Poland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Poland at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Poland at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	POL
NPC
Website	www.paralympic.org.pl
in Beijing
Competitors	91 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Krzysztof Smorszczewski
Medals; Ranked 18th	Gold 5 Silver 12 Bronze 13 Total 30
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Poland competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country's delegation included 91 athletes.

Natalia Partyka, who represented Poland in table tennis, also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was one of only two athletes competing at both the Beijing Paralympics and the Beijing Olympics, the other being South Africa's Natalie du Toit in swimming.^[1]

Medallists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Marcin Awiżeń	Athletics	Men's 800m T46
Gold	Andrzej Zajac	Cycling	Men's road race B&VI 1-3
Gold	Katarzyna Pawlik	Swimming	Women's 400m freestyle S10
Gold	Joanna Mendak	Swimming	Women's 100m butterfly S12
Gold	Natalia Partyka	Table tennis	Women's singles class 10
Silver	Paweł Piotrowski	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F35-36
Silver	Tomasz Blatkiewicz	Athletics	Men's shot put F37-38
Silver	Krzysztof Smorszczewski	Athletics	Men's shot put F55-56
Silver	Alicja Fiodorow	Athletics	Women's 200m T46
Silver	Justyna Kozdryk	Powerlifting	Women's 44kg
Silver	Damian Pietrasik	Swimming	Men's 100m backstroke S11
Silver	Katarzyna Pawlik	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle S10
Silver	Katarzyna Pawlik	Swimming	Women's 100m freestyle S10
Silver	Paulina Woźniak	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke SB8
Silver	Joanna Mendak	Swimming	Women's 200m individual medley SM12
Silver	Piotr Grudzien	Table tennis	Men's singles class 8
Silver	Natalia Partyka	Table tennis	Women's team class 6-10
Bronze	Mirosław Pych	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F11-12
Bronze	Paweł Piotrowski	Athletics	Men's shot put F35-36
Bronze	Alicja Fiodorow	Athletics	Women's 100m T46
Bronze	Ewa Zielińska	Athletics	Women's long jump F42
Bronze	Renata Chilewska	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F35-38
Bronze	Renata Chilewska	Athletics	Women's shot put F35-36
Bronze		Cycling	Men's time trial B&VI 1-3
Bronze	Ryszard Rogala	Powerlifting	Men's 90kg
Bronze	Grzegorz Polkowski	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S11
Bronze	Joanna Mendak	Swimming	Women's 100m freestyle S12
Bronze	Katarzyna Pawlik	Swimming	Women's 200m individual medley SM10
Bronze		Wheelchair fencing	Men's épée A
Bronze	Dariusz Pender	Wheelchair fencing	Men's foil A

Sports[]

Archery[]

Men[]


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Tomasz Leżański	Men's individual recurve standing	596	14	(ESP) W 97-88	Dong Z (CHN) L 102-108	Did not advance
	Men's individual recurve standing	550	21	(THA) L 89-102	Did not advance
	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	549	28	Cheng C (CHN) L 88-104	Did not advance
	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	593	15	(THA) W 104-89	Kim H K (KOR) W 104-99	Vitale (ITA) L 98-102	Did not advance
Tomasz Leżański	Men's team	1739	6	N/A		China (CHN) L 191-202	Did not advance

Women[]


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
	Women's individual recurve standing	533	17	Yan H (CHN) L 96-98	Did not advance
Małgorzata Olejnik		541	11	Bye	Kim R S (KOR) W 98-85	(FRA) W 101-88	Gao F (CHN) L 85-98	Carmichael (USA) L 101-105	4
		513	19	(UKR) L 79-82	Did not advance
Małgorzata Olejnik	Women's team recurve	1587	5	N/A		Ukraine (UKR) W 166-162	China (CHN) L 178-194	Czech Republic (CZE) L 182-184	4

Athletics[]

Men's track[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marcin Awiżeń	T46	800m	1:59.38	5 Q	N/A		1:52.36 WR
Marcin Awiżeń	T46	1500m	4:09.57	6 Q	N/A		3:54.24	4
	T12	Marathon	N/A				2:39.41	10
	T46	800m	2:30.06	9 q	N/A		DNF
	T46	1500m	4:13.83	17	Did not advance
Tomasz Hamerlak	T54	1500m	3:07.10	2 Q	3:01.71	3 q	3:17.60	6
		5000m	10:16.03	8 q	N/A		10:25.67	8
		Marathon	N/A				1:30:31	22
Mateusz Michalski	T12	100m	11.20	6 q	11.31	9	Did not advance
Mateusz Michalski	T12	200m	22.72	6 q	22.60	7 B	22.75	8
Marcin Mielczarek	T36	100m	N/A				12.42	5
Marcin Mielczarek	T36	200m	N/A				25.46	4
	T36	800m	N/A				2:27.89	8
	T36	800m	N/A				2:23.70	7
	T12	400m	51.67	10	Did not advance
	T12	800m	1:57.89	6	Did not advance
Mariusz Tubielewicz	T37	800m	N/A				2:15.45	7
Daniel Wozniak	T12	200m	23.16	11 q	23.50	10	Did not advance
Daniel Wozniak	T12	400m	51.04	7 q	51.39	7	Did not advance

