Bulgaria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Bulgaria ranked 5th overall by medal count with 35 medals won. 171 competitors, 104 men and 67 women, took part in 120 events in 16 sports. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after being forced to boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate Weightlifting Men's 52 kg 18 September Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg 20 September Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 22 September Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke 23 September Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 24 September Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol 24 September Athletics Men's triple jump 24 September Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres 30 September Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles 30 September Boxing Light flyweight 1 October Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg 20 September Weightlifting Men's 60 kg 20 September Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle three positions 21 September Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 21 September Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg 22 September Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke 23 September Rowing Women's coxless pair 24 September Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 29 September Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres 30 September Athletics Women's high jump 30 September Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around 30 September Boxing Bantamweight 1 October Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 20 September Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke 21 September Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 22 September Rowing Women's double sculls 24 September Rowing Women's single sculls 25 September Gymnastics Women's floor 25 September Athletics Women's discus throw 29 September Tennis Women's singles 29 September Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg 29 September Canoeing Men's C-1 500 metres 30 September Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 30 September Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres 1 October Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres 1 October

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Bulgaria at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 10 12 22Basketball 0 12 12Boxing 11 – 11Canoeing 8 4 12Fencing 5 0 5Gymnastics 6 8 14Judo 5 – 5Rowing 14 21 35Shooting 4 2 6Swimming 2 6 8Table tennis 1 1 2Tennis 0 2 2Volleyball 12 0 12Weightlifting 6 – 6Wrestling 20 – 20 Total 104 68 172

Athletics

Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankEvgeni Ignatov5000 m13:43.425 Qcolspan=2 13:24.766 Q13:26.41 810000 m28:15.635 Qcolspan=4 28:09.3212Lyubomir Ivanov20 km walkcolspan=6 1:28:43 43Toma Tomov400 m hurdles49.664 qcolspan=2 48.90 5did not advance Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePosition Viktor ApostolovHammer throw71.1020did not advance Gueorgui GueorguievDiscus throw61.3412 q61.2411Khristo MarkovTriple jump16.914 Q17.61 Plamen MinevHammer throw74.4614did not advance Ivan Tanev76.249 q76.088Atanas TarevPole vaultNMdid not advanceGueorgui TodorovShot put19.6813did not advance Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankYordanka Donkova100 m hurdles12.894 Q12.471 Q12.581 Q12.38 ORNadezhda Georgieva200 m22.803 Q22.607 Q22.675did not advanceAnelia Nuneva100 m11.091 Q10.961 Q11.002 Q11.498Ginka Zagorcheva100 m hurdlesDNFdid not advanceTsvetanka IlievaValya Demireva-ValovaNadezhda GeorgievaYordanka Donkova4 × 100 m relay43.924 Qcolspan=2 43.073 Q 43.025 Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionLyudmila AndonovaHigh jump1.928 Q1.935Tsvetanka KhristovaDiscus throw65.924 Q69.74Stefka KostadinovaHigh jump1.928 Q2.01Svetla MitkovaDiscus throw64.686 Q69.144Shot Put19.5310 Q19.0910Antoaneta SelenskaJavelin throw64.604 Q56.7811 Combined events – Heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankSvetla DimitrovaResult13.24 1.80 12.0223.49 6.1937.622:15.73 617112Points10899786621030908 622 882

