Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	72 in 16 sports
Flag bearers	Petar Stoychev (opening) Matey Kaziyski (closing)
Medals Ranked 42nd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Bulgaria was represented by 72 athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Rumyana Neykova	Rowing	Women's single sculls
Silver	Stanka Zlateva	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 72 kg
Bronze	Yavor Yanakiev	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
Bronze	Radoslav Velikov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 55 kg
Bronze	Kiril Terziev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The country has allocated one spot in the men's individual event. Daniel Pavlov qualified at the 2007 World Championships.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniel Pavlov	Men's individual	618	59	Tsyrempilov (RUS) (6) L 102–112	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Desislav Gunev	100 m	10.66	6	Did not advance
	200 m	21.55	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nikolay Atanasov	Long jump	7.54	35	Did not advance
Spas Bukhalov	Pole vault	5.45	=25	Did not advance
Iliyan Efremov		NM	—	Did not advance
Georgi Ivanov	Shot put	NM	—	Did not advance
Momchil Karailiev	Triple jump	17.12	11 Q	16.48	11
Kolyo Neshev	Javelin throw	66.00	36	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Inna Eftimova	100 m	11.67	4	Did not advance
	200 m	23.50	5 Q	23.48	8	Did not advance
Tsvetelina Kirilova	400 m hurdles	55.22	3 Q	—		55.97	8	Did not advance
Ivet Lalova	100 m	11.33	1 Q	11.40	3 Q	11.51	7	Did not advance
	200 m	23.13	5 Q	23.15	4	Did not advance
Tezdzhan Naimova	100 m	11.70	5	Did not advance
Dobrinka Shalamanova	3000 m steeplechase	DNF		—				Did not advance
Daniela Yordanova	1500 m	Withdrew for failing the drug test*

* On 13 June 2008, Daniela Yordanova was tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Gita Dodova	Triple jump	13.53	25	Did not advance
Venera Getova	Discus throw	54.00	34	Did not advance
Rumyana Karapetrova	Javelin throw	40.15	52	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
Petya Nedelcheva	Women's singles	Persson (SWE) W 21–10, 21–10	Hosny (EGY) W 21–7, 21–4	Wong M C (MAS) L 16–21, 8–21	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria had qualified two boxers for the Olympics: Boris Georgiev, light welterweight, European gold medalist in 2006 and Olympic bronze medalist from Athens 2004 and Kubrat Pulev, super heavyweight, bronze world medalist in 2005 and bronze European medalist in 2006

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Boris Georgiev	Light welterweight	Molina (USA) W 14–1	Mönkh-Erdene (MGL) L 3–10	Did not advance
Kubrat Pulev	Super heavyweight	—	Rivas (COL) L 5–11	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adnan Aliev Deyan Georgiev	Men's C-2 500 m	1:43.428	5 QS	1:42.891	2 Q	1:43.971	7
	Men's C-2 1000 m	3:54.111	6 QS	3:45.019	4	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Daniel Petrov	Men's road race	Did not finish
Evgeniy Gerganov		Did not finish

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Yordan Yovchev	Rings	—		16.275	—			16.275	2 Q	—		15.525	—			15.525	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Nikolina Tankusheva	All-around	12.850	13.850	12.700	12.075	51.475	61	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Elizabeth Paisieva	Individual	16.175	16.400	16.200	14.525	63.300	19	Did not advance
Simona Peycheva		16.900	17.125	16.475	16.675	67.175	9 Q	15.975	16.975	16.775	15.750	65.475	10

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Tsveta Kuseva Yolita Manolova Zornitsa Marinova Maya Paunovska Yoanna Tancheva Tatyana Tongova	Team	16.825	16.875	33.700	5 Q	16.750	16.800	33.550	5

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivo Yanakiev Martin Yanakiev	Double sculls	6:45.03	4 R	6:24.70	3 SA/B	6:26.62	4 FB	6:45.91	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rumyana Neykova	Single sculls	7:56.07	1 QF	7:22.37	1 SA/B	7:33.29	2 FA	7:22.34

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

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Irina Konstantinova-Bontemps	RS:X	18	8	8	15	18	17	10	10	2	13	EL	101	12

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tanyu Kiryakov	10 m air pistol	580	10	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	562	7 Q	656.8	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Desislava Balabanova	10 m air rifle	393	26	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	574	28	Did not advance
Mariya Grozdeva	10 m air pistol	382	11	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	583	5 Q	786.6	5
Irena Tanova	10 m air pistol	377	32	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	289	37	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mihail Alexandrov	100 m breaststroke	1:00.69 NR	14 Q	1:00.61 NR	11	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:11.94 NR	24	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:00.70	20	Did not advance
Georgi Palazov	100 m butterfly	55.25	60	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:01.84	39	Did not advance
Petar Stoychev	1500 m freestyle	15:28.84	30	—		Did not advance
	10 km open water	—				1:52:09.1	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nina Rangelova	200 m freestyle	2:00.66 NR	30	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
Tsvetana Pironkova	Women's singles	Domachowska (POL) W 6–3, 6–4	Cibulková (SVK) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's indoor tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Bulgaria's men's team qualified as bronze medalists from the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup. The team won three of its group play matches, and advanced to the quarterfinals, where they lost to Russia. The team's final ranking in the tournament was tied for 5th place.

