Bulgaria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the Olympic Games
Flag of Bulgaria IOC code  BUL NOC Bulgarian Olympic Committee Website www.bgolympic.org (Bulgarian) (English)
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors	171 (104 men and 67 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Vasil Etropolski
Medals Rank: 7	Gold 10	Silver 12	Bronze 13	Total 35
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Bulgaria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 171 competitors, 104 men and 67 women, took part in 120 events in 16 sports. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Gold

• Khristo Markov — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
• Yordanka Donkova — Athletics, Women's 100 m Hurdles
• Ivailo Marinov Khristov — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
• Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 m Kayak Singles
• Lubomir Geraskov — Gymnastics, Men's Pommel horse
• Tanyu Kiryakov — Shooting, Men's Air Pistol
• Tanya Dangalakova — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke
• Sevdalin Marinov — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight (52 kg)
• Borislav Gidikov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
• Atanas Komchev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Silver

• Stefka Kostadinova — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Aleksandar Khristov — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
• Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova and Diana Paliyska — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
• Adriana Dunavska — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around
• Lalka Berberova and Radka Stoyanova — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
• Vesela Letcheva — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
• Antoaneta Frenkeva — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke
• Stefan Topurov — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (60 kg)
• Stoyan Balov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
• Zhivko Vangelov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
• Rangel Gerovski — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
• Ivan Nikolov Tsonov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Bronze

• Tsvetanka Khristova — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Martin Georgiev Marinov — Canoeing, Men's C1 500 m Canadian Singles
• Nikolay Bukhalov — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canadian Singles
• Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova, Borislava Ivanova, Diana Paliyska, and Ognyana Petkova — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours
• Diana Doudeva — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
• Magdalena Stoyanova Georgieva — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
• Stefka Mihaylova Madina and Violeta Nikolaeva Ninova — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
• Antoaneta Frenkeva — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
• Manuela Maleeva — Tennis, Women's Individual Competition
• Aleksandar Varbanov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
• Bratan Tsenov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
• Simeon Shterev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)
• Rakhmat Sefiadi — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight (74 kg)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's 5,000 metres

• Evgeni Ignatov
  • Final — 13:26.41 (→ 8th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Evgeni Ignatov
  • Heat — 28:15.63
  • Final — 28:09.32 (→ 12th place)

Men's 400 metres Hurdles

• Toma Tomov
  • Heat — 49.66
  • Semifinal — 48.90 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 kilometres Walk

• Lyubomir Ivanov
  • Final — 1:28:43 (→ 43rd place)

Men's Pole Vault

• Atanas Tarev
  • Heat — no mark (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's Triple Jump

• Khristo Markov
  • Qualifying Heat — 16.91m
  • Final — 17:61m (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Shot Put

• Gueorgui Todorov
  • Qualifying Heat — 19.68m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Gueorgui Gueorguiev
  • Qualifying Heat — 61.34m
  • Final — 61.24m (→ 11th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Ivan Tanev
  • Qualifying Heat — 76.24m
  • Final — 76.08m (→ 8th place)
• Plamen Minev
  • Qualifying Heat — 74.46m (→ did not advance)
• Viktor Apostolov
  • Qualifying Heat — 71.10m (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres

• Anelia Nuneva
  • Semifinal — 11.00
  • Final — 11.49 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 metres

• Nadezhda Georgieva
  • Semifinal — 22.67 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres Hurdles

• Yordanka Donkova
  • Semifinal — 12.58
  • Final — 12.38 (→ Gold Medal)
• Ginka Zagorcheva

Women's 4×100 metres Relay

• Tsvetanka Ilieva, Valya Demireva-Valova, Nadezhda Georgieva, and Yordanka Donkova
  • Final — 43.02 (→ 5th place)

Women's High Jump

• Stefka Kostadinova
  • Final — 2.01m (→ Silver Medal)
• Lyudmila Andonova
  • Final — 1.93m (→ 5th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Antoaneta Selenska
  • Qualification — 64.60 m
  • Final — 56.78 m (→ 11th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Tsvetanka Khristova
  • Qualifying Heat — 65.92m
  • Final — 69.74m (→ Bronze Medal)
• Svetla Mitkova
  • Qualifying Heat — 64.68m
  • Final — 69.14m (→ 4th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Svetla Mitkova
  • Qualification — 19.53m
  • Final — 19.09m (→ 10th place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Svetla Dimitrova
  • Final Result — 6171 points (→ 12th place)

Basketball

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Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (— 48 kg)

• Ivailo Marinov → Gold Medal
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Mark Epton (Great Britain), 5:0
  • Third Round — Defeated Henry Martínez (El Salvador), 5:0
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Alexander Makhmutov (Soviet Union), 5:0
  • Semifinals — Defeated Leopoldo Serrantes (Philippines), 5:0
  • Final — Defeated Michael Carbajal (United States), 5:0

Men's Flyweight (— 51 kg)

• Serafim Todorov
  • First Round — Defeated David Griman (VEN), 4:1
  • Second Round — Defeated Setsuo Segawa (JPN), 5:0
  • Third Round — Defeated Gamal El-Komy (EGY), walk-over
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR), 1:4

Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg)

• Aleksandar Khristov → Silver Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Peter Anok (SUD) 4:1
  • Second Round — Defeated Byun Jung-Il (KOR) 4:1
  • Third Round — Defeated Jimmy Majanya (SWE) 5:0
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Alexander Artemev (URS) 3:2
  • Semifinals — Defeated Jorge Julio Rocha (COL) 3:2
  • Final — Lost to Kennedy McKinney (USA) 0:5

Men's Featherweight (— 57 kg)

• Kirkor Kirkorov
  • First Round — Defeated Diego Drumm (GDR), 5:0
  • Second Round — Defeated Jamie Pagendam (CAN), walk-over
  • Third Round — Lost to Lee Jae-Hyuk (KOR), 0:5

Men's Lightweight (— 60 kg)

• Emil Chuprenski
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Eduardo de la Peña (GUA), RSC-2
  • Third Round — Defeated Mark Kennedy (JAM) 5:0
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Romallis Ellis (USA) 2:3

Men's Light-Welterweight (— 63,5 kg)

• Borislav Abadzhiev
  • First Round — Lost to Vukasin Dobrasinovic (YUG) 2:3

Men's Welterweight (— 67 kg)

• Khristo Furnigov
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Gregory Griffiths (BAR), KO-1
  • Third Round — Defeated Abdoukerim Hamidou (TOG) 5:0
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Robert Wangila (KEN) 0:5

Men's Light-Middleweight (— 71 kg)

• Angel Stoyanov
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Torsten Schmitz (GDR) 2:3

Men's Light-Heavyweight (— 81 kg)

• Deyan Kirilov
  • First Round — Lost to Damir Škaro (YUG) 2:3

Men's Heavyweight (— 91 kg)

• Svilen Rusinov
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Andrzej Golota (POL) 0:5

Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Petar Stoimenov
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Peter Hrivnák (TCH) RSC-2

Canoeing

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Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1988.

Men's sabre

• Vasil Etropolski
• Khristo Etropolski
• Nikolay Marincheshki

Men's team sabre

• Khristo Etropolski, Vasil Etropolski, Nikolay Marincheshki, Nikolay Mateev, Georgi Chomakov

Gymnastics

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Judo

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Rhythmic gymnastics

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Rowing

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Shooting

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Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Tzvetan Golomeev
  • Heat — 23.41
  • Final — scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Tzvetan Golomeev
  • Heat — 50.82
  • B-Final — 51.16 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Georgi Mihalev (Gueorgui Mikhalev)
  • Heat — 57.06
  • B-Final — 57.17 (→ 13th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Georgi Mihalev (Gueorgui Mikhalev)
  • Heat — 2:02.71
  • B-Final — 2:04.24 (→ 13th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Natasha Khristova
  • Heat — 57.80 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Antoaneta Strumenlieva
  • Heat — 4:13.25
  • B-Final — 4:13.43 (→ 12th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Antoaneta Strumenlieva
  • Heat — 8:35.40
  • Final — 8:41.05 (→ 8th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Natasha Khristova
  • Heat — 1:04.91 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Tanya Dangalakova
  • Heat — 1:08.35
  • Final — 1:07.95 (→ Gold Medal)
• Antoaneta Frenkeva
  • Heat — 1:10.09
  • Final — 1:08.74 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Antoaneta Frenkeva
  • Heat — 2:29.57
  • Final — 2:28.34 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Tanya Dangalakova
  • Heat — 2:29.91
  • Final — 2:28.43 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Neviana Miteva
  • Heat — 1:02.01
  • B-Final — 1:02.47 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Neviana Miteva
  • Heat — 2:18.44 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Antoaneta Strumenlieva
  • Heat — 4:51.58
  • B-Final — 4:52.33 (→ 12th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Bistra Gospodinova, Tanya Dangalakova, Neviana Miteva, and Natasha Khristova
  • Heat — 4:15.22
  • Final — 4:12.36 (→ 6th place)

Table tennis

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Tennis

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Women's Singles Competition

• Katerina Maleeva
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Gisele Miró (Brazil) 7-5 6-1
  • Third Round — Lost to Pam Shriver (USA) 3-6 6-3 2-6
• Manuela Maleeva → Bronze Medal
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Mercedes Paz (Argentina) 6-1 6-2
  • Third Round — Defeated Catarina Lindqvist (Sweden) 6-1 6-0
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Raffaella Reggi (Italy) 6-3 6-4
  • Semifinals — Lost to Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 1-6 1-6

Volleyball

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Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
  • Defeated Italy (3-0)
  • Lost to Brazil (1-3)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Lost to Sweden (0-3)
• Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated France (3-0)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to the Netherlands (0-3) → Sixth place
• Team Roster
  • Kostadin Mitev
  • Petyo Draguiev
  • Borislav Kyossev
  • Ljubomir Ganev
  • Ilian Kaziiski
  • Dimo Tonev
  • Petko Petkov
  • Plamen Khristov
  • Sava Kovatchev
  • Nayden Naydenov
  • Miltcho Milanov
  • Zvetan Florov
• Head Coach: Todor Piperkov

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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