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Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Bulgaria at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBUL
NOCBulgarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors46 (21 men and 25 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Stanimira Petrova
Lyubomir Epitropov
Flag bearers (closing)Boryana Kaleyn
Semen Novikov
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Bulgaria competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Bulgarian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics from 1924 onwards, except for three occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London because of the nation's instigation in World War II, and the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the worldwide Great Depression and Soviet boycott, respectively.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Semen Novikov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg 8 August
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Karlos Nasar Weightlifting Men's 89 kg 9 August
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Magomed Ramazanov Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg 9 August
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Boryana Kaleyn Gymnastics Rhythmic individual all-around 9 August
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Kimia Alizadeh Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 8 August
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Bozhidar Andreev Weightlifting Men's 73 kg 8 August
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Javier Ibáñez Boxing Men's featherweight 8 August

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 2 3 5
Badminton 0 3 3
Boxing 3 2 5
Canoeing 0 1 1
Fencing 0 1 1
Gymnastics 1 8 9
Judo 2 0 2
Modern pentathlon 1 0 1
Rowing 1 1 2
Shooting 1 1 2
Swimming 3 1 4
Taekwondo 0 1 1
Tennis 0 1 1
Weightlifting 3 0 3
Wrestling 4 2 6
Total 21 25 46

Athletics

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Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Tihomir Ivanov Men's high jump 2.24 12 Q 2.27 SB 8
Bozhidar Saraboyukov Men's long jump 7.87 14 Did not advance
Mirela Demireva Women's high jump 1.88 19 Did not advance
Plamena Mitkova Women's Long jump 6.45 19 Did not advance
Gabriela Petrova Women's triple jump 13.77 21 Did not advance

Badminton

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Bulgaria entered three badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarter-final Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kaloyana Nalbantova Women's singles  An S-y (KOR)
L (15–21, 11–21)
 Qi XF (FRA)
W (21–18, 21–18)
2 Did not advance
Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
Women's doubles  Yeung NT /
Yeung PL (HKG)
W (21–11, 21–23, 21–15)
 Liu SS /
Tan N (CHN)
L (21–19, 10–21, 16–21)
 A. Xu /
K. Xu (USA)
W (21–18, 21–12)
2 Q  Chen Qc /
Jia Yf (CHN)
L (15–21, 8–21)
Did not advance

Boxing

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Bulgaria entered qualified five boxers (three male and two female). Cuban-born and Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympian Javier Ibáñez Díaz (men's featherweight) and Svetlana Staneva (women's featherweight), with women's bantamweight boxer Stanimira Petrova going to her third consecutive Games, secured the spots on the Bulgarian squad in their respective weight divisions by advancing to the semifinal match at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.[1] The other boxers, Rami Mofid Kiwan (men's welterweight) secured his quota, following the triumph in quota bouts round at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy[2] and Radoslav Rosenov (men's lightweight) secured his ticket, following the triumph in quota bouts round at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Javier Ibáñez Men's 57 kg  Abduraimov (UKR)
W 5–0
 Harada (JPN)
W 5–0
 Seiitbek Uulu (KGZ)
L 1–4
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Radoslav Rosenov Men's 63.5 kg  Usmonov (TJK)
W 5–0
 Sanford (CAN)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Rami Mofid Kiwan Men's 71 kg  Durkacz (POL)
W 5–0
 Davey (AUS)
W 5–0
 Jones (USA)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Stanimira Petrova Women's 54 kg Bye  Huang (TPE)
W 4–1
 Chang (CHN)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Svetlana Staneva Women's 57 kg Bye  Walsh (IRL)
W 5–0
 Lin (TPE)
L 0–5
Did not advance

Canoeing

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Sprint

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Bulgarian canoeists qualified one boat in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.[3]

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yoana Georgieva Women's K-1 500 m 1:55.76 3 QF 1:51.74 3 SF 1:54.02 7 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Fencing

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For the first time since 2016, Bulgaria entered a fencer into the Olympic competition. Yoana Ilieva qualified for the games by winning the gold medal in the women's individual sabre event at the 2024 Europe Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Differdange, Luxembourg.[4]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Yoana Ilieva Women's sabre Bye  Takashima (JPN)
W 15–10
 Szűcs (HUN)
L 10–15
Did not advance 10

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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Bulgaria entered two gymnasts (one male and one female) into the games. Kevin Penev directly secured his quota to compete at the Olympics by being the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the men's vault at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[5] Meanwhile, Valentina Georgieva secured a quota place by virtue of becoming one of the highest eligible gymnasts in women's vault, not yet qualified, through the final ranking of 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Kevin Penev All-around 14.166 11.633 13.166 14.000 12.466 12.200 77.631 42 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Valentina Georgieva Vault 13.999 13.999 9 Q 13.983 13.983 5
Uneven bars 11.500 11.500 75 Did not advance
Balance beam 10.633 10.633 77 Did not advance

Rhythmic

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Bulgaria entered a squad of rhythmic gymnasts to compete each in the individual and group all-around competition, following the nation's successful top-three finish in the qualifying round at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia.[6][7][8]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Boryana Kaleyn Individual 35.350 34.600 33.600 32.900 136.450 3 Q 35.850 36.450 34.550 33.750 140.600 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Stiliana Nikolova 33.900 34.700 28.050 31.050 127.700 11 Did not advance
Athletes Event Qualification Final
5 apps 3+2 apps Total Rank 5 apps 3+2 apps Total Rank
Kamelia Petrova
Sofia Ivanova
Rachel Stoyanov
Magdalina Minevska
Margarita Vasileva
Group 37.700 32.700 70.400 1 Q 34.100 33.700 67.800 4

Judo

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Bulgaria qualified two judoka for the following weight classes at the Games. Mark Hristov (men's lightweight, 73 kg) and Ivaylo Ivanov (men's middleweight, 90 kg) got qualified via IJF Olympics rankings and continental quota based on Olympic points rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mark Hristov Men's –73 kg  Aden-Alexandre Houssein (DJI)
W 10–00
 Soichi Hashimoto (JPN)
L 00–01
Did not advance
Ivaylo Ivanov Men's –90 kg  Caramnob Sagaipov (LBN)
W 01–00
 Lasha Bekauri (GEO)
L 00–01
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

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For the first time since 2016, Bulgarian modern pentathletes confirmed a single quota place for the Olympic games. Todor Mihalev secured his spots in the men's event by virtue of top eleven eligible ranked athletes, not yet qualified, through the release of the final Olympic ranking.

