Bulgaria at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 112 competitors, 102 men and 10 women, took part in 69 events in 13 sports.[1]

Bulgaria at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBUL
NOCBulgarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Mexico City
Competitors112 in 13 sports
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
2
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Gold
  • Petar Kirov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
  • Boyan Radev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Silver

Bronze

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Ivailo Sharankov Marathon N/A 2:39:49 30
Nikola Simeonov N/A 2:48:30 42
Mikhail Zhelev 3000 m steeplechase 9:01.96 2 Q N/A 8:58.41 6
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Georgi Stoykovski Triple jump 16.24 6 Q 16.46 9
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 100H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Spas Dzhurov Result 10.95 7.40 13.99 1.89 50.28 15.17 40.90 3.60 47.04 5:15.58 7173 15
Points 872 910 728 705 802 829 683 509 545 328
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Snezhana Yurukova 80 m hurdles 11.0 6 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Yordanka Blagoeva High jump 1.68 17 Q Did not advance
Ivanka Khristova Shot Put N/A 17.25 6
Katya Lazova High jump 1.68 18 Q Did not advance
Combined events – Penathlon
Athlete Event 80H SP HJ LJ 200 m Final Rank
Snezhana Yurukova Result 11.0 11.83 1.59 5.98 25.1 4728 14
Points 1044 843 934 984 923

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Preliminary Round

Group B
Qualified for the semifinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union70642408+23414
 Brazil61561418+14313
 Mexico52493443+5012
 Poland43473504−3111
 Bulgaria34456478−2210
 Cuba25514532−189
 South Korea16453530−778
 Morocco07355634−2797

October 13

October 14

October 15

October 16

October 18

October 19

October 20

9th–12th Place

October 23

9th–10th Place

October 24

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Stefan Aleksandrov Light Flyweight BYE  Gabriel Ogun (NIG)
L 1-4		 Did not advance
Nikola Savov Bantamweight  Godfrey Mwamba (ZAM)
W RSC		  Fermín Espinosa (CUB)
W RSC		  Chang Kyou-chul (KOR)
L RSC		 Did not advance
Ivan Mihailov Featherweight  Jan Wadas (POL)
W 4-1		  Nils-Dag Stromme (NOR)
W 5-0		 N/A  Seyfi Tatar (TUR)
W 3-2		  Al Robinson (USA)
L 0-5		 Did not advance
Stoiane Pilitchev Lightweight BYE  Bayu Ayele (ETH)
W 5-0		  Antonio Durán (MEX)
W 4-1		  Calistrat Cuțov (ROU)
L 1-4		 Did not advance
Petar Stoitchev Light Welterweight BYE  Ali Kilicoglu (TUR)
W 5-0		  Vaselinovic Ljubinko (YUG)
W 4-1		  Arto Nilsson (FIN)
L RSC		 Did not advance
Ivan Kiriakov Welterweight BYE  Bohumil Němeček (TCH)
W DSQ-3		  Celal Sandal (TUR)
L RSC		 Did not advance
Simon Georgiev Middleweight  Mario Casati (ITA)
W 4-1		 BYE N/A  Alfred Jones (USA)
L 1-4		 Did not advance
Georgi Stankov Light heavyweight BYE  Arthur Redden (ITA)
W 4-1		 N/A  Bernard Malherbe (FRA)
W 5-0		  Danas Pozniakas (URS)
L 0-5		 Did not advance
Kiril Pandov Heavyweight  Milos Petar (YUG)
W 3-2		 N/A  Giorgio Bambini (ITA)
L 0-5		 Did not advance

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sprint
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Boris Lyubenov C-1 1000 m 4:36.2 5 Q N/A 4:35.82 2 Q 4:43.43 5
Ivan Valov
Aleksandar Damyanov		 C-2 1000 m 4:26.1 4 Q BYE 4:22.17 3 Q 4:22.89 8

Football
Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

First round

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bulgaria 3210113+85
 Guatemala 320163+34
 Czechoslovakia 3111103+73
 Thailand 3003119−180
Bulgaria 7 – 0 Thailand
Gyonin  25'
Zhekov  55'
Mihaylov  56'  61'
Zafirov  73'
Nikodimov  85'
Ivkov  88'		 Report
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Referee: Guillermo Velasquez
Bulgaria 2 – 2 Czechoslovakia
Georgiev  44'
Zhekov  77'		 Report Jarabinský  25'
Petráš  42'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Abel Aguilar Elizalde
Bulgaria 2 – 1 Guatemala
Nikodimov  50'
Zhekov  84'		 Report López Oliva  88'
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Referee: Raul Osorio

Quarter-finals
Bulgaria 1 – 1 Israel
Hristakiev  5' Report Feigenbaum  89'
Estadio Nou Camp, León

Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.

