Benedykt Kocot

Benedykt Kocot (born 11 April 1954) is a Polish cyclist. He won the Olympic bronze medal in the Tandem at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich along with Andrzej Bek.

Career He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich in tandem cycling (with Andrzej Bek). He also won a bronze medal at the 1974 World Championships in Montreal in tandem cycling (with Bek) and a gold medal at the 1975 World Championships in Liège in the same event (with Janusz Kotliński). He was a five-time Polish sprint champion (1972, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980), a three-time runner-up in the sprint (1975) and the 1 km standing start (1972, 1976), and a two-time bronze medalist at the Polish Championships: in the sprint (1978) and the 1 km standing start (1974).

In 1972, he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit.