Bulgaria at the 1964 Summer Olympics
# Bulgaria at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 63 competitors, 56 men and 7 women, took part in 56 events in 9 sports.

## Medalists

### Gold

* Boyan Radev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight.
* Enyu Valchev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight.
* Prodan Gardzhev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight.

### Silver

* Velichko Velichkov — Shooting, Men's 50 metre Rifle, Three Positions
* Angel Kerezov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
* Kiril Petkov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
* Stancho Kolev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
* Lyutvi Ahmedov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

### Bronze

* Aleksandar Nikolov — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
* Said Mustafov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight

## Canoeing

### Sprint

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Bogdan Ivanov | C-1 1000 m | 4:48.39 | 3 Q | — | — | BYE | BYE | 4:44.76 | 6 |
| Georgi Todorov | K-1 1000 m | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nikolina Ruseva | K-1 500 m | 2:13.26 | 4 Q | — | — | 2:15.49 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

One cyclist represented Bulgaria in 1964. Stefan Kirev from Kazanlak.

### Track

**1000m time trial**

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Stefan Kirev | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:13.06 | 15 |

## Shooting

Four shooters represented Bulgaria in 1964. Velichko Velichkov won the silver medal in the 50 m rifle, three positions event.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Dencho Denev | 50 m pistol | 543 | 15 |
| Dencho Denev | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 582 | 18 |
| Martsel Koen | 50 m rifle three positions | 1130 | 23 |
| Martsel Koen | 50 m rifle prone | 589 | 25 |
| Todor Kozlovski | 50 m pistol | 540 | 23 |
| Velichko Velichkov | 50 m rifle three positions | 1152 | |
| Velichko Velichkov | 50 m rifle prone | 592 | 10 |

## Volleyball

### Men

**Round robin**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 9 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 5.000 | 415 | 279 | 1.487 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 2.600 | 486 | 399 | 1.218 |
| 3 | Japan | 9 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 1.833 | 475 | 372 | 1.277 |
| 4 | Romania | 9 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 1.267 | 432 | 394 | 1.096 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 9 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 1.250 | 464 | 429 | 1.082 |
| 6 | Hungary | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 1.000 | 449 | 466 | 0.964 |
| 7 | Brazil | 9 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 0.565 | 410 | 474 | 0.865 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 9 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 0.458 | 378 | 482 | 0.784 |
| 9 | United States | 9 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 0.435 | 360 | 450 | 0.800 |
| 10 | South Korea | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 0.333 | 376 | 500 | 0.752 |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 13 Oct | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Brazil | 16–14 | 15–10 | 15–6 | | | 46–30 |
| 14 Oct | Czechoslovakia | 3–2 | Bulgaria | 15–13 | 13–15 | 15–11 | 7–15 | 15–11 | 65–65 |
| 15 Oct | Romania | 3–2 | Bulgaria | 15–6 | 11–15 | 5–15 | 15–13 | 15–8 | 61–57 |
| 17 Oct | Japan | 3–1 | Bulgaria | 15–10 | 12–15 | 15–6 | 15–10 | | 57–41 |
| 18 Oct | Bulgaria | 3–2 | Netherlands | 15–11 | 8–15 | 15–8 | 14–16 | 15–8 | 67–58 |
| 19 Oct | Bulgaria | 3–0 | United States | 15–9 | 15–13 | 15–7 | | | 45–29 |
| 21 Oct | Bulgaria | 3–1 | South Korea | 15–4 | 12–15 | 15–11 | 15–9 | | 57–39 |
| 22 Oct | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Bulgaria | 15–2 | 16–14 | 15–13 | | | 46–29 |
| 23 Oct | Bulgaria | 3–1 | Hungary | 15–9 | 15–12 | 12–15 | 15–8 | | 57–44 |

**Team roster**

* Dimitar Karov
* Ivan Gochev
* Gergi Konstandinov
* Petko Panteleev
* Peter Kruchmarov
* Simeon Srandev
* Lachezar Stoyanov
* Boris Gyuderov
* Kiril Ivanov
* Slavko Slavov
* Georgi Spasov
* Angel Koritarov

## Weightlifting

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Military press | Military press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Bogomil Cvetanov | 67,5 kg | 125 | 7 | 107.5 | 13 | 125 | 19 | 357.5 | 15 |
| Weliko Konarov | 75 kg | 130 | 7 | 130 | 5 | 155 | 13 | 415 | 8 |
| Stancho Penchev | 82.5 kg | 135 | 10 | 130 | 12 | 160 | 14 | 425 | 11 |
| Petar Tachev | 90 kg | 145 | 8 | 130 | 11 | 170 | 10 | 445 | 8 |
| Ivan Veselinov | +90 kg | 165 | 7 | 135 | 11 | 190 | 4 | 490 | 7 |
