Poland at the 2016 European Athletics Championships

Poland competed at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from 6-10 July 2016. A delegation of 67 athletes were sent to represent the country.

Poland at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
WA code	POL
National federation	PZLA
Website	www.pzla.pl
in Amsterdam
Competitors	67 (36 men and 31 women) in 35 events
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 6 Silver 5 Bronze 1 Total 12
European Athletics Championships appearances
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Medals

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Anita Włodarczyk	Women's hammer throw	7 July
Gold	Robert Sobera	Men's pole vault	8 July
Gold	Piotr Małachowski	Men's discus throw	9 July
Gold	Angelika Cichocka	Women's 1500 m	10 July
Gold	Paweł Fajdek	Men's hammer throw	10 July
Gold	Adam Kszczot	Men's 800 m	10 July
Silver	Karol Hoffmann	Men's triple jump	9 July
Silver	Joanna Linkiewicz	Women's 400 m hurdles	10 July
Silver	Michał Haratyk	Men's shot put	10 July
Silver	Marcin Lewandowski	Men's 800 m	10 July
Silver	Łukasz Krawczuk Kacper Kozłowski Jakub Krzewina Rafał Omelko	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	10 July
Bronze	Wojciech Nowicki	Men's hammer throw	10 July

Results

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Remigiusz Olszewski	100 m	10.46	16 q	10.56	23	did not advance
Przemysław Słowikowski		10.35 PB	9 q	10.27 PB	15	did not advance
Karol Zalewski	200 m	20.69	3 Q	20.69	10	did not advance
Łukasz Krawczuk	400 m	46.94	8 Q	45.86	12	did not advance
Jakub Krzewina		47.09	12 Q	46.50	21	did not advance
Rafał Omelko		Bye		45.14 PB	3 Q	45.67	6
Adam Kszczot	800 m	1:49.38	14 Q	1:46.32	1 Q	1:45.18
Marcin Lewandowski		1:50.32	22 Q	1:47.16	5 Q	1:45.54
Dominik Bochenek	110 m hurdles	13.87	14	did not advance
Damian Czykier		Bye		13.32 PB	5 q	13.40	4
Patryk Adamczyk	400 m hurdles	51.00	10 Q	50.12	18	did not advance
Robert Bryliński		50.74	7 q	50.42	19	did not advance
Jakub Smoliński		53.27	25	did not advance
Krystian Zalewski	3000 m steeplechase	8:31.50	2 Q	—		did not start
Grzegorz Zimniewicz Przemysław Słowikowski Adam Pawłowski Karol Zalewski	4 × 100 m relay	38.64	4 Q	—		38.69	6
Łukasz Krawczuk Kacper Kozłowski Jakub Krzewina Rafał Omelko (only in final) Michał Pietrzak (only in heats)	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.09	2 Q	—		3:01.18
Marcin Chabowski	Half marathon	—				1:02:54 SB	4
Szymon Kulka						1:04:47	16

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Sylwester Bednarek	High jump	2.23	16	did not advance
Konrad Bukowiecki	Shot put	20.65	2 Q	20.58	4
Michał Haratyk		20.45	3 Q	21.19
Paweł Fajdek	Hammer throw	78.82	1 Q	80.93
Wojciech Nowicki		75.85	3 Q	77.53
Łukasz Grzeszczuk	Javelin throw	81.05	10 q	76.41	11
Marcin Krukowski		81.88	7 Q	79.49	6
Kacper Oleszczuk		80.97	11 q	79.34	8
Karol Hoffmann	Triple jump	16.93	1 Q	17.16 PB
Piotr Lisek	Pole vault	5.35	12 q	5.50	4
Robert Sobera		5.50	2 q	5.60
Paweł Wojciechowski		5.35	12 q	5.30	7
Piotr Małachowski	Discus throw	64.15	10 Q	67.06
Bartłomiej Stój		61.30	21	did not advance
Robert Urbanek		64.28	8 Q	62.18	9

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Paweł Wiesiołek	Result	10.93	NM	NM	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Points	876	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Emilia Ankiewicz	400 m hurdles	56.43 PB	2 Q	56.05 PB	8 q	57.31	8
Angelika Cichocka	800 m	Did not start		Did not advance
	1500 m	4:13.47	10 Q	—		4:33.00
Sofia Ennaoui	800 m	Did not start		Did not advance
	1500 m	4:10.99	3 Q	—		4:34.84	7
Agata Forkasiewicz	200 m	23.53 PB	4 q	23.59	7	Did not advance
Małgorzata Hołub	400 m	BYE		51.67 PB	4 Q	51.89	5
Joanna Jóźwik	800 m	2:04.62	3 Q	2:01.52	1 Q	2:00.57	6
Anna Kiełbasińska	200 m	23.21	2 Q	23.36	5	Did not advance
Klaudia Konopko	200 m	23.73	5	Did not advance
Matylda Kowal	3000 m steeplechase	9:46.25	5 Q	—		9:57.27	15
Karolina Kołeczek	100 m hurdles	13.06	2 Q	13.09	15	Did not advance
Joanna Linkiewicz	400 m hurdles	BYE		55.74	3 Q	55.33
Tina Matusińska		59.22	22	Did not advance
Agnieszka Mierzejewska	Half marathon	—				1:12:10	9
Dominika Napieraj		—				Did not finish
Marika Popowicz-Drapała	100 m	11.61	4 Q	11.68	21	Did not advance
Justyna Święty	400 m	BYE		52.34	8 q	51.96	6
Danuta Urbanik	1500 m	4:14.86	15	Did not advance
Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	400 m	52.79	2 Q	52.92	18	Did not advance
Agata Forkasiewicz Marika Popowicz-Drapała Anna Kiełbasińska Ewa Swoboda	4 × 100 m relay	43.59	8 q	—		43.24	7
Ewelina Ptak Małgorzata Hołub Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Justyna Święty Martyna Dąbrowska * Iga Baumgart *	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.72	2 Q	—		3:27.60	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Maria Andrejczyk	Javelin throw	57.93	13	Did not advance
Paulina Guba	Shot put	17.44	7 Q	16.95	11
Joanna Fiodorow	Hammer throw	69.35	8 q	69.48	10
Anna Jagaciak-Michalska	Triple jump	14.33	1 Q	14.40	4
Malwina Kopron	Hammer throw	69.23	9 q	70.91	6
Justyna Śmietanka	Pole vault	4.20	21	Did not advance
Marcelina Witek	Javelin throw	55.03	22	Did not advance
Anita Włodarczyk	Hammer throw	73.94	1 Q	78.14

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Karolina Tymińska	Result	DNF	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Points	0	0	—	—	—	—	—