Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Bulgaria at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	46 (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)
	1896; 1900–1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Semen Novikov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg	8 August
Gold	Karlos Nasar	Weightlifting	Men's 89 kg	9 August
Gold	Magomed Ramazanov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 86 kg	9 August
Silver	Boryana Kaleyn	Gymnastics	Rhythmic individual all-around	9 August
Bronze	Kimia Alizadeh	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg	8 August
Bronze	Bozhidar Andreev	Weightlifting	Men's 73 kg	8 August
Bronze	Javier Ibáñez	Boxing	Men's featherweight	8 August

Competitors

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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	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
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

Sprint

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
Athlete	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	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

Artistic

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	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
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	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
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

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
Athlete	Event	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
Stiliana Nikolova	Individual	33.900	34.700	28.050	31.050	127.700	11	Did not advance

Athletes	Event	Qualification				Final
Athletes	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event		RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Total points	Final rank
Todor Mihalev	Men's	Semifinal	225	0	6	225	2:06.85	12	297	7	9	293	10:24.04	13	676	1491	12
Todor Mihalev	Men's	Final	Did not advance

Rowing

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
Athlete	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	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
Antoaneta Kostadinova	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

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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Petar Mitsin	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:49.30	21	—		Did not advance
Petar Mitsin	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
Gabriela Georgieva	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:12.15	21	Did not advance

Taekwondo

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
Athlete	Event	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

Tennis

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
Athlete	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Ivan Dimov	Men's −61 kg	~~135~~	–	–	–	–	DNF
Bozhidar Andreev	Men's −73 kg	154	4	190	4	344
Karlos Nasar	Men's −89 kg	180	1	224 WR, OR	1	404 WR, OR

Wrestling

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
Athlete	Event	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
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
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

References

^ "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.
^ "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation Paris 2024" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "European Olympic Qualifier Finishes in Differdange". International Fencing Federation. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Stellar in Sofia, Raffaeli romps to World All-Around title in Rhythmic Gymnastics". FIG. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ 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.
^ "Brilliant Bulgarian Group grabs All-Around gold at Sofia Rhythmic Worlds". FIG. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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^ "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.

[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.

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