Poland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Gold

  • Robert Korzeniowski
    Robert Korzeniowski
    Robert Korzeniowski is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships....

     — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

  • Robert Korzeniowski
    Robert Korzeniowski
    Robert Korzeniowski is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships....

     — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk

  • Szymon Ziółkowski — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw

  • Kamila Skolimowska
    Kamila Skolimowska
    Kamila Skolimowska was a Polish hammer thrower. She was known for her gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which made her the youngest Olympic hammer champion, as well as for her two medals from the European Championships. Her personal best throw, and Polish record, was 76.83 metres,...

     — Athletics, Women's Hammer Throw

  • Tomasz Kucharski
    Tomasz Kucharski
    Tomasz Kucharski is a Polish competition rower and Olympic champion.Together with Robert Sycz Kucharski won two gold medals in lightweit double sculls, at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics.For his sport achievements, he received the Order of Polonia Restituta: Knight's...

     and Robert Sycz
    Robert Sycz
    Robert Sycz is a Polish rower, and double Olympic Champion.Sycz started his rowing career with SWOS 2 in Warsaw. He currently competes for RTW Bydgostia in Bydgoszcz. Together with Tomasz Kucharski, Rober Sycz won two gold Olympic medals in men's lightweight double sculls...

     — Rowing, Men's Lightweight Double Sculls

  • Renata Mauer
    Renata Mauer
    Renata Mauer-Różańska is a Polish sports shooter. She is two times Olympic Champion, from the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, as well as having an Olympic bronze medal....

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

Silver

  • Paweł Baraszkiewicz and Daniel Jędraszko
    Daniel Jedraszko
    Daniel Jędraszko is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He has been world champion four times in the Canadian canoe C-2 event with partner Paweł Baraszkiewicz....

     — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs

  • Krzysztof Kołomański and Michał Staniszewski — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs

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

  • Szymon Kolecki
    Szymon Kolecki
    Szymon Kołecki is a Polish weightlifter, silver medallist at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He is around 6'1" ....

     — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight

  • Agata Wróbel
    Agata Wróbel
    Agata Wróbel is a Polish weightlifter, and is a world record-breaker in the +75 kg category....

     — Weightlifting, Women's >75 kg

Bronze

  • Dariusz Białkowski, Grzegorz Kotowicz
    Grzegorz Kotowicz
    Grzegorz Leon Kotowicz is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s...

    , Adam Seroczyński
    Adam Seroczynski
    Adam Dariusz Seroczyński is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1997 to 2008. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Sydney in 2000....

    , and Marek Witkowski
    Marek Witkowski
    Marek Krzysztof Witkowski is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1994 to 2000. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Sydney in 2000....

     — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours

  • Aneta Pastuszka
    Aneta Pastuszka
    Aneta Konieczna, née Pastuszka, born May 11, 1978 in Krosno Odrzańskie) is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s...

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

  • Leszek Blanik
    Leszek Blanik
    Leszek Blanik is a Polish gymnast, World and Olympic champion in vault. He was the first to perform a handspring double front vault in piked position which now has been named after him.-Olympics:...

     — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault

Archery
Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at Sydney International Archery Park in Sydney, Australia with ranking rounds on 16 September and regular competition held from 17 September to 20 September...

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
Joanna Nowicka
Joanna Nowicka is a Polish archer, who competed in four consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. At the 1996 Olympic Games she won the bronze medal in the Women's Team Competition .For her sport achievements, she received: Silver Cross of Merit in 1996.-External links:*...

 making it to the quarterfinal and taking eighth place.
Men's Individual
Grzegorz Targonski Bartosz Mikos
1/32 eliminations Defeated Takayoshi Matsushita 
Japan
166-164 Defeated Fu Shengjun 
China
157-155
1/16 eliminations Lost to Wietse van Alten
Wietse van Alten
Wietse Cornelis van Alten is an archer from the Netherlands. Van Alten was born in Zaandam, in the municipality of Zaanstad. He has competed in archery since the age of seven....

 
Netherlands
160-157 Lost to Baljinima Tsyrempilov 
Russia
163-154

Women's Individual
Joanna Nowicka
Joanna Nowicka
Joanna Nowicka is a Polish archer, who competed in four consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. At the 1996 Olympic Games she won the bronze medal in the Women's Team Competition .For her sport achievements, she received: Silver Cross of Merit in 1996.-External links:*...

Anna Lecka Agata Bulwa
1/32 eliminations Defeated Olga Moroz 
Belarus
152-139 Defeated Yelena Polotnikova 
Kazakhstan
163-149 Lost to Olena Sadovnycha
Olena Sadovnycha
Olena Sadovnycha is an archer from Ukraine who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics....

 
Ukraine
163-155
1/16 eliminations Defeated Petra Ericsson 
Sweden
162-152 Defeated Olena Sadovnycha
Olena Sadovnycha
Olena Sadovnycha is an archer from Ukraine who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics....

 
Ukraine
159-158 - - -
1/8 eliminations Defeated Jianping Yang 
China
162-158 Lost to Natalia Bolotova
Natalia Bolotova
Natalia Dugarnimaevna Bolotova is a female Russian archer.Bolotova represented Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 33rd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 625. In the first round of elimination, she faced 32nd-ranked Mon Redee Sut Txi of Malaysia...

 
Russia
161-157 - - -
Quarterfinal Lost to Soo-Nyung Kim 
Korea
106-100 - - - - - -
8th place 13th place 37th place


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

Men's competition

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

  • Piotr Balcerzak
    Piotr Balcerzak
    Piotr Balcerzak is a former Polish sprint athlete. He achieved the most success with the Polish 4 x 100 meters relay.He is married to another Polish sprinter, Joanna Niełacna.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor...

  • Round 1 — 10.42
  • Round 2 — 10.38 (→ did not advance)


Men's 200 m
  • Marcin Urbaś
    Marcin Urbas
    Marcin Urbaś is a former Polish track and field athlete. He is the Polish record holder for 200 metres dash with 19.98 seconds. He is now a sprinting coach. -Track and field:...

  • Round 1 — 20.62
  • Round 2 — 20.43 (→ did not advance)


Men's 400 m
  • Robert Maćkowiak
    Robert Mackowiak
    Robert Maćkowiak is a Polish sprinter. Together with Tomasz Czubak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won the gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics...

  • Round 1 — 45.39
  • Round 2 — 45.01
  • Semifinal — 45.53
  • Final — 45.14 (→ 5th place)

  • Piotr Haczek
    Piotr Haczek
    Piotr Haczek is a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 x 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in relay, his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships.-Personal bests:*100 metres -...

  • Round 1 — 45.61
  • Round 2 — 45.43
  • Semifinal — 45.66 (→ did not advance)

  • Piotr Rysiukiewicz
    Piotr Rysiukiewicz
    Piotr Grzegorz Rysiukiewicz is a Polish sprinter who has won various medals for the Polish 4 x 400 metres relay team. He was a member of the best Polish relay 4 x 400 in the 1990s...

  • Round 1 — 46.67 (→ did not advance)


Men's 110 m Hurdles
  • Tomasz Ścigaczewski
    Tomasz Scigaczewski
    Tomasz Ścigaczewski is a Polish hurdler.His personal best time for the 110 m hurdles is 13.29 seconds, achieved in June 1999 in Oslo. This ranks him second among Polish 110 m hurdlers, only behind Artur Kohutek....

  • Round 1 — 13.53
  • Round 2 — 13.60
  • Semifinal — 13.51 (→ did not advance)

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


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


Men's 4x100 m
  • Piotr Balcerzak
    Piotr Balcerzak
    Piotr Balcerzak is a former Polish sprint athlete. He achieved the most success with the Polish 4 x 100 meters relay.He is married to another Polish sprinter, Joanna Niełacna.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor...

    , Marcin Nowak, Ryszard Pilarczyk
    Ryszard Pilarczyk
    Ryszard Pilarczyk is a former Polish athlete specializing in sprinting events.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outoors*100m 10.26 *200m 20.69 Indoors*60m 6.59...

    , and Marcin Urbaś
    Marcin Urbas
    Marcin Urbaś is a former Polish track and field athlete. He is the Polish record holder for 200 metres dash with 19.98 seconds. He is now a sprinting coach. -Track and field:...

  • Round 1 — 38.74
  • Semifinal — 38.6
  • Final — 38.96 (→ 8th place)


Men's 4x400 m
  • Jacek Bocian, Piotr Długosielski, Piotr Haczek
    Piotr Haczek
    Piotr Haczek is a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 x 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in relay, his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships.-Personal bests:*100 metres -...

