Bulgaria at the 1964 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:BUL
Nocname:Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1964
Website: 
Location:Tokyo
Competitors:63
Sports:9
Flagbearer:Enyu Valchev
Rank:11
Gold:3
Silver:5
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto

Bulgaria competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 63 competitors, 56 men and 7 women, took part in 56 events in 9 sports.[1]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Enyu ValchevWrestlingMen's freestyle lightweight14 October
Prodan GardzhevWrestlingMen's freestyle middleweight14 October
Boyan RadevWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman light heavyweight19 October
Stancho KolevWrestlingMen's freestyle featherweight14 October
Angel KerezovWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman flyweight19 October
Kiril PetkovWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman welterweight19 October
Velichko VelichkovShootingMen's 50 metre rifle three positions20 October
Lyutvi AhmedovWrestlingMen's freestyle heavyweight14 October
Said MustafovWrestlingMen's freestyle light heavyweight13 October
Aleksandar NikolovBoxingMen's light heavyweight21 October

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=1Bogdan IvanovC-1 1000 m4:48.39 3 Q4:44.766
align=left rowspan=1Georgi TodorovK-1 1000 mDNSDid not advance
Women

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics. One cyclist represented Bulgaria in 1964. Stefan Kirev from Kazanlak.

Track

1000m time trial

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Four shooters represented Bulgaria in 1964. Velichko Velichkov won the silver medal in the 50 m rifle, three positions event.

Men
AthleteEventFinal
ScoreRank
Dencho Denev50 m pistol54315
25 m rapid fire pistol58218
Martsel Koen50 m rifle three positions113023
50 m rifle prone58925
Todor Kozlovski50 m pistol54023
Velichko Velichkov50 m rifle three positions1152
50 m rifle prone59210

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Men

See main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Team roster

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventMilitary pressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Bogomil Cvetanov67,5 kg125 7107.51312519357.515
Weliko Konarov75 kg13071305155134158
Stancho Penchev82.5 kg13510130121601442511
Petar Tachev90 kg145813011170104458
Ivan Veselinov+90 kg16571351119044907

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bulgaria at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090441/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BUL/summer/1964/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 August 2014 . sports-reference.com.