Bulgaria competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 98 competitors, 89 men and 9 women, took part in 66 events in 12 sports.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDateDimitar DobrevWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman middleweight31 AugustKrali BimbalovWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman Light heavyweight31 AugustNezhdet ZalevWrestlingMen's freestyle bantamweight6 SeptemberStancho IvanovWrestlingMen's freestyle featherweight6 SeptemberVelik KapsazovGymnasticsMen's rings10 SeptemberDinko PetrovWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman bantamweight30 AugustEnyu ValchevWrestlingMen's freestyle lightweight5 September
Athletics
Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMikhail BachvarovMen's 100 m11.05Did not advanceMen's 200 m22.25Did not advanceSnezhana KerkovaWomen's 100 m12.664 Q12.807Did not advanceWomen's 200 mDid not advanceWomen's 80 m hurdles11.733colspan=2 Did not advanceTsvetana IsaevaWomen's 800 mcolspan=4 Did not advance
Field events Men's AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionDimitar KhlebarovMen's pole vault63.3412 q4.3011Khristo Khristov4.401 Q4.4010Dodyu PatarinskiMen's triple jump15.3719Did not advanceLyuben GurgushinovDid not advanceTodor ArtarskiMen's shot putDid not advanceMen's discus throw53.3311 Q52.1220
Women's AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionLidiya SharamovichWomen's shot put14.0913Did not advanceTsvetanka Krasteva13.9914Did not advance
Basketball
Preliminary round Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 2 1 201 192 +9 5 3 2 1 193 199 −6 5 3 1 2 187 190 −3 4 3 1 2 209 209 0 4
Boxing
Men's AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankStoyan PetkovBantamweightL 0-5Did not advanceDimitar StoilovLightweightL 1-4Did not advanceAleksandar MitsevLight welterweightL 0-5Did not advanceShishman MitsevWelterweightW 3-2W 3-2L 0-5Did not advanceVasil PaparizovMiddleweightL 0-5Did not advancePetar SpasovLight heavyweightW 4-1W 5-0L 0-5Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBoris LyubenovC-1 1000 m4:47.652 Qcolspan=2 4:44.932 Q4:42.528Marin GopovToma SokolovC-2 1000 m4:39.68 6 Q4:48.062 Qcolspan=2 4:31.526Lyubomir OresharovK-1 1000 mDNSdid not advanceIvan Simeonov Lyubomir Oresharov K-2 1000 m3:49.886 Q3:53.274 did not advance
Cycling
Five male cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1960.
Road AthleteEventTimeRankStoyan DemirevMen's road race4:25:4452Dimitar KotevDNFBoyan KotsevDNFOgnyan ToshevDNFBoyan KotsevDimitar KotevOgnyan ToshevStoyan DemirevTeam time trial2:26:20.4817
Track 1000m time trial AthleteEventTimeRank Boncho NovakovMen's 1000m time trial1:11.7318
Equestrian
Fencing
Two fencers, both men, represented Bulgaria in 1960.
Men's foil Boris Stavrev Asen Dyakovski
Men's sabre Boris Stavrev Asen Dyakovski
Football
First round Group A Team3210134+95321083+553012411−713012310−71
Gymnastics
The following athletes participated in gymnastics. The team tied for 10th in the men's artistic team all-around.
Athlete Exercise results Team total 8.60 9.15 9.25 9.10 8.80 9.30 7.85 9.05 9.05 9.35 9.00 9.20 546.60 8.85 9.40 9.65 9.70 9.05 8.90 8.60 9.35 9.30 9.30 9.25 9.45 8.60 9.20 9.40 9.35 7.20 8.65 9.00 9.00 8.85 9.00 9.00 8.85 8.40 8.95 9.20 9.00 9.15 9.15 8.80 9.35 9.20 8.90 9.20 9.30 9.00 9.35 9.20 8.95 8.20 9.40 9.15 9.40 8.65 9.15 9.05 9.30 8.70 9.05 9.25 9.50 7.00 9.20 9.05 9.30 9.40 9.40 9.15 9.55 Total 43.75 46.15 46.75 46.65 42.40 45.95 44.60 46.45 45.80 46.20 45.65 46.80
Shooting
Five shooters represented Bulgaria at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankDencho Denev50 m pistolalign="center" colspan=2 53224Martsel Koen50 m rifle prone3913 Q5858Todor Kozlovski50 m pistolalign="center" colspan=2 53225Ivan Lazarov50 m rifle three positions54915 Q112020 Velichko Velichkov50 m rifle three positions55511 Q11281450 m rifle prone37732did not advance
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventMilitary pressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankResultRankKiril Georgiev60 kg9511100713083259Ivan Yordanov67,5 kg10024NVLACDNS100DNFIvan Abadzhiev75 kg107.517122.531401237012Mikhail Abadzhiev10518NVLACDNS105DNFPetar Tachev82.5 kg1302125316064156Vladimir Savov90 kg11020137.521655412.56Ivan Veselinov+90 kg14091307NVLAC270DNF
Wrestling
Notes
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database