    , Robert Maćkowiak
    Robert Mackowiak
    Robert Maćkowiak is a Polish sprinter. Together with Tomasz Czubak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won the gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics...

    , Piotr Rysiukiewicz
    Piotr Rysiukiewicz
    Piotr Grzegorz Rysiukiewicz is a Polish sprinter who has won various medals for the Polish 4 x 400 metres relay team. He was a member of the best Polish relay 4 x 400 in the 1990s...

    , and Filip Walotka
  • Round 1 — 03:01.30
  • Semifinal — 03:00.66
  • Final — 03:03.22 (→ 6th place)


Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
  • Rafał Wójcik
  • Round 1 — 08:33.51 (→ did not advance)


Men's Discus
  • Olgierd Stański
  • Qualifying — 59.31 (→ did not advance)


Men's Javelin Throw
  • Dariusz Trafas
    Dariusz Trafas
    Dariusz Trafas is a Polish javelin thrower.He won the silver medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships, finished tenth at the 2000 Summer Olympics and seventh at the 2002 European Championships...

  • Qualifying — 83.98
  • Final — 82.30 (→ 10th place)


Men's Hammer Throw
  • Szymon Ziółkowski
  • Qualifying — 77.81
  • Final — 80.02 (→ Gold Medal)

  • Maciej Pałyszko
    Maciej Pałyszko
    Maciej Pałyszko is a retired male hammer thrower from Poland. He set his personal best on July 13, 2003 in Bydgoszcz.-Achievements:-References:**...

  • Qualifying — 76.33 (→ did not advance)


Men's 20 km Walk
  • Robert Korzeniowski
    Robert Korzeniowski
    Robert Korzeniowski is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships....

  • Final — 1:18:59 (→ Gold Medal)


Men's 50 km Walk
  • Robert Korzeniowski
    Robert Korzeniowski
    Robert Korzeniowski is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships....

  • Final — 3:42:22 (→ Gold Medal)

  • Roman Magdziarczyk
    Roman Magdziarczyk
    Roman Magdziarczyk is a Polish race walker.-Achievements:-References:...

  • Final — 3:48:17 (→ 8th place)

  • Tomasz Lipiec
    Tomasz Lipiec
    Tomasz Lipiec is a retired Polish race walker and former Polish Minister for Sport. Lipiec has recently been released from Prison after paying a $40K release bail, after being accused of corruption.-Achievements:...

  • Final — DNF


Men's Marathon
  • Piotr Gładki
  • 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
    Anna Jakubczak
    Anna Jakubczak is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:00.78 min *1500 metres - 4:00.15 min *3000 metres - 9:17.75 min -External links:...

  • Round 1 — 04:08.13
  • Semifinal — 04:07.03
  • Final — 04:06.49 (→ 6th place)

  • Lidia Chojecka
    Lidia Chojecka
    Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....

  • 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 Niełacna, 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 Żakowicz
  • Qualifying — 16.95 (→ did not advance)


Women's Hammer Throw
  • Kamila Skolimowska
    Kamila Skolimowska
    Kamila Skolimowska was a Polish hammer thrower. She was known for her gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which made her the youngest Olympic hammer champion, as well as for her two medals from the European Championships. Her personal best throw, and Polish record, was 76.83 metres,...

  • Qualifying — 66.30
  • Final — 71.16 (→ Gold Medal and Olympic Record)


Women's Pole Vault
  • Monika Pyrek
    Monika Pyrek
    Monika Pyrek is a Polish pole vaulter.Born in Gdynia, competing at the 2004 Olympics, she placed fourth with 4.55 metres, just behind another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia, Anna Rogowska. Monika Pyrek won a silver medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics with the result 4.60 m...

  • Qualifying — 4.30
  • Final — 4.40 (→ 7th place)


Women's 20 km Walk
  • Katarzyna Radtke
    Katarzyna Radtke
    Katarzyna Radtke, née Schewe is a retired Polish race walker.-Achievements:-References:...

  • Final — DNF


Women's Heptathlon
  • Urszula Włodarczyk
  • 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
Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Badminton was held at The Dome and Exhibition Complex at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney from September 17–23, 2000. The competition included five events ....

