Poland at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Poland competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, because of the Soviet boycott. The Polish Olympic Committee sent a total of 194 athletes to the Games, 132 men and 62 women, to compete in 21 sports. Men's volleyball was the only team-based sport in which Poland had its representation in these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in women's taekwondo.
The Polish team featured six defending Olympic champions from Sydney: race walker Robert Korzeniowski, rifle shooter Renata Mauer-Różańska, rowing pair Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz, and hammer throwers Kamila Skolimowska, and Szymon Ziółkowski. Greco-Roman wrestler and 1996 Olympic champion Ryszard Wolny and sprint canoeist Michał Śliwiński had made their fifth Olympic appearance as the most sophisticated athletes of the team. Show jumper Grzegorz Kubiak, aged 41, was the oldest athlete of the team, while rhythmic gymnast Martyna Dąbkowska was the youngest at age 15. Swimming star Bartosz Kizierowski, who finished fifth in Sydney four years earlier in the men's 50 m freestyle, became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
Poland left Athens with a total of ten medals, three golds, two silver, and five bronze, the lowest in Summer Olympic history since 1956. Seven of these medals were dominated by women, who constituted less than a third of all Polish athletes at these Games. Among the nation's medalists, two of them climbed the Olympic podium for the first time: Anna Rogowska, who beat her teammate Monika Pyrek to take home the bronze in women's pole vault, and Otylia Jędrzejczak, who became the most decorated Polish athlete at these Games with three medals, including the nation's first gold in swimming. Kucharski and Sycz managed to repeat their golden streak in the men's double sculls, while Korzeniowski ended an illustrious Olympic career with a historic milestone as the first athlete to defend his Olympic title in men's 50 km race walk for the third consecutive time.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Swimming | Women's 200 m butterfly | |||
| Rowing | Men's lightweight double sculls | |||
| Athletics | Men's 50 km walk | |||
| Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle | |||
| Swimming | Women's 100 m butterfly | |||
| Fencing | Women's foil | |||
| Sailing | Finn class | |||
| Weightlifting | Women's +75 kg | |||
| Athletics | Women's pole vault | |||
| Canoeing | Women's K-2 500 m |
Archery
Four Polish archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot for the women's team.Athletics
Polish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events.;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
| Athlete | Event | 200 m | 800 m | Final | Rank | |||||
| Magdalena Szczepańska | Result | 14.41 | 1.76 | 13.79 | 25.29 | 5.98 | 44.80 | 2:13.08 | 6012 | 21 |
| Magdalena Szczepańska | Points | 921 | 928 | 780 | 860 | 843 | 760 | 920 | 6012 | 21 |
Badminton
Boxing
Poland sent three boxers to Athens.Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
;Men;Women
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Cycling
Road
;Men;Women
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Bogumiła Matusiak | Road race | 3:31:55 | 42 |
| Małgorzata Wysocka | Road race | 3:25:42 | 27 |
Track
;Sprint;Time trial
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Grzegorz Krejner | Men's time trial | 1:03.923 | 14 |
;Keirin
| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Repechage | 2nd round | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Łukasz Kwiatkowski | Men's keirin | 4 R | 2 Q | 5 Q | 7 |
Mountain biking
Equestrian
Eventing
Show jumping
Fencing
;Men;Women
Gymnastics
Rhythmic
Judo
Six Polish judoka qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.;Men
;Women
Modern pentathlon
Four Polish athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the European and UIPM Championships.Rowing
Polish rowers qualified the following boats:;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage
Sailing
Polish sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.;Men
;Women
;Open
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Shooting
Five Polish shooters qualified to compete in the following events:;Men
;Women
Swimming
Polish swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events :;Men
;Women
Table tennis
Two Polish table tennis players qualified for the following events.Taekwondo
Poland has qualified a single taekwondo jin.Tennis
Poland nominated two male tennis players to compete in the tournament.Volleyball
Men's tournament
;Roster;Group play
;Quarterfinal
Weightlifting
Seven Polish weightlifters qualified for the following events:;Men
;Women
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle;Men's Greco-Roman