Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation
Bulgaria at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBUL
NOCBulgarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Helsinki, Finland
19 July–3 August 1952
Competitors63 in 8 sports
Flag bearer Boris Nikolov
Medals
Ranked 40th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Boris Nikolov Boxing Men's Middleweight 1 August

Athletics

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group 2

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 192 143 +49 6
 Bulgaria 3 2 1 163 182 −19 5
 Mexico 3 1 2 172 171 +1 4
 Finland 3 0 3 147 178 −31 3
Bulgaria  46–74  Soviet Union
Mexico  44–52  Bulgaria
Finland  64–65  Bulgaria

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

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Uruguay 3 2 1 194 187 +7 5
 Argentina 3 2 1 226 174 +52 5
 Bulgaria 3 1 2 177 220 −43 4
 France 3 1 2 178 194 −16 4
Bulgaria  56–100  Argentina
Bulgaria  54–62  Uruguay
France  58–67  Bulgaria

Classification matches

5-8th-place match

Bulgaria  53–60  Chile

7th-place match

France  44–58  Bulgaria

Boxing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

  • Petar Georgiev — 5:24:34.0 (→ 46th place)
  • Boyan Kotsev — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Ilya Velchev — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Milcho Rosev — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Equestrian

Football

Preliminary round results
Soviet Union 2–1 (a.e.t.) Bulgaria
Bobrov 100'
Trofimov 104'
Report Kolev 95'
Attendance: 10,637
Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN)

 Bulgaria

Head coach: Krum Milev

Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
DF Boris Apostolov 20 January 1925 27 ? Bulgaria Spartak Sofia
FW Petar Argirov 19 February 1923 29 ? Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
MF Stefan Bozhkov 20 September 1923 28 ? Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
MF Georgi Eftimov 24 March 1931 21 ?
FW Ivan Kolev 1 November 1930 21 ? Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
DF Manol Manolov 22 October 1926 25 ? Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
FW Dimitar Milanov 18 October 1928 23 ? Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
FW Panayot Panayotov 30 December 1930 21 ? Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
GK Apostol Sokolov 23 October 1917 34 ? Bulgaria Spartak Sofia
FW Dimitar Stoyanov 18 October 1927 24 ?
MF Gavril Stoyanov 9 July 1929 23 ? Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
FW Krum Yanev 9 January 1929 23 ? Bulgaria CSKA Sofia

Gymnastics

Shooting

Six shooters represented Bulgaria in 1952.

Men
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Ivan Ivanov Trap 182 16
Georgi Keranov 25 m rapid fire pistol 561 17
Nikolay Khristozov 50 m pistol 500 41
Stoyan Popov 50 m pistol 517 26
Khristo Shopov Trap 168 30
Todor Stanchev 25 m rapid fire pistol 552 25

References

  1. ^ "Bulgaria at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2015.

External links

  • Official Olympic Reports
  • International Olympic Committee results database


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