Bulgaria_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics
Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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]
Quick Facts Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics, IOC code ...
| Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | BUL |
| NOC | Bulgarian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Helsinki, Finland 19 July–3 August 1952 | |
| Competitors | 63 in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Boris Nikolov |
| Medals Ranked 40th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Boris Nikolov | Boxing | Men's Middleweight | 1 August |
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Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Preliminary round
Group 2
More information Team, Pld ...
| 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 |
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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
Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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)
Main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Preliminary round results
More information Soviet Union, 2–1 (a.e.t.) ...
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Bulgaria
Head coach: Krum Milev
More information Pos., Player ...
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | Cards yellow/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 | ||||||
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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Six shooters represented Bulgaria in 1952.
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| 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 |
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- "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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