Men's field[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Tomasz Blatkiewicz	F37-38	Discus throw	49.72	966	5
Tomasz Blatkiewicz	F37-38	Shot put	14.74 SB	980
Robert Chyra	F37-38	Discus throw	44.75	869	9
Robert Chyra	F37-38	Shot put	13.01 SB	865	4
	F42	Discus throw	37.22	-	9
	F42/44	Javelin throw	49.57	910	8
Karol Kozun	F55-56	Javelin throw	26.69	812	6
Karol Kozun	F55-56	Shot put	9.89	873	13
Łukasz Labuch	F37-38	Long jump	5.42	942	8
Paweł Piotrowski	F35-36	Discus throw	31.75	909	8
		Javelin throw	42.88	1158
		Shot put	13.03	1044
Mirosław Pych	F11-12	Javelin throw	56.01	989
Janusz Rokicki	F57-58	Shot put	15.29	1022	4
Krzysztof Smorszczewski	F55-56	Shot put	11.95	1030

Women's track[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alicja Fiodorow	T46	100m	12.60	2 Q	12.66
Alicja Fiodorow	T46	200m	26.47	6 Q	25.96
Natalia Jasińska	T37	100m	15.17	9	Did not advance
Natalia Jasińska	T37	200m	32.01	11	Did not advance
Marta Langner	T37	100m	15.04	8 Q	14.94	5
Marta Langner	T37	200m	31.18	6 Q	31.25	7
	T46	100m	12.88	7 Q	12.78	6
	T46	200m	26.63	7 q	26.48	6
Katarzyna Piekart	T46	100m	13.20	10	Did not advance
Ewa Zielinska	T42	100m	N/A		17.89	4

Women's field[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Renata Chilewska	F35-36	Discus throw	23.81	991	4
		Javelin throw	25.59	1161
		Shot put	9.26	992
Katarzyna Piekart	F42-46	Javelin throw	29.47	805	10
	F37-38	Discus throw	24.40 SB	824	11
	F37-38	Shot put	9.82	860	14
Ewa Zielinska	F42	Long jump	3.62 SB	-

Cycling[]

Men's road[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
(pilot)	Men's road race B&VI 1-3	2:17.53	5
(pilot)	Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3	32:50.31
Andrzej Zając (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI 1-3	2:14:44
Andrzej Zając (pilot)	Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3	33:37.42	10

Women's road[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Women's road race B&VI 1-3	2:01:20	5
	Women's road time trial B&VI 1-3	41:09.77	9

Equestrian[]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
	Romeo	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	56.968	13
	Romeo	Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV	56.819	14

Powerlifting[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
	100kg	222.5	5
	48kg	150.0	6
Ryszard Rogala	90kg	215.0
	52kg	150.0	6
	75kg	180.0	10
	60kg	170.0	4

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Justyna Kozdryk	44kg	92.5
	60kg	82.5	6
	40kg	70.0	7
	+82.5kg	115.0	6

Rowing[]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martyna Snopek	Women's single sculls	6:05.13	4 R	7:00.71	5 FB	DNS
	Mixed double sculls	4:29.14	7 R	4:37.90	2 FA	4:35.08	6

