 33 | 24:07.4 | 21 | 27:23.4 | 33 |
| Szczepan Kupczak | Normal hill/10 km | 97.0 | 96.8 | 20 | 26:47.6 | 45 | 29:02.6 | 39 |
| Szczepan Kupczak | Large hill/10 km | 129.0 | 122.1 | 12 | 25:34.3 | 42 | 26:41.3 | 25 |
| Wojciech Marusarz | Normal hill/10 km | 79.5 | 61.3 | 45 | 26:50.5 | 46 | 31:27.5 | 47 |
| Wojciech Marusarz | Large hill/10 km | 114.0 | 82.3 | 39 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Paweł Słowiok | Normal hill/10 km | 92.5 | 88.3 | 32 | 24:37.6 | 12 | 27:26.6 | 22 |
| Paweł Słowiok | Large hill/10 km | 119.5 | 93.2 | 32 | 24:13.3 | 25 | 27:16.3 | 29 |
| Adam Cieślar Szczepan Kupczak Wojciech Marusarz Paweł Słowiok | Team large hill/4×5 km | 472.5 | 337.2 | 8 | 48:28.8 | 10 | 51:24.8 | 9 |

## Short track speed skating

Poland has qualified one skater for men's 500 m events and two skaters for women's 500 m, 1000 m and 1500 m events for the Olympics during the four World Cup events in November 2017.

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Bartosz Konopko | Men's 500 m | 41.039 | 2 Q | 1:10.996 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Natalia Maliszewska | Women's 500 m | 43.725 | 2 Q | 43.384 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Magdalena Warakomska | Women's 500 m | 44.311 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Magdalena Warakomska | Women's 1000 m | 1:31.259 | 2 Q | 1:31.698 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Magdalena Warakomska | Women's 1500 m | 2:23.693 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

## Ski jumping

According to the quota allocation released on 22 January 2018, Poland qualified five athletes. However Piotr Żyła did not start in any.

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | First round | First round | First round | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Stefan Hula | Men's normal hill | 100.5 | 122.7 | 9 Q | 111.0 | 131.8 | 1 Q | 105.5 | 117.0 | 11 | 248.8 | 5 |
| Maciej Kot | Men's normal hill | 99.0 | 122.0 | 11 Q | 99.0 | 109.6 | 20 Q | 102.0 | 107.4 | 19 | 217.0 | 19 |
| Dawid Kubacki | Men's normal hill | 104.5 | 129.6 | 3 Q | 88.0 | 92.0 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kamil Stoch | Men's normal hill | 104.0 | 131.7 | 2 Q | 106.5 | 125.9 | 2 Q | 105.5 | 123.4 | 6 | 249.3 | 4 |
| Stefan Hula | Men's large hill | 127.0 | 110.4 | 18 Q | 132.0 | 131.2 | 12 Q | 129.5 | 122.2 | 16 | 253.4 | 15 |
| Maciej Kot | Men's large hill | 138.0 | 124.8 | 8 Q | 128.5 | 124.2 | 17 Q | 129.5 | 120.4 | 18 | 244.6 | 19 |
| Dawid Kubacki | Men's large hill | 127.0 | 114.7 | 14 Q | 134.5 | 137.4 | 5 Q | 126.0 | 120.6 | 17 | 258.0 | 10 |
| Kamil Stoch | Men's large hill | 131.5 | 125.6 | 7 Q | 135.0 | 143.8 | 1 Q | 136.5 | 141.9 | 3 | 285.7 | |
| Maciej Kot Stefan Hula Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch | Men's team large hill | — | — | — | 537.0 | 540.9 | 3 Q | 536.0 | 531.5 | 3 | 1072.4 | |

## Snowboarding

According to the quota allocation released on 22 January 2018, Poland qualified five athletes.

### Parallel

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Oskar Kwiatkowski | Men's giant slalom | 1:25.72 | 13 Q | Dufour (FRA) L +0.10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Weronika Biela | Women's giant slalom | 1:35.92 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aleksandra Król | Women's giant slalom | 1:33.13 | 10 Q | Zogg (SUI) L +0.70 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Karolina Sztokfisz | Women's giant slalom | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Snowboard cross

| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Seeding | Seeding | Seeding | Seeding | Seeding | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Best | Seed | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Best | Seed | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank |
| Mateusz Ligocki | Men's snowboard cross | 1:19.48 | 37 | 1:19.22 | 13 | 1:19.22 | 39 | 3 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zuzanna Smykała | Women's snowboard cross | 1:23.41 | 22 | 1:23.44 | 9 | 1:23.41 | 23 | — | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Speed skating

Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2017–18 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, Poland earned the following start quotas:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Zbigniew Bródka | 1500 m | 1:46.31 | 12 |
| Sebastian Klosinski | 1000 m | 1:09.59 | 17 |
| Piotr Michalski | 500 m | 35.64 | 33 |
| Piotr Michalski | 1000 m | 1:10.17 | 31 |
| Konrad Niedźwiedzki | 1000 m | 1:10.026 | 23 |
| Konrad Niedźwiedzki | 1500 m | 1:47.07 | 20 |
| Artur Nogal | 500 m | 58.71 | 36 |
| Jan Szymański | 1500 m | 1:46.48 | 16 |
| Artur Waś | 500 m | 35.02 | 13 |
| Adrian Wielgat | 5000 m | 6:31.71 | 22 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś | 1500 m | 1:58.53 | 13 |
| Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś | 3000 m | 4:12.57 | 17 |
| Karolina Bosiek | 1000 m | 1:18.53 | 29 |
| Karolina Bosiek | 3000 m | 4:12.44 | 16 |
| Natalia Czerwonka | 1000 m | 1:15.77 | 12 |
| Natalia Czerwonka | 1500 m | 1:57.85 | 9 |
| Luiza Złotkowska | 1500 m | 1:58.99 | 17 |
| Luiza Złotkowska | 3000 m | 4:09.69 | 14 |
| Kaja Ziomek | 500 m | 39.26 | 25 |

### Mass start

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Time | Rank |
| Konrad Niedźwiedzki | Men's mass start | 1 | 8:24.73 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Magdalena Czyszczoń | Women's mass start | 0 | 8:56.66 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luiza Złotkowska | Women's mass start | 3 | 9:08.41 | 8 Q | 1 | 8:47.34 | 9 |

### Team pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Karolina Bosiek Natalia Czerwonka Luiza Złotkowska | Women's team pursuit | United States (USA) L 3:04.80 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Final D South Korea (KOR) W 3:03.11 | 7 |
