Poland at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Poland at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Poland at the; 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	POL
NOC	Polish Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.olimpijski.pl/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	71 in 17 sports
Medals; Ranked 70th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 4
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
	2010; 2014; 2018;

Poland participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Jakub Kraska	Swimming	Boys' 100m Freestyle	11 October
Bronze	Jan Kałusowski	Swimming	Boys' 200m Breaststroke	09 October
Bronze	Jakub Kraska Jan Kałusowski Jakub Majerski Bartłomiej Koziejko	Swimming	Boys' 4 × 100m Medley Relay	09 October
Bronze	Gracjan Kozak	Athletics	Boys' Discus	14 October

Athletics

Beach volleyball

Poland qualified a girls' team based on their performance at 2017-18 European Youth Continental Cup Final.^[1]

Girls' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes

Boys' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Poznański Miszczuk	Boys' tournament	Veretiuk–Shekunov (RUS) L 0-2	Lammel–Droguett (CHI) W 2-0	Jeffrey–Joe (NZL) W 2-0	2	N Phichakon–T Phanupong (THA) L 0-2	did not advance
Gierczynska Jundziłł	Girls' tournament	J.J. Zeng–Sh. T. Cao (CHN) L 1-2	Juárez–Alvarado (GUA) W 2-0	Niro–Nada (EGY) W 2-0	2	Villar–Churín (ARG) L 0-2	did not advance

Boxing

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Natalia Gajewska	-75 kg	Ryabets (KAZ) L 0–5	did not advance		5

Canoeing

Poland qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.^[2]

Boys' K1 - 1 boat

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wojciech Pilarz	K1 sprint	1:42.64	4	Bye		Yakovlev (KAZ) W 1:42.63	Vangeel (BEL) L 1:41.22	Rossi (ARG) L 1:41.11	4
Wojciech Pilarz	K1 slalom	1:17.65	8	1:17.13	4	Bouchardon (FRA) L 1:19.57	did not advance

Cycling

Poland qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings.^[3]

Boys' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes
Girls' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes

Dancesport

Poland qualified one dancer based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.^[4]

B-Boys - Axel

Field hockey

Boys' tournament - 1 team of 9 athletes
Girls' tournament - 1 team of 9 athletes

Boys' tournament

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina (H)	5	5	0	36	6	+30	15	Quarterfinals
2	Malaysia	5	4	1	31	11	+20	12
3	Poland	5	2	3	29	17	+12	6
4	Zambia	5	2	3	29	23	+6	6
5	Mexico	5	2	3	19	20	−1	6	9th place game
6	Vanuatu	5	0	5	5	72	−67	0	11th place game

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

7 October 2018
09:30

Poland	6–3	Mexico
T. Bembenek 5' Nitka 9', 18' E. Bembenek 12' Zabłocki 13' Jarzyński 17'	Report	Villegas 6', 19' Estrada 16'

Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)

8 October 2018
16:15

Zambia	4–3	Poland
Mubanga 4', 13' Siwale 11' Bwali 18'	Report	Jarzyński 1' Nowkowski 3' E. Bembenek 16'

Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
James Unkles (AUS)

9 October 2018
13:15

Poland	2–5	Argentina
Nitka 4' Nowkowski 20'	Report	Garrone 3' Sarto 9', 14' Marcucci 11' Ibarra 20'

Umpires:
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
Nick Saunders (NZL)

10 October 2018
15:30

Vanuatu	1–15	Poland
Katmatem 19'	Report	Jarzyński 1', 7' E. Bembenek 1', 9', 15', 18', 20' Chumeńczuk 8' Zabłocki 9', 13', 14' Nowkowski 10', 15', 16' T. Bembenek 13'

Umpires:
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

11 October 2018
10:15

Poland	3–4	Malaysia
Jarzyński 7' E. Bembenek 7' Nowkowski 11'	Report	Anuar 1', 16', 17' Azahar 3'

Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
James Unkles (AUS)

5–8th place semifinals

13 October 2018
09:00

Bangladesh	4–5	Poland
Sobuj 13', 15', 17' Mohammad 20'	Report	Nitka 4' Nowkowski 6' Jarzyński 9', 14', 18'

Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
James Unkles (AUS)

Fifth place game

14 October 2018
10:30

Poland	4–4	Australia
E. Bembenek 16' Jarzyński 18' Nowkowski 20' T. Bembenek 20'	Report	Carr 4' Davis 8' Marais 10' Collins 14'
Penalties
E. Bembenek Chumeńczuk Jarzyński Chumeńczuk	2–1	Collins Carr Murray Collins

Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
Nick Saunders (NZL)

Girls' tournament

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	5	5	0	0	29	1	+28	15	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	5	2	1	2	23	8	+15	7
3	Poland	5	2	1	2	4	14	−10	7
4	Namibia	5	1	2	2	9	17	−8	5
5	Zimbabwe	5	1	1	3	6	23	−17	4	9th place game
6	Mexico	5	0	3	2	5	13	−8	3	11th place game

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.

