Poland at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codePOL
NPCPolish Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.org.pl
in Beijing
Competitors91 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Krzysztof Smorszczewski
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
5
Silver
12
Bronze
13
Total
30
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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
 GoldMarcin AwiżeńAthleticsMen's 800m T46
 GoldAndrzej Zajac
Dariusz Flak
CyclingMen's road race B&VI 1-3
 GoldKatarzyna PawlikSwimmingWomen's 400m freestyle S10
 GoldJoanna MendakSwimmingWomen's 100m butterfly S12
 GoldNatalia PartykaTable tennisWomen's singles class 10
 SilverPaweł PiotrowskiAthleticsMen's javelin throw F35-36
 SilverTomasz BlatkiewiczAthleticsMen's shot put F37-38
 SilverKrzysztof SmorszczewskiAthleticsMen's shot put F55-56
 SilverAlicja FiodorowAthleticsWomen's 200m T46
 SilverJustyna KozdrykPowerliftingWomen's 44kg
 SilverDamian PietrasikSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke S11
 SilverKatarzyna PawlikSwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle S10
 SilverKatarzyna PawlikSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle S10
 SilverPaulina WoźniakSwimmingWomen's 100m breaststroke SB8
 SilverJoanna MendakSwimmingWomen's 200m individual medley SM12
 SilverPiotr GrudzienTable tennisMen's singles class 8
 SilverMalgorzata Grzelak
Natalia Partyka
Table tennisWomen's team class 6-10
 BronzeMirosław PychAthleticsMen's javelin throw F11-12
 BronzePaweł PiotrowskiAthleticsMen's shot put F35-36
 BronzeAlicja FiodorowAthleticsWomen's 100m T46
 BronzeEwa ZielińskaAthleticsWomen's long jump F42
 BronzeRenata ChilewskaAthleticsWomen's javelin throw F35-38
 BronzeRenata ChilewskaAthleticsWomen's shot put F35-36
 BronzeKrzysztof Kosikowski
Artur Korc
CyclingMen's time trial B&VI 1-3
 BronzeRyszard RogalaPowerliftingMen's 90kg
 BronzeGrzegorz PolkowskiSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle S11
 BronzeJoanna MendakSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle S12
 BronzeKatarzyna PawlikSwimmingWomen's 200m individual medley SM10
 BronzeRadoslaw StanczukWheelchair fencingMen's épée A
 BronzeDariusz PenderWheelchair fencingMen's foil A

Sports

Archery

Men

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

Women

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Rank
Alicja Bukańska 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
 Duboc (FRA)
W 101-88
 Gao F (CHN)
L 85-98
 Carmichael (USA)
L 101-105
4
Wiesława Wolak 513 19  Nikitenko (UKR)
L 79-82
did not advance
Alicja Bukańska
Małgorzata Olejnik
Wiesława Wolak
Women's team recurve 1587 5  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
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Marcin Awiżeń T46 800m 1:59.38 5 Q 1:52.36 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500m 4:09.57 6 Q 3:54.24 4
Tomasz Chmurzyński T12 Marathon 2:39.41 10
Wojciech Gołaski T46 800m 2:30.06 9 q DNF
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 10:25.67 8
Marathon 1:30:31 22
Mateusz Michalski T12 100m 11.20 6 q 11.31 9 did not advance
200m 22.72 6 q 22.60 7 B 22.75 8
Marcin Mielczarek T36 100m 12.42 5
200m 25.46 4
Robert Plichta T36 800m 2:27.89 8
Jakub Rega T36 800m 2:23.70 7
Robert Rumanowski T12 400m 51.67 10 did not advance
800m 1:57.89 6 did not advance
Mariusz Tubielewicz T37 800m 2:15.45 7
Daniel Wozniak T12 200m 23.16 11 q 23.50 10 did not advance
400m 51.04 7 q 51.39 7 did not advance

Men's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Tomasz Blatkiewicz F37-38 Discus throw 49.72 966 5
Shot put 14.74 SB 980 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Robert Chyra F37-38 Discus throw 44.75 869 9
Shot put 13.01 SB 865 4
Leszek Ćmikiewicz F42 Discus throw 37.22 - 9
Łukas Kałuziak F42/44 Javelin throw 49.57 910 8
Karol Kozun F55-56 Javelin throw 26.69 812 6
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shot put 13.03 1044 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mirosław Pych F11-12 Javelin throw 56.01 989 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Janusz Rokicki F57-58 Shot put 15.29 1022 4
Krzysztof Smorszczewski F55-56 Shot put 11.95 1030 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Alicja Fiodorow T46 100m 12.60 2 Q 12.66 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200m 26.47 6 Q 25.96 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Natalia Jasińska T37 100m 15.17 9 did not advance
200m 32.01 11 did not advance
Marta Langner T37 100m 15.04 8 Q 14.94 5
200m 31.18 6 Q 31.25 7
Anna Mayer T46 100m 12.88 7 Q 12.78 6
200m 26.63 7 q 26.48 6
Katarzyna Piekart T46 100m 13.20 10 did not advance
Ewa Zielinska T42 100m 17.89 4