Shooting[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	563	26	Did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	598	16	Did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	583	17	Did not advance
	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	556	19	Did not advance
	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	551	24	Did not advance
	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	544	30	Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
	Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	543	14	Did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	599	10	Did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	565	40	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Men[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mateusz Michalski	S6	100m backstroke	1:21.80	3 Q	1:21.69	4
	S6	50m butterfly	36.07	7 Q	35.20	7
	SM6	200m individual medley	3:12.83	10	Did not advance
	S12	50m freestyle	27.41	12	Did not advance
	S12	100m freestyle	1:00.90	12	Did not advance
	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:14.79	5 Q	1:15.39	7
Krzysztof Paterka	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:15.80	4 Q	1:14.24	4
Damian Pietrasik	S11	100m backstroke	1:10.21	2 Q	1:08.81
		50m freestyle	28.56	11	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:04.51	10	Did not advance
Grzegorz Polkowski	S11	100m backstroke	1:20.01	11	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	28.18	7 Q	27.83	6
		100m freestyle	1:01.23	3 Q	1:00.49
		400m freestyle	5:33.88	12	Did not advance
	S11	100m butterfly	DSQ		Did not advance
		50m freestyle	29.38	15	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:06.91	14	Did not advance
	SB11	100m breaststroke	1:22.78	10	Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Karolina Hamer	S4	50m freestyle	N/A		58.46	6
	S4	100m freestyle	2:05.65	7 Q	1:59.28	5
	SM4	150m individual medley	N/A		DSQ
Patrycja Harajda	S12	100m butterfly	1:15.87	5 Q	1:15.22	7
		50m freestyle	30.69	9	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:08.74	9	Did not advance
	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:27.57	8 Q	1:28.81	8
	SM12	200m individual medley	2:43.07	4 Q	2:40.37	6
Joanna Mendak	S12	100m butterfly	1:06.28	1 Q	1:03.34 PR
		50m freestyle	29.14	6 Q	28.34	4
		100m freestyle	1:04.24	5 Q	1:01.57
	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:25.81	7 Q	1:24.54	7
	SM12	200m individual medley	2:39.91	2 Q	2:32.65
Anna Omielan	S10	100m backstroke	1:20.85	14	Did not advance
		100m butterfly	1:20.25	9	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:08.15	12	Did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:07.12	9	Did not advance
	SM10	200m individual medley	DSQ		Did not advance
Katarzyna Pawlik	S10	100m backstroke	1:17.08	8 Q	1:20.08	8
		100m butterfly	1:13.59	5 Q	1:12.99	5
		50m freestyle	29.31	3 Q	28.92
		100m freestyle	1:01.60 WR	1 Q	1:01.59
		400m freestyle	4:46.71	2 Q	4:33.15 WR
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:42.38	3 Q	2:40.41
Paulina Woźniak	S9	100m butterfly	1:18.55	16	Did not advance
	S9	100m freestyle	1:10.24	20	Did not advance
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:25.47	3 Q	1:23.90
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:45.33	7 Q	2:46.14	7

Table tennis[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Piotr Grudzień	Men's singles C8	Loicq (BEL) W 3-0	Hu M F (TPE) L 1-3	Pichon (FRA) W 3-1	1 Q	N/A		Jambor (SVK) W 3-0	Chen G (CHN) L 1-3
	Men's singles C7	(USA) W 3-1	Messi (FRA) L 0-3	(RSA) W 3-1	3	Did not advance
	Men's singles C6	(GBR) W 3–2	Schmidt (GER) L 0–3	(BRA) W 3–1	3	Did not advance
	Men's singles C9-10	Fraczyk (AUT) L 2-3	(CZE) W 3-1	N/A	2	Did not advance
	Men's singles C8	Chen G (CHN) L 0-3	Csonka (HUN) L 1-3	Vergeylen (BEL) W 3-1	3	Did not advance
Piotr Grudzień Marcin Skrzynecki	Men's team C6-8	N/A				Denmark (DEN) W 3-1	France (FRA) L 1-3	Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Women's singles C5	Zimmerer (GER) L 0-3	Zhang B (CHN) L 1-3	(HKG) L 0-3	4	Did not advance
	Women's singles C9	Liu M (CHN) L 0-3	(RUS) W 3-1	(AUS) W 3-0	2 Q	N/A		Lei L (CHN) L 0-3	Kavas (TUR) L 0-3	4
Natalia Partyka	Women's singles C10	Hou C (CHN) W 3-0	Li Y (CHN) W 3-0	le Morvan (FRA) W 3-0	1 Q	N/A		(CZE) W 3-0	Fan L (CHN) W 3-0
	Women's singles C6-7	van Zon (NED) L 0-3	Julian (AUS) W 3-0	N/A	2	Did not advance
	Women's singles C4	Perić (SRB) L 0–3	(JOR) L 1–3	(SLO) L 2–3	4	Did not advance
	Women's team C4-5	N/A				Sweden (SWE) L 1-3	Did not advance
Natalia Partyka	Women's team C6-10	N/A				Bye	Czech Republic (CZE) W 3-0	Russia (RUS) W 3-0	China (CHN) L 1-3

