Bulgaria at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Bulgaria at the
1992 Winter Olympics
Bulgaria at the; 1992 Winter Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Albertville
Competitors	30 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Iva Karagiozova-Shkodreva
Medals	Gold0Silver0Bronze0Total0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated June 29, 2023

Bulgaria competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	3	0	3
Biathlon	5	5	10
Bobsleigh	5	–	5
Cross-country skiing	5	1	6
Figure skating	0	1	1
Luge	2	1	3
Ski jumping	3	–	3
Total	22	8	30

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Petar Dichev	Downhill			2:01.21	37
Lyubomir Popov	Super-G			DSQ	–
Borislav Dimitrachkov				1:20.67	52
Petar Dichev				1:18.87	45
Borislav Dimitrachkov	Giant Slalom	1:12.08	1:09.57	2:21.65	41
Lyubomir Popov		1:10.72	1:07.29	2:18.01	33
Petar Dichev		1:09.85	1:06.53	2:16.38	30
Lyubomir Popov	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Borislav Dimitrachkov		57.48	57.67	1:55.15	33
Petar Dichev		56.21	56.70	1:52.91	26

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Petar Dichev	1:53.52	50.80	52.80	101.59	22
Lyubomir Popov	1:52.74	48.72	DNF	DNF	–

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Spas Gulev	2	30:16.6	74
	Boycho Popov	1	29:44.6	65
	Spas Zlatev	1	28:45.9	54
	Krasimir Videnov	1	28:04.0	35

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Boycho Popov	1'04:03.7	3	1'07:03.7	73
	Khristo Vodenicharov	1'01:32.7	4	1'05:32.7	68
	Spas Zlatev	1'00:26.2	1	1'01:26.2	31
	Krasimir Videnov	58:32.5	1	59:32.5	14

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Krasimir Videnov Khristo Vodenicharov Spas Gulev Spas Zlatev	0	1'31:49.6	14

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Iva Karagiozova-Shkodreva	5	27:42.6	33
	Vera Vucheva	1	27:01.0	23
	Silvana Blagoeva	2	25:33.5	8
	Nadezhda Aleksieva	0	24:55.8	4

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Silvana Blagoeva	51:42.3	5	56:42.3	25
	Iva Karagiozova-Shkodreva	51:22.4	4	55:22.4	17
	Mariya Manolova	52:10.6	3	55:10.6	16
	Nadezhda Aleksieva	51:30.2	1	52:30.2	5

Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Silvana Blagoeva Nadezhda Aleksieva Iva Karagiozova-Shkodreva	0	1'18:54.8	4

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
BUL-1	Tsvetozar Viktorov Valentin Atanasov	Two-man	1:02.35	31	1:02.11	25	1:02.20	25	1:02.11	21	4:08.77	28
BUL-2	Nikolay Dimitrov Dimitar Dimitrov	Two-man	1:02.89	36	1:03.59	39	1:03.86	41	1:03.43	38	4:13.62	39

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
BUL-1	Tsvetozar Viktorov Dimitar Dimitrov Yordan Ivanov Valentin Atanasov	Four-man	1:00.05	24	1:00.28	24	1:00.09	22	1:00.17	22	4:00.59	22

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Petar Zografov	35:42.2	86
	Iskren Plankov	32:49.2	70
	Ivan Smilenov	31:54.7	55
	Slavcho Batinkov	31:47.4	53
15 km pursuit¹ F	Petar Zografov	50:15.6	71
15 km pursuit¹ F	Slavcho Batinkov	46:41.6	63
30 km C	Iskren Plankov	1'36:58.2	67
	Slavcho Batinkov	1'34:39.2	63
	Ivan Smilenov	1'32:25.5	53
50 km F	Spas Zlatev	2'28:07.1	59
50 km F	Petar Zografov	2'22:20.8	50

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Ivan Smilenov Iskren Plankov Petar Zografov Slavcho Batinkov	1'51:28.0	13

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Reneta Bancheva	16:16.0	50
10 km pursuit² F	Reneta Bancheva	32:28.3	50
15 km C	Reneta Bancheva	50:17.4	45
30 km F	Reneta Bancheva	1'41:44.9	52

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Viktoria Dimitrova	18	17	26.0	17

Luge

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ilko Karacholov Ivan Karacholov	47.538	17	47.514	17	1:35.052	17

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Albena Zdravkova	48.961	23	48.880	24	49.127	24	49.271	24	3:16.239	24

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Zakhari Sotirov	Normal hill	74.0	78.9	75.5	78.3	157.2	56
Vladimir Breychev		78.5	87.6	77.5	85.0	172.6	50
Emil Zografski		80.5	95.3	77.5	88.0	183.3	40
Emil Zografski	Large hill	77.5	35.0	83.5	47.4	82.4	56
Zakhari Sotirov		80.0	38.0	87.0	54.3	92.3	55
Vladimir Breychev		91.0	61.4	93.5	64.9	126.3	46

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