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Sporting event delegation
Bulgaria at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBUL
NOCBulgarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Mexico City
Competitors112 (102 men and 10 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearerProdan Gardzhev
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
2
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Petar Kirov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight 26 October
 Gold Boyan Radev Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight 26 October
 Silver Enyu Todorov Wrestling Men's freestyle featherweight 20 October
 Silver Enyu Valchev Wrestling Men's freestyle lightweight 20 October
 Silver Osman Duraliev Wrestling Men's freestyle heavyweight 20 October
 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 26 October
 Bronze Prodan Gardzhev Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight 20 October
 Bronze Ivan Mihailov Boxing Men's featherweight 24 October
 Bronze Georgi Stankov Boxing Men's light heavyweight 24 October

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Ivailo Sharankov Marathon — 2:39:49 30
Nikola Simeonov — 2:48:30 42
Mikhail Zhelev 3000 m steeplechase 9:01.96 2 Q — 8:58.41 6
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
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
Points 872 910 728 705 802 829 683 509 545 328
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Snezhana Yurukova 80 m hurdles 11.0 6 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Yordanka Blagoeva High jump 1.68 17 Q Did not advance
Ivanka Khristova Shot Put — 17.25 6
Katya Lazova High jump 1.68 18 Q 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
Points 1044 843 934 984 923

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

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

Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
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
Nikola Savov Bantamweight  Godfrey Mwamba (ZAM)
W RSC 		 Fermín Espinosa (CUB)
W RSC 		 Chang Kyou-chul (KOR)
L RSC 		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
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
Ivan Kiriakov Welterweight BYE  Bohumil Němeček (TCH)
W DSQ-3 		 Celal Sandal (TUR)
L RSC 		Did not advance
Simon Georgiev Middleweight  Mario Casati (ITA)
W 4-1 		BYE —  Alfred Jones (USA)
L 1-4 		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

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
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 4:22.17 3 Q 4:22.89 8

Football

Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

First round

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
Bulgaria 7 – 0 Thailand
Gyonin 25'
Zhekov 55'
Mihaylov 56' 61'
Zafirov 73'
Nikodimov 85'
Ivkov 88'		 Report
Estadio Nou Camp, LeónReferee: Guillermo Velasquez Colombia
Bulgaria 2 – 2 Czechoslovakia
Georgiev 44'
Zhekov 77'		 Report Jarabinský 25'
Petráš 42'
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraReferee: Abel Aguilar Elizalde Mexico
Bulgaria 2 – 1 Guatemala
Nikodimov 50'
Zhekov 84'		 Report López Oliva 88'
Estadio Nou Camp, LeónReferee: Raul Osorio Mexico

Quarter-finals

Bulgaria 1 – 1 Israel
Hristakiev 5' Report Feigenbaum 89'
Estadio Nou Camp, LeónReferee: Michel Kitabdjian France

Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.

Semi-finals

Mexico 2–3 Bulgaria
Morales 39'
Pulido Rodríguez 48'		 Report Zhekov 8'
Mihaylov 9'
Veselinov 58'
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraReferee: Seyoum Tarekegn Ethiopia

Gold Medal match

Hungary 4 – 1 Bulgaria
Menczel 40'
A. Dunai 41' 49'
Juhász 62'		 Report Veselinov 22'
Azteca Stadium, Mexico CityAttendance: 75,000Referee: Diego De Leo Mexico

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1968.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

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

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Atanas Zelev
Yordan Valtchev 		Double sculls 6:54.16 1 Q BYE 7:12.08 2 Q 6:58.48 4
Georgi Atanasov
Georgi Nikolov
Veselin Staievski 		Coxed pair 8:11.13 1 Q BYE 8:06.41 5 FB 7:58.10 8

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Six shooters, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1968.

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Angel Chakarov 200 m individual medley 2:24.0 26 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 5:10.9 16 Did not advance
Yulyan Rusev 200 m individual medley 2:22.7 20 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 5:07.0 11 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mariya Nikolova 100 metre freestyle 1:05.1 33 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:40.8 18 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 5:45.2 15 Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Round robin

Main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Pos Team 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
Source:
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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Military press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result 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 NVL AC DNS DNS DNF
Kostadin Tilev 67,5 kg 132.5 4 115 12 150 10 397.5 8
Rilko Florov 117.5 13 120 8 147.5 12 385 12

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

References

  1. "Bulgaria at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
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