Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Boris Nikolov	Boxing	Men's Middleweight	1 August

Track & Road Events

The fastest two from each heat qualifies for the quarterfinals.

Fencer	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Angel Gavrilov	100m	11.29	4	Did not advance
Angel Kolev	100m	11.01	2 Q	DSQ		Did not advance
	200m	22.24	2 Q	22.07	3	Did not advance
Tsvetana Berkovska	Women's 100m	12.20	2 Q	12.30	6	Did not advance
	Women's 200m	25.20	3	Did not advance

Field Events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nikola Dagorov	Triple jump	13.82	30	Did not advance

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	192	143	+49	6
Bulgaria	3	2	1	163	182	−19	5
Mexico	3	1	2	172	171	+1	4
Finland	3	0	3	147	178	−31	3

The top two teams in each quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each quarterfinals played in the fifth through eighth place classification.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	1	194	187	+7	5
Argentina	3	2	1	226	174	+52	5
Bulgaria	3	1	2	177	220	−43	4
France	3	1	2	178	194	−16	4

Bulgaria entered four boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament.

Boris Nikolov won the first medal for Bulgaria in their Summer Olympics history with his bronze medal in Men's middleweight category, where he reached the semifinal, but lost from Vasile Tiță from Romania.The rules in the boxing are allowing both of the semifinal losers to win bronze medal without a match between them.

Athlete	Event	First Round	Second round	Third round(Quarterfinal)	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Georgi Malezanov	Men's featherweight	Erdei (HUN) L 1–2	Did not advance
Lyubomir Markov	Men's lightweight	Wohlers (GER) L 3–0	Did not advance
Petar Spasov	Men's light middleweight	Foster (GBR) W 2–1	Kontula (FIN) W 3–0	Papp (HUN) L 0–3	Did not advance
Boris Nikolov	Men's middleweight	Stürmer (LUX) W 3-0	Gooding (GBR) W 2–1	Wemhömer (GER) W 3–0	Tiță (ROU) L 0–3	Did not advance

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Petar Georgiev — 5:24:34.0 (→ 46th place)
• Boyan Kotsev — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Ilya Velchev — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Milcho Rosev — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Preliminary round results

Head coach: Krum Milev

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
DF	Boris Apostolov	20 January 1925	27	?	Spartak Sofia
FW	Petar Argirov	19 February 1923	29	?	Lokomotiv Sofia
MF	Stefan Bozhkov	20 September 1923	28	?	CSKA Sofia
MF	Georgi Eftimov	24 March 1931	21	?
FW	Ivan Kolev	1 November 1930	21	?	CSKA Sofia
DF	Manol Manolov	22 October 1926	25	?	CSKA Sofia
FW	Dimitar Milanov	18 October 1928	23	?	CSKA Sofia
FW	Panayot Panayotov	30 December 1930	21	?	CSKA Sofia
GK	Apostol Sokolov	23 October 1917	34	?	Spartak Sofia
FW	Dimitar Stoyanov	18 October 1927	24	?
MF	Gavril Stoyanov	9 July 1929	23	?	CSKA Sofia
FW	Krum Yanev	9 January 1929	23	?	CSKA Sofia

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Individual

Men

Athlete	Apparatus																								Total	Rank
	Floor				Rings				Pommel horse				Vault				Parallel bars				Horizontal bar
	Comp.	Vol.	Total	R	Comp.	Vol.	Total	R	Comp.	Vol.	Total	R	Comp.	Vol.	Total	R	Comp.	Vol.	Total	R	Comp.	Vol.	Total	R
Mincho Todorov	9.30	9.30	18.60	23	9.35	9.10	18.45	40	8.95	8.50	17.45	81	9.15	9.20	18.35	62	9.00	8.95	17.95	72	9.30	9.05	18.35	44	109.15	43
Vasil Konstantinov	8.30	9.05	17.35	88	9.15	9.50	18.65	31	8.50	9.10	17.60	67	9.00	8.85	17.85	103	8.95	8.95	17.90	76	8.55	8.35	16.90	104	106.25	65
Dimitar Yordanov	8.60	8.65	17.25	93	9.20	9.25	18.45	44	7.00	8.55	15.55	116	9.05	9.05	18.10	85	8.90	9.15	18.05	66	9.10	9.15	18.25	49	105.65	68
Nikolay Milev	8.60	8.15	16.75	112	9.10	9.15	18.25	59	9.40	8.80	18.20	37	7.65	9.05	16.70	151	9.15	8.75	17.90	78	9.05	7.00	16.05	130	103.85	77
Todor Todorov	9.30	8.75	18.05	47	8.80	8.65	17.45	96	7.70	8.20	15.90	112	9.05	9.00	18.05	92	9.00	9.20	18.20	55	8.40	7.15	15.55	139	103.20	83
Nikolay Atanasov	7.00	8.25	15.25	155	9.15	8.80	17.95	72	8.95	8.30	17.25	82	9.05	8.85	17.90	100	8.65	8.30	16.95	121	8.20	8.45	16.65	114	101.95	96
Iliya Topalov	9.10	8.70	17.90	55	9.30	9.20	18.50	37	9.15	6.00	15.15	127	6.60	9.05	15.65	166	9.25	6.50	15.75	152	6.50	4.90	11.40	169	94.35	140
Stoyan Stoyanov	8.95	-	8.95	179	9.40	-	9.40	182	9.15	-	9.15	181	9.20	-	9.20	181	9.15	-	9.15	181	9.60	7.65	17.25	91	63.10	182

Individual

Athlete	Apparatus												Total points	Rank
	Floor		Rings		Pommel horse		Vault		Parallel bars		Horizontal bar
	Points	Ranking place	Points	Ranking	Points	Ranking	Points	Ranking	Points	Ranking	Points	Ranking
Mincho Todorov	18.60	23	18.45	40	17.45	81	18.35	62	17.95	72	18.35	44	109.15	43
Vasil Konstantinov	17.35	88	18.65	31	17.60	67	17.85	103	17.90	76	16.90	104	106.25	65
Dimitar Yordanov	17.25	93	18.45	44	15.55	116	18.10	85	18.05	66	18.25	49	105.65	68
Nikolay Milev	16.75	114	18.25	59	18.20	37	16.70	151	17.90	78	16.05	130	103.85	77
Todor Todorov	18.05	50	17.45	96	15.90	112	18.05	92	18.20	55	15.55	139	103.20	83
Nikolay Atanasov	15.25	155	17.95	72	17.25	82	17.90	100	16.95	121	16.65	114	101.95	96
Iliya Topalov	17.90	57	18.50	37	15.15	127	15.65	166	15.75	152	11.40	169	94.35	140
Stoyan Stoyanov	8.95	179	9.40	182	9.15	181	9.20	181	9.15	181	17.25	91	63.10	182

Team

Athlete	Apparatus (best 5 scores)																								Total	Rank
	Floor				Rings				Pommel horse				Vault				Parallel bars				Horizontal bar
	Comp.	Vol.	Total	Rank	Comp.	Vol.	Total	Rank	Comp.	Vol.	Total	Rank	Comp.	Vol.	Total	Rank	Comp.	Vol.	Total	Rank	Comp.	Vol.	Total	Rank
Mincho Todorov Vasil Konstantinov Dimitar Yordanov Nikolay Milev Todor Todorov Nikolay Atanasov Iliya Topalov Stoyan Stoyanov	45.25	44.55	89.80	9	46.40	46.20	92.60	7	45.60	43.25	88.85	10	45.45	45.40	90.85	15	45.55	45.00	90.55	11	45.60	42.65	88.25	11	540.90	9