Anna Rogowska (POL) (© Getty Images)
Warsaw, PolandThe top female pole vaulters, European Madrid Indoor Championships medallists, Anna Rogowska and Monika Pyrek are the leaders of the Polish Team for the 10th World Championships in Athletics, Helsinki, Finland.
A team of 51 athletes - 27 men and 24 women – is the biggest squad Poland has ever sent in the history of World Championships.
The Poles will compete in all four relays. Among other athletes competing all male athletes have the IAAF A minimum but three of women, all Polish Champions (in 800 metres, Javelin Throw and Heptathlon) have been qualified with the B minimum.
Polish Team
Men
100 m: Lukasz Chyla 10.32 this year (PB 10.20 - 04)
200 m: Marcin Jedrusinski 20.82 (20.31 - 02)
4x100 m: Chyla
4x100 m: Jedrusinski 10.40 (10.33 - 04)
4x100 m: Michal Bielczyk 10.42
4x100 m: Marcin Nowak 10.43 (10.21 - 00)
4x100 m: Zbigniew Tulin 10.45 (10.32 - 01)
4x100 m: Marcin Urbas 10.46 (10.30 - 99)
400 m: Marcin Marciniszyn 45.69
4x400 m: Marciniszyn
4x400 m: Piotr Klimczak 45.73
4x400 m: Plawgo 45.92 (45.35 - 02)
4x400 m: Piotr Rysiukiewicz 46.09 (45.54 - 99)
4x400 m: Rafal Wieruszewski 46.22 (45.62 - 03)
4x400 m: Robert Mackowiak 46.33 (44.84 - 01)
800 m: Pawel Czapiewski 1:45.39 (1:43.22 - 01)
Marathon: Rafal Wojcik 2:14:47
3000 m steeplechase: Jakub Czaja 8:17.49
3000 m steeplechase: Radoslaw Poplawski 8:17.77 (8:17.32 - 04)
400 mH: Marek Plawgo 48.78 (48.16 - 01/04)
HJ: Michal Bieniek 2.36
HJ: Grzegorz Sposob 2.30 (2.34 - 04)
SP: Tomasz Majewski 20.62 (20.83i - 04)
DT: Andrzej Krawczyk 65.56
HT: Szymon Ziolkowski 79.14 (83.38 - 01)
20 km walk: Beniamin Kucinski 1:20:45
20 km walk: Kamil Kalka 1:21:36
20 km walk: Rafal Dys 1:21:46
50 km walk: Roman Magdziarczyk 3:48:11 in 2004 (3:44:53 - 03)
50 km walk: Grzegorz Sudol 3:49:09 in 2004
50 km walk: Rafal Fedaczynski 3:56:13
Women
4x100 m: Daria Onysko 11.41 this year
4x100 m: Dorota Dydo 11.65 (11.56 - 02)
4x100 m: Iwona Brzezinska 11.67 (junior)
4x100 m: Marta Jeschke 11.79 (junior)
4x100 m: Trywianska 11.83 (11.59 - 03)
200 m: Anna Guzowska 23.02 (22.87 - 03)
400 m: Guzowska 51.29
400 m: Grazyna Prokopek 52.09 (51.29 - 04)
4x400 m: Guzowska
4x400 m: Prokopek
4x400 m: Zuzanna Radecka 51.58
4x400 m: Monika Bejnar 51.68
4x400 m: Jesien 52.43
4x400 m: Pskit 53.65 (53.10 - 02)
800 m: Ewelina Setowska 2:00.71
1500 m: Wioletta Janowska 4:03.68 (4:03.09 - 04)
1500 m: Anna Jakubczak 4:05.76 (4:00.15 - 04)
5000 m: Janowska 15:08.38
Marathon: Dorota Gruca 2:30:08 (2:28:49 - 04)
3000 m steeplechase: Janowska 9:25.09
100 mH: Aurelia Trywianska 12.77 (12.74 - 03)
400 mH: Anna Jesien 53.96
400 mH: Malgorzata Pskit 55.09 (54.75 - 04)
400 mH: Marta Chrust-Rozej 55.56
PV: Anna Rogowska 4.80
PV: Monika Pyrek 4.70 (4.72 - 04)
DT: Marzena Wysocka 64.57
DT: Wioletta Potepa 63.67
DT: Joanna Wisniewska 62.50 (63.97 - 99)
HT: Kamila Skolimowska 74.27
JT: Barbara Madejczyk 61.72
Heptathlon: Magdalena Szczepanska 6090 (6115 - 04)
In 1983 during the first World Championships in Helsinki 1983 only men collected medals for the Polish Team:
Gold
TJ - Zdzislaw Hoffmann 17.42
SP - Edward Sarul 21.39
Silver
3000 m steeplechase - Boguslaw Maminski 8:17.03
Bronze
HT - Zdzislaw Kwasny 79.42
After 22 years Polish female athletes are much more likely to succeed.
