Bulgaria at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Mexico City
Competitors	112 in 13 sports
Medals Ranked 18th	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Bulgaria competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 112 competitors, 102 men and 10 women, took part in 69 events in 13 sports.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold[]

• Petar Kirov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
• Boyan Radev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Silver[]

• Tsvetan Dimitrov, Yancho Dimitrov, Asparukh Donev, Milko Gaydarski, Ivailo Georgiyev, Atanas Gerov, Mikhail Gionin, Georgi Ivanov, Kiril Ivkov, Atanas Khristov, Georgi Khristakiev, Kiril Khristov, Todor Nikolov, Georgi Vasiliev, Yevgeny Yanchovsky, Stoyan Yordanov, Ivan Zafirov, and Petar Zhekov — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
• Enyu Todorov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
• Enyu Valchev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
• Osman Duraliev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

Bronze[]

• Ivan Mihailov — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
• Georgi Stankov — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
• Prodan Gardzhev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

Athletics[]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ivailo Sharankov	Marathon	N/A						2:39:49	30
Nikola Simeonov		N/A						2:48:30	42
Mikhail Zhelev	3000 m steeplechase	9:01.96	2 Q	N/A				8:58.41	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Georgi Stoykovski	Triple jump	16.24	6 Q	16.46	9

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	100H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Spas Dzhurov	Result	10.95	7.40	13.99	1.89	50.28	15.17	40.90	3.60	47.04	5:15.58	7173	15
	Points	872	910	728	705	802	829	683	509	545	328

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Snezhana Yurukova	80 m hurdles	11.0	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yordanka Blagoeva	High jump	1.68	17 Q	Did not advance
Ivanka Khristova	Shot Put	N/A		17.25	6
Katya Lazova	High jump	1.68	18 Q	Did not advance

Combined events – Penathlon

Athlete	Event	80H	SP	HJ	LJ	200 m	Final	Rank
Snezhana Yurukova	Result	11.0	11.83	1.59	5.98	25.1	4728	14
	Points	1044	843	934	984	923

Basketball[]

Preliminary Round[]

Group B[]

Qualified for the semifinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	7	0	642	408	+234	14
Brazil	6	1	561	418	+143	13
Mexico	5	2	493	443	+50	12
Poland	4	3	473	504	−31	11
Bulgaria	3	4	456	478	−22	10
Cuba	2	5	514	532	−18	9
South Korea	1	6	453	530	−77	8
Morocco	0	7	355	634	−279	7

October 13

October 14

October 15

October 16

October 18

October 19

October 20

9th–12th Place[]

October 23

9th–10th Place[]

October 24

Boxing[]

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stefan Aleksandrov	Light Flyweight	BYE	Gabriel Ogun (NIG) L 1-4	Did not advance
Nikola Savov	Bantamweight	Godfrey Mwamba (ZAM) W RSC	Fermín Espinosa (CUB) W RSC	Chang Kyou-chul (KOR) L RSC	Did not advance
Ivan Mihailov	Featherweight	Jan Wadas (POL) W 4-1	Nils-Dag Stromme (NOR) W 5-0	N/A	Seyfi Tatar (TUR) W 3-2	Al Robinson (USA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Stoiane Pilitchev	Lightweight	BYE	Bayu Ayele (ETH) W 5-0	Antonio Durán (MEX) W 4-1	Calistrat Cuțov (ROU) L 1-4	Did not advance
Petar Stoitchev	Light Welterweight	BYE	Ali Kilicoglu (TUR) W 5-0	Vaselinovic Ljubinko (YUG) W 4-1	Arto Nilsson (FIN) L RSC	Did not advance
Ivan Kiriakov	Welterweight	BYE	Bohumil Němeček (TCH) W DSQ-3	Celal Sandal (TUR) L RSC	Did not advance
Simon Georgiev	Middleweight	Mario Casati (ITA) W 4-1	BYE	N/A	Alfred Jones (USA) L 1-4	Did not advance
Georgi Stankov	Light heavyweight	BYE	Arthur Redden (ITA) W 4-1	N/A	Bernard Malherbe (FRA) W 5-0	Danas Pozniakas (URS) L 0-5	Did not advance
Kiril Pandov	Heavyweight	Milos Petar (YUG) W 3-2	N/A		Giorgio Bambini (ITA) L 0-5	Did not advance