Women's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Renata Chilewska F35-36 Discus throw 23.81 991 4
Javelin throw 25.59 1161 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shot put 9.26 992 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Katarzyna Piekart F42-46 Javelin throw 29.47 805 10
Anna Raszczuk F37-38 Discus throw 24.40 SB 824 11
Shot put 9.82 860 14
Ewa Zielinska F42 Long jump 3.62 SB - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Krzysztof Kosikowski
Artur Korc (pilot)
Men's road race B&VI 1-3 2:17.53 5
Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3 32:50.31 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Andrzej Zając
Dariusz Flak (pilot)
Men's road race B&VI 1-3 2:14:44 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3 33:37.42 10

Women's road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Ewa Wisniewska
Wioleta Ostrowska
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
Score Rank
Patrycja Gepner Romeo Mixed individual championship test grade IV 56.968 13
Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV 56.819 14

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete Event Result Rank
Damian Kulig 100kg 222.5 5
Rafał Roch 48kg 150.0 6
Ryszard Rogala 90kg 215.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sławomir Szymański 52kg 150.0 6
Piotr Szymeczek 75kg 180.0 10
Mariusz Tomczyk 60kg 170.0 4

Women

Athlete Event Result Rank
Justyna Kozdryk 44kg 92.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Marzena Lazarz 60kg 82.5 6
Emilia Lipowska 40kg 70.0 7
Kamilla Rusielewicz +82.5kg 115.0 6

Rowing

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

Shooting

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Waldemar Andruszkiewicz 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
Wojciech Kosowski Men's 10m air pistol SH1 556 19 did not advance
Sławomir Okoniewski Men's 10m air pistol SH1 551 24 did not advance
Filip Rodzik Men's 10m air pistol SH1 544 30 did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Jolanta Szulc 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
Result Rank Result Rank
Mateusz Michalski S6 100m backstroke 1:21.80 3 Q 1:21.69 4
50m butterfly 36.07 7 Q 35.20 7
SM6 200m individual medley 3:12.83 10 did not advance
Robert Musiorski S12 50m freestyle 27.41 12 did not advance
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
400m freestyle 5:33.88 12 did not advance
Marcin Ryszka 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
Result Rank Result Rank
Karolina Hamer S4 50m freestyle 58.46 6
100m freestyle 2:05.65 7 Q 1:59.28 5
SM4 150m individual medley 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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50m freestyle 29.14 6 Q 28.34 4
100m freestyle 1:04.24 5 Q 1:01.57 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
SB12 100m breaststroke 1:25.81 7 Q 1:24.54 7
SM12 200m individual medley 2:39.91 2 Q 2:32.65 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100m freestyle 1:01.60 WR 1 Q 1:01.59 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400m freestyle 4:46.71 2 Q 4:33.15 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
SM10 200m individual medley 2:42.38 3 Q 2:40.41 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Paulina Woźniak S9 100m butterfly 1:18.55 16 did not advance
100m freestyle 1:10.24 20 did not advance
SB8 100m breaststroke 1:25.47 3 Q 1:23.90 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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
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  Jambor (SVK)
W 3-0
 Chen G (CHN)
L 1-3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Adam Jurasz Men's singles C7  Seidenfeld (USA)
W 3-1
 Messi (FRA)
L 0-3
 J du Plooy (RSA)
W 3-1
3 did not advance
Mirosław Kowalski Men's singles C6  Wetherill (GBR)
W 3–2
 Schmidt (GER)
L 0–3
 Michell (BRA)
W 3–1
3 did not advance
Sebastian Powroźniak Men's singles C9-10  Fraczyk (AUT)
L 2-3
 Cieslar (CZE)
W 3-1
2 did not advance
Marcon Skrzynecki 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
Adam Jurasz
Mirosław Kowalski
Marcin Skrzynecki
Men's team C6-8  Denmark (DEN)
W 3-1
 France (FRA)
L 1-3
did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Barbara Barszcz Women's singles C5  Zimmerer (GER)
L 0-3
 Zhang B (CHN)
L 1-3
 Chan S L (HKG)
L 0-3
4 did not advance
Małgorzata Grzelak Women's singles C9  Liu M (CHN)
L 0-3
 Komleva (RUS)
W 3-1
 Lazzaro (AUS)
W 3-0
2 Q  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  la Bourdonnaye (CZE)
W 3-0
 Fan L (CHN)
W 3-0
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Katarzyna Pitry Women's singles C6-7  van Zon (NED)
L 0-3
 Julian (AUS)
W 3-0
2 did not advance
Mirosława Roźmiej Women's singles C4  Perić (SRB)
L 0–3
 Al-Azzam (JOR)
L 1–3
 Dolinar (SLO)
L 2–3
4 did not advance
Barbara Barszcz
Mirosława Roźmiej
Women's team C4-5  Sweden (SWE)
L 1-3
did not advance
Małgorzata Grzelak
Natalia Partyka
Women's team C6-10 Bye  Czech Republic (CZE)
W 3-0
 Russia (RUS)
W 3-0
 China (CHN)
L 1-3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Wheelchair fencing

