| Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BUL |
| NOC | Bulgarian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Helsinki, Finland 19 July–3 August 1952 | |
| Competitors | 63 in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Boris Nikolov |
| Medals Ranked 40th |
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| 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]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Boris Nikolov | Boxing | Men's Middleweight | 1 August |
The fastest two from each heat qualifies for the quarterfinals.
| Fencer | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Angel Gavrilov | 100m | 11.29 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Angel Kolev | 100m | 11.01 | 2 Q | DSQ | Did not advance | ||||
| 200m | 22.24 | 2 Q | 22.07 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Tsvetana Berkovska | Women's 100m | 12.20 | 2 Q | 12.30 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| Women's 200m | 25.20 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Nikola Dagorov | Triple jump | 13.82 | 30 | Did not advance | |
| 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 |
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.
| 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 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.
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Second round | Third round(Quarterfinal) | Semifinal | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Georgi Malezanov | Men's featherweight |  Erdei (HUN)L 1–2 | Did not advance | |||||
| Lyubomir Markov | Men's lightweight |  Wohlers (GER)L 3–0 | Did not advance | |||||
| Petar Spasov | Men's light middleweight |  Foster (GBR)W 2–1 | Kontula (FIN) W 3–0 | Papp (HUN) L 0–3 | Did not advance | |||
| Boris Nikolov | Men's middleweight |  Stürmer (LUX)W 3-0 | Gooding (GBR) W 2–1 | Wemhömer (GER) W 3–0 |  Tiță (ROU)L 0–3 | Did not advance | | |
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
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 | ? | Spartak Sofia | ||||||
| FW | Petar Argirov | 19 February 1923 | 29 | ? | Lokomotiv Sofia | ||||||
| MF | Stefan Bozhkov | 20 September 1923 | 28 | ? | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| MF | Georgi Eftimov | 24 March 1931 | 21 | ? | |||||||
| FW | Ivan Kolev | 1 November 1930 | 21 | ? | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| DF | Manol Manolov | 22 October 1926 | 25 | ? | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| FW | Dimitar Milanov | 18 October 1928 | 23 | ? | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| FW | Panayot Panayotov | 30 December 1930 | 21 | ? | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| GK | Apostol Sokolov | 23 October 1917 | 34 | ? | Spartak Sofia | ||||||
| FW | Dimitar Stoyanov | 18 October 1927 | 24 | ? | |||||||
| MF | Gavril Stoyanov | 9 July 1929 | 23 | ? | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| FW | Krum Yanev | 9 January 1929 | 23 | ? | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
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| Athlete | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Rings | Pommel horse | Vault | Parallel bars | Horizontal bar | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Comp. | Vol. | Total | R | Comp. | Vol. | Total | R | Comp. | Vol. | Total | R | Comp. | Vol. | Total | R | Comp. | Vol. | Total | R | Comp. | Vol. | Total | R | |||
| Mincho Todorov | 9.30 | 9.30 | 18.60 | 23 | 9.35 | 9.10 | 18.45 | 40 | 8.95 | 8.50 | 17.45 | 81 | 9.15 | 9.20 | 18.35 | 62 | 9.00 | 8.95 | 17.95 | 72 | 9.30 | 9.05 | 18.35 | 44 | 109.15 | 43 |