Canoeing[]

Sprint[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Boris Lyubenov	C-1 1000 m	4:36.2	5 Q	N/A		4:35.82	2 Q	4:43.43	5
Ivan Valov Aleksandar Damyanov	C-2 1000 m	4:26.1	4 Q	BYE		4:22.17	3 Q	4:22.89	8

Football[]

First round[]

Group D[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	5
Guatemala	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	10	3	+7	3
Thailand	3	0	0	3	1	19	−18	0

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Quarter-finals[]

Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.

Semi-finals[]

Gold Medal match[]

Gymnastics[]

Modern pentathlon[]

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1968.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Antoni Panyovski – 4247 points (→ 33rd place)
• Konstantin Sardzhev – 4191 points (→ 36th place)
• Ivan Apostolov – 3462 points (→ 45th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Paniowsky, Sardjev, and Apostolov – 11976 points (→ 11th place)

Rowing[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Atanas Zelev Yordan Valtchev	Double sculls	6:54.16	1 Q	BYE		7:12.08	2 Q	6:58.48	4
Georgi Atanasov Georgi Nikolov Veselin Staievski	Coxed pair	8:11.13	1 Q	BYE		8:06.41	5 FB	7:58.10	8

Shooting[]

Six shooters, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1968.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Dencho Denev	50 m pistol	545	24
	25 m rapid fire pistol	579	28
Martsel Koen	50 m rifle three positions	1142	21
	50 m rifle prone	592	24
Anton Manolov	Skeet	180	40
Atanas Tasev		185	34
Velichko Velichkov	50 m rifle prone	584	64
Emiliyan Vergov	50 m rifle three positions	1119	45

Swimming[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Angel Chakarov	200 m individual medley	2:24.0	26	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	5:10.9	16	Did not advance
Yulyan Rusev	200 m individual medley	2:22.7	20	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	5:07.0	11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mariya Nikolova	100 metre freestyle	1:05.1	33	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:40.8	18	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	5:45.2	15	Did not advance

Volleyball[]

Round robin[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	17	8	1	26	8	3.250	464	326	1.423
2	Japan	16	7	2	24	6	4.000	430	258	1.667
3	Czechoslovakia	16	7	2	22	15	1.467	454	417	1.089
4	East Germany	15	6	3	22	12	1.833	449	374	1.201
5	Poland	15	6	3	18	11	1.636	371	281	1.320
6	Bulgaria	13	4	5	16	17	0.941	379	385	0.984
7	United States	13	4	5	15	18	0.833	383	414	0.925
8	Belgium	11	2	7	6	24	0.250	239	417	0.573
9	Brazil	10	1	8	8	25	0.320	357	469	0.761
10	Mexico	9	0	9	6	27	0.222	289	474	0.610

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Mexico	15–9	15–4	15–6			45–19
16 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Belgium	15–10	15–1	15–5			45–16
17 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–10	15–9	15–10			45–29
19 Oct	Bulgaria	3–2	United States	10–15	17–15	7–15	15–7	16–14	65–66
20 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	15–8	18–16	15–3			48–27
21 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Bulgaria	15–7	10–15	15–9	4–15	15–7	59–53
23 Oct	Poland	3–0	Bulgaria	15–3	15–5	15–10			45–18
24 Oct	East Germany	3–2	Bulgaria	15–11	8–15	15–10	10–15	15–7	63–58
25 Oct	Japan	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–6	15–5			45–18

Weightlifting[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Military press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Atanas Kiroy	56 kg	105	8	100	7	130	7	335	7
Mladen Kuchev	60 kg	115	8	107.5	7	135	10	357.5	9
Petar Yanev		NVL	AC	DNS		DNS		DNF
Kostadin Tilev	67,5 kg	132.5	4	115	12	150	10	397.5	8
Rilko Florov		117.5	13	120	8	147.5	12	385	12

Wrestling[]

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