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition Score Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Piotr Czop Men's foil B  Francois (FRA) L 2-5 2 Q  Rodgers (USA)
L 11-15
did not advance
 Datsko (UKR) W 5-1
 Rodgers (USA) W 5-2
 Alsaedi (KUW) W 5-3
 Fawcett (GBR) L 4-5
Men's sabre B  Cratere (FRA) L 3-5 5 did not advance
 Bogdos (GRE) L 3-5
 Datsko (UKR) L 2-5
 Sarri (ITA) L 3-5
 Williams (USA) W 5-3
Stefan Makowski Men's foil A  Ye R (CHN) L 1-5 4 Q  Pellegrini (ITA)
L 10-15
did not advance
 Chan W K (HKG) L 1-5
 Bazhukov (UKR) W 5-3
 Frolov (RUS) W 5-4
 Calhoun (USA) L 4-5
Men's sabre A  Pellegrini (ITA) L 4-5 3 Q  Frolov (RUS)
L 10-15
did not advance
 More (FRA) W 5-2
 Calhoun (USA) W 5-4
 Frolov (RUS) L 4-5
 L Sanchez (ESP) W 5-3
 Altabbakh (KUW) W 5-3
Dariusz Pender Men's épée A  Zhang L (CHN) L 4–5 3 Q  Citerne (FRA)
L 15–13
did not advance
 Citerne (FRA) L 2-5
 Bazhukov (UKR) W 5-3
 Granell (ESP) W 5-1
 Andree (GER) W 5-2
Men's foil A  Pellegrini (ITA) W 5-2 1 Q  Alhaddad (KUW)
W 15-6
 Pellegrini (ITA)
W 15-9
 Ye R (CHN)
L 4-15
 Chan W K (HKG)
W 15-9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Maillard (FRA) W 5-4
 Mato (HUN) W 5-1
 Alhaddad (KUW) W 5-3
 Andreev (RUS) W 5-0
Grzegorz Pluta Men's épée B  Shenkevych (UKR) L 4-5 6 did not advance
 Bezyazychny (BLR) L 3-5
 Kim G H (KOR) L 3-5
 Mari (ITA) L 2-5
 Ding (CHN) W 5-4
Men's sabre B  Mari (ITA) W 5-3 3 Q  Sarri (ITA)
L 14-15
did not advance
 Hui C H (HKG) L 1-5
 Yusupov (RUS) L 4-5
 Soler (ESP) W 5-2
 Moreno (USA) W 5-2
Radosław Stańczuk Men's épée A  Tian (CHN) L 3-5 4 Q  Wong T T (HKG)
W 15-11
 Betti (ITA)
W 15-9
 Tian (CHN)
L 12-15
 Maillard (FRA)
W 15-12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Wong T T (HKG) L 4-5
 Betti (ITA) W 5-3
 Alqallaf (KUW) L 3-5
 Horvath (HUN) W 5-3
Men's sabre A  Ye R (CHN) L 2-5 2 Q  Mato (HUN)
W 15-12
 Ye R (CHN)
L 9-15
did not advance
 Mato (HUN) L 2-5
 Citerne (FRA) W 5-3
 Andreev (RUS) W 5-4
 Alexakis (GRE) W 5-1
Zbigniew Wyganowski Men's foil B  Sarri (ITA) L 3-5 3 Q  Datsko (UKR)
L 12-15
did not advance
 Latreche (FRA) W 5-4
 Hisakawa (JPN) L 4-5
 Yusupov (RUS) W 5-2
 Bezyazychny (BLR) W 5-2

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition Score Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Dagmara Witos-Eze Women's épée A  Yu C Y (HKG) L 3–5 3 Q  Yu C Y (HKG)
L 6-15
did not advance
 Juhasz (HUN) L 3-5
 Halkina (BLR) L 3-5
 Zhang W (CHN) W 5-3
 Poignet (FRA) W 5-4
Women's foil A  Poignet (FRA) L 2-5 6 did not advance
 Fan P S (HKG) L 3-5
 Krajnyak (HUN) L 0-5
 Zhang W (CHN) W 5-3
 Gorlina (UKR) L 0-5

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete Class Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Albin Batcyki Open Men's singles  Mathonsi (RSA)
W 6–2, 6–1
 Peifer (FRA)
L 1-6, 3-6
did not advance
Piotr Jaroszewski  Wikstrom (SWE)
L 1-6, 0-6
did not advance
Tadeusz Kruszelnicki  Oh (KOR)
W 6-2, 6-4
 Li B (CHN)
W 6-1, 6-4
 Saida (JPN)
L 2-6, 3-6
did not advance
Piotr Jaroszewski
Tadeusz Kruszelnicki
Men's doubles  Gatelli (ITA) /
 Mazzei (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
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Agnieszka Bartczuk Open Women's singles  Krüger (GER)
L 6-7, 7-6, 3-6
did not advance

See also

References

  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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