Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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.[1]

Bulgaria at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBUL
NOCBulgarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Helsinki
Competitors63 in 8 sports
Flag bearer Boris Nikolov
Medals
Ranked 40th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 BronzeBoris NikolovBoxingMen's Middleweight1 August

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

Group 2
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 192 143+49 6
 Bulgaria 3 2 1 163 182−19 5
 Mexico 3 1 2 172 171+1 4
 Finland 3 0 3 147 178−31 3
Bulgaria  46–74  Soviet Union
Mexico  44–52  Bulgaria
Finland  64–65  Bulgaria

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
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Uruguay 3 2 1 194 187+7 5
 Argentina 3 2 1 226 174+52 5
 Bulgaria 3 1 2 177 220−43 4
 France 3 1 2 178 194−16 4
Bulgaria  56–100  Argentina
Bulgaria  54–62  Uruguay
France  58–67  Bulgaria

Classification Matches

5-8th place match
Bulgaria  53–60  Chile

7th place match
France  44–58  Bulgaria

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Football
Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Preliminary round results
Soviet Union 2–1 (a.e.t.) Bulgaria
Bobrov  100'
Trofimov  104'		 Report Kolev  95'
Attendance: 10.637
Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN)

 Bulgaria

Head coach: Krum Milev

Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games		 Tournament
goals		 Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
DFBoris Apostolov20 January 1925? Spartak Sofia
FWPetar Argirov19 February 1923? Lokomotiv Sofia
MFStefan Bozhkov20 September 192328? CSKA Sofia
MFTodor Diev28 September 193417? Spartak Plovdiv
Georgi Eftimov24 March 193121?
FWIvan Kolev1 November 193021? CSKA Sofia
DFManol Manolov22 October 192625? CSKA Sofia
FWDimitar Milanov18 October 192823? CSKA Sofia
FWPanayot Panayotov30 December 193021? CSKA Sofia
GKApostol Sokolov23 October 191734? Spartak Sofia
FWStefan Stefanov14 June 192428? CSKA Sofia
Dimitar Stoyanov18 October 192724?
MFGavril Stoyanov9 July 192923? CSKA Sofia
FWKrum Yanev9 January 192923? CSKA Sofia

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Six shooters represented Bulgaria in 1952.

Men
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Ivan Ivanov Trap 182 16
Georgi Keranov 25 m rapid fire pistol 561 17
Nikolay Khristozov 50 m pistol 500 41
Stoyan Popov 50 m pistol 517 26
Khristo Shopov Trap 168 30
Todor Stanchev 25 m rapid fire pistol 552 25

References
  1. "Bulgaria at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2015.


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