7 October 2018
17:45

Poland	1–1	Mexico
Balcerzak 17'	Report	Cuevas 7'

Umpires:
Margaux Brand (CAN)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

8 October 2018
12:30

Zimbabwe	1–2	Poland
A. Terblanche 4'	Report	Mazur 5' Balcerzak 6'

Umpires:
Cynthia Clement (GHA)
Victoria Pazos (PAR)

9 October 2018
15:30

Poland	0–8	Australia
	Report	Schonell 2', 3', 6', 7', 16' Smith 8' Sertorio 9', 18'

Umpires:
Victoria Pazos (PAR)
Margaux Brand (CAN)

10 October 2018
11:00

Namibia	0–1	Poland
	Report	Mazur 20'

Umpires:
Victoria Pazos (PAR)
Ayu Zainuddin (MAS)

11 October 2018
17:45

Poland	0–4	China
	Report	Ma 4', 11', 12', 19'

Umpires:
Lize Strydom (RSA)
Ayu Zainuddin (MAS)

Quarterfinals

12 October 2018
14:00

India	3–0	Poland
Lalremsiami 10' Tete 14' Kaur 14'	Report

Umpires:
Lizé Srtydom (RSA)
Chen Jianjun (CHN)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

13 October 2018
12:00

Poland	1–3	Austria
Balcerzak 20'	Report	Klausbruckner 8' Felber 10' Herzog 17'

Seventh and eighth place

14 October 2018
09:30

Namibia	1–3	Poland
Cormack 15'	Report	Balcerzak 5' Zimmermann 15', 20'

Umpires:
Margaux Brand (CAN)
Cynthia Clement (GHA)

Fencing

Poland qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.^[5]

Boys' Foil - Maciej Bem
Girls' Foil - Magdalena Lawska

Modern pentathlon

Poland qualified one pentathlete based on its performance at the European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[6]

Boys' Individual - Kamil Kasperczak

Sailing

Poland qualified two boats based on its performance at the Techno 293+ European Qualifier. They later qualified one boat based on its performance at the African and European IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers.^[7]

Boys' Techno 293+ - 1 boat
Boys' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat
Girls' Techno 293+ - 1 boat

Shooting

Poland qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2018 European Championships.^[8]

Girls' 10m Air Rifle - 1 quota

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Wiktoria Zuzanna Bober	Girls' 10 m air rifle	618.3	10	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athletes	Event	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miljan Dević (MNE) Wiktoria Zuzanna Bober (POL)	Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle	823.5	8 Q	Volkart (ARG) Zolfagharian (IRI) L 9–10	did not advance			12

Sport climbing

Poland qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships.^[9]

Girls' combined - 1 quota (Aleksandra Kalucka)

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcelina Koszel	Girls' +63 kg	Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras (MAR) L 4-20	did not advance
Jakub Sadurski	Boys' +73 kg	Lee Meng-en (TPE) L 2-10	did not advance

Tennis

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniel Michalski	Boys' singles	D N'tcha (BEN) W (6-4, 6-2)	O Štyler (CZE) W (6-2, 6-0)	H Gaston (FRA) L(4-6, 1-6)	did not advance
Iga Świątek	Girls' singles	E Molinaro (LUX) W (6-1, 6-4)	J Garland (TPE) W (4-6, 6-3, 6-1)	C Burel (FRA) L(4-6, 2-6)	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU) Daniel Michalski (POL)	Boys' doubles	—	Mu (CHN) / Tajima (JPN) L (7-6⁵, 3-6, [4-10])	did not advance			9
K Juvan (SLO) I Świątek (POL)	Girls' doubles	—	E Cocciaretto (ITA) S Zünd (LIE) W (6-0, 6-2)	C Burel (FRA) D Parry (FRA) W (6-0, 6-4)	ML Carlé (ARG) Osorio (COL) W (6-2, 6-2)	Y Naito (JPN) N Sato (JPN) W (6-7, 7-5, 10-4)
Daniel Michalski Iga Świątek	Mixed doubles	A Noel (USA) T Boyer (USA) W (6-1, 6-4)	Y Naito (JPN) N Tajima (JPN) L W/O	did not advance

Weightlifting

Boys

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Jakub Jerzy Zieliński	+85 kg	140	5	173	5	313	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Paulina Rutkowska	−63 kg	84	5	103	5	187	5

References

^ "Russia and Sweden win gold at #CEVContinentalCup, Poland and England join European delegation at Youth Olympics". European Volleyball Confederation. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
^ "Nine countries set to make YOG canoeing debut". International Canoe Federation (ICF). 21 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ "Countries that will participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). UCI. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
^ "Japan Too!". World DanceSport Federation. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
^ "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ "YOG 2018 Continental Qualifier - Europe". UIPM. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
^ "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
^ "World Youth Championship". IFSC. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

[1] "Russia and Sweden win gold at #CEVContinentalCup, Poland and England join European delegation at Youth Olympics". European Volleyball Confederation. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

[2] "Nine countries set to make YOG canoeing debut". International Canoe Federation (ICF). 21 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[3] "Countries that will participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). UCI. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[4] "Japan Too!". World DanceSport Federation. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

[5] "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[6] "YOG 2018 Continental Qualifier - Europe". UIPM. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[7] "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

[8] "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

[9] "World Youth Championship". IFSC. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

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v t e Nations at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea‑Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts‑Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent‑Grenadines Suriname Trinidad‑Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia‑Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Related	Teams of athletes from more than one NOC