Bulgaria at the 1960 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:BUL
Nocname:Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1960
Website: 
Location:Rome
Competitors:98
Sports:12
Flagbearer:Georgi Panov
Rank:15
Gold:1
Silver:3
Bronze:3
Appearances:auto

Bulgaria competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 98 competitors, 89 men and 9 women, took part in 66 events in 12 sports.[1]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Dimitar DobrevWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman middleweight31 August
Krali BimbalovWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman Light heavyweight31 August
Nezhdet ZalevWrestlingMen's freestyle bantamweight6 September
Stancho IvanovWrestlingMen's freestyle featherweight6 September
Velik KapsazovGymnasticsMen's rings10 September
Dinko PetrovWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman bantamweight30 August
Enyu ValchevWrestlingMen's freestyle lightweight5 September

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Preliminary round

Group B

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3 2 1 201 192 +9 5
3 2 1 193 199 −6 5
3 1 2 187 190 −3 4
3 1 2 209 209 0 4

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=1Boris LyubenovC-1 1000 m4:47.652 Q4:44.932 Q4:42.528
align=left rowspan=1Marin Gopov
Toma Sokolov
C-2 1000 m4:39.68 6 Q4:48.062 Q4:31.526
align=left rowspan=1Lyubomir OresharovK-1 1000 mDNSdid not advance
align=left rowspan=1K-2 1000 m3:49.886 Q3:53.274 did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Five male cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1960.

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Stoyan Georgiev DemirevMen's road race4:25:4452
Dimitar KotevDNF
Boyan KotsevDNF
Ognyan ToshevDNF
Boyan Kotsev
Dimitar Kotev
Ognyan Toshev
Stoyan Georgiev Demirev
Team time trial2:26:20.4817

Track

1000m time trial

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Two fencers, both men, represented Bulgaria in 1960.

Men's foil
Men's sabre

Football

See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

First round

Group A

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3210134+95
321083+55
3012411-71
3012310-71

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Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Five shooters represented Bulgaria at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Dencho Denev50 m pistol53224
Martsel Koen50 m rifle prone3913 Q5858
Todor Kozlovski50 m pistol53225
Ivan Lazarov50 m rifle three positions54915 Q112020
Velichko Velichkov50 m rifle three positions55511 Q112814
50 m rifle prone37732did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventMilitary pressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Kiril Georgiev60 kg9511100713083259
Ivan Yordanov67,5 kg10024NVLACDNS100DNF
Ivan Abadzhiev75 kg107.517122.531401237012
Mikhail Abadzhiev10518NVLACDNS105DNF
Petar Tachev82.5 kg1302125316064156
Vladimir Savov90 kg11020137.521655412.56
Ivan Veselinov+90 kg14091307NVLAC270DNF

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bulgaria at the 1960 Rome Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045830/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BUL/summer/1960/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 31 July 2014 . sports-reference.com.