Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Poland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. It was the eleventh time that the nation had competed. Poland competed under the IOC country code POL.

Medals

Silver

• Jrena Szydlowska – Archery, women's competition

Results by event

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Poland entered one man and three women. They took home a silver medal in the women's competition.

Women's:

• Irena Szydlowska – 2407 points (silver medal)
• Maria Maczynska – 2371 points (6th place)
• Jad Szoszler-Wilejto – 2297 points (18th place)

Men's:

• Tomasz Lezanski – 2237 points (46th place)

Handball

Poland tied Sweden and defeated Denmark but lost to the Soviet Union in the first round to finish in third place in the division. This put the team into the ninth- to twelfth-place consolation round, where they defeated Iceland to set up a match with Norway for ninth and tenth places. Poland lost this match.

Men's:

• Poland – 10th place (2–2–1)