Basketball

Women's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Classification 5–8

Classification 5/6

Boxing

Men AthleteEvent1 Round 2 Round 3 Round QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIvailo MarinovLight FlyweightW 5–0W 5–0W 5–0W 5–0W 5–0Serafim TodorovFlyweightW 4–1W 5–0W WOL 1–4did not advanceAleksandar KhristovBantamweightW 4–1W 4–1W 5–0W 3–2W 3–2L 0–5Kirkor KirkorovFeatherweightW 5–0W WOL 0–5did not advanceEmil ChuprenskiLightweightW 5–0W 5–0L 2–3did not advanceBorislav AbadzhievLight WelterweightL 2–3did not advanceKhristo FurnigovWelterweightWW 5–0L 0–5did not advanceAngel StoyanovLight MiddleweightL 2–3did not advanceDeyan KirilovLight HeavyweightL 2–3did not advanceSvilen RusinovHeavyweightL 0–5did not advancePetar StoimenovSuper HeavyweightL RSC-2did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMartin MarinovC-1 500 m1:52.742 Qcolspan=2 1:55.611 Q1:57.27Nikolay BukhalovC-1 1000 m4:09.573 Qcolspan=2 4:07.232 Q4:18.94Deyan Bonev Petar BozhilovC-2 500 m1:44.531 Qcolspan=2 1:48.603 Q1:44.324C-2 1000 m4:01.425 Q4:06.912 Q3:54.983 Q4:11.629Nikolay Yordanov Petar GodevBorislav TsvetkovIvan MarinovK-4 1000 m3:15.006 Q3:09.302 Q3:11.56 4did not advance

Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVanja GeshevaK-1 500 m1:55.441 Qcolspan=2 1:56.262 Q1:55.19Vanja GeshevaDiana PaliiskaK-2 500 m1:44.521 Qcolspan=2 1:52.482 Q1:44.06Vanja GeshevaDiana PaliiskaOgniana PetkovaBorislava IvanovaK-4 500 m1:39.402 Qcolspan=2 colspan=2 1:42.63

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1988.

Men

Individual AthleteEventElimination RoundRound IRepechage Round IRound IIRepechage Round IIRound IIIRepechage Round IIIRound IVQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankKhristo EtropolskiIndividual sabre Qdid not advanceVasil EtropolskiQdid not advanceNikolay Marincheshkidid not advance

Team AthleteEventElimination Round1/16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankKhristo EtropolskiVasil EtropolskiNikolay MarincheshkiNikolay MateevGeorgi ChomakovTeam sabreL 2–9L 3–9colspan=4 8

Gymnastics

Artistic Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankPetar GueorguievAll-around18.95 19.5519.3519.30 19.5018.95 115.60 39 did not advanceStoyko Gochev19.2019.1019.55 18.9019.65 19.55 115.9536 did not advanceLyubomir Gueraskov19.5019.90 19.70 19.15 19.40 19.10 116.7521 Q 9.550 9.900 9.8009.5009.7009.800116.625 23Kalofer Hristozov19.8019.55 19.8019.3019.7519.50117.706 Q9.800 9.9009.900 9.6509.850 9.800117.7506Deyan Kolev19.45 19.00 19.6519.6519.3519.20 116.30 30did not advanceDimitar Taskov19.50 19.65 19.4519.4519.2519.45 116.7521 Q9.550 9.8009.7509.850 9.9009.900117.125 20Kalofer HristozovLyubomir GueraskovDeyan KolevDimitar TaskovStoyko GochevPetar GueorguievTeam all-aroundcolspan=8 97.45 97.9098.1596.9097.8596.85585.100 5 Individual finals AthleteEventApparatusTotalRankLyubomir GueraskovPommel horsecolspan=1 19.950 colspan=4 19.950Kalofer HristozovFloor19.750 colspan=5 19.7507Ringscolspan=2 19.825 colspan=3 19.8254Parallel barscolspan=4 19.725 colspan=1 19.7254Deyan KolevVaultcolspan=3 19.737 colspan=2 19.7374 Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankDiana DoudevaAll-around19.800 19.600 19.62519.62539.325 9 Q 9.800 9.875 9.8259.90078.7259 Khrabrina KhrabrovaAll-around19.22518.47518.72519.60076.02562did not advanceMariya KartalovaAll-around19.500 19.250 19.15019.350 77.25035 did not advanceIvelina RaykovaAll-around19.575 19.400 19.32519.55077.850 20did not advanceBoriana StoyanovaAll-around19.300 19.30019.52519.82538.97517 Q 9.775 9.875 9.7259.85078.200 13Deliana VodenitcharovaAll-around19.75019.500 19.475 19.60039.16215 Q9.700 9.8009.7759.90078.337 12Diana DoudevaKhrabrina KhrabrovaMariya KartalovaIvelina RaykovaBoriana StoyanovaDeliana VodenitcharovaTeam all-aroundcolspan=6 98.200 97.12597.125 98.100390.550 5 Individual finals AthleteEventApparatusTotalRankDiana DoudevaFloor19.850colspan=3 19.850Balance beamcolspan=2 19.724colspan=1 19.7246Boriana StoyanovaVaultcolspan=3 19.780 19.7804Deliana VodenitcharovaFloor19.837colspan=3 19.8374

