Bulgaria at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Bulgaria at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
IOC code BUL
NOC Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website www.bgolympic.org/home-en
in Pyeongchang
Competitors21 in 6 sports
Flag bearers Radoslav Yankov (opening) [1]
Yordan Chuchuganov (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Bulgaria competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 21 competitors in 6 sports.

Contents

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 213
Biathlon 5510
Cross-country skiing 213
Luge 101
Ski jumping 101
Snowboarding 123
Total12921

Alpine skiing

Bulgaria has qualified 2 men and 1 female competitors

Men
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Albert Popov Men's slalom DNF
Men's giant slalom 1:12.39341:11.21222:23.6028
Kamen Zlatkov Men's slalom DNF
Men's giant slalom 1:17.6559DNF
Women
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Maria Kirkova Women's slalom 54.874154.14351:49.0135
Women's giant slalom 1:18.39461:14.38372:32.7740

Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Bulgaria has qualified a team of 5 men and 5 women. [2] [3]

Men
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Krasimir Anev Sprint 25:08.82 (1+1)37
Pursuit 37:57.95 (0+0+3+2)45
Individual 50:41.81 (0+0+0+1)25
Dimitar Gerdzhikov Sprint 26:47.94 (2+2)81
Individual 52:12.03 (2+0+1+0)43
Vladimir Iliev Sprint 25:42.74 (0+4)54
Pursuit 38:08.77 (1+3+2+1)46
Individual 50:25.93 (0+1+1+1)19
Anton Sinapov Sprint 25:47.93 (2+1)56
Pursuit 40:49.18 (0+1+3+4)60
Individual 54:48.45 (0+2+0+3)71
Krasimir Anev
Dimitar Gerdzhikov
Vladimir Iliev
Anton Sinapov
Team relay LAP16 (6+10)16
Women
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Desislava Stoyanova Sprint 24:54.35 (2+3)76
Individual 50:25.97 (2+2+2+1)79
Emilia Yordanova Sprint 23:50.01 (1+0)60
Pursuit 37:04.36 (2+1+3+0)55
Individual 50:56.36 (4+0+1+1)82
Stefani Popova Individual 50:20.35 (1+0+2+2)77
Daniela Kadeva Sprint 24:39.23 (2+1)72
Individual 46:52.73 (0+0+1+2)53
Milena Todorova Sprint 25:33.62 (1+1)84
Daniela Kadeva
Stefani Popova
Desislava Stoyanova
Emilia Yordanova
Team relay 1:14:38.011 (4+7)16
Mixed
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Emilia Yordanova
Daniela Kadeva
Krasimir Anev
Vladimir Iliev
Team relay 1:12:31.711 (0+11)17

Cross-country skiing

Bulgaria has qualified 2 male and 1 female athletes.

Distance
AthleteEventFinal
TimeDeficitRank
Yordan Chuchuganov Men's 15 km freestyle 40:39.6+6:55.795
Veselin Tzinzov Men's 15 km freestyle 36:17.3+2:33.436
Men's 50 km classical DNF
Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova Women's 10 km freestyle 29:32.8+4:32.366
Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Yordan Chuchuganov Men's sprint 3:32.6268Did not advance
Veselin Tzinzov 3:28.1959Did not advance
Yordan Chuchuganov
Veselin Tzinzov
Men's team sprint 17:38.2612did not advance
Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova Women's sprint 3:59.7766did not advance

Luge

Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Bulgaria qualified 1 sled. [4]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Pavel Angelov Men's singles 51.5693749.4493650.09439did not advance2:31.11237

Ski jumping

Bulgaria has qualified 1 male athlete: Vladimir Zografski.

AthleteEventQualificationFirst roundFinalTotal
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Vladimir Zografski Men's normal hill 98.5118.817 Q101.5106.823 Q108.5119.78226.514
Men's large hill 123.094.331 Q119.5105.935Did not advance

Snowboarding

Bulgaria has qualified 1 male and 1 female athletes. On 25 January they received a reallocation quota in the Women's giant slalom.

Parallel
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Radoslav Yankov Men's giant slalom 1:26.0419did not advance
Teodora Pencheva Women's giant slalom 1:38.6327did not advance
Snowboard cross
AthleteEventSeedingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Run 1Run 2BestSeed
TimeRankTimeRankPositionPositionPositionRank
Aleksandra Zhekova Women's snowboard cross 1:20.239Bye1:20.2391 Q3 FA66

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal final; FB – Qualify to consolation final

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