Men's Doubles
  • Michal Logosz
    Michal Logosz
    Michał Andrzej Łogosz is a male badminton player from Poland. He was named Best Sportsman in Plock in 1995.-Career:...

    , Robert Mateusiak
    Robert Mateusiak
    Robert Bogumił Mateusiak is a male badminton player from Poland.-Career:Mateusiak competed in badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics, both times in men's doubles with partner Michał Łogosz....

  • Round of 32: Defeated David Bamford, Peter Blackburn of Australia
  • Round of 16: Lost to Simon Archer
    Simon Archer
    Simon Archer is an English badminton player.Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.-Career:-Summer Olympics:...

    , Nathan Robertson
    Nathan Robertson
    Nathan James Robertson is an English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the men's events and the mixed doubles event...

     of Great Britain


Women's Singles
  • Katarzyna Krawowska
  • Round of 64: Lost to Nicole Grether
    Nicole Grether
    -Career:Grether competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Juliane Schenk. They defeated Michelle Edwards and Chantal Botts of South Africa in the first round but were defeated by Ann-Lou Jørgensen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark in the round of 16.As of 2011 she...

     of Germany

Basketball
Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
-Group B:-Championship bracket:-Classification matches:-Preliminary round:The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.-Group A:-Group B:-Championship bracket:...

Women's Basketball
  • Preliminary Round
  • 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 Match
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Slovakia (57-64) — 8th place
  • Team Roster
  • Dorota Bukowska
  • Joanna Cupryś
  • Patrycja Czepiec
  • Katarzyna Dydek
  • Małgorzata Dydek
  • Edyta Koryzna
  • Ilona Mądra
  • Beata Predehl
  • Krystyna Szymańska-Lara
  • Elżbieta Trześniewska
  • Anna Wielebnowska
  • Sylwia Wlaźlak

Boxing
Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...

Men's 51 kg
  • Andrzej Rzany
    Andrzej Rzany
    Andrzej Rżany is a boxer from Poland.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native European country...

    • 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
      Jeff Lacy
      Jeffrey Scott Lacy is an American boxer. He is a former International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion.-Amateur career:...

       of United States (→ did not advance)


Men's 91 kg
  • Wojciech Bartnik
    Wojciech Bartnik
    Wojciech Bartnik was a southpaw boxer from Poland, who won a Light Heavyweight Bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:*1992 – Bronze Medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games...

    • Round 1 — Bye
    • Round 2 — Lost to Michael Bennett
      Michael Bennett (boxer)
      Michael Bennett is a former US-American boxer who won the amateur world championships in 1999 and represented the United States at the 2000 Olympic Games in the heavyweight division .-Amateur career:...

       of United States (→ did not advance)


Men's +91 kg
  • Grzegorz Kielsa
    Grzegorz Kielsa
    Grzegorz Kielsa is a Canadian based Polish professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division.-Amateur career:He fought at both the 2000 and 2002 European Boxing Championships but did not gain a medal at either....

    • Round 1 — Bye
    • Round 2 — Lost to Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov
      Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov
      Mukhtarkhan Koblanbekovich Dildabekov is a Kazakh boxer, best known to win the silver medal in the Super Heavyweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Career:...

       of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m
  • Grzegorz Kotowicz
    Grzegorz Kotowicz
    Grzegorz Leon Kotowicz is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s...

  • 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
    Marek Twardowski
    Marek Twardowski is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds , nine silvers , and four...

     and Adam Wysocki
    Adam Wysocki
    Adam Wysocki is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1994 to 2008. He has won eighteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds , ten silvers , and six...

  • Qualifying Heat — 01:32.350
  • Semifinal — 01:30.026
  • Final — 01:48.963 (→ 5th place)


Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m
  • Marek Twardowski
    Marek Twardowski
    Marek Twardowski is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds , nine silvers , and four...

     and Adam Wysocki
    Adam Wysocki
    Adam Wysocki is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1994 to 2008. He has won eighteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds , ten silvers , and six...

  • Qualifying Heat — 03:15.909
  • Semifinal — 03:18.026
  • Final — 03:19.939 (→ 8th place)


Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m
  • Dariusz Białkowski, Grzegorz Kotowicz
    Grzegorz Kotowicz
    Grzegorz Leon Kotowicz is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s...

