Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:BUL
Nocname:Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Games Link:1952 Summer Olympics
Year:1952
Website: 
Date:19 July–3 August 1952
Location:Helsinki, Finland
Competitors:63
Sports:8
Flagbearer:Boris Nikolov
Rank:40
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto

Bulgaria competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 63 competitors, 54 men and 9 women, took part in 34 events in 8 sports.[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Track & Road Events

The fastest two from each heat qualifies for the quarterfinals.

FencerEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Angel Gavrilov100m11.294align=center colspan=6Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2Angel Kolev100m11.012 QDSQDid not advance
200m22.242 Q22.073Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2Tsvetana BerkovskaWomen's 100m12.202 Q12.306align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Women's 200m25.203align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Field Events
Men

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Preliminary round

Group 2

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Quarterfinals

The top two teams in each quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each quarterfinals played in the fifth through eighth place classification.

Quarterfinals group A

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Classification matches

7th-place match

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Bulgaria entered four boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament.

Boris Nikolov won the first medal for Bulgaria in their Summer Olympics history with his bronze medal in Men's middleweight category,where he reached the semifinal,but lost from Vasile Tiță from Romania.The rules in the boxing are allowing both of the semifinal losers to win bronze medal without a match between them.

AthleteEventFirst RoundSecond roundThird round(Quarterfinal)SemifinalFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Georgi MalezanovMen's featherweight
L 1–2		Did not advance
Lyubomir MarkovMen's lightweight
L 3–0		Did not advance
Petar SpasovMen's light middleweight
W 2–1
W 3–0
L 0–3		Did not advance
Boris NikolovMen's middleweight
W 3-0
W 2–1
W 3–0
L 0–3		Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Road CompetitionMen's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Football

See main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Preliminary round results

Head coach: Krum Milev

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yellow/red
20 January 1925 27 ?
19 February 1923 29 ?
20 September 1923 28 ?
24 March 1931 21?
1 November 1930 21 ?
22 October 1926 25 ?
18 October 1928 23 ?
30 December 1930 21 ?
23 October 1917 34 ?
18 October 1927 24 ?
9 July 1929 23 ?
9 January 1929 23 ?

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics. It's editing right now

Individual
Men
AthleteApparatusTotalRank
FloorRingsPommel horseVaultParallel barsHorizontal bar
TotalTotalTotalTotalTotalTotal
Mincho Todorov9.309.3018.60239.359.1018.45408.958.5017.45819.159.2018.35629.008.9517.95729.309.0518.3544109.1543
Vasil Konstantinov8.309.0517.35889.159.5018.65318.509.1017.60679.008.8517.851038.958.9517.90768.558.3516.90104106.2565
Dimitar Yordanov8.608.6517.25939.209.2518.45447.008.5515.551169.059.0518.10858.909.1518.05669.109.1518.2549105.6568
Nikolay Milev8.608.1516.751129.109.1518.25599.408.8018.20377.659.0516.701519.158.7517.90789.057.0016.05130103.8577
Todor Todorov9.308.7518.05478.808.6517.45967.708.2015.901129.059.0018.05929.009.2018.20558.407.1515.55139103.2083
Nikolay Atanasov7.008.2515.251559.158.8017.95728.958.3017.25829.058.8517.901008.658.3016.951218.208.4516.65114101.9596
Iliya Topalov9.108.7017.90559.309.2018.50379.156.0015.151276.609.0515.651669.256.5015.751526.504.9011.4016994.35140
Stoyan Stoyanov8.95-8.951799.40-9.401829.15-9.151819.20-9.201819.15-9.151819.607.6517.259163.10182
Individual
AthleteApparatusTotal pointsRank
FloorRingsPommel horseVaultParallel barsHorizontal bar
PointsPointsPointsPointsPointsPoints
Mincho Todorov18.602318.454017.458118.356217.957218.3544109.1543
Vasil Konstantinov17.358818.653117.606717.8510317.907616.90104106.2565
Dimitar Yordanov17.259318.454415.5511618.108518.056618.2549105.6568
Nikolay Milev16.7511418.255918.203716.7015117.907816.05130103.8577
Todor Todorov18.055017.459615.9011218.059218.205515.55139103.2083
Nikolay Atanasov15.2515517.957217.258217.9010016.9512116.65114101.9596
Iliya Topalov17.905718.503715.1512715.6516615.7515211.4016994.35140
Stoyan Stoyanov8.951799.401829.151819.201819.1518117.259163.10182
Team

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Six shooters represented Bulgaria in 1952.

Men
AthleteEventFinal
ScoreRank
Ivan IvanovTrap18216
Georgi Keranov25 m rapid fire pistol56117
Nikolay Khristozov50 m pistol50041
Stoyan Popov50 m pistol51726
Khristo ShopovTrap16830
Todor Stanchev25 m rapid fire pistol55225

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bulgaria at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090231/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BUL/summer/1952/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 February 2015 . sports-reference.com.

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