Rhythmic gymnastics AthleteEventFinalRopeHoopClubsRibbonTotalPrelim TotalTotalRankAdriana DunavskaIndividual10.000 10.00010.00010.00040.00019.95059.950Bianka Panova10.000 10.00010.000 10.000 40.000 19.725 59.7254

Judo

Men AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPavel Botev−60 kgW 0010–0000L 0000–0010did not advanceIvo Kostadinov−65 kgW 0001–0000W 1000–0000L 0000–1000colspan=2 L 0000–0010did not advanceGeorgi Petrov−86 kgW 1000–0000L 0000–1000did not advanceMarko Valev−95 kgL 0000–0100did not advanceDimitar Zapryanov+95 kgW 0010–0000L 0000–1000colspan=2 W 1000–0000W 0001–0000L 0000–00015

Rowing

Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVasil RadevDaniel YordanovDouble sculls6:17.923 R6:41.102 Q6:20.334 FB7:04.398Emil GroytsevAtanas AndreevStefan StoykovCoxed pair7:15.24 2 Qcolspan=2 7:01.231 Q7:03.045Rumen AleksievEmil BondevYuri DyulgerovIvo GelovDimitar KamburskiVentseslav KanchevIvan StanevDimitar TonchevNikola ZlatanovEight5:48.254 R5:40.933 FBcolspan=2 5:49.998 Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMagdalena GeorgievaSingle sculls7:50.641 Qcolspan=2 7:35.471 Q7:53.65Violeta NinovaStefka MadinaDouble sculls7:32.822 R7:24.96 1 Qcolspan=2 7:06.03 Radka StoyanovaLalka BerberovaCoxless pair7:48.68 2 R7:50.941 Qcolspan=2 7:31.95Pavlina KhristovaGalina Anakhrieva Iskra Velinova Krasimira TochevaQuadruple sculls6:23.221 Qcolspan=4 6:24.10 4Teodora ZarevaVioleta ZarevaMiglena MikhalevaSvetla Durchova Greta GeorgievaOlya StoichkovaMariana Stoyanova Katia TodorovaCoxed four7:11.59 2 R7:20.78 FBcolspan=2 7:02.274Emilia MikhalevaTeodora ZarevaVioleta ZarevaNevyana Ivanova Olya Stoichkova Todorka VasilevaRita TodorovaMariana Stoyanova Daniela Oronova Greta GeorgievaEight6:47.99 4 R 2 Qcolspan=2 6:25.025

Shooting

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankLyubtcho Diakov50 m pistol55423did not advance10 m air pistol57523did not advanceTanyu Kiryakov50 m pistol5663 Q656410 m air pistol5853 Q687.9 ORGeorgi Poliakov50 m rifle three positions116128did not advance50 m rifle prone59332did not advance10 m air rifle58231did not advancePetar Zaprianov50 m rifle three positions116227did not advance50 m rifle prone59041did not advance Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankVesela Letcheva50 m rifle three positions5836683.210 m air rifle38917did not advanceNonka Matova50 m rifle three positions58011did not advance10 m air rifle39112did not advance

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatFinal BFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTzvetan Golomeev50 metre freestyle 23.41 13DNSdid not advance100 metre freestyle50.82 1551.1615did not advanceGeorgi Mihalev100 metre backstroke57.06 1157.17 13did not advance200 metre backstroke2:02.71 132:04.24 13did not advance Women