Bulgaria at the 1968 Summer Olympics
# 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.

## Medalists

### Gold

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

### Silver

* Tsvetan Dimitrov, Yancho Dimitrov, Asparukh Donev, Milko Gaydarski, Ivailo Georgiyev, Atanas Gerov, Mikhail Gionin, Georgi Ivanov, Kiril Ivkov, Atanas Khristov, Georgi Khristakiev, Kiril Khristov, Todor Nikolov, Georgi Vasiliev, Yevgeny Yanchovsky, Stoyan Yordanov, Ivan Zafirov, and Petar Zhekov — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
* Enyu Todorov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
* Enyu Valchev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
* Osman Duraliev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

### Bronze

* Ivan Mihailov — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
* Georgi Stankov — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
* Prodan Gardzhev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

## Athletics

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Ivailo Sharankov | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:39:49 | 30 |
| Nikola Simeonov | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:48:30 | 42 |
| Mikhail Zhelev | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:01.96 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 8:58.41 | 6 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 |
| Spas Dzhurov | Points | 872 | 910 | 728 | 705 | 802 | 829 | 683 | 509 | 545 | 328 | 7173 | 15 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Snezhana Yurukova | 80 m hurdles | 11.0 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Yordanka Blagoeva | High jump | 1.68 | 17 Q | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ivanka Khristova | Shot Put | — | — | 17.25 | 6 |
| Katya Lazova | High jump | 1.68 | 18 Q | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Pentathlon

| 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 |
| Snezhana Yurukova | Points | 1044 | 843 | 934 | 984 | 923 | 4728 | 14 |

## Basketball

### Group B

* Qualified for the semifinals

| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Soviet Union | 7 | 0 | 642 | 408 | +234 | 14 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1 | 561 | 418 | +143 | 13 |
| Mexico | 5 | 2 | 493 | 443 | +50 | 12 |
| Poland | 4 | 3 | 473 | 504 | −31 | 11 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 4 | 456 | 478 | −22 | 10 |
| Cuba | 2 | 5 | 514 | 532 | −18 | 9 |
| South Korea | 1 | 6 | 453 | 530 | −77 | 8 |
| Morocco | 0 | 7 | 355 | 634 | −279 | 7 |

October 13

| Cuba | 61–70 | Bulgaria |
| - | - | - |

* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 14

| Brazil | 75–59 | Bulgaria |
| - | - | - |

* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 15

| Morocco | 59–77 | Bulgaria |
| - | - | - |

* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 16

| Soviet Union | 81–56 | Bulgaria |
| - | - | - |

* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 18

| Mexico | 73–63 | Bulgaria |
| - | - | - |

* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 19

| Bulgaria | 67–69 | Poland |
| - | - | - |

* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

October 20

| Bulgaria | 64–60 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |

* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

### 9th–12th Place

October 23

| Bulgaria | 83–79 | Panama |
| - | - | - |

* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

### 9th–10th Place

October 24

| Bulgaria | 57–67 | Puerto Rico |
| - | - | - |

* Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City

## Boxing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | 3 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ivan Mihailov | Featherweight | Jan Wadas (POL) W 4-1 | Nils-Dag Stromme (NOR) W 5-0 | — | 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 | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ivan Kiriakov | Welterweight | BYE | Bohumil Němeček (TCH) W DSQ-3 | Celal Sandal (TUR) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Simon Georgiev | Middleweight | Mario Casati (ITA) W 4-1 | BYE | — | Alfred Jones (USA) L 1-4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georgi Stankov | Light heavyweight | BYE | Arthur Redden (ITA) W 4-1 | — | Bernard Malherbe (FRA) W 5-0 | Danas Pozniakas (URS) L 0-5 | Did not advance | |
| Kiril Pandov | Heavyweight | Milos Petar (YUG) W 3-2 | — | — | Giorgio Bambini (ITA) L 0-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing

### Sprint

**Men**

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

## Football

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 5 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 3 |
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 |

### Quarter-finals

Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1968.

Men's Individual Competition:

* Antoni Panyovski – 4247 points (→ 33rd place)
* Konstantin Sardzhev – 4191 points (→ 36th place)
* Ivan Apostolov – 3462 points (→ 45th place)

Men's Team Competition:

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

## Rowing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Atanas Zelev Yordan Valtchev | Double sculls | 6:54.16 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 7:12.08 | 2 Q | 6:58.48 | 4 |
| Georgi Atanasov Georgi Nikolov Veselin Staievski | Coxed pair | 8:11.13 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 8:06.41 | 5 FB | 7:58.10 | 8 |

## Shooting

Six shooters, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1968.

### Open

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

## Swimming

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Angel Chakarov | 200 m individual medley | 2:24.0 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Angel Chakarov | 400 m individual medley | 5:10.9 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yulyan Rusev | 200 m individual medley | 2:22.7 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yulyan Rusev | 400 m individual medley | 5:07.0 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mariya Nikolova | 100 metre freestyle | 1:05.1 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mariya Nikolova | 200 m individual medley | 2:40.8 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mariya Nikolova | 400 m individual medley | 5:45.2 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Volleyball

### Round robin

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 9 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 3.250 | 464 | 326 | 1.423 |
| 2 | Japan | 9 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 4.000 | 430 | 258 | 1.667 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 1.467 | 454 | 417 | 1.089 |
| 4 | East Germany | 9 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 1.833 | 449 | 374 | 1.201 |
| 5 | Poland | 9 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 1.636 | 371 | 281 | 1.320 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 0.941 | 379 | 385 | 0.984 |
| 7 | United States | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 0.833 | 383 | 414 | 0.925 |
| 8 | Belgium | 9 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 0.250 | 239 | 417 | 0.573 |
| 9 | Brazil | 9 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 0.320 | 357 | 469 | 0.761 |
| 10 | Mexico | 9 | 0 | 9 | 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

### 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 |
| 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 | 60 kg | NVL | AC | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNF | DNF |
| Kostadin Tilev | 67,5 kg | 132.5 | 4 | 115 | 12 | 150 | 10 | 397.5 | 8 |
| Rilko Florov | 67,5 kg | 117.5 | 13 | 120 | 8 | 147.5 | 12 | 385 | 12 |
