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. Poland sent 45 athletes to the

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was the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies, while

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was the flag bearer at the closing ceremonies.

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, runs 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

;Men ;Women

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

;Distance ;Sprint

Figure skating

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Luge

Short track speed skating

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

;Halfpipe Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted. ;Parallel GS Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run. ;Snowboard Cross

Speed skating

References

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