Bulgaria at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
in Mexico City
Competitors	112 (102 men and 10 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Prodan Gardzhev
Medals Ranked 18th	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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
Gold	Petar Kirov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman flyweight	26 October
Gold	Boyan Radev	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight	26 October
Silver	Enyu Todorov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight	20 October
Silver	Enyu Valchev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight	20 October
Silver	Osman Duraliev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight	20 October
Silver	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
Bronze	Prodan Gardzhev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight	20 October
Bronze	Ivan Mihailov	Boxing	Men's featherweight	24 October
Bronze	Georgi Stankov	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	24 October

Athletics

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
Ivailo Sharankov	Marathon	—N/a						2:39:49	30
Nikola Simeonov		—N/a						2:48:30	42
Mikhail Zhelev	3000 m steeplechase	9:01.96	2 Q	—N/a				8:58.41	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Georgi Stoykovski	Triple jump	16.24	6 Q	16.46	9

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	100H	DT	PV	JT	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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Snezhana Yurukova	80 m hurdles	11.0	6	Did not advance

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	—N/a		17.25	6
Katya Lazova	High jump	1.68	18 Q	Did not advance

Combined events – Pentathlon

Athlete	Event	80H	SP	HJ	LJ	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

Main article: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Group B

Qualified for the semifinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	7	0	642	408	+234	14
Brazil	6	1	561	418	+143	13
Mexico	5	2	493	443	+50	12
Poland	4	3	473	504	−31	11
Bulgaria	3	4	456	478	−22	10
Cuba	2	5	514	532	−18	9
South Korea	1	6	453	530	−77	8
Morocco	0	7	355	634	−279	7

October 13

Cuba

61–70

Bulgaria

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 14

Brazil

75–59

Bulgaria

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 15

Morocco

59–77

Bulgaria

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 16

Soviet Union

81–56

Bulgaria

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 18

Mexico

73–63

Bulgaria

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 19

Bulgaria

67–69

Poland

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 20

Bulgaria

64–60

South Korea

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

9th–12th Place

October 23

Bulgaria

83–79

Panama

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

9th–10th Place

October 24

Bulgaria

57–67

Puerto Rico

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

Boxing

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	BYE	Gabriel Ogun  (NIG) L 1-4	Did not advance
Nikola Savov	Bantamweight	Godfrey Mwamba  (ZAM) W RSC	Fermín Espinosa  (CUB) W RSC	Chang Kyou-chul  (KOR) L RSC	Did not advance
Ivan Mihailov	Featherweight	Jan Wadas  (POL) W 4-1	Nils-Dag Stromme  (NOR) W 5-0	—N/a	Seyfi Tatar  (TUR) W 3-2	Al Robinson  (USA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Stoiane Pilitchev	Lightweight	BYE	Bayu Ayele  (ETH) W 5-0	Antonio Durán  (MEX) W 4-1	Calistrat Cuțov  (ROU) L 1-4	Did not advance
Petar Stoitchev	Light Welterweight	BYE	Ali Kilicoglu  (TUR) W 5-0	Vaselinovic Ljubinko  (YUG) W 4-1	Arto Nilsson  (FIN) L RSC	Did not advance
Ivan Kiriakov	Welterweight	BYE	Bohumil Němeček  (TCH) W DSQ-3	Celal Sandal  (TUR) L RSC	Did not advance
Simon Georgiev	Middleweight	Mario Casati  (ITA) W 4-1	BYE	—N/a	Alfred Jones  (USA) L 1-4	Did not advance
Georgi Stankov	Light heavyweight	BYE	Arthur Redden  (ITA) W 4-1	—N/a	Bernard Malherbe  (FRA) W 5-0	Danas Pozniakas  (URS) L 0-5	Did not advance
Kiril Pandov	Heavyweight	Milos Petar  (YUG) W 3-2	—N/a		Giorgio Bambini  (ITA) L 0-5	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Boris Lyubenov	C-1 1000 m	4:36.2	5 Q	—N/a		4:35.82	2 Q	4:43.43	5
Ivan Valov Aleksandar Damyanov	C-2 1000 m	4:26.1	4 Q	BYE		4:22.17	3 Q	4:22.89	8

Football

Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	5
Guatemala	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	10	3	+7	3
Thailand	3	0	0	3	1	19	−18	0

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1968-10-14

12:00

Bulgaria	7 – 0	Thailand
Gyonin 25' Zhekov 55' Mihaylov 56'61' Zafirov 73' Nikodimov 85' Ivkov 88'	Report

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Referee: Guillermo Velasquez

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1968-10-16

12:00

Bulgaria	2 – 2	Czechoslovakia
Georgiev 44' Zhekov 77'	Report	Jarabinský 25' Petráš 42'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Abel Aguilar Elizalde

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1968-10-18

12:00

Bulgaria	2 – 1	Guatemala
Nikodimov 50' Zhekov 84'	Report	López Oliva 88'

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Referee: Raul Osorio

Quarter-finals

1968-10-20

12:00

Bulgaria	1 – 1	Israel
Hristakiev 5'	Report	Feigenbaum 89'

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian

Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.

Semi-finals

22 October 1968

12:00

Mexico	2–3	Bulgaria
Morales 39' Pulido Rodríguez 48'	Report	Zhekov 8' Mihaylov 9' Veselinov 58'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn

Gold Medal match

1968-10-26

12:00

Hungary	4 – 1	Bulgaria
Menczel 40' A. Dunai 41'49' Juhász 62'	Report	Veselinov 22'

Azteca Stadium, Mexico City

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Diego De Leo

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

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

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

Shooting

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

Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Round robin

Main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Soviet Union	9	8	1	17	26	8	3.250	464	326	1.423
2	Japan	9	7	2	16	24	6	4.000	430	258	1.667
3	Czechoslovakia	9	7	2	16	22	15	1.467	454	417	1.089
4	East Germany	9	6	3	15	22	12	1.833	449	374	1.201
5	Poland	9	6	3	15	18	11	1.636	371	281	1.320
6	Bulgaria	9	4	5	13	16	17	0.941	379	385	0.984
7	United States	9	4	5	13	15	18	0.833	383	414	0.925
8	Belgium	9	2	7	11	6	24	0.250	239	417	0.573
9	Brazil	9	1	8	10	8	25	0.320	357	469	0.761
10	Mexico	9	0	9	9	6	27	0.222	289	474	0.610

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Mexico	15–9	15–4	15–6			45–19
16 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Belgium	15–10	15–1	15–5			45–16
17 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–10	15–9	15–10			45–29
19 Oct	Bulgaria	3–2	United States	10–15	17–15	7–15	15–7	16–14	65–66
20 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	15–8	18–16	15–3			48–27
21 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Bulgaria	15–7	10–15	15–9	4–15	15–7	59–53
23 Oct	Poland	3–0	Bulgaria	15–3	15–5	15–10			45–18
24 Oct	East Germany	3–2	Bulgaria	15–11	8–15	15–10	10–15	15–7	63–58
25 Oct	Japan	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–6	15–5			45–18

Weightlifting

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

Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Bulgaria at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-08-13.