| Vasil Konstantinov | 8.30 | 9.05 | 17.35 | 88 | 9.15 | 9.50 | 18.65 | 31 | 8.50 | 9.10 | 17.60 | 67 | 9.00 | 8.85 | 17.85 | 103 | 8.95 | 8.95 | 17.90 | 76 | 8.55 | 8.35 | 16.90 | 104 | 106.25 | 65 |
| Dimitar Yordanov | 8.60 | 8.65 | 17.25 | 93 | 9.20 | 9.25 | 18.45 | 44 | 7.00 | 8.55 | 15.55 | 116 | 9.05 | 9.05 | 18.10 | 85 | 8.90 | 9.15 | 18.05 | 66 | 9.10 | 9.15 | 18.25 | 49 | 105.65 | 68 |
| Nikolay Milev | 8.60 | 8.15 | 16.75 | 112 | 9.10 | 9.15 | 18.25 | 59 | 9.40 | 8.80 | 18.20 | 37 | 7.65 | 9.05 | 16.70 | 151 | 9.15 | 8.75 | 17.90 | 78 | 9.05 | 7.00 | 16.05 | 130 | 103.85 | 77 |
| Todor Todorov | 9.30 | 8.75 | 18.05 | 47 | 8.80 | 8.65 | 17.45 | 96 | 7.70 | 8.20 | 15.90 | 112 | 9.05 | 9.00 | 18.05 | 92 | 9.00 | 9.20 | 18.20 | 55 | 8.40 | 7.15 | 15.55 | 139 | 103.20 | 83 |
| Nikolay Atanasov | 7.00 | 8.25 | 15.25 | 155 | 9.15 | 8.80 | 17.95 | 72 | 8.95 | 8.30 | 17.25 | 82 | 9.05 | 8.85 | 17.90 | 100 | 8.65 | 8.30 | 16.95 | 121 | 8.20 | 8.45 | 16.65 | 114 | 101.95 | 96 |
| Iliya Topalov | 9.10 | 8.70 | 17.90 | 55 | 9.30 | 9.20 | 18.50 | 37 | 9.15 | 6.00 | 15.15 | 127 | 6.60 | 9.05 | 15.65 | 166 | 9.25 | 6.50 | 15.75 | 152 | 6.50 | 4.90 | 11.40 | 169 | 94.35 | 140 |
| Stoyan Stoyanov | 8.95 | - | 8.95 | 179 | 9.40 | - | 9.40 | 182 | 9.15 | - | 9.15 | 181 | 9.20 | - | 9.20 | 181 | 9.15 | - | 9.15 | 181 | 9.60 | 7.65 | 17.25 | 91 | 63.10 | 182 |
Individual
| Athlete | Apparatus | Total points | Rank | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Rings | Pommel horse | Vault | Parallel bars | Horizontal bar | |||||||||
| Points | Ranking place | Points | Ranking | Points | Ranking | Points | Ranking | Points | Ranking | Points | Ranking | |||
| Mincho Todorov | 18.60 | 23 | 18.45 | 40 | 17.45 | 81 | 18.35 | 62 | 17.95 | 72 | 18.35 | 44 | 109.15 | 43 |
| Vasil Konstantinov | 17.35 | 88 | 18.65 | 31 | 17.60 | 67 | 17.85 | 103 | 17.90 | 76 | 16.90 | 104 | 106.25 | 65 |
| Dimitar Yordanov | 17.25 | 93 | 18.45 | 44 | 15.55 | 116 | 18.10 | 85 | 18.05 | 66 | 18.25 | 49 | 105.65 | 68 |
| Nikolay Milev | 16.75 | 114 | 18.25 | 59 | 18.20 | 37 | 16.70 | 151 | 17.90 | 78 | 16.05 | 130 | 103.85 | 77 |
| Todor Todorov | 18.05 | 50 | 17.45 | 96 | 15.90 | 112 | 18.05 | 92 | 18.20 | 55 | 15.55 | 139 | 103.20 | 83 |
| Nikolay Atanasov | 15.25 | 155 | 17.95 | 72 | 17.25 | 82 | 17.90 | 100 | 16.95 | 121 | 16.65 | 114 | 101.95 | 96 |
| Iliya Topalov | 17.90 | 57 | 18.50 | 37 | 15.15 | 127 | 15.65 | 166 | 15.75 | 152 | 11.40 | 169 | 94.35 | 140 |
| Stoyan Stoyanov | 8.95 | 179 | 9.40 | 182 | 9.15 | 181 | 9.20 | 181 | 9.15 | 181 | 17.25 | 91 | 63.10 | 182 |
| Athlete | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Total | Rank | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Rings | Pommel horse | Vault | Parallel bars | Horizontal bar | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Comp. | Vol. | Total | Rank | Comp. | Vol. | Total | Rank | Comp. | Vol. | Total | Rank | Comp. | Vol. | Total | Rank | Comp. | Vol. | Total | Rank | Comp. | Vol. | Total | Rank | |||
| Mincho Todorov Vasil Konstantinov Dimitar Yordanov Nikolay Milev Todor Todorov Nikolay Atanasov Iliya Topalov Stoyan Stoyanov | 45.25 | 44.55 | 89.80 | 9 | 46.40 | 46.20 | 92.60 | 7 | 45.60 | 43.25 | 88.85 | 10 | 45.45 | 45.40 | 90.85 | 15 | 45.55 | 45.00 | 90.55 | 11 | 45.60 | 42.65 | 88.25 | 11 | 540.90 | 9 |
Six shooters represented Bulgaria in 1952.
| 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 |
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