    , Adam Seroczyński
    Adam Seroczynski
    Adam Dariusz Seroczyński is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1997 to 2008. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Sydney in 2000....

    , and Marek Witkowski
    Marek Witkowski
    Marek Krzysztof Witkowski is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1994 to 2000. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Sydney in 2000....

  • Qualifying Heat — 03:00.166
  • Semifinal — Bye
  • Final — 02:57.192 (→ Bronze Medal)


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


Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m
  • Daniel Jędraszko
    Daniel Jedraszko
    Daniel Jędraszko is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He has been world champion four times in the Canadian canoe C-2 event with partner Paweł Baraszkiewicz....

  • Qualifying Heat — 04:25.726 (→ did not advance)


Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m
  • Paweł Baraszkiewicz and Daniel Jędraszko
    Daniel Jedraszko
    Daniel Jędraszko is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He has been world champion four times in the Canadian canoe C-2 event with partner Paweł Baraszkiewicz....

  • Qualifying Heat — 01:41.511
  • Semifinal — Bye
  • Final — 01:51.536 (→ Silver Medal)


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

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m
  • Elżbieta Urbańczyk
    Elżbieta Urbańczyk
    Elżbieta Urbańczyk is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1988 to 2002. She won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold , three silvers , and two bronzes .Urbańczyk also competed in four Summer...

  • Qualifying Heat — 01:53.202
  • Semifinal — Bye
  • Final — 02:18.018 (→ 5th place)


Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m
  • Aneta Pastuszka
    Aneta Pastuszka
    Aneta Konieczna, née Pastuszka, born May 11, 1978 in Krosno Odrzańskie) is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s...

    , Beata Sokołowska
  • Qualifying Heat — 01:42.905
  • Semifinal — Bye
  • Final — 01:58.784 (→ Bronze Medal)


Women's Kayak Fours 500 m
  • Aneta Pastuszka
    Aneta Pastuszka
    Aneta Konieczna, née Pastuszka, born May 11, 1978 in Krosno Odrzańskie) is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s...

    , Aneta Michalak
    Aneta Michalak
    Aneta Michalak-Białkowska is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1999 to 2005. She won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold Aneta Michalak-Białkowska (born August 6, 1977 in Poznań) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1999 to 2005. She won seven medals...

    , Joanna Showron, and Beata Sokołowska
  • Qualifying Heat — 01:35.887
  • Semifinal — Bye
  • Final — 01:37.076 (→ 4th place)

Men's Competition

Men's Canoe Singles
  • Krzysztof Bieryt
    Krzysztof Bieryt
    Krysztof Bieryt is a Polish slalom canoer who has competed since the early 1990s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 team event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell....

  • Qualifying — 265.04
  • Final — 253.23 (→ 11th place)


Men's Canoe Doubles
  • Sławomir Mordarski
    Sławomir Mordarski
    Sławomir Mordarski is a Polish slalom canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 team event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell....

     and Andrzej Wójs
    Andrzej Wójs
    Andrzej Wójs is a Polish slalom canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth in the C-2 event at Sydney in 2000.-References:*...

  • Qualifying — 286.98
  • Final — 255.51 (→ 6th place)

  • Michał Staniszewski and Krzysztof Kołomański
  • Qualifying — 285.94
  • Final — 243.81 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles
  • Beata Grzesik
    Beata Grzesik
    Beata Grzesik is a Polish slalom canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She won a silver medal in the K-1 event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell....

  • Qualifying — 356.38 (→ did not advance)

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
    Piotr Wadecki
    Piotr Wadecki is a Polish former professional road racing cyclist. He has been professional since 1997.-Team membership:...

  • Final — 1:02:04 (→ 31st place)


Men's Road Race
  • Piotr Wadecki
    Piotr Wadecki
    Piotr Wadecki is a Polish former professional road racing cyclist. He has been professional since 1997.-Team membership:...

  • Final — 5:30:35 (→ 4th place)

  • Zbigniew Spruch
    Zbigniew Spruch
    Zbigniew Spruch is a Polish former professional road bicycle racer.-Palmarès:198819891995*...

