| Noc: | BUL |
| Nocname: | Bulgarian Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Winter Olympics |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Nagano |
| Competitors: | 19 |
| Sports: | 6 |
| Rank: | 15 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1936 |
Bulgaria competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Bulgaria won its first ever gold medal when Ekaterina Dafovska won the Women's 15 km Biathlon.
See main article: 1998 Winter Olympics medal table.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Biathlon | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Cross-country skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Figure skating | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Short track speed skating | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Snowboarding | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 11 | 19 |
See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Lyubomir Popov | Giant Slalom | DNF | - | DNF | - |
| Stefan Georgiev | 1:27.76 | 1:23.13 | 2:50.89 | 32 | |
| Angel Pumpalov | Slalom | DNF | - | DNF | - |
| Lyubomir Popov | DNF | - | DNF | - | |
| Petar Dichev | 59.62 | DNF | DNF | - | |
| Stefan Georgiev | 57.95 | 58.17 | 1:56.12 | 22 | |
Men's combined
See main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 km Sprint | Pavlina Filipova | 3 | 25:34.8 | 41 |
| Ekaterina Dafovska | 2 | 25:06.7 | 29 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km | Pavlina Filipova | 54:18.1 | 1 | 55:18.1 | 4 |
| Ekaterina Dafovska | 53:52.0 | 1 | 54:52.0 |
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.
See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
| Event | Athlete | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |||
| 10 km C | Slavcho Batinkov | 33:23.2 | 84 | |
| 15 km pursuit1 F | Slavcho Batinkov | 49:41.5 | 61 | |
| 30 km C | Slavcho Batinkov | 1'50:35.0 | 60 | |
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
| Event | Athlete | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |||
| 5 km C | Irina Nikulchina | 20:52.6 | 70 | |
| 10 km pursuit2 F | Irina Nikulchina | 34:13.5 | 53 | |
| 15 km C | Irina Nikulchina | 57:07.2 | 63 | |
| 30 km F | Irina Nikulchina | 1'31:04.7 | 28 | |
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
See main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
See main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round one | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Finals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank | ||
| Evgeniya Radanova | 500 m | 45.977 | 1 Q | DSQ | - | did not advance | |||
| Daniela Vlaeva | 46.681 | 3 | did not advance | ||||||
| Daniela Vlaeva | 1000 m | 1:37.124 | 3 | did not advance | |||||
| Evgeniya Radanova | 1:39.279 | 2 Q | 1:38.510 | 3 | did not advance | ||||
See main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics.