Bulgaria at the 2002 Winter Olympics
# Bulgaria at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Bulgaria competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Silver | Evgenia Radanova | Short track speed skating | Women's 500m |
| Bronze | Irina Nikulchina | Biathlon | Women's 10 km Pursuit |
| Bronze | Evgenia Radanova | Short track speed skating | Women's 1,500 m |

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Stefan Georgiev | Giant Slalom | 1:18.01 | 1:15.00 | 2:33.01 | 38 |
| Stefan Georgiev | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Angel Pumpalov | Slalom | 53.72 | 58.21 | 1:51.93 | 23 |

Men's combined

| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank |
| Angel Pumpalov | DSQ | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Stefan Georgiev | 1:44.25 | 49.63 | 55.51 | 3:29.39 | 16 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Nadejda Vassileva | Giant Slalom | 1:22.89 | 1:21.54 | 2:44.43 | 42 |
| Nadejda Vassileva | Slalom | 59.59 | 59.45 | 1:59.04 | 28 |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 km sprint | Georgi Kasabov | 1 | 27:55.8 | 60 |
| 12.5 km pursuit $^2$ | Georgi Kasabov | 7 | 40:38.5 | 56 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^3$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Georgi Kasabov | 55:16.1 | 4 | 59:16.1 | 65 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 7.5 km sprint | Iva Karagiozova-Shkodreva | 1 | 23:18.0 | 41 |
| 7.5 km sprint | Pavlina Filipova | 1 | 22:20.6 | 17 |
| 7.5 km sprint | Ekaterina Dafovska | 2 | 22:17.7 | 15 |
| 7.5 km sprint | Irina Nikulchina | 2 | 21:57.0 | 11 |
| 10 km pursuit $^4$ | Pavlina Filipova | 2 | 32:35.1 | 12 |
| 10 km pursuit $^4$ | Ekaterina Dafovska | 2 | 32:22.6 | 10 |
| 10 km pursuit $^4$ | Irina Nikulchina | 2 | 31:15.8 | |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^3$ | Rank |
| 15 km | Irina Nikulchina | 47:16.7 | 6 | 53:16.7 | 43 |
| 15 km | Iva Karagiozova-Shkodreva | 49:59.3 | 2 | 51:59.3 | 32 |
| 15 km | Pavlina Filipova | 47:47.5 | 3 | 50:47.5 | 20 |
| 15 km | Ekaterina Dafovska | 47:15.5 | 1 | 48:15.5 | 5 |

### Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Pavlina Filipova Irina Nikulchina Iva Karagiozova-Shkodreva Ekaterina Dafovska | 0 | 1'29:25.8 | 4 |

    $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
    $^2$ Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.
    $^3$ One minute added per missed target.
    $^4$ Starting delay based on 7.5 km sprint results.

## Bobsleigh

### Men

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| BUL-1 | Miroslav Danov Stefan Vasilev | Two-man | 49.77 | 36 | 49.35 | 32 | 49.48 | 31 | 49.42 | 33 | 3:18.02 | 32 |

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

Sprint

| Athlete | Qualifying round | Qualifying round | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Ivan Bayrakov | 3:18.97 | 62 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Slavcho Batinkov | 3:14.21 | 59 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

Pursuit

| Athlete | 10 km C | 10 km C | 10 km F $pursuit^1$ | 10 km F $pursuit^1$ |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Slavcho Batinkov | 32:12.6 | 72 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ivan Bayrakov | 31:17.1 | 70 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km C | Slavcho Batinkov | DNF | – |
| 15 km C | Ivan Bayrakov | 45:41.2 | 60 |

    $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

## Figure skating

### Men

| Athlete | Points | SP | FS | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ivan Dinev | 20.0 | 12 | 14 | 13 |

### Ice Dancing

| Athletes | Points | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Albena Denkova Maxim Staviyski | 14.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

## Short track speed skating

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round one | Round one | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Asen Pandov | 500 m | 1:17.124 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Miroslav Boyadzhiev | 500 m | 43.462 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Miroslav Boyadzhiev | 1000 m | 1:32.421 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kiril Pandov | 1000 m | 1:31.842 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kiril Pandov | 1500 m | 2:27.730 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Miroslav Boyadzhiev | 1500 m | 2:22.082 | 3 Q | | | 2:23.468 | 4 QB | 2:29.307 | 11 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round one | Round one | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Marina Georgieva-Nikolova | 500 m | 45.916 | 2 Q | 46.422 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Evgeniya Radanova | 500 m | 45.195 | 2 Q | 44.780 | 1 Q | 44.686 | 1 QF | 44.252 | |
| Evgeniya Radanova | 1000 m | 1:49.496 | 1 Q | 1:36.727 | 2 Q | 1:35.607 | 4 QB | 1:34.702 | 5 |
| Anna Krasteva | 1000 m | 1:39.195 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Evgeniya Radanova | 1500 m | 2:32.821 | 1 Q | | | 2:31.194 | 2 QF | 2:31.723 | |
| Marina Georgieva-Nikolova | 1500 m | 2:33.362 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Evgeniya Radanova Marina Georgieva-Nikolova Anna Krasteva Daniela Vlaeva | 3000 m relay | | | | | 4:25.877 | 3 QB | 4:20.703 | 6 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying jump | Qualifying jump | Qualifying jump | Final jump 1 | Final jump 1 | Final jump 1 | Final jump 2 | Final jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Georgi Zharkov | Normal hill | 73.5 | 76.5 | 45 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Georgi Zharkov | Large hill | 101.0 | 75.3 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