  • Final — 5:30:46 (→ 20th place)

  • Zbigniew Piatek
    Zbigniew Piątek
    Zbigniew Piątek is a Polish former road racing cyclist. He was active as an amateur from 1987 to 1993 and from 1994 to 2005 as a professional. He won many of the top races in Poland: the Tour de Pologne, Tour of Malopolska and Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich...

  • 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)

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Poland – Australia
    Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    Australia was the host nation for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.-Medalists:-Archery:...

     0 – 4
  • Poland – Spain
    Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    - Gold:* Juan Llaneras — Cycling, men's points race* Gervasio Deferr — Gymnastics, men's long horse vault* Isabel Fernández — Judo, women's lightweight - Silver:* Rafael Lozano — Boxing, light flyweight...

     4 – 1
  • Poland – Argentina 5 – 5
  • Poland – South Korea
    Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    South Korea competed as Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Athletes from North and South Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Korean Unification Flag.- Gold:*Yun Mi-Jin — Archery, Women's individual competition...

     2 – 3
  • Poland – India
    India at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    - Bronze:* Karnam Malleswari — Weightlifting, Women's 69kg Competition.-Men's competition:Men's 400 m*Paramjit Singh*# Round 1 - 46.64 Men's 4x100 m*Rajeev Bala Krishnan, C. Thirugnana Durai, Anil Kumar, Raj Singh Ajay...

     1 – 1
  • Classification Matches
  • 9th/12th place: Poland – Canada
    Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    Canada competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.The final days of the Olympics for Canada was shadowed by the death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau, their 15th prime minister...

     2 – 3
  • 11th/12th place: Poland – Malaysia
    Malaysia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    -Athletics:Men's 100 m* Watson Nyambek* Round 1 — 10.61 Women's 20 km walk* Yuan Yufang* Final — 1:34:19 -Badminton:Men's singles*Ong Ewe Hock*# Round of 64: Bye...

     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
Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Final results for the modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer OlympicsThe women's individual match was newly introduced.Men's held September 30. Women's held on October 1.Shooting, held on 6:45 at the Pavilion 2 Fencing, held on 8:00 at the Pavilion 2...

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
Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

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

Men's Mistral
  • Przemysław Miarczyński
  • 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
    Mateusz Kusznierewicz
    Mateusz Kusznierewicz is a Polish sailor, specialising in the Finn and Star classes.His first sailing success came in 1985, where he won the Puchar Spójni at the Zalew Zegrzyński in Warsaw...

  • 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
    Maciej Grabowski
    Maciej Grabowski was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman and politician, Treasurer of the Crown Court from 1738. He became an archivist in the Crown Treasury in 1710. He became famous for his skillful administration and was envoy to many Diets. In 1742 he was Treasurer of the Great Crown. At the Diet of...

  • 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
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

Men's 50 m Freestyle
  • Bartosz Kizierowski
    Bartosz Kizierowski
    Bartłomiej Kizierowski is a freestyle swimmer from Poland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996....

  • Preliminary Heat — 22.05
  • Semi-final — 22.35
  • Final — 22.22 (→ 5th place)


Men's 100 m Freestyle
  • Bartosz Kizierowski
    Bartosz Kizierowski
    Bartłomiej Kizierowski is a freestyle swimmer from Poland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996....

  • Preliminary Heat — 49.84 (→ did not advance)


Men's 100 m Butterfly
  • Marcin Kaczmarek
    Marcin Kaczmarek (swimmer)
    Marcin Kaczmarek is a retired butterfly swimmer from Poland, who competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....

  • Preliminary Heat — 54.32 (→ did not advance)


Men's 100 m Breaststroke
  • Marek Krawczyk
    Marek Krawczyk
    Marek Krawczyk is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Poland, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 ....

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:03.00 (→ did not advance)


Men's 200 m Breaststroke
  • Marek Krawczyk
    Marek Krawczyk
    Marek Krawczyk is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Poland, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 ....

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:16.08 (→ did not advance)


Men's 100 m Backstroke
  • Bartosz Kizierowski
    Bartosz Kizierowski
    Bartłomiej Kizierowski is a freestyle swimmer from Poland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996....

  • Preliminary Heat — 55.14
  • Semi-final — 55.34
  • Final — 55.04 (→ 5th place)

  • Mariusz Siembida
    Mariusz Siembida
    Mariusz Siembida is a retired backstroke swimmer from Poland, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 ....

