Bulgaria_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics

Bulgaria at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation


Bulgaria competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. It was the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having missed the Olympics on three occasions, including the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the Soviet boycott. Despite this being London's third Olympic Games, this was the first time a Bulgarian team appeared at a London Olympics. The Bulgarian Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games, tying the record with Helsinki in 1952, and with Tokyo in 1964. A total of 63 athletes, 36 men and 27 women, competed in 16 sports. Men's volleyball was the only team event in which Bulgaria was represented in these Olympic games. There was only a single competitor in badminton, sprint canoeing, fencing, and judo.

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The Bulgarian team featured three Olympic medalists from Beijing in freestyle wrestling: Stanka Zlateva, who won the silver, Radoslav Velikov and Kiril Terziev, who both won the bronze. Among these medalists, only Zlateva managed to repeat her silver medal in London, losing out to Russia's Natalia Vorobieva in the final match. Two Bulgarian athletes, on the other hand, made their sixth Olympic appearance: pistol shooter, two-time gold medalist, and former Olympic record holder Maria Grozdeva, and rings gymnast and multiple-time Olympic medalist Yordan Yovchev, who was also the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[1]

Bulgaria, however, failed to win the gold medal for the first time since 1952, after achieving poor athletic performance at these Olympic games.[2] Only two medals were awarded to the athletes, including the bronze medal won by heavyweight boxer Tervel Pulev.

Medalists

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Archery

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Athletics

Bulgarian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[3][4]

In May 2012, the Bulgarian athletics federation announced a two-year ban for Inna Eftimova after testing positive for somatotropin at the World Championships held in August 2011 in Daegu, South Korea. As a consequence of the ban she will miss the 2012 London Olympics.

Key
  • NoteRanks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Field events
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Women
Track & road events
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Field events
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Badminton

Bulgaria have won 1 quota for the women's singles competition.

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Boxing

Bulgaria has so far qualified boxers for the following events

Men
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Women
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Canoeing

Sprint

Bulgaria has gained a quota place for the following sprint event;[5]

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Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

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Fencing

Bulgaria has qualified 1 fencer.

Women
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Gymnastics

Artistic

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Rhythmic

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Judo

Bulgaria have won 1 quota for the men's competition

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Sailing

Bulgaria has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men
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M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Bulgaria has gained four quota places in the shooting events;[6]

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Swimming

Bulgarian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[7][8]

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Tennis

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Volleyball

Bulgaria's men's volleyball team have secured place in the Olympic tournament.

Men's indoor tournament

Team roster

The following is the Bulgarian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[9]

Head coach: Nayden Naydenov

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Group play
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Source: [citation needed]
29 July 2012 (2012-07-29)
09:30
Great Britain  0–3  Bulgaria Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
(18–25, 20–25, 24–26)
Results Statistics

31 July 2012 (2012-07-31)
11:40
Poland  1–3  Bulgaria Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 11,300
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
(22–25, 27–29, 25–13, 23–25)
Results Statistics

2 August 2012 (2012-08-02)
12:20
Australia  0–3  Bulgaria Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
(23–25, 21–25, 22–25)
Results Statistics

4 August 2012 (2012-08-04)
20:30
Argentina  3–1  Bulgaria Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,500
Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
(25–18, 21–25, 25–19, 25–20)
Results Statistics

6 August 2012 (2012-08-06)
14:45
Italy  0–3  Bulgaria Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Bela Hobor (HUN)
(30–32, 20–25, 19–25)
Results Statistics
Quarterfinal
8 August 2012 (2012-08-08)
21:30
Bulgaria  3–0  Germany Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
(25–20, 25–16, 25–14)
Results Statistics
Semifinal
10 August 2012 (2012-08-10)
15:00
Bulgaria  1–3  Russia Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
(21–25, 15–25, 25–23, 23–25)
Results Statistics
Bronze medal game
12 August 2012 (2012-08-12)
09:30
Bulgaria  1–3  Italy Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
(19–25, 25–23, 22–25, 21–25)
Results Statistics

Weightlifting

Bulgaria has qualified the following quota places.

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Wrestling

Bulgaria has secured 9 quota places.

Key:

  • VTVictory by Fall.
  • PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
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Men's Greco-Roman
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References

  1. "Olympic Games: Yordan Yovchev will be Bulgaria's flag bearer". Focus Information Agency. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  2. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  3. IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2012, retrieved 9 July 2011
  4. "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad – Canoe Sprint" (PDF). ICF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  5. "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  6. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  7. FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011, retrieved 8 June 2011

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