Wheelchair fencing[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's foil B	(FRA)	L 2-5	2 Q	(USA) L 11-15	Did not advance
		Datsko (UKR)	W 5-1
		(USA)	W 5-2
		(KUW)	W 5-3
		(GBR)	L 4-5
	Men's sabre B	(FRA)	L 3-5	5	Did not advance
		(GRE)	L 3-5
		Datsko (UKR)	L 2-5
		Sarri (ITA)	L 3-5
		(USA)	W 5-3
	Men's foil A	Ye R (CHN)	L 1-5	4 Q	Pellegrini (ITA) L 10-15	Did not advance
		(HKG)	L 1-5
		(UKR)	W 5-3
		(RUS)	W 5-4
		(USA)	L 4-5
	Men's sabre A	Pellegrini (ITA)	L 4-5	3 Q	(RUS) L 10-15	Did not advance
		(FRA)	W 5-2
		(USA)	W 5-4
		(RUS)	L 4-5
		(ESP)	W 5-3
		(KUW)	W 5-3
Dariusz Pender	Men's épée A	(CHN)	L 4–5	3 Q	Citerne (FRA) L 15–13	Did not advance
		Citerne (FRA)	L 2-5
		(UKR)	W 5-3
		(ESP)	W 5-1
		(GER)	W 5-2
	Men's foil A	Pellegrini (ITA)	W 5-2	1 Q	(KUW) W 15-6	(ITA) W 15-9	Ye R (CHN) L 4-15	(HKG) W 15-9
		(FRA)	W 5-4
		(HUN)	W 5-1
		(KUW)	W 5-3
		(RUS)	W 5-0
Grzegorz Pluta	Men's épée B	(UKR)	L 4-5	6	Did not advance
		(BLR)	L 3-5
		(KOR)	L 3-5
		(ITA)	L 2-5
		(CHN)	W 5-4
	Men's sabre B	(ITA)	W 5-3	3 Q	Sarri (ITA) L 14-15	Did not advance
		(HKG)	L 1-5
		(RUS)	L 4-5
		Soler (ESP)	W 5-2
		Moreno (USA)	W 5-2
	Men's épée A	Tian (CHN)	L 3-5	4 Q	(HKG) W 15-11	Betti (ITA) W 15-9	Tian (CHN) L 12-15	(FRA) W 15-12
		(HKG)	L 4-5
		Betti (ITA)	W 5-3
		(KUW)	L 3-5
		(HUN)	W 5-3
	Men's sabre A	Ye R (CHN)	L 2-5	2 Q	(HUN) W 15-12	Ye R (CHN) L 9-15	Did not advance
		(HUN)	L 2-5
		Citerne (FRA)	W 5-3
		(RUS)	W 5-4
		(GRE)	W 5-1
	Men's foil B	Sarri (ITA)	L 3-5	3 Q	Datsko (UKR) L 12-15	Did not advance
		(FRA)	W 5-4
		Hisakawa (JPN)	L 4-5
		(RUS)	W 5-2
		(BLR)	W 5-2

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Women's épée A	Yu C Y (HKG)	L 3–5	3 Q	Yu C Y (HKG) L 6-15	Did not advance
		(HUN)	L 3-5
		(BLR)	L 3-5
		(CHN)	W 5-3
		(FRA)	W 5-4
	Women's foil A	(FRA)	L 2-5	6	Did not advance
		(HKG)	L 3-5
		Krajnyak (HUN)	L 0-5
		(CHN)	W 5-3
		(UKR)	L 0-5

Wheelchair tennis[]

Men[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
	Open	Men's singles	(RSA) W 6–2, 6–1	Peifer (FRA) L 1-6, 3-6	Did not advance
			Wikstrom (SWE) L 1-6, 0-6	Did not advance
Tadeusz Kruszelnicki			(KOR) W 6-2, 6-4	(CHN) W 6-1, 6-4	Saida (JPN) L 2-6, 3-6	Did not advance
Tadeusz Kruszelnicki		Men's doubles	N/A		(ITA) / (ITA) W 6-0, 6-0	Scheffers (NED) / Vink (NED) L 0-6, 1-6	Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
	Open	Women's singles	Krüger (GER) L 6-7, 7-6, 3-6	Did not advance

References[]

^ "Natalia: Paralympic AND Olympic athlete" Archived 2012-09-06 at archive.today, official website of the 2012 London Olympics, June 18, 2008

External links[]

[1] "Natalia: Paralympic AND Olympic athlete" Archived 2012-09-06 at archive.today, official website of the 2012 London Olympics, June 18, 2008

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Medallists[]

Sports[]

Archery[]

Men[]

Women[]

Athletics[]

Men's track[]

Men's field[]

Women's track[]

Women's field[]

Cycling[]

Men's road[]

Women's road[]

Equestrian[]

Powerlifting[]

Men[]

Women[]

Rowing[]

Shooting[]

Men[]

Women[]

Swimming[]

Men[]

Women[]

Table tennis[]

Men[]

Women[]

Wheelchair fencing[]

Men[]

Women[]

Wheelchair tennis[]

Men[]

Women[]

See also[]

References[]

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