  • Preliminary Heat — 56.27 (→ did not advance)


Women's 100 m Butterfly
  • Otylia Jędrzejczak
    Otylia Jedrzejczak
    Otylia Jędrzejczak is a Polish swimmer. She is the Olympic champion from Athens 2004 in the 200 metre butterfly. She finished 4th in this event in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also swam in a third Olympiad, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In Athens 2004 she also silvered in...

  • Preliminary Heat — 58.66
  • Semi-final — 59.14 (→ did not advance)


Women's 200 m Butterfly
  • Otylia Jędrzejczak
    Otylia Jedrzejczak
    Otylia Jędrzejczak is a Polish swimmer. She is the Olympic champion from Athens 2004 in the 200 metre butterfly. She finished 4th in this event in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also swam in a third Olympiad, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In Athens 2004 she also silvered in...

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:08.70
  • Semi-final — 02:07.81
  • Final — 02:08.48 (→ 5th place)

  • Anna Uryniuk
    Anna Uryniuk
    Anna Uryniuk is a retired female butterfly swimmer from Poland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992.-References:*...

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:14.87 (→ did not advance)


Women's 100 m Breaststroke
  • Alicja Pęczak
    Alicja Peczak
    Alicja Pęczak is a retired breaststroke and medley swimmer from Poland, who has competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country: in 1992 and 1996. A member of AZS-AWF Gdańsk she is best known for winning several medals at the FINA Short Course World Championships.-References:*...

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:10.57 (→ did not advance)


Women's 200 m Breaststroke
  • Alicja Pęczak
    Alicja Peczak
    Alicja Pęczak is a retired breaststroke and medley swimmer from Poland, who has competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country: in 1992 and 1996. A member of AZS-AWF Gdańsk she is best known for winning several medals at the FINA Short Course World Championships.-References:*...

  • 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
    Otylia Jedrzejczak
    Otylia Jędrzejczak is a Polish swimmer. She is the Olympic champion from Athens 2004 in the 200 metre butterfly. She finished 4th in this event in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also swam in a third Olympiad, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In Athens 2004 she also silvered in...

    , Aleksandra Miciul, Alicja Pęczak
    Alicja Peczak
    Alicja Pęczak is a retired breaststroke and medley swimmer from Poland, who has competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country: in 1992 and 1996. A member of AZS-AWF Gdańsk she is best known for winning several medals at the FINA Short Course World Championships.-References:*...

    , Anna Uryniuk
    Anna Uryniuk
    Anna Uryniuk is a retired female butterfly swimmer from Poland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992.-References:*...

  • Preliminary Heat — 04:11.08 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Krzysztof Siemion – 85 kg
Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg
The Men's Light-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the fifth men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 85 kilograms of body mass...

162.5 167.5 167.5 202.5 207.5 212.5 380.0 4
Mariusz Rytkowski – 85 kg
Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg
The Men's Light-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the fifth men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 85 kilograms of body mass...

160.0 165.0 170.0 200.0 205.0 205.0 370.0 9
Grzegorz Kleszcz – 105 kg
Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg
The Men's Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the seventh men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 105 kilograms of body mass...

180.0 185.0 190.0 220.0 227.5 227.5 405.0 8
Mariusz Jędra
Mariusz Jędra
Mariusz Jędra is a retired male weightlifter from Poland. He competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing in ninth place in the men's heavyweight division...

– 105 kg
Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg
The Men's Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the seventh men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 105 kilograms of body mass...

175.0 180.0 180.0 215.0 215.0 220.0 390.0 9
Paweł Najdek + 105 kg
Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg
The Men's Super Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the heaviest men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, for lifters over 105 kilograms of body mass...

180.0 185.0 185.0 240.0 245.0 250.0 425.0 7



Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Beata Prej – 69 kg
Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg
The Women's Light-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the fifth weight class in women's weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 2000-09-19 in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre...

95.0 100.0 102.5 125.0 130.0 130.0 225.0 8
Agata Wróbel
Agata Wróbel
Agata Wróbel is a Polish weightlifter, and is a world record-breaker in the +75 kg category....

+ 75 kg
Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's +75 kg
The Women's Super Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the heaviest weight class in women's weightlifting competition, for competitors more than 75 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 2000-09-22 in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre...

125.0 125.0 132.5 155.0 162.5 170.0 295.0
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