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)
Total points Final rank
RR BR Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP points
Todor Mihalev Men's Semifinal 225 0 6 225 2:06.85 12 297 7 9 293 10:24.04 13 676 1491 12
Final Did not advance

Rowing

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Bulgarian rowers qualified boats in the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and 2024 European Continental Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kristian Vasilev Men's single sculls 6:56.63 2 QF Bye 6:58.67 4 SC/D 6:57.75 2 FC 6:44.61 14
Desislava Angelova Women's single sculls 7:42.73 2 QF Bye 7:41.25 3 SA/B 7:27.16 3 FA 7:33.19 6

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

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Bulgarian shooters achieved quota places for the following events, based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022-2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[9]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Kiril Kirov Men's 10 m air pistol 575 16 Did not advance
Antoaneta Kostadinova Women's 10 m air pistol 573 16 Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol 583 11 Did not advance
Kiril Kirov
Antoaneta Kostadinova
10 m air pistol team 574 12 Did not advance

Swimming

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Bulgarian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)[10]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Petar Mitsin Men's 400 m freestyle 3:49.30 21 Did not advance
Men's 200 m butterfly 1:57.03 19 Did not advance
Josif Miladinov Men's 100 m butterfly 51.77 17 Did not advance
Lyubomir Epitropov Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:10.59 13 Q 2:09.93 9 Did not advance
Gabriela Georgieva Women's 100 m backstroke 1:02.16 24 Did not advance
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:12.15 21 Did not advance

Taekwondo

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Bulgaria qualified one athlete to compete at Paris 2024. Kimia Alizadeh secured her spot through the 2024 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. Kimia Alizadeh became the first-ever taekwondo athlete to represent Bulgaria in Olympic history.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kimia Alizadeh Women's –57 kg  Kiani (IRI)
L 1–2
Did not advance  Toumi (TUN)
W 2–0
 Zongshi (CHN)
W 2–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Tennis

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For the first time since 2016, Bulgaria entered tennis player into the Olympic tournament. Viktoriya Tomova had claimed one via ITF Olympic women's singles places, as Bulgaria's top-ranked tennis player in the WTA World Rankings as of 10 June 2024

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Viktoriya Tomova Women's singles  Fręch (POL)
W 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
 Navarro (USA)
L 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 1–6
Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Bulgaria entered three weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Ivan Dimov (men's 61 kg), Bozhidar Andreev (men's 73 kg) and Karlos Nasar (men's 89 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ivan Dimov Men's −61 kg 135 DNF
Bozhidar Andreev Men's −73 kg 154 4 190 4 344 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Karlos Nasar Men's −89 kg 180 1 224 WR, OR 1 404 WR, OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Wrestling

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Bulgaria qualified six wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Semen Novikov qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[11] Bilyana Dudova qualified for the games, following the triumph of winning the semifinal match at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. Aik Mnatsakanian, Magomed Ramazanov and Yuliana Yaneva qualified for the games through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. Later, Georgi Ivanov joined their squads due to reallocations of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), claimed by the IOC. His place took Kiril Milov.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Magomed Ramazanov Men's Freestyle −86 kg  Moore (CAN)
W 12–2 VSU1
 Shapiev (UZB)
W 4–1 VFA
 Brooks (USA)
W 4–3 VPO1
 Yazdani (IRI)
W 7–1 VPO1
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Aik Mnatsakanian Men's Greco-Roman −77 kg  Suleymanov (AZE)
L 0–2 VPO
Did not advance 12
Semen Novikov Men's Greco-Roman −87 kg  Bisultanov (DEN)
W 5–1 VPO1
 Gobadze (GEO)
W 8–3 VPO1
 Losonczi (HUN)
W 3–1 VPO1
 Mohmadi (IRI)
W 7–0 VPO
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kiril Milov Men's Greco-Roman −130 kg  Acosta (CHI)
L 1–1 VPO1
Did not advance  Mohamed (EGY)
L 4–6 VPO1
Did not advance 9
Bilyana Dudova Women's Freestyle −62 kg  Lindborg (SWE)
W 8–3 VPO1
 Koliadenko (UKR)
L 3–7 VPO1
Did not advance  Orkhon (MGL)
L 1–3 VPO1
Did not advance 8
Yuliana Yaneva Women's Freestyle −76 kg  Marín (CUB)
L 1–7 VPO1
Did not advance 15

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". Olympics. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation Paris 2024" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  4. ^ "European Olympic Qualifier Finishes in Differdange". International Fencing Federation. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  5. ^ "What we learned from the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier in Antwerp". International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Stellar in Sofia, Raffaeli romps to World All-Around title in Rhythmic Gymnastics". FIG. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  7. ^ Bregman, Scott (16 September 2022). "Bulgaria, Israel and Spain punch tickets for group rhythmic gymnastics at Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Brilliant Bulgarian Group grabs All-Around gold at Sofia Rhythmic Worlds". FIG. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  11. ^ "1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.