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 | |
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| IOC code | BUL |
| NOC | Bulgarian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Helsinki | |
| Competitors | 63 in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Boris Nikolov |
| Medals Ranked 40th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Boris Nikolov | Boxing | Men's Middleweight | 1 August |
Athletics
Basketball
Group 2
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 3 | 0 | 192 | 143 | +49 | 6 |
| Bulgaria |
3 | 2 | 1 | 163 | 182 | −19 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 172 | 171 | +1 | 4 |
 Finland |
3 | 0 | 3 | 147 | 178 | −31 | 3 |
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.
Boxing
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
Bulgaria
BulgariaHead coach: Krum Milev
| 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 | ? | Spartak Sofia | |||||||
| FW | Petar Argirov | 19 February 1923 | ? | Lokomotiv Sofia | |||||||
| MF | Stefan Bozhkov | 20 September 1923 | 28 | ? | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| MF | Todor Diev | 28 September 1934 | 17 | ? | Spartak Plovdiv | ||||||
| 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 | Stefan Stefanov | 14 June 1924 | 28 | ? | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| 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
Shooting
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
- "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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