Bulgaria competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 63 competitors, 54 men and 9 women, took part in 34 events in 8 sports.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Boris Nikolov Boxing Men's Middleweight 1 August
Athletics
Track & Road Events
The fastest two from each heat qualifies for the quarterfinals.
FencerEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Angel Gavrilov100m 11.29 4 Did not advance Angel Kolev100m 11.01 2 Q DSQ Did not advance200m22.242 Q 22.073 Did not advanceTsvetana Berkovska Women's 100m12.202 Q12.306Did not advanceWomen's 200m25.203Did not advance
Field Events
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionNikola DagorovTriple jump13.8230Did not advance
Basketball
Preliminary round
Group 2
Quarterfinals The top two teams in each quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each quarterfinals played in the fifth through eighth place classification.
Quarterfinals group A
Classification matches
5-8th-place match
7th-place match
Boxing
Bulgaria entered four boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament.
Boris Nikolov won the first medal for Bulgaria in their Summer Olympics history with his bronze medal in Men's middleweight category, where he reached the semifinal, but lost from Vasile Tiță from Romania.The rules in the boxing are allowing both of the semifinal losers to win bronze medal without a match between them. AthleteEventFirst RoundSecond roundThird round(Quarterfinal)SemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGeorgi MalezanovMen's featherweightL 1–2Did not advanceLyubomir MarkovMen's lightweightL 3–0Did not advancePetar SpasovMen's light middleweightW 2–1W 3–0L 0–3Did not advanceBoris NikolovMen's middleweightW 3-0W 2–1W 3–0L 0–3Did not advance
Cycling
Road Competition Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) Petar Georgiev — 5:24:34.0 (→ 46th place) Boyan Kotsev — did not finish (→ no ranking) Ilya Velchev — did not finish (→ no ranking) Milcho Rosev — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Equestrian
Football
Preliminary round results
Head coach: Krum Milev Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red DF Boris Apostolov 20 January 1925 27 ? Spartak Sofia FW Petar Argirov 19 February 1923 29 ? Lokomotiv Sofia MF Stefan Bozhkov 20 September 1923 28 ? CSKA Sofia MF Georgi Eftimov 24 March 1931 21 ? FW Ivan Kolev 1 November 1930 21 ? CSKA Sofia DF Manol Manolov 22 October 1926 25 ? CSKA Sofia FW Dimitar Milanov 18 October 1928 23 ? CSKA Sofia FW Panayot Panayotov 30 December 1930 21 ? CSKA Sofia GK Apostol Sokolov 23 October 1917 34 ? Spartak Sofia FW Dimitar Stoyanov 18 October 1927 24 ? MF Gavril Stoyanov 9 July 1929 23 ? CSKA Sofia FW Krum Yanev 9 January 1929 23 ? CSKA Sofia
Gymnastics
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Men AthleteApparatusTotalRankFloorRingsPommel horseVaultParallel barsHorizontal barTotalTotalTotalTotalTotalTotalMincho Todorov9.309.3018.60239.359.1018.45408.958.5017.45819.159.2018.35629.008.9517.95729.309.0518.3544109.1543Vasil Konstantinov8.309.0517.35889.159.5018.65318.509.1017.60679.008.8517.851038.958.9517.90768.558.3516.90104106.2565Dimitar Yordanov8.608.6517.25939.209.2518.45447.008.5515.551169.059.0518.10858.909.1518.05669.109.1518.2549105.6568Nikolay Milev8.608.1516.751129.109.1518.25599.408.8018.20377.659.0516.701519.158.7517.90789.057.0016.05130103.8577Todor Todorov9.308.7518.05478.808.6517.45967.708.2015.901129.059.0018.05929.009.2018.20558.407.1515.55139103.2083Nikolay Atanasov7.008.2515.251559.158.8017.95728.958.3017.25829.058.8517.901008.658.3016.951218.208.4516.65114101.9596Iliya Topalov9.108.7017.90559.309.2018.50379.156.0015.151276.609.0515.651669.256.5015.751526.504.9011.4016994.35140Stoyan Stoyanov8.95 -8.951799.40 -9.401829.15 -9.151819.20 -9.201819.15 -9.151819.607.6517.259163.10182 Individual AthleteApparatusTotal pointsRankFloorRingsPommel horseVaultParallel barsHorizontal barPointsPointsPointsPointsPointsPointsMincho Todorov18.602318.454017.458118.356217.957218.3544109.1543Vasil Konstantinov17.358818.653117.606717.8510317.907616.90104106.2565Dimitar Yordanov17.259318.454415.5511618.108518.056618.2549105.6568Nikolay Milev16.7511418.255918.203716.7015117.907816.05130103.8577Todor Todorov18.055017.459615.9011218.059218.205515.55139103.2083Nikolay Atanasov15.2515517.957217.258217.9010016.9512116.65114101.9596Iliya Topalov17.905718.503715.1512715.6516615.7515211.4016994.35140Stoyan Stoyanov8.951799.401829.151819.201819.1518117.259163.10182 Team AthleteApparatus (best 5 scores)TotalRankFloorRingsPommel horseVaultParallel barsHorizontal barTotalTotalTotalTotalTotalTotalMincho TodorovVasil KonstantinovDimitar YordanovNikolay MilevTodor TodorovNikolay AtanasovIliya TopalovStoyan Stoyanov45.2544.5589.80946.4046.2092.60745.6043.2588.851045.4545.4090.851545.5545.0090.551145.6042.6588.2511540.909
Shooting
Six shooters represented Bulgaria in 1952. Men AthleteEventFinalScoreRank Ivan IvanovTrap18216Georgi Keranov25 m rapid fire pistol56117Nikolay Khristozov50 m pistol50041Stoyan Popov50 m pistol51726Khristo ShopovTrap16830Todor Stanchev25 m rapid fire pistol55225
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database