Roster

The following is the Bulgarian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Head Coach: Martin Stoev

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
1	Evgeni Ivanov	3 June 1974	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	351 cm (138 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Jastrzębski Węgiel
2	Hristo Tsvetanov	29 March 1978	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Budvanska Rivijera Budva
3	Andrey Zhekov	12 March 1980	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	326 cm (128 in)	Patron Patra
4	Boyan Yordanov	12 March 1983	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	358 cm (141 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Olympiacos
5	Krasimir Gaydarski	23 February 1983	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Olympiacos
6	Matey Kaziyski	23 September 1984	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	370 cm (150 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Trentino Volley
11	Vladimir Nikolov	3 October 1977	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Trentino Volley
13	Teodor Salparov (c)	16 August 1982	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	305 cm (120 in)	CSKA Sofia
14	Kostadin Stoykov	7 December 1977	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	349 cm (137 in)	329 cm (130 in)	VC Nova
15	Todor Aleksiev	21 April 1983	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	347 cm (137 in)	327 cm (129 in)	Levski Siconco
17	Plamen Konstantinov (L)	14 June 1973	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Iraklis
18	Ivan Tasev	21 March 1967	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	334 cm (131 in)	316 cm (124 in)	CSKA Sofia

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	10	460	371	1.240	15	4	3.750	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	9	439	401	1.095	13	6	2.167
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	446	440	1.014	10	9	1.111
4	China	5	2	3	7	445	492	0.904	9	13	0.692
5	Venezuela	5	1	4	6	421	451	0.933	8	12	0.667
6	Japan	5	0	5	5	392	448	0.875	4	15	0.267

Source:

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008 (2008-08-10) 20:00	Bulgaria	3–1	China	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Laert Souza (BRA), Mitch Davidson (CAN)
	(25–20, 25–21, 26–28, 25–19) Results Statistics

12 August 2008 (2008-08-12) 22:45	Japan	1–3	Bulgaria	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Mitch Davidson (CAN), Victor Rodriguez (PUR)
	(27–29, 25–23, 21–25, 19–25) Results Statistics

14 August 2008 22:30	Bulgaria	1–3	United States	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 5,700 Referees: Laert Souza (BRA), Kun-Tae Kim (KOR)
	(29–27, 21–25, 14–25, 24–26) result statistics

16 August 2008 14:50	Italy	3–0	Bulgaria	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Umit Sokullu (TUR), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)
	(25–20, 25–21, 25–16) result statistics

18 August 2008 10:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Venezuela	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,400 Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Laert Souza (BRA)
	(23–25, 25–19, 25–16, 25–22) result statistics

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 10:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Frans Loderus (NED)
	(25–20, 16–25, 22–25, 21–25) result statistics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

On 9 August 2008, Anatolie Guidea ruptured his Achilles' tendon and could not compete in the event. The Bulgarian Wrestling Federation has asked another Bulgarian wrestler, Ismail Redzhep, to replace Guidia, but he was involved in a car accident, prompting him not to compete. Eventually, the freed spot was taken by Mike Zadick from the United States.

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Radoslav Velikov	−55 kg	Bye	Cejudo (USA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Bye	Gochashvili (GEO) W 3–1 PP	Sevdimov (AZE) W 3–1 PP
Serafim Barzakov	−66 kg	Bye	Jung Y-H (KOR) W 3–1 PP	Tushishvili (GEO) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance				11
Kiril Terziev	−74 kg	Bye	Jokar (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Gitinov (KGZ) W 5–0 VT	Saitiev (RUS) L 0–5 VT	Bye		Fundora (CUB) W 5–0 VT
Bozhidar Boyadzhiev	−120 kg	Akhmedov (RUS) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance			Masoumi (IRI) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		13

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Venelin Venkov	−55 kg	Sourian (IRI) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance						17
Armen Nazaryan	−60 kg	Bedinadze (GEO) W 3–1 PP	Sasamoto (JPN) W 3–1 PP	Rahimov (AZE) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Bye	Sheng J (CHN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	7
Nikolay Gergov	−66 kg	Bye	Eroğlu (TUR) W 3–1 PP	Kovalenko (RUS) W 3–1 PP	Begaliev (KGZ) L 1–3 PP	Bye		Vardanyan (UKR) L 1–3 PP	5
Yavor Yanakiev	−74 kg	Bye	Chang Yx (CHN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Bye	Barrera (PER) W 3–0 PO	Mikhalovich (BLR) W 3–1 PP
Kaloyan Dinchev	−96 kg	Bye	Švec (CZE) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					14
Ivan Ivanov	−120 kg	Bye	Szczepaniak (FRA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					13

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elina Vaseva	−63 kg	Bye	Dunn (GUM) W 3–0 PO	Kartashova (RUS) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Bye	Shalygina (KAZ) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	7
Stanka Zlateva	−72 kg	—	Akuffo (CAN) W 3–0 PO	Unda (ESP) W 3–1 PP	Wieszczek (POL) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Wang J (CHN) L 0–5 VT

Weightlifting controversy

The Bulgarian Olympic Committee initially selected a team of 8 athletes, 6 men and 2 women, for weightlifting, but decided to withdraw its entire weightlifting delegation to the games, after its athletes had been tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid substance.