Bulgaria at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Bulgaria at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
IOC code BUL
NOC Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website www.bgolympic.org  (in Bulgarian and English)
in London
Competitors63 in 16 sports
Flag bearers Yordan Yovchev (opening)
Stanka Zlateva (closing)
Medals
Ranked 63rd
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Bulgaria competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. It was the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having missed the Olympics on three occasions, including the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the Soviet boycott. Despite this being London's third Olympic Games, this was the first time a Bulgarian team appeared at a London Olympics. The Bulgarian Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games, tying the record with Helsinki in 1952, and with Tokyo in 1964. A total of 63 athletes, 36 men and 27 women, competed in 16 sports. Men's volleyball was the only team event in which Bulgaria was represented in these Olympic games. There was only a single competitor in badminton, sprint canoeing, fencing, and judo.

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The Bulgarian team featured three Olympic medalists from Beijing in freestyle wrestling: Stanka Zlateva, who won the silver, Radoslav Velikov and Kiril Terziev, who both won the bronze. Among these medalists, only Zlateva managed to repeat her silver medal in London, losing out to Russia's Natalia Vorobieva in the final match. Two Bulgarian athletes, on the other hand, made their sixth Olympic appearance: pistol shooter, two-time gold medalist, and former Olympic record holder Maria Grozdeva, and rings gymnast and multiple-time Olympic medalist Yordan Yovchev, who was also the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. [1]

Bulgaria, however, failed to win the gold medal for the first time since 1952, after achieving poor athletic performance at these Olympic games. [2] Only two medals were awarded to the athletes, including the bronze medal won by heavyweight boxer Tervel Pulev.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Stanka Zlateva Wrestling Women's freestyle 72 kg 9 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Milka Maneva Weightlifting Women's 63 kg 31 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tervel Pulev Boxing Men's heavyweight 10 August

Archery

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Yavor Hristov Men's individual 66335Flag of Mexico.svg  Álvarez  (MEX) (30)
L 0–6
Did not advance

Athletics

Bulgarian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): [3] [4]

In May 2012, the Bulgarian athletics federation announced a two-year ban for Inna Eftimova after testing positive for somatotropin at the World Championships held in August 2011 in Daegu, South Korea. As a consequence of the ban she will miss the 2012 London Olympics.

Key
Men
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Georgi Ivanov Shot put 19.6322Did not advance
Viktor Ninov High jump 2.1628Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Silvia Danekova 3000 m steeplechase 9:59.5211Did not advance
Ivet Lalova 100 m Bye11.062 Q11.316Did not advance
200 m 23.015 q22.986Did not advance
Vanya Stambolova 400 m hurdles DNFDid not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Andriana Banova Triple jump 13.3332Did not advance
Radoslava Mavrodieva Shot put NMDid not advance
Venelina Veneva High jump 1.8520Did not advance

Badminton

Bulgaria have won 1 quota for the women's singles competition.

AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Petya Nedelcheva Women's singles Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Zaitsava  (BLR)
W 21–7, 21–19
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Firdasari  (INA)
L 10–21, 15–21
2Did not advance

Boxing

Bulgaria has so far qualified boxers for the following events

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Aleksandar Aleksandrov Light flyweight Flag of Mozambique.svg  Máquina  (MOZ)
W 22–7
Flag of South Korea.svg  Shin J-H  (KOR)
W 15–14
Flag of Thailand.svg  Pongprayoon  (THA)
L 10–16
Did not advance
Detelin Dalakliev Bantamweight Flag of South Africa.svg  Sonjica  (RSA)
W 15–6
Flag of Australia.svg  Balla  (AUS)
W 14–10
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Campbell  (GBR)
L 15–16
Did not advance
Tervel Pulev Heavyweight Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang  (CHN)
W 10–7
Flag of Argentina.svg  Peralta  (ARG)
W 13–10
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Usyk  (UKR)
L 5–21
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Stoyka Petrova Flyweight Flag of New Zealand.svg  Fernandes  (NZL)
W 23–11
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Adams  (GBR)
L 7–16
Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Bulgaria has gained a quota place for the following sprint event; [5]

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Miroslav Kirchev Men's K-1 1000 m 3:30.7683 Q3:30.8185 FB3:33.05111

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Spas Gyurov Men's road race Did not finish
Danail Petrov 5:46:3761

Fencing

Bulgaria has qualified 1 fencer.

Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Margarita Tschomakova Individual sabre Flag of Ukraine.svg  Kharlan  (UKR)
L 8–15
Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Yordan Yovchev Rings 15.30815.3088 Q15.10815.1087
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Ralitsa Mileva All-around 12.20013.20010.96612.06648.43256Did not advance

Rhythmic

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
HoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRank
Silvia Miteva Individual 27.70027.80027.32528.100110.9254 Q27.45027.10026.75027.650108.9508
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
5 balls3 ribbons
2 hoops
TotalRank5 balls3 ribbons
2 hoops
TotalRank
Reneta Kamberova
Mihaela Maevska
Tsvetelina Naydenova
Elena Todorova
Hristiana Todorova
Katrin Velkova
Team 27.25027.37554.6254 Q27.95026.42554.3756

Judo

Bulgaria have won 1 quota for the men's competition

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Martin Ivanov Men's −66 kg ByeFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Lim  (KAZ)
L 0001–0101
Did not advance

Sailing

Bulgaria has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Yoan Kolev RS:X 2931391620352619198EL20726
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Irina Konstantinova-Bontemps RS:X 23221520232020162421EL18022

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Bulgaria has gained four quota places in the shooting events; [6]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Anton Rizov 50 m rifle 3 positions 116224Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 58842Did not advance
10 m air rifle 59322Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Antoaneta Boneva 25 m pistol 58210Did not advance
10 m air pistol 3849Did not advance
Mariya Grozdeva 25 m pistol 3849Did not advance
10 m air pistol 37824Did not advance
Petya Lukanova 50 m rifle 3 positions 57730Did not advance
10 m air rifle 39240Did not advance

Swimming

Bulgarian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [7] [8]

Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Ventsislav Aydarski 1500 m freestyle 15.34.8628Did not advance
Petar Stoychev 10 km open water 1:50:46.29
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ekaterina Avramova 100 m backstroke 1:02.2031Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:15.4432Did not advance
Nina Rangelova 100 m freestyle 55.5224Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:59.2119Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:11.7123Did not advance

Tennis

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Grigor Dimitrov Men's singles Flag of Poland.svg  Kubot  (POL)
W 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Flag of France.svg  Simon  (FRA)
L 3–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Tsvetana Pironkova Women's singles Flag of Slovakia.svg  Cibulková  (SVK)
W 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Flag of Italy.svg  Pennetta  (ITA)
L 5–7, 1–6
Did not advance

Volleyball

Bulgaria's men's volleyball team have secured place in the Olympic tournament.

Men's indoor tournament

Team roster

The following is the Bulgarian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics. [9]

Head coach: Nayden Naydenov

NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlock2012 club
1 Georgi Bratoev (1987-10-21) October 21, 1987 (age 35)2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)88 kg (194 lb)335 cm (132 in)318 cm (125 in) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Levski Volley
7 Todor Skrimov 9 January 19901.91 m (6 ft 3 in)82 kg (181 lb)340 cm (130 in)310 cm (120 in) Flag of France.svg Paris Volley
9 Dobromir Dimitrov 7 July 19911.96 m (6 ft 5 in)81 kg (179 lb)342 cm (135 in)322 cm (127 in) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Pirin Balkanstroy
10 Valentin Bratoev 21 October 19872.01 m (6 ft 7 in)87 kg (192 lb)335 cm (132 in)315 cm (124 in) Flag of Italy.svg Argos Volley
11 Vladimir Nikolov (C)3 October 19772.00 m (6 ft 7 in)95 kg (209 lb)345 cm (136 in)325 cm (128 in) Flag of Italy.svg Copra Volley
12 Viktor Yosifov 16 October 19852.04 m (6 ft 8 in)95 kg (209 lb)350 cm (140 in)330 cm (130 in) Flag of Italy.svg Pallavolo Modena
13 Teodor Salparov (L)16 August 19821.85 m (6 ft 1 in)73 kg (161 lb)320 cm (130 in)305 cm (120 in) Flag of Bulgaria.svg VC CSKA Sofia
14 Teodor Todorov 1 September 19892.08 m (6 ft 10 in)94 kg (207 lb)365 cm (144 in)345 cm (136 in) Flag of Russia.svg Gazprom-Yugra Surgut
15 Todor Aleksiev 21 April 19832.00 m (6 ft 7 in)96 kg (212 lb)347 cm (137 in)327 cm (129 in) Flag of Russia.svg Gazprom-Yugra Surgut
17 Nikolay Penchev 22 August 19921.96 m (6 ft 5 in)85 kg (187 lb)335 cm (132 in)320 cm (130 in) Flag of Italy.svg Copra Volley
18 Nikolay Nikolov 29 July 19862.06 m (6 ft 9 in)97 kg (214 lb)350 cm (140 in)332 cm (131 in) Flag of Italy.svg Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia
19 Tsvetan Sokolov 31 December 19892.06 m (6 ft 9 in)108 kg (238 lb)362 cm (143 in)319 cm (126 in) Flag of Italy.svg Itas Diatec Trentino
Group play
PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPR
1Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 541121343.2504073901.044
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 53291171.5714333741.158
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 53291071.4293823671.041
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53281091.1114264131.031
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 52378100.8003953970.995
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 50500150.0002743760.729
Source: [ citation needed ]
29 July 2012 (2012-07-29)
09:30
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg0–3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
(18–25, 20–25, 24–26)
Results Statistics

