Bulgaria at the 1968 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BUL
Nocname:	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1968
Website:
Location:	Mexico City
Competitors:	112
Competitors Men:	102
Competitors Women:	10
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Prodan Gardzhev
Rank:	18
Gold:	2
Silver:	4
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Petar Kirov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman flyweight	26 October
	Boyan Radev	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight	26 October
	Enyu Todorov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight	20 October
	Enyu Valchev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight	20 October
	Osman Duraliev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight	20 October
	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	26 October
	Prodan Gardzhev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight	20 October
	Ivan Mihailov	Boxing	Men's featherweight	24 October
	Georgi Stankov	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	24 October

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

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

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					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

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	17.25	6
Katya Lazova	High jump	1.68	18 Q	Did not advance

Combined events – Pentathlon

Athlete	Event					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

See main article: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Group B

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Qualified for the semifinals

width=170	Team	width=20		width=20		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=20	Pts
	7	0	642	408	+234	14
	6	1	561	418	+143	13
	5	2	493	443	+50	12
	4	3	473	504	−31	11
	3	4	456	478	−22	10
	2	5	514	532	−18	9
	1	6	453	530	−77	8
	0	7	355	634	−279	7

October 13October 14October 15October 16October 18October 19October 20

9th–12th Place

October 23

9th–10th Place

October 24

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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		L 1-4	Did not advance
Nikola Savov	Bantamweight	W RSC	W RSC	L RSC	Did not advance
Ivan Mihailov	Featherweight	W 4-1	W 5-0		W 3-2	L 0-5	Did not advance
	Lightweight		W 5-0	W 4-1	L 1-4	Did not advance
Petar Stoitchev	Light Welterweight		W 5-0	W 4-1	L RSC	Did not advance
	Welterweight		W DSQ-3	L RSC	Did not advance
Simon Georgiev	Middleweight	W 4-1			L 1-4	Did not advance
Georgi Stankov	Light heavyweight		W 4-1		W 5-0	L 0-5	Did not advance
Kiril Pandov	Heavyweight	W 3-2	L 0-5	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men

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

Football

See main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Group D

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	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	5
	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
	3	1	1	1	10	3	+7	3
	3	0	0	3	1	19	-18	0

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Quarter-finals

Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.

Gold Medal match

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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	7:12.08	2 Q	6:58.48	4
Georgi Atanasov Georgi Nikolov Veselin Staievski	Coxed pair	8:11.13	1 Q	8:06.41	5 FB	7:58.10	8

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Angel Chakarov	align=left rowspan=1	200 m individual medley	2:24.0	26	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	400 m individual medley	5:10.9	16	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	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
align=left rowspan=3	Mariya Nikolova	align=left rowspan=1	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

See main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Round robin

See main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bulgaria at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045628/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BUL/summer/1968/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-08-13 . sports-reference.com.