Semi-finals
Hungary 5 – 0 Japan
Szűcs  30'  60'  75'
Novák  53'  65'		 Report
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City

Gold Medal match
Hungary 4 – 1 Bulgaria
Menczel  40'
A. Dunai  41'  49'
Juhász  62'		 Report Veselinov  22'
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Diego De Leo

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1968.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Paniowsky, Sardjev, and Apostolov – 11976 points (→ 11th place)

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Atanas Zelev
Yordan Valtchev		 Double sculls 6:54.16 1 Q BYE 7:12.08 2 Q 6:58.48 4
Georgi Atanasov
Georgi Nikolov
Veselin Staievski		 Coxed pair 8:11.13 1 Q BYE 8:06.41 5 FB 7:58.10 8

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Six shooters, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1968.

Open
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Dencho Denev 50 m pistol 545 24
25 m rapid fire pistol 579 28
Martsel Koen 50 m rifle three positions 1142 21
50 m rifle prone 592 24
Anton Manolov Skeet 180 40
Atanas Tasev 185 34
Velichko Velichkov 50 m rifle prone 584 64
Emiliyan Vergov 50 m rifle three positions 1119 45

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Angel Chakarov 200 m individual medley 2:24.0 26 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 5:10.9 16 Did not advance
Yulyan Rusev 200 m individual medley 2:22.7 20 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 5:07.0 11 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mariya Nikolova 100 metre freestyle 1:05.1 33 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:40.8 18 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 5:45.2 15 Did not advance

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Round robin
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Soviet Union 17 8 1 26 8 3.250 464 326 1.423
2  Japan 16 7 2 24 6 4.000 430 258 1.667
3  Czechoslovakia 16 7 2 22 15 1.467 454 417 1.089
4  East Germany 15 6 3 22 12 1.833 449 374 1.201
5  Poland 15 6 3 18 11 1.636 371 281 1.320
6  Bulgaria 13 4 5 16 17 0.941 379 385 0.984
7  United States 13 4 5 15 18 0.833 383 414 0.925
8  Belgium 11 2 7 6 24 0.250 239 417 0.573
9  Brazil 10 1 8 8 25 0.320 357 469 0.761
10  Mexico 9 0 9 6 27 0.222 289 474 0.610
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
13 Oct Bulgaria  3–0  Mexico 15–9 15–4 15–6     45–19
16 Oct Bulgaria  3–0  Belgium 15–10 15–1 15–5     45–16
17 Oct Soviet Union  3–0  Bulgaria 15–10 15–9 15–10     45–29
19 Oct Bulgaria  3–2  United States 10–15 17–15 7–15 15–7 16–14 65–66
20 Oct Bulgaria  3–0  Brazil 15–8 18–16 15–3     48–27
21 Oct Czechoslovakia  3–2  Bulgaria 15–7 10–15 15–9 4–15 15–7 59–53
23 Oct Poland  3–0  Bulgaria 15–3 15–5 15–10     45–18
24 Oct East Germany  3–2  Bulgaria 15–11 8–15 15–10 10–15 15–7 63–58
25 Oct Japan  3–0  Bulgaria 15–7 15–6 15–5     45–18

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Military press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Atanas Kiroy 56 kg 105 8 100 7 130 7 335 7
Mladen Kuchev 60 kg 115 8 107.5 7 135 10 357.5 9
Petar Yanev NVL AC DNS DNS DNF
Kostadin Tilev 67,5 kg 132.5 4 115 12 150 10 397.5 8
Rilko Florov 117.5 13 120 8 147.5 12 385 12

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

References
  1. "Bulgaria at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
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