Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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Bulgaria competed at the
1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the
1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
. 63 competitors, 54 men and 9 women, took part in 34 events in 8 sports.


Medalists


Athletics


Basketball


Preliminary round


Group 2


Quarterfinals

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.


Quarterfinals group A


Classification matches


5-8th-place match


7th-place match


Boxing


Cycling

;Road Competition Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) * Petar Georgiev — 5:24:34.0 (→ 46th place) *
Boyan Kotsev Boyan Kotsev ( bg, Боян Коцев, 24 April 1930 – 23 June 2013) was a Bulgarian cyclist. He competed at the 1952 and 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games o ...
— did not finish (→ no ranking) * Ilya Velchev — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Milcho Rosev — did not finish (→ no ranking)


Equestrian


Football

; Preliminary round results


Head coach:
Krum Milev Krum Milev ( bg, Крум Милев) was a Bulgarian football player and manager. He is often considered as the most successful Bulgarian coach. He played for Botev Sofia, Slavia Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia. He obtained 18 caps with Bulgaria. He ...


Gymnastics


Shooting

Six shooters represented Bulgaria in 1952. ;Men


References


External links


Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
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