In total, 19 athletes represented Bulgaria in six different sports including alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, figure skating, short track speed skating and snowboarding.
Bulgaria only medal winner at the games was Ekaterina Dafovska who won gold in the women's individual biathlon. It was Bulgaria's first ever gold medal and their first winter Olympic medal since 1980.[1]
The men's combined took place on 10 and 13 February 1998. Dichev completed his first slalom run on 10 February in 51.16 seconds but was disqualified following his second run for a gate infringement.[3][4]
The men's giant slalom took place on 19 February 1998. Georgiev completed his first run in one minute 27.76 seconds. Popov did not finish his first run and did not take part in the second runs. Georgiev completed his second run in one minute 23.13 seconds for a combined time of two minutes 50.89 seconds to finish 32nd overall.[5]
The women's slalom also took place on 19 February 1998. Vassileva completed her first run in 52.68 seconds and her second run in 52.76 seconds for a combined time of one minute 45.44 seconds to finish 26th overall.[6]
The men's slalom took place on 21 February 1998. Georgiev completed his first run in 57.95 seconds and Dichev completed his first run in 59.62 seconds. Popov and Pumpalov did not finish their first runs and did not take part in the second runs. Dichev did not finish his second run. Georgiev completed his second run in 58.17 seconds for a combined time of one minute 56.12 seconds to finish 22nd overall.[7]
The women's individual took place on 9 February 1998. Dafovska completed the course in 53 minutes 52 seconds but with one shooting miss for an adjusted time of 54 minutes 52 seconds to win gold. Filipova completed the course in 54 minutes 18.1 seconds but with one shooting miss for an adjusted time of 55 minutes 18.1 seconds to finish fourth overall, 0.2 seconds behind bronze.[8]
The men's individual took place on 11 February 1998. Kasabov completed the course in one hour one minute 59.5 seconds but with five shooting misses for an adjusted time of one hour six minutes 59.5 seconds to finish 67th overall.[9]
The women's sprint took place on 15 February 1998. Dafovska completed the course in 25 minutes 6.7 seconds with two shooting misses to finish 29th overall. Filipova completed the course in 25 minutes 34.8 seconds with three shooting misses to finish 41st overall.[10]
The men's sprint took place on 18 February 1998. Kasabov completed the course in 31 minutes 9.5 seconds with no shooting misses to finish 57th overall.[11]
The women's relay took place on 19 February 1998. Popova, the lead-off, completed the course in 28 minutes six seconds with no shooting misses but one extra shot. On the second leg, Dafovska completed the course in 24 minutes 56.4 seconds with no shooting misses. On the third leg, Filipova completed the course in 27 minutes 52.7 seconds but with three shooting misses and five extra shots. On the anchor leg, Peychinova completed the course in 28 minutes 0.1 seconds with no shooting misses but three extra shots. The team took a combined time of one hour 48 minutes 55.2 seconds to finish 16th overall.[12]
The women's 15km classical also took place on 8 February 1998. Nikulchina completed the course in 57 minutes 7.2 seconds to finish 63rd overall.[13]
The men's 30km classical took place on 9 February 1998. Batinkov completed the course in one hour 50 minutes 35 seconds to finish 60th overall.[14]
The women's 5km classical also took place on 9 February 1998. Nikulchina completed the course in 20 minutes 52.6 seconds to finish 70th overall.[15]
The women's 10km freestyle pursuit took place on 10 February 1998. Nikulchina completed the combined courses in 34 minutes 13.5 seconds to finish 53rd overall.[16]
The men's 10km classical took place on 12 February 1998. Batinkov completed the course in 33 minutes 23.2 seconds to finish 84th overall.[17]
The men's 15km freestyle pursuit took place on 14 February 1998. Batinkov completed the combined courses in 49 minutes 41.5 seconds to finish 61st overall.[18]
The women's 30km freestyle also took place on 20 February 1998. Nikulchina completed the course in one hour 31 minutes 4.7 seconds to finish 28th overall.[19]
The women's 500m took place on 19 February 1998. In round one, Radanova finished first in heat six to advance to the quarter-finals. Vlaeva finished third in heat eight and did not advance. In the quarter-finals, Radanova was disqualified from heat three.[23]
The women's 1000m took place on 21 February 1998. In round one, Radanova finished second in heat seven to advance to the quarter-finals. Vlaeva finished third in heat two and did not advance. In the quarter-finals, Radanova finished third in heat two and did not advance.[24]
One Bulgarian athlete participated in the snowboarding events – Mariya Dimova.[2]
The women's giant slalom took place on 9 February 1998. Dimova completed her first run in one minute 23.31 seconds and her second run in one minute 19.53 seconds for a combined time of two minutes 42.84 seconds to finish 20th overall.[25]
Bulgaria did not participate in 1984 due to a boycott.
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