Bulgaria at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Bulgaria at the; 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
in Rome
Competitors	98 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Georgi Panov
Medals; Ranked 15th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 7
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Bulgaria competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 98 competitors, 89 men and 9 women, took part in 66 events in 12 sports.^[1]

IOC codeBUL

NOCBulgarian Olympic Committee

Competitors98 in 12 sports

FlagbearerGeorgi Panov

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Dimitar Dobrev	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman middleweight	31 August
Silver	Krali Bimbalov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Light heavyweight	31 August
Silver	Nezhdet Zalev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight	6 September
Silver	Stancho Ivanov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight	6 September
Bronze	Velik Kapsazov	Gymnastics	Men's rings	10 September
Bronze	Dinko Petrov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight	30 August
Bronze	Enyu Valchev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight	5 September

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mikhail Bachvarov	Men's 100 m	11.0	5	Did not advance
Mikhail Bachvarov	Men's 200 m	22.2	5	Did not advance
Snezhana Kerkova	Women's 100 m	12.66	4 Q	12.80	7	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m	DNS		Did not advance
	Women's 80 m hurdles	11.73	3	N/a		Did not advance
Tsvetana Isaeva	Women's 800 m	DNS		N/a				Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Dimitar Khlebarov	Men's pole vault	63.34	12 q	4.30	11
Khristo Khristov	Men's pole vault	4.40	1 Q	4.40	10
Dodyu Patarinski	Men's triple jump	15.37	19	Did not advance
Lyuben Gurgushinov	Men's triple jump	DNS		Did not advance
Todor Artarski	Men's shot put	DNS		Did not advance
Todor Artarski	Men's discus throw	53.33	11 Q	52.12	20

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lidiya Sharamovich	Women's shot put	14.09	13	Did not advance
Tsvetanka Krasteva	Women's shot put	13.99	14	Did not advance

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	201	192	+9	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	193	199	−6	5
France	3	1	2	187	190	−3	4
Bulgaria	3	1	2	209	209	0	4

Bulgaria at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Athletics

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group B

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Track

Equestrian

Fencing

Football

First round

Group A

Gymnastics

Shooting

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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Bulgaria	62–67	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–35, 32–32
Pts: Mirtchev (14)		Pts: Djuric (23)

Czechoslovakia	69–75	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 43–39, 26–36
Pts: Pieri (15)		Pts: Gabanyi (15)

France	73–72	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 32–30, 41–42
Pts: Grange (21)		Pts: Mirtchev (22)

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stoyan Petkov	Bantamweight	Armstrong (USA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Dimitar Stoilov	Lightweight	Bye	Gwang-ju (KOR) L 1-4	Did not advance
Aleksandar Mitsev	Light welterweight	Bye	Daniels (USA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Shishman Mitsev	Welterweight	Bye	Gonzalez (ARG) W 3-2	Sadok (TUN) W 3-2	Benvenuti (ITA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Vasil Paparizov	Middleweight	N/a	Bye	Monea (ROU) L 0-5	Did not advance
Petar Spasov	Light heavyweight	N/a	Ould (GBR) W 4-1	Aho (FIN) W 5-0	Pietrzykowski (POL) L 0-5	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Boris Lyubenov	C-1 1000 m	4:47.65	2 Q	N/a		4:44.93	2 Q	4:42.52	8
Marin Gopov Toma Sokolov	C-2 1000 m	4:39.68	6 Q	4:48.06	2 Q	N/a		4:31.52	6
Lyubomir Oresharov	K-1 1000 m	DNS		did not advance
Ivan Simeonov Lyubomir Oresharov	K-2 1000 m	3:49.88	6 Q	3:53.27	4	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stoyan Demirev	Men's road race	4:25:44	52
Dimitar Kotev		DNF
Boyan Kotsev		DNF
Ognyan Toshev		DNF
Boyan Kotsev Dimitar Kotev Ognyan Toshev Stoyan Demirev	Team time trial	2:26:20.48	17

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	13	4	+9	5
Bulgaria	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	5
United Arab Republic	3	0	1	2	4	11	−7	1
Turkey	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1

Athlete	Exercise results												Team total

	C	V	C	V	C	V	C	V	C	V	C	V
Todor Bachvarov^[a]	8.60	9.15	9.25	9.10	8.80	9.30	~~7.85~~	9.05	9.05	9.35	9.00	9.20	546.60
Velik Kapsazov	8.85	9.40	9.65	9.70	9.05	8.90	8.60	9.35	9.30	9.30	9.25	9.45
Georgi Khristov	8.60	9.20	9.40	9.35	7.20	~~8.65~~	9.00	~~9.00~~	8.85	9.00	~~9.00~~	~~8.85~~
Lyuben Khristov	~~8.40~~	~~8.95~~	9.20	9.00	9.15	9.15	8.80	9.35	9.20	~~8.90~~	9.20	9.30
Nikola Prodanov	9.00	9.35	~~9.20~~	~~8.95~~	8.20	9.40	9.15	9.40	~~8.65~~	9.15	9.05	9.30
Stoyan Stoyanov	8.70	9.05	9.25	9.50	~~7.00~~	9.20	9.05	9.30	9.40	9.40	9.15	9.55
Total	43.75	46.15	46.75	46.65	42.40	45.95	44.60	46.45	45.80	46.20	45.65	46.80

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Dencho Denev	50 m pistol	N/a		532	24
Martsel Koen	50 m rifle prone	391	3 Q	585	8
Todor Kozlovski	50 m pistol	N/a		532	25
Ivan Lazarov	50 m rifle three positions	549	15 Q	1120	20
Velichko Velichkov	50 m rifle three positions	555	11 Q	1128	14
Velichko Velichkov	50 m rifle prone	377	32	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Military press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Kiril Georgiev	60 kg	95	11	100	7	130	8	325	9
Ivan Yordanov	67,5 kg	100	24	NVL	AC	DNS		100	DNF
Ivan Abadzhiev	75 kg	107.5	17	122.5	3	140	12	370	12
Mikhail Abadzhiev	75 kg	105	18	NVL	AC	DNS		105	DNF
Petar Tachev	82.5 kg	130	2	125	3	160	6	415	6
Vladimir Savov	90 kg	110	20	137.5	2	165	5	412.5	6
Ivan Veselinov	+90 kg	140	9	130	7	NVL	AC	270	DNF