Poland at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Poland
games=1976 Summer
competitors=
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gold=7
silver=6
bronze=13
total=26
rank=6

Poland competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

Medalists

Gold

* Irena Szewińska — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
* Jacek Wszola — Athletics, Men's High Jump
* Tadeusz Ślusarski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
* Jerzy Rybicki — Boxing, Men's Light-Middleweight (67–71 kg)
* Janusz Pyciak-Peciak — Modern Pentathlon, individual
* Włodzimierz Stefański, Bronislaw Bebel, Lech Łasko, Edward Skorek, Tomasz Wójtowicz, Wiesław Gawłowski, Mirosław Rybaczewski, Zbigniew Lubiejewski, Ryszard Bosek, Włodzimierz Sadalski, Zbigniew Zarzycki, and Marek Karbarz — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
* Kazimierz Lipień — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman (57–62 kg)

Silver

* Bronisław Malinowski — Athletics, Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
* Zbigniew Jaremski, Jerzy Pietrzyk, Ryszard Podlas, and Jan Werner — Athletics, 4x400 m relay men
* Tadeusz Mytnik, Mieczysław Nowicki, Stanisław Szozda, and Ryszard Szurkowski — Cycling Road, Men's Team Time Trial
* Andrzej Gronowicz and Jerzy Opara — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 500 m (canoe double)
* Jan Benigier, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Jerzy Gorgoń, Henryk Kasperczak, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Grzegorz Lato, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Piotr Mowlik, Roman Ogaza, Wojciech Rudy, Andrzej Szarmach, Antoni Szymanowski, Jan Tomaszewski, Henryk Wawrowski, Henryk Wieczorek, and Władysław Żmuda — Football, Men's Team Competition
* Grzegorz Cziura — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

Bronze

* Leszek Błażyński — Boxing, Men's Flyweight (48–51 kg)
* Leszek Kosedowski — Boxing, Men's Featherweight (54–57 kg)
* Kazimierz Szczerba — Boxing, Men's Light-Welterweight (60–63.5 kg)
* Janusz Gortat — Boxing, Men's Light-Heavyweight (75–81 kg)
* Mieczysław Nowicki — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
* Zdzisław Antczak, Janusz Brzozowski, Piotr Cieśla, Jan Gmyrek, Alfred Kałuziński, Jerzy Klempel, Zygfryd Kuchta, Jerzy Melcer, Ryszard Przybysz, Henryk Rozmiarek, Andrzej Sokołowski, Andrzej Szymczak, Mieczysław Wojczak, and Włodzimierz Zieliński — Handball, Men's Team Competition
* Marian Tałaj — Judo, Men's Half-Middleweight (63–70 kg)
* Wiesław Gawlikowski — Shooting, skeet (125 targets) Mixed
* Jerzy Greszkiewicz — Shooting, 50 m running target (30+30 shots) Mixed
* Kazimierz Czarnecki — Weightlifting, 60–67.5 kg, total (lightweight)
* Tadeusz Rutkowski — Weightlifting, 91–110 kg, total (heavyweight) Men
* Czesław Kwieciński — Wrestling Greco-Roman, 82–90 kg (light-heavyweight)
* Andrzej Skrzydlewski — Wrestling Greco-Roman, 90–100 kg (heavyweight)

Results by event

=Archery=

Poland entered two women and two men in the archery competition. It was the second time that Poland had sent archers to the Olympics. After winning a silver medal in the women's competition in 1972, Poland's best finisher in 1976 was Jadwiga Wilejto at 6th place. Both of the Polish men, however, improved considerably on the best male competitor of four years before. Poland placed eighth on the national leaderboard for archery.

Women's Individual Competition:
* Jadwiga Wilejto — 2395 points (→ 6th place)
* Irena Szydlowska — 2264 points (→ 20th place)

Men's Individual Competition:
* Jan Popowicz — 2355 points (→ 17th place)
* Woj. Szymanczyk — 2346 points (→ 22nd place)

=Athletics=

Men's 800 metres
* Marian Gesicki:* Heat — 1:46.36:* Semi Final — 1:47.06 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay
* Andrzej Swierczynski, Marian Woronin, Bogdan Grzejszczak, and Zenon Licznerski:* Heat — 39.41:* Semi Final — 39.09:* Final — 38.83s (→ 4th place)

Men's 4x400m Relay
* Ryszard Podlas, Jan Werner, Zbigniew Jaremski, and Jerzy Pietrzyk:* Heat — 3:03.03:* Final — 3:01.43 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 400m Hurdles
* Jerzy Hewelt:* Heats — 51.39s:* Semi Finals — 50.57s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon
* Kazimier Orzel — 2:17:43 (→ 15th place)

* Jerzy Gros — 2:28.45 (→ 47th place) Men's High Jump
* Jacek Wszola:* Qualification — 2.16m:* Final — 2.25m (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Long Jump
* Grzegorz Cybulski:* Qualification — 7.71m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw
* Stanisla Wolodko:* Qualification — 59.42m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20km Race Walk
* Jan Ornoch — 1:32:19 (→ 17th place)

* Boguslaw Duda — 1:33:53 (→ 21st place)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* Henryk Średnicki
*# First Round — Defeated Luis Curtis (USA), 5:0
*# Second Round — Lost to Li Byong-Uk (PRK), 2:3

=Cycling=

Men's Individual Road Race
* Bronze Medal)
*Stanisław Szozda — 4:49:01 (→ 11th place)
*Ryszard Szurkowski — 4:49:01 (→ 12th place)
*Jan Brzezny — 4:49:01 (→ 30th place)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Janusz Kierzkowski — 1:07.660 (→ 4th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
*Benedykt Kocot — 13th place

Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit
*Jan Jankiewicz — 10th place

=Modern Pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
* Janusz Pyciak-Peciak — 5520 points (→ Gold Medal)
* Zbigniew Pacelt — 5028 points (→ 19th place)
* Krzyszto Trybusiewicz — 4823 points (→ 34th place)

Men's Team Competition:
* Pyciak-Peciak, Pacelt, and Trybusiewicz — 15343 points (→ 4th place)

=Volleyball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Defeated South Korea 3-2 (12-15 6-15 15-6 15-6 15-5):* Defeated Canada 3-0 (15-4 15-7 15-6):* Defeated Cuba 3-2 (13-15 10-15 15-6 15-9 20-18):* Defeated Czechoslovakia 3-1 (8-15 15-11 15-5 16-14)
*Semi Final:* Defeated Japan 3-2 (15-17 15-6 15-6 10-15 15-10)
*Final:* Defeated Soviet Union 3-2 (11-15 15-13 13-15 19-17 15-7) → Gold Medal
*Team Roster:*Włodzimierz Stefański:*Bronislaw Bebel:*Lech Łasko:*Edward Skorek:*Tomasz Wójtowicz:*Wiesław Gawłowski:*Mirosław Rybaczewski:*Zbigniew Lubiejewski:*Ryszard Bosek:*Włodzimierz Sadalski:*Zbigniew Zarzycki:*Marek Karbarz
*Head Coach: Hubert Wagner