31 July 2012 (2012-07-31)
11:40
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 11,300
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
(22–25, 27–29, 25–13, 23–25)
Results Statistics

2 August 2012 (2012-08-02)
12:20
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg0–3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
(23–25, 21–25, 22–25)
Results Statistics

4 August 2012 (2012-08-04)
20:30
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg3–1Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,500
Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
(25–18, 21–25, 25–19, 25–20)
Results Statistics

6 August 2012 (2012-08-06)
14:45
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg0–3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Bela Hobor (HUN)
(30–32, 20–25, 19–25)
Results Statistics
Quarterfinal
8 August 2012 (2012-08-08)
21:30
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg3–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
(25–20, 25–16, 25–14)
Results Statistics
Semifinal
10 August 2012 (2012-08-10)
15:00
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg1–3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
(21–25, 15–25, 25–23, 23–25)
Results Statistics
Bronze medal game
12 August 2012 (2012-08-12)
09:30
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg1–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
(19–25, 25–23, 22–25, 21–25)
Results Statistics

Weightlifting

Bulgaria has qualified the following quota places.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Ivan Markov Men's −85 kg 172320363754
Milka Maneva Women's −63 kg 10251313233Silver medal icon.svg

Wrestling

Bulgaria has secured 9 quota places.

Key:

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Radoslav Velikov −55 kg Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Noev  (TJK)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Georgia.svg  Khinchegashvili  (GEO)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advanceFlag of Egypt.svg  Farag  (EGY)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of India.svg  Kumar  (IND)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Japan.svg  S Yumoto  (JPN)
L 1–3 PP
5
Anatolie Guidea −60 kg Flag of India.svg  Dutt  (IND)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance13
Leonid Bazan −66 kg ByeFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Hasanov  (AZE)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance14
Kiril Terziev −74 kg ByeFlag of Iran.svg  Goudarzi  (IRI)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advanceByeFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Tigiev  (UZB)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance15
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Aleksandar Kostadinov −55 kg ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Sj  (CHN)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance12
Ivo Angelov −60 kg Flag of the United States.svg  Coleman  (USA)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Iran.svg  Norouzi  (IRI)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advanceFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sheng J  (CHN)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kebispayev  (KAZ)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance7
Hristo Marinov −84 kg ByeFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Gadzhiyev  (KAZ)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance18
Elis Guri −96 kg Flag of Romania.svg  Alexuc-Ciurariu  (ROU)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Georgia.svg  Jabidze  (GEO)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Dzeinichenka  (BLR)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance7
Women's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Stanka Zlateva −72 kg Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Marzaliuk  (BLR)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Sweden.svg  Fransson  (SWE)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Ali  (CMR)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Spain.svg  Unda  (ESP)
W 3–0 PO
ByeFlag of Russia.svg  Vorobieva  (RUS)
L 0–5 VT
Silver medal icon.svg

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Tajikistan competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 16 athletes, 13 men and 3 women, competed in 7 sports. Six of these athletes had competed in Beijing, including judoka Rasul Boqiev and freestyle wrestler Yusup Abdusalomov, who both won Tajikistan's first ever Olympic medals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bulgaria at the 2016 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Bulgaria competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Bulgaria made their official debut at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Bulgarian athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics since 1924, except for three occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, and the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of Bulgaria's actions in WW2, the worldwide Great Depression and the Soviet boycott, respectively.

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